The US military is unrivaled in its ability to effectively defeat an enemy military. It’s proven pretty shitty at dealing with insurgencies and guerilla tactics.

Fighting against the US military with a tank or jet is a losing proposition. But randos with small arms and improvised explosives have performed pretty well.

Pleb - only poor people get the S. Real office drones need the Series X One S Slim X Pro X.

Unfortunately, it’s not really an option for most professionals. They don’t get to choose what software their organizations use, and are stuck with Microsoft products.

That just pushed me over the edge into full-on ugly crying.

Maduro may have needed to go, but that isn’t Trump’s decision to make unilaterally. And by allowing Trump to do this we’re giving him permission to enact his will anywhere. Drugs also come from Mexico, can he invade them? How about Minnesota? What if he decided that Greenland deserves freedom from Europe?

And if Trump can do it, why shouldn’t Xi be allowed to invade Taiwan? And what the hell - let’s let Putin have Finland and Netanyahu have Jordan, so long as they super duper totally believe they’re liberating people.

Jake: I want to be a writer

Sisko: Is that Bill Shakespeare over there?

Tasha was in “All Good Things.”

Going after a decorated vet and former astronaut for reminding servicemembers of their oaths.

Do they want Kelly to be President?

While it’s easy to get frustrated at the world’s tepid response to Trump, the reality is the world’s reliance on US financial and tech companies makes things like sanctions and embargoes effectively impossible.

And Europe has noticed. Between this, establishing European payment processors, etc they’re working towards a future where they can put real economic pressure on the US.

Maduro is bad, but that’s not what this is about. It’s about extrajudicial killings by the US military, and the kidnapping of a foreign head of state. Even if he’s evil and deserves it, that doesn’t give the US the right to do it. If the world comes together and decides it’s necessary, that’s one thing. Unilaterally invading, murdering civilians, and kidnapping a head of state and their spouse is not okay in any circumstance.

And the worst thing we can do is turn a blind eye to it just because Maduro is evil, because that tells the US that they can do whatever they want as long as they pretend to do it for noble reasons.

We did that with Iraq and that was one of the biggest clusterfucks in modern history, costing hundreds of thousands of lives, trillions of dollars, and destabilizing the entire region while fueling anti-American sentiment and Islamist extremism for decades.

So my personal solution is what? Can I un-invent firearms? Can I ensure not only that they’re outlawed, but that hundreds of millions of them are magically rounded up? Should I trust US law enforcement to protect me and respect my rights?

In my particular case nobody got hurt because he feared the gun, and I doubt a spray can would have had the same effect.

Maybe so, but we live in a world where guns exist. Choosing to disarm oneself doesn’t change that, and certain things can change the math.

There was a violent incident at a nearby house, and it took police 40 minutes to arrive because I live in the middle of nowhere, so right off the “call the police” option essentially doesn’t exist for me. I also have no kids in the house. If children come over, the gun that isn’t in the safe goes to the safe and the ammunition goes to the car. I am not suicidal. For me, gun ownership makes sense where it doesn’t for others.

If I lived in a country where guns didn’t outnumber people it may not make sense. Though with the current government I also wouldn’t give mine up if they were outlawed.

Guns have caused a lot of harm. They seem evil until you need one. I was hiking solo in the wilderness once and was carrying one for wildlife and was attacked by a homeless guy. I shoved him away and pulled it out and he ran off.

Personality cults have trouble transitioning to a new leader. North Morea did it, but otherwise it doesn’t really happen often. One aneurysm may be all we need.

But it’s still a very locked-down device. Boox and several other options run Android, so you can use whatever apps you want.

I march, I vote, I speak out, I financially support the opposition and legal causes trying to stop this shit, and I ask for help. There’s not much else I can do short of violence, and even that’s not a viable option since the non-GOP party decided guns were bad and convinced their supporters to disarm themselves.

And Reaganism.

Global problems need global solutions, and the current American government is absolutely a global problem.

The whole world is sick of America trying to fix the world because we fuck up everything we touch. You really want us fixing this shit ourselves?

I can’t decide what I think about Remarkable. They’re a very closed system, which is bad, but the lack of options and apps makes is a better device for people looking specifically not to have distractions.

I use a Boox 10" color e-ink tablet, and am mostly happy with it, though it was pricey.