AmidFuror

How about in the form of the Chinese government’s not being able to directly control Taiwan for 76 years?

Since you included the US, up until recently, the US made it clear it would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. That has made a significant difference to China’s calculations about its own imperialism.

I can’t tell if the downvotes are against my punching down statement or my follow-up joke about being outnumbered.

Delores

I think this is called “punching down” and is no longer an acceptable form of humor.

Although, to be fair, they do actually outnumber us in a 1v1 situation.

Under US law you can now murder that person twice, because of the Judd Act.

*surprisingly

It’s literally the propaganda arm of a fringe political party. Like, the party runs it. Not just aligns with it to make money like Fox and conservatives.

All of their articles are opinion pieces. But they are open to discussion with other viewpoints, so long as those viewpoints align closely with their own:

The partisanship of the World Socialist Web Site by no means excludes objectivity or honest debate. We welcome a broad exchange of viewpoints with workers, students and intellectuals who are seeking an alternative to bourgeois politics and capitalist economics.

North Korea deserves it, but they won’t win it. North Koreans will all vote for the USA, while Americans will be split on voting for themselves and other countries.

That’s exactly what I was curious about. There’d be no reason to do toxicology for someone coming in with these sorts of symptoms. Foul play is often the last thing people suspect.

Thanks. Another commenter added some context.

If you visit Eastern Europe, you’ll find a lot of museums which reflect on the double disaster of Nazi occupation for years followed by Communist occupation for decades.

There are museums for African American history which have exhibits about slavery and its victims, if you’re interested. https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/slavery-museums-in-the-united-states/

Because capitalism is the normal order of things going back for millennia.

Please don’t confuse this as victim blaming. It is not. I am curious about what the victim thought was going on with her health when she was being frequently sedated. Did she think she became a hard sleeper? Did she have side effects that she might have even seen a doctor for, who spent futile time testing for natural causes?

Is this something that might one day be in the back of mind for nurses and doctors that someone is being secretly drugged, like Munchausen by Proxy?

What’s the bet it’s just ChatGPT.

My penis.

Only try to realize the truth: there is no shower.

Quick, look around for a whale and a bowl of petunias.

Something about these answers isn’t quite adding up. Are the commenters just trying to divide us?

Some comments seem like the product of some kind of operator. It’s as though they have a quotient they’re trying to fill for number of posts.

As the number of comments multiplies, I have to wonder if they think they are making a difference.