39242 pts ยท September 3, 2013
"Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -Emerson
This actually tracks with the rise in China's global influence and military power. The US has known for a long time that China set out on a multi-decade plan to surpass the US militarily, and that 2030 was the approximate date that would occur. It wasn't much of a secret. I believe they even moved the projected date a couple years. It is absolutely believable that all this chaos is about kneecapping China to slow it's ascent.
They all have arthritis now
That was super clean. I'd have bopped the table.
I hope you're wrong, too. I was raised to believe in this country. At times, against the uncomfortable knowledge my education imparted. Against the open contradictions. At times, even against all reason. I was raised to believe we believed in ideals larger than ourselves... shared rights and freedoms and dreams... a shared belief in justice... a belief in achieving a better life through hard work and following the rules. I don't know how much further it can stretch before it breaks.
Excellent illustration of the power of propaganda.
Not sure I believe this is a true story shared, but if it was, I feel like the original OP significantly overlooks the trauma her 'classmate' experienced by being raped and how that alone could have have altered the trajectory of her life.I always believed in Roe. It's shameful how an intelligent, reasonable decision that balanced and respected the rights of women against the public interest was reversed, but let's not play hypothetical games at the expense of someone's real trauma.
Your lack of comprehension is ironic.I understand how mortgages, maintenance, and taxes work.I'm talking about real life examples, including multiple properties being listed for rent because they can't be sold at current inflated prices. Houses last purchased 20-30 years ago for approx. half of current market value. (I even know how to look up deed and mortgage records.)Basically, people who bought homes at $800-$1,000/month 20-30 years ago, renting at $2k+/month now because greed.
I don't believe this story.Two unrelated pictures. One is AI slop which looks ancient and creased with blurry incomprehensible words- some clear English words mixed with I don't know what.Also, it strains belief that a court case over a $25,000 controversy would last 22 years and take 100 hearings; let alone a case over a $0.25 overcharge.
I am liking AOC more and more. I realize we are living in a soundbite reality, but she really seems to be nailing it with increasing accuracy and precision.
Page 105: ThisPage 200: argumentPage 363: strainsPage 535: credulity.There may in fact be religious conservatives who feel this way... I don't know... there are some batshit crazy people out there with crazy beliefs, but I do understand how to read this kind of stuff-- policies, laws, legislative proposals-- and, connecting disparate passages hundreds of pages apart because they share a tenuous connection, to reveal some hidden agenda is the stuff of fiction. There are enough real threats
Not true. Many small landlords are raising rent just because they can make a profit, with more and more joining in, raising prices for everyone. Greedy fks taking advantage of people's need for decent housing, often charging rent based on inflated market values. Charging monthly rent 2-3 times higher than the mortgage they actually paid for the property. $2k+ rent per month for a starter family home that cost $100k or less 30 years ago is absurd.
Oh ffs, the last time the French had a revolution, horses were still the primary mode of transportation and they used the guillotine because that was modern technology at the time. Acting like this fairytale mythos isn't French exceptionalism, while calling out American exceptionalism is bs.No real change can occur if you don't even acknowledge reality.
How does giving the postal service unintended immunity promote privatization?
This is how I learned the US beat Canada for the gold. O!o
Same is true for late Gen Xers. Everything good in this country ended with 9/11.
Paid by both. Companies pay first, then pass increased costs onto customers.
Judge him as pathetic and move on. Or, are you suggesting violence is the only answer to verbal provocation?You must be one hell of a fighter, if you are. If not, you should start training in MMA and concealed carry because all these violent delights will likely have violent ends.
Right, but then you have to defend the consequences of the consequences, too.There's too much propaganda and not enough thinking here lately.By the logic of the extremists here, violence is the answer. However, violence begets violence. And, that's fine for extremists who just want to watch it all burn. They won't care if you or your kids suffer the consequences. They want the bodies of young martyrs piled up to light the bonfires of their vanity.
Fascists and bigots think the same way. Only they think you are intolerant of their beliefs.It's actually more nuanced than that, and not a particularly strong argument as it tends to subjective, shifting criteria.It does, however, make for great propaganda for people looking to accept positions without thinking about them.The true way to deal with intolerance is to set up laws that balance the right of speech against the safety of others. You can't just erase everyone you disagree with.
Religion, apparently. Or is just Christians?
