And here I was, zooming in and seeing stunningly beautiful faces before checking comments.

Won’t you leave these poor billionaires alone?

The ban is beyond absurd. It’s like telling a city under siege to hide from the trebuchets, because they can’t defend themselves until after the walls are breached.

It’s only a gimmick for attention and money, which has always been her pathetic role.

Loved the video of Anya the Belgian Malinois pup! Thanks for the links!

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One of my dad’s closest friends, who was from China, ran a small business in the United States. Around 2010 he began hearing from relatives still in China that they were being threatened by the government if he didn’t go back to “check in”.

He was terrified that, if he obliged, he’d never get out of China - but he couldn’t take the chance that family might be harmed if he refused. He arranged to close his business for a month and went back to China for a brief visit. Of course, nobody ever heard from him again.

Nice start. We should see an average of ~$2,700,000,000 in aid and weaponry going to Ukraine every week during the next 22 weeks, which would account for the nearly $61 billion package during this fiscal year. No more delays, no more excuses.

The April 14 conference call, which was in response to Iran’s drone retaliation on Israel, involved President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ®, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D), and House Majority Leader Mike Johnson®.

Everyone except Johnson has been in agreement since February that the $95 billion Senate package MUST be passed by the House. It included $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel. While Johnson states he supports Ukraine, his refusal to put the Senate package to a House vote speaks volumes. To be fair, Mike Johnson is under the sword of Damocles; Marjorie Taylor-Greene has threatened a motion to vacate if the package is brought to a vote, effectively removing the House Majority Leader from his position.

This general consensus is still not unanimous because Mike Johnson values his power too much to risk it by allowing Ukraine to receive any assistance from the United States.

Anyone who ate hot lunch had to eat everything on their tray, and we weren’t allowed to pass on any part of the meal because children in other countries were starving or something. Lunch ladies checked our trays before we were allowed to leave the cafeteria.

On the days when sauerkraut was served, we’d take turns being the sauerkraut smuggler, cramming that dank crap from about a dozen 8 year old kids’ trays into an empty milk carton, so we could toss it all without the lunch lady catching it. One day when I was the kraut smuggler, lunch nazi grabbed my carton and marched me back to the table. She said I had to eat every strand of the milky garbage we’d all stowed before I could leave.

I tried, but kept gagging and retching. I sat huddled with the collective slop at the table, crying for about 3 hours before my teacher found me and released me from lunch jail.

This picture took me down a fascinating Estonian rabbit hole. I knew nothing about Estonia before today, and now I want to live there!

Also, fuck Russia for centuries of attempted genocide and general assholery.

While this CR only extends the deadline for a possible government shutdown to March 8 and March 22, it demonstrates once again how quickly the United States will betray commitments to allies and ultimately stand down at the real threat of Russian invasion.

“Other well-known international food companies such as Nestle have also continued their operations in Russia. Nestle was added to Ukraine’s list of “international sponsors of war” in November 2023.”

Of course Nestle is there.

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This $44m allocation is from the June 2023 pledge, and is for “spare parts, weapons stations, avionics, and ammunition”. Oh, there’s also part of that 2023 package that provides training to pilots, valued at fifteen million dollars, can I get an Amen!

It’s better than what the USA is doing, but it’s still just re-announcing support that was pledged 7 months ago.

I’m disgusted that the President has to stop to ask for support against Russian Invasion! The entire world should be begging Ukraine to accept limitless aid while so many Ukrainian people lose EVERYTHING as they hold back the global threat that’s worried nations for decades.

Waiting for Russia to claim it was nose-to-tail full of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

If I was a diabolical sadist who specialized in disinformation, I might claim that the country I’m invading killed its own prisoners, then sit back to enjoy the chaos and pain.

In the dog show world, there are no abortions if an undesirable pregnancy occurs; it could harm the registered bitch.

Unfortunately, the issue would contaminate the bloodline, so when the pups are born it’s common practice for the veterinarian to euthanize them. Think of all the problems solved, if only we let the republican veterinarian define healthcare for breeding bitches.

My CS classes were 90% male, and every professor was male, too. They all genuinely enjoyed my participation, and it was the only environment where I wasn’t objectified or disrespected. Same with my coworkers (again 90% male) when I went into the FAANG workforce; the men were happy to see women excel in a previously male-only field.

The general public was a different story until recently. Women were thrilled, a disturbing number of men refused to listen to me.