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1yr ago
That commentator said doing this may start a legal battle. That isn't a fun or easy plan, but it may be possible.
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11mo ago
No offense, but what possible lifestyle do you live? Are you really young, like college age?
Am I just old and out of touch, or are you a strange outlier?
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11mo ago
I'm struggling to think of when I last received a valuable piece of mail
Weekly for me. In the past month: a passport, a check, a medical bill. All mandatory through the mail.
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11mo ago
[i]what we know[/i]
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11mo ago
This is Freddie deBoer.
But yes, I've noticed Scott editing old posts to remove the best parts. He speaks some truth that conservatives appreciate. Then edits it out because he thinks they are icky or correctly determines that his social group won't appreciate him handing ammo to the other side.
Also he edited out the Ben Carson brain surgery question. About how Ben Carson pioneered a new procedure to separate the two halves of the brain in children with extreme seizures. But then left the other half still alive in their head unconnected to their senses and frontal lobe. Is that a (part of a) person suffering in dark silence for a lifetime? I thought that was a good question and am disappointed that he edited it out.
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11mo ago
I've thought that Biden is Ruth Bader Ginsburging himself. He could have quit at his peak and been fondly remembered. Or stick around just a few years more and spoil it all.
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11mo ago
Yes, he's not going to get in trouble for that. I thought he removed it because it is disturbing.
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11mo ago
When the Hunter conviction came out there was a popular quip along the lines of "That settles it, I'm not voting for Hunter for president". What a fun reversal that now Hunter sits in on meetings with his dad and is his dad's top advisor along with Jill.
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11mo ago
I saw a homeless beggar in China once. Two cops were standing over him asking him to go away. Their tone was kind and they didn't put a hand on him. But, when a beggar bothers people police show up and put a stop to it.
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11mo ago
functioning through long deployments only under the harshest of discipline
Yes. "Rum, sodomy and the lash" are the true traditions of the navy, according to a great modern figure.
If they aren't getting drunk and fucking each other, it's because they are being whipped until they stop.
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11mo ago
I once saw a crazed homeless guy getting madder and madder. He was enraged in some sort of psychotic fit and was wildly gesturing and lunging at people but then pulling back. A woman ran over to a cop in his car and said that homeless guy was going to attack someone. The cop said he was going to circle around a bit and would check back later. He then drove away. I don't suppose he really intended to come back to check on the situation.
So let's say I live in a less high trust sort of region. It was a real novelty to go to China and see two cops block some guy's attempt to beg.
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11mo ago
Last I saw Wikipedia renamed "Gamergate" as the "Gamergate harassment campaign". They've chosen a side. So on a larger sense this is asking why they don't punish one of their own soldiers for attacking.
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11mo ago
I get your point. Yes and yes. But, as a terminal contrarian:
"The enemy army's officers keep commanding them to shoot at me! How about they take a principled stance on shooting people and shoot a few of their soldiers as a sign of fairness and good faith."
Seriously. I have handguns. I like shooting them. If challenged to make that shot into the ear but not the head I'd probably screw it up.
There's a 0% chance this is a false flag shot through the ear.
Edit: turns out it was with a rifle. I stand by my claim that a shot through the ear, but not the rest of the head, is completely implausible on purpose.
One bystander dead, one wounded, attempted assassin dead. Stochastic terrorism comes at a real cost.
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11mo ago
That was me, and yes: Paul's internal conflict was shown externally between him and Chani in Dune 2. To the detriment of the film in my opinion.
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11mo ago
I think the would-be assassin is beyond safety rules.
And to be less charitable, I'm going to guess this person didn't grow up in a culture of correct gun handling.
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11mo ago
"If you go against the establishment, they murder you." That's an implication that is dire in nature.
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11mo ago
The Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot in 2020 has been described as an example of stochastic terrorism.
Not to detract from the larger point, but this is such a clear example of COINTELPRO, but for the right. Entirely fabricated by the FBI in the perfect opposite of stochastic terrorism.
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11mo ago
Obviously yes. By far the leading candidate for president was almost shot through the head
What does it take to impress you compared to this wild news?
Some commentator said that the Biden/Harris campaign can donate money to a PAC that could then """independently""" decide to run ads for whomever happens to be the Democratic nominee.
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