crackajack

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crackajack ,

All this news is nada if Trump is still leading ahead. Or better yet, put him in prison.

crackajack ,

I agree overall with your points, but there is just one caveat: your points are spoken from American and Christian perspective, and there is homophobia in some cultures that are not Christian-based. Majority Chinese, for example, describes themselves as atheists, but they are by and large homophobic. I might be wrong, but I heard CCP is cracking down on fashion, aesthetics and male celebs that might be "too feminine".

crackajack ,

It might be called Luna.

crackajack ,

I like how unnecessarily bureaucratic this is in terms of immigration.

crackajack ,

Humans already named objects within the solar system after Latin words and names. Earth would be called Terra, meaning "earth" or "land". Many sci-fi stories did this already lol. Luna is already reserved to Earth's Moon. The other "moons" in the solar system already have their names from Latin like Europa or Ganymede.

crackajack ,

We already call satellites orbiting a planet "moon", as in Europa is a moon of Jupiter. Or Phobos is a moon of Mars. But right now when we say moon, it usually means our moon.

You're right that in the future we would have to use a generic term for all extraterrestrial objects once we start colonising space. Which is why I think in the future, "moon" will become the catch-all term for the non-Earth moon, while we will call our own as Luna instead.

crackajack ,

The early 00s was pretty mysoginistic.

I originally came from a conservative country, and yet there were plenty of ads for softcore porns in TVs and billboards in those days. Even as a child, I questioned why do they show such images in front of full view to everyone.

The thing is, such mysoginy was the norm without us even realising it. I remember reading an article of a woman reminiscing her college days in early 00s. There were pictures of college girls on pin up boards and they get graded on how beautiful they are. The author said no one thought bad about it but looking back, it was very degrading and also invading privacy. There was also the matter of the infamous wardrobe malfunction of Janet Jackson. She got all the public spotlight afterwards because she is a woman, but Justin Timberlake pretty much got away with it for free. JT also shamed Britney Spears about losing her virginity to him, instead of keeping his mouth shut, while Britney was branded as slut.

crackajack ,

Good, you called out the military and I think you're not the only one who did not fall for it. After all, the US military admit they are having recruitment crisis.

crackajack ,

Not to simp for the US military and dismiss the unnecessary lives lost, but I heard most people who join the military opt for non-combat support role. That way, they are physically and mentally safe but get the free education perk.

crackajack ,

I didn't even know there is lite version.

More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings ( www.theguardian.com )

More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists....

crackajack ,

If you read the article, the deportation plan touches on those who are already German citizens by essentially paying them to "remigrate". Remigration is often a right wing dog whistle.

Pharmaceutical companies hiked the price of 775 drugs this year so far, including Ozempic and Mounjaro — exceeding the rate of inflation ( arstechnica.com )

Pharmaceutical companies hiked the price of 775 drugs this year so far, including Ozempic and Mounjaro — exceeding the rate of inflation::Meanwhile, Senate to consider subpoenas to force pharma CEOs testify on prices.

crackajack ,

"The free market can regulate according to my own pricing and the cartel's."- a CEO

crackajack ,

People don't realise this...

crackajack ,

Tell me how exactly Russia benefits from the prolonged war with amounting financial cost and casualties that future generations of Russians will pay?

Russia is experiencing demographic crisis before the war, and many men either fled or died, and the country have become beholden to China, Iran and North Korea. And Russia has only issued partial mobilisation, but imagine if the entire country then mobilised more for total war just to try to beat another country that is 1/10th the size and couldn't do so for two years.

Ukraine mobilised for total war already and they're willing to die for a bigger goal and for their homeland. Are you yourself willing to be complicit to your country's decline for handful of rubles that is depreciating in value over time?

crackajack ,

Ukraine split amicably with Russia and the borders were agreed upon after the fall of Soviet Union. The same source that you linked for your last picture would have also shown survey that Russian-speaking Ukrainians also do not wish their country to be split despite the disagreements.

But Putin exacerbated the division for his own end (same as how he stoked tensions in Georgia). That's like Republic of Ireland stoking tensions in Northern Ireland to get back the north. Or, Turkey doing the same to take over the entirety of Cyprus after already taking over the northern part of the island. All of those would violate international sovereignty of a nation under the UN Charter, which Russia have practically done in the case of Ukraine.

Russian MO is so easy to call out. They copy the playbook from another fascist claiming ethnic Germans abroad were being oppressed to justify invasion. Even though there was no evidence.

crackajack ,

As if the referendum in Eastern Ukraine wasn't totally done at gunpoint and there was no clear video evidence of counting ballots as yes, despite the ballot being blank.

