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BiggerBoat posted:Also, is lacing herb with fent an actual thing? What dealer would even do that? I can't imagine it ever gets done intentionally, my assumption if it ever happens is that it's accidental cross contamination. Could definitely see a dealer being sloppy, but to do it on purpose just doesn't seem very conducive to business to me.
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BiggerBoat posted:Also, is lacing herb with fent an actual thing? What dealer would even do that? The same dealers who were cramming halloween candy full of drugs to hand out to children, clearly.
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Mischievous Mink posted:I can't imagine it ever gets done intentionally, my assumption if it ever happens is that it's accidental cross contamination. Could definitely see a dealer being sloppy, but to do it on purpose just doesn't seem very conducive to business to me. Some of the best weed is packed in used zip lock bags... heck, people will pay extra for it if you market it as laced.
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I am beginning to think that a lot of sudden but intense unrest we saw in the US in 2020 and 2021 was facilitated by COVID shutdowns. People were frustrated and also had less things to do. I doubt anything like that can be managed now even as things get worse on the rights and liberties front.
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So what kind of action changes things sooner than the allowable electoral timetable? In order to protect the rights of women (and all gender/sexual/racial/religious/human rights), in order to do that ASAP in our country, what do we do? Because from my admittedly limited electoral understanding it's now state vs state, with an uncertain timetable of I know we're all distraught, but reading some of this I just hope that we can see the system has abandoned us, humanity, and this planet... by loss of control or design. How can advocating to abandon it and regain control be wrong?* Every political conversation in your life should include the caveat that voting is not a solution, that without "radical" change little will be accomplished. Nothing if you count climate change, though we may log some interesting accounts of the collapse for the surviving pockets of civilization to enjoy. Providing they aren't feudal capitalist bunker communities or the group from the end of "don't look up", in which case boy they better loving die and give another species a chance. *The order of those actions is deliberate and a mindset. BRJurgis fucked around with this message at 04:05 on May 13, 2022 |
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BRJurgis posted:So what kind of action changes things sooner than the allowable electoral timetable? In order to protect the rights of women (and all gender/sexual/racial/religious/human rights), in order to do that ASAP in our country, what do we do? Because from my admittedly limited electoral understanding it's now state vs state, with an uncertain timetable of Protecting the rights of women sooner than the next election? There is no legal way to do it, given the current Senate. Maybe an armed and violent revolution if you don't count that as being illegal.
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BRJurgis posted:So what kind of action changes things sooner than the allowable electoral timetable? In order to protect the rights of women (and all gender/sexual/racial/religious/human rights), in order to do that ASAP in our country, what do we do? Because from my admittedly limited electoral understanding it's now state vs state, with an uncertain timetable of Become active in your state's politics and encourage them to pass abortion sanctuary and anti-SB8 laws. There is no way to fix the federal level without an election and no way to call an off-schedule election.
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Rigel posted:Protecting the rights of women sooner than the next election? There is no legal way to do it, given the current Senate. Maybe an armed and violent revolution if you don't count that as being illegal. and the fact that the Democratic Party does not consider abortion rights a priority, yes. this is also a minor issue standing in the way.
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The Paper of Record asks: Why does Connor Lamb Suck so Much?quote:Representative Conor Lamb was supposed to be a Democratic rising star — a Marine veteran, former prosecutor and Pennsylvania moderate who had won in Trump territory and swing suburbs alike. Scores of Democratic officials endorsed him in his run for Senate, eager to pick up a Republican-held open seat and have him roll into Washington next year to bridge the partisan chasm. quote:Some Democrats appear more eager to elect fighters than candidates who might be tempted, like party moderates, to block their priorities. quote:Still, his progressive politics — he was an early backer of Bernie Sanders — and iconoclastic style have made him well-liked by the party base and created an online fund-raising juggernaut. Mr. Fetterman’s approval with Democrats in the state was 67 percent in a recent Franklin & Marshall College Poll, compared with 46 percent for Mr. Lamb. My stepmom was a really big Lamb booster in 2018 (she's from Pittsburgh.) She is exactly the kind of person who supports the Lamb types - she's old and she's him as a nice young man. I cannot get her to understand what the appeal of Fetterman is.
