“Strongly disagree” - things definitely change… they just change for the worse

Sure, but this article is a “Joe Biden Bad” article and immediately cites a report that directly corresponds to a Trump policy… without even giving any indication that it was a Trump policy and that the report was related to a specific time after that policy was instated… 7 years ago. All of this to show that “sanctions are bad” and since Biden has more sanction, Biden bad. If they’re not going to provide critical context, then they’re shitty journalists, they’ve compromised their credibility and it’s not worth reading. Any of their conclusions are suspect. I’m not even defending Biden here…

Also, Joe Biden isn’t even running for president… so what’s the point of the smear campaign?

I was interested and clicked the first source to find this:

As many as 40,000 people may have died in Venezuela as a result of US sanctionsthat made it harder for ordinary citizens to access food, medicine and medical equipment, a new report has claimed.

The report, published by the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) a progressive, Washington DC-based think tank, says those deaths took place following the imposition of sanctions in the summer of 2017.

Summer of 2017… hmm… which makes me doubt every other word in the article.

Who decided that this campaign to suppress the vote was worth running? Imagine being this bad at your job. Worse yet… what donkeys are taking money to run this? I’ve worked some worthless jobs, but Christ… I’d feel awful about myself every day. Maybe it’s the same people that run the unending scams?

Holy shit. If this article is legitimate these people are morons. Luckily the governor, state, and house are all democratic controlled.

Jesus wept.

I’m 40. Can I have some more of that time too?

Left the house for a walk in the rain with the wife. Lots of mountain bikers were out!

/r/nosleep

I can’t get enough of the, often shoddy, short form horror.

I don’t see a problem with it but there’s definitely a stigma associated with it. (At least in the US) I think folks who pay are seen as not being able to find it elsewhere which may make them appear as not desirable to other people which then may make your partner question if they’re making a bad choice. Unless you happen to be in an area that has well regulated sex workers, I imagine people might think that you’ve been exposed to STDs which may give you a perception of being “unclean”.

I don’t think you should have to lie when finding a partner… but I do think telling them this (at the beginning) may be problematic for you for a lot of people.

I’d love to see sex work well regulated, protected, and normalized in the US but I don’t think we’re there.

“Are you okay?” “I don’t know. I’m kinda fucked up in general, so it’s hard to gauge.”

I saw Death to Smoochy in theaters and, for whatever reason, that line has always stuck with me. Great movie!

I’ve always had an irrational fear of someone taking my cart when I walk away for 5 seconds. Turns out maybe it’s not so irrational!