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They're either there on Title 8 or Title 21, either one comes with a lot of legal repercussions, so even if there's no "breaking point" on the ground, there's going to be one in court. Also either way, they have to be given lawful orders, so what are their lawful orders?
The number of shocked or surprised people: zero.
Not current on any airframes. I got my private pilot's license, did my IFR, did my Complex, and then promptly stopped flying as avgas got stupid expensive. I fly FPV drones now for fun, it's just as exciting and way, way cheaper.
So, my wife brought up a very good point about the huge bruises on the backs of Trump's hands: bruising like that is common for elderly people who've had an IV in their hand. Combined with his disappearances of late, sounds like he's been in the hospital...
At least it wasn't harkening back to an era predominated by white supremacists, though! ;D
I like to imagine that the huge bruise on Trump's hand was because he tried to grab Putin by the pussy, but Putin grabbed Trump's hand and crushed it before Trump could sexually assault him.
Trump was missing for 6 days, nobody saw him in that time. Then he appeared at a golf course this morning, not looking too well. Looks like all those Big Macs are catching up to him, hope they finish the job soon.
Trump HAD to go after Roblox - they were corning his market on pedophilia. ;D Can't have that, now!
Awww, Cracker Barrel decided to keep the old logo. Whelp, it's clear who they work for, guess I won't ever eat there again! ;D
This is wild, WTF?
Like we've RARELY seen? Like we've EVER seen is more accurate.
Also, the militarization aspect is a side-effect of the police state required to pull-off fascism, it's not part of the fascism itself. You could, in theory, have a system where the populace accepts the fascism with no need of a police state, e.g. Cuba.
For instance, it's clear Trump isn't in the oligarchy, he's a hukster and shiester they would never accept in their ranks, but they're letting him have the show right now, until they're done with him as a "useful idiot". He's a fantastic distraction from the puppetmasters who really run the US.
I don't think Fascism requires "one ruler", I think it can work with a congress, a senate, a parliament, a ruling caste, a ruling class or a party as well. Authoritarianism is a tight-fitting glove to go along with it, but not the only option.
I still don't understand how I've gone 49+ years without knowing about salsa macha! This stuff is AMAZING, I'm shocked it's not served in like at least 1 in 5 Mexican restaurants. Same with salsa roja / salsa chipotle, they are so phenomenal but rarely seen.
I don't want to die. Ever. I want to know I've made a positive impact on the world. I want to know I've improved the lives of others. I want to know I've reduced suffering in the world. I want to see where humanity goes over the next million years. Is that selfish of me?
Used to be that maniacs didn't WANT to shoot up schools in this country. Guns aren't why it's happening now, guns were always here. We're amidst a mental health crisis in this nation, that's the real problem. Nobody cares about people anymore here. There's no humanity or neighborliness anymore here.
Of COURSE they don't care - they weren't put there by the electorate, they were put there by the oligarchy. They know who's writing their paychecks. The fact they were 'elected' means nothing, because they wouldn't be on the TICKET without the oligarchs.
Had to have a talk with my wife about tightening the belt, cancelling all monthly entertainment subs. Because we're losing $900/mo onto credit cards. Now she's really depressed and talking about suicide. FML - I dunno what to do, but a 72-hour psych hold ain't it.
RFK Jr.: I'm going to use long medical-sounding words to give myself illusion credibility, even though the nerds of the world will immediately recognize it as phony. He must have one of those "word of the day" calendars on his desk for geneticists and he just works the word of the day into things.
I mean it depends on what you're looking to get out of genAI. It's not great for political statements, sure, also not great for deeply expressive pieces with a lot of weight and personal meaning. But man is it awesome at cranking out super-hot fap fodder!
I mean, it was courteous enough to offer an alternative which gets you 90% of the way there. ;D
Mass shootings is like item #137 that's wrong with this country right now, seriously. Much bigger issues to address, and NOW is NOT the time to take guns away from patriots, if you get my drift...
It depends.
250 years is a long space to forget what having a king is like - American people forgot what the rule of a king is. So now we're coming back around to having one, because nobody wants to think about politics and make their own decisions anymore, so tiresome!
Well folks, if I suddenly disappear over the next couple weeks, I died of botulism. Don't care, this salsa macha is too good to throw away, I'm gonna eat it!
Chicken Piccata for dinner, with a side of creamy herby pasta. Made the pasta sauce by making a Mornay sauce with romano and parmesan cheeses - came out GREAT. Also tried the salsa macha since it's been sitting, HOLY CRAP it got good! =9
Who is Wes Moore?
Tom Clancy's The Hobbit
Next time I will definitely bust out the spice grinder to get a finer chop on those dried chiles a bit easier, though. Using a knife was too "rough chop", want a better texture next time.
