Food prices trippled in less than 10 years, and incomes have not kept up. It’s stagflation, similar to the USA.
Note, this is just based on my personal experience as an American that visits China periodically. I have no real data to source outside of my lived reality.
He’s pushing rope.
I’m not a lawyer, but it seems like the current legal precedent and interpretation of Section 1983 means that people can not sue “federal agents” for violations of their freedoms protected by the Constitution and it’s amendments.
Fair point.
Now, how many millions of those men named Kim were abducted from their job by a paramilitary and forcibly deported when staying in the USA legally and are still dealing with the aftermath of their lives being uprooted unexpectedly?
Paying for cleaning is fair.
However, judging from the single coat of paint. Either it was the artist intent that the artwork get damaged or it should not have been installed outdoors.
Does Australia not have vinegar and oil technology? Maybe Wd40?
Couldn’t that be confusing for the cat, saying we don’t do something that they are currently doing?
:Working at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, and then all of a sudden Gordon Ramsay walks in:
“Fuck…”
Me up at 3am last night because i heard a weird sound and know that fascist are invading all over the country…but it was just the wind and then I’m awake and making posts on the Fediverse.
Canonically, My Melody is a bit of an overachieving workaholic. She is super accomplished though and owner her own store, Small Gift Big Smile. She works so hard because it’s so important for her to facilitate gift the giving culture amongst her friends, which is something the owner of Sanrio was super into since childhood.
I think maybe Retsuko might fit the meme better.
Source: I play hello kitty island adventure with my child
All the red states are shithole states now. I’m just hoping the blues can hold out.
Don’t worry, as someone that used to live in Miami I stopped visiting all red states.
Better just give them Florida
I don’t think any President actually declared a cold war, which is different then the war on drugs and the war on terror. The cold war did however have a great effect on the USA economy, the military industrial complex, and also prompted the second red scare. Which led to many people losing their rights, citizenship and livelihood.
We have totally been involved in proxy wars since ww2 and some have argued we are in 2 now both in Ukraine and in Gaza.
I don’t know where exactly the line is drawn, or how exactly war is defined. And I do believe that words have meanings. Which is why when a sitting president declares a war on drugs there are consequences and the USA can now execute people on an alleged “drug boat” without much resistance.
I believe it’s our job to recognize and call out things like this, among other things.
I couldn’t disagree more on the rest of your points. You seem so focused on semantics that you can’t see the obvious. Also, if we are going to base everything on semantics, if the commander in chief declares something a war, then it is one.
US tax dollars are being used for these activities, no matter if you support them or not. And in some cases (more specifically the domestic ones) they are a net negative on GDP.
Foreign wars that US tax dollars pay for:
Demostic wars that US tax dollars pay for:
Note: these are not just semantics. The word “war” was chosen by leaders to facilitate policy changes like increased militarization of police, creation of entire departments, and loss of US citizen freedoms.
Personally, I think the word war is synonymous with the military industrial complex. It is a self propecuating cycle of harm.
moved my comment up in the thread
You now owe $100 for missing your appointment with the dentist.