Damn, that sucks to hear…I’ve rented from them for years and they’ve always been really good about fixing things in a timely manner, but I’ve also been super fortunate not to have had any financial difficulties that could potentially result in eviction. Looks like I’ll have to keep up that lucky streak…

GDF?

Terrabis has the best prices IME, and is tied with Flora Farms for friendliest staff.

OzaRX has the best setup and selection.

What’s wrong with Greenlight? (Genuine question)

You mean aside from the casual endorsement of animal cruelty?

If you don’t wanna get creeped, don’t be a creep.

Yeah, it looks like you’re probably too busy accusing Disney of being groomers while posting on r/teenagers as a fully-grown adult to care.

Glue traps are extremely inhumane. Removing mice from these traps will almost always result in broken or even torn legs and cause unnecessary suffering.

Better to use an old fashioned one-and-done lever mousetrap, which is quick and relatively painless.

I’m not homeless now because I had a support network, a surfeit of interpersonal charisma, and smarts. None of these were the product of my own efforts. Not everyone has those advantages, and very few indeed possess all three.

See, I believe in not judging a person by their residential status. I’ve never stolen a thing in my life—not even as a kid. And yet I’ve been homeless. It sucks. I’m grateful that not everyone was stingy with their charitableness. I always refused it because I’m too proud for my own good, but just being offered was enough to put a smile on my face for the day.

You don’t know what wars someone is fighting that you can’t even see. We can show kindness and solidarity to people who may be ready to give up, or we can hold our possessions ever-tighter and close ourselves off to the world.

I do too, but I don’t see how that’s related to helping people.

We can agree on that much.

Well, most Americans who voice your perspective do consider themselves Christians in what is surely the most ironic irony that ever ironied.

That sounds like chudspeak for “I call myself a Christian for identity points but I don’t actually practice.”

Can you answer the question?

Of course.

One of these days Joshy’s little Nazbol act is gonna bite him in the ass. This bill’s a bluff, but I hope Dems call him on it, because we desperately need this ban.

Fuck Russia indeed, but there are sound practical reasons for wanting to learn that over Ukrainian. There are far more Russian speakers than there are speakers of Ukrainian, for starters. And if you went to Ukraine, you could probably find your way about with some basic Russian, whereas Ukrainian would only get you around in Ukraine.

Keep it simple: ask what Hawley has to do with manhood or Christianity.

My AOS is philosophy, whereas it sounds like you’re wanting to get into the weeds of history. I know a bit about that, of course, but rather than give you a spotty and sub-Wikipedia recounting of names and dates, I’d feel more comfortable/less embarrassed directing you toward actual historians like Mark Bray, whose Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook came to prominence a few years back for obvious reasons.

It would probably be more productive for me to clarify some things that I think may have been misunderstood: I never said that it’s always and only been the radical Left who “saves the day.” Far from it, in fact: they usually fail! And in some cases, far-left organizations and parties unwittingly assist fascists in seizing power, as the German Communist Party did in the Weimar years by refusing to go into coalition with the more moderate Social Democrats (you can always count on a communist to do the wrong thing for the right reasons).

However, when it comes to taking to the streets to protect communities directly and confront fascists and their propaganda face-to-face, it has practically always been the far left—and anarchists in particular—that has stepped up to the plate. Think about it: when's the last time you saw a group of liberals get in a street fight with fascists? I am certain it's happened before, but there's a reason they're not known for it.

I suspect the reason liberals tend to be largely ineffective against fascism at a certain point is because an ascendant fascist party isn't really possible without institutions that have been significantly weakened or hijacked by bad actors. Since liberals by definition operate within and through those institutions, they are naturally going to be ineffective as fascists amass power.

As for your point about totalitarianism being the Big Bad of the 20th century, I would probably agree in a very limited and provisional sense; the problem with that diagnosis is that "totalitarianism" isn't well-defined. It seems to me that capitalism is every bit as "total" as Soviet communism was, in that it's impossible to live one's life outside of it if you live in the US or any other Western liberal democracy. Like Soviet state socialism, it dictates every facet of life, from who gets what goods (fry cooks ain't driving Teslas) to who gets to live and die (thanks, American imperialism, criminal justice system, and healthcare!). However, because it's "the market" that decides this and not some Soviet apparatchick, it's "better." Maybe so! But better or not, it's not any less omnipresent and inescapable for it.

Certainly, once the fascists seize control of a major global power and begin annexing surrounding countries, all bets are off. But I’m not talking about international politics; I’m talking about the domestic response to fascism.

I basically agree, but the matter is a little more complicated than that. The motivation, I suspect, is to come at fascism with not just opposition, but offering a positive alternative. Fascism doesn’t make gains because the problems it claims to fix are completely imagined, after all.

For many liberals, that alternative would be (of course) liberalism. But the fact is that now and throughout history, it’s always and only been the “far” Left that’s taken to the streets when the fascists come knocking. Liberals have tended to voice disagreement up until the point where it becomes unsafe to do so, at which point they either drop out, die, or comply.

Yikes. That sounds suspicious as hell. Did the owner explain why this all happened?

Oh, I meant if you request the prescription from Bains early.

Do you request refills early?

Have you been seeing them long? My wife has been going there for about a year now, and while she’s currently happy with the NP she sees, the guy who actually has to prescribe the meds—Dr. Bains, who also owns the place—is routinely late. This last time he was an entire week late. As you might imagine, this is not ideal when you take a medication the sudden cessation of which could put you into withdrawal.

Unfortunately, there is simply no better option for her insurance. Cox just has shit providers.