TrueStoryBob @ TrueStoryBob @lemmy.world

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I have friends who's loved ones are in the GOP death cult, they ask "what's the point of all this immigrant and abortion stuff, they used to not care about this at all"

I simply reply: "The cruelty is the point. DJT isn't promising to fix anything really, he's promising to hurt the right people."

Freeze peach.

This... JMG is the best. Him and Isaac Arthur...

https://youtube.com/@isaacarthursfia?si=os9gCpAVxKe1igNo

Literally been screaming this since her time as SoS... Hill-Dawg should have run in NY's bluest blueberry of a US House district and then taken the reigns from Pelosi in 2022. She's masterful at running the inner party show... she got that "do it or I'll burn your house down" energy so few people have (liken to LBJ, Pelosi, Cave Johnson, etc).

LDS Church in 2079: "Okay, okay, God is trans actually."

JFC. They literally stood there while he struggled. What the actual fuck?

I'm okay with ads (just like on broadcast TV), but only if I'm not paying for the streaming/VOD service (just like on broadcast TV). Like, I'm okay with ads on a YouTube video, but I got rid of Netflix when they cancelled a series I liked and, now that they've started talking about adding ads, I'll probably not go back.

Micromanagement and the need to take credit for work other people do. Of all the incompetent bosses I've had over the years, micromanagers are the worst and all of the micromanagers for whom I've worked have been men.

It's like, dude, you hired me because I know more about doing this task than other people (including you). Stop hovering over me, when I need your input I'll come get you. Just let me fucking cook. I know what I'm talking about and what I'm going... you employ me specifically because I know what I'm talking about and what I'm doing.

I guess their thought process goes: if I'm not hovering over this person at all times, the company might figure out I don't know 100% of 100% of everything my employees do day to day... even though that's insane. What company would require a manager to know absolutely everything about how their employees do their jobs; a manager obviously shouldn't be completely in the dark about operations but also it's crazy to think they'd want them to be an expert on everything.

I've got a working Intellivision which was originally released in 1979. Mine was fresh off the factory floor in 84, I think that was the last year it was made.

Our current death panel is just "well, she can't afford it"... just as American Jesus wants.

In other news, meteorologist says the sky is blue.

Also, when someone shows you who they truly are, believe them the first time. I've become a person for whom respect is not earned, it is only ever lost. Everyone I know and meet, I try to respect the same as I would any other person... but, once you've lost that respect, I find it truly hard to give the benefit of the doubt and restore that faith.

PACs are not allowed to coordinate with candidates or their campaigns, which is how they're allowed to raise unlimited amounts of money.

If anyone doesn't get that stuff like this is always said with a nod and a wink... they don't understand how truly broken our campaign finance system is in reality. The Citizens United case is blinding proof that this Supreme Court has been in the bag for conservatives and reactionaries for decades. Project 2025 is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wealthy, empowered by Reagan era Neoliberalism, attempting a fascist takeover of the United States. It's the Business Plot (or "Wall Street Putsch") of 1933, but in super slow motion.

I mean, in the 1950's, the planes with all the fancy food and service were basically full first class flights... to return to that weed have to have single class/first class flights and the prices to match.

Look, I run my mouth all the time... but I'm also not running for Vice President. I am a white dude, so there is a non zero chance that the Harris team might reach out to me at some point before the convention, but I doubt it.

I think Pennsylvania's Governor Shapiro is a good choice, but Michigan's Governor Whitmer is also an excellent idea. Both states are needed to win and have been looking choppy electorially (to say the least). I don't think Sanders would take the call (for various reasons, none of which are bad). AOC is too "east-coast" when you've already got one of the more progressive Democrats on the ticket in Harris. Besides her time as a DA, Harris is fairly progressive. She was originally put on the 2020 Biden ticket as a nod to progressives within the party... so far as VP, she's stayed to the left of Biden on most things.

Same where I'm at. 😞

They know what they did.

Especially in the books. Duarte in the books is just like all the worst parts of Caesar (which I guess was part of the idea the writers had).

While I would love this to be a reference to The Expanse, they're probably talking about the former president of the Philippines. Rodrigo Duterte had a policy of basically legalized vigilante murder for suspected drug dealers.