Turns out a rich person can just buy a social media platform and fuck with elections and stuff.

I’ve never queried my parents intentions or motivations.

They weren’t great parents nor were they terrible. I think they did their best given their resources, knowledge, and societal norms.

I have however managed various mental health issues most of my adult life, and I know that most issues which make me miserable, would not make me miserable if I were not already miserable. For example, when I’m stressed and miserable I tend to get fixated on things happening at work and stress about them a lot more than is really warranted.

I can’t say I can relate to how OP feels, but I feel as though, if my dad told me I was an accident and unwanted or whatever that might change how I feel about him, but it wouldn’t really change how I feel about me.

For any person alive today, if you followed your ancestry back even just a handful of generations I’m sure there are unwanted pregnancies.

“These migrants living in poverty have manageable and treatable health conditions!”

God this article is annoying to read.

What did Vance actually say ?

Did he say something analogous to “I admit that I created the pet-eating story about immigrants” ? Who knows?

No, Putin would need to say a few nice things about the size of Trumps crowds, so the US would at least get some value out of the deal.

Almost half.

The section you’ve quoted explains what the rules are if there is no dispute. It does not explain how to resolve a dispute.

The sad reality is, enough Americans are happy for him to do all of these things with impunity.

What is the point of locking someone up if half the country wants them to be president?

No.

My point is, their consistent claims of this territory over several decades will provide their allies a fig leaf when they ratify China’s claim.

Why else are freedom of navigation exercises like this one necessary?

Why else would China make this big song and dance when this outcome was obvious and predictable?

None of this contradicts anything I’ve said.

LOL. She needs Pennsylvania. That’s it.

That’s exactly how this works.

Why are freedom of navigation exercises a thing?

Why does China pay many billions in “aid” to island nations in exchange for recognition of these claims?

Why would China bother making the assertion when the outcome is predictable and obvious?

This is part of a much larger campaign from China in south East Asian waters taking place over many decades. It’s a well understood and publicised strategy.

That’s not what’s happening.

In 50 years time, they’ll be able to say they’ve asserted claims since forever, list all the countries which have observed their claims, and point to instances like this one where they’ve shown restraint to avoid an international incident.

They’ve been playing this exact game in the south China Sea since forever.

This is really reductive and doesn’t really consider how complex these situations can be.

What should police or first responders do when someone is at risk of harming themselves or others?

Whatever your answer, consider that the person is already having a bad day, and there are no on the spot cures for what ails them.

Hospitals in general are not nice places to be, as a patient. If you’re there for a physical illness it’s still traumatic.

You don’t go there to have a nice time, you go there to avoid the worst outcomes, like death.

I am certain that there are very, very few instances where people end up in a psych ward when there’s better places for them.

Yeah but that horror story is the same in Australia and there’s no bill.

Yes it matters.

It’s not really important what Trump says.

It will come down to pressuring officials to fudge the results. The less fudging required, the easier it will be.

You keep using the term “allowed” as though there’s some global arbiter of the rules. There isn’t.

As I started off by saying, if China claims sovereignty in whatever waters, and other nations respect that claim, then sooner or later it will be theirs for all intents and purposes.

Being signatories to a treaty is not decisive if no one follows the treaty.

If what you’re saying is true, why would we need freedom of navigation exercises?

LOL. It’s like any tertiary level test. You don’t know the questions but you do know the content. Learn the content and tailor it to the questions.

Everyone has known this would happen for three last 3 years. Have the dems done anything at all?

That’s not it. It’s simply that if someone comes suicide after watching, no one can point the finger at the producers.