@Mik said in The hill they have chosen to die on: The question remains are they important enough that we should borrow to pay for them. We should tax and pay for them. Even if you want to restrict the argument to "borrowing," of all the things we "borrow to pay for," one would think that the health of the citizenry should be pretty high up on priority. Without sufficient insurance coverage, the uninsured will still get healthcare anyway -- but through much costlier means such as going to emergency rooms rather than primary care, and/or cost a lot more for worsened ailments that could have been diagnosed and treated early on the cheap had there been sufficient insurance.

Supposedly, Trump has managed to dismiss 1.8 Billion dollars through his generous pardons.

@jon-nyc said in The Sad Cognitive Decline of a President: Something occurred to me recently. If Trump has or gets dimentia, how would we even know? He might start sounding marginally coherent?

Haha something about Kentucky folks... Massie reminds me of one version of Ron or Rand Paul.

Putin’s response via the children of Kharkiv, to Melania Trump’s letter: https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-kharkiv-kindergarten-russia-drone-strike-rescue/33566832.html

LOL

Of course.

Awesome.

@Horace said in Close call: I discovered this terrifying footage of a Trumpist special forces unit parachuting into a stadium to arrest all the black and brown athletes. I'm a little surprised Trump didn't parachute in himself as Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth did with Commander Bond for the London Olympics. Presumably they didn't have a parachute that was big enough.

Drop it off at any UPS store, no box required.

I see that as inherent, having never valued hard work over smart work.

And Elon should probably not drunk post.

Stock market is up, investors like predictability and at least Trump has become that, to an extent. Also rates going down a bit, too.

So bears do shit in the woods.

I bathe in Tom-K's urine. (Don't tell him)

Oh what a circus, oh what a show...

@jon-nyc said in Gen Z - dating for free meals: People dated you? Did they know? The great thing about old people's homes is that every date is a first date!

So... four kids.

City of Richmond has no jurisdiction over land titles. Nor do any other municipalities. Exclusively provincial jurisdiction. No BC government, particularly the current one with a majority of one, will disrupt the status quo of private land holdings and titles in favour of Aboriginal land claims. The BC Supreme Court ruling in any case is by no means absolute- this could end up in Federal Courts as constitutional issue where it will be shot down. I will not apologize for what I wrote last week on this subject. This is a nothing burger from the get go along with the other BC First Nations claims to what amounts to 110% or more of British Columbia. All this does is distract and stir up unwarranted gossip leading to hysteria and reaction.