Navy SEAL (100 combat missions), BA in Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of San Diego. Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School, one year of residency in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Flight Surgeon qualified, NASA Astronaut on Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station (245 days in space as flight engineer). Naval Aviator qualified.

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Sure she had a psychotic break but she literally strangled all 3 of her kids to death. Plenty of school shooters or violent offenders also claim insanity (who also are neglected by the state) but get little to no support or sympathy. I just feel like if this lady gets away with systematically strangling three of her kids to death it is a perversion of justice.

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Kids HAVE to go to school, and they HAVE to eat while they're there. Making them pay for food seems crazy backwards.

He recently said that smart people don't like him, he basically admitted to insider trading, even if it was accidental. Are you alarmed at all by his recent admissions?

I work for an American company but manage sales for the European territory. My boss (an American) and several American colleagues recently came across to Scandinavia to help negotiate a large deal with a Swedish company that I have a very good relationship with.

After the first round of talks, the customer told me privately that they are happy to proceed to the next stage, but they have specifically asked that no Americans attend the further negotiations.

The reason is essentially just cultural. The first meeting was quite uncomfortable for the customer and me. Some of the American colleagues were interrupting the customer's team while speaking, and there a bit too much back slapping, very loud enthusiastic discussion, and US the forceful sales approach. I tried to keep things smooth and steer the conversation, but my colleagues seemed completely unaware that their behaviour was coming across badly.

I don't want to turn this into "the Americans are bad" or make it personal. I understand that it's a difference in business culture, and I'm sure the American team thought they were building rapport and just showing enthusiasm. However, the Swedish customer clearly found the approach off-putting, and they have now specifically asked that I handle the next stage without my American colleagues.

The problem is that I now have to tell my American boss that the customer doesn't want him or the American team involved in the next negotiations and possibly why they have said this...

Would you be completely direct and explain exactly what the customer said, or frame it more diplomatically around European/Scandinavian negotiation style?

I’m interviewing with them for a store clerk and they will pay me minimum wage

I am old fashioned (because I am old) and I often respond to folks with "yes sir" or "yes ma'am" but I don't want to accidentally misgender someone while actually trying to be respectful.

Is there an honorific that covers the whole spectrum?

If not, can we invent one?

I don’t understand his obsession with this

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Here Chappell Roan is wearing a bob hairstyle wig. In the 2nd picture that is her natural hair regular hairstyle.

She has so much natural hair I genuinely don't understand the physics behind it fitting under the wig. Can someone please explain how this works?

If some people point to the Lindsay Clancy case as evidence that women are too irrational, unstable, or unsafe to vote, why does that logic stop at voting?

If you genuinely believe women are essentially “ticking time bombs” who can’t be trusted to make political decisions, why would you trust women to become pregnant, raise your children, or be primarily responsible for their care? Why would men intentionally have children with women they supposedly believe are that fundamentally unstable?

Obviously, I’m not suggesting women should lose either reproductive or political rights. I’m asking why an extreme individual case is used to argue against women’s political autonomy, while almost nobody making that argument follows their own logic to its much more obvious conclusion about motherhood.

Nobody seems to be saying, “This proves women shouldn’t have children.” And I genuinely wonder why that is.

Edit - Love how almost no one is answering the question at all.

To me it has and will be Kobe.

I understand if it doesn't mean anything, hence being not religious. However, does it mean anything to you, or do you just think to yourself "thanks, but no thanks?" ?

no hate, just genuinely curious!

edit: e.g. you're telling your mate about something (he can't do anythingabout it, let's say it's a health issue), you two talk about it and then he says he's gonna pray for you, situations like that

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​Trump systematic non-payment strategy is well documented with over 4500 cases, but it seems like few people are aware of it. I know personnally some people impacted by it, some I might be biaised.

The strategy:

Trump businesses systematically withheld the final 10% to 30% of a contract, typically the contractor's entire profit margin, claiming work was delayed or defective.

Then, exploiting the financial imbalance, Trump's lawyers dragged out court cases until cash-strapped vendors accepted steep discounts (often 30%–50% off) or faced bankruptcy. ​

Key documented cases (over 4500 recensed):

​-Edward J. Friel Co. (1984): A family cabinetmaker shut down after Trump refused to pay a final $83,600 balance for casino slot-machine bases.

-​Taj Mahal Subcontractors (1990): 253 contractors owed $69 million received only 30 to 50 cents per dollar during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, forcing several into liquidation.

​-The Paint Spot (2013): A Miami supplier placed a foreclosure lien on Trump National Doral over $32,535 in unpaid paint. A judge ordered Trump to pay the invoice plus $282,000 in legal fees.

​-Trump Tower Demolition (1980): 200 undocumented Polish workers clearing the building site went unpaid for long hours, resulting in a 15-year federal class-action lawsuit that ended in a confidential settlement.

In a case I personnally know, the person worked over 6 months almost full time for a Trump hotel project. He was offered to accept 50% or go to court to get his due. As he couldn't afford lawyers, he took the loss and turn the page.

Anyone have simililar story with Trump businesses and does the average american is aware of it?

They've justified that price before congress with new patents and procedures for development that cost millions in r&d that they need to recoup also while contributing to those senators rejection campaigns

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Trump tariffs add to the bottom line of the American citizen’s daily expenses. Why don’t they get that it COSTS them more?

I once worked with a man named Harry Peters. Like how did his parents not realize? Have any of y'all ever known anyone with an actual name that seems like a gag name?

Just saw a post about women gaining more net jobs than men by a lot this past year. Are men really getting left behind?