Politics And Current Events

[Freddy Rumsen]

[Dickie Dunn]

“Is less than everyday good enough?”

[Shyster]

“Is less than everyday good enough?”

[Morkle]

This whistleblower stuff seems crazy. How long before he leaks the complaints to the press?

It’s enough now that turtle actually backs election security for $250mm.

[Freddy Rumsen]

It gets worse

[Gaucho]

Impeach him.

[AuthorTony]

The more things change...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afgh ... SKBN1W40NW

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labor in the fields, officials said on Thursday.

[DigitalGypsy66]

This is pretty poignant:

[Willie Kool]

This is pretty poignant:

[shmenguin]

[Freddy Rumsen]

It's like the satanic panic only with better marketing.

[Willie Kool]

Blatant fearmongering. And all the SJW's cry about how the right controls their base with fear...

[Viva la Ben]

[Shyster]

Sandy Hook Promise Ad Hypes the Danger of School Shootings, Fostering Irrational Fears and Bad Policies

https://reason.com/2019/09/18/sandy-hoo ... -policies/

[Ted]

Imagine the wack job parents that let their kids participate in that video.

[shmenguin]

Not terribly surprising how the childless, Ted, and someone who believes that these children are walking with Jesus in the afterlife aren’t very concerned.

This isn’t ad hominem (maybe the Ted part). It’s just illustrating how our priorities are shaped.

[Morkle]

As the 2020 election draws closer, President Trump and his personal attorney appear to have increased pressure on the Ukrainian government and its justice system in service of President Trump’s reelection campaign, and the White House and the State Department may be abetting this scheme,” the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote, citing media reports that Trump had threatened to withhold $250 million in aid to help Ukraine in its ongoing struggle against Russian-backed separatists.

Withholding aide to a foreign country unless they help your investigate your political counterparts?

Seems potentially major...

[Freddy Rumsen]

Not terribly surprising how the childless, Ted, and someone who believes that these children are walking with Jesus in the afterlife aren’t very concerned.

This isn’t ad hominem (maybe the Ted part). It’s just illustrating how our priorities are shaped.

Yes, tell us again how unloving and hiw much we hate children because reality, not irrational fear drives our response to guilt manipulation.

[Freddy Rumsen]

[Dickie Dunn]

It's like the satanic panic only with better marketing.

Seven Inches of Satanic Panic?

[eddy]

As the 2020 election draws closer, President Trump and his personal attorney appear to have increased pressure on the Ukrainian government and its justice system in service of President Trump’s reelection campaign, and the White House and the State Department may be abetting this scheme,” the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote, citing media reports that Trump had threatened to withhold $250 million in aid to help Ukraine in its ongoing struggle against Russian-backed separatists.

Withholding aide to a foreign country unless they help your investigate your political counterparts?

Seems potentially major...

Let's say this is what it is. That feels like it should be a big deal, but I've been living in the reality of the last couple years. Would this actually have consequences or is it more of the same?

[shmenguin]

Not terribly surprising how the childless, Ted, and someone who believes that these children are walking with Jesus in the afterlife aren’t very concerned.

This isn’t ad hominem (maybe the Ted part). It’s just illustrating how our priorities are shaped.

Yes, tell us again how unloving and hiw much we hate children because reality, not irrational fear drives our response to guilt manipulation.

I’m not playing games. My post says how I feel. Nowhere do I allude to anyone hating children. When you don’t have them, you feel a certain way, which is different from how you feel when you have them. And if you believe in an eternal afterlife, that certainly alters your perspective on the importance of our earty lives.

But I’m just here to post twitter links. That’s how it works, right?

[Ted]

Not terribly surprising how the childless, Ted, and someone who believes that these children are walking with Jesus in the afterlife aren’t very concerned.

This isn’t ad hominem (maybe the Ted part). It’s just illustrating how our priorities are shaped.

There you go again (incorrectly) painting with that broad brush.

I’ve got three kids. PM me your phone number and I’ll text you a family picture.

Nor do I believe in Jesus.

Let me take a guess about you now. You live close to the coast and fancy yourself a know-it-all.

[shmenguin]

Worth noting that you got your own category.

[Willie Kool]

https://reason.com/2019/09/18/sandy-hoo ... -policies/

But such security practices do accomplish something. They condition teenagers to surrender their privacy in response to arbitrary edicts from people in authority, based on zero evidence that they pose any kind of threat. Training young people to accept such invasions leaves them ill-prepared for situations in which police overstep their authority. People who are accustomed to being searched for no reason at all are not likely to assert their constitutional rights when a cop asks if he can peruse their cars, homes, or personal belongings.