Is $200 a good deal for a Thinkpad - a T480s with an i7, 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD if it’s in really good cosmetic condition? My old Asus from like 2012 is finally dying.
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I do think Israel is thinking they can force the US to actually put troops on the ground in Israel. Honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if Biden has already guaranteed getting US troops directly involved if Hezbollah attacks.
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers
This is just Europeans trying to “process” asylum seekers outside of the EU i.e. make it so they never actually get into Europe. Seems like no one in western media ever calls this what it is: straight up racism.
In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, Biden's failure to consolidate support in key parts of the coalition that elected him in 2020 has left him narrowly trailing Trump, the likely Republican nominee, 39%-37%; 17% support an unnamed third-party candidate.
The possible good news for the president is that much of the support he needs to rebuild has drifted to third-party candidates, not into the camp of his likely opponent. Twenty percent of Hispanic and Black voters, and 21% of young voters, now say they'll back someone other than the two main contenders.
I'm not going to read too much into any one poll, but these results are genuinely surprising to me. This shows there is a sizeable desire among young people and black and hispanic voters for someone presumably to the left of Biden, and they may be willing to put their money where their mouth is and actually vote for Cornel West or Claudia de la Cruz. Although the article says RFK Jr is pretty popular, so idk.
A candidate or candidates to the left of Biden that liberals believe "spoil" the election and causes them to lose would at first cause them punch left like E. Honda's Hundred Hand Slap... but in the end it would show that there are plenty of people to the left of the Democrats who aren't going to play ball anymore, so the Dems can either make actual concessions or keep losing.
Hot air balloons can’t make it anywhere close to even the stratosphere, much less space right?
For all his faults, Khrushchev is the Soviet General Secretary is the who I think would be the most fun to hang out with for a night.
I don’t know. So much about the anti-mask / anti-vax stuff is so irrational, I have a hard time figuring it out.
Yes! IIRC electorally, it looked like the Russians were just going to elect socialists and communists (with some socdems sprinkled in there). In order to prevent that, the US supported Yeltsin consolidating power within the executive and making the legislature relatively powerless.
It’s a good thing were no unintended consequences later on associated with having a powerful president…
You wouldn’t copy a ship…
Thanks!