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GoutPatrol posted:The Paper of Record asks: Why does Connor Lamb Suck so Much? he has the same target demographic as Buttigeig; people who say "oh what a nice young man" in total sincerity. the ones who democratic fundraising emails actually get to open their wallets. intellectually I know the second wordcloud analysis and machine learning were invented, someone was going to start applying them to "what fundraising emails produce the most bang for your buck," but emotionally there is a part of me that wants to go back and see what, if anything, changes if the person who introduced Hillaryworld to this bold new technique for maximizing fundraising dollars gets stuck in traffic on the day of their fateful meeting. there is a systemic bias in the democratic party towards the kind of person who makes comfortable upper-middle-class ladies open up their wallets, and it probably plays more of a role in its consistently picking atrocious losers than we'd like to admit.
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ex post facho posted:reminder that Nance as house leader said "we shouldn't primary Democrat incumbents" and then went on to support a Senate primary for Joe Kennedy against Ed Markey lmao She came up with a killer excuse that she was supporting Kennedy because he was a House member and she has to support her members (over Senators) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/23/pelosi-defends-joe-kennedy-endorsement-400307 *checks notes* What’s this? Markey was a House member for 37 years? Including during all 8 of which Pelosi was minority leader? Euphoriaphone fucked around with this message at 07:11 on May 13, 2022 |
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vzmp/telegram-far-right-doxxing-judges-calling-for-assassinations The Far-Right Is Doxxing Judges and Calling For Their Assassinations Peaceful activists have been camping out near homes of Supreme Court justices in protest over Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, the far-right is calling for assassinations of Democrat-appointed judges. quote:The posts, which appear on a far-right Telegram channel, feature the names and addresses of federal court judges (among other public figures perceived as enemies to the far-right) alongside a bio and a slick red graphic with a Kalashnikov rifle.
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https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw So who does the thread support to primary this ghoul in ‘24. I think a Draft Fetterman movement might work.
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selec posted:https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw in retrospect I'm impressed he made it through the protests of 2020 without saying anything worse than 'cops should be trying to maim protesters, not kill them' ah, to be inside that head, where it is 1982 forever.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:in retrospect I'm impressed he made it through the protests of 2020 without saying anything worse than 'cops should be trying to maim protesters, not kill them' In retrospect Biden winning over Trump set back a number of movements and emboldened liberal ideology, allowing the further march to fascism.
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selec posted:https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw It’s amazing how much of a failure he’s been. I mean, anyone who could look at things objectively basically saw all this coming, but it’s still amazing.
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Nucleic Acids posted:It’s amazing how much of a failure he’s been. I mean, anyone who could look at things objectively basically saw all this coming, but it’s still amazing. I had low expectations to begin with and he’s somehow not even reached those
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selec posted:https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw poo poo, I have COVID right now and it loving bites. It would have been neat if there were funding for more boosters and new vaccines targeting variants that actually still exist.
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Nucleic Acids posted:It’s amazing how much of a failure he’s been. I mean, anyone who could look at things objectively basically saw all this coming, but it’s still amazing. The accelerationism was coming from inside the party! It’s just…my god, we are on rails for a huge loving blow up of some kind. Baby formula shortages, inflation, financial markets going nuts, kicking off wildfire season, demented attacks on any kind of gender or sexual minority, roe v Wade repeal, we have all the makings of a long hot summer rolling right into elections.
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Congratulations, you all voted - and votescolded - for this.
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selec posted:https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw The fact that so many cities severely increased their police budgets the past two years makes this bonkers.
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Nucleic Acids posted:It’s amazing how much of a failure he’s been. I mean, anyone who could look at things objectively basically saw all this coming, but it’s still amazing. The worst thing about being a leftist is knowing exactly what's going to happen, warning everyone, and having it all fall on deaf loving ears. Imagine being in the middle of a fascist coup and thinking "we should help staff and militarize the Trump aligned fascists who can legally kill and carry out political violence as a force of habit"
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cat botherer posted:I don't understand how anyone can defend Biden at this point. Pretty amazing to simultaneously encourage defunding a pandemic that is still killing and maiming enormous numbers of Americans, especially poor and minorities, while advocating to increase funding to police forces who oppress and kill those same minorities. People online or people in reality? Because the people in reality who aren't plugged into all this poo poo think that there is a massive crime wave going on because that's all that they ever hear.
