That’s specifically what we did to a good amount of Loyalist conservatives when we founded the country.
That’s specifically what we did to a good amount of Loyalist conservatives when we founded the country.
Dude. I’m set to retire before I’m 50, and I’m 43, also a veteran. I’m retiring in San Diego, the most unliveable city in the US. Paying taxes is the second most patriotic thing that a citizen can do. The fact that you view them as theft is a you problem. They are the dues that you owe society for treating you so well.
The four most patriotic things one can do are as follows in this order:
Vote.
Pay your damn taxes.
Serve in local office, and maybe higher.
Serve in the military.
The reason that the military is so low is that most people aren’t a good fit for the military. We need thinking soldiers that will refuse an unlawful order, not mindless automatons that parrot every hateful lie they can.
Then become a hermit and stop using roads, libraries, police or fire services, and EMT services. You’re the only one keeping you from your tax free dreams.
They didn’t suffer any losses during Operation Preying Mantis
If they keep this war up, with the current losses in manpower, for another 8 to 9 months, they won’t have enough Russian males to repopulate the country. Putin may be effectively killing Russia as a country. Unfortunately Ukraine may hit that point sooner since they have fewer people.
And US aircraft carriers have an honestly embarrassing amount of firepower, completely disregarding the jets. There’s a reason that they haven’t been sunk by anyone other than the USN since Midway. Apparently we have sunk several carriers since WWII, one with a nuke. It survived the first nuke, but the second sunk her. Though the Independence survived both nukes.
The Pledge didn’t originally contain the words Under God, that was inserted in the 60s
That’s totally fucked up, and seems to be a violation of the first amendment, but IANAL
Most of the staff likely would have told me that it is mandatory. There are news stories all the time about kids being bullied, given detention, and other negative repercussions, for exercising their right to not say the pledge.
The Pledge of Allegiance has entered the chat.
I’m aware it isn’t mandatory, but no one made that clear to me when I was a kid.
I maintain that the issue is that they keep trying to have someone like a president. That doesn’t work. You need a council that has executive power, that way if one person starts getting corrupted, they can be winnowed out. If you really want it to work, you need to outlaw political parties from day one, and require that no one that wants to hold political office is eligible to do so.
YOUR ACCENT IS STRANGE, FELLOW HUMAN
I actually was still using RIF till the end. Took almost a month break and started using Sync for Lemmy the day it came out.
I would have thought that one of the few benefits of living in a country that is that cold in the winter would spare you from mosquitoes. No wonder y’all are so pissy when Russia gets too big for their britches.
Bunkers have to have air vents. Air vents can be blocked by concrete, as can bunker doors. It will happen one way or another.
Reynolds sold Mint. They are now owned by one of the big 2
I’ve been saying for months that he should reclaim Upper Manchuria or Northern Manchuria. Don’t remember what it was called till Russia invaded in 1901. That would give him the military victory he’s looking for, and it’s not like anyone is gonna complain about Russia being weakened by losing its only warm water Pacific port. It’s currently called Vladivostok
Sounds awfully unhealthy. I wouldn’t be in favor of that. I like swimming.
Bad idea. We need games so we don’t raid each other’s monkey groups.
At least you didn’t grab a case of oil because it was on sale for $10 for 12 quarts only to realize that instead of grabbing 10w 35, I had grabbed 20w 50. Took 16 oil changes to use all that oil.