No contest.

Unfortunately, we live in a society

I didn’t downvote you.

Many homes are being sold very fast, and very competitively. You need to be pre-approved AND have a down payment before the target house is even listed. If you don’t put enough down, you have mortgage insurance which makes the monthly payment go up quite a bit.

Some very competitive places homes are being bought for cash, then often remortgaged to free up the cash you put in, but, you have to have it in the first place.

many buyers are telling their broker/agent “If a house comes up in xyz neighborhood, and it has these basic criteria, get my bid in sight unseen”. It’s going that fast. Your normal work a day, save your pennies home buyer doesn’t stand a chance.

This doesn’t even touch on investment firms doing this at an enterprise scale.

It sucks but you have to do what you think is best maybe the savings allow for some road trips to visit.

I thought there was report of a breach

Damn that post pizza clarity must be crazy

How’s that relevant to the bald thing?

Not defending it, but what’s it have to do with Dave liking the gesture or not

No one is disputing the danger mines pose.

From the article:

The U.S. official said late Tuesday the United States sought commitments from Ukraine on how it will use the antipersonnel mines, with the expectation they will be deployed only on Ukrainian territory in areas where Ukrainian civilians are not living.

The official also pointed to the function of the mines, which they said require a battery for operation and will not detonate once the battery runs out after a period of a few hours to a few weeks.

That does not completely remove the risk, as there is still a blob of explosive in the ground. But this is overall an improvement on the improvised mines they are currently building.

Reading this, it’s pretty clear that until landmines can be fully removed from warfare, (which isn’t happening in the foreseeable future), that the emphasis is on how they are used.

Namely:

Rule 81. When landmines are used, particular care must be taken to minimize their indiscriminate effects.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule81

Also of interest is that Russia (and the US) are not signed on to the anti personnel section , making things complicated. That’s no excuse to use them carte blanche but it complicates things.

But I’m just one dude, I’m not a pro on this. I’m happy to see them used defensively, with modern tracking and disarmament techniques, rather than old school or home built devices that have no such precautions.

What did Dave think of it? None of us matter if Dave actually appreciated the (albeit minimal, noncommittal) gesture

I was told this is not an issue in China. /S

But actually this is a serious issue and as far as western readers are concerned, this perception issue speaks to the filtered way media / news makes it out of the region

Smelling the floss after being in the Backcountry for a few weeks without floss (just a travel toothbrush and little time to use it), was all I needed to be a daily flosser for life.

Just be careful not to obliterate your gums from daily damage

To deploy in your own country?

Federation speed is a serious backbone concern. It aligns with perceived reliability. If it seems like comments votes or posts aren’t “going where they’re supposed to” then people can lose faith in the platform

I just witnessed a murder lol

I’m specifically referring to otherwise active voters, who are historically punchcard democrats. There are many other types of voters, but I specifically grouped a sample that is my discussion.

Not as high as 2020. The nearest election. With trump in it.

Not voting also means they didn’t contribute to down ticket races and ballot initiatives which are often more competitive, and very consequential.

Bro you do words real good. Your closing statement is gold.

Edit to be clear: I strongly agree with their comment I just wrote it silly.

Imo that work to build candidates start right now, and to circle back my issue with third party voices, they are crickets until right before he election

The article makes other points than that. Namely “upending norms” which is its own flavor of Teflon.

I am aligned with you here. Well put.

To be clear, I have no love for the dnc or their strategies. I am not championing them as a model. Other commenters seem to think I’m simping for “blue maga” or some other shit.

I’ve consistently argued for harm reduction in a limited outcome system.

That’s fine, I clarified I’m not discussing leftists.

Registered party voters represent millions and millions of voters. That type of “historical” voter is not an anomaly.