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Madurai posted:There's also the matter of the battering ram they're taking against Roe v. Wade in the USSC today. There's a lot of live coverage I can't bring myself to watch. Even though there's the whole "they've wanted to do this ever since it became legal precedent" thing at work, they *really* want to do it now so they can galvanize their base heading into the midterms. "Look what we accomplished even as the minority party!" 
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bird food bathtub posted:Oh I've got this one pegged already. Once the cultural feeling on the right is that babies aren't being murdered anymore it will be race- and class-coded worries about *those* people, you know the ones, welfare moms just cranking out the babies and taking *your* hard earned tax dollars. We need to do something about *those* people having too many babies. They're not good for the future of the nation, you see. Plus it's really better for them, they just don't understand it. *They* aren't smart and compassionate like *us*. It'll be the homeless. After they've all been "corralled," they'll go after the poor and we'll see formal debtor's prisons come back.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:
I see it being sold another way. That the poor are "failing at America," the "land of opportunity." Buzzwords that Boomers eat right up because the last time they were even remotely true was when they were coming up in the world. The homeless will be the "trial program." There's a reason most choose to stay *out* of shelters, but people (liberal and conservative) who don't care enough to learn why that is just assume they'd be better off "somewhere safe," you know, away from them and their compromised property values. And hey, if we can give them "jobs," in the loosest measure of the term, all the better, right?!?! Expect to have it sold as "bringing back American manufacturing" by people who will say that having a pool of
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ded posted:A 15 year old cannot fully process actions to consequences. As horrible as the crime is putting him to trial as an adult is wrong. I hate even saying that. I'm willing to wait to hear all of the details as they come out, but I don't think there's such a thing as a "babe in the woods" anymore with regards to school shootings. He was a child until he started shooting. I'm all for keeping him in protective custody (not Juvie) until he turns 18, during which time he should *clearly* get counseling and help, but I can't give the kid a pass in this case. And I believe the father should catch charges for being recklessly negligent in keeping tabs on his firearm, as well as be open to whatever charges are applicable for said weapon being used in a MASCAL event. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Dec 2, 2021 |
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Tune in if you want to see Mutti saying goodbye. She's sitting there with a look I've come to know well from 67+ year old women. "I'm old and I'm COLD." I'm also very glad that they disabled comments and live chat as even though I don't speak German, some things unfortunately don't need translation. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Dec 2, 2021 |
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pantslesswithwolves posted:This is all so goddamn embarrassing. How are they so bad at this? There's a reason the new DNC logo is just a D with a circle around it. It represents their entire party ideology now - "do just enough to stick around and get by," just like a "D" grade.
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The problem with US politics is that the Republicans are willing to do anything to win, up to and including supporting a failed coup attempt now (or denying it was anything more than some "very patriotic people who just wanted to be heard"), whereas the Democratic leadership has decided that their only winning strategy is waiting for populist waves to carry them to occasional majorities. ...which they promptly squander, in the past due to "bipartisanship" and now because of active dysfunction, infighting, and overtly blatant sabotage. Nothing will ever get done in this country if we have to wait 12-16 loving years for every major sociopolitical shift. I used to envy the Parliamentary system because at least with Prime Ministers there's someone who has to ~go away~ when government ceases working, but now even THAT'S hosed.
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CainFortea posted:Okay, your two examples, how did they get out of power? Well, in Mussolini's case he hung out at a gas station, just straight chillin'.
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Zamujasa posted:...maybe it'll give the US time to somehow unfuck itself... The moment the average American citizen feels what it's like to be truly hungry for the first time in their lives is the day we cast all pretense aside of still being a democratic nation, and that moment is coming sooner than we all expect or want it (really looking forward to making friends in line for the grocery store at 3am to have a chance of getting enough food to last the week), and there isn't a goddamned thing either political party can do to stop it. But one of them will be perfectly willing to "make the hard choices" and make the rest of the world suffer in exchange for keeping a privileged populace cowed with some semblance of creature comforts in exchange for their political enshrinement.
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Defenestrategy posted:Well now senate dems have a call to action about abortion and the opportunity to show the incredulous what they're willing to attempt to get abortion codified. I doubt yelling "Give us money and vote us into power 2022" is going to prove anything to them and I personally wouldn't be surprised if even a weird D super majority comes about that you wouldn't have random centrist d's navel gazing about decorum and states rights. And the Republicans will be able to pander to their base about accomplishing something they've been working towards for ~50 years while being the "minority party" if/when Roe dies, followed by 20+ individual "victories" in red state after red state. And what's worse, Trump will actually be able to validly claim HE made it happen.
