Polls

Would you to go for a walk in the hills, and dare to cross this rickety bridge with deep water?

https://www.farmbilllaw.org/2019/07/24/usda-gave-almost-100-percent-of-trumps-trade-war-bailout-to-white-farmers/

Last fuck up, I mean meaningless trade war, 92% of agriculture tariff revenue went back to farmers as a bailout. Their original export markets looked elsewhere for produce & those markets have NEVER recovered. In other words, "a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing" but farmers getting HAMMERED and it will be MUCH worse this time around.

Argentina? I would LOVE to hear him sell that! Bring it on Mr. America Last!

Israel is a pariah state and needs liquidity desperately. Their vaunted tech sector we created/they stole is in deep shit.

Fossil fuels? You KNOW they have their hand out due to the inevitable overproduction from Trump permitting new fields, opening up federal lands & seabeds and of course "clean coal". 🙄

The Big Dildo Bill devasted & will obliterate rural health care. Withdrawal if Obamacare subsidies will lead to a collapse. Sucks to be sick n poor in MAGA land!

Tourism is unlikely as ALL the stuff worth seeing & doing are ALL In blue states but just the same the knock on effects & impact (negative) on the dollars value has been harrowing.

"America Alone" has resulted in SAVAGE cancellations of arms deals - NATO nations alone have frozen buying USA arms - that layoffs, especially in aerospace as they privatize NASA, are devastating with NO sign of recovery.

Did I miss a corrupt act? Some other sector bribing him with crypto seeking waivers? MAGA HAS FAFO!

I have known my friend Rich since 3rd grade. We grew up together but took different career paths. I went to college and got a degree in business. I got an alright job, but nothing to get excited about. Rich screwed around. He took the first job that was offered to him as a favor from a friend. He hated it and complained every day. By his own admission, he was terrible and close to being fired a few times. He did the bare minimum and cut corners whenever possible. He was also one foot out the door always. Then a different company was in desperate need of a logistics manager, and they did not know his work ethic. All they knew was he had enough experience, and he knew all the lingo to ace the job interview. By his own admission, he conned them into believing he was something he isn't.
I was happy 4 him. I believed he would straighten up, and it would be good for him. He didn't change and was a terrible manager, his words. He would talk badly about his employees to me and curse them for doing things he would do himself. He would hide and sleep on the job or get caught up on Netflix, or take an hour of work and turn it into his whole day. Still, he complained constantly and talked about how bad the company is. He felt justified because they were terrible in his eyes. He also constantly complained about leaving.
Now, he has lucked into the same opportunity. A new company is looking for a senior logistics manager, and he fits their needs based on his experience and his LinkedIn profile, which is made entirely of lies. He was just talking about quitting and, and now he is acting like he is a prestigious senior manager. He admits that this is undeserving, but he will still expect me to make a big deal of it and take him out for a drink. I don't think he at all deserves this, and I am kind of disgusted that he keeps lucking into these promotions. But what are my options? Do I have to just pretend to be happy for him, or can I get away with just a congratulations and drop it?

In the film This Island Earth, Aliens found the perfect way to travel the Universe. Do you think we will ever be able to achieve this in the future?