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I hear New Mexico is beautiful and cheap!

But like ... Why would you do that?

He got cancelled for sexual assault. It just happened to be sexual assault of a man.

If I like the show, I will read the plot of the entire series. I will keep watching it, but my husband still hates it.

I despise watching shows as they come out because I can't stand being subject to their suspense building.

You may be speaking for some independent or folks who frequently caucus with the Democrats, but you ain't speaking for the mother in the video. She repeatedly mentions how much she likes what Trump is doing 'on the border'.

Disgusting woman, torn between her daughter having food to eat and the stellar job she thinks Trump is doing rounding up brown people.

My guess is it just doesn't usually get you admitted to the hospital. They can usually help you out in the ER and send you on your way.

Maybe? An ex from NC introduced me to putting Sweet Hot Mustard on summer sausage + cheese + Ritz cracker, and damn. It added like, 3 points in tastiness (on a 10 point scale).

Maybe they thought it was like throwing a smoke bomb, and they could ghost while it clears.

Thank you!

Sounds like the centrists are starting to lose their nerve once their constituents start suffering. That is one of my theories of how the shut down ends.

I don't see any news to corroborate that claim. Link?

As a Trump-hating American working in defense, I always tried to tell people that our economic dominance was enforced with the barrel of a gun. Friends working in international relations would also reference books like "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" that also pointed to usage of the CIA and international lending terms to enrich ourselves at the expanse of the 3rd world, especially Latin America. I completely agree that a capricious, bi-polar US is an untenable world leader.

But in general, it's very hard to get most Americans to care about our relationships and interactions with the rest of the world, much less acknowledge the ways we are dependent on it. There is some US-centric vanity involved, as well as some stubborn ignorance due to never interacting with the rest of the world at all. But I think in part it's also due to the hyper competitive nature of simply trying to live in the US, such that there is no brainspace for anything not directly affecting you. Stressors include corporate expectations that everyone should live to work, so many people a few paychecks away from losing their homes and lifestyle with no social safety net, the struggle to afford to live in areas with good schools for your kids, etc etc. In some ways, I'm hopeful that losing global pre-eminence could make life easier for us, especially if it brings about government reform (I don't mean the MAGA version of this, obviously).

China, the obvious successor to American influence, assuming a more commanding role on the world stage is a mixed bag. On one hand, they certainly prize stability above almost everything, and an authoritarian state run by technocrats indeed seems more effective at addressing climate change than a Corporatocracy that profits from destroying the planet. On the other, there's not even acknowledgement of unethical practices (e.g.: labor conditions in Chinese companies in DRC, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) when there is no free press. As the US spread it's influence and democracy after WWII, I kind of worry that the entire world may be forced to get in line with the CCP.