Yeah all 50 states is crazy. New York and Cali have enough people to get a protest going at the drop of a pin.

Texas has Austin, you get protests there. East coast cities, Chicago, you can get protests.

But there are dozens of states that just don’t have that kind of energy or population density, but they do now.

There have been dozens.

Logical enough. I did nearly the same thing.

Hooked up with a couple. Was more attracted to the girlfriend even though boyfriend was more enthusiastic and attentive in bed.

I’m lesbian.

Is that a joke?

If you want to abrogate your responsibility as a citizen that’s your choice.

I will not be an unthinking cog in a deeply flawed legal system.

If I am on a jury, part of my job is to consider the justice of the law.

I donated to Green after getting adds from reps not willing to fuck shit up.

They were my favorite character from that show.

I wish you great success with your voice and your avatars.

We can tell the difference between someone struggling to be polite and someone being malicious.

We know when we don’t pass. We are hyper conscious of it. We are not going to jump on you for honest mistakes. We definitely do not want to make our gender your problem.

Personally, I don’t care what you believe in your heart, or even what you say behind my back. If you are polite to my face, I’m cool. We can be cool. That’s all I ask. If you are not, I will remove myself from the situation.

I cannot fathom the courage of Sarah McBride. She is incredible to endure this shit every day.

What would you have us do? Take the kids away?

Do you know what the foster system is like in Texas?

Those kids are better off with measles. I wish I was kidding.

Military power and wealth have an irrisisatable pull. China can still make deals and do diplomacy. Even North Korea can cut deals with Russia. Russia and Iran work together. One nations pariah state is anothers opportunity.

The rest of the world will hedge their bets, but if the US negotiators start talking sense again after the trump admin they will attend the meetings and make agreements hoping for the best. International law people live and breathe the hypocrisy of tyrants and democrats alike.

The optimism of the 1990s is dead, but that was a lie even then. The US reputation as the “leader of the free world” is dead. It was a self appointed title anyway.

The world will keep spinning and deals will still be made by non idiots.

If the predictions in this thread of a hot civil war in the US prove true, then deals will be made with whatever comes out of that.

I hope not, but I am not optimistic about the next few years/decades

Most of us don’t pay the market price hour to hour. Our electricity provider absorbs the risk of price spikes and raises our rates if the math stops working for them.

Griddy was a provider that sells at the market rate, which is usually below the general price you would pay, but you take the risk of price spikes during peak demand.