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@joe pockets

 You answered a question with a question, which means you don't have an answer. I'll answer your question though.

If Russia was truly pushed to an economic brink, and had exhausted all military resources, it could bring about a mutually assured destruction scenario. That definitely makes America, along with all NATO countries, along with the entire world, less safe. Russia is also a major oil producer. Turmoil in a oil producing country is bad for tje global economy. The current iteration of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war is a huge contributor to current inflation yet somehow that's rarely acknowledged.

I'll ask you another question. Why do you want a Russian collapse?

How exactly does "devastating Russia military and economy" make us safer or more prosperous? 

If you see a lot that should have been done, please enlighten me.

@Raiders22

 Any money would be for disaster relief. And what is meant by storing it better? There certainly isn't any problem with capacity. I would also posit that there isn't anything wrong with the aqueduct system. What exactly could be better and how?

Saying "prevent the fires" is like saying "prevent the hurricanes," or "prevent the tornadoes." Most wildfires don't occur in actual forests, though some do. The LA fires weren't in a forest. Portions of the region are wooded but much of it is heavily developed. Mitigation isn't as simple as some media would have you believe. It's a chaparral region. It's borderline desert. You can hack that shit until the cows come home, it just grows back. The vegetation in these regions is heavily drought resistant and just explodes. Much of the area is private property, and management falls on the ownership. As far as water, when too many valves are open, pressure is going to drop. The system was simply overloaded.

Sure, disallow new construction. Most of the homes have beem their for decades. Some since the 40s and 50s.

As far as saving money rather than spending on ridiculous programs, and elected official accountability, we already know we are on the same page on such things.

What are they supposed to do? Rain dances?

This is the way.

One reason they should is that California pumps an insane amount of tax dollars into the federal government.

Bruh. 

The Russian army is having a hard enough time in the eastern Ukrainian Oblastsh but Putin is the greatest threat to democracy. Not Xi. Putin. When did liberals become such warhawks? We help bring about this proxy war that equates to the loss of Ukrainian and Russian lives for nothing more than to pump money into the miltary industrial complex and democrats are all, "Yeah, get'em! Putin is the devil! Greatest threat to democracy!'

All these boomers grew up reading comics so they fall for these comic book narratives.

Shining star of the liberal agenda, Tom Tillis. I wonder which defense lobbyist told him to say all that?

@Europa

 So you first link did more to prove my point than yours. You then repeat the phrase "google it" and post a second link from early 2023 addressing the overall Biden inflation/grocery price increases. That link was from February of 2023 and had nothing to do with the current egg price spikes of late 2024/early 2025, a year and a half later.

I'll ask again. Are you one of those guys that enters a query into google looking for any link that relates to your argument, then posts said link without even reading/watching it yourself? You seem to be. Both of your links do more to prove my point than yours.

When Trump left office, eggs were just under $2 a dozen, in the middle of a global pandemic with all it's inherent supply chain issues. Biden takes office, and like everything, the price skyrockets. More than doubling by the end of 2022, a then record price. They come down a little in 2023 before again steadily marching towards all-time highs, culminating in new record highs by the end of December/early January. Trump is sworn in on January 20th. On January 28th, a ridiculous, completely idiotic reporter: "Egg prices have skyrocketed since Trump took office..." 

@Europa

 Big difference. She simply answered a question and pivoted away from a false narrative pushed by a liberal reporter. Did you watch your own link or not? I'll sum it up for you.

A reporter, literally a mere week after Trump took office, posed the ridiculous question, if you can call it that, "You know, eggs prices are up and stuff. That's Trump's fault, right?" Again, this was literally a week after he took office. She simply did what any good press secretary would do and obliterated his completely asinine narrative. She stated that egg price hikes go back to last year, while Biden was in office, which is a fact. A liberal reporter tried to push a false narrative. She corrected him.

Did you google a video, post it, and not take the one minute to even watch it? Figures.

Republicans never blamed Biden for egg prices. 

You're making stuff up.

Greenland is just a dependent, granted. Our GDP is probably 50 times you guys'. We spend ridiculously as is. We can take on a dependent. As trade is increasing routed through the North Sea/Norwegian Sea/North Atlantic,  partially spurred by the economic growth of the Scandinavian countries, Greenland is poised to become strategically valuable to the U.S. As the region's seas are less and less inundated with ice, those trade routes will only sea further growth. In a perfect world, Greenland isn't acquired by hostile means. It would be nice if it could stand as a covenant between our two countries. Trade between the U.S and and the Scandinavian countries, medical tech, pharmaceuticals, Norwegian oil, etc, is unlikely to decrease. The U.S. finds itself in a situation where we will be in the market for new friends. The acquisition of Greenland would hopefully be mutually beneficial.

The Panama canal is the Panama canal. It is not just a waterway. If we don't seize control, China will. This also relates back to the possibility of increased shipping via the North Atlantic.

Gaza, sadly, wouldn't be for us. We would seize it and turn it over to Israel, albeit with a sizeable, permanent U.S. miltary presence. I'm not a fan of Israel so I won't go further into this.

Crazy thing is when he first became a starter, he was a legit offensive threat.

@lovethedough

 Is it even pretending? How about, "Hey, he's a world leader. I'm not gonna act like I know what's best for every other country, not gonna but into other people's affairs with checkbook in tow, and give the guy a little respect."

And, oh, "not fawn over actor turned puppet president Zelensky, as if all of a sudden Ukraine is our ally." Did Ukraine at least send us some hot Ukrainian chicks for all the money we dumped into their defense effort?

If they want to embrace industry plant Zelensky, let them have at it. We have no reason to involve ourselves in the affairs of Slavic countries.

I believe the media exaggerates this issue, as if Ukraine is the first step in the reformation of the Soviet Union. Russia doesn't have a military capable of such an endeavor. Not by a long shot. The roots of the current Russo invasion run deeper than the past 3 years. And while I would stop short of flatly stating that Ukraine started it, it's a lot more nuanced than, "Putin's a mad man who invaded Ukraine without provocation." Which is the narrative pushed by American media.