"The word mortgage is derived from a Law French term used in Britain in the Middle Ages meaning "death pledge" and refers to the pledge ending (dying) when either the obligation is fulfilled or the property is taken through foreclosure."
interesting that europe uses hypothec loans instead of mortgage. mortgage sounds horrible :D
at some point in history, democratic governments flipped the system in a way where the people are serving them instead of governments serving the people. sooner or later we'll hit a point of reversal that will cause a massive change in our societies and return power back to the people. but it will most likely get bloody.
second half is really worth watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6V0trfmTzM
trump talking about asking china and russia to demilitarize because usa makes the best weapons(i guess he wants to sell american weapons to the world), or to decrease their nuclear arsenal, is peak desperation. the tariffs and trying to bring manufacturing back home is the last hurrah before the empire crashes and burns to a crisp. question is, how much of that fall will he be able to withstand whilst in office and what will fall on the shoulders of his successor. 2030 will be lit.
@sardonicsmile given the population and land area of china, there will be vast differences from one end of the country to the other.
@TenaciousGoat in the book "Never Split the Difference" by Chriss Voss, he says that people whom had lobotomy or similar head trauma, where part of their brain that handles emotions got damaged, are INCAPABLE of making a decision. No matter how insignificant. Meaning, we pride ourselves as being logical creatures, yet all our decisions are made emotionally.
hm, i am not sure if it will stand up to the first one. seems off. mood is off. affleck seems off, story is off. i will give it a chance but ... eeeh
@Stahesh it can be problematic but it really does not have to be. you have to be smart about it. also you cannot be a at the bottom of the food chain of the job market, obviously.
@Zeb USA has been beating its stick over the world's back for so long that nothing is left of it. this is the same rhetoric as trump had before getting elected when he said that he'll make a deal with putin and if putin won't take it, he'll flood ukraine with all the weapons he has. at this point, anything that usa says is just fart in the wind. trump and all the officials just talk out of their asses, nothing they said has ben real or true. it's a joke how a government can have such horrible PR
Because you still have hope that this war will end with your honor intact. Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.