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selec posted:https://twitter.com/mgwin46/status/1525095641705336832?s=21&t=jbwKnwomYuRZqyhBsIwjqw Didn’t California already get called out for shuffling huge amounts of their Covid funds to cops? Was that just not enough and we gotta increase the pipeline?
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Lib and let die posted:Congratulations, you all voted - and votescolded - for this. Of the available choices... I think the real message should be "deal with the fact that this is the best your culture can do''
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CuddleCryptid posted:People online or people in reality? Because the people in reality who aren't plugged into all this poo poo think that there is a massive crime wave going on because that's all that they ever hear. That’s just an argument toward the media being complicit in the Dems rightward sprint, which is another thing leftists have been sounding the alarm on for years. We knew MSNBC took marching orders from the DNC back in 2016.
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Bel Shazar posted:Of the available choices... Not my culture. I'm a fuckin wop my dude. I'd rather be called that than an American.
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Lib and let die posted:Congratulations, you all voted - and votescolded - for this. Considering the alternative, I'm still happy with the results, such as they are.
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RBA Starblade posted:Considering the alternative, I'm still happy with the results, such as they are. Yeah. Donald Trump could literally be President right now. People pretend things can't be worse, despite the fact that we have been very aggressively reminded by Justice Alito that they very much can. I mean I think the thing that makes a squish like Biden or other Democratic leaders a lot easier to take is accepting that not all political messaging is aimed at you. They are trying to mitigate a potentially historic election loss, and crime is of national concern. It's craven political messaging, and you all act like it's a serious policy pronouncement. Mellow Seas fucked around with this message at 17:36 on May 13, 2022 |
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:in retrospect I'm impressed he made it through the protests of 2020 without saying anything worse than 'cops should be trying to maim protesters, not kill them' i mean even that is giving him too much credit. he said "shoot them in the leg," you know, where your femoral artery is.
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RBA Starblade posted:I'm still happy with the results Say you aren't a starving Afghan child without saying you aren't a starving Afghan child. FLIPADELPHIA fucked around with this message at 17:39 on May 13, 2022 |
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RBA Starblade posted:Considering the alternative, I'm still happy with the results, such as they are. The results are Trump with slightly more decorum, as many of the same policies are being kept or expanded upon. The problem with this country is the populace being offered a choice between a poo poo sandwich and a poo poo sandwich with sprinkles and choosing the latter instead of flipping the table and demanding to know why they're being fed turds.
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Mellow Seas posted:Yeah. Donald Trump could literally be President right now. People pretend things can't be worse, despite the fact that we have been very aggressively reminded by Justice Alito that they very much can. I don't know there's something almost worse to the "you had your shot and royally hosed up... now it's our turn again." That sort of raw understanding that "your side isn't doing anything better" really entrenches apathy and enables the enemy to gain a stronger foothold than if they just would have one a second term.
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Mellow Seas posted:Yeah. Donald Trump could literally be President right now. People pretend things can't be worse, despite the fact that we have been very aggressively reminded by Justice Alito that they very much can. Ukraine would be in a very bad state if Trump had won in 2020
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Mellow Seas posted:Yeah. Donald Trump could literally be President right now. People pretend things can't be worse, despite the fact that we have been very aggressively reminded by Justice Alito that they very much can. Now do this for "defund the police"
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CuddleCryptid posted:People online or people in reality? Because the people in reality who aren't plugged into all this poo poo think that there is a massive crime wave going on because that's all that they ever hear. And certainly the most effective way to counter that disinfo is by giving cops more money to "fight crime."
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They're taught from day one that a poo poo sandwich is the only way to go. They're also told every other options are broken glass and acid sandwiches.
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BonoMan posted:I don't know there's something almost worse to the "you had your shot and royally hosed up... now it's our turn again." That sort of raw understanding that "your side isn't doing anything better" really entrenches apathy and enables the enemy to gain a stronger foothold than if they just would have one a second term. It's this. The Presidency swings back and forth between the parties in a fairly predictable cycle. To have our turn wasted on someone like Biden is infuriating. Biden's actions in Afghanistan (specifically the sanctions) will kill more people than the entire occupation / war did. "But Trump would have done worse" is a bullshit claim that's purely a distraction from the fact that Biden is killing thousands of people in Afghanistan right now.
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