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If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey.

Even if it has a monkey kind-of shape.

I'm beginning to think his memory doesn't stretch back that far...

Agreed. She made the right call.

Two crew members with separate skills are better for the overall chances of the ship, and thus her crew, making it home. She did what she had to do.

Surely imperialist countries with interests in an area wouldn't go and lie about things???

Next you're gonna tell me the US lied about WMDs in 2001...

Thanks!

Source?

It's not really heartbreaking when you know the reason the worst person you know is even talking is to try and distract from their own shit.

Doesn't make it less true, just less heartbreaking.

The Budapest memorandum of 1994 ensured that the US and UK would "Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used"

That happened. It's a promise to bring the issue to the UN security council for a vote on action. Not a promise to invade any attacking country.

What also happened is that Russia, a seat on the security council, has the power to veto, and a conflicting interest here that the UN decided couldn't possibly be a problem in the future.

I'm not saying we have done enough.

I am, however, saying that we have held up our end of the agreement, as written on paper.

As far as I'm concerned, my country is 1/3 of the reason they're in this mess, so we need to step in and directly protect them at the bare minimum. Ukraine isn't safe until their borders are restored to pre-2014, their infrastructure is repaired and improved, and they have enough to defend themselves from Russia AND the US. And also the government stooges of Russia get put to death for forcing their population to fight and die against an opponent who never wanted a fight to begin with.

"Vladimir Putin says-"

Lemme stop you right there, pardner.

Don't care.

And as usual, scientific journals have made me feel dumb again.

"I know some of these words!"

I get the gist but damn if journals don't remind me I'm not as smart as I think I am...

False start! 3rd from left is over the line, I demand a rematch!

Police who made these claims after a single driver took the open bag after they initially found nothing, then reappeared with a closed bag and no gloves, then somehow magically they found super bulky items that would not have been able to hide inside the backpack.

The fact that other commenter posted that without a hint of sarcasm tells me they're either drinking the coolaid, they're arguing in bad faith, or they're just plain ignorant and extremely naive. Possibly stupid, but I try to assume ignorance over stupidity. "They caught him with tye murder weapon, a manifesto, and a signed note saying I did it" is something a literal child would think. In fact, I vaguely remember an episode of a children's TV show where the snitch kid writes a note that says "I did it -TJ" and the teacher used that as an excuse to put TJ in detention for littering and admitting it.

I am absolutely not convinced that Luigi mangione did anything but have a strong chin and dark eyebrows like some guy in a hood on grainy security footage.

That doesn't make Luigi any less of a martyr to me. The government has made the same mistake many in power have made over the years. They assume bythrowing their weight behind punishment, it will deter future attempts by increasingly desperate populations. Historically, we can see that is never the case for very long, if it works at all.