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Serak The Preparer

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  1. 3 hours ago, Chopper said:

    The Washington Post published an unironically self-aware article today and was fittingly called out by one of their former columnists who departed due to the Post's fascist-remake and business downturn

    if you want to read the article https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/10/31/kennedy-center-sales/

    I don't know that I would call it self-aware because the Post doesn't exist as a money-making enterprise. it is just a combination of vanity project and way to suck up to Trump. Bezos doesn't give a solitary shake about the impact on Post's subscriptions / ad-selling.

  2. I also have YTTV just to watch sports, I renew in the fall for College Football and drop in January. Dumb question here - I understand the many options for pirating live games, are there any site that let you watch recorded games? I have a commitment tomorrow morning (west coast) so was going to watch the Texas game when I got home. Obviously not an option on YTTV now, am I just screwed for watching the game?

  3. 6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    They only have to kill the filibuster for this one thing right?  Not entirely?

    Correct. In a post earlier today I said the Republicans did this earlier this month but it was in September. They voted on party lines to change the rules for senate appointment confirmations. There is nothing stopping them from doing this for the budget, except of course not wanting to face any consequences from their fucked-over constituents.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

    Democrats need to make it clear that there's nothing stopping the Republicans from opening the government with the bill they want to force the Dems to accept.  They can remove the filibuster rule now and reopen government without a single Democratic vote.  That they haven't been shouting this from the rooftops is dumbfounding to me.

    Republicans could also accept what the Democrats have presented and reopen the government, but that would require several senators to flip votes as well as a dozen or so House members.

    Dumbfounding is the perfect word. They don't even have to point to a previous year. Earlier in this freaking month the Republicans in the senate passed senate appointments with only 51 votes by changing senate rules to avoid the filibuster. I sort of get that Jeffries and Schumer are avoiding this because they are gutless and spineless pussies but where is literally any other Dem on this?

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  5. 5 hours ago, softlynow said:

    Maybe I've been too busy to notice. Have a bunch of Republicans been pushing back on these tactics? Are they doing so loudly and unequivocally? If so, that's great!

     

    5 hours ago, immamac said:

    yes. 

    I know we're all supposed to just shut the fuck up but have you gotten around to listing any Republicans that are pushing back on this? Bonus points if these Republicans have literally any influence in this admin.

  6. 2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Good analysis of the Antifa as DTO designation.  https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-can-t-designate--antifa--banks-and-platforms-will-act-like-you-did-anyway

    Tl;Dr, legally it has about zero effect.  In terms of chilling certain activity, including by banks, the effect could be rather serious.  But mostly depends on the courage of those it intends to target.

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    Yes, surely the court system will save us THIS time. 

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  7. 4 minutes ago, Chopped said:

    This is interesting. The plan is also endorsed by the Palestinian Authority. So, pretty much everyone besides Hamas and Iran. You'd think the people wailing about “genocide” would be welcoming a stop to all of this. I can’t believe this thread went quiet. Fascinating. 

     

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/29/trumps-gaza-peace-plan-welcomed-by-arab-and-islamic-countries-the-west

     

    I have not looked into this plan but fuck off with your "wailing about genocide" comment. Peace would be great, but that would not undo the massive harm that has been done to the Palestinian people.

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  8. 2 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

    How are you doing today, ye People of Walmart?  Still fkn triggered, is my guess.  May you continue to be exactly who/what you hate!   Remember to stay in your bubble/circle jerk because faith comes by hearing, lmao.  Oh, the irony.  Cheers!

    admire you big brother GIF by Big Brother After Dark

  9. 45 minutes ago, fuggled said:

    Aside from the general trend of US healthcare getting more expensive for everyone, we were told a major factor is the rise in high-cost claimants over the past couple years.  We have 500 or so people in the US, so I could understand how it only takes a handful of high-cost people to drive things up.  For example, a colleague spent the past ~18 months fighting stage 4 brain cancer.  I'm going to his memorial this week.  

    So that means surely premiums are going to go back down next year right?

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  10. 1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

    If you're being sarcastic, it's not funny. I didn't type the explanation.  

    If you're being serious, you have my pity. 

    Was not laughing at you, just the uneeded and very detailed caption. I will still accept your pity.

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  11. 16 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

     

    I watched the clip but didn't realize why it was funny. I was about to post asking for the explanation. Thank God for the explanation below though, really helped!

  12. 1 hour ago, Vegas64 said:

    I think I misspoke upon furthe reading, currently the idea of the national government taking the 10% stake in Intel is NOT bipartisan but Trump led; what is bipartisan is the interest in the government getting involved in some capacity to help Intel as a matter of national interest (even much more so than U.S. Steel).

    You're not replying to your boss. It's okay to say "I think I was wrong upon furthre [sic] reading". 

  13. 3 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

    JFC

    About a month ago my family was visiting relative on the east coast, and my wife and I took the kids to DC. While there we visited the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. It was a little light on the good parts of slavery but I did get a picture of the most important historical artifact I've ever seen:

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  14. 2 hours ago, immamac said:

    A lot of you don't think anything is entertaining anymore, nothing is funny when all you are doing is rage posting and doomscrolling. 

     

    2 hours ago, aggie08 said:

    If you find Stassney funny, that's a you problem.

    Anyone taking advice on what Immamac thinks is funny is an idiot given his take on the hilarity of rolling coal on people

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