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Europe being dependent on the US militarily was well known long before the Ukraine war. It's no surprise. In fact, I always found it ideologically hypocritical that Europe as a collective espouses liberty and peace while underspending on their military, whit the US disproportionally representing NATO power, -on their dime. Europe has acted like a spoiled sugar baby to a certain degree while there was relative peace in the region. Now we are caught underprepared.

He also tried to get me to hire him as a dating coach once. I asked him for his resume and he instantly got defensive and abrasive so I quickly just ghosted the chain. Not worth risking my money into someone so unprofessional. No appreciation of how a potential client might see it as a scam or a poor service.

I can't speak for Islamic traditions specifically but all religions have practices that are genuinely healing and spiritual. Like confession in Christianity is kind of therapy. Be careful of religious dogma arresting your mind in group think and dogmatism however.

That is a big IF if they are an actual terrorist. It is almost never clear cut. In practice, it tends to turn into brown = terrorist where if you happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time you get abducted and tortured. There's evidence that there are other ways that are more effective for gathering intelligence that doesn't involve direct torture like the Scharff technique which involves being friendly to your captives and manipulating them to willfully divulge info without realizing. That is the problem. You can make someone confess to anything under enough duress which makes their info inherently less reliable and accurate. You can make Leo confess to being the son of Hitler with enough torture. But the point of torture is not intelligence first and foremost but domination so it is a moot point.

Suzie from work is just office hot. You can do better.

What would happen is Trump will launch the national guard as soon as he can and hammer you into submission and then crown himself national hero. It would embolden Trump to smear democrats even further and contribute to undercuting democratic processes. Political suicide is not going to solve the problem. People have to suffer the consequences of their immature voting practices through mass inflation and hollowing of social services and democracy for them to learn. I know it's frustrating because just how stupid it all is. It should be obvious how bad Trump is politically.

Fracturing the country isn't a proportional response to a bad president or political climate. It just makes things worse and could lead to civil war. A state that silos nukes seceding would lead to security crisis.

I watched this video recently that made it click for me as I always naively assumed that torture is purely for intelligence but that couldn't explain its prevalence considering how inefficient it is for actually gathering intelligence. Of course, it's about domination. That makes perfect sense.

That would be immensely self-destructive and pointless. Now you've assured that blue states don't have any say over politics.

Surely, the end result is America isolating itself and relinquishing its influence as a result. A lot of states will exert their own influence either as a matter of basic security or opportunity, leading to a more multipolar world.

There is no politics without an "I" .

It can take over a month of straight waterboarding to get any intel out of somebody. With that cost in mind, do you think its ethical if the intel isn't guaranteed to be even true?

@Daniel Balan It sounds like your under a lot of stress. Do you think that is perhaps a contributing factor?

Conservatives generally prioritize equality of means over outcome. Affirmative action is an attempt at equalizing outcomes so conservatives are naturally going to dislike it based on that factor alone. The main critique is of the hiring and promotion of people who may not be qualified for the job. You can find plenty of critique of accidents or poor performance blamed on DEI personal who supposedly didn't know what they where doing. The overweight Secret Service lady caught a lot of flak for being a "DEI hire" after the Trump shooting for instance. Most of it is just vibes however though I agree with the principle that hiring someone should prioritize competency first. I can see a rebrand happening in the future.

Certain topics being divisive doesn't mean the forum as a whole is low-conscious. It's quiet peaceful and tolerant compared to many other forums in fact. You don't get banned for having the "wrong opinion" here unless you go way overboard. The diversity of worldviews and people is a testament to that. Just ignore annoying users and avoid getting bogged down in empty arguments over semantics, etc. If you are constantly inundated with low quality brainrot than that is partially on you. You are going to have to make up your own mind of who is worth listening to. The quality of discussions to be had begin with you. Any appraisal system will instantly be abused as a agree/disagree button and the forum will turn into an echo-chamber. Less is more for the purpose of having a good faith discussion.

Of course. Predators target the weak and vulnerable.

The crazy thing with many cults, like with Tate, is that there are legit helpful advice in between the exploitation and brainwashing. Its how they hook you. The first two steps here are more or less great basic advice for men who don't have a lot of success. @Unlimited More masterspells? These are hilarious.

Shaking your dick by holding it by its base while slapping it on a surface helps excite an erection in my experience. Are you also into eroticism? Do you have a lewd mind? Engaging in sexual art can energize your sexuality. Like writing an erotic story with all your fetishes or collecting images. I can imagine that if you are not all that into sex that you would struggle keeping an erection on top of health issues.

I feel like most question are too petty compared to god and can be answered by one self in due time.

Banning homosexuality has nothing to do with god. It's an outdated decree of survival by humans for humans.

It's likely that it was pre-meditated to jump him. Trump wanted Zelenskyy to sign away his rare minerals with no security guarantees. There wasn't going to be a peace deal regardless because Ukraine can't sign a deal like that.

In my experience, growing up my parents emotions dominated my reality. Not necessarily in a bad way but such that it is not possible to truly be yourself completely without being inundated with that karma. The only way to be yourself more is to physically move away. There are pros and cons though, primarily the added cost of moving out which will mean that you will have to work and change your lifestyle most likely. Moving out is about seizing opportunities for personal growth and prosperity so determine what your goals are.

Interesting analysis and future predictions. Accordingly, if true, Trump's plan was to humiliate Zelenskyy in front of the world and have him sign away the minerals despite being a bad deal, setting a precedence of American domination over foreign affairs (America first).

Europe doesn't need less countries. It needs a stronger European collective identity and integration and there need to be more inter-European business opportunities that make it easier to cross language and cultural barriers. More incentives and reasons to be "European" broadly speaking.