It literally is that simple. The fact the Europe was giving so much money is what caused this problem in the first place. It is not like Russia just turned into a criminal authoritarian state yesterday.

I wish I could have such a small minded view of the world that supplying a bunch of criminals vast amounts of money because it is cheaper wouldn’t have long lasting repercussions.

Some places like Germany could literally cut all imports tomorrow without any significant pain.

They are still working on sanctions. Let that sink in. The latest round didn’t even start until 2022. Russia has been a clear problem since 2014. I am sure when these policies come into full effect in 2027 the problem will finally be solved /S

Cool, now that Putin is openly threatening war with Europe they will of course stop buying his oil…right???

Don’t worry consumers will pay for all their poor decisions.

Too hard to make up bullshit for report so we will have AI make up the bullshit for us.

Trust me, I have been eyeing a heat pump for awhile now.

The house is close to 4k square feet, but I do have 10 people living there so it is being well utilized. I also live in Alaska so we get entire months of sub 20 temperatures.

It is still hard to deal with when you get that fuel bill.

So some extremists killed some people who were denounced by suffragettes as terrorists.

These extremists didn’t get the right to vote and instead gave up their struggle for the war.

Is someone wearing rose colored glasses comparing suffragettes to murderers thus conflating an effective peaceful movement with an ineffective violent one?

First, that is not your child. It is a fucking elephant.

Second, I don’t care if the elephant says it has a high tolerance. You don’t shoot up anything with this much smack.

Third, labeling this poor junkie elephant as an aspie is just cruel and unusual.

I meant that with sarcasm silly.

Oof that is a hard one. She was just starting kindergarten when he was finishing his third unrelated PHD?

You praise them when they make better choices and encourage them by building rapport while always being supportive.

Pretty much how you deal with all humans.

The best was when he accused Walz of a billion dollars in fraud after pardoning multiple people who have actually engaged in billion dollar fraud.

Ross Ulbricht 1-3 billion dollars drugs/money laundering

Philip Esformes 1.3 billion Medicate/Medicaid fraud

David Gentile 1.6 billion pyramid scheme

Changpeng Zhao 2+ billion dollar crypto scam/money laundering

And runner up

Eliyahu Weinstein pardon by Trump for 44 million fraud and then went on to commit 230 million more fraud three years later.

Once you get into tens of millions the list goes on a really long time.

Just researching and putting this list together was horrific. Fuck everyone putting up with this criminal administration.

Of all the machines an Emachine. Those were the cheapest and worst built computers ever. They were often obsolete the moment they were sold.

I guess that makes the irony even more delicious.

For real. Magas transported back to 1910’s would be like

Your are against male privilege, you are trying to get new “rights”, and you want to change our God given right to treat women how they deserve to be?

Sounds like woke Antifa terrorism to me.

Even funnier, this is the exact thing they would say about ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment today.

The blow-up cartoon figure on the right appears to be doing a shove it up your ass gesture? Lol

That is definitely not how it works.

Only racist people point out racism right?

You will accept AI has “feelings” or the Tech Bros will get mad that you are dehumanizing their dehumanizing machine.

This guy politics.

I know your intentions are good, but this reads as a rather damning list of why a bunch of people are going to fight tooth and nail to keep the status quo.

The average for the whole US during the winter is just under $1,000. That is around $250 a month. This is also not a “few” hours.

Central air can easily run +$200 a month during the summer.

I will admit I have a big house that is heated with diesel. My bill would be half that if I had a heat pump.

Considering most Americans were living paycheck to paycheck before this recent bout of inflation, I don’t think most have any extra money to play around with anymore. It is time for tough decisions like keeping the house warm or eating things other than ramen.

My heating bills runs close to $800 a month in the Winter. That is more than a few hours of labor.