It's got a good beat and melody, but the lyrics are too preachy for my tastes.

I was in the US Army in the early 90s, and was stuck on a training exercise in the middle-of-nowhere, Texas where all I had was the new DM album, so I listened to "Violator" on CD for days, on a cheap boombox stereo.

Overall, my favorite album is "Music for the Masses", but my favorite song is "Everything Counts."

OK, so from 2023 to 2024, it was reported that California "lost a total of 239,575 residents to other states."

Then, there's this:
Californians Who Left for Remote Work Have Shown 'Signs of Returning'
www.newsweek.com/california-sees-surge-people-moving-state-1986685
Almost 1 in 10 Americans moving to other states are choosing California.

But yeah, I get it. Housing costs in California are ridiculous! I can count myself among those who left California in 2023. For less than the price of a 1-bedroom condo near San Francisco, you can buy a 4-bedroom house in San Antonio, in a lovely gated community. But I moved back from Texas to California in 2024, because Texas is awful (no offense).

Exactly my point above. Trump is punishing government officials for doing their jobs and not ignoring obvious crimes. Well, that and other stupid things like flooding Southern California and violating the same Constitution he vowed to protect and uphold.

But go ahead and tell us how that's putting America first.

OK. What crimes? Has anybody found any evidence of crimes? For trump, they had records of missing documents, and then subsequent photos of documents kept in piles at Mar A Lago. But Biden is just guilty because he should go to jail? Do you even read what you post here?

The 9/11 conspirators were in the US on visas approved by the government, and yes, according to the 14th Amendment, if they had babies in the US, those babies would be entitled to US Citizenship. That's in the Constitution. And why should a baby be responsible for crimes committed by its parents?

If Trump believed in hiring on merit, why would he appoint Pete Hegseth for SecDef? And Bobby Kennedy, with no medical background, nor any experience leading any large organization, but gets the appointment for head of Health & Human Services?

China uses the Yuan; not the dollar. And the BRICS countries haven't decided on a particular currency, and probably never will. India and China don't even like each other.

That said, Trump's new tariffs will probably drive a lot of business, outside the US, right to China.

Trump Administration Releases California Dam Water Without State Approval
www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-releases-california-dam-water-wildfires-2024659

According to the Times on Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had then been directed to dramatically increase the flow of water as federal data confirmed that by the end of Friday increased releases from Terminus Dam at Lake Kaweah and Schafer Dam at Lake Success would total approximately 1.6 billion gallons of water.

The sudden water release has since stunned local officials, who scrambled to prevent potential flooding as state and federal water managers typically coordinate releases carefully, ensuring that enough water is retained for future agricultural use while preventing flood risks. However, the Trump administration's order bypassed this process, creating a chaotic response among local officials.

The unprecedented release, which sent water rushing into the Central Valley, had no impact on the recent Los Angeles wildfires, despite Trump's claims, who took to his Truth Social account to tout the release of water.

Trump really is an imbecile. He should stay out of states' business.

Trump is an idiot and his shenanigans around the budget are just stunts to distract from the $billions he plans to give to himself and his rich campaign donors. He doesn't really care about voting laws in California, and his demands for new laws about it are unconstitutional.

Each state gets to carry out their elections how they want, and states with voter ID laws have not seen less fraud than states without. California saves $billions by allowing voters to simply mail in their ballots. It's convenient and improves voter participation. It's also very secure. Trump wants to disenfranchise voters some more.

Weird take. The only people in the US, not subject to the jurisdiction thereof are people with diplomatic immunity or other foreign officials. But good luck getting this argued in court, considering it's never passed legal challenge over the several times tried in the past hundred years.

Overturning the 14th Amendment will take another Constitutional amendment.

Good luck finding a crime done by Biden, since Congressional Republican, and even Trump's own DOJ from his first term couldn't find any crimes. Did you think Bill Barr was just saving his findings of criminality for 2025?

But yeah, I'm sure Trump will order the DOJ to make up fake charges to harass Biden with investigations, because the DOJ had the nerve to investigate actual crimes committed by Trump.

Another point from this inept presidential administration, is that even after the crash that killed 67 people, and after baselessly saying it was due to DEI, the Trump Administration emailed the rest of the air traffic controllers to tell them to resign.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-193838183.html

On top of all the tariffs, that'll raise consumer prices 10-50% when we had hoped he'd work to lower prices and improve safety. Trump is an imbecile, and thinks he's the smartest guy on Earth.
Dunning & Kruger saw him coming.

If 1000 white men applied to be ATC, there's no way they were turned down due to race. There's been a shortage of controllers for years, because many left during the pandemic and training replacements, halted by the pandemic, takes a long time.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/us/air-traffic-control-staffing-nationwide-problem-invs/index.html
Don't know where you got the notion that anybody was turned away from that because of race. Maybe you're trying to connect Trump's blathering to the situation, but it's false.

OK, so what's your point? I never implied that the George Floyd protests were always as peaceful as Trump voters smearing feces on the walls at the US Capitol. During the days, the George Floyd protests were generally peaceful, but at night, white supremacists joined in the looting and arson, so it was never going to be all happy-happy.

I heard he's going rename military bases back to names of Confederate generals.
www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-01-16/army-bases-confederate-names-trump-16501423.html

Those name changes were started during his first term, but Trump & Hegseth are all caught up in the wave of reversing anything that even resembles political correctness.

There's a different thread about the "mysterious drones" where this post may be a better fit.
mingle2.com/topic/642035

And if you want people to read your links, maybe don't post stuff behind a paywall. That said, if you think Biden lied about the drones not posing a danger, then maybe come up with actual damage from the drones? It was a bunch of sightings, and lots of the people reporting them were simply mistaken. One famous example was the former Maryland governor posting a video of "drones" that were stars.
www.yahoo.com/news/former-governor-maryland-mocked-posting-151655973.html

Inconvenient fact: Over 10,000 people were arrested for the George Floyd riots.

Republicans pretend they were just ignored by law enforcement or that the Jan 6 rioters were overly punished. I defy anybody to find a person convicted of harming police during the George Floyd riots and has since been released.

Money spent on undocumented immigrants has nothing to do with the difficulty in applying for SNAP or TANF. Your article cites the confusing application process and documentation requirements in the application process, which are hard to get when people are poor.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/25/welfare-benefits-low-income-struggle-for-access/11069891002/

It's a good profile, with some good photos and a short blurb. It could've said more about you and what you're looking for, and you left the headline as the default (lame) "Hi.." At least you filled in the biographical info.

I like that the photos are clear and show your face well. No sunglasses or phone in the way. The 2nd photo with the blue eyes looks the best, and probably should be your main photo. Also, maybe you could come up with a photo where you're dressed better. It looks like you might not even own a shirt with a collar.

Maybe if you get a chance, you could take some more time with the blurb to include what you're looking for in a woman. Unless, of course, you don't really know or care and will entertain any responses. That's up to you, I guess. If you have a better headline, it'll help you stand out in search results, too.

From the photos you seem like a good-looking guy, and lots of women don't even seem to read the text, so you'll probably do alright. But for the blurb and headline that could be better, and the main pic with a "Are you sh*tting me?!" expression, I can only rate it 8/10.

Good luck!

Right. Pay no attention to the 140 Capitol Police officers who were beaten, or the 3 that died immediately afterwards, because people on the other end of the building weren't so violent. They all get pardons.