Nah. The USA has got troops in far friendlier and less problematic countries. The USA’s protection of Israel has more to do with Israel investing in American politics than whatever Israel contributes to America.

I would argue that Western animation is more popular as anime, it is just different.

The largest media company in the USA started as an animation company and animation is at the core of the company’s identity.

After the Simpsons proved that prime time animation was profitable, there has been a resurgence in adult animation. There are several Western adult animated shows that are known as much as anime.

The eighth (Inside Out 2), fourteenth (Frozen II), and seventeenth (The Super Mario Bros Movie) top grossing films of all time are animated movies made by American companies. Moreso, the seventeenth movie uses Japanese IP but is made by Americans.

Yeah. I think one thing I need to note is that I used debt as a tool.

There has only been a handful of times I paid interest on a credit card as I’ve treated it like spending cash.

I had college debt, but that’s because I had a plan for college going into it and kept the plan. The increase in wages paid for the debt payments.

I’ve bought new cars, but I buy cars way under my means and with the near zero interest rates that manufacturers use to get sales. Then, after I pay off the car, the payment goes into savings until I need a new car.

Debt requires self control, but it can be a good tool when used well.

First, I chose a college degree that would lead to a career which would pay well out of college. I picked a more expensive college than I should have, but it was worth it and they gave me some scholarships.

Second, I lived under my means for the first few years. I made it a goal to build up at least three months’ salary as backup in savings. I’ve rented, but only in places with rent control, so my rent doesn’t increase drastically per year.

Third, after having a growing nest egg, I starting putting money towards my non-federal student debt to get rid of that payment, especially when I was working additional hours at work. I was able to pay off my 30 year loans in 10 years. After I paid that off, all the money I used for student debt went into my 401(k) and other investments.

Poor Republicans don’t show up to push their representative or senators.

There could have been a public option to the ACA if a Republican Senator voted for it; none did. If Republicans can’t get the full credit for being Santa, no one can.

Cheapass Games seems to fit that bill.

https://crabfragmentlabs.com/cheapass-games

Hope you got access to a printer.

I can lose my job for a year and be ok. I’d probably cut back on some expenses, but it would probably be ok.

Because the ad monopoly is subsidizing the other businesses.

Breaking up Google to smaller companies but leaving the ad market as is the same just creates more Mozillas, companies technically independent but still relying on the same revenue stream.

North Korea has been consistent for the past few years that the reunification is no longer a policy goal.

Also, the countries have been cut off from each other for generations, so the infrastructure linking the countries is nearly non-existent.

But how do you break up Google? Their ad business is the lynchpin to their monopolies and breaking off chunks without being able to self fund is just asking for harm to the market.

Breaking off Chrome while banning paid default search status puts the browser company with the same problem as Firefox.

No one can run a search company without ads.

Cutting along business lines is just going to create smaller monopolies or dead product lines.

There are two different issues. The first is whether Democrats will support emergency spending for Florida, which it likely will.

The second is if the Federal Government will support Florida’s home insurance lender of last resort, owned by the State of Florida, from going bankrupt and possibly taking the state’s finances with it. That is very uncharted territory.

Marvel has gone from a sure thing to being a lot more iffy.

There are good recent Marvel movies, but there are some box office duds.

Part of it is to elicit sympathy, but there is a legitimate loss of health that comes from a stressful ordeal like a trial.

Apparently this call happened Monday evening per the Miami Herald, after a lot of the criticism had been made.

Fight to bring those industries under control.

Trump kept it secret because America first is his brand and it is really hard justifying to his base to help another country.

These sorts of phone calls are common, though. Desantis isn’t picking up Biden’s phone call either, and he isn’t running.

On funding issues, a lot. Especially when the funding runs out.

Why not? Bitcoin is used a lot as an international storage of wealth.

Yeah, but that conservatism still involves as somewhat competent government helping people out. I don’t think they would push for the economics of American conservatism.