Juliajms

Pilots. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jet-blue-pilots-accused-drugging-raping-female-crew-members-new-lawsuit-101617805.html

That is awesome! And all the money we've spent and all the enemies we've made and the people who have been radicalized because their families were unjustly killed. Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot. We are very lucky that we have a great intelligence community and allies who do as well. Of course Trump has undermined them and given Israeli intelligence to Russia, so there's always that.

I don't understand that either, not fully. My objection is more with people coming after McCain or any soldier for Vietnam. Men were drafted, so I am frankly disgusted with anyone who ever came after the men who fought that war. My only caveat are soldiers who were knowingly involved with war crimes. Our wars in the Middle East are a different issue and McCain's circumstances were very different. He was a leader at that point and I certainly wish that all of our leaders had said no to perpetual war. I think the fear of terrorism after 9/11 is part of the issue. Looking back, it's clear that the terrorists were not as capable of striking as many thought at the time. I remember the fearmongering that went on about biological weapons. Remember the specials shows like Nightline did getting people worked up about that? Tony even mentions it on The Sopranos. So Washington wanted a show of force, I guess. That's the best explanation I can come up with other than money. Why we decided to strike Iraq is also beyond me, but I think a lot of people wanted revenge at any cost. They followed where the Bush administration led.

I guess this is an issue where the progressives and I part ways. I agree that Vietnam shouldn't have happened, but calling individual soldiers killers is not ok with me. I guess some people think it takes more courage to pretend you have bone spurs. McCain was tortured for 5 years for God's sake.

Yeah, me too. It's more the general instability for me, but both combined have me running to what I feel sure is a return to sanity and the status quo. I'm never quite sure what Trump's agenda is on this topic. Another area where I miss the status quo. Granted it has never brought the region closer to peace, but at least it wasn't making the conflict worse. I guess we can hope Syria (or should I just say Assad) is to weak to respond.

Yes, let's up the intensity of this conflict and our part in it. I come around to Biden more by the day. By all means, let's have the establishment. This should not be allowed. The state should be making sure that all foster children are vaccinated. I just can't believe this insanity.

Yes. Just what the state of Kentucky needs. Government officials convincing parents not to vaccinate. 🙃

And taking on loads of debt to do it. I like Netflix well enough. I think they've made some pretty good original shows and they have given a platform to a more diverse group of people. They are the ones who gave Sense 8 and One Day at a Time a chance after all, but I have doubts about the business model. I'm guessing they are going to have to raise the subscription fee substantially in the coming years.

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I suppose fines and fees might not be taxes exactly, but I think she is right and this should not be allowed.

And yet somehow we don't hear much about boycotting China.

This continues to be a terrible national shame. The place where the far left and the right meet is very ugly. We have to rid ourselves of extremists in power if we can. I still marvel that I ever thought the internet would ever be an unequivocal force for good. In the wrong hands it's a WMD.

Not surprising at all.

That is insane. Anything for money, I guess. Some people really will believe anything as long as it confirms their bias. It's disturbing to say the least.

I wonder how survivors and family members manage to go on in these situations? One of the most enraging aspects is that there can be no true justice. One person took 50 lives that he had no right to even touch. Nothing can balances those scales. I guess next up are the Alex Jones types to tell us it was all a hoax. It's maddening.

I know what you mean. I think it's easier to feud than to stop and really look this in the face. 49 people dead in their house of worship. All they were doing was trying to pray peacefully. A three year old boy among the dead. And God alone knows who is watching the video right now and being radicalized to commit a copy cat act.

Fragile is the last thing Chelsea has ever been, so whoever said that can KMA.

Coming after Chelsea is just bizarre. She is obviously an ally to both Muslims and Jews. The people trying to force a false dichotomy of Jew versus Muslim are the problem here. Sadly they are succeeding because the American public just isn't that sophisticated when it comes to these types of issues. That's unfortunate because the last thing we need to do is encourage that kind of bitter feud here. We have enough problems with these violent white nationalist as it stands. If only I had seen this post last night, but somehow I missed it. It was a sharp lesson in turning off automatic video playing on Twitter, that is for sure.

I just heard about the mass shooting at a mosque in New Zealand. Those poor people. At first I felt almost deranged when my first thought was "this is Trump's fault". I feel less deranged after seeing he was named as inspiration in the manifesto. What a nightmare.

He knows it isn't and so do most of his supporters, including me. Not that I support him now, but I agreed with some of his ideas before things got nasty. Hillary took on the fight for $15 and I would say that's been proven doable to some extent. Free college though? No, this isn't that sort of country right now. We don't seem to even want to give poor kids food or medicine, never mind college. Just like every other person running his ideas and vision will be limited by Congress, especially if the Republicans keep the Senate. Anyway, I'm hoping that he does not get the nomination, although I would vote for him if he does. There are just too many hard feelings there and he's vulnerable in the general election. He's never released his taxes for one thing. God knows what's hiding there and he won't get the impunity that 45 does. No one will. Plus, let's be real, he's Jewish and he lived in Israel. That may have been ok in 2016, but it surely isn't now. You see the conspiracy nut bags out there already claiming Jews control the U.S. government and the media. Can you even imagine what would come out of the woodwork if he won the nomination? In my opinion it will be harder for women in 2020 as well because of the tide of hate that's risen up in the last few years. Maybe our best hope really is Biden, although that scares me too given his penchant for saying stupid $hit. Trump does it 20 times a day, but that doesn't mean others will get a pass.

No, but when you have unlimited funds you start letting people do everything for you. I'm not saying this person is innocent. Just that it wouldn't surprise me that rich people hire others to coordinate the college application process. I certainly do. Not really as a parent since my children haven't even started kindergarten. This just strikes at some of the myths we tell ourselves about fair opportunity. The system is rigged in so many ways and that someone would take it to this next step absolutely enrages me, even though it doesn't directly affect me.

🤣 I hear that. I imagine so. Isn't that what the Bernie Bros did last time? Hopefully, we won't need them this time.

I agree with so many of the tweets Vee cited. Netflix can't continue pretending they are everyone's best buddy and then make decisions like this. The way they are burning through cash there is no way this was more than a drop in the bucket to them anyway. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/investing/netflix-cash-burn-stock/index.html

Wasn't it 100 million?

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