jettrscga

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[–] jettrscga 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a pretty vague word in this context too. Something official was done. As you can see, the sanctions solved the issue.

[–] jettrscga 3 points 10 months ago

Clicking the picture in the news article expands it to show the entrance. Really bad website design.

[–] jettrscga 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sci Fi movie twist: the "was" always comes 1 second earlier than the event.

Wikiminority Report

[–] jettrscga 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The baby weighed between 6.8 and 6.9 lbs at birth, seems legit.

6.8 * 2^(10*4) = 7.47 trillion lbs

[–] jettrscga 6 points 10 months ago

Did he? I missed all this news. Googling now I only see that Simmons said he didn't give permission and didn't want to be involved when they tried, but didn't see him try to shut it down.

I'm curious to hear if he really wanted it stopped. It's tough to understand his tone in his quote, but it feels slimy that they released the short anyway.

[–] jettrscga 7 points 10 months ago

You would assume Bert is sliding down, but he's actually being sucked into Ernie's gaping maw.

[–] jettrscga 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Transmitters make you trans.

Don't even get me started on what transceivers do.

It's depressing how ignorant people can be programmed to hate anyone and anything different. And they're somehow always the squeakiest wheel that society caters to.

[–] jettrscga 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No, I'm more concerned with how the entire world will be impacted by electing Trump again. What's happening in Gaza will continue to happen whether we elect Biden or Trump.

Trump on Gaza:

“You’ve got to finish the problem,” Trump said on Fox News on Tuesday when asked about the war. “You had a horrible invasion that took place that would have never happened if I was president.”

He said on Oct. 11 that a future Trump administration would “fully support Israel defeating, dismantling, and permanently destroying the terrorist group Hamas,”

That month, his campaign also said that, if elected again, he would bar Gaza residents from entering the U.S. as part of an expanded travel ban.

Suggesting that the Gaza situation is a dealbreaker for Biden is trying to hold him to a higher standard than anyone holds Trump, and that higher standard by itself tells you who the better candidate is.

[–] jettrscga 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There probably isn't a single politician that I fully agree with.

There are different levels of disagreement and what I'm pointing out is people trying to use Gaza as a way to fully discredit Biden as a candidate because they have no other scandals to use against him.

[–] jettrscga 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Gaza example was already whataboutism. I only bring up the Trump example to emphasize that we already have historical evidence that he won't handle Ukraine or Gaza any better than Biden has. He only uses those situations to benefit himself.

I agree that being the lesser of two evils doesn't absolve Biden's part in it, but I hope you reconsider supporting him. As frustrating as it is that neither is perfect, it doesn't help anyone to allow an even worse candidate to win in protest.

[–] jettrscga 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

It's not an accident that people suddenly care so much about US foreign policy when it's convenient to bash Biden before an election. It's a very concerted propaganda effort on social media that you're either intentionally or unintentionally a part of.

Before the last election Trump tried to extort Ukraine by withholding military aid unless Ukraine helped investigate his political opponent, Biden.

I don't agree with what's happening in Israel/Palestine either, but I'm more concerned at how often it's being used as this "trump card" to lower Biden to Trump's level. It's still not remotely close.

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