You should make a YouTube or some kind of downloadable or playable clip of that. I would nab it right up.

I live here and same. Absolute clown shoes, but like penny wise clown, not the funny kind. I want off this roller coaster.

The issue isn’t so much the explaining, as whether the person doing the listening has the skill sets etc. to understand. Not to mention sometimes the person doing the explaining needs to confirm some information to make sure they are explaining the correct thing. Sometimes people don’t ask the right question, especially if it’s a multi step problem. I still hate it though.

I have been converting to another currency, every penny I can

Yikes, ok I can’t say im surprised, but where did you hear that?

Yes they are. They are working exactly as the people in charge want them to. They want a weak dollar and low interest rates because it allows them to get smaller debt payments, and a weak dollar/inflation makes the numbers go up. It’s a risky game though, because demonetization could mean a worthless dollar and a destroyed economy. But again, I wouldn’t be surprised if they want that to because then they can strip it all for parts and sell it off to our enemies. As long as they get richer they don’t give a shit. They will just convert any currency to whatever new safe haven and continue on.

In every moment we have a choice, and it’s always worth hoping that with knowing better we will do better.

I yanked retirement out and actively leaving now too. IF I ever go back I expect it will be a decade or more because I don’t believe it will be safe any sooner than that.

It seems likely to me he/ dems know this will tip off a civil war and they are still hoping to find a different way of dealing with this. Something less bloody. No decent person wants to make the choice that is the final straw before thousands die. Also, even if they recognize it to be inevitable it is necessary to wait until the masses are aligned. The way you-and all the rest of us- are getting fed up is a sign the fruit is almost ripe.

Or they could just be compromised cowards. It doesn’t really matter actually, at some point the tide will flood the city streets and then someone will show up to lead.

I have often thought about this too. 6m jews and I think a similar number of various other vulnerable people died in Germany between '33 and’45, but how many normal people who were in the vicinity not participating but just trying to survive and keep their kids alive were there? A large percentage of them lived somewhat normal lives considering it grew to be a war zone, and if they didn’t like what was happening they just had to keep quiet. The Nazis couldn’t kill or imprison everyone, they still wanted/ needed people to serve them, and for that it was enough if you just didn’t fight back. Most everyone I love is planning to stay and survive and resist. One said they will join ICE and throw sand in the gears. Another said they will keep their heads down. Both have kids, and are people who are being pretty realistic with what is happening. Im getting my family out while I still can and I wish they would too but I know it’s not how things work.

Everyone. Fascists are never satisfied within their own borders

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Huge surprise there. Im only mildly surprised he said it out loud.

Yeah that choice of words didn’t sit right with me either.

Pass

If she was deported why hasn’t her family heard from her? Wherever she is it’s not good.

Times of upheaval and conquest are before us. For several generations my land of birth has been quiet and safe, but I am afraid not many places will be so blessed in coming days.

Hugs!

Idk, this seems to be Europe getting an excuse to deploy in assistance to Ukraine. Im not assuming to be able to predict what will actually happen though, you could be right.

Ahmed (hero #1) put the gun down almost immediately after wresting it from shooter #1, then got shot by shooter #2. Still was probably best he didn’t hold onto it as police were moving in, as hero #2 quickly found out. But let’s not miss the fact the public fought back en mass as they went after him thinking he was a shooter. That’s some good stuff.