Just made my first homemade batch of salsa macha. It's good now, but my understanding is that it gets better the longer it sits, so I will give it a few days to gel. =9 Arbols, Guajillos, Anchos, Morito Chipotles, Pepitas, Peanuts, Sesame, Shallot, Garlic, Peanut Oil, Olive Oil, Panela, Salt. =9
Hmmm, jump in the hot tub and assault my butt with fat animal dongs... or just chill and play some games... why life gotta be so hard? Wish I had someone to help me with the former!
Yay, more celebrity bigots. *sigh* 🙄
What's with the Steampunk dude in the middle of the background? ;D
Of COURSE the FIFA organization is pandering to Trump, it's a crime syndicate! Game recognizing game.
You're not wrong. Both sides are corporatists, elitists, oligarchs and robber-barons. Just one side says they're the "good guys" and the other says they're "good upstanding Xians". Neither label is true, it's just the deception.
In two words: he krunk.
Good lord, why does this keep coming up? He's "THEIR GUY", -DUH-!!!! Of course they're not up in arms, THEY PUT HIM THERE! He's exactly what they wanted. They voted for this. Stop playing dumb, Dems.
He didn't pay the Trump tax to the Trump crime family for using their name. ;D
This isn't ass-eating, this is bending over and taking Trump's shiny black boot up the ass to the knee. His pasty bruised cankles are in the sigmoid colon of these motherfuckers. They're enablers, just allowing him to think so highly of himself and feel like a real autocrat.
Ooof, WTF? It's not like they even gave you a chance, right? Didn't you like JUST get your equipment, and not even have any assigned work yet?
Honestly shocked it took THIS long for things like this to hit Russia. I expected them over a year ago.
Yeah, super very different Bojack she's talking about, lol. ;D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_...
*gets all excited* *by the creators of Bojack, even more excited!* *looks up on Wiki* *sees it's all hy00mans* *not excited anymore*
I think it's just a "visual medium" thing. If you and I are in the fantasy of "being the dude" then yeah, makes sense to cum inside. But sometimes it's just lovely to see that splooge, too. =9 I love cumshots, personally. But if I'm truly fucking someone, I wanna cum inside them.
For me Green is "hey I'm around and you're welcome to join me if you like" and Blue is "hey I want you to come join me, let's party!" Blue is more of a really open and enthusiastic invite than Green IMO.
Now I -want- to burn flags, and I want millions of people to join me - because let's see what happens when free speech cannot be contained by the jails.
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Hahaha, Soundgarden did a song about that place.
Oxford Dictionary called: "socialism - a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." Not government. Community, aka The People. Aka democracy.
Um, except he literally wrote the book on the topic of fascism, and coined the term? I mean, maybe you should take him as the final authority on what he quite literally wrote the book on? o.O
It's about as close to "true socialism" as a country seems to be able to realistically get, though. All the pieces are there, there's just a bit too much privatization to quite get to "truly socialist".
Well, socialism being the democratic ownership of the means of production is contrary to corporate personhood, so the oligarchy (synonymous with corporations in the US at least) invests heavily to discourage it, yes. And look over here - Culture Wars! Ignore the men behind the curtain.
I... can't argue against that one. I dunno how else this whole Culture War nonsense is going to end... unless people just unilaterally get sick of it and give it up. Given the political botnets in place to continue stirring it up and working into human nature, I can't see it ending, though.
Except that authoritarianism is completely contrary to the people democratically owning the means of production, which is part of the core definition of socialism. So no, you cannot have a fascist socialism, it would be a paradox. Yes there are countries claiming to be that, but they're lying.
Honestly, growing up in conservative middle America in the 70's and 80's, I somehow missed the "socialism is bad!" nonsense. Most EU countries are socialist, and they're doing quite well both as nations and for their people, who tend to be the happiest people on the planet overall.
For the record, you are correct and PiecedResister is (somewhat) wrong in this case. Authoritarianism is strongly on the rise in the US, but that's separate from the Fascism which is also happening and which this governmental ownership in a company is more aligned with.
Also, I'm gonna guess you don't really keep up with US news: Trump and Musk got a divorce over a month ago, Musk is now vowing to put all his political money into destroying Trump and has started his own SuperPAC and political party called The American Party.
Right, yeah, he's like "If Keith Richards, but a loser instead". ;D
I think Mussolini would disagree with you and say that there's no such thing as Naziism, only Fascism, and the Germans stole his idea. ;D
We can only hope...
Heh, he looks way past midlife crisis at this point. =) More like late-life crisis! ;D
Hahaha, no, what I'm saying is that MAGAts are too stupid to 1) understand that this is communist shit and 2) probably too stupid and too brain-wormed to not see it as a glorious promotion of fearless ketchup-ear leader. The irony and satire would be completely wasted on them.
That being said, the system is rigged by corporatists in the US who now completely control and exploit the political class and who we get to choose from. That's another whole issue. The ballot is not where we'll solve it, though. Until then, vote for the less crazy candidate, please.
