uncle bernard

The amount was based on the fraud he committed. We should be happy at least one rich person is being held accountable for their crimes. Nobody to blame but himself. This isn’t going to affect his campaign. His campaign will be funded by the billion dollar republican war chest, just like the last two times.

No one was harmed when I ran a stop sign, but that didn't convince the cop to let me off. Break the law, get punished. I thought y'all were the "law and order" guys?

Always easy to tell which "Christians" don't read the Bible lol

@mspart rushing here to try to make this a trans thing says a lot. She wasn't trans, but it wouldn't matter if she was. The vast majority of mass shooters are straight men. Doesn't mean straight men are evil.

As many rational observers said at the time and were ferociously shouted down (despite many first hand accounts by Israeli survivors), it looks like the IDF killed many of the 10/7 victims themselves with their chaotic, disorganized response.

you're just jealous because she's vibing

maher has always been a social libertarian without much interest in economic issues. the only thing that’s changed is his distaste for a certain type of left cultural politics (which is mostly driven by the fact those people don’t like his humor). he comes off more balanced now because his dislike of “wokeness” is catching up to his dislike of religion.

other than his tax dollars funding it just like yours and mine? nothing. why? do you think i was saying it was his fault?

i’ve certainly never said or believed anything of the sort

if you want to be lazy that’s fine but the effects of things like this are far reaching and often are t fully realized until years later. we found out years after the fact the cia and mi6 overthrew Mossadegh in Iran (secular democratically elected leader who wanted to nationalize iran’s oil industry to lift his country out of poverty) and replaced him with the old monarchy on behalf of british oil interests. the subsequent brutal reign of the shah produced the conditions for the islamic revolution, which spread across the region like wildfire. almost every issue in the middle east today is linked to that one event. these things are important, whether you care or not.

what are you talking about?

So does stuff like this! That's why I criticize it. Hope that clears things up.

You constantly criticize Biden and the Democrats. Why do you hate America?

This is not what happened.

Is it really too much to ask for my country to stop interfering with other countries' democratic processes? It almost always ends in disaster for everybody. The best part about this country is being able to criticize its actions. Strangely, that's the right that pisses the most people off (even though they do it constantly too).

telling the military we’ll forgive you guys if you expel your popular leader because he remained neutral on ukraine is pretty direct. i thought you hated biden?

we put our thumb on the scale by making it clear we wanted him gone. the much bigger issue is that the military appears to be trying to overturn the new election results that would put him back in place. if hamas or iran were doing this, the state department would be calling it an outrage, and rightfully so. The Biden admin should be using all its influence to make sure this election proceeds peacefully and the rightful results released. If they don’t cooperate, we should be ending diplomatic relations.

Put this poor man out his misery and let him hang out with his grandkids.

almost everybody involved in this case is an ivy leaguer, including trump lmao

I don't know if the State Department is directly involved in the events going on today. I do know that they were directly involved in the initial coup and have done nothing to set the situation right since then. I'm actually quite sure they're probably pissed at the military for making it so obvious. It leaves them very little wiggle room to obfuscate. Today's briefing will be interesting. https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/ The above is an article including a leaked Pakistani memo about a meeting with the US ambassador in which the US ambassador intimates that the removal of Khan through the no-confidence vote is the best path towards repairing the US-Pakistan relationship.

You can say this all you want, but I've been consistent from the beginning. Find a post from me saying anything bad about the Israeli people or the Jewish people. Your only move is to scream anti-Semitism like a wailing child.

It is election day in Pakistan. For those who don't know, the Pakistani military, with US backing, led a pseudo-coup to oust popular Prime Minister Imran Khan. This was motivated by Khan's neutrality over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Since his removal, Khan's supporters have been violently harassed by the military. The military is going to great lengths to delegitimize the election because Khan is expected to win a dominant victory. I'll post an article below laying out the details. Today, they've shut off access to the internet, had armed clashes with protestors, and shut down media reporting on results. It will be interesting to see what our State Department says about this as we're clearly involved in this attack on democracy. https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/pakistan-election-pti-imran-khan/

Only if you ignore what I actually say. Every critique I've said in this thread is aimed at the Israeli Government/Military. I have absolutely no problem the Israeli people. They are entitled to live happy, peaceful lives like all people on Earth. No matter how often I say I think Hamas is bad and that 10/7 was evil, you guys just ignore it and pretend I'm calling for jihad against every jew in the world. It's absurd. I just want the Israeli government to stop killing civilians and stop occupying land that isn't theirs. In other words, obey basic international law.

it would certainly be nice if congress did its job and legislated. instead, both parties have kicked much of their governing responsibility to the courts. i think we all agree that’s a problem. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is an abstract concept. a woman might say the overturning of roe v wade forces her to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term and negatively affect her life. i think the government’s ability to spy on me affects my liberty. the government not giving a million dollars affects my happiness. doesn’t mean i have a right to it. the application of broad statements of rights in the constitution is not black and white.