@ettingermentum AIPAC running ads against Malinowski is crazy. He used to be my rep and he’s a pretty solid guy, definitely a center-left neoliberal and pro-Israel but seemed fairly principled and, even after being voted out, stayed involved locally and kept advocating.
@jaxie2342@Firebloodjrb@fiendformojitos It’s also worth remembering it’s not a released winds chapter but something he read out at a convention and has been transcribed by people attending. Maybe euron really does summon a blood kraken, maybe he doesn’t, but you shouldn’t treat it as any kind of gospel.
@jaxie2342@Firebloodjrb@fiendformojitos Ok but it’s equally likely euron completely eats shit and gets destroyed after talking a big game about becoming a god through mass sacrifice. The forsaken is a pov from a guy high out of his mind on hallucinogens, and the Greyjoys frequently have delusions of grandeur.
@BPiss49@ettingermentum Ohtani’s main value is off the field. Japanese players want to play with him, and he sells an obscene amount of merch in Japan and the U.S. that allows the dodgers to spend unlimited money on the rest of the roster.
@derektonin@ettingermentum Yes, the league needs a floor as a lot of owners refuse to spend. But other teams could not do what the dodgers are doing. Shohei was only ever going to LA, he attracts all the Japanese talent, and he prints money for the team that allows them to spend on free agents.
@MidwestHedgie@RickGeneration8@kylecordes lol you think this guy has the balls to do it? He’d pussy out and fail to follow through just like he’s failed in everything else, then go back to playing warhammer in his parents’ basement.
@tangychrismas @SickAssPen@WallStreetApes The shooting wasn’t justified and you know it. Just admit you enjoy watching people you don’t like suffer because you’re a weak and miserable man who wants nothing more than to feel strong for the first time in their life.
@vinismus Tons of awful shit happens in Europe but it never translates to news stories in America, partially due to language and partially due to America not caring. Meanwhile every local news story in the U.S. gets broadcasted and reported on worldwide.
@MariGO2thepolls I sometimes think about how if the northeast U.S. was its own country it would basically be a utopia. Insanely rich and prosperous with social politics akin to Western Europe.
@LinkofSunshine Museum of the American Indian is very underrated and easily had the best food of all of them. American history museum was my favorite for the exhibits, a lot of really neat stuff in there. Not Smithsonians but the national gallery and FDR monuments were really cool too.
@Gumboglumpens@zaggrim@_Credible_Hulk Plus the U.S. can make way more money providing services to the rest of the world, or exporting cars or computers. Why would you care about the pear industry when you’re an advanced economy who can use their resources to make way more money doing other stuff, then import pears.
@Gumboglumpens@zaggrim@_Credible_Hulk This is something you can easily look up. Argentina is an agricultural economy with policy focused on agricultural production and a competitive advantage over the U.S. in agriculture. Their seasons are also reversed which is very convenient for export to the northern hemisphere.
@Poodleface02@DanRShafer This isn’t true and you know it, the largest dem states have independent committees that result in NY and California republicans getting way more seats than they would under gerrymandering. California could completely shut republicans out if they gerrymandered like this.
@ObserveFree@HarleyShah People are simply bad at estimating the calories they eat and burn in a day. Your skinny friend who seems to eat anything but never gain weight probably does more physical activity than you or works on their feet, and doesn’t eat 1500 calories absentmindedly at night in snacks.
@__Guntar__ Biden governed as a progressive and dems got trillions in spending for things like infrastructure, social policies, climate change, and a host of other progressive goals. Voters responded by hating it all and the democrats who passed it.