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No, the current split in the Senate is 48D/50R/2O. Manchin and Sinema belong to the Opportunists, a new political party that will be with us in perpetuity until everything burns. It won't be them forever, but rest assured people will follow their example.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Florida Special Forkses. Florida Auxillary Guard "Send in the [REDACTED]s."
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facialimpediment posted:Moon's Instead of an Obelisk it'll be a cube with the following words written on it: Y'ALL CRAZY. DON'T EVER LEAVE YOUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM. FONDLY, THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE. P.S. YOU'RE SERIOUSLY STILL USING FOSSIL FUELS? LOL. WE PUT FOOLPROOF DIRECTIONS FOR COLD FUSION ON PLUTO, IF YOU CAN GET TO THEM.
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Here is a web version of BRD for anyone interested in trying the USA side. But it can be downloaded all over the place for both sides. "Draw" my rear end:  (SS-18 Mod 3s are just straight up cheating)
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ethan-crumbley-oxford-school-shooting-b1971470.html Okay, at this point I'm pretty convinced these shitbag parents bought their kid a gun in the hopes he'd kill himself and stop being their problem.
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Last I checked a legal AR autosear goes for something like 25k at least. Lightning Links are also fragile as gently caress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ADo_pOKUBY
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I hear it's a really good idea to announce you're effectively going on a hunger strike *before* you start serving your term.  To say nothing of the fact that the internet exists in prison and it's never a good idea to draw undue and unnecessary attention to yourself.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Screaming about castle doctrine as I slam a mag into my ar-15. NOT TODAY, AEOLUS! 
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maffew buildings posted:The only use humans would have for aliens is as an area denial weapon because wherever we are we will loving destroy as fast as possible I think you meant it the other way around. We're the "black goo" that destroys worlds. The ultimate biological weapon.
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Department of Peacetime Expenditures. DoPEs for short.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:I’m pretty sure this is a plot point in Damnation Alley. That is such a good bad movie.
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A Bad Poster posted:Tron Legacy I liked this movie when I first saw it, but it hasn't aged well because the Gary Stu protagonist is just so loving unlikable. "Waaah, I lost my daddy but I've never wanted for anything in my life hey look at my Ducati, hipster storage container pad (years before it was hip, beeteedubz), free real estate, and how I don't do time for base jumping off a building, running from cops, and hacking a company I don't run. Oh yeah, I also dropped out of my free ride at MIT because I'm edgy like that. I also have zero game with women even though I look like I was grown in a vat of pulped-down Men's Health magazines." Really *pretty* movie, though. I would've liked to have seen more of Michael Sheen's character. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Counterpoint: Olivia Wilde is super hot in that movie. 
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maffew buildings posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/kamalaharris/status/1471155606069334018?s=21 Hey, we can put those 500,000 EV chargers next to the 500,000 carbon capture plants needed to make even the slightest dent in global carbon emissions. 
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Loucks posted:You can get a Chevy bolt for only $35k. Pocket change! As a bonus I understand they also catch on fire and kill you for that full Tesla experience. They could build $15k electric cars with 75-100mi ranges for commuting but unfortunately, like decent health insurance, in the US electric cars are still seen as a "luxury item." If you can't restructure your entire life around it... it's not for you.  There should be an entire cottage industry around electrifying old and current IC cars, but like everything, we can't have that either because of corporate gatekeeping.
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The idea that $25-35k for a "(comfortable) new car" is just something we should all just learn to live with is horseshit and just plays more into that culture of have/have nots. People don't *need* 8-13" LCD touchscreens. No one *needs* SiriusXMTM connectivity. No one needs custom-molded dashboards with bespoke infotainment center cutouts. Bring back the DIN form factor. Sell a base-as-gently caress car with just the things required by law. People can (and will) add what they want in the way of creature comforts. New cars cost more because the car manufacturers put an extra $1000 in plastic in them and charge the end user $10-15k for it.
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Crab Dad posted:Giving people what they need sounds like socialism comrade. That's just the thing, though. It's not. The more customizable a car is in the US, the more people will customize it. Look at what people have done with first-gen Priuses. The manufacturers just want to *force* you to pay for and use their inferior bullshit they bought from the lowest bidder. The  ing about a lack of microchips for cars by car makers is more about customers finding out how much they're getting screwed because of all the superfluous tech being shoehorned into new cars.
