kescusay

kescusay, 2 days ago

Of course they did. Scam money for a scam presidential candidate.

kescusay, 8 days ago

Anyone who understands how LLM-based “AI” works is laughing at this. If you think polls are bad now, wait until ChatGPT hallucinations are part of the polling data set!

kescusay, 8 days ago

Maybe so, but at least you guys aren’t Russia or Cuba.

kescusay, 9 days ago

I knew it was a Republican before even opening the article.

kescusay, 10 days ago

Uh, there are several recent polls that have Biden ahead, while Democrats have been over-performing polls by about 9 points in recent elections.

It’s become so noticable that US News did an article about it.

kescusay, 11 days ago

Yep. I like to use foods as a metaphor. You see, I hate olives. But I’m physically capable of making the choice to eat them by the handful, with a big grin, and proclaim my love for them to the world.

I can do that… But it wouldn’t change the fact that I hate olives.

kescusay, 12 days ago

Sharing this here because the difference in responses to this guilty verdict couldn’t be more stark. During his time in office, Trump pardoned close associates of various crimes. Out of a sense of integrity, Biden has said he won’t pardon his son.

The charges are absurd, but he was found guilty by a jury of his peers, and Biden won’t put his thumb on the scales.

kescusay, 13 days ago

And Hillary Clinton didn’t push Trump. Prior to Russia making him much more likely to win via a concerted and effective propaganda effort, she was probably happy to be facing him, but that was long over by the time he became the nominee.

kescusay, 13 days ago

Bold move, citing an article that relies solely on a WikiLeaks email. One dating to April 23rd, 2015, long before it was clear that Trump would be the nominee. Or that he would be assisted by Russia. As I said. In my previous comment. Which you’re responding to.

But y’know, it lets you keep hating Clinton. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: Oh, and I just spotted that it’s by Ben Norton, Russia’s favorite supposedly-left-wing-but-weirdly-pro-Trump-and-pro-Putin “journalist!” You know, the guy who was with this garbage hole until 2022!

kescusay, 13 days ago

How are either of those things relevant to the fact that Clinton elevated Trump?

Because she didn’t. The “pied piper” strategy is to smear your opposition as being in line with the weirdest fringe of their party. That also included Ted Cruz, by the way. That’s not elevating anyone, it’s saying, “Trump is a mainstream Republican, they have to own him.”

kescusay, 14 days ago

The thing we as a planet need to recognize is that Russia is waging a propaganda war against everyone, and it’s currently winning.

kescusay, 14 days ago

…with voters endorsing a plan to break up the country in just a few years…

What the actual fuck! These extremists just… don’t want to be a country anymore? Putin must fucking love them.

kescusay, 14 days ago

Hey, uhh, Europe? Can we talk?

Look, I know the way the left has been handling immigration has you upset, but could you please take a closer look at the absolute freaks you’re electing today?

I mean, just take a good look at the United States, circa 2017 through 2020. Did we look like electing an absolute freak worked out for us? Did it fix our own immigration problems? Did it make electing your own Donald Trumps look like a good idea?

kescusay, 14 days ago

It’s truly bizarre. Every couple of decades or so, either the United States or significant chunks of Europe decide, “What the hell, let’s give the right-wingers another chance, they say they’ll fix immigration,” and then we end up cutting funding for services and giving tax cuts to the rich. They pull this shit every goddamn time, and we keep falling for the bait-and-switch.

kescusay, 14 days ago

Exactly. And they won’t fix immigration, they’ll just enrich themselves as much as they possibly can.

kescusay, 14 days ago

But the freakiness is still 100% present in their platforms and ideologies. They’re just dressing nicer now.

kescusay, 15 days ago

Wonder when the Texas government will start suggesting people migrate north for the summer because Texas is uninhabitable for humans.

But don’t worry, folks, climate change isn’t real.

kescusay, 16 days ago

So that means he’s going to recuse himself from any cases that would affect his billionaire “friend?” No? Then get fucked, Clarence, you’re still a bribe-accepting douche.

kescusay, 17 days ago

Can you imagine the shit-storm that would have hit if he’d promised to pardon his son?

