Seventy-five percent of Americans had a negative view toward China,
while 84% saw Xi at least slightly unfavorably. Some 65% felt China's
government was trying to influence the U.S. election.
The open letter comes amid a growing debate over how to balance Americaâs world-spanning military â which emits more greenhouse gasses each year than most countries â with the Biden administrationâs efforts to fight climate change. Researchers have been able to get reasonable estimates of the Pentagonâs annual emissions, but data on emissions produced by weapons contractors is far harder to come by and often relies on back-of-the-napkin math. Research from Neta Crawford of Brown University suggests that the U.S. military industry may actually emit more than the Department of Defense itself.
The White House proposed a regulation last year that would force all major federal contractors to disclose their emissions and create a plan to reduce them, but lawmakers in both chambers of Congress quietly added carve-outs for the defense industry in this yearâs National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). (...)
(...) Yet such maximalist talk is now conventional thinking in the U.S. political landscape. Republican presidential contender Chris Christie recently met with strong agreement from the liberal hosts of MSNBCâs Morning Joe when he charged that, should the United States âcut and runâ from Ukraine, it would trigger a Chinese invasion of Taiwan (which, he argued, would inevitably necessitate sending âAmerican men and womenâ to fight Chinese troops) and lead currently friendly governments in the Middle East to abandon the United States for China.
Itâs not a leap to hear in these words â and those of NATO officials â the echoes of the Cold War-era âdomino theory,â the discredited doctrine that led the United States to get pulled into the disastrous Vietnam war.
Even if officials donât truly believe U.S. and European security is on the line, itâs clear something else might be: The prestige and credibility of the United States and NATO. Just as the support for Ukraine has re-energized and, at least publicly, unified the alliance, bringing the war to a close after a failed offensive and with Ukrainian control over its territory far from restored, could have the opposite effect.
Worse, any Russian successes â whether real or perceived â could be viewed as politically unacceptable or even humiliating for NATOâs leadership, along with exposing divisions that have until now been largely suppressed. Fear over loss of prestige and credibility was one of the factors that kept U.S. involvement in Vietnam going and going, as it did for Iraq, Afghanistan and other wars. (...)
You have to click through to the John Hopkins analysis to get the full picture.
Using provisional data, about 49,000 committed suicide in 2022 .... and .... "26,993 people died by gun suicide in 2022". Guns accounted for 55% of all suicides.
Those are impressive numbers. For reference, 58,300 US soldiers died during the Vietnam War of whom 200 were Canadians.
This is in part an unfortunate consequence of the widespread availability of 'freedom guns' but obviously something else is going on here.
This from one of the past regime's fans on a friend's page in response to this... you know what's going to happen?
Trump gets to present the 2020 election data and its game over.
My friend responded... Yep, he will be proven to be the most arrogant, narcissistic, and biggest liar in American history! He is an embarrassment to this country!
The last part here is probably no joke because as we've seen these people are reality challenged.
i do not believe you're right. But, name removed, make sure you guys have enough water saved up and maybe a generator. We are planning on a communication and electrical blackout to control the narrative once the cat is out of the bag.
One of my favorites from that list, since itâs so easily proven:
In 2015, shortly after announcing his run for President, Trump said if elected he would ârarely leave the White House because thereâs so much work to be done.â He also criticized Obama for âall of the time spent on the golf course, often flying to Hawaii in a big, fully loaded 747, to play.â
And yet, Trump left the White House repeatedly while he was president, often to spend time at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida or at his golf courses across the nation. In 2019 alone he spent 1 in 5 days at a golf club, per CNNâs count.
DeSantis said. âWe have the right to hold them accountable, and itâs not just if they happen to come over our border. If Mexico is not going to help us with that, well then weâre going to have to do what we have to do,â he continued. The comments represent a growing group of Republicans calling for military intervention in Mexico, as the southern border remains one of the 2024 presidential campaignâs biggest talking points.
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (Fla.) said he would use “whatever force we need to” to take down Mexican drug cartels if elected president, with or without help from the Mexican government. The remarks came after a question at a Thursday campaign event in Iowa where he was asked if drone strikes on Mexican soil were on the table. “We will lean in against the drug cartels. We will absolutely reserve the right. If they’re invading our country and killing our people, we have the right to defend this country,” DeSantis said. “We have the right to hold them accountable, and it’s not just if they happen to come over our border. If Mexico is not going to help us with that, well then we’re going to have to do what we have to do,” he continued. The comments represent a growing group of Republicans calling for military intervention in Mexico, as the southern border remains one of the 2024 presidential campaign’s biggest talking points. (...)
This situation as we now have has been caused by Biden's totally open border and all the Sanctuary Cities who beckoned this migration. Period end of story.
The Cartels hacked his asylum entry app and it has not been fixed. The Cartels are running the border like it's the gate to Disneyland. Uncle Joe is the new Walt to their Disneyland.
100 k per year poisoned and no one cares. How long do we have to take this ?
I would get a handle on the border before entering Mexico, otherwise why bother in the first place ?
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (Fla.) said he would use âwhatever force we need toâ to take down Mexican drug cartels if elected president, with or without help from the Mexican government. The remarks came after a question at a Thursday campaign event in Iowa where he was asked if drone strikes on Mexican soil were on the table.
âWe will lean in against the drug cartels. We will absolutely reserve the right. If theyâre invading our country and killing our people, we have the right to defend this country,â DeSantis said.
âWe have the right to hold them accountable, and itâs not just if they happen to come over our border. If Mexico is not going to help us with that, well then weâre going to have to do what we have to do,â he continued.
The comments represent a growing group of Republicans calling for military intervention in Mexico, as the southern border remains one of the 2024 presidential campaignâs biggest talking points. (...)
in my humble opinion the level of negativity, contempt and hate that consumes you is not healthy
i hope i'm wrong and you live a long and prosperous life
