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How soft on crime of them

ProPublica is the embodiment of integrity. Trying to get in their way is just going to splay out more of your cards.

It's a two way street. I'm not a veteran but I do not care if my political opponent displays an inverted flag. It's meant to be a signal of recognition of distress. It's not even necessarily unpatriotic.

Take the high road, we're all supposed to be neighbors first.

Predator genetics

This has left me with ripples of giggles for days, btw.

It has time on its side.

I had no idea that xmms died and got forked. Thanks for the tip

Usually they go less far in practice than their promises, because our government was designed to be gridlocked.

Same thing as last time.

Runner up (running tracker)

Breezy Weather

Congratulations, you re-implemented /b/ on lemmy

FWIW I am also weirdly appreciative of the government accountability office watchdog report, in case this helps with direction.

That categorization is really helpful for understanding this mindset, thanks!

Someone should make a wikiHow with this title

I hope you don't talk to the people in your actual personal life this way.

Well, the great news is these forums are vastly inconsequential.

I want a phone that has an eink display but an ecosystem for apps. I want my battery to last weeks, I want my communications conduits to be dead simple, and I want to be able to run an OTP authenticator on it.

If the thing I'm expected to have becomes highly useful for the things I'm expected to have it for while also interrupting my bad habit tendencies, I think it would be a good fit for me.

I think before folks downvote this for being a flawed opinion on its face, they should remember what the actual question was, and this statement wasn't lodged in a vacuum.

Now if actual libertarians are downvoting this I'd love to hear their corrections.

On a political spectrum, the term libertarian should relate to anti-authoritarian. So, I can see how the case can be made against socialized healthcare for them. It's not really about true freedom or liberty. And in the US anyway, it's largely just facade co-opted by the fascist [authoritarian and wealthy] right wing, ironically.

The word "Libertarian" in US has less relation to the dictionary definition than "Republican" and "Democrat". These are names of parties over here, even if they have a namesake of governmental mechanisms.

Examples:

Ron Johnson said in a single breath that he was a libertarian and opposed the legalization of marijuana.

Find the average "libertarian" policy position on border policies.

US politics is unfortunately entrenched in tribalism rather than searching for the right tool to match a job or solve a problem and maximize outcomes, the libertarians over here are no exception.