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A whole lot of this, which seems to be largely lost in the shuffle/conversation. Imagine that you are a kid in/from Gaza. Say, age 8-16. When this is over, and you are either in what's left of Gaza, or you are in exile somewhere....how much hatred and rage will you be carrying around inside you? If even a fraction of a percentage of those people conclude that vengeance against Israel and Israelis must be their life's work, that's a shitload of terrorists who aren't even motivated by a political goal (a free Palestine, what have you). No, they're motivated by a desire to inflict pain. Massive pain. Incalculable pain. Because that was what was inflicted on them. If one of them someday gets the chance to deploy a weapon of mass destruction - gas, bioweapon, nuke -- against Israel, aren't they going to jump a the chance? The chances of an existential attack against Israel in the next 20 years have gone UP, exponentially, as a result of this war. That's the maddening part. What Israel is doing isn't just cruel and evil, it's fucking counterproductive in the long run.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
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You remember how we used to make fun of any number of "communist" countries that could only make it by virtue of getting significant influxes of Soviet cash and other aid? And we all noted that those examples stood as testament to the idea that the Soviet-style communist system just didn't fucking work? I guarantee you every fucker in this admin who is now pondering aid to Argentina thought that, and probably said so loudly. And today, unironically, they are going to do exactly what they used to mock.
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And 100% this. "The dollar is a scam propped up by the Elites! It's finally falling apart - see its decline in value [tied almost entirely to Trumpian insanity in economic actions and policies]! The only smart refuge is.......CRYPTO!!!"
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I mean...those things are more expensive because of the exchange rate, too. But I see your point. That said, declining purchasing power offsets wage gains and such, basic math and longtime rule. Shit, I want my daughter to buy me a 20 euro t-shirt with her new grad school logo on it (gotta be the school dad), which now costs 10% more than it did at the beginning of the year....but that really doesn't matter, because deutsche post won't ship a small package to the US anymore anyway.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Brisketexan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Yep, the TLDR is a strong takeaway. Used to be wackadoos in their basement. It was literally a pop-culture gag: I mostly encountered those types in the mid-late 80s, set up mostly outside (but sometimes inside) gun shows. Gun shows, which used to be MOSTLY sporting and collectors firearms and such....but always had some angle for the paramilitary/militia/survivalist nutbars. There would be a guy with a van and a table and flyers about how Lyndon Larouche and Elvis who wasn't really dead were gonna save us from the mole people set up out in the parking lot. Sometimes I'd grab a flyer because I like having something entertaining to read while I take a dump. But "something to read while I shit" was as far as I ever went. Their message just couldn't get a wide or deep broadcast. Now? The satirical conspiracy of "birds aren't real" -- a conspiracy theory that was purposefully designed to be so absurd that nobody could actually believe it -- has thousands of actual believers. Today, you could start a "football was invented by aliens" conspiracy, and within a year, it would be a topic of discussion on Fox news. -
Or shit, my bank account. I've had to spend education dollars in euros and pounds this year. Got a nice 10% price hike in both respects over the past several months.
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Yeah. Your "bingo" very likely misses the point that was actually made by that statement.
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Two things... I miss Charlie Robison. Goddammit. And second....I will never NOT be madly in love with Kelly Willis. Man. She kills me.
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Tom Sawyer was spotted lounging, watching the National Guard do their thing....
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Houston? Non-CR thread
Brisketexan replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
Sounds like someone doesn't Texas enough. -
Yeah, but they're mostly brown Americans. So, you know....not Americans.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
I mean, I gotta tell ya.....if I was a public figure who regularly spoke on matters of race, and at my memorial, there were numerous people mourning and praising me because of my persona and reputation built on the subject matter on which I spoke, and those are folks who ALSO did things like released an album called "Make America White Again," and sang songs in praise of lynchings, and there were a shitload of other folks chanting shit like "white men fight back" in my memory....well, my ghost would sure as FUCK be reconsidering my life and choices. Because if you lived your life in a way that white supremacists specifically mourn your death and use it as a rallying cry to their cause.....you PROBABLY lived your life in a really, really shitty way. -
They know that they were handed a thing to believe that relieves them of any and all responsibility to be a decent human in this life. All you have to do is declare "Jesus is my lord and savior," and you get floaty time to happyland. Doesn't matter how shitty you actually are. You just have to hold out your "BUT I'M A CHRISTIAN!" declaration like this: .....and you win! Heaven and clouds and harps and all that, while all the dirty athiets and muslims and race-mixers are stuck down here on earth, fighting! Why would you do any investigating/digging around when someone hands you a giftwrapped excuse to be a completely horrible human, but still get the greatest reward?
