People are dumb. I once saw a kid on a field trip shit his pants out of spite because we had to leave a petting zoo. It wasn’t an accident. He looked the teacher in the eye and letterrip

I thought there was report of a breach

No one is disputing the danger mines pose.

From the article:

The U.S. official said late Tuesday the United States sought commitments from Ukraine on how it will use the antipersonnel mines, with the expectation they will be deployed only on Ukrainian territory in areas where Ukrainian civilians are not living.

The official also pointed to the function of the mines, which they said require a battery for operation and will not detonate once the battery runs out after a period of a few hours to a few weeks.

That does not completely remove the risk, as there is still a blob of explosive in the ground. But this is overall an improvement on the improvised mines they are currently building.

Reading this, it’s pretty clear that until landmines can be fully removed from warfare, (which isn’t happening in the foreseeable future), that the emphasis is on how they are used.

Namely:

Rule 81. When landmines are used, particular care must be taken to minimize their indiscriminate effects.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule81

Also of interest is that Russia (and the US) are not signed on to the anti personnel section , making things complicated. That’s no excuse to use them carte blanche but it complicates things.

But I’m just one dude, I’m not a pro on this. I’m happy to see them used defensively, with modern tracking and disarmament techniques, rather than old school or home built devices that have no such precautions.

I was told this is not an issue in China. /S

But actually this is a serious issue and as far as western readers are concerned, this perception issue speaks to the filtered way media / news makes it out of the region

Smelling the floss after being in the Backcountry for a few weeks without floss (just a travel toothbrush and little time to use it), was all I needed to be a daily flosser for life.

Just be careful not to obliterate your gums from daily damage

To deploy in your own country?

I just witnessed a murder lol

Haha love it. It must be the ass pennies guy

Once a pants is associated with a bad ass you might struggle to separate the art from the artist.

This is funny because an “elder statesperson” is valuable because they’ve been in the room for allllll the dirt, over decades. They are a walking blackmail bomb and are tolerated because they can call in “favors” when compromise is really really needed.

Edit whoever downvoted this, care to comment? If you think this was a “yay pelosi” comment you’re wrong.

I’m specifically referring to otherwise active voters, who are historically punchcard democrats. There are many other types of voters, but I specifically grouped a sample that is my discussion.

Not as high as 2020. The nearest election. With trump in it.

Not voting also means they didn’t contribute to down ticket races and ballot initiatives which are often more competitive, and very consequential.

Seriously Id buy 5-10%

Just because it’s happened elsewhere doesn’t mean it isn’t crazy

Bro you do words real good. Your closing statement is gold.

Edit to be clear: I strongly agree with their comment I just wrote it silly.

Imo that work to build candidates start right now, and to circle back my issue with third party voices, they are crickets until right before he election

The article makes other points than that. Namely “upending norms” which is its own flavor of Teflon.

I am aligned with you here. Well put.

To be clear, I have no love for the dnc or their strategies. I am not championing them as a model. Other commenters seem to think I’m simping for “blue maga” or some other shit.

I’ve consistently argued for harm reduction in a limited outcome system.

That’s fine, I clarified I’m not discussing leftists.

Registered party voters represent millions and millions of voters. That type of “historical” voter is not an anomaly.

Edit but in the spirit of conversation: Biden AND Harris are lame candidates that absolutely only maintain the status quo. As you say, voters are unhappy with that.

Edit restructure

I disagree with the conclusion that OMB isn’t valid reasoning. But it’s just one dudes opinion that I’ve laid out in the thread.

Orange man bad was more then enough to pick a rock with a smiley face on it as alternative

People will learn the consequences, regardless of what brought them in our kept them home.

If folks fundamentally can’t play out the math on 2 choices in a FPTP where one is a serial rapist, anti abortion candidate, who is on record for wanting to accelerate Gaza, then I dunno what to say on that. “Status quo” starts looking pretty shiny, which is terrible, but the world we live in.

But now we have trump, and a lot of folks get to say “they didn’t attract me”