America are the bad guys.

[Dave Gray]

Fuck Putin.  Give him nothing.  The entire world needs to keep him at bay.  There needs to be a cost to him at the loss, for all of our own safety.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

FDR was elected in 1932.
There's another guy in Europe that won an election in 1933.

And if you need a hint he was a felon who before being elected attempted to overthrow the government.  Was known for lying and scapegoating minorities.  Exploited political position for personal financial and political benefit.  Attacked the media. Engaged in tax evasion.

[Pappy13]

And if you need a hint he was a felon who before being elected attempted to overthrow the government.  Was known for lying and scapegoating minorities.  Exploited political position for personal financial and political benefit.  Attacked the media. Engaged in tax evasion.

Are we still talking about 1933?

[SCFinfan]

Fuck Putin.  Give him nothing.  The entire world needs to keep him at bay.  There needs to be a cost to him at the loss, for all of our own safety.

I wish we had the power to do this. As I understand, they were skirting the economic sanctions by selling their oil to China and India (their BRICs brothers) who'd re-sell the stuff on the international market.

I wish President Putin cared about the young men in his country, but he doesn't. To him, their deaths are no loss. Even moreso with other countries' peoples (see DPRK).

The international order has a multitude of 'bad actors'. Best we can do for now is peace, IMO. I hate that but until and unless China and India join the G-7 or NATO or ally with us militarily and politically otherwise, (or, I guess unless there's another Sino-Soviet split, or India backs out of BRICs) then it's impossible to totally reign them in at this stage.

What I think *will* happen though, is that with the extreme decline in Asian and Russian birthrates, China and Russia will be largely depleted of their power by the end of the century. You can't have an army if you're having .6 children per woman. America's not out of the woods on that issue either but at least we have people who actually want to come to this country.

[Dave Gray]

The international order has a multitude of 'bad actors'. Best we can do for now is peace, IMO.

Peace just means surrendering and letting him keep the land, right?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Are we still talking about 1933?

Yeah.  Does this remind you of someone else?

[Spider-Dan]

Peace just means surrendering and letting him keep the land, right?

Trump was supposed to end the war in Ukraine on day 1 presumably with the strategy you just mentioned - let Russia have whatever they want - but that was just another lie, like his lie about lowering grocery prices on day 1.  It turns out that the only day 1 promise he actually meant was terrorizing brown people and fucking over the working class.

[CF DolFan]

Apparently you haven't noticed but egg and fuel prices have gone down so that's something. BTW ... just last night Trump said he was upset with Putin and may put tariffs on Russia depending on how things move on from here.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-angry-putin-zelenskyy-iran-sanctions-rcna198729


By the numbers: The average wholesale price of a dozen eggs was $3 Friday, down 8% from $3.27 on March 21, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released Friday.

It's down 63% from a record $8.15 in the Feb. 21 report.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/easter-egg-prices-go-down




Gas prices fell for the fourth straight week on Monday and are likely to continue sliding below $3 per gallon, according to experts.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas is currently $3.078 across the U.S. as of March 18, according to AAA data. This is down from $3.081 a week earlier; $3.161 last month; and $4.367 last year.

The average price for a gallon of gas is also currently below $3 in 34 states, according to GasBuddy.com, which monitors gas prices across the U.S..
https://www.newsweek.com/gas-prices-plummeting-under-donald-trump-fourth-week-aaa-gasbuddy-2046238

[Sibster]

Trump was supposed to end the war in Ukraine on day 1 presumably with the strategy you just mentioned - let Russia have whatever they want - but that was just another lie, like his lie about lowering grocery prices on day 1.  It turns out that the only day 1 promise he actually meant was terrorizing brown people and fucking over the working class.

Nobody expected any of this to happen on day one.   Not even the extreme Trump haters.

[Phishfan]

I don't know about eggs but you posted about gasoline too late. Since that article the national average went to $3.13 last week and $3.17 this week. The President doesn't really have much to do with that anyway.

[Spider-Dan]

Nobody expected any of this to happen on day one.  Not even the extreme Trump haters.

"Everybody knew Trump was lying when he promised to lower grocery prices and end the war on day 1, especially his supporters"

[CF DolFan]

I don't know about eggs but you posted about gasoline too late. Since that article the national average went to $3.13 last week and $3.17 this week. The President doesn't really have much to do with that anyway.

It the summer and people are moving around more so it goes up. That's pretty typical and for what it's worth, I know it didn't happen because of the Trump changes. 

They have been supplementing the farmers who killed all of their chickens because of supposed bird blue. I say "supposed" because apparently it didn't affect any other birds.

[CF DolFan]

"Everybody knew Trump was lying when he promised to lower grocery prices and end the war on day 1, especially his supporters"

Trump says a lot of exaggerated things that most of us realize it political BS.

[Spider-Dan]

Trump says a lot of exaggerated things that most of us realize it political BS.

"When Trump says the economy will be better under him than under the Democrats, we know he's just bullshitting, but we vote for him anyway"

Keep going!

[Sibster]

"When Trump says the economy will be better under him than under the Democrats, we know he's just bullshitting, but we vote for him anyway"

Keep going!

Look at the economy when Trump left office as opposed to the one when Biden left office.   If you think you were better off after four years of Pedo Joe and the Boxer Droppin Hoe, I don't know what to tell you.