"They aren't playing. If NATO sees this nearly as Existentially as Russia does World War in Europe has already begun.
If NATO is just trolling to "weaken Russia", and has no real deeper purpose in prolonging the agony....
NATO is an "Axis is Evil"
Which is it, Trolling or Existential?"

You just love your little false dichotomies, don't you? Of course, Russia's not "playing" (although one could easily get that impression from all the trolling that's come out of the Kremlin and Russian media), but they've shown themselves to be bluffing and blustering with their rhetoric. They need to be pushed back and given a "bloody nose" (as Turkey's President suggested back in 2014) for what they've done.

Unfortunately, there are some people in the West who decide to mirror the Kremlin's trolling. I don't agree with that, but it doesn't change the fact the Russian Federation is the one that decided to initiate this as a military conflict, and then escalate it; Russia is the one that supported insurrectionists and terrorists (including ones that shot down a civilian airliner.)

"Trying to make this all about Putin is as stupid as trying to make WW2 In Europe only about Hitler.
The Germans loved the Vainglory and Expansion that Hitler's policies created.
[...]
The Leaders reflect to a large degree the Zietgeist[sic] of the people at large."

It's good to know that you believe the zeitgeist of the current Russians is parallel to that of Nazi Germany. Welcome aboard!

Someone needs to keep track of how many lies this Walz guy has been telling. If he keeps this up, he might start peeling away voters who like Trump for his chutzpah.

Ring of Fire. But this has about as much effect on the rest of Russia as when a volcano erupts in a remote region of Alaska (which is quite often).

As if pineapple on pizza wasn't controversial enough... do you eat pineapple on your tacos?

China is authoritarian, but not disciplined. People have been leaving in droves for decades. Their economy has been slowing down, and they're about to be hit with both an ageing problem and shrinking population.

"It's not carne asada?"

Have you ever tasted tinga before? Hmm, I'm guessing not.

So much for Make America Minnesota Already.

"China will prevail. They are more populous and disciplined."

Spoken like someone who has no real knowledge of China.

"You're an idiot."

That means so much coming from an intellectual giant like yourself. You can't even articulate why it's such a big deal.

This is either genius or very stupid.

Constantly comparing the entire US to smaller countries is a classic apples and oranges fallacy.

Articles like this make me wonder if the authors are deliberately trying to exclude men, possibly to help or hurt a particular political candidate.

Also, go on YouTube and search for "Most People Have Never Been Adults" for some much needed perspective. Quantity of life appears to be the new rat race. The grass always looks greener on the other side, and you realize many of the people in these (slightly) longer lived countries live very boring lives.

It's hard to feel sorry for her, given that everyone knows that this is what the Federation does.

"Ha! You're so funny!"

Stupid people always tell me that. You thought Trump had no strategy in 2016 beyond you saw at face value, and you were wrong then too. I don't think he'll win this time, but even Saint Michael Moore is warning you that Dems could blow this.

"Trumps strategy is just a remix of his old insults."

Do you really want to lose this badly to him? Trump understands marketing and showbusiness, and he's not going to waste his capital now, other than to just keep his name in the news. He knows that most of the electorate either doesn't really pay attention or doesn't have the attention span until the last couple of months before the election.

Democrats need to be really careful about getting suckered into the same place they were in 2016, where they're overconfident about their own candidate and underestimate their opponent. That's clearly what Trump's team is setting up right now.

"Imagine being so immune to facts that you believe a woman who was born with a vagina, grew up with a vagina and still has a vagina is a man."

The irony of this statement appears to be lost on you.

"A man won a gold medal beating up women."

Have you seen any interviews with this athlete? She appears to be a butch female, like Rachel Maddow or several WNBA players. I doubt this is a male-to-female transgender.

OTOH, why should we care about women boxing each other? If mud wrestling were an Olympic sport, then it would have my attention.

"Hold my beer." - Easter Island

Money and speech are not the same thing. If Musk is funneling actual money to the Trump campaign in an illegal manner, that's one thing, but the silly interview should not be lumped in with that.

Politicians take self-serving positions whenever it's convenient for them? Who'da thunk?

Aren't all drag queens hypocrites?

Well, except for the one that provocatively dresses up in both drag and blackface. That one is consistent, if nothing else.

Or maybe it was Dragontown. My memory of that time is kinda hazy.

Mine came from an Alice Cooper song off his Brutal Planet album.

He realized what a fraud Trump was and how it wasn't in his best interest to attach himself to someone like that.