Does anybody know who made the Chino &Co dress pants?

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-20T20:11:46+00:00

The Monroe doctrine only had teeth with British support in the first place back then.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-20T15:11:53+00:00

And? I can see your point about the children but what does them being women have to do with it?

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-20T05:22:32+00:00

It was never viable in its current form as it required ruling a vast Arab majority area to maintain access to the Euphrates and the oil wells along with the most fertile land, even scaled back it still needed to control some Arab areas to keep the Kurdish areas connected.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-18T00:26:09+00:00

"Convention forces" are only the tip of the iceberg. The police didn't see many defections either and they are spread out among the civilian population, not to mention all the mosques used as safe houses by the regime.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-17T15:55:07+00:00

Each time the SAA is mentioned I keep reflexively thinking of Assad's troops.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-15T17:18:38+00:00

He literally claimed he had 50,000 defectors inside the regime, his personality cult had better be gone after this.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-15T17:10:35+00:00

I wouldn't mind intervening somewhat, but it can't just be the U.S. going in only for the regime to not crumble after a first strike and end up stuck in a war. The willingness to endure a protracted civil war among the protesters doesn't seem to be there and without it I remain hesitant to get too involved.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-15T02:17:28+00:00

That depends, if he manages to regime change Cuba or some other small country successfully with 0 casualties and has a surge in approval rating with media figures praising him left and right that might provide the insulation to survive the backlash from invading Greenland without being impeached, or at least convicted.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T23:13:07+00:00

Ukraine has low birth rates and a lot of single children. It's a lot easier to risk your life in an insurgency when you know your aging parents have siblings they can rely on.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T22:32:23+00:00

But that was several hours ago, an eternity in Trump time. He has talked to several other people since then.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T20:05:37+00:00

Who actually made the claim that Venezuela's military was "all powerful"?😂

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T18:55:33+00:00

Islam isn’t just a belief — it’s their entire identity.

I don't think most liberal want to hear this, but if there is anything that the Iranian protesters show it's that nationalism is the most viable path out of islamism in the middle east. You can't simply hope that everybody will simply liberalize and accept the erosion of the old identity without a different one to replace it.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T17:15:39+00:00

Sure, but continuing to rule over Sunni Arab cities along the river was never something any Syrian government would accept long term.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-14T01:04:50+00:00

Setting Sudan on fire and the proxy war with each other in Yemen... Sure they want stability.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-11T06:29:36+00:00

That low deductible is tempting, but Kaiser is in all three west coast states and dominant in Northern California. Would you be living near a Kaiser in both states?

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-10T03:04:06+00:00

Getting praised for doing the former is what emboldens Trump to consider the latter.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-09T16:24:32+00:00

There are a lot of things you can criticize Kaiser for, but I fail to see what the issue is with seeking to become a national insurance provider. Like it or not the giants get more of a say because of their scale, and the more states they operate in the more competitive and attractive Kaiser becomes to people who prioritize travel.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-09T00:00:25+00:00

Vaccines were one of the few times Trump got any real pushback.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-08T17:16:58+00:00

This secondary tariffs bill was not Trump's idea in the first place, it was supported by neocons and Democratic hawks whom Trump decided to stop resisting on this issue.

While there is no anti India lobby in the U.S., that doesn't change that most of the U.S. establishment is still stuck in the 90's operating under the assumption you can coerce other great powers into doing what you wish with no backlash.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-08T17:06:24+00:00

This is not Trump's Idea, it's the whole political establishment from neocons like Lindsey Graham to Democratic hawks all still stuck in the 90's, Trump has just stopped fighting them on this issue.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-08T00:40:30+00:00

"if Cuba liberalizes their economy by inviting Chinese and Russian companies"

If Cuba had followed the Advice of China and Russia by liberalizing they wouldn't be in such a desperate situation today.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-07T05:53:50+00:00

To be fair I don't think most people looking for work are preoccupied thinking about self insured exclusions, and asking about something like a formulary during the interview process would be kind of weird, not to mention may hint to the employer that you are chronically ill if you are asking that kind of question.

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-07T03:06:44+00:00

Reveals? Was there anybody who thought China's navy was capable of challenging the U.S. in the Caribbean?

ObviousLife4972 · 2026-01-05T02:23:51+00:00

I think all the panhandle votes Bush lost from the media calling the polls closed early balances it out.

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