Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Did he ever actually "debate" anyone? Or did he just talk over people, toss logical fallacies about, and intentionally misinterpret things?
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Did he ever actually "debate" anyone? Or did he just talk over people, toss logical fallacies about, and intentionally misinterpret things?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
*man-child
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"There is no cognitive dissonance on our side." ...the amount of cognitive dissonance required for him to make that statement...
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Pretty sure MAGA would still have voted for him.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social)
"How you die... does not redeem how you lived." - Pastor Howard-John Wesley
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I've run into a lot of posts on other sites where folks say stuff like "Charlie Kirk never...!" and then someone posts one of his quotes to show he did, and they just insist people are taking it out of context. The sad part is, the context often makes the quotes worse.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely not a mushroom expert, but they look kinda like Blue Foot mushrooms with underdeveloped caps.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as that is the standard, "Former President Trump" sounds better, so... just sayin'.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I can imagine an adversary waiting until the damage is sufficient enough, and then releasing a biological weapon when we no longer have the capacity to fight it.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Every time I start to think, "just how stupid can they be?" they go ahead and give another example. Their incompetence defies description.
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Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, there is a crime emergency - but it's happening in the White House mostly.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like complicit, with all its implications, is a better word to use than compliant here.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...strategic?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...alleged?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
He's such a rock star, a small part of me wants to believe this.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I misread his first name as Evil at first.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social)
My daughter has been singing "Dwink fwom da Bwita..." for days now, and part if me is sick of hearing it while the other part takes a perverse joy in seeing the defeated look on my son's face whenever she starts up again. Also, she got my wife singing it too.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Aren't his facial features occupying too much of his face in this pic?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
US should have 148 agents per billionaire, at least.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Hear no truth, see no truth, speak no truth?
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"A slim majority of Americans think they should be allowed to impose their religious views on others."
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...and yes, crossovers do happen.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Why not rescue it? Maybe it was a friend of Squirrel Girl?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Sitting in gODHEAD's trailer while my wife (then girlfriend) was taking their measurements for stage outfits, which felt surreal enough since I had no idea she knew them until then, and then Static X came in and just... hung out for a bit before the show.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
If you say wanted to make a future for your daughter, and then voted for the orange clown show, then you never really wanted to make a future for your daughter.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, I'm sure some parts of the flames in the dumpster fire are gold in color. Is that what he means by golden age?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Years from now, archaeologists will marvel and what good friends they were and remark on how they must have been great roommates.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I liked FF9, but the steal mechanic made it so I pretty much never got to use trance in any way that made a difference.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Just as a side note, "tremendous" does not necessarily mean good. I imagine his performance to be tremendously bad.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Wizard? Mine's a gawddamn archmage.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"People purporting to be immigration agents." If they don't prove it, we should assume they are not.
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That clown is out of his depth in any capacity, but that should have been patently obvious before you voted for him the first time. You knew. You just didn't care. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Many of the complaints about the VA can be traced back to two issues - lack of funding and lack of personnel necessary to do their job efficiently and effectively.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Or you could, you know... task the police with arresting anyone purporting to be a government officer who doesn't provide proof of identity and agency affiliation or is attempting to detain people without a judicial warrant. "I think that guy is here illegally" is not probably cause.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Isn't... isn't suicide like, a mortal sin to these clowns?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
My bank account: "No no no, please let it *not* be the pipes."
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
To me, they look like cosplayers who couldn't complete their kit before the con.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, I like them, but I also cook them in bacon fat, so...
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"The Army will place 1000+ students/year at increased mental health risk to save less than .003% of its annual budget." - There, fixed it for you S&S.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know enough about economics to have a good opinion one way or the other, but I am inclined to agree. Also, I doubt their estimate is taking into account the loss of immigrant labor and a cascade of businesses failing as other businesses they depend on collapse.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Bold of you to assume they will realize that before the hurricanes destroy their homes.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
4.6 percent lower than where it would be under current law.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree as well, but calling it truly no tax is incorrect.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...except for FICA.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...I don't know where to begin on this. It is clear you are woefully ignorant about what has actually happened over there since even prior to the creation of Israel in 1948. Your justification of what is happening to the 95+% of Palestinians based on the actions of a small minority is abhorrent.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure what point you are trying to make. What does this have to do with you saying an ethnic group should be kicked out of their own land and mislabeling it deporting? Are you saying that it's ok to do to Palestinians but wrong that it was done to other groups?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, deportation is the expulsion of people by a state from its own territory, not removing them from theirs.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Deporting some people is not. Trump is violating due process rights, kidnapping, and essentially engaging in human trafficking. You, however, listed a single ethnic group and did not narrow it down. Forcibly removing an entire ethnic, racial, or religious group is ethnic cleansing.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope, I'm not a supporter of ethnic cleansing.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
They might be referring to how his response to being asked to condemn it was that it is not language he would use, and that he doesn't feel he should be policing language. If you use it, you are seen as antisemitic, if you condemn it, you are seen as pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, just look at that face. She clearly deserves all the bed space she wants.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
He's banked up enough and can be expected to cause so much more embarrassment that the number could be negative and I wouldn't question it.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"Exactly as planned" likely translates to "undertaken as a distraction, with no intent to actually accomplish any national defense goals".
