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Gentle nerd freak of the pacific northwest. All nation states are vermin.

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I referred to it as 'kill a colonizer day' while talking about it at the grocery store.

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That dollar sign is really setting off my inner pedant.

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Well that's slightly more depressing.

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What kind of person would heavily redact the Epstein files while also doxxing many of the victims named within them? Probably a person who sees nothing wrong with stealing dogs from kids. What kind of person accuses Renee Nicole Good of being a “domestic terrorist” after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot her in the face? Probably a person who guns down her own dog in cold blood, and then murders one of her own goats on top of that, as a little treat. And what kind of weirdo tells the entire country that “corporations are people”? Probably a guy who takes his own pet for a death ride atop a Volvo.

Good article, great finish. Always love to see a reminder that yes even mitt romney is a monster, they all are.

'Later found dead': Dem lawmaker flags explosive Trump allegation in Epstein files ( www.rawstory.com )

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) flagged an extraordinarily explosive allegation against President Donald Trump Thursday night, one uncovered in the Justice Department’s release of files on Jeffrey Epstein, and demanded the the DOJ take immediate action in interviewing witnesses. ...

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA): “Witness calls FBI’s [National Threat Operations Center] and reports girl, later found dead, told him Trump and Epstein raped her. DOJ NEVER INTERVIEWS WITNESS. When will DOJ interview this witness?”

The file in question is an unverified tip submitted to the FBI in 2020 from a limousine driver who claimed to have driven Trump in the 1990s, and recalled Trump making “very concerning” comments about “abusing some girl,” while also "continuously" stating the name “Jeffrey.”

The tip also included unverified allegations that Trump and Epstein had raped a young girl who was later found with her head “blown off,” details of which were later partially corroborated by local news outlets

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Oh, look: between 2005-2010 is when SUVs production begins its relentless rise towards the +50% it is now

Pedestrian deaths have also skyrocketed over a similar time period. Up by 70% from 2010 to 2023.

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I think it's compact SUVs.

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The “car SUVs” and “truck SUVs” categories sound a bit nebulous, but they all encompass crossovers and SUVs, albeit in ways that might seem odd

https://www.theautopian.com/heres-the-exact-year-suv-sales-overtook-sedan-sales-in-america/

There's some discussion of that point later in the article, i believe.

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That's a trait of all fascist regimes.

The incompetence of hitler and several other key figures was hugely important in their defeat, mussolini never made the trains run on time despite the popular saying.

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NK has nukes, and China wants a buffer state between US-allied SK.

The widespread incompetence that is a facet of fascism doesn't imply that these regimes are harmless.

Incompetence is incredibly dangerous, as anyone who's had a boss knows.

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Because it's used to justify mistreatment in the real world.

Gen Z is the first generation dumber than their parents, neuroscientist claims ( www.vice.com )

Gen Z has managed something no modern generation pulled off before. After more than a century of steady academic gains, test scores finally went the other direction. For the first time ever, a new generation is officially dumber than the previous one. ...

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told the New York Post

Vice (which is right wing trash these days), quoting an interview with the NYPost. Mmmm. Credible.

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Accusing others of falling for propaganda while denying that trump is a russian assett is very funny.

That's like denying that israel is committing genocide while israelis very openly call for genocide.

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Yes. That's what i meant. I thought that was pretty clear.

Your denial that trump is a russian asset is a willful denial of reality on par with americans who deny that israel's genocide is a genocide.

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Part of the reason hitler was never assassinated was that the allies wanted him alive so he could continue making terrible decisions. Like how the first trump regime was less effective than the current one, because trump was still making some decisions then.

Killing a single person does nothing to change the social conditions that gave them a valid path to power.

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He is for sure a pedophile though.

