dogslayeggs

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[–] dogslayeggs 39 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You might be surprised what the feelings are of people in the Pentagon vs those in the services at large. The Pentagon is filled mostly with officers, not enlisted people. Officers are college educated and are responsible for leading teams of people. They take their oath of service EXTREMELY seriously, and seeing a commander in chief who spits in the face of this oath is not taken lightly. Seeing a commander in chief who risks the lives of their people for questionable reasons is not taken lightly. I was in the Pentagon the month before and the day after election... most people there are not Trump voters.

[–] dogslayeggs 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

A miscalculation is still a mistake. If their intention was to get him convicted, regardless of before or during election season, their slow-walking failed. They made mistakes.

You are correct about friendly judges. I don't know enough about lawyering to know if there was a way for the DA to pick better venues with less friendly judges.

[–] dogslayeggs 9 points 1 day ago

I try to, but there aren't any near me. I resort to ordering from Powells or picking up from BN in person. I used to buy used from ABE books, but they got bought by Amazon.

[–] dogslayeggs 2 points 1 day ago

Hell, I live in a huge city and don't have many other options. Most of the independent stores here are focused on specific topics instead of just general fiction. Either that or they aren't anywhere near me, which sucks in a city with crazy traffic.

[–] dogslayeggs 1 points 1 day ago

It's like he's so close to sounding like a good, decent human being... and then he has his wife go do that shit at the end.

[–] dogslayeggs 25 points 1 day ago

A) She should have never called it a term that has that much meaning behind it.

B) She should have maybe waited to hear some facts before speaking about it.

[–] dogslayeggs 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The prosecutors in every single one of the MANY cases against him fucked up royally every step of the way. How can so many people make so many mistakes? I mean, even though they were up against judges who were actively trying to fuck them, they should have ended these cases a year ago.

[–] dogslayeggs 6 points 1 day ago

Wait a second. You would assume the person votes for Biden/Harris because they support Israel while trying to keep Israel under control. You don't assume the person voted for the person who said he wants Israel to "finish the job" and enacted a Muslim travel ban?

Are you really that stupid? Or are you just trying to make a political point?

[–] dogslayeggs 3 points 1 day ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/politics/trump-immigrants-nice-countries.html

He said out loud that he wants immigration from "nice" places like Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland. He laments immigration from Asia (unclear where in Asia he means). He might also talk about Chinese immigrants, but he is taking a strong anti-China stance with the economy. It'll be "interesting" to see how he swings with respect to normal Chinese workers in the US versus how he treats the country of China and immigration in general.

[–] dogslayeggs 2 points 2 days ago

Man I loved that movie as a kid. I've been afraid to go back and watch it as an adult.

[–] dogslayeggs 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh, let's see... maybe because there's a vast gulf in the perceived power and responsibility between a governor and a president?

[–] dogslayeggs 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In five elections, Democrats voted in the same numbers for 4 of the 5 candidates and WAY higher for the 5th. I'll let you figure out the common theme among the first 4 candidates.

As far as your points:

Yes she did.

Neither did Trump.

Trump said he'd do more.

So did Trump.

This is fair.

Circling back: if the difference isn't that much between her and Biden (per your argument), why did he get SO MANY MORE votes? 69M, 65M, 65M, 81M, 69M. Only one of those 5 numbers is votes for the white man.

 

Is there a way to force a sync/update of a federated community? When I go to https://soccer.forum I can see all kinds of recent activity. When I go to https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] I don't see any new posts for the last 16 days.

 

Both the Philly/New England and LAFC/Vancouver playoff match-ups are rematches of the final game of the season. There is a chance those four teams will play four games in a row in this new playoff format.

 

I'm required by federal rules to buy a ticket through an American carrier for work travel, which means my flights have to be booked by Delta even if the flights are operated by AF/KLM. I want to fly on AF/KLM stock to get better MQDs, though. Can I call either Delta or AF/KLM to have them change the ticket stock after purchasing? I know the stocks CAN be changed, because KLM were forced to do it in order for them to book me on a new flight after mine was cancelled. I just don't know if there are special code words I can use to get them to do it for me.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6891254

If Vancouver beats LAFC this weekend, RSL beats Colorado (likely), and Houston beats Portland (likely), then the first round of the playoffs will have LAFC playing Vancouver in a best of 3. That would be minimum of 3 games in a row between the two teams and a possibility for a 4th game.

I kind of hate it.

I didn't check Eastern Conference, but there is also a very very low likelihood of Houston and Portland playing 3-4 games in a row. That requires Seattle, Dallas, and San Jose all losing, LAFC losing, and Houston beating Portland by enough goals.

 

If Vancouver beats LAFC this weekend, RSL beats Colorado (likely), and Houston beats Portland (likely), then the first round of the playoffs will have LAFC playing Vancouver in a best of 3. That would be minimum of 3 games in a row between the two teams and a possibility for a 4th game.

I kind of hate it.

I didn't check Eastern Conference, but there is also a very very low likelihood of Houston and Portland playing 3-4 games in a row. That requires Seattle, Dallas, and San Jose all losing, LAFC losing, and Houston beating Portland by enough goals.

 

I found a very active soccer community randomly while surfing not logged in. When I got back to my computer that was logged in, I had the hardest time finding it. And when I finally found it, the community didn't show any new posts for the last 7 days and was far less active. I swapped to a different browser that wasn't logged into lemmy and could see all the newest posts.

So I tried subscribing to see if that would force a sync, but it didn't do anything.

Basically, when I'm logged into lemmy.world I cannot see any new posts on lemmy.world/c/[email protected] but when I'm logged out and go to the exact same address I can see all the newest posts.

 

Vela returns with a goal and an assist. Olivera opens up his MLS tenure with a goal. Bogusz scored a good goal. Bouanga was dangerous and had a circus goal called back for a questionable foul. And McCarthy saved 4 shots in the clean sheet. It was a fun game to watch, though in person a lot of the calls from the ref seemed questionable.

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With Juarez finishing second in their group, they will head out to BMO Stadium this Wed night.

 

Vela is an absolute legend for the club who has brought us 3 titles already. It will be a bitter sweet day when we get to send off our captain, our first ever and best player.

 

Cifuentes has been pretty disappointing this season, though he's been a bit better the last few games. It would have been nice to have traded him when his stock was higher, but moving a young player to Europe is always a good thing. I'm not 100% well versed on the crazy MLS roster rules, but I wonder if this plus the Opoku move helps the club sign a new DP.

 

With the start of the League's Cup this week and LAFC having a bye through to the knockout round from holding the Supporter's Shield, the next match for LAFC isn't until August (date unknown). Let's hope the players are finally able to recover their early season form and use the time to gel on a more cohesive attack. My personal opinion is this year's Shield is already out of reach, so we should focus on League's Cup and, if we don't win that, then coast the regular season to rest up for the MLS Cup.

 

I've never started a community or modded a subreddit, so I'll be looking to hand this off to someone in the future. I just wanted to get our space started since I no longer use reddit. Please let me know if you are interested in moderating.

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