The more things change the more they stay the same.

Probably, it’s true that for some reason people don’t “thank” or even blame god for natural disasters or disease, but consider it a miracle and gift from god when people survive that shit.

If by best you mean most hilarious, then I agree.

I bet it’s also exciting for the cops to engage in.

Absolutely brilliant. 🤣🤣🤣

The stupidity of religion has no limits.

Absolutely, many Christians say only read new testament, that because they are pro Jesus but anti God.

The holy ghost is ghosting us, so we do the same.

Noooo of course not.

IDK, Jesus is supposed to be the savior, but doesn’t really do anything. He is the son of god, and he clears up some of gods messes.

God is a drunk old fart, leveraging his popularity to seduce people trying to ruin their lives.

Not entirely off.

Things work different for different people, you can’t get a universal answer to this question.
Your brother should pay attention to is he experiences any side effects, and hopefully he has a good doctor that pays attention if he has any questions.
The principle of GLP 1 is quite elegant IMO, but that’s the case for most medicine that works. Doesn’t mean there can’t be minor or even serious side effect.

There is a danger of malnutrition if you overdo it, and malnutrition can lead to all sorts of conditions. But I really really hope he is being well informed by his doctor.

Best of luck to your brother. 👍

The Affordable Care Act

Did not result in healthcare for all, and was based on a concept designed by Mitt Romney. It also makes so more people join the program, saving cost for the public budgets, so in a way it’s also a tax on the poor. Not helping the economic balance much.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Helping the economy is also in the interest of wall street.

Wall Street reform to prevent a financial crisis happening.

Again is in everyones interest. That is in no way contrary to the interest of the 1% or Wall Street, despite their claims that any regulation is bad.

OK I never said they are equally bad, Republicans are clearly worse. What I’m saying is that Democrats as a party still work for Wall Street, and then throw some crumbs to the people, and protect rights of minorities and environment more.

So clearly the Democrats are better, but they are still very right wing by European standards. You could say just left of fascism.
If we take Germany as an example the AfD is as bad as the Republicans, And German traditional right wing parties are much like the Democrats.

Probably just the color that is “cherry”, and it’s a shitty small roll with only 20 yards or 18,29 meter.
A “normal” role is 50 meter and is of similar size. So there is no or almost no tape under the label, it’s just a huge hole where there is supposed to be way more tape!

So IMO this belongs in mildly infuriating.

Obama had both the house and senate when he became president, and he did exactly NOTHING with it. So the advantage was lost.

Biden changed almost none of all the shit Trump had done.

In control like not touching the steering wheel much, they could if they would but they won’t. But they prefer to just cruise in the direction set by the Republicans.
Best thing is less extremism which is great, worst thing is nothing really changes. They are happy keeping the defunct democracy where they share power with the Republicans, and both sides work mainly for Wall Street and the 1%.
Luckily there are more DSA people among Democrats now, so some things may improve slightly. But they do not have the power to make real changes, at least not yet.

Once? Trump was elected twice.
George Bush Jr. started an illegal war against Iraq, and claimed that if you aren’t with us, you are against us. He too was both war mongering and hostile towards allies.
Reagan stood for the worst weapons race of the cold war, and was corrupt with the Iran Contra affair, and he made many people very afraid of nuclear war.
Nixon too was a war criminal with what USA did in Vietnam, his first order was to increase war activity in Vietnam, and he and Kissinger decidedly sabotaged peace talks.

This didn’t happen once, there is a clear pattern, and that pattern points towards the next Republican president will likely be even worse.

I won’t lie, there’s only a very moderate sigh of relief for me personally.
Trump will be a lame duck now, so the messes he can make will be fewer.
But I’m not sure I trust the American people quite yet. They still elected Trump twice.
As a European, I also don’t think we can return to business as usual, because USA is still an unreliable partner.
Even a new relatively good president in the next presidential election will not change that.

Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush Jr. 2 times, and now Trump 2 times, paints a pretty horrible picture of American politics.
And even Obama was a war criminal, even though he was better than average, and very liked in Europe. He was not the humanitarian he painted himself as in his speeches. He was still all about American exceptionalism.

So I think we will have to wait about 12 years to know if USA is on a better path or not. Until then extreme caution is recommended.

Absolutely brutal.