But to call for its end is absurd. Defense pacts have so far ensured the cost of war to be too high. The ending of them would drastically complicate international relations, and leave many nations without guarantees of security (and therefore prosperity) they need to

NATO has been among many instruments that have brought fundamental and (so far) un-breaking peace and prosperity to their members. NATO (and for that matter even the Warsaw pact) has coincided with some of the most relatively peaceful times on earth. I’ll criticize it till the day I die, - 1/2

The GOP takes that a bit too literally these days unfortunately.

I think we should just start kissing everybody… like those hippies were onto something

Ya, but November for you guys is like what? 40-50 in imperial, which is like. 4-10 Celsius. Cold but not cold enough you can’t get through it with a layer or two

Meanwhile this weekend an Arctic blast is about to send the Dakota’s to -4 imperial or -20 Celsius… before windchill

Ok and if the 4th of July were in December no one would care? But because we can have cookouts and fireworks and pools we enjoy it

The season of the holiday can contribute, and even be the main attraction of it. That doesn’t take away from its charm or quality

It’s like I’d have to watch the whole fam series again just to remeber what’s happening.

They made a really complicated show and took too dam long to make any of the seasons

Never understood what the hell Netflix was thinking