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Army 12B in a past life. Saluki. Unrepentantly bad tennis player. Likes/Rt's might mean something; idk. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯My employer already knows that I'm an asshole but might like to commiserate.
While I hope that that's true. It's probably not more complicated than just him doing the things that he's seen other dictators do.
December 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While I hope that that's true. It's probably not more complicated than just him doing the things that he's seen other dictators do.
The answer isn’t to bring more decent people back. It’s to make it an unacceptable place for decent people to spend time.
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The answer isn’t to bring more decent people back. It’s to make it an unacceptable place for decent people to spend time.
The eternal question, welcome them back into the fold or..
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The eternal question, welcome them back into the fold or..
It's also possible the the Secret Service is restricting press access to avoid the circulation of images of him looking conspicuously unhealthy/ unsteady on the golf course.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It's also possible the the Secret Service is restricting press access to avoid the circulation of images of him looking conspicuously unhealthy/ unsteady on the golf course.
From my understanding, it's basically The Istanbul Communique
rehashed.
rehashed.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From my understanding, it's basically The Istanbul Communique
rehashed.
rehashed.
The two visions aren’t as unaligned as we might like to believe.
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The two visions aren’t as unaligned as we might like to believe.
If the world returns to some semblance of sanity, will violating someone's civil rights while in violation of a court order have any impact on the offenders ability to get qualified immunity?
Does the court order affect the math on whether it's considered to be clearly established law?
Does the court order affect the math on whether it's considered to be clearly established law?
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If the world returns to some semblance of sanity, will violating someone's civil rights while in violation of a court order have any impact on the offenders ability to get qualified immunity?
Does the court order affect the math on whether it's considered to be clearly established law?
Does the court order affect the math on whether it's considered to be clearly established law?
Because the people responsible for charging them are the same people instructing them to break the law.
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Because the people responsible for charging them are the same people instructing them to break the law.
Given the state of national jurisprudence, are there areas where one should be over-confident?
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Given the state of national jurisprudence, are there areas where one should be over-confident?
People around the world grossly underestimate how many "American Institutions" are controlled by billionaires who are ideologically aligned with the regime.
September 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People around the world grossly underestimate how many "American Institutions" are controlled by billionaires who are ideologically aligned with the regime.
How did we go from money to house?
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
How did we go from money to house?
A valid concern but the last year has made me too pessimistic to believe that we aren't too far down this path to avoid it. We're on the doorstep of literal fascism. Sometimes fascism succeeds, sometimes it fails. In either case, the resolution is almost always accompanied by blood.
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A valid concern but the last year has made me too pessimistic to believe that we aren't too far down this path to avoid it. We're on the doorstep of literal fascism. Sometimes fascism succeeds, sometimes it fails. In either case, the resolution is almost always accompanied by blood.
I don't disagree but I struggle to believe that the type people that will use this for permission wouldn't find permission somewhere else. People who seek violence are amazingly good at finding justifications.
September 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I don't disagree but I struggle to believe that the type people that will use this for permission wouldn't find permission somewhere else. People who seek violence are amazingly good at finding justifications.
I think that there is a natural rock bias amongst all groups because your hand begins the game in the rock position. Do nothing at all and you have selected rock. Either of the other two positions require some degree of dexterity and decision making.
August 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think that there is a natural rock bias amongst all groups because your hand begins the game in the rock position. Do nothing at all and you have selected rock. Either of the other two positions require some degree of dexterity and decision making.
Compared to the current version that wants everyone who isn’t MAGA to be left to die? Yes, significantly less batshit.
August 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Compared to the current version that wants everyone who isn’t MAGA to be left to die? Yes, significantly less batshit.
They weren't great but the pre-Tea Party GOP was also significantly less batshit than the current iteration.
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
They weren't great but the pre-Tea Party GOP was also significantly less batshit than the current iteration.
TBH, I'm surprised that they haven't found a way around using actual doctors.
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
TBH, I'm surprised that they haven't found a way around using actual doctors.
I've been trying to get my daughter to scuba dive for a couple of years now with little success. She now has decided that she wants to be a marine biologist and is ready to try diving because she thinks she has to. I intend to memory hole this post.
July 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've been trying to get my daughter to scuba dive for a couple of years now with little success. She now has decided that she wants to be a marine biologist and is ready to try diving because she thinks she has to. I intend to memory hole this post.
That's not "a form of ethnic cleansing". That's the prototypical form of ethnic cleansing.
July 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
That's not "a form of ethnic cleansing". That's the prototypical form of ethnic cleansing.