No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American people. Attributed to H.L. Mencken
No one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American people. Attributed to H.L. Mencken
Never forget Zombieland Rule #2: Double tap.
Why did the invention of the printing press lead to witch burning in the 1500s and 1600s when sharing knowledge becane more easy? Now we know.
They were not confessing; they were bragging.
Americans don't impose elite accountability. Never have, never will.
Everyone involved in that strike needs to be held responsible before an earthly tribunal.
Or send them to the Hague.
Even without presidential pardons, the American political system does not allow prosecutions of politicians for their acts while in office. That's something "banana republics" do or some bs like that.
Calgary and Edmonton traditionally have had a lot of socially-centrist/liberal, fiscally-conservative people who valued the contributions of all immigrants. I think the current government may be an aberration of covid and Trudeau-exhaustion hitting at the same time.
The plan: Holocaust 2.0
Russell Vought was saying today that conservatives no longer have to fear being labeled as racists.
Mother-in-law cottages/suites/ADUs or however you want to refer to them should be legal everywhere as a matter of right. Plus a 1-time downsizing capital gains tax limitation would be nice.
Some of the most ardent Republicans I have met are LQBTQ+. I'd be interested to see how stuff like this moves the needle on that.
Trump freed big chunks of white America from limiting saying racist stuff to their friends and family to the world writ large. And it's not like Republicans are suffering any real consequences at the ballot box for embracing racism.
My boomer parents refuse to downsize and I think that is pretty common everywhere. You need about 20 more years before they all die off.
Tons of YouTube/TikTok videos where "dating coaches" say women get tons of attention from guys and use them to score free meals and drinks. Also guys share videos of women complaining men aren't spending a ton of money on dates and then say that's the mindset of the average woman.
If there is one musical element that has overstayed its welcome, it's the hi-hat triplet.
Americans, the richest people in human history, are sad that some random influencer on TikTok appears to be doing better fiancially.
Trump's administration is basically a southern state on a national scale.
*can't* resist, not can...
"Low trust" people fall for affinity scams all the time. They can resist the charms of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A hyperreal simulacra.
Nobody: Phil Spector:
Republicans have rewritten the Constitution via the Supreme Court. Why bother with 2/3 congressional majorities and 3/4 of states when 5 judges can just change the Constitution by fiat? Republicans have written in advantages for them and "court-packing" is seen as undemocratic, so no easy reversal
Yes, but if you tell them that, they won't believe you. They are beyond help.
I dislike Verizon. They haven't updated their user interface on their website in about 20 years, so it was always awful to navigate!
There is a case out of Georgia where the court found probable cause for a search for marijuana because the truck had a floral scent with no smell of marijuana and the cops felt that it was suspicious.
Drill baby drill! Oh, wait...
It's great for enforcing caste divisions, though.
It's ironic in a way that the country that developed "bushido" (literally the way of the warrior) ended up dropping it when they realized Western technology, tactics and strategy were much more advanced and effective.
"Warrior Culture" is raw bloodlust dressed up to appear as noble.
Oasis was never as big in the US as they were in the UK. They don't call it Britpop for nothing.
Federal judges holding DOJ and its lawyers in contempt? That will be the day.
The 1985 AI slop nostalgia video making the rounds here wants to claim 1985 was an amazing time, but how can any time be amazing when call waiting still wasn't thing? There was nothing worse than calling someone and getting that busy signal and no way to get around it.
The right lusts after blood, so your assessment is correct
And then cynically blames politicians for their woes.
Money well spent.
He won't have the popular support. He's not a TV celebrity.
At least 49% of voters said yes. Depending on where you live, up to 60 to 70% of your neighbors want this.
No reckoning for anyone in any role of authority? That's the American way since 1865.
Given the history of America and its inability to impose accountability on its elites from the Civil War to the present, the plan makes perfect sense.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupt absolutely -Lord Acton Trump failing to be impeached 2 times has shown everyone that impeachment is a dead letter and that it is no check on abuses within the system. Presidentialism fails again.
My mom used to tell me about my great-grandfather (a WWI vet) who would wake up screaming and crying in the night about reliving hand to hand fighting in the trenches, and that was enough for me to lose any idea that war is noble.
I think gun culture needs to change. I'd say Democrats should look at funding safe handling and use of firearms as well as ways to more easily dispose of guns that are no longer wanted.
The business that praises DOGE as necessary even though it is destroying the business must be the most clueless business there ever was. Or it's a masterclass of snark and sarcasm. There is no middle ground.
This is not true. When someone invents something through a grant or government contract, the federal government receives a non-exclusive permanent license to use the patent.
The people of Iowa will still re-elect him, so they deserve what they get.
A harbinger of things to come when crypto causes even bigger problems down the road now that financial companies have it on their books.
I am convinced that many of the low-propensity, low-information voters who voted for Trump were upset at higher fast food prices.
@thebeths.bsky.social
The Beths and the Hives releasing new albums on the same day?? Rock is not dead yet
Giving an unelected body the power "to say what the law is" regardless of what is written down seems like an easy way to autocracy. Reforming the Supreme Court won't work. The presidential system just doesn't work to ensure democracy.
