LongbottomLeaf @ LongbottomLeaf @lemmy.nz

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But oh how time went by And the oceans they did rise

Oh no, what'd they break this time?

Now you got me laughing hard

This is beautiful. I feel silly it took me a couple reads. Then in a flash I saw Picard elbowing Data out of the way to mash the fire button like a kid playing Tekken for the first time. Desperate shots go wide, there's a heavy sigh as realization sets in...he stands up straight, smooths his uniform, "Onscreen."

Gotta play one of my favorite Melvins tracks on trips like those.

Andrew Matthews, former officer with the Yale PD and current lawyer for Yale's police union, said he doesn't think there was an attempt to fearmonger or scare people when police distributed their pamphlets.

Bullshit. That's exactly what it was. They know how impressionable freshmen are, especially those from out of state or country. They know the authority they have and represent, and because of this a lot of people will simply take them at their word. They also know the age old strategy of 1) scare people with an outside threat, then 2) present yourself as the only solution to said threat.

Behind the Police, Robert Evans and friends

We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're mass communicatin'!

Say, uh, Cousin Wash, I suppose I'd be the acme of foolishness to inquire if you had a hair net.

WE ... THOUGHT ... YOU ... WAS ... A ... TOAD

Final bets!

Having a Fulton County mug shot may even become a marker of status among Mr. Trump's most die-hard supporters: Amy Kremer, who helped organize the rally that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, posted a doctored photo of herself -- unsmiling -- in front of the Fulton County Sheriff's sign, though she has not been charged in Georgia.

Wow. I got the impression Rudy knew what he was facing, or at least had a decent idea, cause he's been on the other side. These other clowns though...they are in for quite the shock if those steel doors ever slam shut on them.

Nah, you earned that label by supporting one. Thinking that clown was responsible for what you claim is asinine.

Also: way to not show up with any evidence, and not refute my valid points.

You support a crook and liar. And you are a liar.

Edit2: and your way is how nazis talk. The frivolous bad faith arguments with no evidence, all B.S., supporting authoritarians and sowing division, all while claiming the high ground.

And lastly: I'm not your bud, guy.

'But why are you helping the Nothing, G'mork?'

'Because people without hopes and dreams are easier to control.'

Fuck! Shit. Jesus.

Let me just flip on some Fern Gully to clean the palette...Oh, ffs.

WALL-E!

I'm realizing now I saw Atreyu have his good day to die moment long before I got into Trek. It's a rather heavy story now that I think about it.

Omg, Ick. Lol

In this regard, I agree, he was very progressive for GOP strategy. Half a Gerald Ford and one Jimmy Carter later and people were ready for 3 more terms of it. The stain of Nixon's administration washed out rather quickly. His tactics and students live on.

You're doing it again. Those quotes are for quoting. Paraphrase, summarize and critique UNDER the quote.

You're really gonna claim desegregation for the POTUS who signed the Controlled Substances Act after ignoring the advice of his own commission whose report recommended legalization? That racist P.O.S.? Yeah, he really 'desegregated' all those black men into prison, didnt he?

Also, your earlier point about other administrations being unable to overturn his racist legislation, which is responsible for a disproportionate amount of minorites incarcerated, resulting in continued growth of the prison population largely by non-violent drug convictions proves MY POINT. Nixon's evil nazi spirit is still with us to this day. It is evident in the prisons, in the jails, in our justice system, in the DEA, in this weird quasi system for cannabis workers who can't bank like other farmers. Fuck Richard Nixon and all his ilk.

You wave the Clean Water Act around like it absolves him of his many other crimes. As if he wrote it. As if he wasn't a huge pain in the ass for the actual authors who wanted an even better amendment to the FWPCA but couldn't get it because Nixon vetoed them. As if he signed it for any reason other than to garner votes from the public who were at the time rightfully pissed off about the quality of water in the country. If he was actually the progressive environmentalist you paint him to be, he would have pushed for that legislation BEFORE the Cuyahoga caught fire for the 3rd time. But he didn't. Because he was a P.O.S. who only cared about himself and power.

Cite your sources for the rest of your B.S. claims. I don't have the time to go hunting down all your goose chase whataboutisms. I brought my facts. Where are yours? You made the outrageous claim that Nixon was the "most progressive president in history" not me. Burden of proof tossed upon the believer. Put up or shut up. I've made some of my points that he was anything but progressive, and there is plenty more where that came from for this president.

Your uncited claims do not reflect the reality of history. So 'progressive' he had to be the first to resign. What was that for again? Oh that's right.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/10/12/every-25-seconds/human-toll-criminalizing-drug-use-united-states

https://online.law.tulane.edu/blog/clean-water-act-history

https://waterkeeper.org/news/bipartisan-beginnings-of-clean-water-act/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafer_Commission?wprov=sfla1

One of the most progressive presidents of all time.

Hyperbolic nazi.

Like Nixon wasn't a sexual predator. Like you care about inmates or the wrongly incarcerated. As if you care about minorities.

You put words in my mouth like you breathe and lie.

Nixon was not progressive for anyone's day. He was the Trump of his day. Why else would Paul Manafort work for both of them?

Did Carter have Henry fucking Kissinger as his advisor and confidant?

Wake up and smell what you shovel.

Edit: almost forgot your double down on dog whistle homophobia. It's abundantly clear you own nothing with a rainbow on it.

Conveniently left out that "progressive" Controlled Substances Act that has been so helpful for all those pesky minorities that wouldn't vote for him.

Compare Nixon to either Democrat that came before or after him.

He wasn't progressive for his time. The Overton Window has shifted so far to the right, Nixon now appears less than conservative (to some).

Also, shiny prepared statements mean less to me than what someone says behind closed doors to their friends and allies.

        If he gets shot, it's too damn bad.
        Conversation about Senator Edward Kennedy with White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman (September 7, 1972)

    Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!
        Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976 Volume E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972, Document 258 Conversation Between President Nixon and the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Camp David, September 24, 1972, 11:37-11:52 a.m

    The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.
        Conversation with Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig on December 14, 1972



  

So progressive