hydroacetylene
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hydroacetylene
1hr ago
I would give a slim edge to Paxton. If democrats are going to win a statewide race in Texas, it will be this one. But they haven’t done that in 40 years. Talarico’s, uh, controversial statements are just now starting to air, and we don’t know how voters will weight them versus Ken Paxton’s history of corruption.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Yes, among conservative Catholics- who tend to believe in galenic temperaments- women are much more into them than men. These have thé added bonus that you can just make up which one is yours to fluff yourself up, of course.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Part of the issue with magazine economics is that subscriptions did not used to cover all of their costs, advertising did. But targeted advertising prices have plummeted due to google and meta, so magazines lost a major revenue driver.
Newspapers stay in business because they can target eg couponers for advertising based on geography, consumer habits(old housewives change their habits less than young people), and daily circulation, and thats still dicey.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Do they still have zoo books?
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Literally not faulty- the constitution is very clear about birthright citizenship. That should change, but the law says what it says.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
As in America- thé Texas Republican platform famously says that we’re going to invade Mexico and start issuing our own currency.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
‘Great replacement’ which is commonly labeled a conspiracy theory.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Heat pumps are air conditioners, just running in reverse, so forgive me for asking this- but since Germany doesn’t have air conditioning, why don’t they just run their heat pumps in reverse for the week or two of the year they need it?
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
The German people will not go extinct. There’s a large group of ethnic Germans expanding their territory rapidly, in fact- the anabaptists are colonizing new territory in the western hemisphere constantly, not just in the US.
They may not be the ethnic Germans you’d prefer, but they are ethnic Germans.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
Unified Mexican culture is largely ‘me and my brother against my cousin’. They’re fractious, identify as members of a particular state, region, or hometown, snooty about race, and they still have their own unassimilated minorities. There’s commonalities, yeah, but the noroeste/south/coastal/DF divide is huge. And Mexico’s high GDP is mostly driven by the Noroeste and DF which look down on the rest of the country- and the Noroeste is noticeably more America-like in comparison.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
The interesting thing about the subcontinent is that they built nuclear bombs, run high end-intelligence programs, and Pakistan has a heck of an Air Force. These are very hard problems, and subcontinentals achieve them- there don't seem to be Chinese ‘advisers’ doing the maintenance on their jets. So clearly they can do them, they’re just ok with living in badly dysfunctional societies for some reason.
Your list of Muslim countries is pretty secular of a list(gulf Arabs use white tech reps to maintain their industrial civilization), it must be pointed out.
hydroacetylene
2hr ago
South Africa does not want its white population to leave- they want the white cash cow to stay in place and tolerate being shaken down and scapegoated.
hydroacetylene
16hr ago
Right, the AfD appears to be an anti-woke liberal party which opposes immigration. The definition of far right is being opposed to liberalism from a rightward direction(literally).
hydroacetylene
18hr ago
What makes the AfD far-right? They're pro-democracy, they oppose immigration sure- do they want to change the German constitution? Do they support irredentism or want to revoke civil rights from their opponents?
I don't think the AfD is likely to be good at governing, but that is a separate criticism from far-right, which I haven't seen any evidence for.
hydroacetylene
19hr ago
A surprising amount don't, and just have gigantic menus you order off of by number. I've certainly seen them, but 'Chinese' is not the default restaurant meal in large parts of America either(Tex-Mex is), and lots of them are buffets or fast-casual places that don't have menus in that sense, and even sit down Chinese restaurants often skip it.
hydroacetylene
21hr ago
Women love those kinds of categorization things and take them way too seriously.
hydroacetylene
22hr ago
What are the actual odds on a BSW/AFD coalition? I presume somewhat higher than the 'everyone except the AFD' coalition needed to keep them out of government, but compared to new elections?
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Ken Paxton doesn't seem to be accused of any of this stuff- he's receiving perfectly accurate accusations(that he's an adulterer who takes bribes) instead.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Minor quibble- Italy's actually governed by the Fratelli d'Italia, FN will probably win the next French elections, and Spain may well have a right-populist government in the near future. And who even knows UK politics.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Question because I legitimately don't know- is the AFD likely to have access to the human capital to start doing any of this stuff? That's been a problem for controversial right wing governments in very established, procedurally suffocating countries. Germany's cordon sanitaire has seemed unusually effective until now.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Everybody here knows their star sign, but usually not their Chinese animal- although if you're male you probably don't know what it's supposed to mean. Interest in astrology doesn't seem to have ever gone away, either, although admitting to it might have been unfashionable in elite circles. Tarot and psychics and related crap is still for a) hardcore nuts and b) divorced women, though.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
How about Liechtenstein? It’s a strong enough monarchy to override the elected government. Wealthy, developed, not gratuitously oppressive.
The UAE is an oligarchic/aristocratic confederation. It’s far less oppressive than its neighbors and used its oil to build a reasonably diverse economy.
How about Singapore? It’s not really a democracy. It is somewhat more oppressive than other US Allies in developed Asia. But not by that much, and quality of life is similar to other developed Asian countries.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Depends on the funding model- and I want to further state that I expect most LGBT-oriented spending comes from government grants not donations.
But my naive expectation is that genuinely inside the tent funded lgbt NGOs get their funding disproportionately from cis lesbians, not gay men.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Labor costs are much higher in the USA and permitting can get surprisingly high. And energy costs are generally lower, by a lot, plus Trumps tariffs raise panel prices etc.
That part is definitely true, but adding a drain to the inside coil of a heat pump is much easier.
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