Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

the_real_xuth t1_jdmy7cp wrote

Your comment is just flat out wrong in so many ways that your final question becomes nonsensical (since it is predicated on false statements).

In addition to the above roles, the mayors job is to be the face of the city. The chief executive of any entity, be it a corporation or a locale is the top representative for that entity both internally and externally and is never not political.

As to denigrating drag as a just a "sexual fetish" is like saying that feet are merely a sexual fetish and anyone who goes out in bare feet should be shamed and outlawed because of that. Nearly any argument you could make for not wearing anything on your feet could be argued for wearing clothes that are traditionally worn by the other gender in western societies. This runs the full gamut of "it's more comfortable to me" to a "sexual fetish". But if you seem to only be able to focus on the sexual fetish part of it.

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YorkVol t1_jdmudyy wrote

I retired from the Army after 23 years. I have 5 kids, 2 grand kids, and one of my daughters and her husband both serve as Majors in the US Air force. I have a direct stake in this. And, I'm confident the draft will never be used, especially not for this regional conflict.

I'm watching us defeat one of our peer competitors at less than 10% of what a direct conflict would have cost in blood and treasure. And there is no real threat to you or your family, don't believe Putin.

Also I am a fan of protecting sovereign nations, especially budding democracies from invasion.

Finally I don't want Russia/Putin controlling 10% of the worlds grain supplies. Their control over European fuel supplies is already an imbalance of power that affects global oil prices. Having an independent Ukraine helps balance out the global market.

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DavidLieberMintz t1_jdmtv1p wrote

>It’s a fuel, and when mixed with oxygen in the right proportions and ignited, it will explode.

That means it's combustible, doesn't necessarily mean it's explosive. If any combustible material mixes with air and fills a room with an ignition source it will flashover and cause an explosion. But to say sugar is an explosive implies you could put a match to a bag of sugar and it'll go boom. So no, sugar is not "explosive."

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