NYC f'd?

[Kurt]

More on NY not being fucked.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politi ... 38322.html

DeSantis welcomed a NY cop who was fired as a Walmart security guard, one with only 3 years experience who quit after demanding his salary be doubled (New Yorkers who move to Florida always think they are gonna earn NY wages there for some reason) and a bunch who failed to mention disciplinary actions taken against them and one of the Street Crimes Unit who beat a weed possessor until he had broken ribs and bones in his face. (they will probably like this guy)

This is a great arrangement. We lose anti-vaxxers and the worst cops and ex cops. I hope Florida doubles down on their recruiting efforts. It is working well.

[el3so]

Last time the shit hit the fan in the Pacific, the brave French beat a glorious, yet hasty fucking retreat.

Pretty funny, seeing how Australia/NZ joined the USA 10 years later for the reboot with about the same result. Or your old boss, the UK getting kicked out of both Hongkong and Singapore 10 years earlier.

Since then they have lobbed turds and done nothing of significance in this area.

Apart from sinking that greenpeace ship and continuing to test their nuclear weapons, you mean.

Also, fuck the French.

God knows I try.

[ROB]

Last time the shit hit the fan in the Pacific, the brave French beat a glorious, yet hasty fucking retreat.

Pretty funny, seeing how Australia/NZ joined the USA 10 years later for the reboot with about the same result. Or your old boss, the UK getting kicked out of both Hongkong and Singapore 10 years earlier.

WW2 was what America can do when it's threatened and has near universal domestic legitimacy. Korea/Vietnam is what America can do when it shackles itself.

Pretending that's the "same result" is silly.

Apart from sinking that greenpeace ship and continuing to test their nuclear weapons, you mean.

That would be the "lobbing turds" bit.

Also, fuck the French.

God knows I try.

Try giving him flowers.

[el3so]

WW2 was what America can do when it's threatened and has near universal domestic legitimacy. Korea/Vietnam is what America can do when it shackles itself.

Pretending that's the "same result" is silly.

Think the US only started looking farther East than Pearl Harbour after WW2, they might close down some of those overseas bases but they'll probably have friendly ports in the region in the near future onward, choice is pretty much up to them. I believe the US military learned hard-earned lessons from both cold war engagements (even after Powell undid his own doctrine in the UN), fingers crossed their politicians did as well.
But they didn't lose any actual colonies, their might was never in question and in history's hindsight it all looks more like sunk cost fallacy, overreaction and indecision than it does planned "invasion".

France has some collectivité d'outre-mer way out there, Australia and NZ 'll be part of Commonwealth, dunno how that works or if the Brits even sell submarines, but all of that is pretty much outside of Asia proper.

[Kurt]

On the "Not Fucked" side of things:

NYC is offering free antivirals and free same day delivery.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronav ... s/3523859/

Basically if you test positive for COVID-19, vaccinated or not, you call a 212 number and tell them and then give your address and they deliver it to you.

That day.

The idea is to combat the virus as soon as it is detected to reduce the viral load, reduce the risk of hospitalization and "Long COVID". So, we are actually trying to save people's lives rather than have them die, in spite of their weaknesses, ignorance or idiocy.

Even this dipshit would get free meds from NYC.
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/01/30/man-wil ... ransplant/

(note after all the "I will die free" stuff the article mentions he is looking for a hospital willing to throw away a perfectly good Kidney on his vulnerable-by-choice ass)

Notice how no one ever writes about Burke County North Carolina being fucked? Probably because no one cares that it is fucked, least of all themselves.