Skyrmir @ Skyrmir @lemmy.world

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True, but also what he wants. It gives him the excuse to use the military, or refuse to use it to defend an ally. He's looking to break NATO and the EU. Leaving nothing to stop Russia, and most likely to help attack directly. Greenland is a forward staging area for the US to attack or even just threaten NATO countries. Even if he doesn't get it, the fight creates opportunity to draw resources away from Ukraine, helping Russia. Also creating the situation where the US is isolated with aggressors all around, making the case for martial law and canceling elections. That's the goal, shut down democracy, and lock in authoritarian rule.

The tariffs and visa crap don't matter to Colombia, the banking sanctions could be serious. As in serious enough to cause other countries to react. Probably not for Colombia alone, but if he thinks that's a weapon to use, it's going to get used against us in worse ways.

Just bought a dozen today for $4.59

So the new campaign is that the DNC did nothing wrong, they were just thwarted by voter suppression?

Couldn't be they completely fucked up by campaigning to a center that doesn't exist any more. The DLC's triangulation bullshit is dead and needs to stay dead. Every Dem from the Clinton era needs to get that through their damn heads, they should have retired a decade ago anyway.

Of all the people that could buy that shit pile, I think he'd be the best. Kinda the least smelly turd in the pile.

Remember back in January when it was wild to see Elon talking to radical right wing Germans?

Ann McCaffrey's Pern series. Teleporting time traveling retro futuristic dragons.

Probably followed by either Footfall, invading octopus elephants, or Ringworld. Which is Halo with 2 headed 3 legged 1 hoof snakes.

Fauci should sue him in civil court for security costs. No pardons, and lots of news coverage of a president threatening the life of an American.

Sorry, those are blocked on my network.

I haven't seen any pro Hamas protestors. Anti-Israel and pro-Palestine all over the place, but no Hamas.

I am always sarcastic, it's just my nature. That said, where you are on the food chain is the basis of all power to affect the world/universe. That's who 'gave' us the power to decide if another species should go extinct. We took it, as all power is gained. There was no giving involved. Once that power is gained, giving it up, is giving up your position on the food chain. In a very literal sense. Otherwise you're not giving up the power to kill another species, you're just choosing not to. Which in most cases is the best choice, and also is what gives you the choice of tolerance.

As for motivation to interact with the world, that's personal. In the long run we're all space dust decaying to barely perceptible heat. In the short run, finding your own contentment might require some adjustments to the world around you. Even just enjoying the day may come at the cost of tomorrow, so choose your actions well.

Power is never given, it is taken. Might makes right is the only law of the universe. Who gave a cheetah the power to eat a gazelle? Who gave a fungus the power to kill bacteria? The question of tolerance or intolerance is a question of when to use, or not, the individual or collective power of a person or group.

As to when is it right to extinct a species, would you save the dinosaurs from the asteroid? Bear in mind, you extinct your own species if you do. And who gave those dinos the right to use up a whole planet's worth of resources, that mammals are obviously better suited to make use of. Extincting a species is making ecological room for other species to evolve. It's just that right now, humans are demonstrably horrible at choosing which species should be around, or not.

Also I highly recommend Dr. Who for the hidden morals wrapped in often ridiculously stupid sci-fi fun.

I'm still partial to the general philosophy of Dr Who. Killing is to be avoided even at extreme cost. But when survival is put on the line, it's time to put a bullet in someone, or blow up their entire species. When you reach that point, go as far as you have to, in order to make sure you don't have to again.

Diesel, bear spray, propane, and gasoline don't care if you're wearing a bulletproof vest.

Just pointing that out in case it becomes relevant.

Got me trying to figure out how to expand my flock of quail. Except they're inside now with no more room, and outside puts them at risk. I'm about to get extra creative with the carpentry.

Hurting families is the purpose. They need horror to fuel their calls for martial law.

I haven't seen any corroboration of it yet, but it is exactly the fight they were having over TikTok. Not that China is stealing private data, that they would use the algorithm to affect the election.

And none of this is new people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica

They're just putting into practice what they already learned and super charging it with AI agents.

What did the canuks get up to this time?

Just wait, eventually the y chromosome has a good chance of going away completely. I think at that point their heads just explode.

Get ready for the emergency declarations that need to take away any rights and skip elections.

There's a whole war at the border you know, can't be having elections during a war. Congress can't be risking the safety of the nation during this emergency, they need to recess until it's all over.

What emergency? Hang on, we're busy making it now.