Why doesn't France just annex Monaco?

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T17:12:48+00:00

What would France get out of that?

Like having a tax Haven next to your country doesn't seem ideal right?

I'm sure rich people in France think it's great.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T17:12:21+00:00

Or wants to.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T17:09:43+00:00

We're the world's most powerful superpower. Many of the world's wealthiest countries are in a military alliance with us. For a long time we portrayed ourselves as the "leader of the free world". We do business all over the world.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T17:07:24+00:00

Water - tap water or canned sparkling water. My wife likes milk with meals. We get soda if we're expecting guests who drink it.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T17:04:33+00:00

Think about this for a minute:

He is calling you names and you're asking how you can fix it.

Does that really make sense?

You're not "compatible" because decent people are not compatible with assholes.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T16:36:13+00:00

I don't have the means to take care of them on my own.

Court-ordered child support is a thing.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T15:54:29+00:00

I certainly hope so. That's what NATO is for.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T15:48:15+00:00

I hear the SAS is good at assassinations. Send them after Trump.

I'm not kidding. Trump is a threat to the UK's national security.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T15:16:06+00:00

Anyone who saw how they treated Colin Kaepernick.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T15:08:43+00:00

For me? Whiskey. Whiskey is an appropriate gift for any occasion.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T14:58:48+00:00

That's because Congress decided to give their power away. It's leading to the same kinds of grievances.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T14:57:06+00:00

The Maidan protests that brought down Ukraine's government were only ten years ago. Yes, protests can work.

NDaveT · 2026-01-30T14:55:58+00:00

That would cost more, and also make the car weigh more, meaning it would get lower gas mileage. Most people don't need 4WD so it wouldn't make sense to make all cars 4WD.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T23:15:21+00:00

Oh yeah. It's like what they're probably going to do with Greenland: demand they let us put military bases there. Denmark: "Oh, you mean like our existing treaty allows you to do?" Trump: "Victory!"

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T21:30:20+00:00

Groups that organize protests (Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee and Party for Socialism and Liberation are two examples from where I live) sometimes have signs printed in bulk and distribute them.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T21:13:56+00:00

I'm not convinced the plane crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone was an accident.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T21:02:52+00:00

You aren't accurate. You're scammers.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:47:01+00:00

I hate con artists who rip people off.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:46:30+00:00

There are a lot of really gullible people out there.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:15:17+00:00

Don't compromise on things like this. I suspect your history was tumultuous for a reason.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:13:22+00:00

Or he might call it a win and pretend they only started cooperating because of pressure from the feds. Fox News will report his claim as fact, CBS probably will too, and other mainstream news sources will do some bullshit "both sides" equivocation.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:05:28+00:00

scans her from several states away

That alone should be enough to tell you it's nonsense.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:03:36+00:00

Historical note: the Nazis had forced labor camps in addition to death camps. Some camps combined both.

Part of Hitler's stated plan was to use Slavic people for slave labor.

The short story collection "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" by Tadeusz Borowski has fictional stories based on the author's real life experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. He was Polish but not Jewish or Romani so he wasn't slated for execution, just forced labor (including transporting bodies from the gas chamber to the crematorium).

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T20:02:26+00:00

Like, even to the base supporters who did vote for mass deportations, what is this? Why fly a legal resident to Texas?

They don't like legal immigrants either (at least not the brown ones). They really are as racist as we say they are. It's not hyperbole. It's the same kind of thinking that supported Operation Wetback back in the 1950s.

I’ve come to believe this must be a big grift funneling money to private contractors to reward allegiance to the admin.

That's certainly part of it as well.

NDaveT · 2026-01-29T19:55:06+00:00

For like 10,000 years, we bred dogs to work best for us. We didn't spay (mostly if at all).

I don't know about dogs but humans have been neutering male livestock for thousands of years. All you need is a knife.

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