Meanwhile, just a few years ago…

Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani

kescusay, 18 days ago

Not that I could tell. What happens is while he’s loudly yelling, some spittle actually flies from his mouth.

kescusay, 22 days ago

To be fair, his past and present also include a variety of bars.

kescusay, 24 days ago

I’ve got popcorn and booze at the ready.

kescusay, 24 days ago

So… Anyone else “working” right now?

kescusay, 24 days ago

Damn, I don’t think I felt like this since election night, 2020.

kescusay, 24 days ago

I’m a west-coaster. But I have completely stopped working.

kescusay, 24 days ago

Jesus, the anticipation is fucking brutal…

kescusay, 24 days ago

Jurors are in the room. AaaAAAAAaaaaAAAAaaagh!

kescusay, 24 days ago

COUNT #1: GUILTY!
COUNT #2: GUILTY!
COUNT #3: GUILTY!
COUNT #4: GUILTY!
COUNT #5: GUILTY!
COUNT #6: GUILTY!
COUNT #7: GUILTY!
COUNT #8: GUILTY!
COUNT #9: GUILTY!
COUNT #10: GUILTY!
COUNT #11: GUILTY!
COUNT #12: GUILTY!
… COUNT #34: GUILTY!

GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS

kescusay, 24 days ago

Yep. But eh, he’s not a flight risk, and he’s not accused of a violent crime.

…That said, he could be remanded to jail instantly if anything changes.

kescusay, 24 days ago

Man… As the verdicts rolled in, I could genuinely feel my stress fading. This fucker has finally, finally been forced to experience a negative repercussion for his actions, and I can’t wait to see him experience more.

kescusay, 24 days ago

The Republicans lining up to cry false tears and lick convicted felon Trump’s felonious taint are even more disgusting than usual.

kescusay, 24 days ago

I’m almost tempted to go back to Reddit to check.

-EDIT-
This is the current top thread there.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/103d030b-208a-4f5b-9230-84974bcb946e.png

kescusay, 24 days ago

Well hopefully, they’re celebrating having been wrong.

kescusay, 24 days ago

Here’s something to think about… The Secret Service has stated that for now, their protective mission is unchanged. They are “authorized” to protect former presidents unless they decline that protection.

But can that authorization ultimately be revoked? Or can they perhaps petition President Biden to cease protective operations if Trump ends up sentenced to some kind of custody which would result in rendering that protection impractical?

kescusay, 25 days ago

Of course he won’t. Anyone who expects him to have a shred of decency or ethics at this point is hopelessly naive.

kescusay, 25 days ago

It’s always the people you most suspect.

kescusay, 26 days ago

For the last century, it’s been commonplace for officials in both parties to make scheduling exceptions. This is quite literally unprecedented.

Of course, everything about the modern Republican party is unprecedented now.

kescusay, 1 month ago

Perhaps it would make more sense to describe it as an intentionally mistaken understanding.

We’ve been a fragile, fractured country since that day. Al Qaida - and Saudi Arabia - did us lasting, potentially terminal, damage.

In 2001 before 9/11, George W. Bush was clearly going to be a one-term failure of a president, a mistake of the electoral college brought about by complacency, never to be repeated. He would get the boot, be replaced by a better and more competent president in 2005, and that would be that. No Patriot Act. No Department of Homeland Security. No TSA security theater. No war against Iraq, no formation of ISIS, and likely no Tea Party, let alone the travesty that was four years of Donald Trump.

Saudi Arabia may have actually dealt the killing blow to this country, causing the ongoing, slow-motion disaster in politics we see today.

kescusay, 30 days ago

That’s where my optimism lies, too. The kids, by and large, are all right, and it’s high time we let them have their turn running things.

I just hope that we have democracy at all after November.

kescusay, 1 month ago

The party of personal freedom, everyone!

kescusay, 1 month ago

Holy shit, guy with a stutter and a long and storied history of misstatements and malapropisms says something incorrect. News at 11:00, folks!

kescusay, 1 month ago

He was Vice President for eight years. He’s been President for less than four. Sometimes, I accidentally refer to myself as a support engineer, even though I haven’t been one for years, because I was one for a long time. Misstatements happen - especially when you’re talking about a guy with a stutter and a history of talking before his brain has caught up.

Let it go, guys. The “he’s got dementia” shit didn’t land in 2020, and it’s not gonna land now.

kescusay, 1 month ago

I’m not. He has a clean bill of health from his medical team, and of the two serious candidates running, he’s not the one whose doctors had him take a cognitive assessment.

Again, let it go. Biden doesn’t have a family history of dementia, and it’s unlikely he’s going to develop it before he dies. Stop trying to turn misstatements into a diagnosis, Dr. Lemmy.

kescusay, 1 month ago

Yeah, but, y’see, actual Idaho kinda sucks. They want the benefits of being in a blue state while complaining about it.

kescusay, 1 month ago

The prosecutors should immediately contact the DOJ and see if a federal case makes sense. Governor Murder-Pardoner can’t pardon a federal conviction.

kescusay, 1 month ago

If you happen to be listening to MSNBC’s round-table discussion at the moment, the guy who is basically claiming Cohen has destroyed the case against Trump is one of Trump’s impeachment lawyers.

Edit: And he is an absolute hack.