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I just hope her hair stylist can find work.

I think the bolded is something upon which we can all largely agree. As much as they shouldn't have to negotiate a peace deal that concedes land, the alternative is endless conflict (they can't win outright, just bank on Russia giving up) and at a certain point we can't be expected to bankroll them until that happens. I'm pro-Ukraine but when is enough death and money?

I think they were $800 hammers...

No, the veteran who just advocated for a "giant" military budget didn't realize that China poses a threat. I also think our military budget has a metric shitton of waste, and asking people to sharpen their pencils after years of funding stupid and wasteful projects isn't a terrible idea. I'd be shocked if they even hit 3%, but having aspirations isn't a bad thing. Jesus, you're a ***** mess dude.

Are you implying we still don't have the largest military budget? Larger than the next 8 closest combined? I'm all for a giant military budget. It just used to be that you guys weren't.

Liberals in 2010: We have the biggest military budget in the world! Cut military spending! Liberals in 2025: OMG we're going to reduce military spending by a target of 8% per year, the sky is falling.

Read my original response. I don't think it should be removed. It's stupid. But it ain't banned.

Still publicly available in many places, including public libraries and amazon.com if anyone would like to read it. AKA not banned. Keep trying though.

Or maybe it's the very disingenuous use of the term "banned" that has most people ignoring it or rolling their eyes. The DoD removing material from DoD run schools is not a "ban". It can be overzealous, and downright stupid, but calling it a "ban" especially given the constant undercurrent of Nazi Germany comparisons, is nonsense.

Hitler said the Jews were a cancer that must be removed in 1919. He was pretty clear from the onset. How terrifying it must be to live in some skewed reality where you actually believe Trump is going to round people up and put them in gas chambers.

Saying that male athletes like Lia Thomas don't have an advantage is pure nonsense. The amount may be negligible to you, but to those girls competing it's everything. It's like the unemployment rate. Most people don't care what the rate is. It's either 0% or 100% that matters to people. You're either employed or you're not.

Meh, I'm not super wound up about it, just curious why you seem to have such an issue with something that's common sense. Really, the only part that is annoying to me, is how the girls who stand up for themselves are painted as transphobic. The injury stuff, while sad, is probably overblown for the most part. You could probably find similar examples all across the spectrum where there were no trans people involved.

No one cares that people are trans. You're being purposefully obtuse. Just keep boys out of girls sports. It's not complicated.

I'll bite. Could it possibly mean defending against large scale deception? It's not exactly a stretch.

I mean, have any of you heard of a Federal employee complaining they were unable to retire or delayed for any reason? Me neither. Seems like a non-issue. And re: record retention - they don't ever dispose of this stuff. They should but often don't. It's easier to shove it into storage than actually adhere to the policy.