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Drinking bleach will stop you from getting any disease, too, but we're not suggesting harmful things to strangers on the internet, right?

Try reading Blaine's FB page and then imagine the only way to be rid of him was his retirement, and knowing he'll likely be replaced with the same or worse.

Can't wait to get my family back out of this shithole state. KC, StL, Columbia, and Springfield are ok but the rest of the state are loud and proud white trash MAGATS steadily voting to fuck over the population centers where all the atate funds come from.

This state is so bad the only way we see progress is with ballot initiatives where gerrymanderign can't defeat the popular vote. And guess what the MO house and senate are working on right now. Yep, making ballot initiatives harder to pass.

Saint Louis has been held back as a city for decades because StL city is in StL county and is prone to the state legislature's fuckery. Like when StL raised the minimum wage for the city. State blocked it because...they could.

The governmental structure of the City of St. Louis is unusual in the United States. Since 1876, St. Louis has been an independent city, meaning it is not part of any county. St. Louis operates as both a city and a county. St. Louis is the only city in Missouri which operates its own "county" offices. St. Louis is a home rule city, but it is not a home rule county, thus county functions and offices are subject to state restrictions on county governments.

As a resident I would like to refute this claim.

I can't. But I would like to.

Thank you for that.

I've long thought we need a non-military service branch much like you describe and for much the same resson.

In my experience it isn't just "rich" kids but anyone that grows up with minimal adversity and exposure to people outside their immediate (sheltered) bubble that are really hard to work alongside. Anyone who hasn't been told "no" enough to understand the world doesn't cater to them, really.

Oh good, so Google has stopped all political donations and canceled all government contracts so they can stay out politics?

No? Ok fuck you.

And that's just one example.

The most glaring generator of mistrust for decades now is the thing citizens discuss all the time but is never addressed: our out of control military budget.

We could solve every one of our country's financial issues multiple times over by reducing the military budget, and not even drastically so.

Our military was tasked with an audit to reign in waste and spending. They couldn't pass an audit so they were just given a free pass, no penalties or repercussions. The first audit was 2017 and they failed to pass. They failed two more since then. Senator Sanders intoruduced a bill in 2021 and again in 2023 which required an audit and was supposed to impose penalties for failure, it's been introduced so we'll see how that goes.

It's amazing republicans even show their true face in public with all the persecution they endure.

They should hide themselves better or people might identify them as conservatives.

it looks like they boxed him in with their vehicle.

Yes.

Five officers from a tactical unit who were in an unmarked police vehicle surrounded an SUV last month driven by Dexter Reed, allegedly for failing to wear a seatbelt.

In Humboldt Park which has had car jackings more than triple for the last few years.

He fired at a group of dudes in civilian clothes driving regular vehicles telling him they were cops. Guess what more than tripled from 2019 to 2021 and continues? Car jackings and armed car jackings.

They allege this was for a seatbelt. Weapons drawn for a simple traffic stop?

Plainclothes officers, especially, should not be approaching people with a weapon drawn.

terrorized the Donbas for almost a decade before Russia intervened two years ago

You mean the Donbas where Ukraine was fighting Russia after they annexed Crimea?

How can you terroriza your own country that was invaded?

Are you completely ignoring the fact Russia annexed Crimea just so you can carry water for Putin? What is your agenda?

Hey that's a nice home you have. We're moving in. You can fight me for it but it will be long and bloody. Probably best you just move out and concede it to me.

There are two types of people. Those who can extrapolate a conclusion from an incomplete data set and

Airbus has only really been in competition with Boeing since the 2000s. Boeing's merger with Mcdonell Douglas was in 1997 and that is when corporate culture shifted hard away from quality and to machinists, mechanics, engineers, everyone being told to think "how can I increase stock value today".

I was a flight attendant with TWA, so take this as what it is: advice from 20+ years ago.

If all the overhead bins are full they will gate check your bag; tag it, send it down the external stairs of the jetway, and it will go in the belly with the other checked luggage.

issue is less about humans and more about americans, specifically

Yes

See how deeply entrenched scarcity mentality is in every aspect of our lives.

They also kidnap baby seals and rape them to death, but cutely.

You are not alone.

I miss Seattle. For 9 years I finally got to feel sane.

Moved back to the midwest for good reasons but believe me we're getting back out as soon as we can.

You really described it well:

t's filled with angry alcoholics who never had a life or a real chance and just vote Republican.

And no amount of reason or logic will get them to believe they're being duped.