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37 minutes ago, Nebraska said:
wow
"I'm white and I'm privileged"
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As always, fighting against the establishment. Sound Trump strategy. Hope he'll reuse his old tweets as well. Establishment president has more interest in playing golf, and all that. ;D
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Trump will attack anything.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/11/trump-icc-us-war-crimes-investigation-sanctions
QuoteThe US will not just sanction ICC officials involved in the investigation of alleged war crimes by the US and its allies, it will also impose visa restrictions on the families of those officials. Additionally, the administration declared on Thursday that it was launching a counter-investigation into the ICC, for alleged corruption.
Couple more headturners in that article btw.
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39 minutes ago, joshuatxuk said:
*that cult link very honest posted*
this is informative, I'll read more into and keep it in mind
Yes, that's a good read.
The shortest summaries of summaries:
QuoteAvoid confrontations as they are rarely useful and can serve to drive people further away.
When you spend time with them, don’t mention the group and don’t question them about their own beliefs, or those of the group. If they brings them up, be non-committal.
Good luck with those cultists. And keeping your sanity...
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the yellow shirt was the closest thing i could find relating to winning the TdF
edit: o look, my 13000th post...
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1 hour ago, joshuatxuk said:
I hope so, because regarding Mattis' recent statements one friend's dad dismissed him as a deep state RHINO and one of my elderly Catholic relatives called Mattis a "disgruntled man" which I find so hard to comprehend while she fervently defends Trump.
Both camps exist, the Republicans who are turning full-blown right-wing fascists and those who are waiting to defect or staying quiet while disapproving Trump (very few are openly leaving) - the question is which will win out in terms of the swing vote?
I vaguely remember you talking about this before, but do these pro-trumpers get their ideas through Facebook and Fox? And the Fucking NRA perhaps. So we have the three Fs of the F-ing Fu Fux Clan.
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Good to hear things are getting "better" again! Does this mean we can expect you winning the Tour de France any time soon?
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Looks like Brexit comes at the right time!
/sarcasm
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Thread's turning into a "Intelligent Lives Matter!" discussion
*braindances slowly out of thread*
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Currently at Defcon level 3, I see. No sweats.
54 minutes ago, Centurix said:Software Developer, work from home. Lots of projects on. Main gig has an office in Brisbane and was like 50/50 home/office but now more like 95/5 home/office.
It's OK, I've had lots of times in the past with long stints working from home. The main issues are noise and fridges.
Also, do a fair bit of electronics, here's half my office.
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15 minutes ago, very honest said:
Yeah, here in the netherlands as well.
Although here, it's more aimed towards institutional racism in the Netherlands and not about white supremacy. The institutional racism feels like it has more to do with ignorance and unawareness in the first place. And less with white supremacy beliefs. At least, up until now. Those beliefs might be less outspoken around here, but still present. You never know. White supremacy which is silent just looks like ignorance.
Anyways, if you're familiar with the whole "Black Pete" debate, his days seem finally numbered. That took way too long for people to realize that shit should be part of history and not some tradition to keep going.
Good to realize that it's broader than just about the situation in the US.
My personal takeaway, is that I used to think it would be better to just be silent (or rather, passive) as a white guy and let the people of color have their say. But now it's clear that remainig silent will help to keep change from happening. So you could end up being part of the problem anyways. Even if you (silently) support change.
Might have been some byproduct of those discussions on "agency". Which led to a transition from white guys having opinions on everything, to just keep your mouth shut (and listen, ideally). Which was a welcome change, I guess. But not the end point.
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Well, that would certainly explain why Lady G went from never-Trump to pro-Trump. If you know stuff about Lady G, she will dance for you in every possible way.
Interested to see if she's moving back to her older more critical self
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15 minutes ago, chenGOD said:
How's he going to get out of the fencing?
Not sure about that, but I hope Mexico is going to pay for his wall/fence.
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What was that guy doing? That was not a "walk up to" and more like a "walk up against". Not defending those officers. It was a stupid shove. But that guy was behaving awkward, to say the last.
And that's def. not "killing at will". Come on. If that's an attempt at murder, you can go to a rock concert and put the entire mosh pit into custody.
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you mean "she"
"she" could be anything really. perhaps an 8 years old. who knows.
Sorry, I'm not getting bothered by seeing ignorance on the internet. And people being bothered by it, sorry, but that just looks equally ignorant to me.
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looks like a typical bot.
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This is a good 30 mins primer. The anti-capitalists will probably resent me for posting it. But it's really this simple.
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12 minutes ago, Zephyr_Nova said:
My brain is 0% economist. What does being in debt even mean in terms of a nation? Who are they in debt to? Clearly it doesn't matter, because they're able to just keep spending spending spending. The whole debt thing seems like a fiction to me.
Chen might be more equipped, but I'd argue it's both similar and completely different to what it means for us civilians. Like us, each country has a financial position. And that position will define how easy or difficult it will be to get stuff financed. It becomes complicated when countries go bankrupt.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_default
The system is basically built on trust. Could have long discussions about gold standards, bitcoins and whatever. But in the end, it all boils down to the same, if you ask me. Essentially, if I ask you to borrow me some money with my promise to pay you back over time with a little extra (interest), you'd typically would like to know whether or not I would indeed be able to pay you back. If you don't trust me, you won't give me money, or increase the interest rate. If you trust me, you will borrow me money. Perhaps with lower interest rate as well.
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China? I guess China will be the new standard in 10 years from now. Or perhaps sooner.
*grabs facemask*
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Spiritually, I agree. But if you look around, you see so many examples of norms being destroyed and civility being trampled on, I can only wonder whether society is still capable of being a democracy. I know this is mostly my perceptions being fed by the media. But the thing is, a democracy is based on trust. And if the people have lost trust, well, what do you do? I'd personally jump on the Obama bandwagon. But that bandwagon only works if enough people jump on it as well. I'm having my doubts. (I mean, how many facepalms can I expect by saying I'd jump on the Obama bandwagon...)
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47 minutes ago, timbre monke said:
Shit like this makes me ashamed as an American white person.
What am I looking at? Not sure what you mean.
Most important thing I've noticed is: where did that women go!? And: hey, these guys are in "normal" police outfits instead of those semi enforced army nonsense. That's a ...positive....?
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1 hour ago, dcom said:
this guy just wants to start a civil war. i mean, you wouldn't believe it, but at this point it's safer to just take him at his word: he wants to fight the liberal mob. i'd take it literally.
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30 minutes ago, auxien said:
that's literally exactly what we are.
i mean, i get what you're saying, but that sort of change would be so massive it's nigh impossible. i'd argue it could be good in some ways, i see the possible benefits of such a thing (i haven't yet read the article tho, have seen other similar proposals and have personally thought through some of it in the past), but the costs to get there would be huge and would not happen any time soon. maybe if America's status as a world leader truly falls off sharply some radical changes like that could happen....until then, nope.
easy there. don't shoot the messenger. it's the conclusion of that article dcom posted.
The strong point of that article was the way it summarised American culture and it's impact on the way US is, or isn't, governed.
I don't think it will happen though. Simply because of ... well, remember that discussion between Cuomo and McConnel a couple of weeks ago? NY is a net payer, keeping the Kentucky's above water. You can't just stop those financial connections. Ironically, the discussions in the EU are similar, but come from the opposite side. As the countries with weaker financial positions want better access to money. (it's more nuanced, of course...)
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Yeah, Trump is not responsible! XD
Most irresponsible president ever!!