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
We just had (1) a massive memorial for a right-wing "influencer" whose death (2) has been and is being used to galvanize people to hate "the left" and incite people to retributive violence against "the left" and "democrats." Because "left wing violence" is the greatest threat our country has ever faced . . . even though MAGA is having a hard time cobbling together a narrative about the shooter that makes him a "leftist" or connects him to significant left-wing ideology. MEANWHILE, on the exact same day that Charlie Kirk was shot, a school shooter shot two kids at school in Evergreen, Colorado. And what do we know about THAT shooter? Hmmm. A good deal, actually. What's that? You haven't heard anything about it on Fox news, on any mainstream media, and certainly not from our Republican leadership? Well, I'm sure that's just an oversight, because.... A shooter, plainly inspired by racist/white supremacist rhetoric, actually spouting it and wearing its badges in connection with his shooting? Add it to the pile. The pile of both right-wing-inspired violent attacks, AND the pile of shit that the right 100% ignores and hides, and doesn't want you to know about.- 6345 replies
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Brisketexan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Remember how in those previous bubbles, anyone who dared call out the fact that it was all pump-and-dump/shell game shit built on vapor and/or irrational assumptions was decried as a combination of "too dumb to understand sophisticated business transactions/accounting," were "anti-capitalist," etc. etc.? Pepperidge Farm remembers. -
Follow that up with the facts that: 1) the entire doctrine was invented by one dude in the 1830s, and 2) it didn't acquire ANY real traction until the early 1900s when it was put into the Scofield Reference Bible. I guarantee you that 99% of the same folks who believe in the "Rapture" also say they are "strict textualists" when it comes to both the bible and the Constitution, yet they base their modern "faith" on a concept that doesn't fucking exist in the text they claim to revere. Dumbest. Fucking. Timeline.
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It's 2025. Assume the absolute worst of people. You will very rarely be incorrect.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
We're big on "be kind." Our son has an oversized heart, he beats himself up for not being kind enough. But nation-wide, at this stage, I don't need us to achieve "be kind." I'd be perfectly happy with "just acknowledge that other humans exist and act with a modicum of courtesy." You don't have to go out of your way to be kind....just don't be a dick. That alone would be a HUGE social improvement....which is opposed with every fiber of their being by our entire dominant leadership class. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
We need a massive, nation-wide education on basic "civics." It doesn't have to be complicated. It's a very short course. 1) Realize that there are other people out there, everywhere, just like you. 2) Don't be a dick to them. There, done. And if you proposed that simple lesson, say, to be taught in our schools, you would be fucking burned at the stake in 2025 America as a demon-possessed commie right from the pits of hell. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Perfect example. When someone pulls an asshole maneuver like that, ask yourself "is that what someone who is the only person in the world would do?" 99% of the time, it's a quick "yep, that's exactly what they'd do." You do not exist. You do not matter at all. Because you are not ME, the only person who matters. -
Sounds like Jesus should have taken the yoke.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brisketexan replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
It permeates everything. What is "it?" Our toxic individualism at the expense of -- and in purposeful opposition to -- any other possible ethos. "ME ME ME." Our national ethos now is 100% "I'm the only person in the world." Take that attitude, and see how you drive. And shop. And treat your neighbor or co-worker. Etc. etc. ad infinitum. We are literally governed by a movement that has its "leaders" repeatedly and consistency condemning empathy as "evil." Any idea or thought that hmmm, maybe we should do something in furtherance of the common good? Not only is it not supported, it's attacked as COMMUNIST SOCIALISM MARXIST COMMUNIST SOCIALISM!!!! It all comes down to "the individual is god, the community is the enemy." Install that belief system as your OS, and you get all the shit that's gotten to be truly awful this past decade or so. -
Yep. What is the purchasing power of your accounts today compared to January 19th? That's it. That's what matters. Dollars are just a means to an end. On January 19th, $100 translates to "2 gallons of milk, sack of produce, package of chicken, laundry detergent, bag of coffee, and pound of cheese." Today, you have $110, and it translates to...."2 gallons of milk, sack of produce, package of chicken, laundry detergent, bag of coffee, and pound of cheese"....are you actually any "richer?" Fuck no you're not. The purchasing power of Americans has at best remained close to stagnant (and that's for Americans who have real money in the stock market...most Americans do NOT have real money in the market. For them, their purchasing power has DECREASED). But, you know, "winning." The 48% is made up of people who see people they don't like getting hurt on Fox news, which means they MUST be doing better. "Other people hurt" = "I'm winning." It's that fucking lizard-brained.
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