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True, but America gave us Trump and The Deep South. I think I'll go with the lesser of two evils personally.
A pretty good break-down of the whole "Nato spending" issue, though what it doesn't really discuss is that there isn't really that much relation between what a country spends on its own military and how much of this spending is actual contribution to NATO. For example when article 5 was triggered, some or the states which provided the most assistance are pretty low on the spending scale, while others which are pretty high on it didn't actually provide any assistance at all.
@Swanpride: Yeah, exactly. It's definitely a completely different matter, which is why the NSA chief isn't exactly helping.
It's been fun.
NSA chief?
So, since Memorial Day is/was a thing, I would just like to present everyone with a revelation I had today:
Anyone below the age of sixteen in the United States has never experienced the US in a state of peace.
edited 29th May '17 10:14:07 AM by math792d
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
To be entirely fair, as it's been said before, those aren't necessarily the same people; from my own anecdotal experience, libertarians and traditional yuppie Republicans are generally the least comfortable members of the GOP coalition these days.
Cape Malleum Majorem
A few decades back, the GOP had to pander to the Evangelical Fundamentalist Christians because they needed the votes. Nowadays, not so much — but they're stuck with them. (Mainly because they refuse to leave, and nobody else wants them.)
edited 29th May '17 11:00:04 AM by pwiegle
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For the record, international tourism dropping is a bad thing because it affects the economy, not just out of some kind of "we have the best country, everyone loves to visit us" nationalism. I live in Orlando, and international visitors make up a not-inconsiderable part of our economy here — moreso than simple numbers suggest because international travellers tend to spend more per capita than domestic ones. (International travel is more expensive and generally a "bigger deal" than domestic travel, so they tend to stay longer and spend more money when they come.)
It's not going to sink us (Orlando's economy is doing pretty well for a variety of other reasons), but downturns in international tourism are most definitely bad for business.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
President Donald Trump plans on reversing a set of policies softening relations with Cuba
I am sorry....a long trip to Disney World was on the books for my family, but Trump deciding to allow customs to snoop in phones and be generally overly invasive in terms if privacy put the whole of the US firmly on the black list.
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Someone send him a box of Cohiba's. That'll take care of it.
Cape Malleum Majorem
Trump doesn't smoke. And he doesn't drink either, so Cuban rum is out. That just leaves Hookers and Blow.
The fact that Trump does everything he does while stone cold sober is just depressing.
edited 29th May '17 1:26:54 PM by nightwyrm_zero
Only thing that'd be more depressing would be if he were some kind of Drunken Master who'd be a master politician if he worked while drunk.
Sounds like several someones didn't preserve their emails...
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
@Cuba relations: Further proof that the GOP has become so reactionary that they have no other ideas than undoing everything Obama's ever done.
edited 29th May '17 2:59:54 PM by TheRoguePenguin
Trump singing along to the national anthem at Arlington.
How does a 70 year old man not learn anything about decorum and protocol at public events?!? SMH.
edited 29th May '17 3:06:55 PM by nightwyrm_zero
Simple; because he's nothing more than a three year old brat who happens to be abnormally large with a crapton of wrinkles.
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This is slowly changing as second- and third-generation Cuban-Americans increasingly break with their parents and grandparents on the issue. They'd rather see normalized relations between the US and Cuba so that they're allowed to actually go visit family and whatnot that remained behind, rather than having all contact cut off.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Trump shouted at Palestinian leader during meeting
Guess Trump is trying to go for the 0-state solution at this rate.
So...did he manage to hold a speech which was not about himself (can't bring myself to watch it).
Illinois house passes automatic voter registration
I hope this gets through. Automatic voter registration really should have been implemented along time ago.
edited 29th May '17 4:18:36 PM by megaeliz
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Don't forget that Canada is the spawning ground of the likes of Justin Bieber and Ted Cruz.
Disgusted, but not surprised