Riccosuave

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[–] Riccosuave 2 points 4 months ago

I think I'm good on that, but you do you m8.

[–] Riccosuave 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I wanted to use 4chan

I am relatively confident that you are one of the first people to ever type that sentence out.

[–] Riccosuave 1 points 4 months ago

I haven't, but I'm gonna go look it up right now 😂

[–] Riccosuave 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure Emperor Don has a man servant who acts as his technology fluffer.

[–] Riccosuave 6 points 4 months ago

I guess I am finally an old head because I don't know who any of these people are....

[–] Riccosuave 6 points 4 months ago

All of the legal costs associated with appeals I would assume.

[–] Riccosuave 4 points 4 months ago

Oh man, I swear I saw the weight from a Kusarigama. I have been waiting with baited breath for another game to deploy my favorite weapon from Nioh. I'm extremely hyped for this. I hope they introduce some more RPG-ish elements too.

[–] Riccosuave 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Well, I think for one thing because Jill Stein seemingly had nothing to lose in that interview with Mehdi. The whole thing just came off as weird to me, and clearly that sentiment was pretty widely shared. I just don't understand it I guess. If she had provided more context around her initial hesitancy perhaps I would feel differently.

I am also totally willing to admit that it is an intellectual double standard, but it isn't a strategic one because the outcome of Kamala Harris' speech has the ability to affect the outcome of this election in a huge way. I guess you could argue that Jill Stein's does too since she is potentially peeling votes from the Democrats, but if she was actually serious about affecting change she could be lobbying Kamala Harris for policy concessions behind the scenes instead of just virtue signaling.

Jill Stein in that Mehdi interview really gave off the same energy as Kim Iversen in her debate with Destiny yesterday. Neither one of them did much to counter the narrative that they were at best highly sympathetic to Russia, or at worst closeted Russian assets. It was all just really bizarre and extremely suspect....

[–] Riccosuave 23 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Just out of curiosity, do you think it would help her win the election if she did? She boycotted his speech in congress. She is treading a really thin line, and the only winning gambit seems to be keeping her messaging neutral until after the election. Rocking that boat right now gives the Republicans further ammunition to use against her, and will embolden Netanyahu to militarily escalate.

At the moment she can hide behind the veil of the current policy being driven exclusively by Biden rather than inserting herself in the middle of things, and therefore presenting additional leverage to her enemies. I don't like the situation, but I don't see how it was possible to play things any differently while still preserving a serious chance to win the election.

We normally see eye to eye on a lot of things, but in this case I think it is disengenuous to conflate the motivations of Jill Stein & Kamala Harris.

[–] Riccosuave 10 points 4 months ago

Well that is fucking depressing. Hopefully some of the information spreads to them via cultural osmosis I guess.

[–] Riccosuave 4 points 4 months ago

There's always money to spend on profiting from human suffering in this country. If you think there won't be a cottage industry that springs up around bounty hunting illegal immigrants if that was to become legal then you need a better imagination.

[–] Riccosuave 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Let me ask you a nuanced question:

What type of punishment would you be in favor of for high level cartel members who have significant pull with prison gangs in the US?

If I put it another way. Are you okay with the type of supermax confinement that El Chapo is under at the moment as an example?

I'm asking because this is something that I personally wrestle with as I think it is a gray area within my own ethical boundaries as they relate to human rights.

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