Oh. I now see you're just an edge lord sowing hate for fake internet points. You seem real close to getting fully radicalized, too. I'd offer a warning or some wisdom, but you'd only dig in deeper. Good luck with your search for meaning internet stranger.
Neurodivergent and hate being told what to think?
That's not the insult you think it is. Then again, you seem a bit confused in general. At least you seem to be asking questions. Don't worry about wrong answers. It takes a lifetime of wrestling with the answers to develop wisdom. Maybe just try not to be so quick to think your current level of understanding is all there is, and tty to have some grace for others. You'll learn more with an open mind and heart.
I don't think his supporters ever really cared that he lies. As long as his lies favored or entertained them and he was confident and effectual, they viewed him as powerful. Now that more and more of his policies are faltering, hurting their own, promoting results that are bad for the US, and he continues to age poorly, it seems only a matter of time before his base splinters and seeks alternatives. One can only hope the alternative will be someone with a conscience.
Dream big, fellow Imgurian! I appreciate your sense of humor. And, who knows...
Fair enough. And, you taught me a cool new verb usage. Glazing. I dig it.
Seemed you were suggesting Texas wasn't getting it's fair share of ICE's attention with your comment.Perhaps I misunderstood?
You asked. I answered.It did not occur to me to think of the song as a threat. (Perhaps because I'm not a big enough ashhole.)Even so, the guy could have carried a fucking sign that reads, "I'll report you to ICE" and still been within his rights.Fighting words are unique and require more than being an asshole.Or, do you not believe someone has the right to wear t-shirts to anti-Trump rallies that read "Fuck Trump"?Censorship and violence escalate. Think harder.
It's either a fiction or not. Fictions don't demand anything.You are somehow confusing atheism (there is no god) with criticism of said god.Logically, one cannot simultaneously claim Zeus does not exist and criticize how he rules.Pick a lane is all I'm saying.
Sure, the ultra-rich and powerful are subject to different rules. So, why let one's outrage at them weaken the protections afforded to normal folk?The insurance and corporate lobbies have already gutted most worker's compensation, personal injury and tort damages-- all to the detriment of the average person and the environment-- with a decades' long PR and lobbying campaign.Turns out all they had to do was stir people about McDonald's coffee lady and Twinkies, and we lined up to fk ourselves
This actually tracks with the rise in China's global influence and military power. The US has known for a long time that China set out on a multi-decade plan to surpass the US militarily, and that 2030 was the approximate date that would occur. It wasn't much of a secret. I believe they even moved the projected date a couple years. It is absolutely believable that all this chaos is about kneecapping China to slow it's ascent.
They all have arthritis now
That was super clean. I'd have bopped the table.
I hope you're wrong, too. I was raised to believe in this country. At times, against the uncomfortable knowledge my education imparted. Against the open contradictions. At times, even against all reason. I was raised to believe we believed in ideals larger than ourselves... shared rights and freedoms and dreams... a shared belief in justice... a belief in achieving a better life through hard work and following the rules.
I don't know how much further it can stretch before it breaks.
Excellent illustration of the power of propaganda.
Not sure I believe this is a true story shared, but if it was, I feel like the original OP significantly overlooks the trauma her 'classmate' experienced by being raped and how that alone could have have altered the trajectory of her life.
I always believed in Roe. It's shameful how an intelligent, reasonable decision that balanced and respected the rights of women against the public interest was reversed, but let's not play hypothetical games at the expense of someone's real trauma.
Your lack of comprehension is ironic.
I understand how mortgages, maintenance, and taxes work.
I'm talking about real life examples, including multiple properties being listed for rent because they can't be sold at current inflated prices. Houses last purchased 20-30 years ago for approx. half of current market value. (I even know how to look up deed and mortgage records.)
Basically, people who bought homes at $800-$1,000/month 20-30 years ago, renting at $2k+/month now because greed.
I don't believe this story.
Two unrelated pictures. One is AI slop which looks ancient and creased with blurry incomprehensible words- some clear English words mixed with I don't know what.
Also, it strains belief that a court case over a $25,000 controversy would last 22 years and take 100 hearings; let alone a case over a $0.25 overcharge.
I am liking AOC more and more. I realize we are living in a soundbite reality, but she really seems to be nailing it with increasing accuracy and precision.
Page 105: This
Page 200: argument
Page 363: strains
Page 535: credulity.
