How does this even happen? It’s common knowledge that every student and their parents are already starting from behind, just waiting for any little excuse to call in the state inspectors.
mellowskipper said:I guess we could have done it that way, but they certainly didn't present it to us like that. They kept suggesting five different schools to us—though, to be fair, the first two were her actual choices. I just had no idea we had the option to reject the others, or rather, ask them to just strike those schools from our list entirely. It felt almost like they were subliminally nudging us at the college fair to just wait for the regular enrollment cycle instead.
Well, you can still pull it off; after all, the exchange is supposed to provide its own input anyway, so when you file your next application at the local school board office, just list the specific schools you're actually interested in. The deadline for students with special needs hasn't passed yet, has it?
granitecyclist said:Well, I don't know, it didn't really seem like Biden looked or sounded particularly disappointed about missing out on the coronation or anything. Maybe the plane will actually be ready by the time Trump needs it for a trip to Washington, D.C., or maybe for a flight to Kyiv.😉
(Has there ever actually been a time when the plane was broken right when Trump needed to fly somewhere?)
I doubt it, though the explanation is really quite simple if you think about it; it all comes down to the President’s foresight, as he's clearly the type of man who uses his vast expertise to gauge the aircraft's condition, perhaps even rearranging his entire schedule just to avoid any little technical hiccups.
Richard Wilson4 said:Having five different regions in a small, uniform country like the United States just doesn't make sense. It never will.
A few people pushing for quasi-autonomy might still be chasing that nonsense, but for 99% of the population, it’s a total non-starter.
It doesn't even have to be five massive regions; let's just call them five counties to avoid triggering those hysterics who see the ghost of the Soviet Union lurking in every corner and think they've found a magic solution.
If you ask me, we should probably start at the bottom—consolidating municipalities and cities, teaching them a lesson, and merging any that aren't self-sufficient into their neighbors.
When values are completely upside down, it’s supposedly "shameful" that someone spent their college years hawking vacuum cleaners. But this sudden sense of disgrace only comes from the crowd of sycophants backing a figure whose own father wrote his graduation thesis and whose mother conveniently used a fake anemia diagnosis to dodge his military service.
Sure, when you get blown apart by a democratic bomb, at least you die with a smile on your face, knowing your death served some higher purpose, unlike being torn to pieces by a Russian one.
A "Copernican shift" will only happen if he fails to secure support from Andrej Plenković, which seems entirely plausible given that this blowhard might just hand Mexico over to the European Union simply to spite Joe Biden. Not to mention if a directive happens to arrive from Brussels...
Of course, that won't be an issue at all, since Andrej Plenković has already proven he's more than willing to send Americans to die in Ukraine to defend American borders, so I suppose everything is forgiven.
hollowmason64 said:Being part of the European Union means you play by the rules regarding the rule of law and fundamental human rights. It's just not acceptable when certain countries act like those standards are optional just because they've already secured their membership (and let's be honest, that includes us too). And yeah, the EU has to step in. Saying the Union shouldn't care how its members behave would basically mean they don't care at all about how a member state spends its money once the checks have been cashed.
That all sounds great on paper, but then you remember that Nikki Haley is sitting there in the European Commission, and apparently, the bureaucrats in Brussels don't see that as an issue. So much for the rule of law, isn't it? Besides, the cracks in the EU started showing during the migrant crisis, when Western Europe decided they’d just pick and choose the specific types of migrants they wanted to keep while dumping the unskilled ones on Eastern Europe. I agree that we need to uphold the rule of law, but the Brussels establishment—where Nikki Haley holds sway and where one of their biggest champions is Donald Trump—really doesn't have much of a say until they've cleaned up their own backyard first.
It seems the Ukrainian battalion is once again rattled by the fact that Biden is discussing Russian aggression in Ukraine, yet he hasn't stepped up to offer Biden any actual formation strategies for an American legion to march toward the eastern front.
