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Peaceful... until the cops show up and get violent with the protestors.

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Sorry... you think that the only people who were violent were the ones who got charged?

That's weird, because that's not how it usually works.

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I'm sure glad conservatives believe in the free market and wouldn't do things like harass people or destroy displays in Target.

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Palau is basically a U.S. vassal state.

Having voted in a referendum against joining the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978,[11][12] the islands gained full sovereignty in 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Politically, Palau is a presidential republic in free association with the United States, which provides defense, funding, and access to social services.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau

Remember that when someone claims America isn't an empire.

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You say that as if that's all America is. America controls a vast amount of land. It's the third largest country in the world and, unlike the first two largest (Russia and Canada), most of that land is also usable for either farming or resource extraction. But that's not the only reason it's an empire. It's also an empire because it has a large military presence in multiple countries who rely on it to supply defense at least in part. But another reason it's an empire is that it has vassal states. It doesn't matter how small those states are. Especially not when they are in strategic Pacific locations.

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Wow. The law practically prevents most homeless people from voting and allows officials an excuse to strike anyone they feel like from the voter rolls as long as it's not more than 45 days before the election.

And this is the guy who wouldn't help Trump falsify an election win.

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Anyone remember the scene in Gangs of New York with immigrants coming straight off the boat and signing up for the Union army in exchange for citizenship?

We don't even go that far now apparently.

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Not a scam if it's legal. And it's legal. It's legal theft.

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A Republican’s bill in the Ohio state legislature aims to drive out institutional owners through heavy taxation.

That's how you know this is a truly desperate situation. Republicans want to raise taxes on corporations.

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"Have you tried robots?" -- Japan, who is going to learn a very harsh lesson in a decade or so.

FlyingSquid ,
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But then no one will know how hilarious I am. 😕

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I thought maybe the thumbnail was just some generic small plane, but nope. That's the same model that keeps making successful attacks in Russia. The Aeroprakt A-22. That little prop plane. Top speed 127 mph/204 kph. That's what Russia can't find and shoot down.

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Their Confederate "heritage" lasted five years. The Obama administration lasted eight years. Maybe they need a Barack Hussein Obama elementary school to celebrate their heritage.

UNRWA to close East Jerusalem headquarters after arson attack by ‘Israeli extremists’ | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )

In a statement on social platform X, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said the arson attack was the latest in a series of threats, harassment and violent incidents perpetrated by Israelis against the agency’s staff over the past two months....

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In case anyone doesn't know, the UNRWA provides relief to Palestinian refugees. They are not an arm of Hamas. They do not have any military or even political aims. All they are about is caring for Palestinian refugees. That's who extremists are trying to stop.

Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report ( www.theguardian.com )

Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new...

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The young female was still in the vehicle when she saw her father run up to the driver with an AR-15 in hand and force him to the ground, according to an arrest report.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/be/9d/afbe9deb86f1211767ee4dcec88f9e8e.jpg

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Hey, that's me and I'm not even a cancer patient!

And yes, I do have "good" insurance.

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Sorry, you can't keep politics aside when Israel is competing.

I hope they get nul points though.

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Worrying about what Muslims might do while Israel is committing a genocide sounds like somewhat misplaced priorities.

How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel ( www.nytimes.com )

The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from...

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I'm Jewish and I'm going to echo several points I made in previous threads. Apologies if you have already seen them:

  1. I have never in my life, until Israel started this genocide, heard any Republicans stand up and collectively speak out against antisemitism. They sure didn't give a fuck when I was watching in horror while Nazis in Charlottesville chanted "Jews will not replace us."

  2. The George Soros antisemitism shit is so fucking transparent. They don't even hide it. To paraphrase what Matt Gaetz said in the article because I don't want to look it back up, "not every criticism of George Soros is antisemitic." Some More News did a really good episode on this subject that just came out and does point out some legitimate criticisms of Soros, none of which Republicans make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZzlC3gYk8

  3. It is true that evangelical Christians believe that Israel has to exist for Jesus to return. This is the part they don't say out loud: Every Jew in the world has to be exiled to Israel for this to happen.

  4. Not all Jews are Israelis and not all Jews support Israel's genocide or apartheid. I certainly don't and never have. I feel no allegiance to Israel whatsoever. I am from Indiana and have far more things in common with a Christian from Indiana than I do practically anyone in Haifa. The entity that benefits the most from people thinking all Jews are Israelis is Israel. Do not fall for it.

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And then tweeted this a few days ago:

Antisemitism is wrong, but I will not be voting for the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (H.R. 6090) today that could convict Christians of antisemitism for believing the Gospel that Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/mtg-votes-against-antisemitism-awareness-act-antisemitic-trope/73539622007/

The act itself is bullshit, but that's just sick.

FlyingSquid ,
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Okay? This has nothing to do with Twitter apart from it being the medium she used to be antisemitic about a bill going through congress.

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Queen Sara Saturday was already only half a body...

FlyingSquid ,
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...which gets paid to the teen by the taxpayers rather than the police union, which should be paying.

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The fact that there needs to be a bill to stop companies from poisoning babies is just fucking depressing.

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Is there anything in the Bible that says you can't use Gatorade in a baptism? What if it's a baptismal emergency and there's no water, but a six-pack of Gatorade Arctic Blitz?

FlyingSquid OP ,
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A squid is like a snake shark

How dare you!

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Calling feet dogs is outdated, but used to be pretty common, especially saying "my dogs are tired." They even reference it in old cartoons. A character will take off their shoes and their feet will turn into barking dogs.

Mom of captured U.S. soldier Gordon Black says girlfriend 'lured' him to Russia ( www.nbcnews.com )

The worried mother of a U.S. soldier in Russian custody said Wednesday that her son “was lured” there by a Russian woman he had been seeing in South Korea for over a year and that he’s being held on trumped-up charges of stealing roughly $100 from her....

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You would think "if you're lonely, don't trust Russian women online" would be pretty drilled into U.S. troops, especially ones near the Russian border.

They used to make sure even the dumbest troops in WWII understood that concept when it came to Nazis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTBcu34fpHc

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The problem is their insurance company may not give them another option in the American for-profit healthcare system.

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Not true. The pyramid builders lived privileged lives in exchange for what they did.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html

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You do know that everyone else who wasn't a priest or a royal lived even worse lives than that, right?

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Corvée (French: [kɔʁve] ⓘ) is a form of unpaid forced labour that is intermittent in nature, lasting for limited periods of time, typically only a certain number of days' work each year. Statute labour is a corvée imposed by a state for the purposes of public works.[1] As such it represents a form of levy (taxation). Unlike other forms of levy, such as a tithe, a corvée does not require the population to have land, crops or cash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corv%C3%A9e

How does that describe pyramid workers?

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They were unpaid because Egypt didn't have the concept of currency. They weren't forced, they volunteered their services. All work in Egypt was intermittent due to Nile floods. It wasn't for the purpose of public works, it was for the purpose of religion.

But you've got me on the imposed by the state part.

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Are you seriously asking why someone would expect a bigger raise than just keeping up with inflation?

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No you didn't ask that, you asked why they would expect a bigger raise when inflation is around 3%. The answer is because they obviously think their job isn't that terrible.

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