"grisly results". Are you sure? I think the pressure failure of the Titan submarine was closer to "grisly". Transit tube failure scores lower on the pressure failure scale. /jk

I want one to get beer from the fridge to the couch. I could move the fridge next to the couch, but if a pneumatic system is an option, I assume I don't have to explain which would be the better choice by a land slide. Cool beers on the couch, in the garden, in the bath tub, etc. I could fire my wife.

Of course I'm joking, I would never exchange my wife for a pneumatic tube system. I don't have a wife.

If South Korea does this, he'll tell his fat buddy Kim to send more shit balloons over the border.

My parents do this all the time. "Yeah, we just came back from the funeral, it was beautiful." So apparently my aunt died. "Oh yeah, we thought it wouldn't interest you".

At the same time, they call me to tell me "So, Henry had to go to the hospital, he's in a bad state. We though you'd want to know." So apparently someone from their neighborhood who I never met or heard of has some bad health.

Yes, just like Americans they think it's their country and the original inhabitants have no place in their country.

You think, so it must be. Who cares about facts and statistics. You know best, oh very wise one. By the way, what makes you come to this conclusion? Do you go to protests a lot, are you with the police, do you read a lot on Facebook on shady right wing pages, did Qanon tell you this,... I'd love to hear your support to your claim.

By the way, intervening a peaceful protest which includes children has a very very low probability of risk for police. They would think twice when the protesters are violent, but when they are peaceful they won't hit back that hard so it's rather safe to escalate. The cops in the task forces for breaking up protests are generally people who love to fight, filled with adrenaline and testosterone. Cops who are less eager to fight usually have desk jobs or are regular street officers.

I don't know in what country you live, but in countries with freedom of speech you're free to demand whatever you like, as long as you do not turn violent (except when you're police of course).

Please stop spreading unsupported bullshit arguments based on "I think" and "looks like" when you clearly have zero knowledge of how police operate (which I do) and clearly have no clue about this protest (as you make very wrong assumptions)

It's irresponsible for the police to abuse their power and use pepper spray on children at a peaceful protest.

Going outside has a risk of getting hit by a car. So now it's irresponsible to take your kids outside? It's not normal to get hit by a car, but it's also not normal for police to use violence on non-violent protes.... Oh wait, yes that indeed IS normal now, depending on the religion, ethnicity, political statement of the protesters.

Imo it's irresponsible to have kids in the first place by the way, it's not irresponsible though to bring your kids to a peaceful protest as no one expect police to pepper spray your kids without cause. Or at least, that is how it should be. When you claim it's irresponsible to bring your kids because you can expect police to use violence without cause, to abuse their power even though you are there because of your constitutional right, you acknowledge the police violence without condemning it.

You are victim blaming.

Police violence is something different then peaceful protesting. It turns into non-peaceful as soon as the police starts to use force without a proper cause. It's called "abuse of power". Cops love to get violent, especially when the protesters do not (so they won't hit back).

Fair point!

So if you have a fingerprint smart lock cops don't need a warent to enter your house?

A phone is also property owned by you. Or by the company you work for, so it's not even yours.

Damn, you beat me to it.

It could kill a European, if consumed by a European. However, it is consumed by an American, so it kills an American.

Yeah but honestly, the way the polls are looking right now, so is the US.

I've had it for about 8 years. Those years were a treat. "oh hi! We just created another product which would make your life easier and more safe. We just added it to your prescription for free. Have a nice day!" I started with free email, I started paying when they introduced vpn. They just keep on delivering, year after year, they never disappointed me with any decision they made. I just wish there were more companies like proton: creating the best product they can, for the good of the customer and for society.

But he also doesn't want capitalism but totalitarianism.

Well, not really. The regime is a totalitarian dictatorship, the system is extremely corrupt with all the oligarchs. So it's not really capitalism. Communism is replaced by nationalism. Not really nazism, as the nazies had a very social system (only national). Putin wants the old borders of the Soviet Union back, not socialism.

I don't know in what country you live. I live in The Netherlands, one of the richest countries, with police which is very mild compared to other countries. They are 'trained' to de-escalate, to use the least amount of violence, to try to talk first. A force they 'try' to be inclusive, with a reasonably high percentage of women and different ethnicities, promoting to be open to LGBTQ+.

I can tell you with certainty, they are biased and racist as fuck, corrupt, abusive, above the law.

I assume you view the world through (male) white glasses from a rich country within the EU? The cops are there to protect your rich white privilege, you don't have a clue what it is like for poor people and people of color. Police is not what it is supposed to be in an ideal world. They should be abiding the law, enforcing the law, protect ALL citizens, be unbiased, treat everyone the same whether they are rich, poor, whatever their religion or ethnicity, whatever gender, political view, etc. They fail on all these points. Even in progressive countries like The Netherlands or Germany.

Next to that, the far right is on the rise. They love to enable and use the police to enforce their will.

Look at all the protests. The protests by the left are struck down with brute force and loads of arrests. Protests of the right are mostly left alone, with maybe one or two arrests if any. Here in the Netherlands farmers were left alone to lock down the entire infrastructure of the country, for many days, with loads of destruction (including driving a tractor into a municipality building) with barely any arrests or consequences. The cop who opened fire on a tractor which drove at him fast and refused to stop got into trouble, not the guy driving the tractor.

A hand full of climate activists blocking a single road were beaten and arrested with brute force, after which they got hefty fines.

So fuck the police.

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Don't forget, the goal of Hitler was a united Europe. Now that Europe is united, it's turning far right in most countries. Hitler just had the formula all backwards. Now with Russia being a dictatorial regime and Trump being a Putin lover, Biden is the one to stop the US from being a Russian puppet state. This world is so fucked up right now. Putin wants to restore the Soviet Union and the American Republicans are all for it.

If I had a kid, it would be against my wishes. Take it, the second one too if it would ever get there.