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altmehere 19 points ago +19 / -0

From https://archive.ph/jIO2G:

He said he made the decision because the charges against Hunter were politically motivated and designed to hurt him politically.

Fucking hypocrites...

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altmehere 43 points ago +44 / -1

I'm guessing they're trying to create a crisis and dump it on Trump. If they're not careful it will backfire, though, and make him look like the hero.

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altmehere 6 points ago +6 / -0

Which of the following do you believe would more positively affect the birth rate and the health of society?

  1. All of the men who are pretending to be women suddenly become normal men, and no men in the future make that choice.

  2. All of the women who are not having families suddenly decide that having families is a good idea, and no women in the future make that choice.

I know which one I would bet on.

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altmehere 27 points ago +27 / -0

I prefer them not policing speech.

I prefer that rules be enforced equally.

This isn’t them not policing speech, this is them not policing speech that they like. They’ll be more than happy to continue policing your speech. Maybe if the rules were enforced equally they would have to change the rules to not censor the people they agree with.

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altmehere 12 points ago +12 / -0

Gilchrist and host Jon Stewart referenced former President Trump’s rhetoric about Detroit, with Stewart saying he’s baffled as to how the race could be so close in the state.

Probably because people who live in Michigan know that Detroit is a shithole better than anyone else.

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altmehere 2 points ago +3 / -1

The shape at the bottom outside the window looks like a turboprop engine and exhaust, like on a Saab 340 (see here or here) or Embraer 120. In that case there wouldn't be any middle seat, but the Saab 340 and Embraer 120 don't have winglets, wouldn't be that spacious, and perhaps most importantly of all (and I can't stress this enough) would probably be overweight from the luggage that lady is carrying.

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altmehere 15 points ago +15 / -0

What’s unclear is whether Musk’s changes fall in line with Apple’s app store guidelines, which mandate that social networks offer “the ability to block abusive users from the service.”

I bet they “reached out for comment” as well.

You could always view tweets from someone who blocked you by logging out or opening the profile in a private tab. Or using a different account like the article discusses.

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altmehere 23 points ago +23 / -0

Hard to see how they could provide equal time when they file a day before the election. Also I would imagine you’re supposed to file before the appearance, not after.

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altmehere 5 points ago +5 / -0

Of course they do. They believe (rightly or wrongly) that they will be the ones who get to define what "disinformation" is, either by controlling the government directly or pulling the strings via the deep state.

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altmehere 8 points ago +8 / -0

The ad had several inaccuracies regarding facts such as the number of times King had been arrested during the protests, what song the protesters had sung, and whether students had been expelled for participating.

The Court said that because of these core American free-speech principles, it would have to consider Sullivan's defamation claims "against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials."

TIL that "untrue" and "vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp" mean the same thing.

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altmehere 40 points ago +40 / -0

Exposure to fluoride above the public health recommended amount over many years can result in skeletal fluorosis, a condition that causes weaker bones and joint pain. A federal review published in August by the National Institutes of Health’s toxicology program concluded that higher levels of fluoride is linked to lowered IQ in children.

Kennedy has a long history of sharing baseless conspiracy theories

"What he's saying is true... Now let us tell you about how it's a conspiracy theory."

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altmehere 22 points ago +22 / -0

I do think that if Trump wins the stock market will probably drop rather sharply at the beginning of his term, not because Trump is bad for business but because values are overly inflated and the companies like BlackRock pulling the strings will want them to fall to make Trump look bad.

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altmehere 17 points ago +17 / -0

decided at the last minute

Maybe. Or maybe they decided to do this in advance, and only announced that they would at the last minute so that it would be too late to stop them…

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altmehere 14 points ago +14 / -0

As a reminder of what the allegations were about: https://archive.ph/dr8aT#selection-1949.0-1949.11

Wikipedia just deleted the article, of course. Here are some of the arguments the weasels there made to justify the decision:

A redirect might be appropriate but I think much of the text might be skirting ethical issues so it should be deleted first so it doesn't appear in the history.

The only possibly appropriate content is already covered in the MrBeast article, though I'm not convinced that even that is justified.

already covered and the article history has too many BLP vios to justify preserving . Can be recreated as a redirect afterwards (ideally with EC protection to prevent this from being re-created again)

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altmehere 15 points ago +15 / -0

focuses on people who are "underrepresented in our electorate," Lopach said, "such as people of color, young people, and unmarried women."

They're purposefully targeting groups likely to vote Dem.

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altmehere 2 points ago +2 / -0

What about the remaining 10%?

That’s the part that got cut off...

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altmehere 8 points ago +8 / -0

Funny though, caring about the "country at large" would generally be considered pretty nationalist, wouldn't it?

Performative “patriotism” seems to be a thing among the left this election cycle. It’s not genuine, of course; it’s just “feel good” bullshit.

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altmehere 3 points ago +3 / -0

Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, “I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.” None. What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.

There’s no way he’s this clueless, right? He has to know that it’s a loyalty test to The Party… right?

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altmehere 1 point ago +1 / -0

How about Mr. Six from those Six Flags ads? If Biden could dance like that maybe he would have actually had some support…

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altmehere 44 points ago +44 / -0

dumb

When it comes to DEI, never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice. They'll get their payout from Blackrock plus any money from normies who don't know any better, and I have little doubt that at some point Quinn will pull a "Help! Help! Gamergate is targeting our game!" for a few extra sales.

It will probably absolutely bomb but the "right people" will still walk away with money in their pockets. Rinse and repeat.

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altmehere 17 points ago +18 / -1

I urge the folks who cancelled—and for whom it makes geographical sense—to pick up a Philly Inquirer subscription instead. Run by an independent non-profit, and some fantastic journalism.

... for seemingly no other reason than the fact that they just endorsed Harris yesterday.

Can we stop pretending that journalists are objective and not just partisan hacks now?

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altmehere 19 points ago +19 / -0

It's crazy because airlines are basically monopolies of sorts.

Maybe so, but airlines are also common carriers in the US, so they aren't allowed to discriminate without just cause. This shit needs to go to the courts, and if SCOTUS has any sense at all they'll come down hard on Delta and make it clear that this is unacceptable.

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altmehere 7 points ago +7 / -0

like a fable

This (and the other similar stories that were leaked) all read as fables. They're fucked up in the way fables often are, and they're not really all that salacious or pornographic.

They're reminiscent of stories that actually made it into some of the games (particularly the 4th gen ones).

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altmehere 15 points ago +15 / -0

“Hate has no place in Colorado, and Governor Polis denounces hate in all its forms,” the statement said.

[…]

Titone compared the mayhem surrounding the flag program this week

Such “mayhem”…

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