Am I reading this correctly? He was asked for his social media accounts and didn't disclose his Grindr account. When that then leaked, then it was obvious he had lied in his social media account disclosure, and that's the official reason he was let go.
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I think at this point the air has made a circle around the globe and Xi starts smelling Trump's desperation. I doubt China is going to do anything until the USA caves in completely. After all, in a couple of months shelves are going to look pretty sparse, and there is no one to blame but Mr "the most beautiful word is tariffs."
In many parts of the country, the word "Christians" is so associated with Protestantism, it doesn't even include Catholics. "Are you Christian or are you Catholic?" is actually something you might hear in many parts of the South and Midwest.
I have seen enough loved ones affected by GI cancer, the only bad thing about this news is that it didn't come ten years ago!
I think battery standards are really, really important. What happens in five or ten years, when your make and model isn't sold any longer and you can't get a new battery from the manufacturer?
I think the reason not cited was that he was a "DEI hire." Being of African descent is a real career killer these days.
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Didn't know that PayPal still does business in Russia, though.
Did the deputy have anything to do with the shooting?
I got myself a plug-in hybrid for that very reason - but I am single. I would think a couple with kids would probably prefer a dual vehicle setup where one is long range (hybrid potentially counts) and the other one a cheap EV for running daily errands.
Right now, batteries are so expensive that they eclipse the weirdness of having two separate engines in a car. I would think we'll soon see much cheaper batteries, and then the cheap EV will potentially end up being a lot cheaper than a hybrid.
Overall, I would absolutely agree with you. But with the recent fall of oil prices, I don't think the economics are there for Putin to be able to sustain the war. He needs it to end, and soon.
Zelenskyy, on the other hand, seems to have been rattled by the swiftness with which Russia pushed back Ukraine out of Kursk oblast once America stopped intelligence sharing.
I could see it play out like you describe: both sides continue to just want to outlast the other. Even then, the Trump administration plays linchpin: they can stop intelligence sharing again, and they can push the price of oil up and down to an extent.
I continue being surprised that the war is not more unpopular in Russia. Something that makes a million people flee out of their country can't really be value neutral or even popular. But then again, Russia has a very long history of stubborn rulers that pushed things too far and then were overthrown when they wouldn't relent, which is again the scenario you describe.
Never smoked anything in my life, having one side of the family wiped out prematurely by nicotine, all of them.
Lived in Colorado. The pros outweigh the cons a million to one. The biggest positive was the massive reduction in DUIs, since people drink in bars but smoke weed at home. There may be a reduction in harder drugs, too, given how much easier and cheaper it is to get weed. The tax revenue from weed sales is huge (was bigger, though) and because the laws were changed after Colorado turned liberal-ish, the money was mostly allocated to great causes.
Government loves having a law that can be selectively enforced and is broken by a lot of people. Taking it away is a huge plus, especially in times where the government is looking for easy ways to control the population. Even before now, White people caught in possession or smoking marijuana rarely got more than probation, while some Black people were three-striked for the same.
The only downside is that it still smells bad, and I am still not sure that hacking up your lungs is all that sane or safe.
Yes, it appears that young humans can have very negative reactions to weed, and that it can affect their brains negatively. That would absolutely be a problem if legalization increased week use among teenagers, but that doesn't seem to be the case.