Swifties are more zealots than most Catholics at this point. I wouldn’t go picking a fight if I were the Republicans.
Although I wouldn’t have picked a fight with Disney’s lawyers either.

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You're pushing the Libertarian points of view and they're not that much different from GQP points of view, which are aligned with Putin's point of view. The CATO Institute is a good place to find articles blaming Democrats for all that's wrong in the world.
Thanks for that!
Are you arguing the history laid out in the article or simply the source?
As a sub note for this discussion, I think one of the most telling votes in the history of the UN was when they voted on if access to food was a basic human right. There were only two votes that were a no. The US and Israel both voted that access to food isn’t a human right, and I’ll never understand the mind state you would need to come up with that sick and twisted logic.
And good point by Princess, the only real affect of the trial will be greater global support which will be the only inroad to change.
Just a clarification on that Cuba statement: The resolution against the US has passed almost unanimously for the past 30 years in the UN. The most recent vote had 97% of all nations vote it was illegal. The only two votes against was by the USA itself and it's a puppet government of Israel. Ukraine abstained since they were currently getting the bulk of their military funding from the US. In past years Ukraine joined the other countries in voting it was illegal.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/03/us-blockade-cuba-vote-un/
Trying to find the article I read a few weeks ago with that 40% stat above. It was laid out in an article about South Africa calling out Israel for genocide. I'll post it here if I can find it.
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Here's that article. The section talking about compliance with provisional rulings near the end:
I would say calling it a pendulum isn’t correct. It’s a ratchet. The Republicans ratchet the country two turns to the right. The Democrats pull it one to the left and have no interest in going further than that. Biden as a Democrat is politically identical to Reagan in many ways. Same nationalistic views, economic goals, ect.
However most polling shows that on individual issues the nation leans much more progressive than it used to. However the political landscape controls which candidates you are allowed to vote for. Without money and backing by the richest people in the world any candidate is doomed. Same people who pick candidates are the ones who control the news and media.
Kentucky was a great example on the last election. Democrats had two candidates in the primary to go against McConnell. One was a progressive who ran a grass roots campaign. The other was an extremely right leaning moderate who had previously lost an election quite badly to McConnell. In polling the progressive had a legitimate chance to beat the Republican, the moderate lost terribly. The Democrat party and donors poured tens of millions into the campaign in the primary. The ad budget on the Democrats chosen vs the moderate was something like 20:1. The progressive lost a close primary. I’m the general election the democrats spent less money than the primary and got the predictable loss everyone knew was coming.
The rich who control media and political donations fear progressives more than Trump. The people, especially the younger generations do not.
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Perhaps you're just voicing what you think voters believe, but it kinda sounds like you're falling for the Russian propaganda here.
The history of Ukraine didn’t start with the Russian invasion. Admitting fault in one countries colonialism isn’t condoning another.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-nato-helped-trigger-ukraine-war-its-not-siding-putin-admit-it
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I wonder if it'll have any effect, but hopefully some of the countries that have supported Israel are paying attention.
When the UN passes resolutions against countries, there’s only something like a 40% rate of compliance. It’s an organization with very tiny teeth. Only the little guys have to be worried. The US balks UN rulings everyday. Good example was our illegal blockade of Cuba. Something like 36 years in a row it was ruled illegal by the UN.
If the UN had the balls to even pass a resolution demanding a ceasefire, Israel had already said they would ignore it.
And they would.
And th US will continue to supply weapons of death to help them continue their genocide.
To be fair, the economy is failing terribly. It depends on the metrics you use. Biden will tout things like stock prices and GDP, these metrics only affect the rich. When they rise the rich get richer.
Alternatively if you look at simple metrics such as family income, inflation, home ownership, ect… we’ll the economy is an abject failure. It’s been going downhill for decades so you can’t lump that onto any one administration.
If the Democrats truly cared about winning elections they would focus on the priorities of the poor and middle class. Unfortunately they have the same economic policies as the Republicans.
Biden’s environmental scorecard is also worse than Trumps was, pushing through many controversial pipelines after publicly ending one. Allowing Manchin to have an oversized influence on all bills was foolish. Having a coal tycoon writing environmental policies is like asking the weasel to guard the henhouse.
When a politician is going for reelection the constituents will ask, “what have they done for me.” As always, the Democrats came in with promises and delivered nothing.
Also the Ukraine situation is unpopular for a reason. When you have billions being invested in a foreign war that you kinda started people will get angry. Teachers have to use their low wages to buy students supplies, congress sends a gaggle of tanks to the Ukraine.
And Israel, my god I don’t know where to start on why that’s unpopular. We are actively supporting a genocide. Israel has murdered 25,000 people in a few months. Most are civilians. The bodies of children are over the news every day. Recent videos show stuff like the Israeli army gunning down an old woman holding a white flag. This is nothing more than American colonialism with a middle man. More republicans support that war than the left and Biden’s Cold War era policies are tremendously unpopular with his base and will not win people over from Trump. It’s stupidity as a re-election strategy and morally reprehensible as a government policy.
You were not presented with something like, 'but I'm not interested in that right now.' I would say this wasn't a hard shutdown, but maybe giving them something to think about. They could be interested but worried about the co-worker situation. I rejected advances once from a co-worker. I was an assistant manager and she was an hourly employee. I liked her, but not enough to risk possible job ramifications.
Could not be in a good space to start something, but they appreciate the attention. Might mean lots of stuff actually. I think it would be fair to ask for a clarification.
Having done it a few times here’s my analysis.
1. Showers are a great place for foreplay. Washing each other, wet soapy bodies, very nice.
2. Oral sex can be good depending on the shower. If you can’t escape the water it’s like trying to perform oral while being water boarded.
3. Intercourse; Better have some very specific setups. I’m talking non-slip mats, bars to hold onto, maybe a seat… otherwise your going to fall and break your dick.