Epstein Files News: FBI Caught Lying Again, Republicans Pedo Protecting Again, Plus Epstein's 4Chan Connection ( www.wonkette.com )

And there were other strange doings that night and morning. There’s the missing three minutes of the footage Pam Bondi said was “complete” that turned out to actually be footage spliced together in Adobe Premiere Pro, with time missing around midnight. Snoozy guard Bonhomme got off his shift at midnight, then guard Michael ...

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There's a lot of great stuff in this piece but this does not seem correct:

(There is no evidence of ties between Epstein and the intelligence service of Israel — in fact, in one email, after being invited to Israel, Epstein rejected the invite, saying, “I do not like Israel. AT ALL.”)

Epstein was deeply involved with Ehud Barak, meeting with him regularly including when barak was serving as defense minister.

The article they link showing "no evidence" is a times of israel piece that's just a press release from netanyahu calling barak a "far left anti-zionist" who has been working to take down the israeli government 😂 That's just obviously netanyahu lying. No serious person could believe that.

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Open source defeces projects do sounds pretty shit.

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I'm pretty sure i saw this one! It was in the national museum in Taibei, Taiwan. Definitely worth the travel, an incredible musuem with some real treasurea. The Jadeite Cabbage, the Meat Shaped Stone, some real old bronzeware and the amazing paintings of Qing dynasty Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castaliglione.

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I have several very important quibbles with this shitpost.

Why does the maga hat say ice? If it's an ice agent why is the mask still exposing most of his face, and if it's just a maga dude, why is it wearing a mask like fauci-loving sheeple? How is the tongue coming out of the mask? If it's an ice agent, why he is licking a boot - they literally are the jackboot.

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Their names could only possibly be lefty and righty, surely?

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When an illegal deathsquad fractures an innocent person's skull based solely on the color of their skin, that's a violent hate crime.

One of the ways you can tell that the current republican regime are nazis is that violent hate crimes are official policy.

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Epstein is now widely acknowledged, even by one of his own friends and a current Trump official, as having used blackmail against powerful people — or, in the words of the New York Times, “keeping notes on some of his contacts” and “revel[ing] in claiming to know his friends’ secrets” and how they “might empower him.”

😂 God the NYT is such trash.

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I think the NYT has always just been a mouthpiece for the elite. It has a class position much more than it has a political position.

As the US ruling class gives itself over to it's own unhinged stupidity, so goes the NYT.

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They're describing blackmail, they're just too cowardly to name what they've described.

If someone has notes on the secrets of powerful people and claims to use those secrets to empower themself, that person is engaging in blackmail.

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A patient i worked with did this a lot, often using same or similar sounding words.

Medical or technical things were often alosorous, usually too alosorous.

People got described as mashoki or mershoki - i couldn't tell which it was supposed to be.

There were one or two other ones that came up regularly and a host of one-offs. The only one-off i remember is that my smile was as lovely as a han-gono.

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Apparently the patient had once said that mashoki was a term of respect. My family's jewish, and linguists, so i've heard a reasonable amount of yiddish.

To me it sounds most like japanese, but the patient has never shown any famaliarity with japan or japenese.

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The fascist regime wants people talking about some racist meme and not their involvement in raping children or their illegal death squads kidnapping and murdering with impunity.

Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts. ( www.cbsnews.com )

Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019. ...

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Yes the NSA illegally spies on whoever they want, yes plastic recycling is a PR stunt by the plastics industry.

However no, the lab leak theory of covid 19 remains unsubstantiated nonsense pedalled mostly by china-hawks in the US who think we have a slightly better chance of winning if we start ww3 now.

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I hope it's not public. I hope the testimony is sealed in a vault for all eternity.

No longer having to listen to hillary was like the only good consequence of 2016. Please don't take that away, please don't give her a public soapbox.

We shouldn't have to suffer through both fascism AND hillary clinton pretending to have ideals.

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if they can get ICE to follow the laws

They can't though, and to think that's a possibility seriously misunderstands the situation.

The point of a fascist death squad is not to follow the law. If they'd intended to follow the law, they wouldn't have created illegal anonymous death squads with no oversight and free rein to attack whoever they want.

