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Beenpaperplastic 15 points ago +15 / -0

The left always eats its own. Her mistake was not understanding that LGBTQXYZ are the victims de jure in the victim Olympics right now.

I'm almost tempted to feel sorry for her if she wasn't such a loudmouthed bore about "women's rights".

That Danielle Radcliffe bit though: trans women aren't women; they're men. LOL.

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Beenpaperplastic 14 points ago +14 / -0

This right-wing women’s group seemed to be following the same model, but there was an undercurrent of rage among the group members that I had never seen in a Run for Something meeting.

Bullshit. When Trump was in office I heard so many liberals express wishes that he get sick or die. In contrast, all I ever see about Biden from the right is that he go to a retirement home where he belongs.

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Beenpaperplastic 3 points ago +3 / -0

The court had a one justice liberal majority for decades and the Republicans never proposed altering the number of justices, even when they controlled Congress and the presidency and could force it through.

That the Democrats would suggest it the very first time a ruling might not go their way shows what selfish, spoil-sported pieces of shit they are.

And how stupid are they? There's only two possible outcomes: 1. They precipitate court stacking where every administration adds ever more justices that share their worldview until the Supreme Court grows so large and partisan as to be irrelevent. 2. The red states recognize the attempt to permanently disenfranchise them from favorable Supreme Court rulings and decide to skip straight to civil war.

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Beenpaperplastic 3 points ago +3 / -0

And it's awesome.

Seriously, it's silly and fun. Only 1,000 times better than the "I'm stodgy politician and I approved this message" ads you usually see.

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Beenpaperplastic 3 points ago +4 / -1

Nope, no problems here. International politics doesn't include morality.

I have no interest in the prosperity of Belarus, but cries of unfairness from the west don't impress me as we come out of 20 years of illegal invasion/occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't even get me started on drone strikes.

The US and NATO need to practice what they preach if they want a position of moral superiority.

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Beenpaperplastic 47 points ago +48 / -1

The acquisition will propel Black Rifle's value to $1.7 billion at $10 per share, setting it up to become a unicorn, or a startup that is valued at over $1 billion.

I've heard of them, but neither I, nor anyone I know, drinks their coffee. How the hell could they be valued that high?

Frankly, I find anything that markets the "military chic" lifestyle to be cringe. I would lump these guys in with 9-Line and Grunt Gear shirts based on their name.

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Beenpaperplastic 5 points ago +5 / -0

Fun fact: the United States "uniformed services" include the armed forces and the US Public Health Service and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps. According to Wikipedia:

"Commissioned officers of NOAA and PHS wear uniforms that are derived from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard uniforms, except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia reflect their specific service. Uniformed officers of NOAA and PHS are paid on the same scale as members of the armed services with respective rank and time-in-grade."

Apparently they trace their origins to battlefield surveyors and hospitals for seamen. It seems like they no longer have a legitimate purpose, as evidenced by this joker.

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Beenpaperplastic 9 points ago +9 / -0

The banks lend depositor's money out for interest. The small amount of interest you get on your savings or money market account is "your share" of the profit they made lending your money to others.

If a bank wanted to charge me a fee, I wouldn't be willing to let them lend my money to others for a profit. I would just pay for a safety deposit box if I was worried about securing money and the bank was going to charge me to have a regular account.

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Beenpaperplastic 7 points ago +7 / -0

The theory is sound: the government can prohibit you from saying you got a warrant, but not prohibit you from not saying you didn't get a warrant.

The problem is, it assumes the government plays by the rules. I can see a judge saying that removing the canary statement is tantamount to saying you got a warrant and ordering the site to leave it up.

At that point, the court is ordering you to lie, but your only recourse is to litigate it for three years, by which time it won't matter anymore anyway.

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Beenpaperplastic 25 points ago +25 / -0

Ugh. Of all the Congress creatures, she is one of the worst. She and Pelosi are these desiccated, nasty, old crones that seem to resist dying by pure force of will only to ruin life for everyone else.

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Beenpaperplastic 2 points ago +3 / -1

I'll also go against the herd and say I thought he was decent.

I liked Solo in general, and feel that movies like that are about capturing the "feel" of a younger version of the characters and thought young Lando channeled the spirit of Billy Dee Williams.