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I generally don't support authoritarian regimes.

I thought Trump had walked that back.

Yes the US just have to afghanistan/iraq harder in their foreign policy, so that they can magically fix the mass immigration crisis. It's foolproof,

Surprisingly, I'd like people to be able to choose where they want to live, regardless of where they were born. Imagine that,

Hey, you might want to check the history of Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, Hawaii, Haiti, Costa Rica, Syria, Burma, Guatemala, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, East Timor, Vietnam, Congo, Laos, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Bolivia, Afghanistan, Panama. Just a couple of examples. There are more. I can also suggest you read on the Truman Doctrine, or perhaps you can just take a look at the life of Henry Kissinger, AKA the Forrest Gump of war crimes. Or check this out.

That's certainly a wrong take.

This has been stuck in mind for a while recently. I still recently remember feeling chills the first I heard it. Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me but I think Dusk... and her Embrace was the first black metal album I heard from start to finish.

If by "review our immigration policies" you mean let's create systems that help integrate adult migrants into society, that help avoid the creation of immigrant ghettos, and that focus on the effective education of the children of immigrants, sure, I agree with that. If by " review our immigration policies" you mean close the borders, then no, that's plainly stupid. If there are pressures that create large population movements between countries, be it war, climate, crime, or whatever, people are going to move across borders, whether you want them to or not. https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-020-00213-1

Immigration is inevitable and it will become increasingly more inevitable in the coming decades. Europe will be flooded by refugees whether we like it or not. So you either prepare for the people that are coming accordingly, or pretend "closing" borders and sticking your head in the sand will solve the problem.

Jean-Luc Godard died, at 91. I was actually surprised to learn he was still alive. Here's Jean Seberg in À Bout de Souffle.

The party of small government strikes again. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/texas-bans-10-banks-348-investment-funds-over-fossil-fuel-policies-71842914

They just shaved their moustache.

A variation of the old "I enjoy participating in gatherings with racists, but I'm actually not a racist" conundrum. A common companion of "how can I be a racist if I have a black friend" and "how can that guy be racist if black people voted for him." I'm sure there were some German dudes at the rally of freedom in 1935 who just really loved freedom.

It was a big thing here in Sweden when she died. Cancer, I think.

Dragonball. Z.

OK, I'll give you that but that is really minor. Sounds a bit like propaganda. See, abhorrent.

DeSantis seems like a pretty abhorrent dude with the abhorrent policies to match, with a strategy specifically designed to appeal to rabid trumpers. So, politically, it is like you are asking people if they prefer Trump with more or less orange smear.

I count that as a win.

I assume you mean heresy, @alanschu?

I'm more interested in knowing if we retain our tastes and interests. Would that mean heaven for one guy would be painting warhammer miniatures? What about a heaven for furries? Or BDSM. Or people who just love creating RPG rulesets. Anyway how does pleasure and happiness work without dopamine?