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WhatTheBuck

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  1. As soon as? Lulz. Good one. But that’s inaccurate. Cannabis has never been a drug exclusively or predominantly used by minorities. That claim was propaganda promoted by special interests advocating prohibition back in the 30’s. That included changing the spelling of marihuana to marijuana in order to create an association with those lazy Mexicans. It’s true that the penalties for use are more severe for black and brown people. But there’s no evidence that they’ve ever used more than white people. Cannabis use became much more widespread in the 50’s and 60’s so even if accurate, the “as soon as” assertion would be laughable because decriminalization/legalization is a recent development. But the most severe prohibitive measures were enacted by Nixon who made it a Schedule I drug alongside heroin in 1970. That was in retaliation against protesters of the Vietnam War who were predominantly young and white. The aim was to associate pot use with the hippies and use it as a weapon against the antiwar movement. Heroin was associated with the black community and used as cover to investigate, arrest, and jail their leaders. There is racism in our drug laws. The best example is probably the 100-to-1 disparity in the penalty for trafficking crack vs. powder cocaine where 5g of crack got you 5 years while it took 500g of powder cocaine to get the same sentence.
  2. No, he’s just a racist piece of shit.
  3. I think the outcome is already determined and the only question is whether they side 6-3 or 5-4 in favor of Trump. I hope I’m wrong but I’m feeling pretty cynical about this one.
  4. Finally Barack and Hillary are off the hook.
  5. I pity the kids.
  6. Puh-lease. Come on, man. You can’t possibly believe that. If Trump wanted him back, he would’ve been back yesterday.
  7. Get used to disappointment.
  8. His restrictions were on op-eds. This is just plain ol’ reporting.
  9. Ask TikTok. See if you get an answer.
  10. And there’s the rub. I don’t see any reason to believe that his continued incarceration will be to due to anything other than Trump’s instruction. I don’t think the fact that he’s Salvadoran and not Venezuelan is really a factor at all.
  11. Does Garcia have any criminal record in El Salvador? If not then why would they have any cause to keep him in prison if the U.S. stopped paying them to do so? Would they have any cause to prevent his return to his wife and kids if they released him?
  12. That fucking moron doesn’t know what “tariff” means.
  13. Also, water is wet.
  14. If you’re listening on a good sound system then you’ll enjoy Mickey laying down the thunder on The Beam during LL Rain.
  15. Or to fuck Ivanka.
  16. The Cheetah is the fastest lane animal.
  17. And she’s now buried on one of his golf courses.
  18. “Credited with” doesn’t mean “responsible for.” Maybe lower oil prices and massive deficit spending by the government had something to do with, for a little while.
  19. We had a lot of good movies but Home Alone 2 wasn’t one of them. I don’t understand how anyone in my/our generation fell for the ruse that Donald Trump was a rich, successful businessman. I wasn’t old enough to drive yet in 1983 when Trump made his debut in the national media. Here was this loudmouth douchebag on a media tour celebrating the fact that he built a tall building in New York City. Big fucking deal. Lots of people have done that. Have you seen the city? Why is this a story? Why should I care? Oh, because he put his name on it? SO FUCKING WHAT?! Why should I care and why am I seeing him get this much media coverage over it? I had a negative reaction to him from the start and nothing changed as time went by. I saw that he was a frequent character on the cover of the National Enquirer. I thought that made him more of a joke. (It wasn’t until decades later that I learned that was part of his campaign of self-promotion to the rubes.) I watched as his affair with Marla Maples became national news while he was still married to Ivana. I saw how he had some success promoting himself as rich and successful but I also saw that he was the butt of jokes on Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live. I watched as he bankrupted his businesses, including casinos where the house is supposed to always win. I watched as he was forced to sell his private jet. I watched as as he was reduced to making commercials for laundry detergent and fast food. Oh but look, he’s wearing a tuxedo. I guess that means he’s still got class. . i watched him ditch Marla for Melania, some Eastern Bloc gold-digger. I always found him to be a repulsive, cartoonish character. I never watched The Apprentice because I thought he was a joke for my entire adult life and then some. I thought everyone saw him that way. I never dreamed that so many people took him seriously, least of all others from my generation.
  20. That means he’s no saint. It doesn’t mean he’s a dumbass. I don’t know where Hank is coming from with that.
  21. Sounds woke.
  22. They’ll tell you that if you don’t support Trump and Netanyahu then you’re not a good Jew.
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