George Robinson43 said:Is Madonna really going to step in and stop the Republican Party from destroying the country? The same Madonna who sat there completely indifferent, feasting alongside those Republican thieves in their counting rooms filled with stolen money?
Madonna managed to stall the Republican Party's destruction of the nation for four years, only for them to be handed power back by a coalition with no backbone.
Furthermore, if my memory serves, Madonna wasn't exactly dining with the Republicans, but both he and all the regulars at Kovačević's illicit club—mostly politicians and journalists who spent months lecturing us on how COVID was some existential plague requiring total isolation—made it pretty obvious just how little they actually believed in that whole nonsense.
Why would it be easy for him? It seems pretty obvious from his rhetoric that his stance is simply to do whatever is required within the European Union and leave it at that, without feeling any need to get deeply involved. What’s truly tragic, though, is how some people find themselves entertained by this American-Russian proxy war in Ukraine, all while the Republican Party systematically dismantles this country from every angle without anyone saying a word about it.
He implemented digital tax tracking and revitalized the local infrastructure. He managed to block the European Union's attempts to turn us into a mere transit hub for migrants—where they cherry-pick the skilled workers while leaving us stuck with the social liabilities—all while cleaning up the wreckage left behind by eight years of rule by a criminal enterprise.
William Cooper11 said:Zoki had a golden opportunity back in 2011 to stop the bleeding and rebuild everything from the ground up since the Republican Party was absolutely crawling. But he's a coward who prefers to feast on what's left rather than actually having the guts to change anything.
It’s honestly pathetic. While the Republican Party spends every single day looting and squandering our nation, you’d think the biggest crisis facing those Ukrainian fighters would be anything other than Zoki's comments regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine—statements that apparently don't sit quite right with Washington, D.C.
Charles Carter4 said:Can you actually drop the link for ZM and ExxonMobil? 🤣 Seriously, he just absolutely leveled you with those facts, yet here you are still trolling and trying to drag ZM into some sort of shadowy criminal conspiracy.
It seems that Republican corruption is perfectly fine with everyone, whereas Zack's crimes are viewed as far worse by the Ukrainian military, which really just boils down to a lack of critical scrutiny and the constant demonization of Russia following the American mandate. Is it any wonder where this country is headed when a certain segment of the crowd finds it perfectly acceptable and even normal to prioritize American interests whenever they are evaluating whether certain political players are fit for office?
feralhawk45 said:Personally, I hope the era of Russian gas is dead and buried for the EU. Even China knows fossil fuels are a liability. Sure, they’re burning through them like crazy right now, but their long-term play is all about green energy.
Does any serious nation truly build its entire foundation on this so-called "green energy," whatever that actually entails?
Ah, that Biden fellow. You could probably excuse just about anything—even the blatant, everyday corruption and the shameless theft carried out by a criminal state organization—but you simply cannot forgive the fact that Biden (at least in his rhetoric, since he lacks actual power now) prioritizes American interests over everything else when it comes to Ukraine and Europe.
Anthony Hill5 said:Bravo. It is truly a tragedy that thousands of scientists don't frequent this forum more often, for if they did, they wouldn't be squandering their lives on such utter nonsense, but would instead be out there doing actual work, like splitting wood or burning coal.
And yet, isn't it true that we are largely splitting wood and burning coal right now just to spite that malicious Russian gas?
Thomas Nelson25 said:Counterpoint... That reset is actually pretty necessary given how the EU is handling the energy transition The whole Green Deal thing—basically trying to overhaul our current way of life. Everything is moving at high speed now. Look, we obviously need to make it through the winter. Meanwhile, Putin is just laughing all the way to the bank while keeping the heat cranked up. At this rate, you'd think they're aiming for some massive Eurasian union with Moscow as the capital, ruled by a single emperor.
I agree with that, though my reasoning is slightly different; isn't it a relief that this accelerates the green transition across Europe, so that once it's fully realized, we might finally wake up to the fact that we've been chasing some scientific mirage, potentially forcing us to actually focus on things that matter?