not caring here posted:

When I got mine here, I passed my 20/25 minimum written standard (they stopped testing me after 20 right answers in a row), and did a driving test that was so farcical I might as well have just gotten my license out of a cereal box.


Korean dump truck usually carrying about 80 tonnes of rock or gravel that does about 70 miles an hour everywhere.

Riot Carol Danvers posted:

She voted to allow warrantless browser history surveillance so... No.

bulletsponge13 posted:

APAB.

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

They're not bastards. They're monsters we elect to scare each other. Right wingers are just as afraid of AOC as lefties are of anyone in the GOP. They're so afraid of their polar opposites that they have to elect the most frightening person they can.

Ted Cruz is the chupacabra.

Also calling them bastards implies they have/had mothers.

Madurai posted:

My father was old enough to remember the German POWs being used as prison labor, working on the highways in Mississippi during the war. He remembered them singing a lot.

Schadenboner posted:

There is no equivalency between the right and what passes for "left" in American politics.

pmchem posted:

dems are worthless

https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1260628552866816001?s=20

Cugel the Clever posted:

This. As much as I'm wildly dissatisfied with Dem leadership, the old "10 Dems did something stupid, therefore all bad" schtick is just silly and fosters rejectionists attitudes over trying to actually change things.

Midjack posted:

Milo and POTUS posted:

We haven't even been getting the lesser of two evils.

That Works posted:

I didn't expect to see Zeta Gundam memes in here but I agree.

Best Friends posted:

https://twitter.com/byheatherlong/status/1260556783787089920?s=21

Things status: bad

I don't think our elites are remotely comprehending the situation we're in, because the equity markets aren't bad and that alone is "the economy" for the media and politicians.

MRC48B posted:

If the US were a small Asian nation in the 60s, intelligence analysts would be making GBS threads their pants over the probability of a communist insurgency.

facialimpediment posted:

Well, here's their explanation:

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1260672549349883906

I think this is a situation to reject the premise - the correct decision between google collecting everything and FISA-based warrantless searches of it is gently caress you and everything, stop collecting my poo poo.

A Bad Poster posted:

I like how writing legislation that prevents Google from doing that is completely off the table.

facialimpediment posted:

It looks like the discussions are officially starting on the idea of a challenge vaccine program - vaccinating people against, then literally exposing people to COVID. And it sure sounds like there are plenty of volunteers for it.

https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1260686362778402819?s=19

Woofer posted:

I don’t think it was an accident it got defeated by one vote. If Bernie had voted, other people would’ve voted differently and the result would’ve been the same. It’s a farce.

Republicans might try to destroy eachother but when it comes down to it they generally toe the party line when they have to.

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Dozens of angry Michiganders, fueled by conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus, are promoting violence and mobilizing armed rallies against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Facebook, in violation of the social media company’s policies.

Metro Times gained access to four private Facebook groups that can only be seen by approved members. The pages, which have a combined 400,000 members, are filled with paranoid, sexist, and grammar-challenged rants, with members encouraging violence and flouting the governor’s social-distancing orders.

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Gov. Whitmer becomes target of dozens of threats on private Facebook groups ahead of armed rally in Lansing
Posted By Steve Neavling on Mon, May 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM
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Dozens of angry Michiganders, fueled by conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus, are promoting violence and mobilizing armed rallies against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Facebook, in violation of the social media company’s policies.

Metro Times gained access to four private Facebook groups that can only be seen by approved members. The pages, which have a combined 400,000 members, are filled with paranoid, sexist, and grammar-challenged rants, with members encouraging violence and flouting the governor’s social-distancing orders.



On Sunday, after being contacted by Metro Times, Facebook removed one of the groups, Michigan United for Liberty, and deleted posts on others for violating the company’s policy against inciting violence. Facebook announced last month that it will remove groups and events that encourage people to defy social-distancing measures. Facebook also is investigating the other groups.

“We removed one group for violating our policies and will remove any other violations as we continue our review,“ a Facebook spokesperson tells Metro Times.

Assassinating Whitmer is a common theme among members of the groups. Dozens of people have called for her to be hanged.

“We need a good old fashioned lynch mob to storm the Capitol, drag her tyrannical rear end out onto the street and string her up as our forefathers would have,” John Campbell Sr. wrote in a group called “People of Michigan vs. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,” which had nearly 9,000 members as of Monday morning.

Steve Doxsie had the same idea: “Drag that tyrant governor out to the front lawn. Fit her for a noose.”

“Either President Trump sends in the troops or there is going to be a midnight lynching in Lansing soon,” Michael Smith chimed in.

Others suggested she be shot, beaten, or beheaded.

“Plain and simple she needs to eat lead and send a statement to the rest of the democrats that they are next,” James Greena, of Fennville, wrote.

Russel Christopher Rozman said, “She needs her rear end beat. Most of these politicians need a good rear end whooping. Just. Punch there lights out.”

When someone suggested the guillotine, Thomas Michael Lamphere responded, “Good ol’ fashioned bullets work better, but I like the enthusiasm.”

“Wonder how long till she’s hit with a shotgun blast,” Chris Parrish wrote.

Matthew Woodruff had another idea: “Can we please just take up a collection for an assassin to put that woman from Michigan down,” he asked.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Hilarious that the RW has a place to organize without impediment

Woofer posted:

Since the U.S. Constitution was written by and for the slave power, that means chuds can do whatever they want at this point right?

A Bad Poster posted:

I like how writing legislation that prevents Google from doing that is completely off the table.

mlmp08 posted:

https://twitter.com/cassvinograd/status/1260690049168965633?s=21

What a gut-wrenching read.

stealie72 posted:

Maybe it's not terrible that the planet seems to be curing itself of humanity.

Remora posted:

I mean, I took that as "at least if we all die nobody will rampage through a maternity ward again".

Milo and POTUS posted:

The human race deserves global warming out of a can. There, I said it.