Countess425

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's actually been around since the Soviet Union. He perfected the art of invisible paper pushing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

I'm moving into a retirement community. Get in there early enough and they have to take care of you until you die. But before that point, retirement communities are like dorms without having to worry about grades or getting pregnant. Lotta syphilis, though, I hear.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

You don't think he's spending any of that on his campaign or legal fees, do you? That's his money.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

His fundraising is going historically terrible right now.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (17 children)

I've seen lots of speculation that Trumbo is trying to get himself thrown in jail for the publicity of it all. It would result in a huge fundraising boost and conservative outrage, even if just for a short while, and no one wants to give him the satisfaction.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

It's this. He testified today, and earlier against Cohen, in exchange for immunity for crimes that he willfully and knowingly committed.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Booo it looks amazing. Do you have a recipe, and does it taste good cold? Seems like it would taste good fresh outta the fridge.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The Old Testament is the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament is the book where Jesus says, "f those first five books. Turn the other cheek."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm in hill country. We had enough break in the clouds not to miss anything!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Like I said, it's about viewership, and the UK brings very little of that compared to the US, Russia, and China.

If you really cared to see the best, you'd know who Simone Biles is. Everyone tunes in to see their guys win.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Vincent had just as many no-hands bagel days as he did Starry Night days. If not way more.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The competition between USA, Russia, and China is what gets people to tune in, really. With anyone of those countries not participating, viewership tanks, is my guess.

There's also the whole thing about eschewing politics. Traditionally wars were paused for the Olympics, but I'm pretty sure that's irrelevant today, especially when the US led a boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and then Russia boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. It's really about viewership.

Oh and the IOC is notoriously corrupt. If Russia pays to participate, the IOC will find every which way to let them, no matter how badly they cheat and genocide, same with the US and China.

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