I can see trump believing something so stupid as that, and putin might saber rattle about it, but the majority of the world, and china/india especially in this situation, probably would not go along with it. Europe still has functioning nuclear capabilities. Putin does not want nukes hitting his country, full stop. China does not want a nuclear situation kicking off with their neighbor to the north, and knows that the US under trump would likely turn on them despite a war ruining both countries. India no more wants china controlling the waters to their east than the countries immediately around those waters do, and would likely cause issues, which china also doesn’t want. As we’ve seen in the modern times with ukraine and some of the middle east conflicts and the india/pakistan border, nuclear powers tiptoe around anything that resembles direct conflict. The recent dogfight over the border was a pretty good idea of how reserved even ‘open’ conflict is.

So putin is likely not going to do anything more than a symbolic grunt at his western border, and china will just slowly weather down taiwan if the u.s. is withdrawing its influence. The idea of reunification isn’t THAT taboo in taiwan, and the candidates for it gather a decent chunk of votes. If the u.s. starts acting like a bitch around the world (oh, gee, just look at what’s happening right now), the sentiment towards it and china could easily see a rapid shift.

I looked up the ones in my state, and I’m just gobsmacked at how fucking ugly the districts are. I know gerrymandering is bad, but when I actually have to see it… /puke

Start beating on those primary drums.

And in the US, jail can be up to just short of a year.

I’d like to point out, ‘proper’ jail, for misdemeanor level offenses, is ‘up to a year,’ but I personally know individuals who have been in jail (where people awaiting trial stay, in addition to people convicted of misdemeanors) for over three years now, still waiting on their trial.

Wait… isn’t ~1,000 per 100,000 much closer to 1% than 2%?

It’s still mind boggling, not trying to minimize it.

Damnit! My secret-keeping low volume speakers have foiled me again!

That always made me do a double take in hades. Everytime he was called ‘prince zed’ by sisyphus I had to take a second to think about what was being said.

You’re gay and canadian? Notice me, senpai!

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You did drop the t to a glottal stop in your last glass of water, though, just saying! :P

Wait until you learn why it’s called epinephrine. Then you’ll really roll your eyes.

Don’t you dare say waddling is from across the pond. Here in america, more than 60% of our population waddles about!

If you really want to be an inconvenience, DON’T give them the plate numbers. Those will almost certainly come back to some entity or person that will clue the dispatchers in on them being government owned.

were obviously kidnappers, your honor, is what my client meant to say.

Isn’t that cheddar? Or whatever the european continent version is? The name of the cheese changes depending on whether they cover the cheese with cheesecloth, burlap, plastic/wax, or bared before leaving it in a cave? https://culturecheesemag.com/recipes/diy/age-appropriate-make-cheese-cave/ or https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337837/The-cheese-cave-Damp-conditions-Welsh-countryside-ideal-place-store-maturing-cheddars.html

If I remember correctly, most of the modern aging processes try to mimic natural caves, since we just don’t have enough of the real thing to age all of our cheese.

The real answer to your unstated question is that they can (hopefully) get away with the murder and not be discovered. It would be nearly impossible to divorce without the entire community knowing.

Most christians (conveniently) forget the little jesus parable about comparing the priest publicly donating and praying in the street to the woman quietly putting a much smaller amount in the donation coffers. To the modern christian, being a part of the ‘in-group’ by publicly making everything about their religion IS the way they engage with their religion. If they were to be rejected by the ‘religious community’ ONLY THEN would they care.

I love that cucking is becoming a known word; it is rather fun to piss off maga-types with it but… I don’t think you’re using it quiiiite in the correct context. Every place you used it just now could be replaced with ‘hoodwinked and sucked in’ and be much more accurate.