Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

It took decades of occupation for Germany and Japan to develop proper democratic institutions. If federal troops had remained in the South for another 30 years the world we know today would be very different.

Leopards eating faces. Turns out voting against your own self interest has consequences.

Unfortunately no flag officer or Secretary of Defense has ever faced meaningful consequences for war crimes in the United States despite a long history of committing them. Though there is a first time for everything

If your faith doesn’t make you kinder, more empathetic, quicker to make sacrifices to help your fellow man, especially if they are different from you, you have missed the core message of Jesus Christ.

They need to arrest them with state level charges.

I’ll be canceling my Disney+ account. This is outrageous.

Functional democracies without a lot of social conflict where public services quietly work as intended do still exist. If you can get out, you still have a chance at a better life for you and your children.

It is long past time for contempt arrests. We need meaningful action now.

Alas, this is one of those lazy news organizations that just blocks access from abroad instead of bothering with GDPR compliance. Tell me you are abusing cookies without telling me you are abusing cookies.

A lot of us already have. I live in the EU now. Best decision I ever made.

A lot of American sites block all non-American IP addresses. Makes a lot of things difficult as an expat.

Thank you for the detailed thread. It is much appreciated