And how do you propose the solution?

Thank you… uh… please leave those sharks alone…

Never forget, the rest of the world is on the internet too. As I am. Not American. ❤️

I included foreigners such as the US and UK too.

Everyone (meaning not the Russian federation or hegemolith) truly wishes that it means the end to this unnecessary conflict.

Truly.

I used to know three homeless people whom I used to talk to on my way home from work. I gave them cash, bought them food. I have no idea if they are still alive today. I know of at least seven more whom I occasionally keep in touch with. And some more who have been homeless previously, but who have survived that through various feats and means and landed on their feet again. Sleeping rough in Sweden, above Skåne, is fucking rough.

Out of my limited and anecdotal experience, I don’t blame a single one of them for getting hooked on drugs. Alcohol got too expensive, tobacco is waaaay too expensive for effect, so the high and low that other drugs could give kept them warm throughout the roughest nights and/or John experiences.

Maybe I should clarify: Oh you spring child who knows nothing of the year, how it turns and how winter turns planted hopes into frozen fears.

Pre-edit: You’re right. Which is why Putin’s death won’t bring much boon. Staying silent, quiet or passive won’t bring much in opposition to the face of tyranny either. But eliminating the current tyranny will be more difficult than what the people tried to accomplish over a hundred years ago, as the dissemination of power is different nowadays. Before, one used to think that cutting the head of a hydra might be difficult, but possible in the long run. Today, well…

I guess you didn’t really read. Just pointing out that you need to do more than kill the puppetmaster to replace all those who he either trained or who learned how to thrive in his absence.

Please. There are hundreds ready to take Putins place. Some politically, but hundreds behind the scenes who also have finger puppets ready for ”power” who can step in for both Medvedev and Putin. The rest of the dog kennel (like Lavrov) will keep barking for their masters sake.

It’s not quite that easy.

Many migrants have drowned en route to the UK, so if the boats are caught before they leave the shore it’s not as if the police are condemning the migrants to death. Some police forces have denied migrant boats or even ruined them on the Mediterranean, causing more direct deaths. Or died in migrant camps just outside the borders of the EU.

What is at fault here is the geopolitical perspective. People are fleeing extreme poverty, injustice, war, genocide etc etc. The border agreements of the EU mean that they get sent back to whatever country they were first “discovered” in, which in its turn sends them back further. Many have lost everything coming here, even loved ones, children perished en route. Many were maybe aiming for Germany, France, Denmark or Sweden. But as they’ve been detected in other countries in the EU first, they will be sent back to those first. So as a last ditch attempt, they aim for the UK. And if they didn’t drown in the Mediterranean, there is a huge risk that they might drown in the colder waters of the Channel instead.

This being said, slashing their last (perceived) hope or reaching safety is cruel. But there are few things that are NOT cruel towards most migrants, sadly.

As my cousins in Ukraine said, they’d gladly drink the water so that they could spit in the faces of both Russian and Israeli forces.

And as politicians would think:

• Oh, I wonder why young women don’t want to have kids… it must be because of dating apps!

How come they don’t raid country clubs, golf resorts or large hotels? Especially down in Florida.

Hate and scorn sustains them.

Utter evil.

Plastic bottles are usually made from preforms delivered from the plastic bottle manufacturer. The rinsing would ideally be when the bottle is formed from a preform at the soda plant, before the bottle is filled. Some do this (sometimes with harsh chemicals), but most don’t as they consider the preform as sufficiently clean enough to fill.

Don’t worry, someone will let you know with a deeply snarky comment.

Thank you.

Thank you.