They absolutely have no fucking legs to stand on with the shitty deals they are cutting a cartel family to let them in the US They didn’t have legs before, or arms, or a god damn brain. Pretty much a potato but that’s an insult to potatos.

Well I tried. Seems like I’m getting a response from. someone who is offended at the idea of nuclear energy and now using feelings to make a statement. Fukushima was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami and it didn’t go critical like Chernobyl. Again, renewables are a great idea until you have to scale in massive countries. This is why China has started up Thorium reactors and aggressively going after fusion. They have massive solar plants too! And yes, there are plans for idiots to start up new coal plants in the US, because they’re idiots.

Just going to point out most of these comments, including the original, are based on Chernobyl which was a reactor not built to standard and based older tech even during its time. I’m not against renewables, but a nuclear reactor is definitely better than a coal plant or natural gas plant in terms of energy production, safety (modern tech to today, stop thinking Chernobyl) CO2 production, and sustainability.

Thought it was the pop-up book complete with “awkward gestures” .

I’m failing to see the joke or the math here.

My take is that it’s none of my business why someone would default on a loan. Anecdotally, it’s mostly people that fall on tough times. Also, the job market is absolutely trash for anyone with a degree. You ever see the requirements now on Indeed or Glassdoor? Must have 20 years experience, master’s degree in this thing nobody uses for entry level position. Pay is less than a McDonald’s worker.

In the US, we had several older generations telling the newer generations, “Go to college, succeed, work smarter not harder” and the immense pressure to do well on the SAT’s. If you didn’t get a scholarship, you were kind of left with the only option of getting financial aid. Here comes Fannymac rubbing its greedy hands together by pushing legislation through the education department to take full advantage of low-income people that just wanted a better life. The terms on these loans are ridiculous. There was an alternative that if you performed service for the government (i.e. any job in public safety) for 10 years, your debt would be written off. That’s gone now thanks to the same greedy butt wipes pushing these loans. Sometimes these loans get restarted even after you pay them off because a debt collector picks it up. It’s not like these people are getting loans and saying “I’m gonna be smart and just not pay it.” I’m willing to bet that the vast majority just wanted a piece of paper to at least get their foot in the door.

Again, the rules change for the student loans all the time thanks to greedy legislation, thus not making them normal loans. The return on investment for students taking these loans is negative because they could have bought a house with the amount of money invested into that loan out of their own pockets. My advice is for anyone going to college, network. It’s not about what you know anymore, it’s about who you know. Get a associate’s/bachelor’s/ master’s degree in something easy and cheap. Hiring managers don’t care what it’s in as long it gets past the shitty automated HR hiring systems. From there find your career path and network some more.

Dude. There’s a limit to that expression. There’s a reason why nobody likes Nazi’s and they deserve a punch in the face at minimum. Don’t be on the repeat side of history by performing some kind mental gymnastics to preserve freedom of expression and inadvertantly protect Nazism with that argument. That’s what apologists do now and did in the past.

Always remember this: if you have 10 people eating dinner at a table and 1 of them is a Nazi, how many nazi’s do you have? The answer is 10 Nazis.

I feel like they made a wrong left turn and earth is that backwater place of the galaxy where banjos start playing …

When your enshtification plateaus, go military!

Not sure where you are from. You can declare bankruptcy and restructure a normal loan or take a full on credit penalty for the next decade which severely restricts you from borrowing. It depends on your state laws and what chapter you file under . Yes they can take assets to pay the loan but in some states certain assets are restricted from being part of payback. Student loans are not normal loans and are outright predatory. You cannot declare bankruptcy if you fall upon hard times to help make it more reasonable to payback if not eliminate it.

They’re messing with my improved 5g reception I got with my COVID vaccine! (/s)

Well I guess we’ll just keep running in circles about this issue then won’t we.

Forgot a requirement: must be willing to RTFM. Other than that, it’s still way less requirements.

It does turn into a game of “one-up” but this is why you get actual weapons experts to advise on the language of the law and not business owners and lawyers who have no idea what a gun is other than it makes them a lot of money or its scary.

The confusion is why the assault weapons ban in the 90’s failed. They did not specify semi-automatic handgun, revolver, or pistol grip short barrel shotgun. You are correct. “Assault pistol” is extremely vague. In my opinion, politicians do this to appease the NRA and the gun nuts while completely disregarding what responsible gun owners are asking for. Most responsible gun owners want the loopholes closed. The politicians can just shrug and say “Well we tried!” Or use it as an excuse to kick incumbents out that didn’t kiss the ring.

Most of this theater is at the federal level. The state level is what will make the difference which is why I encourage people to check the firearms sections of their laws.

Wasn’t the ATV invented because it covered most off-road situations to get around quicker?

This story reads like AI slop to get people angry which DailyKOS is known for. There’s a what happened, but there’s quite a few details missing.

edit: I found it on NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-woman-using-racist-slur-on-playground-238830661724

So the media again is helping stir the pot. When you use vague language like “assault-style” weapons, it makes it open to wide interpretation as to what an “assault-style” weapon is. You. the reader, are assuming and envisioning the AR-15, the AK-47 but it can also include semi-automatic hand guns or some types of shotguns. If you want to put a ban on something quit tip toeing and define the weapons you want to ban and their variants using specific language such as semi-automatic rifle, fully-automatic rifle, barrel length, etc. They should also quit banning by cosmetics to define “assault-style” weapons. You can easily change your fully-automatic rifle to look like a Nerf gun (fully automatics are illegal anyway). Here’s a bit more on the term:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon

People should actually read the laws on the books and quit relying on the media or their politicians to do the reading for them. They may find there’s already several bans on “assault-style” weapons because specific language is used. People should also focus on the loopholes instead and campaign to get those closed. Politicians won’t do it so long as the NRA keeps shoving cash into their pockets.

Dex was kind of nifty if you had a monitor laying around. I’m guessing this is the non-Samsung version feature.

On top being a dicktorial huge waste of money, the M1 Abrams is an extremely heavy tank to use on roads that haven’t been well maintained. Given his habits and hissy fits,the Donvict is going to stick whatever mayor for the bill to repair those roads. This was one of the reasons the Pentagon denied tanks last time for a parade request and proposed Striker Vehicles instead. He got mad as he does in his man child ways because he wanted the big tanks . Probably wants soldiers to do the high heel kick march as is tradition when preparing for a world war. The higher the kick the higher the success rate.