Funny there is no desire by Russian-speaking Baltics to try to join Russia. It is though Kremlin knows exactly not to agitate NATO members. Putin meanwhile harangued Georgia and Ukraine because they're not NATO members.

Edit: Also, the UN themselves stated they found no evidence of genocide or discrimination on Russian-speakers in Ukraine in 2015.

crackajack ,

No country would want a part of them to secede. Majority of Eastern Ukrainians are still loyal to Ukraine-- the issue had been more about where to align until Putin exacerbated the tensions rather than easing them, especially after invading Crimea. Of course, no country would want a part of them to secede. Ukraine did not approve of this and things only escalated. The conflict in Eastern Ukraine was a civil, domestic matter but Kremlin made it an international one.

The UN did say there is no ethnic cleansing but Kremlin obviously worked behind the scenes to stoke tensions. The usual boogeyman of Azov battalion and Ukrainian far right only appeared in large groups in May 2015, long after 2014 Maidan revolution and after the Russian annexation of Crimea in early 2015.

Your own state Russian TV station videoed counting blank ballots as yes in the supposed referendum. Maybe you should get glasses old fart 🤡

Again, this is like Republic of Ireland invading the politically British territory of Northern Ireland and then invading England. Or Turkey invading the whole of Cyprus after already annexing the north. It's illegal and you know.

You know who else invaded other countries under trumped up justification to protect German minorities abroad? Why won't Russia invade Baltics then to protect Russian speakers? Russian nationalists are a strange lot.

crackajack ,

I wonder how well connected and rich Elon is to insulate him from consequences. Many people who have done as idiotic mistakes as he did have gone bankrupt or have been shunned already.

crackajack ,

Mr Beast uses the revenue he got from YouTube views and donates them. Which he then videos and create more revenue. Not a bad business model if you ask me. He wasn't even rich to begin with. His assets and wealth all started from YouTube.

crackajack ,

Never click anything from The Independent. They're clickbait shit.

crackajack ,

One is oligarchy, one is fascist. American democracy is arguably dead long ago.

crackajack ,

Voting for Trump is a statement by the many that that since democracy isn't working, we might as well drop the pretense and go full autocratic. We've seen the death of democracy several times because greed always reigns.

crackajack ,

It may well be, but people are looking for authenticity and economic security. People don't want politicians backtracking and giving empty promises. There's a reason people from the Rust Belt support Trump and perceives him who "says it like it is."

The Roman Republic fell because the elites pretended they care for the people, and the people want someone who would do things for them and "says it like it is." Same thing happened leading to the rise of Hitler.

I'm oversimplifying the reasons for the decline of Roman Republic and rise of Hitler, but the common denominator to democratic decline is growing wealth inequality and oligarch corruption. Sure, even before Trump's election and Brexit, many analysts have warned of widening gap between the rich and the poor, and predicted the consequences if these aren't addressed.

Trump Isn’t Bluffing. We’ve become inured to his rhetoric, but his message has grown darker ( www.theatlantic.com )

“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections,” Donald Trump said this past November, in a campaign speech that was ostensibly honoring Veterans Day. “The real threat...

crackajack ,

I used to think he's a harmless idiot or at least fascist-lite. Boy.... I was wrong.

The thing is with fascism is that it's hard to define. Which is why it manages to slip under the cracks and festers deeper and wider without anyone noticing until it's too late.

crackajack ,

We don't have FDR to save us from extremism this time.

crackajack ,

The kid in the picture looks under 13. We all thought he's not high school, lol.

I'm not American but i saw a South Park episode poking fun of children working, as those older refuse to work under bad pay and toxic working condition as the result of pandemic. Is there any truth to this despite the satire?

crackajack ,

Yeah, I came across a Russian troll disguising as faux-centrist-progressive advocating for American isolationism, stating that Trump is for the better than Biden. American foreign policy has obviously been detrimental except when it's a just war and in support of a country attacked unprovoked, like Ukraine. Said commenter says Ukraine is a corrupt country anyhow and losing so it's a lost cause (the Russo-Ukraine war is in a stalemate objectively speaking). He also argued Joe Biden is worse than Trump for supporting Israel's genocidal war on Gaza so Trump is better foreign policy wise, even though Trump is way friendlier to Israel by setting up the US embassy in Eastern Jerusalem.

crackajack ,

Just do a hit and run, bro 😂

crackajack ,

Do you know who else got lenient punishment despite attempting a coup...

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