You mean like the public trials they had for the Confederate leaders and generals?
I don't think he has the juice to be president. Doesn't change the fact he is extremely dangerous and evil, though
A good description of the Schengen area in Europe. Just look how rich the UK became after they left the EU compared to how awful it was there pre-Brexit.
Counterpoint: those voters are so wealthy that an increase in power bills is not enough to offset their xenophobia, racism and provincialism.
The first Apollo moon landing happened before the first Cracker Barrel restaurant opened.
There is this bizarre idea in America that elite accountability is a "banana republic" thing.
Yes, Americans are full of shit. 40% of them straight up want a white nationalist theocracy and have for a long time.
We'll be fine. What reach do Mexican drug cartels have in the US? /s
Life is short. Why waste it on doing something you don't like when it's something that won't hurt anyone else if you stop?
Why would the owners refuse to lower rents and asking prices? What determined what those prices are set at?
If California has more than enough housing, why isn't rented or sold at lower prices?
Given America's track record for elite accountability, these DOGE guys will end up rich and living very peaceful lives.
Even the Founders knew impeachment was worthless. Thomas Jefferson called it a scarecrow.
Casey Anthony walked free because they charged her with 1st degree murder rather than manslaughter.
There is also a religious component to it, in that MAGA-types see the restoration of Israel as a nation as fulfilling Biblical prophecy prior to the second coming of Jesus.
A rules-based order has been better for humankind. Pariahs of international law cause misery, war, death, and famine.
I think they were always there, but it wasn't polite to say it out loud.
Supreme Court has said buying access is not bribery, even if everyone else sees it that way. Combined with Citizens United, you have a corrupt system that cannot be reformed short of a constitutional amendment. Or packing the Court with justices who aren't paid-for shrills.
Bukele, not Bundle...
I always wondered why they named an Army base after him in Alabama.
Bundle is basically MS-13 and that organization has taken over the El Salvador government.
Capos in the Nazi concentration camps were often Jewish prisoners.
Everyone knows the best pizza is in Minas Gerais, so I guess São Paolo has attracted more Mineiros than Rio.
At a certain level of wealth, economic self-interest just evaporates. I think a big chunk of the electorate is too rich to really worry about day-to-day money struggles.
For that small patch of land, Russia has burned through 4-5% of the total military casualties it suffered in WW2.
Can President Trump use an executive order to end mail-in-voting? If Trump proposed to fly to the moon using his arms as wings, would you merely transcribe that and say: 'Some scientists disagree with his ability to get to the moon by arm power?'
I think voters don't care about the economy because Americans are at a point where a majority of them are so rich the economy doesn't really matter anymore. They've moved up Maslow's hierarchy of voters needs (for lack of a better term)
Most Asian supermarkets carry it. I've been able to get it for over 30 years.
OPM can track the identity of each person who completes the survey.
I deleted both Facebooka and Instagram, and I don't regret it at all. Instagram was good 10 years ago when it was just seeing pictures your friends posted. Now it is all ads and influencers
Tax these losers out of existence
In the same way Obama's coalition fell apart after he left office, so too will Trump's coalition disappear if he ever leaves office.
I wonder what happens if we round up all the people who pick our produce and depor--oh dear, what's happening you say??!
Wait until you see the France-Brazil crossing!
If the DC Circuit has a 7-4 split, Democratic-appointed to Republican-appointed, why does it feel there is a majority of conservative judges on all these cases? Do Rao, Henderson, and Katsas ask to be assigned these cases?
68% of Cubans voted for Trump and Republicans. While I'm happy they were able to come here and start new lives, I wish they were willing to extend that opportunity to others.
I predict zero meaningful libertarian resistance.
Changes made to stop it happening again: zero.
Remember when the Taliban blew up the ancient Buddhist statutes? American fundamentalist Christians are doing the same stuff here.
The only time I had someone break into my house and steal my stuff was when I was living in a red city in a red state.
How deep were the Flames in the 80s? This all-time lineup omits Gary Roberts, Theo Fleury, Brett Hull, Dana Murzyn and Brad McCrimmon and it would be hard to argue where those players should be slotted in.
Americans bragged about their freedom of speech for years, but it was all bullshit. No matter what happens, America can never reclaim the mantle "Leader of the Free World"
Americans all talk about freedom and democracy, but they are full of bullshit.
Cars eliminated a lot of horse-related jobs, but it didn't create an underclass of permanently unemployed livery stable workers. If anything, AI will lead to jobs that we never needed before.
It's always fun when Congress drafts a law with no enforcement mechanism!
I hope they just do the patrols and go home as well. I'm hoping the "3 more years until I hit 20 years and I'm done with this" is a stronger motivator than beating up mentally ill folks struggling through life.
I see this as malicious compliance. They are checking a box, not stopping any crime.
The body language of the officers screams out "Fuck this bullshit" though so I'm not sure the buy-in for a police state is quite there. American dedication to half-assing a job might still save the Republic.