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I have a math degree and still can't do basic addition

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The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right (ctc.westpoint.edu)

The U.S. government has taken notice of far-right extremists’ renewed interest in targeting critical infrastructure, releasing numerous bulletins and warnings to educate the public and communicate transparently about the nature of the threat. According to CNN reporting, in late April 2023, a Department of Homeland Security...

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Ding ding ding. It's incredibly rare for authoritarian governments to disarm the far right. The police have shown time and time again they will not protect you, and that's if they're not actively joining in

We protect us

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake' (apnews.com)

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people....

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The answer to the ruthless indiscriminate killing of civilians is not more ruthless indiscriminate killing of civilians

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Stares at most PDX games having increasing player counts

How much of this is the lack of people wanting to play strategy games vs the lack of good strategy games

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They're solid generic blockbuster action-ish movies. They're not amazing, but they're fun enough that I think they're worth a watch if you can't decide what to watch one night.

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And the scary thing is, a significant portion of the country will actively cheer him on for it. The dude could go into a full on fugue state, take a shit on the stage and start jacking off, and the MAGA dipshits would still be talking about how that's somehow 4d chess

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I know it's kinda cheating to bring them up in this context, but the Swiss manage to run trains to very small towns just fine

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In a pretty short span of time no less.

I've definitely had 16 drinks in a day before, just spread out over, yknow, most that day.

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I'm relatively certain that JFK did similar during one of his earlier elections, but that's going off memory of something I read a while ago.

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Especially when you have constant pressure to be that way from everyone around you. Truth be told, I've always just felt bad for the kid. Sure we're to the point where you've gotta expect him to at least start thinking for himself, but that type of deprogramming takes a long ass time.

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That smile ad is still one the weirdest campaign ads I've ever seen

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I think they were meaning they're fine with felons voting, which I can't disagree with.

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I think that's just mead

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I think there's a chance that if he's able to stay energetic enough throughout it, it may stave off the "yeah trump tried a coup but have you considered biden old?" crowd. This election is very likely to come down to some tight numbers in a handful to states, things like that may very well matter.

It could just as easily absolutely backfire if he has a fuckup though, so it's risky as hell.

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You're not going to find many people here that disagree with that. We're just well aware that as awful as Biden is regarding it, there's a 0% chance Trump isn't miles worse. Anyone who doesn't want to accept that is delusional.

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Not sure where I implied that at all. I simply said expecting Trump to be any better on the issue is moronic.

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I never said you said that, and I really don't think I implied it. I said anyone who doesn't realize the reality of the situation is a moron. I'm not sure why you're so insistent to interpret that as "you specifically think this and are stupid"

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I was providing the primary reason a lot of us are holding our noses and voting for Biden anyway. Not everything is a personal attack against you.

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The answer is by simply not giving a fuck (or actively hoping to) if you inflict unnecessary suffering on the poor animal.

She's very clearly an outright psychopath, so I'm guessing it was on purpose.

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Funding a genocide is bad, actually.

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Shame it wasn't sooner

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112 Russian assets we need to purge this November

House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (www.nytimes.com)

The House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats....

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They are separate bills. You'd know that if you bothered to read the first sentence of the second paragraph that OP copy/pasted. You didn't even have to click on the article.

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I generally prefer people don't spread misinformstion through laziness, yes.

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It can be either. Things like thar absolutely are warning signs of depression, and ignoring that is dangerous. Doesn't mean everyone (or even the majority) of those that do have depression, but that doesn't change that it is a warning sign.

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Can we fucking not

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It was costly, but the relative cost to Iran to launch the attack was far larger.

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Key word relative. The US did the vast majority of the heavy lifting. $1B is 0.0625% of the US military budget. $100M is 0.4% of Iran's, nearly an order of magnitude more costly relatively, more than one if it's on the high side.

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We've started going full death camp yet people still don't believe that there's a genocide. There are no words to describe just how truly disgusting that is.

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Y'all can afford smoothie king? Last time I was there I think my smoothie cost something like $9, and that was pre-covid.

Trump juror quits over fear of being outed after Fox News host says she should scare Trump (www.salon.com)

Those calls came after numerous media outlets reported potentially identifying biographical information about the woman, including her job and the neighborhood she called home. Fox News Jesse Watters highlighted the juror’s details while reading through public pool notes about the selected members. “This nurse scares me if...

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At least the mob generally has something that halfway kind of sort of a little bit resembles lines they won't cross.

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Such is the curse that was brought upon us with the birth of 24/7 news.

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Are you implying that the Russians have been in defensive wars since 45?

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New?

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Surprised no one has said it, but Minecraft. I love it as much now as I did when I was 12. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it, especially if you start playing with mods. Then there's servers such as Hypixel which for all intents and purposes are an entirely separate game in and of themselves.

I'm sure part of it is nostalgia, some of my fondest gaming memories were playing Minecraft with friends, but I still find it to be an excellent way to relax.

(Tangentially related, anyone else remember when waiting 3 months for 1.2.5 > 1.3 was an absurdly long update time for the game? Different times.)

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Portal and Portal 2 are my go to tests for if a machine qualifies as "an computer". Basically, if it can run those, it's probably good enough to be grandmas facebook machine. Might have to toss an ssd into it (exactly what I did with an old core2duo hp pavilion), but generally I find it to be a good rule of thumb.

Plus it gives me an excuse to play Portal when I test a machine :P

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Ah yes, the famously anti-escalation Obama.

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If you think that's even remotely comparable to a state actor directly and purposefully targeting an embassy, I've got a bridge to sell ya

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In terms of escalation? Obama absolutely was not better.

Obviously in the vast majority of other ways he was, but let's not pretend that Obama didn't have the option of ending the forever war instead of quadrupling down with the surge

Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)

Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....

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Yup. I've seen a disturbing amount of people pretending Iran are the good guys just because Israel are also the bad guys, as if it's impossible for multiple sides in a conflict to be awful

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Homie go check my history, you'll see I am far from a fan of Israel and the IDF

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Yeah, I have a flaming hatred for those that cheer on fascism. You probably should too.

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The issue is ensuring its clearly not coerced, which is effectively impossible in practice. Unfortunately it's one of those things where once you allow people to be paid for it, it's gets really, really dark, really, really quickly.

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Cmon man at least make sure it's the right case if you're not going to read the article

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Clarification. Half the electorate doesn't see genocide happening because they don't see Palestinians as humans

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To eventually be replaced with just outright pissing on his grave

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The thumbnail kbin decided to pull for this is funny. "A message to space", what's the message? A giant S.O.S.? Feels like it should be.

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Of course he did. He's a good little fascist lapdog

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"Yeah Trump is openly talking about being a dictator, but at least he not Biden"

What a fucking dipshit.

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