No political candidate will EVER tick every box for you. Progress is made generationally, incrementally, not instantly and not by one single politician. It's about pulling in the mix of politicians who support your goals, not pinning your hopes and dreams on just one.
I've said it before and supported it before, but it needs repeating: YOU CANNOT BE A ONE-ISSUE VOTER If the better candidate (e.g. the one that's not a crazy fascist) is contrary to you in one or two ways, you need to suck it the fuck up and cope. You're choosing nihilism over survival...
Sadly, I think at this point the Trump Cult of MAGAism is established and strong enough to continue without him. I hope and wish I'm wrong, but I don't see his demise as an end to this madness. Nor the Culture Wars. =/ JD Vance, the little turd man, is next in line and... drinking the kool-aid.
Rules for thee, and not for me!
In a Communism, the means of production would belong to the people and the products divided equally among them. This is Fascism by Mussolini's own definition: "the marriage of government and private industry".
Bingo! Not sure how so many people here can think it's socialism not fascism.
And another term for state capitalism is... Fascism. By Mussolini's own definition, and he'd kinda know since he coined the term.
Actually, you're both wrong, it starts with "F" and ends in ascism.
Actually you're both wrong: Fascism.
MMhmmm, you're right, but who's doing fuck-all about it?
Fascism, actually. By Mussolini's own definition, and he'd know since he coined the term: "the marriage of government and the means of production". Not socialism, because socialism implies that the government is of, for and by the people, meaning the people are part of the means of production.
It's actually Fascism, Fascism is the correct answer here. Take a look at Mussolini's own definition of fascism (the term he coined): "the marriage of government and the means of production".
He's implying that it's Fascism, you better go back and study WW2 again, my friend. Focus on Italy.
Probably shouldn't be giving them ideas, guys... seriously. MAGAts won't think this is a joke, like at all.
I believe that's Mussolini's own definition of "fascism". Also how is it not a violation of anti-trust laws for the gov't to back one US chip-maker (Intel) and not the others (AMD, TI, etc.)?
HERE HERE HERE, THIS ^^^ is 100% accurate. This entire "Culture War" bullshit is a coordinated distraction by BOTH PARTIES to have us look the other way while corporations rob us all blind and consolidate all Americans into ONE class: the poverty class.
Can we just address the elephant in the room? He's looking WAY too old to be "Kid Rock" anymore, I think we need to update his name to be more accurate: "Geriatric Rock".
The problem is that a lot of institutional Dems see what's happening from the lens of what it can do for them the next time they get a POTUS. They see a TON of benefits from this new normal. Like removal of 2A. They're missing the obvious point that there won't be a next POTUS.
Mmmmmf, breakfast today is crispy panela cream cheese crumpets with french vanilla decaf medium roast coffee. =9
Made some really outstanding onion burgers on the grill tonight. They went really well with the crispy Sonic tater tots from the freezer. =9 Sorry no pics.
While some of the individual examples have been disproven over the last few decades as research and scientific understanding has improved, the theory itself is still absolutely sound and foundational to evolutionary biology. If anything, further research has supported it more than refuted it.
... I really love this show (as someone who's spent 15 years working in the game industry especially) and it was really special to me. Sad to see it go.
Wow, I can't believe Apple pulled the plug on MQ (Mythic Quest). What a fantastic show. I was so worried it was going to be cheesy and crappy seeing the previews of the first season, but it gelled and grew and got REALLY deep...
I lived in the south for 3 years, the very first thing 90% of people I met would ask me is "Where do you go to church?" I learned VERY quickly that you don't say "I don't believe in any gods" in the South. Good way to get ostracized REAL fast. Or worse.
I guess I don't see/hear from "the good ones" in the south enough. Everyone I know, even furries, even my own brother, who loves the south is pretty damn conservative, even Dems. The culture there itself seems unconducive to liberal/progressive thinking.
Oh JD “couchhumper” Vance… clearly when they were handing out brains the day you were born, they skipped right over you.
Bwahahahahaha! This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day! 🤣
In this case, nothing of value was lost. The poorest and reddest state in the union, probably impacted 3 entire bsky users, lol.
Best of luck with your home ownership adventure, they are money pits, lol. ;D But at least it's YOUR money pit!
BTW - I don't mind backing/harmony vocals either. Singing is singing to me, it's fun no matter which part your playing. =)
Hells yeah! Sign me up for bass guitar and vocals. =D
You can have that beautiful bulbous ass out on ligma instead. ;9
Half the cast of Cheers are Trump bootlickers. Sad.
Sheesh, also forgot I, Robot. Too many really good films that interest me deeply!
Also, oops, I listed Terminator twice. Take out one Terminator and RoboCop and cram in Southland Tales and Fury Road.
Yes! ESPECIALLY the bad ones!!! 🤣