Makeitstop

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[–] Makeitstop 19 points 15 hours ago

A fair value without a Nazi CEO dragging their brand down. The fair value with Elon is damn near 0.

[–] Makeitstop 56 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

I would assume they're getting the Intel already. The entire administration is comprised of Russian assets and useful idiots. Even if the info isn't being handed to them directly, all the existing security is being ripped to shreds and the teams that would counter any threats have officially been told to ignore Russia completely.

That said, I wouldn’t put it past Trump to publicly give Intel to Russia, but only because he's an idiot and assuming there is a low he won't sink to his always a losing bet.

[–] Makeitstop 70 points 1 day ago (16 children)

We were so close a few years ago when the senate passed a bill with unanimous consent, only for the house to say fuck you and refuse to even consider it (can't have anything useful getting done).

[–] Makeitstop 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dwayne Johnson needs one of these.

[–] Makeitstop 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Florida gets destroyed, and within a few years the Federation is founded and humanity enters a utopian era. Sounds about right.

[–] Makeitstop 7 points 4 days ago

A work requirement would be particularly perverse. It just further normalizes employers paying shit wages and providing little or no benefits, with programs like medicaid and snap making up the difference. It's an indirect subsidy that only makes it easier to keep wages low.

Maybe we should do the opposite and tax businesses that pay low enough wages for their employees to qualify for assistance. Although, we'd probably get more results by instituting an income inequality tax that increases based on the difference in total compensation between the highest and lowest paid employees. Make it so that the only way executives can increase their own pay is by paying their employees well too.

[–] Makeitstop 9 points 6 days ago

I'm sure Russia will be getting all of our Intel instead.

[–] Makeitstop 18 points 1 week ago

In response, Trump rattled off a list of everything that “would have never happened” if he’d won the presidential election four years ago.

Trump’s nonanswer, which veered further and further off-topic, included the October 7 massacre, “Israel,” inflation, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and China possessing the Bagram Air Base (the Taliban has denied that China controls the former U.S. base). Finally, he circled back to Ukraine—but only to complain, not to actually answer the question.

Obviously he was never going to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Why would he? He's only the one who negotiated the withdrawal.

[–] Makeitstop 113 points 1 week ago (6 children)

“To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd,” Trump wrote.

“Have fun!” he added.

Doesn't sound like an admission to me. Sounds like he's just shifting the burden of responsibility to farmers and acted like this was doing them a favor.

[–] Makeitstop 40 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Push polling works. That separate poll asked leading questions and misrepresent both sides. The survey question says Zelenskyy's position is that there can be no compromise, negotiation or diplomacy. They make no mention of security guarantees, or of Russia's past history of violating agreements. Trump and Vance want peace, and apparently Zelenskyy just wants the war to go on until he's conquered his way to the pacific.

They also give false dichotomies between negotiating for an immediate ceasefire and fighting until victory. And another question asked if Ukraine should refuse to compromise or if both sides would need to make concessions, and they presented the both sides making concessions result as proof that Americans though Ukraine should give up territory.

It's all bullshit. I'm sure the portion of the population that bought Trump and Vance's feigned outrage is disturbingly high, but these assclowns are trying very hard to inflate those numbers.

[–] Makeitstop 62 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's right Donny, everyone who makes you mad is weak. Everyone who provokes you into screaming ranting like a maniac on social media is a loser. They're all pathetic and your compulsive need to lash out at critics is proof that you are tough and smart and better than all of them.

[–] Makeitstop 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You're right, the Ukrainians should just give up on all these uppity notions of national sovereignty and self determination. They are in Russia's sphere of influence, their place is to do what Russia says. It's their fault if they don't listen and Putin has to give them a black eye, that's just him correcting them and showing he cares.

They should welcome their Russian liberators, so they can finally see how wonderful life under Russian rule is. Just ask the people of Bucha and Mariupol, they'll be happy to tell you (if you can find a Ouija board in Cyrillic).

 

Over 200 American outlets under USA Today parent company Gannett will not back candidates “in presidential or national races,” according to USA Today.

“None of the USA TODAY Network publications are endorsing in presidential or national races,” a spokesperson for USA Today, Lark-Marie Antón, said in an email to The Hill on Monday.

 

My SO and I are always looking for good movies, shows, etc. to fill the month of October. We like things that are atmospheric, cerebral, or just fun. But a lot of the standard recommendations are your typical slasher movies and the like, disgusting body horror, kids movies that we have no interest in, and things that are just plain miserable.


Here's some things we've liked to one degree or another from previous years.

Action Horror / Horror That's Actually Enjoyable

  • Aliens
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Fright Night
  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
  • The Mummy (1999)
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Sleepy Hollow (Great? No. Fun? Yes.)
  • Termors 1 & 2
  • Various Stephen King Mini series (IT, The Stand, Rose Red)

Funny and Spooky

  • Army of Darkness
  • BeetleJuice
  • Bubba Ho-Tep
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)
  • The Burbs (didn't love it, but a good fit)
  • Death Becomes Her
  • The Frighteners
  • Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
  • Ghostbusters 1 & 2
  • Gremlins 1 & 2
  • High Anxiety
  • Little Shop of Horrors (not really into musicals, but still a good fit)
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • What We Do in the Shadows (movie)
  • Various MST3K horror movie episodes
  • Young Frankenstein

Anthology Shows (inherently hit or miss)

  • The Twilight Zone (60s)
  • The Outer Limits (90s)
  • Tales From the Crypt

Old Timey Classics

  • Dracula
  • Frankenstein (actually underwhelming, but it was a good fit)
  • The Haunting (1963)
  • The Haunting of Hill House (with Rifftrax, but still counts)
  • The Last Man on Earth
  • Psycho
  • The Invisible Man

Barely Qualifies as spooky but still good:

  • Dark Man
  • The Dead Zone (movie)
  • Men in Black
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Shadow
  • They Live
 

A new poll shows former President Trump leading Vice President Harris by only 2 points in Florida ahead of what could be a tighter-than-expected race in the red state in November.

Trump leads Harris with 49 to her 47 percent support in the Sunshine State, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus two points.

 

And don't get me started on modern conveniences.

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Superscript and subscript (self.lemmyconnect)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Makeitstop to c/[email protected]
 

It seems like all the other markdown stuff works, but we're missing ^superscript^ and ~subscript~ in connect. As a frequent user of footnotes,^1^ I would greatly appreciate support for these tags.


^1^ Great for citations, explanations, or really stupid tangents

 

Amazing how one little letter can make such a big difference.

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