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A friend from school, has been telling me about 'aliens' that walk among us, and that we have Military bases on Mars, AND the dark side of the moon. I tried 'reason' with her, and told her that Mars, at its closest point is about 34 million miles from the earth, and that getting there with the tech. we have NOW is nearly impossible! She says there are propulsion systems that WE know nothing about!

Also, there are Cures, for cancer that we are not being told about!!! 😒🤷‍♂️

The latest 'crazy' was told to me on Tuesday. Now, please don't wet your collective pants!!!
There is going to be a 'bank collapse' like nothing we have seen since the Great Depression, AND that Walt Disney was a pedophile!!

I am only looking for SINCERE answers from responsible people as to how they would deal with this woman, as at times, I feel like terminating my friendship and contact with her.

It's pretty clear that Vladimir Putin seems to be emboldened by the fact that Joe Biden is the current President of the United States, launching a full-scale invasion into the Ukraine, using "NATO expansion" as a lame excuse, and calling the Ukrainian government "fascists". When in reality, Putin has stated many times over the years on the record that he wants to reassemble the Soviet Union. How should we help stop Mad Bad Vlad's invasion into the Ukraine? I'm not making sanctions an option, for three major reasons:

1.) Sanctions didn't work against Putin when he invaded and annexed Crimea from the Ukraine in February 2014 during the Obama administration.

2.) Putin will just turn to his close friend and ally, President Xi Jinping and Communist China for help and support (which didn't have the guts to denounce and vote against the Diet Soviet Union at the United Nations Security Council meeting, choosing to abstain instead).

3.) Sanctions are a hollow, pointless, empty gesture. "We're doing something without actually doing anything tangible or meaningful."

So what should the United States do? Choose an option (or multiple options), and comment/explain below. As always, thanks for participating!