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Wasabi the J posted:The perfect car is a walkable / bike-able city but good luck convincing anyone you shouldn't need a car and yet our society is forcing people that way because we love the property values in our food deserts. It's four miles round trip to my nearest grocery store. ~9.5 to the one I *prefer* going to. not caring here posted:Dead set. Yeah, that's my point. People's phones are perfectly capable of taking over infotainment duties on basic cars. That being said, all cars in the US need to have *some* kind of built-in screen for a federally-mandated backup camera.
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Hekk posted:They kind of make sense for places where cell coverage is spotty as gently caress. There are some that will let you load specific off road trails and things onto them too if you want to go gently caress around in the wilderness or something. There is a way to download and pre-load offline maps in Google Maps for eventualities like this.
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Thwomp posted:Yeah but even I, pretty advanced technology user, feels like that option is buried and clunky as hell. It's also kind of limited in scope, too.
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2022 and 2024 are going to be a loving bloodbath. Millions of Democratic voters are just going to stay the gently caress home.
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Defenestrategy posted:I mean really dude could have stopped that quote at "Biden administration is unwilling to use literally any political capital to help" Maybe the bullies will like us now!
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Acebuckeye13 posted:anyway it would be nice if people in this thread stopped shouting "the democrats are worthless and doomed in 2024" in response to singular tweets that don't even have an article attached because it's really obnoxious and happening like five times a week Yeah, except when the Democrats try to explain this as being the case, everyone's going to tune out and go all .Then, when it counts, someone's going to distill it all down to "Biden did nothing to help the kids in cages" and that's the only thing people will remember.
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Crab Dad posted:Sedans are stupid and shouldn’t exist. Station wagons simply make more sense. My Legacy was like $7-9000 cheaper than an equivalent Outback for ~85% of the functionality.  That being said, an RS6 Avant is definitely a dream car of mine. The ultimate pre-built sleeper. Godholio posted:It's good news whether it's because Omicron evolved to be less deadly (not uncommon in viruses, and "smart" on its part) or the vaccines, or a combination. My is coming from the fact that we're giving Delta and Omicron so many hosts to co-mingle in simultaneously and birth a loving monster variant.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:I'm probably going to end up with an Outback eventually, not because I want one (though they are good cars, I certainly wouldn't complain), but because everyone in my line of work eventually gets a Subaru. They may as well hand out brochures at employee orientation. The thing I dislike the most about my Subaru is the goddamned CVT. Between ~25-30mph I can get this annoying "rubber banding" effect. It's easy enough to mitigate by letting off or pushing down on the throttle, but it always happens when I least want it to, like when crawling along at 25-30mph on an interstate slowdown. If only the Audi Allroad didn't MSRP for like $67k... 
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Wasabi the J posted:Unplug the battery for a half hour then do a service drive; this feels like it resolves 99% weirdness in my wife's Impreza. I'm also coming up on 60k miles and I'm thinking of replacing (but not flushing, which can sometimes do more harm than good) the CVT fluid ahead of schedule.
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I did a little looking into Omicron this morning and found a few things. It would not shock me in the slightest if Omicron was downplayed just to get people traveling and shopping before the end of Q4 and once that's no longer required the narrative is going to shift to "whoopsie!" while they count their profits.  Nystral posted:My friend! My first car was a 1991 Volvo 740. I hated how it drove in the snow (and Volvo guys are always quick to tell me what I was doing wrong as a brand new driver ), but I loved how it held a line on the highway. The engine bay was enormous - always wondered just how large of a powerplant you could get under that hood if you wanted to get really stupid.
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I really wish they'd stop calling Omicron "milder." It's spurring a lot of exceptionally stupid decisions by people, and even in my rather "blue" area I'm hearing/seeing way too many people taking the "just gotta live with it" and "GOTTA LIVE MY LIFE." "Oh, the Mojave Rattlesnake that I've been daring to bite me has been replaced by a Copperhead! That's an acceptable level of risk to me!"
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:What are the odds of dems courting a retiring republican to snag a vote? You can lead an elephant to water but you can't make them jeopardize their board seats.
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RFC2324 posted:Just give the whole league a 3 day break to get the shot. You mean a three-day Bacchanalian in Vegas? With no masks because they're athletes and they're immortal? BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Dec 22, 2021 |
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