the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working

That’s a feature, not a bug: the entire point is to make it very hard to see the effects of the regime’s policies, so that they can just claim everything is working as intended and the rest of the world won’t be able to verify it.

Russia has been doing the same for years (well, decades really). They fixed their HIV epidemic by stopping the collection of data on infections

edit: ah, and the article says as much. That’ll teach me to comment before reading

Is there a yoga community? They might be into this sort of stuff too

Third, try to enjoy your life.

The irony

Unfortunately for all of us, all you have to do is look at history and you’ll see that a lot of people do want to – especially without consent

That’s… reassuring.

This reminds me of that scene from Fight Club:

“Which bank do you work for?”

“A major one”

Same here, and pretty notably I keep getting more left wing instead of more conservative and the same’s been happening to my friends too, so even the idea that you automatically get more conservative as you age is pretty suspect.

Shit, right now in Finland the under 25’s are more conservative than Millennials, at least based on voting patterns

I’ve become much more flexible in my thinking and beliefs the older I’ve gotten, and statistically young people are much more likely to have extreme positions on things.

If anything, you’re probably going to have a worse time convincing young people who think they know everything, than older people who understand that they don’t.

They should, but they’re human, and this is just such a quintessentially human thing – mindless hate and brutal torture are features, not bugs.

*crickets*

Putin has been telling the EU to arm up?

Just your run of the mill neo-Nazi look, like RIchard Spencer:

I wonder if Putin will get Trump to try and sanction the EU for this?

“Your parents are going to die one day, kids, and so are you! Now who wants cake?!”

Yyyyeeaaah me neither

I bet that the particular universe where Phil dies just collapses on itself, killing everyone in the process. Thankfully so far there’s always been at least one universe with a Phil that doexn’t die

Can I book you for parties? You’d be a great hit

Wait, saying that it would destroy Hungary was supposed to dissuade us from letting Ukraine in?

Shit, that’d be two birds with one stone.

Yup. That’s because most “moderate” conservatives fundamentally agree with far right positions, or at least don’t disagree with them even though they might not be enthusiastic supporters

“There is so much to unpack and learn from an exchange like this.”

Yeah, no kidding.

Husband’s probably regretting some life decisions right about now, and I guarantee they’re not related to his not getting any awards or certifications.

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