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
For those wondering about why an honorable discharge - if they had gone for a dishonorable one it would have required a General Court Martial - in which they may not have won a case against her. It smacks of retaliation - if her self-report were really that bad, they'd do NJP or a Court Martial.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
He said, "We're not cutting off treatment for anybody, Congressman. As I said, I'm happy to explain it but you don't give me any chance to answer questions but which is part of the game that we play here." He claims they are shifting some funding to the states - but it's pretty likely he's lying.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"People claiming to be ICE agents" and "kidnapping" - there is no reason to call them and what they are doing anything else if they don't have legitimate warrants and don't prove their identity.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Should start pronouncing her name "Leave It", since that's all she does with facts and the truth.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Just a note for those asking about what AGs and such in states are doing (or not) - all the federal government has to do is claim these are acts under color of their federal office and then they can snatch the case over to federal court. Burying them in civil suits might be more effective.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not sure I will ever not find this funny. :)
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
They based the Cruz ruling on section 301 of the 1790 Naturalization Act - born to a U.S. citizen parent (or parents) who had lived at least 10 years (and 5 after age 14) in the U.S. - that being said, ICE is trash and I firmly believe they only went after Mr. Thomas because he isn't white.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean it is par for the course for her party to break things and then complain about them being broken.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think I've ever met anyone who hates the start-stop function.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
According to OpenSecrets, 86 of them, or about 74% have received a total of about $10.6 million, with the lowest individual amount received being $2,250 and the largest over $1.1 million.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe they could write the billionaire's excuses on the dunk tank balls before throwing them.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
It's always interesting seeing a guy whose cognitive issues suggest at best he likely falls into the 70-85 range accusing other people of being low IQ.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
In front of an actual tank full of pissed off, hungry sharks.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Is... is he even literate?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
That clown's face is enough of a damning report.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Unsurprising; I wouldn't expect a group dedicated to the spread and celebration of the insecure man-child mentality to be supportive of anything that doesn't include toxic masculinity.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
You guys should do one about how he just got married because he realized he has too much money and needs someone new to divorce him and take a chunk of it off his hands.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Pedro Pascal making himself even hotter by waving yet another green flag for us.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I just made a comment on another post about how I am shocked these guys don't choke on their own hypocrisy when they talk, and then this clown says, "these are real people with real families you are hurting."
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
The phrase "do something constructive" coming from an r is just... I don't know how these people can get past more than a few words without choking on their own hypocrisy.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Anything she denies can be taken as confirmation it was true, and vice versa. I wouldn't believe her if she said the sun is hot.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Leave out sparklies. If they take them and bring anything back, collect what they drop off and add more sparklies. If they ever bring money, repay them with lots of sparklies and they might start stealing for you.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
*Too many. Doesn't even need to be half. One woman denied bodily autonomy is too many.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
"Worst of the worst" was referring to the people doing the deporting.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
www.vice.com/en/article/i... - includes the bit with Israeli Intelligence commenting that they GHM is accurate for civilian deaths and does not report Hamas member deaths. Again, per Israeli Intelligence.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I would generally imagine not doing what he wants would be the opposite of playing into the hands of the enemy.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Because they don't report Hamas deaths at all, according to Israeli Intelligence, which means all those numbers are civilian.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
The UN, WHO, and Human Rights Watch all consider GHM's numbers to be broadly reliable - but do you know who else does? Israeli Intelligence.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Is AOC ever not on point? She's a goddamn rock star.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
The far right supporting a candidate might just be the surest sign you should not vote for that candidate.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the plan here is just to keep destroying our entire education system. Technically they can claim no more school shootings if... no more school.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...are he and his entire following exiling themselves somewhere?
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Be nice if we could also just see them as humans and stop killing them in pointless wars.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Should axe the whole administration and everyone who supports them.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd be shocked if even 1 r did their job.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Missteps? Pretty sure it's all intentional.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Well yeah, but should -oh wait, you were talking about the bone spurs.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, I assumed the only reason anyone would need is that he's a sack of crap.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
His eventual passing would be the single greatest thing he could do for world peace.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
...I should probably caveat that I am specifically referring to the servicemembers who voted against the orange buffoon. I imagine those who support him and support an unprovoked attack against another country don't particularly care and I agree they are not worthy of our respect.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a lot harder for your average soldier to disobey an illegal order when their leadership won't back them up. I would wager, like many people, many of them would struggle weighing what is morally right against the risk of a dishonorable discharge and watching their kids be homeless and starving.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
She wouldn't have scrapped the nuclear deal. Strikes might have happened if they violated it, but we have heaps of intelligence to support that they were abiding by it - and I would bet she would actually read the intelligence reports and not disregard them entirely.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, people who live in those temperatures are more acclimated to them than those who do not, not to mention individual tolerances. I know I've been guilty of the same, so I am calling myself out here too, but I don't understand why people feel the need to be so dismissive of others' concerns.
Nathan G. (@franticred.bsky.social) reply parent
Which makes them more like republican'ts.