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“Currently, the US military operates more than 3,000 slot machines on bases in 12 countries – down from 8,000 slots in 94 countries in 1999, according to the Pentagon. That’s besides the other chance games the military sponsors on bases, with service members as young as 18 able to participate.” http...

Rising Insurance Costs “Another industry impacted by climate change is insurance. Unlike other fields, insurance has a larger effect on global consumers than companies. As the risk of extreme weather events increases, premiums for flood and storm protection will likely rise to mitigate insurance co...

Rising Insurance Costs “Another industry impacted by climate change is insurance. Unlike other fields, insurance has a larger effect on global consumers than companies. As the risk of extreme weather events increases, premiums for flood and storm protection will likely rise to mitigate insurance co...

Ukraine had 3 decades to build a military capable of defending their borders or to maintain a modus vivendi with Russia. They failed. Ukraine was the crown jewel of the USSR. They could have been another Germany or Poland if they were not so corrupt & ethnically divided. They're an accidental c...

All we have done is to postpone the inevitable. We can't be half in & expect to succeed. Russia is fully mobilized. Ukraine is not. The US has no coherent strategy. The EU just wants someone else to pay. All we have done is lead Ukrainians to the slaughter. ...at least those men 27 & older ...

My hunch is that they will eventually receive their degrees, post whatever suspension period the disciplinary process requires. The problem these schools face is that not all protests, including encampments, have resulted in this level of discipline. So, precedent is an issue. The faculty vote is n...

My hunch is that they will eventually receive their degrees, post whatever suspension period the disciplinary process requires. The problem these schools face is that not all protests, including encampments, have resulted in this level of discipline. So, precedent is an issue. The faculty vote is n...

The Jewish state has repeatedly earned US respect by not being a pushover. By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist, May 22, 2024 The White House has been demanding that Israel not launch a full-scale assault on the Hamas stronghold in Rafah, a message President Biden underscored this month by halting a ship...

An obvious statement concerning 2xIMPOTUS o d and his pending policy on "contraceptives", he didn't know what that word meant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LODa73K-8 He has a nice manner and delivery of cogent thoughts. I don't think Trump actually didn't know what the word meant, bu...

Zelensky is, in effect, asking for a no fly zone over Ukraine. To intercept Russian missiles & drones, NATO aircraft would have to operate within Ukrainian airspace, at risk from Russian integrated air defense systems, including the S-300 & S-400 systems. Russia is also attacking with long ...

Thanks for posting those articles, Seacoaster... Dahlia has some thoughts on the subject... What These Stories About Samuel Alito’s “Provocative” Flags Are Really About .. Thanks; she is not wrong. These two guys are so brimming with hubris, and backed into their little election denial enclaves tha...

The Dominionists are almost there… “Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-al...

My hunch is that they will eventually receive their degrees, post whatever suspension period the disciplinary process requires. The problem these schools face is that not all protests, including encampments, have resulted in this level of discipline. So, precedent is an issue. The faculty vote is n...

Thanks for the zero contribution. :lol: :lol: :lol: This clip is topical for that post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjxFJfcrcA Joe or "Jane, you ignorant slut"...the question is who is who? Or who thinks which? https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0422/7461/9552/products/mockup-d01622d6...

youthathletics wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 11:56 am Thanks for the zero contribution.

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Interesting summary of the current..... Curious....what is your outlook on the 3-8 year long look? Me, I tend to believe that the US is intentionally squeezing the ME out of energy exporting, which is the push for 'electrification' in the US, same in the EU. We want to extinguish fossil fuels as mu...

And some on this forum argue that 'moderates' are wimps, that only the toughest, loudest rhetoric is "strong". I think the article is 95% correct, and I wholeheartedly believe is correct about common core values of the human beings in various locales being more alike than not, at least in...

Tucker Carlson launches his new show...on Russian State television. All pretensions to being an "independent media figure" are finally swept away, and Tucker and his millions kneel at the throne of his Master. Maybe he will help the Reich Unify? https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/...

Fcukers. “Individual members of Israel’s security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, according to multiple sources. Settlers intercepting the vital humanitari...

Children born abroad or in the US to an immigrant parent accounted for 58% of the increase in the nation’s college enrollment between 2000 and 2018, a study by the Migration Policy Institute shows. “The face of US higher education is changing,” the study says. “Students are more likely to come from...