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AuraChannelerChris
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"It is what it is" is such an extreme way of accepting the worst possible outcome...that they themselves cause and can totally avoid doing.
AuraChannelerChris
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Laura Ingraham hates y'all for wanting your student debts cancelled when she had to pay her debts...through her mother...working as a waitress...past her 70s...
...What th-?!
...What th-?!
There's a weird thing there where if that is true that means she was forcing her mother to work while she was well off herself, but there is a contingent of people with a "if I had to suffer you will to" attitude, and it's a large part of the GOP, except sometimes it's just wanting other people to suffer when they never had to.
AuraChannelerChris
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There's still a chance her mother agreed to work without being forced to.
...But still, that still doesn't change the fact her mother worked past her 70s just to pay her daughter's student debt. That's insane. Laura thinks it's fine to overwork her own mother and that debt should be that hard to pay for everyone.
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SoHowAreYou
Well-Known Member
Stereotypes of Russian suicidalness aside, this is an extension of the Russian chest thumping from before the invasion. Instead of Russia stronk, they want to drum up internal support for this awful war and their crimes against innocent Ukranians by treating NATO support for Ukraine as an existential threat against Russia rather than a logical response to Russian aggression, because Russia isn't really winning right now. They're taking territory by throwing their troops at Ukranian lines, while Ukraine is willing to trade ground in order to cause as many Russian casulties as possible, while minimizing their own.
Trainer Yusuf
VolcaniNO
Meanwhile in Europe,
news.yahoo.com
Finnish Ithalethi tabloid claims Finland will officially make a decision on NATO on May 12. The same newspaper previously claimed May 16 as a possible date for joint Swedish and Finnish declaration.
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For Russo-Ukrainian war, the Ukrainian command is exclusively focused on Kharkiv and the surrounding areas (that is, Northeast). Southern Ukrainian command seems to be weak, which means Russia can probably take over Odessa by the end of May, which will complete their current war objectives.
The current Ukrainian objective is to secure Kharkiv area and cause large equipment losses to Russia through sabotages and guerrilla tactics, which will likely have no effect, as Russia is expected to do a third major offensive soonish, by drafting more people.
Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, says Iltalehti newspaper
Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported late on Sunday, citing anonymous government sources. The decision to join will come in two steps on that day, with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto first announcing his approval for the Nordic...
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For Russo-Ukrainian war, the Ukrainian command is exclusively focused on Kharkiv and the surrounding areas (that is, Northeast). Southern Ukrainian command seems to be weak, which means Russia can probably take over Odessa by the end of May, which will complete their current war objectives.
The current Ukrainian objective is to secure Kharkiv area and cause large equipment losses to Russia through sabotages and guerrilla tactics, which will likely have no effect, as Russia is expected to do a third major offensive soonish, by drafting more people.
SoHowAreYou
Well-Known Member
I don't think they can, Russia had 2800 tanks in active service at the start of this and Oryx is listing over 500 lost. And that's just the ones that can be confirmed, and while Ukraine has lost tanks, they are getting more from other Warpac nations like Poland. Also Russia still doesn't have air superiority two months in to this invasion, as evidenced by the video of a Byraktar destroying a Russian patrol boat that came out this morning. I don't think Russia has the logistical capacity to reach Odessa, let alone take it. Remember how much trouble they had with Mariupol, Odessa has had two months to prepare.
Edit: Plus all of the American and European heavy equipment that is finally starting to make it into Ukraine, which will make the Russian tactic of artillery bombardment a lot more difficult to pull off.
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AuraChannelerChris
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Auraninja
Eh, ragazzo!
The protections existed for a reason, and after stories of a woman going into prison after getting shot because she supposedly wanted to kill the fetus, and a Texas bill considering the death penalty for women with abortions, the protections have more than justified themselves.
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Zora
perpetually tired
*is getting
SCOTUS hasn't published their formal decision yet, but if nothing changes, this is the decision come June or July iirc.
This means that protests, for the short term, are aimed at changing SCOTUS' mind.
Trainer Yusuf
VolcaniNO
Meanwhile in Europe,
Finnish Ithalethi tabloid claims Finland will officially make a decision on NATO on May 12. The same newspaper previously claimed May 16 as a possible date for joint Swedish and Finnish declaration.Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, says Iltalehti newspaper
Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported late on Sunday, citing anonymous government sources. The decision to join will come in two steps on that day, with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto first announcing his approval for the Nordic...
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For Russo-Ukrainian war, the Ukrainian command is exclusively focused on Kharkiv and the surrounding areas (that is, Northeast). Southern Ukrainian command seems to be weak, which means Russia can probably take over Odessa by the end of May, which will complete their current war objectives.
The current Ukrainian objective is to secure Kharkiv area and cause large equipment losses to Russia through sabotages and guerrilla tactics, which will likely have no effect, as Russia is expected to do a third major offensive soonish, by drafting more people.
