I was on the train when trump was first elected, and Europe proposed a European army. A European gent I met told me that would never happen, because trump was a one time thing. I asked what he’s say if trump got elected again, and he responded “that would never happen.”

Well, here we are.

Yeah we’ve pretty much cut back on intelligence here in every aspect…

How does your family feel about Andrew Tate given 2 choices: “crazy hot,” or “sneak into my bedroom, please.”

So just war gaming, don’t mind me.

With russia so weak militarily now, watch for social unrest in karelia and oblasts bordering europe right now, giving neighboring nations no choice but to send troops into karelia and boarder towns for peacekeeping work.

Edit: I’d say a 50 km buffer zone… to help contain the unrest… should work.

Did you… “sign the minerals deal” after, as the kids say these days?

So let’s game this out.

US soft power will decline, and regional powers and China will fill the vacuum. Europe can slow the US fall by actively welcoming China to bid on US port access, thus making everyone play nice a few more years, but we need to look for a soft line of Chinese power in the Philippines around 2050. Saudi Arabia can still collapse into a caliphate at some point, but Israel will remain a propped up power blocking Iran no matter what. If trump sold nuke secrets to SA that will be a really tense area, and Europe and Israel will have to keep them from any uranium from Iran or others.

China should definitely push space partnerships in the coming years with Europe and Russia, and while SpaceX will be hard to beat, they will face subsidized competition to keep them from being the only game in town, requiring you to drink a cup of US crazy with every launch. So space launch costs will go down (by SpaceX continuing and other countries subsidizing), ISS will deorbit, China will build a moon base, America will talk about how dumb that is because they didn’t do it.

China will become a co-leader of research with Europe, it will become common for US grad students to leave the country to go to good schools in their field.

I give $2 for a pizza, $1-2 if I’m picking up to go. Usually I go 15-20% for standard service but rarely tip over $30 a server unless the meal was outstanding.

He must have heard it in bound. Imagine russians for the next 20 years after the war when they hear a drone.

Please, this is the artistic effluence that this form derives its strength from. Note the bold lines and sissonne idiomatic entry of the first panel, into the grande allegre (metaphorically, of course!) of the following two panels. A masterpiece, contrasting the fragile effervesce of military hardware in the last panel with the robust strength of the egos of the politicians in the first.

When Britain started delivering manpads, putin should have said he was joking and pulled back.

Look at this guy eating chicken caviar.

Clearly the strategy is to have russia buy american weapons, so all weapons on both sides are made in the us.

This is similar to being bisexual, you double the playing field if you can have both sides.

I can’t imagine being a member of the current us government and know nothing you say matters, so you’re just kinda there because trump wouldn’t come.

For perspective of others, I will spend $200 on quality shoes, $100 on a good belt, $400 on a kitchen appliance. I tend to shop a bit, both for quality and then price. It helps that the kids are older and don’t break as much any more.

As I’ve started growing my wealth I’m able to buy quality things that last, and it’s led to the bizarre feeling that on black friday, I don’t need any of the door buster deals. You’ve probably heard of the Vimes boot theory of wealth, and I’ve seen it play out over time. I even re-sole good boots now.

Why would anyone be a US envoy now, nobody cares what you say, because your boss doesn’t care what you say.

I mean Tim, if you wanted me to stop using maps you could have just asked, you didn’t need to insert ads.

This is the content that brought me to Lemmy.

I love to turn on the 25-hr adult swim of venture bros and just drop into an episode.

Well stop spec’ing $30k lights when it come from the same factory as the $500 light. 🙂