I found the people in Jordan were incredibly friendly.

Yeah. The invocation of Article 5 for Afghanistan showed a mixed response from the various NATO nations in what support they would provide.

Same reason I don’t do my own car maintenance, I’d rather spend my time and energy doing something else.

I don’t think it would.

First, you’d have to power the device, which is likely going to take a lot of energy.

Second, the device is additive only, so it can’t address issues with built in scarcity like land.

Third, there is going to be an interesting middle ground where you still need some forms of manufacturing to run the economy.

There will be drastic changes to the economy, but I doubt that communism would fully take over.

The USA under Trump wants to make being an empire worth it financially while getting some territorial gains.

Greenland could be a second Alaska for the USA as Greenland has untapped mineral reserves and a strategic location in the Arctic Circle. Annexing Canada would be on par with the Louisiana Purchase or gains from the Mexican-American War. Panama is a major strategic asset.

Trump wants to leave Europe because he doesn’t see anything for him by staying.

Russia is looking to reestablish its Soviet borders, with a focus on Europe. Belarus is a Russian puppet, but Ukraine can go either way and Ukrainian territory is strategically important to Russia. Beyond that, Russia would probably want to bring in the Baltic nations as well, which is probably what intelligence agencies refer to as Russia wanting to attack Europe.

Beyond reforming the old empire, Russia wants to establish a greater sphere of influence in Europe and weaken potential rivals. A united EU is a threat in that can provide a unified response to Russian expansion.

The closest I’ve ever gotten to intentionally flirting and it succeeding was playing “Questions Only.” with someone who didn’t know I was playing this. My friend, who dared me to play, had to tell the target my name since I couldn’t say my name since I had to respond to everything with a question.

So, um, learn to listen?

Only one or two until you hit the credit card limit.

I think about that in regards to World War II.

As bad as the destruction of World War II was, it could have been a lot worse if technology had developed an additional decade. Hell, having nuclear weapons first deployed as a weapon of mass destruction helped keep it from being deployed in later wars.

Maybe the USA was going to go fascist no matter what, so time travelers picked the most incompetent fascist.

College football is a moneymaker, so I don’t see football being impacted.

What I see happening is that the money from college football will stay in football and money losing programs will see major cuts.

It’s capital has one of the widest roads in the world.

About 40 hours a week.

Nah, I prefer a well brewed Raktajino.

In a few of my creative hobbies, I’ve been complimented by others in a way that I would consider sincere to the work.

I’m shit at video games.

No kidding.

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Here you go.

The dicks, pussies, and assholes speech was based on an actual speech.

Steamboat Willie was a parody of Steamboat Bill Jr., a Buster Keaton film.

That math doesn’t make sense unless the mother is a stay at home mom. A lot of dads that I know who took their leave staggered it with the mom; a 15% reduction in wage is a lot cheaper than paying for child care.

I three recognize that this person’s coworkers are fucking idiots.