Joint statement by the President of the Republic and Prime Minister of Finland on Finland's NATO membership - Presidentti
Office of the President of the Republic of Finland Prime Minister’s Office Press release 30/2022 12 May 2022 During this spring, an important discussion on Finland’s possible NATO membership has...
www.presidentti.fi
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For Russo-Ukrainian war, the war for Kharkiv is mostly won by Ukraine. Russia has very little territory occupied left near the border, but the war for northern Ukraine will continue, since Ukraine wants to cut off supply lines for Izyum and eventually to Luhansk.
Russia is intensifying its offensive towards Odessa, and despite earlier claims, is not withdrawing from Snake Island it seems. Ukraine has little force in the south, so this front might be won by Russia. Russia is also quickly annexing the southern occupied territories, which was its actual war objective anyway.
PrinceOfFacade
Ghost-Type Master
I am getting real f***in' sick and tired of this incessant goal to ban abortion. It clearly has nothing to do with protecting children or life in general.
They don't even do enough for the children that are already here! Foster care is a mess; the education system is falling apart (the United States ranks among the lowest in literacy), healthcare is still counterproductive for the working class, and the price of food has doubled in the last month, so nutrition is now even harder for anyone to attain, let alone children.
On top of that, they want to ban abortion, birth control and Plan B because they stop life, but I've yet to hear any of them mention vasectomies. That stops life as well, but that benefits men, so they clearly don't care.
If they're gonna do this, they can at least be honest about it. This ain't about life. This is about removing women's autonomy. This isn't the first time it's been done. Let's not even play dumb to that.
They don't even do enough for the children that are already here! Foster care is a mess; the education system is falling apart (the United States ranks among the lowest in literacy), healthcare is still counterproductive for the working class, and the price of food has doubled in the last month, so nutrition is now even harder for anyone to attain, let alone children.
On top of that, they want to ban abortion, birth control and Plan B because they stop life, but I've yet to hear any of them mention vasectomies. That stops life as well, but that benefits men, so they clearly don't care.
If they're gonna do this, they can at least be honest about it. This ain't about life. This is about removing women's autonomy. This isn't the first time it's been done. Let's not even play dumb to that.
Litleonid
Well-Known Member
The problem is the SCOTUS is far too hyper partisan right now, thanks to Trump. They're never going to change their mind. They've been dead set on ending Roe v. Wade. They could go for marriage equality next. Its frustrating that there's not much we can do and the Democrats just can't do much to codify it into law because everything they do is filibustered or ruined by Manchin and Sinema.
Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
Honestly the Supreme Court is in need of a serious overhaul. It's probably the most undemocratic institution in the government. The people have no say (or at least not directly) in who makes it to the Supreme Court since they're nominated by the President and approved by Congress, no one actually votes them in or anything. And then they get to be there for life? What makes this even worse is that 5 of the 9 justices there were appointed by Presidents that lost the popular vote, and 2 of the seats were taken by Republicans thanks to them playing games with a double standard (when Obama was set to nominate a judge by the end of his administration they said "let the people decide" and held off until after the election but then when the same thing happened to Trump they rushed Trump's pick right through). This whole mess is blatant manipulation by the Republicans and I highly doubt it stops at abortion. And we seriously need to rethink how and when justices are appointed to prevent this from happening again.
Litleonid
Well-Known Member
This right here. The blatant hypocrisy the Republicans have shown here never should have been allowed to happen. Either President Obama should have been allowed to nominate Merrick Garland or Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barret should have been blocked. This double standard was a disgraceful abuse of power and something needs to be done to prevent this in the future.
Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
Yes, but that's only the most blatant offense here. What I'm getting at is that there's larger issues with the Supreme Court than the Republicans' double standard in that situation. Take a step back for a second, they regarded "the people's decision" on who to nominate to the Supreme Court as boiling down to their decision for President. But if it's the President choosing, is that really our decision? Especially when the President is chosen by an Electoral College majority and not a popular majority? Again with 5/9 being chosen by a President that lost the popular vote the Supreme Court in its very makeup, let alone its rulings, is against the will of the people. And then to make matters worse, we're now stuck with these terrible Republican justices we didn't approve for decades because Supreme Court appointments are for life. It will probably take decades before the Democrats can even hope to fix the damage done here because of the way the Supreme Court is structured. It is far too easy to stack the Court with candidates chosen by a minority ruling class which is exactly what the Republicans have done, and the solutions need to go far beyond patching up the issue of whether or not to hold off filling a vacant seat during an election year. Honestly it sickens me that an institution this important that represents 1/3 of the federal government is this easy to exploit.
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PrinceOfFacade
Ghost-Type Master
We need to end this two-party system, starting with the Commission on Presidential Debates.
This Red vs Blue mess has done nothing but rip the country apart.
RileyXY1
Young Battle Trainer
Which the Republicans have already decided to pull out of. They don't really like Presidential debates anymore.