I got no idea whats going on.

That's part of the point. Hypernormalization keeps people confused. There is too much to encapsulate easily. But to the point of the couch fucker's speech, isolating the US benefits Russia and its goals. NATO absolutely does not align with Putin's agenda at all. He wants it weak or dead. As far as your question about doing a 180 on trade/immigration policies, have you not noticed anything about tariffs or deportations? The US pissing on Canada and Mexico? They have already changed so much of that.

The US is not operating as it once was. The objective goals now are to help Russia and further enrich the wealthy class.

ICE: Approved. Off to Angola!

Those common people are the clay of the land…

Immediately stripped of office for dereliction of duty to the American people. That's the first step. Fines or jail after, scaled appropriately to the attempted damage they're trying to cause.

I preferred Sealab 2021

But not that phone

...and it doesn't look like he'll take any of your guff either!

I bought a U-Nas case a while ago. Just a small NAS-style PC case with eight 3.5" disk bays. I built it up and played around with it, but never put it into service in my homelab. It just sat there (off) with Truenas or something on it for testing. Well, it was a good thing I never did anything with it as I needed it the day my Synology died last year. It was a DS1518+ on (a lot of) borrowed time having lasted nine years. I mentally toyed with buying a new NAS, but the idea of spending a few thousand dollars didn't excite me (or the wife).

So, I loaded up Xpenology on a thumb drive and plugged it into my U-Nas. It did not take me long to see how easy this was to load up a Synology DSM and hit the ground running. Then, once I loaded all my disks in, it saw everything and asked if I wanted to upgrade the OS. Sure, why not?

So, all data intact and running a mostly generic set of hardware as a Synology only a couple of days later. Zero extra cost for me as I already had everything. But you can do this too with hardware you might have laying about. I highly recommend it.

https://haha.business/

This is true of nearly every topic.

Technically they made four.

Kudos for reusing. One note about clothing made from plastics is that they shed microplastics over their lifespan.

"...the polyester used in fleece isn't biodegradable, it does break down. However, that process leaves behind tiny pieces of plastics known as microplastics. This is not just a problem when fabrics end up in landfills, but also when fleece garments are washed. Consumer use, specifically laundering garments, has the highest environmental impact within a garment's life cycle.3 It is believed that approximately 1,174 milligrams of microfibers are released when washing a synthetic jacket."

https://www.treehugger.com/what-is-fleece-is-it-sustainable-5192070

"It's a trap!"

Last time I checked on that one, the opposition to the idea was focused on the risks of nuclear fallout from a failed launch.

R'amen!

And staying up late one night can wreck your sleep pattern for days afterwards. "Why are you tired today?" "Because I stayed up late three days ago!" Lol, ugh.

Yes:

Ingredients for Monster Original Energy Drink,16 oz Monster Original Energy Drink,16 oz Ingredients

Carbonated Water, Sugar, Glucose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Taurine, Sodium Citrate, Color Added, Panax Ginseng Extract, L-carnitine L-tartrate, Caffeine, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Benzoic Acid (Preservative), Niacinamide (Vit. B3), Sucralose, Salt, D-glucuronolactone, Inositol, Guarana Extract, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Maltodextrin, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12).

I'm on smoko!

Me: Hello niece, what career will you embark on once college is over?

Niece: Marketing.

Me: [audibly] Ah, I see. [inaudibly] Where did our family go wrong???

I am usually up on news and I had a political conversation with someone who isn't. The person I was speaking with said talking to me was depressing.

Well, the subject matter, politics, is currently quite depressing.