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Skywise 1 point ago +1 / -0

I saw this earlier and it reminded me of something but I couldn’t remember what…

Just did.. it reminds me of that scene in Tropic Thunder where Tom Cruise’Les Grossman starts playing hip hop and raps to Matthew McConaughay’ Rick Peck - except that was meant to be satire…

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Skywise 1 point ago +1 / -0

Actually - I'd take this article with a grain of salt. Though I'm still not convinced that VPNs are as secure as claimed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News

MintPress News (MPN) is an American far-left[1] news website. It was founded and edited by Mnar Adley and was launched in January 2012,[2] and also publishes the MintCast podcast. The site covers political, economic, foreign affairs and environmental issues.

MintPress News supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and the governments of Russia, Iran, and Syria.[3][4] It opposes the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia,[5] and reports geopolitical events from an anti-Western perspective.[6] In one contentious article, MintPress News asserted that the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria was perpetrated by rebel groups rather than by the Syrian government, a claim pushed by the Russian and Syrian governments and rejected by much of the international community.[4]

MintPress News was a major media domain that spread disinformation about the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer organization.[7] The site has been accused of regularly publishing pro-Russian propaganda,[8] and has been described as a conspiratorial website by media studies and disinformation scholars.[9][10]

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Skywise 5 points ago +6 / -1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News

MintPress News (MPN) is an American far-left[1] news website. It was founded and edited by Mnar Adley and was launched in January 2012,[2] and also publishes the MintCast podcast. The site covers political, economic, foreign affairs and environmental issues.

MintPress News supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and the governments of Russia, Iran, and Syria.[3][4] It opposes the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia,[5] and reports geopolitical events from an anti-Western perspective.[6] In one contentious article, MintPress News asserted that the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria was perpetrated by rebel groups rather than by the Syrian government, a claim pushed by the Russian and Syrian governments and rejected by much of the international community.[4]

MintPress News was a major media domain that spread disinformation about the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer organization.[7] The site has been accused of regularly publishing pro-Russian propaganda,[8] and has been described as a conspiratorial website by media studies and disinformation scholars.[9][10]

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Skywise -2 points ago +3 / -5

Ackchually - that whole website is nothing but pro-Hamas, anti-Israel stories.

Now I’m questioning the VPN story…

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Skywise 3 points ago +3 / -0

Wut?! This isn't an attack on Jews or Zionism... it's just pointing out that the Israeli Security services (not unlike the CIA) OWNS some VPNS!!!

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Skywise 12 points ago +12 / -0

That was painful to watch.

Continues to rail on Christianity but wants to learn all about Islam and what a great religion it is.

Barf.

DDayCobra had the top comment (18k - DDay just commented on his comment being shadowbanned) that said “don’t ever apologize to the mob.” - it appears to have been deleted.

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Skywise 5 points ago +5 / -0

So basically what happened in the summer of love 2020..

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Skywise 3 points ago +3 / -0

I’m wondering if the authors wrapped their “colonization” message (indeed that’s what their conclusion is) in DIE language to get it approved as they found:

Democracy, the rule of law and the protection of property rights distinguish those systems from “extractive” arrangements where a small ruling class owns most resources and wealth.

Gee - that sounds like capitalism to me!

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Skywise 12 points ago +13 / -1

No no - I don't want THAT identity at the moment! I'll use it later!

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Skywise 10 points ago +10 / -0

Oh good freakin' grief.. he has no problem appropriating Chinese Culture as a "dragon" for his own personal benefit.

Never mind the fact that his actual culture is CANADIAN.

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Skywise 2 points ago +2 / -0

Achtung! You vill sign ze gay jersey and you vill like it!

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Skywise 13 points ago +13 / -0

Idiocracy said it first.

Unaware of what year it was, Joe wandered the streets desperate for help. But the English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts. Joe was able to understand them, but when he spoke in an ordinary voice he sounded pompous and faggy to them.

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Skywise 3 points ago +3 / -0

Just about anything Yoko Kanno did!

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Skywise 27 points ago +27 / -0

The Wikipedia article for the game confirms it. Seems like they know that woke doesn’t sell so they’re going back to “hiding” it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_Breach_Wizards

Developer Tom Francis was previously a game journalist.

The protagonist, Jen, was designed to be an ex-cop. The George Floyd protests in 2020 caused Francis to consider whether it was a good idea to have an ex-cop leading SWAT-style raids. He tried rewriting Jen's background to incorporate commentary on police violence, but feedback from friends convinced him it was a bad idea. The topic was too big to tackle in a character's background, and his efforts were tonally off from the dry, comedic take on everything else. Instead, Francis made Jen a private investigator.[6]

GameSpot said the deconstruction of Tom Clancy-style thrillers made the campaign "a joy",[9] and The Guardian praised its ability to turn its silly premise into a "a genuinely intriguing espionage thriller" while avoiding that genre's questionable ethics.[12] GameSpot felt the game as a whole was "both funny and endearing", featuring a self-awareness that they said was earned.[9]

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Skywise 3 points ago +3 / -0

It’s part of their self-brainwashing. If you admit to old/past self then you admit that you aren’t who you say you are and you’re living a schizophrenic delusion.

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Skywise 8 points ago +8 / -0

Yes yes… 12 weeks is unconstitutional. But a ban after 22 weeks is OK because… rights?

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Skywise 4 points ago +4 / -0

Good Lord - she's been in that office since 1991 with a perfectly unremarkable record just living off the taxpayer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro

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Skywise 1 point ago +1 / -0

I posit that if the character had been asian or white (same thing, I know) that they would NOT have put the bowing into the game because that would've been offensive and punching down.

I posit the ONLY reason they put it in the game was specifically because the character was black. Regardless of historical precedent.

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