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NYT is such trash.

Still whitewashing the rambling senile narcism of a failed businessman leading a fascist regime as a planned "strategy" with "a cost".

Gaslighting is not journalism and neither is this.

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You can be honest: you really want to avoid police involvement. You can ask her what sort of things she'd have to report.

I work in mental health and what she did - stopping to make you aware of what she would legally have to do before you trigger it - that's in our training.

You've hit on a very broken element of the system, and you're right to point out how useless throwing cops at a situation is without proper supports. Many mandatory reporters know this, and will try to make sure you don't cross that line unaware. None the less, she could face severe consequences if she doesn't report something.

I've seen a number of your posts, and i think you need more than just therapy - help to access rescources, navigate the maze of disability support, find employment and housing that fits your situation.

If you explain your goals, hopefully she will have some referrals or resources she can direct you to. It sounds like you know you need to get out of there, and you know you need help and time for that to happen.

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Assassin's creed odyssey.

Not a big AC fan, but this one has more rpg elements than i remember. The plotline moves pretty slowly and feels very disjointed, but that allows for a very scenic travel through the classical greek world, which is the real fun. Seeing it brought to life so vividly is a blast.

I'd say B+ for a history fan, C- if you're not instantly thrilled at the prospect of meeting herodotos or alkibiades.

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That's the egypt one? I've not but i'm mildly curious. I'll probably grab it on ps4 if i see it at the 2nd hand game store.

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Are you sure? The users post history goes back 2 months and doesn't show any.

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It sounds like you're giving too much credence to what mysogynists and incels say on the internet.

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Literally word for word my first thought.

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Honestly I would eat cat-adjacent rice off the floor with my hands in a heartbeat. That part is almost as appealing as kitty belly. Almost.

But I presume this is from somewhere in asia with different cultural norms. Maaaybe AI?

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I'm really worried that it's the people protesting the illegal death squads that aren't peaceful enough

Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company ( www.wired.com )

In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its AI ambitions. ...

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Nationalize it. Take his company, his wealth and jail him for his crimes.

I have the privilege of making up my (5yo) son's baseball team name and logo this season.

Someone got visited by the good idea fairy and now I have a hilarious opportunity here. Its a mixed gender, 3-6 year old team, I get two words, 3 colors, and a logo. What's the funniest thing I could do for my kiddo? We vote on the name in a couple days but I want to come loaded with 3 or 4 options. ...

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The Princess Pirates - logo includes eyepatch, fake looking stubble, tiahra over a pirate hat over perm curls.

The Home Runs - logo is a house with a face and limbs holding its butt like it's running to the bathroom.

The Swing Batter-Batters - logo is a swing in motion ridden by a bat (mammal or baseball).

Mmmm Cake - logo is cake. Kids love cake.

The Stinky Parents - logo is parents, characteur common outfits/styles for your area. Maybe clown makeup. Definitely stink lines.

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That's a good team name.

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The Beached Whales

I would hope the logo is a whale relaxing on a towel under an umbrella.

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A friend of mine claimed to have seen an epstein doc showing that a child trump raped stabbed him in the guts, and claims that injury is why he shits himself.

I've not seen that corroborated, but the revenge fantasy is a great story.

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The state is a velvet glove over a steel gauntlet at our throats.

The current republican regime wants to set the glove on fire and punch us in the face for the pure joy of harming others.

The democrats find that all a little unseemingly and would like to put out the fire and get that smoldering gauntlet back at our throats as soon as possible.

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Yeah that's the part that gets to me.

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There are a couple possibilities:

  • These names could be fake.
  • The regime could've encouraged or tapped trusted long time agents to intentionally kill as part of their escalation plan against the american people.
  • These guys are just violence-lovers who have been waiting for a time they thought they could get away with murder.
  • Even veteran CBP officers are incompentent fucking newbs.