[-] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I wish I had said this (or something more direct like this) instead of what I did say. I see that I get easily caught up in taking the other side rather than going straight to the more fundamental issues.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

I spose I dont directly disagree with your premise, but I feel like you are using some words in a rather loose way. Before asking for 3 examples of such and such, maybe you could state your case a little more clearly.

Could you define what you mean by "coup"? Are "coup" and " terrorism" synonymous? Is it really "terrorism" to support freedom fighters in another country whose success means good trade agreements and partnerships between nations?

The USA put a lot of effort into collapsing the governments of Mussolini and Hitler, was that US terrorism in action?

What about the Philippines? They were suffering under the tyrrany of Spanish colonialism, but with the assistance of the US government they became self governing and eventually achieved full sovereignty.

Of course the USA has made some regrettable mistakes in the past, but where do you draw the line between supporting US interests abroad in a positive ways vs. actual terrorism?

[-] [email protected] -1 points 18 hours ago

I'm interested and curious to see what happens with such a setup. I wonder if I will end up on the ban list as a result of mostly participating in the conservative community and being contrary.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Economic adviser Gary Cohn: “It’s worse than you can imagine … Trump won’t read anything—not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored.”

Yeaaah I feel like it wouldn't be all that hard to slip a whole bunch of stuff past him, likewise with the other guy.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I'm sensing some anti-trump sentiment in these comments. Maybe he's lying, probably, but isn't it also possible that he really doesn't know about the plans someone is making for him and his administration in case he gets elected?

After everything else that's happened, it doesn't seem all that implausible.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago
[-] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

Every little while ( more frequently these days) i hear the voice of Anita Hill in my head.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago

Should vulnerable members of our society be exploited?

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"...there came a point, a few weeks ago, when I realized, the government isn’t going to end the war, isn’t bringing the hostages back, and isn’t helping the evacuees.”

" Increasingly, Netanyahu’s many opponents are questioning his handling of the war. Others are questioning the prime minister’s motives, suggesting his political interest lies in the continuation of the fighting, which inevitably delays his political demise. Netanyahu is currently under trial on various charges of corruption."

[-] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

Hmm it's an interesting use of the words "social conservatism" to describe people who would vote for someone with 91 criminal charges.

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Corruption? I wouldn't be very much surprised, simply because rich people in positions of power are like that.

The part about the informant reminded me of another informant that swore up and down that Saddam Hussein had huge stockpiles of "weapons of mass destruction" -remember that? There weren't any.

By a trick of memory, I am also reminded of the previous Gulf war, and the harrowing testimony before Congress of a 15 year old girl about witnessing Iraqi soldiers emptying and taking incubators from a Kuwaiti hospital and leaving Kuwaiti babies to die on the cold hard floor. This also turned out to be a completely fictional story, told by (it was later revealed) the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador, that had been coached by a public relations firm called Hill & Knowlton, that was at the time contracted by the Kuwaiti government.

So I guess you can't always trust informants or evidence produced by republican activity.

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What can we expect? A lot of empty bullshit from both of them. Make your predictions here.

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If I'm reading this right, Jan 6 is not the issue.Telling Pence not to follow constitutional procedure is the issue.

[-] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago

Unless you have something in mind that you want, that you know you can get a good deal on, I think you would be better off saving your money than buying something you don't want/need just for the sake of a black Friday deal.

This whole black Friday thing gets hyped so much that you start to think "I better get in on these bargain prices," but the truth is that some retailers actually raise their prices on some things in October and then lower them back to regular 40% markup and call it a "SIZZILIN SALE PRICE!!!"

So in conclusion, if there's something you want, check different sources and compare prices. Otherwise, don't get scammed into thinking you're missing out, you are not. Source: I am 55 years old, have worked in retail.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago

Listen, I took autoship in highschool, my dad talked me into doing an engine swap on his 1969 Volvo and got me to do all kinds of maintenance on his 1955 Chevy pickup truck, all before I turned 18. Out of highschool I got a job in a shop that specialized in Mazda rotary engines. I have worked on so many cars for money and as a favor for friends and I can tell you I have been similarly defeated so many times by similar simple things. It happens to everybody sooner or later, even guys with giant toolboxes and years of experience. Sometimes you just need help, and that's ok.

I'm proud of you, cuz I know how these kinds of jobs can be, and how exhausting it is just getting hard to reach bolts undone. You're not a failure, you are great. Bongo Stryker says so.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Do people still take the Farmer's Almanac seriously? These weather predictions are based on things like sunspots and observations on the bushiness of squirrel tails. In a word, it's pseudoscience, and it is accurate in the same way as astrology.

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