About 7 years ago I had to cut a close friend out of my life due to his unceasing denigration of my life choices and values. Yesterday, our mutual friends discreetly set us up in an attempt to get us to reconcile. I had to push him off once again. And it is hurting like hell.
But damn it was hard. I love him as a friend and genuinely wish him and his family good fortune. But I have no choice. And having to explain the logic, and criticizing his character in the process, eats me up inside like nothing else.
Last night I had a dream that my autistic daughter had been adopted from a poor rural family in Tulungagung, and that her biological father is a skinny and dimwitted but hardworking young man with a heart of gold and a handsome smile. I woke up sad and very heartbroken.
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@BBCWorld Then this is not even close to a hegemonic power struggle. The US exports democracy, capitalism, liberal media and so on. China in this case really only exports.. infrastructure financing?
I fear that the elected Republican House Speaker will inevitably be a right-wing hardliner. Because against the choice of allying with Democrats, conceding to the hardliners is much likelier. And both GOP and America will ultimately be the worse for it.
@BBCWorld “Mr Trump's lawyers say his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election fell within his duties as president and are not subject to criminal prosecution.”
Just as a reminder, guy phoned Georgia’s State Secretary to “find 11,780 votes”.
“Mr Trump's lawyers say his attempts to cast doubt on the 2020 election fell within his duties as president and are not subject to criminal prosecution.”
Just as a reminder, guy phoned Georgia’s State Secretary to “find 11,780 votes”.
But even if all the FTX-like companies had complied, crypto’s problem is that its value today as a currency is driven not by usefulness but by pure speculation. And it moved money from the uninformed masses to the lucky few.
FTX founder and crypto king faces a New York court on charges of 'massive' fraud and money laundering
Defense lawyer says SBF is a 'math nerd' who acted in 'good faith'
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It should probably also think twice before obsessing and proselytizing about human rights, which abuse led into their huge drug and gun mess. Other countries can’t send special forces to other countries and attack overseas cartels to solve domestic drug problems.
This is good, but I can’t help thinking if outward focus is the correct one. The #fentanyl factories are in China, but why is it that China itself has no rampant drug problem? And why only the US is badly affected and not other countries?