There may in fact be religious conservatives who feel this way... I don't know... there are some batshit crazy people out there with crazy beliefs, but I do understand how to read this kind of stuff-- policies, laws, legislative proposals-- and, connecting disparate passages hundreds of pages apart because they share a tenuous connection, to reveal some hidden agenda is the stuff of fiction.
There are enough real threats
Not true. Many small landlords are raising rent just because they can make a profit, with more and more joining in, raising prices for everyone. Greedy fks taking advantage of people's need for decent housing, often charging rent based on inflated market values. Charging monthly rent 2-3 times higher than the mortgage they actually paid for the property.
$2k+ rent per month for a starter family home that cost $100k or less 30 years ago is absurd.
Oh ffs, the last time the French had a revolution, horses were still the primary mode of transportation and they used the guillotine because that was modern technology at the time. Acting like this fairytale mythos isn't French exceptionalism, while calling out American exceptionalism is bs.
No real change can occur if you don't even acknowledge reality.
How does giving the postal service unintended immunity promote privatization?
This is how I learned the US beat Canada for the gold. O!o
Same is true for late Gen Xers. Everything good in this country ended with 9/11.
Paid by both. Companies pay first, then pass increased costs onto customers.
Judge him as pathetic and move on.
Or, are you suggesting violence is the only answer to verbal provocation?
You must be one hell of a fighter, if you are.
If not, you should start training in MMA and concealed carry because all these violent delights will likely have violent ends.
Right, but then you have to defend the consequences of the consequences, too.
There's too much propaganda and not enough thinking here lately.
By the logic of the extremists here, violence is the answer. However, violence begets violence. And, that's fine for extremists who just want to watch it all burn. They won't care if you or your kids suffer the consequences. They want the bodies of young martyrs piled up to light the bonfires of their vanity.
Fascists and bigots think the same way. Only they think you are intolerant of their beliefs.
It's actually more nuanced than that, and not a particularly strong argument as it tends to subjective, shifting criteria.
It does, however, make for great propaganda for people looking to accept positions without thinking about them.
The true way to deal with intolerance is to set up laws that balance the right of speech against the safety of others.
You can't just erase everyone you disagree with.
Religion, apparently. Or is just Christians?
Oh. I now see you're just an edge lord sowing hate for fake internet points. You seem real close to getting fully radicalized, too. I'd offer a warning or some wisdom, but you'd only dig in deeper. Good luck with your search for meaning internet stranger.
Neurodivergent and hate being told what to think?
That's not the insult you think it is. Then again, you seem a bit confused in general. At least you seem to be asking questions. Don't worry about wrong answers. It takes a lifetime of wrestling with the answers to develop wisdom. Maybe just try not to be so quick to think your current level of understanding is all there is, and tty to have some grace for others. You'll learn more with an open mind and heart.
I don't think his supporters ever really cared that he lies. As long as his lies favored or entertained them and he was confident and effectual, they viewed him as powerful. Now that more and more of his policies are faltering, hurting their own, promoting results that are bad for the US, and he continues to age poorly, it seems only a matter of time before his base splinters and seeks alternatives. One can only hope the alternative will be someone with a conscience.
Dream big, fellow Imgurian! I appreciate your sense of humor. And, who knows...
Fair enough. And, you taught me a cool new verb usage. Glazing. I dig it.
Seemed you were suggesting Texas wasn't getting it's fair share of ICE's attention with your comment.
Perhaps I misunderstood?
You asked. I answered.
It did not occur to me to think of the song as a threat. (Perhaps because I'm not a big enough ashhole.)
Even so, the guy could have carried a fucking sign that reads, "I'll report you to ICE" and still been within his rights.
Fighting words are unique and require more than being an asshole.
Or, do you not believe someone has the right to wear t-shirts to anti-Trump rallies that read "Fuck Trump"?
Censorship and violence escalate.
Think harder.
It's either a fiction or not. Fictions don't demand anything.
You are somehow confusing atheism (there is no god) with criticism of said god.
Logically, one cannot simultaneously claim Zeus does not exist and criticize how he rules.
Pick a lane is all I'm saying.
Sure, the ultra-rich and powerful are subject to different rules. So, why let one's outrage at them weaken the protections afforded to normal folk?
The insurance and corporate lobbies have already gutted most worker's compensation, personal injury and tort damages-- all to the detriment of the average person and the environment-- with a decades' long PR and lobbying campaign.
Turns out all they had to do was stir people about McDonald's coffee lady and Twinkies, and we lined up to fk ourselves