Then they’ll have to share their definition of power. It can’t include soft power, as they keep squandering the soft power the US had.

he still supports the Trump administration’s national security policies

One of these guys needs to walk me through what they hope Trump will achieve. Because I don’t see it.

Ah yes, you’re right. The Ukrainian situation sucks for everyone. Ukraine has the right to defend itself, including conscripting people. And Russia’s treatment of occupied land and its people gives even more reason why Ukraine should defend itself. At the same time, those who really don’t want to fight should have the opportunity to leave the country to escape conscription.

There is only one way for both the Ukrainian state and people dodging conscription to not have conflicting goals and that is Russia stopping its war of aggression. Unless that happens, we’ll have to live with the fact that both Ukraine conscripting and the people dodging conscription have valid reasons to do so.

Russian conscription? I can’t imagine staying in a country that threatens to conscript people for a war I want nothing to do with. In fact, I know of a few Russians that left early.

Unfortunately, I think the best we can hope for is Trump just walking away. But knowing him, he’ll want to drop sanctions on Russia.

“… because they are unusually susceptible to CP violation” is how that sentence continues. ^{not *that* CP, but still.}

I share the sentiment that Ukraine has inflicted grave wounds upon Russia. But Trump is the latest in a long line of (wanna-be-)dictators that have shown how far you can push things, if you just don’t care about the wounds your country is receiving. And Putin seems particularly uncaring.

This is exactly the reason why I won’t play gacha games. First everyone complains about loot boxes and microtransactions and then a game-genre where that’s the core of the game takes off.

Just goes to show that the people that (rightly) complain about microtransactions cheapening gaming experiences were always in the minority and most will just keep spending like headless chickens.

Most people I know aren’t or don’t see themselves as gambling addicts. They’re “proud” about how much they spent.

The get-business-owners-rich schemeisin full swing I see. Better check who owns those contractors.

The bill also places a new environmental impact review by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and established an annual environmental impact fee for permit holders.

I bet they felt really petty writing that into the bill.

Conservative critics have long accused the department of helping to censor the American right.

How very very odd.

“Pro parking”? Is that a subscription parking space or something else?

Lutnick’s description of American beef as superior is a common perception and has some evidentiary basis.

“EU consumption of beef has been in decline for 20 years. This may be, at least in part, due to inconsistencies in eating quality, meaning that the customers cannot be sure of the quality they are purchasing,” says a 2022 academic article in Animal: The International Journal of Animal Biosciences.

So according to the NY Post, the apparent absence of complaints in the US is an argument why US beef is better?

Last I checked, Beehaw wanted to switch platforms entirely, so tgey don’t bother keeping up with Lemmy updates.

We know why. Because Trump sees no value in anything beyond being right. He is right to tariff Canada, because the Canadians are mean. And he is right to have national parks stripped bare, because Canada is tariffed. It’s just flawless logic. /s

In 200 years people will ask in disbelief why such old forests were logged down.

Is that post supposed to be sarcastic?

The artist’s impression would more accurately convey the danger of hippos though.

Mordor is a nice touch.

Not even counterfeits, there are competing legitimate companies, like BlueBrixx, which are cheaper.