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  • Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.

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  • Not sure why you're putting a definition of abject here? Are you saying that they should have said abject instead of object? That would mean something different.

    object lessonnounsomething that serves as a practical example of a principle or abstract ideaExamples of object lesson in a SentenceHis life story is an object lesson in how not to run a business.

  • Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.

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  • I agree you guys helped stop us from electing Canada’s version of trump but I highly doubt the lesson learned will stick.

    Well, maybe it wouldn't stick if what we've seen so far was the worst of it, but unfortunately it's just the beginning. The lesson will be getting much more intense soon.

    Anyway best of luck to the sane Americans we will be joining you guys shortly.

    Thanks and I hope not!

  • Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.

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  • Go ahead and laugh but you should thank us. You all were about to elect Pollivierre until we showed you what going down that road will lead to. As the US goes down in flames we can comfort ourselves that we've served as an example to others. We celebrate that Australia also sees the light. As you point and laugh, remember that "there but for the grace of god ability to learn from the mistakes of others go I". I remember in the '90's when Americans were gloating over the collapse of the Soviet Union I said, "Don't laugh, we're probably next." Yes, it took longer than I expected but here we are.

  • How do you find meaning in life?

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  • It's a great relief to come to the realization that there is no grand inherent meaning to life, and no need for one. No constant worrying about what the meaning is and how much time you have left to "figure it out", no need to feel like there's some big thing you have to accomplish, no pressure to be someone important or make an impact on the world. No need to find the correct religion or moral code. It's simple: we're all (humans and animals) just trying to live our lives in peace and find happiness, so as for goals: Live and let live. Try to not hurt each other, and better yet, help each other--helping1 someone isn't always easy but it's a good feeling. It creates a feeling of meaning/purpose better than most anything else I can think of.

    1: besides doing some task for someone, it could also be as simple as a smile, a kind word, or just listening/being there.

  • Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

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  • I knew this fucking piece of shit would stop us from being able to get our vaccinations. I hate these rich, cruel, power-drunk self-aggrandizing monstrous killers so much! 😡 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • What do you pay for your cellular service?

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  • USA, $9/mo. ($9.36 with taxes/fees) for unlimited talk/texts and 1GB data.

  • The American imperialists do a splendid job at denying their history, and on top of that, they cynically profess values ​​like democracy and freedom that they don't even practice.

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  • Yes I oversimplified because the post was getting so long and the topic is American imperialism specifically, but of course there are exceptions. South Africa being an obvious example, where you had white rule and the oppression of apartheid up until not long ago. Point is, Europe is where it all stems from. Before you come back with exceptions from ancient history I'll say that I'm talking about modern history (which is the post middle ages period).

  • The American imperialists do a splendid job at denying their history, and on top of that, they cynically profess values ​​like democracy and freedom that they don't even practice.

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  • Here's my view:

    The North American colonies of the European imperialists had one very significant difference from the other colonies of the European imperialists: when the European imperialists came over here and proceeded to brutally colonize this continent, and brought their slaves from Africa over here to work for them and send the products back to Europe, it was the European imperialists over here who rebelled against the European imperialists over there, and won.

    So IOW when America/USA got its independence from the European imperialists, it was really just another group of European imperialists owning and running the new country. They still had the slaves so they just kept on going with the slavery along with continuing the genocide of the original inhabitants. The European imperialists in Europe lost their slaves and land to the American group of imperialists.

    Whereas when the other colonies of the European imperialists in South America, Africa, etc. got their independence, it was the original inhabitants of those places who got their own countries, not just another group of European imperialists taking over from the previous group.

    So Europe's age of imperialism finally petered out and they moved on. Now they can sniff and tut-tut and pretend they are definitely not racist and would never, ever act like those horrible American imperialists. But it's been Europeans and their descendants who have been in charge over here the whole time. This democracy was only ever intended to be a democracy by, of and for those white males (at first only white male landowners).

    The reason things are falling apart now is that in their view, non-white males have gotten way too close to having too much power, and they can't have that -- that would be real democracy for all instead of the white-males-only democracy they want. Barack Obama winning the presidency totally freaked them out, inspiring the Tea Party movement which grew to become the maga movement and eventually took over the entire republican party. So now trump and the oligarchs are back in control. Phew!, they're so relieved. But we outnumber them (which is why they want to purge non-whites and make white women have more babies). Who will win?

  • ‘Rural healthcare will cease to exist’ if Trump cuts Medicaid, Kentucky Gov. warns

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  • No matter how great your private insurance is, it won't help you if the only hospital(s) in your area have closed down, especially when time is of the essence. Not just rural but in the less populated cities. That's why cutting Medicaid and other safety net programs hurts everyone, not just "the poors". Looks like a bunch of "I got mine, screw you" thinkers are about to do some finding out.

  • 'Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states

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  • trump loves this, sitting on his throne while politicians (and business people and organizations) beg for help (or for him not to hurt them) while he gets to say "and what will you do for me in return?" or "I'm going to do you this favor. Some day I might also need a favor, you understand"

  • Sanders says Arkansas in 'dire need of federal assistance,' but Trump says no - Arkansas Times

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  • I have to say, I'm a little bit surprised, but I guess I shouldn't be. I figured he'd gleefully screw over the blue states while continuing to help the red states, but obviously once he got into office he doesn't need them any more. Which just goes to show they've got serious plans to make sure there won't be any more free and fair elections.

    (edit) I live in a red state, so all I can do is hope we don't have any major disasters. At least our state's finances have improved under our Democratic governor, but her term is only until the end of next year, when I'm sure a repub will replace her (we alternate our governors between repubs who screw everything up, and dems who painstakingly get us out of the mess over the objections of the repub-controlled legislature, just in time for voters to forget how bad the last repub gov was and vote in another one. rinse and repeat).

  • 'Nobody cares': Overwelmed WV flood victims don't expect much help from Trump's FEMA

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  • My god what a pathetic situation. trump and his freezing FEMA funds is only part of the problem--their own governor doesn't give enough of a shit to do a damn thing about it; he's a magat of course. There's another article linked in the sidebar about him:

    Governor Patrick Morrisey held a press conference today to look back on his first 100 days in office. Morrisey says he has made some “meaningful accomplishments” these last 100 days including the passing of 12 out of the 14 bills that he asked the legislature to consider this past session.

    Those bills include banning cell phones in public schools, banning certain food dyes, ending state wide DEI programs, lessening regulations for data centers, creating “single-sex spaces” and more.

    The topic of flooding was absent from the governor’s address today. The focus of the event was a retrospective of his time in office thus far and the disastrous flooding that killed three people and triggered major disaster declarations in six counties went unmentioned.

  • California man ordered to leave the U.S. ‘immediately’ despite providing birth certificate: ‘I’m not trying to be one of the government’s mistakes’

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  • This is why they aren't allowing due process, which would expose many more "mistakes". There's likely many more who were already sent to the El Salvador concentration camp than just Kilmar Abrego Garcia. For example, this poor guy. How many more?! 😠

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant | CNN Politics

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  • That's what these kind of people carry as walking around money.

  • How come people over 60 instantly clung to the narrative everything on the internet is likely AI?

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  • Why would someone of any age instantly cling to the narrative that people over 60 instantly clung to the narrative that everything on the internet is likely AI? Or believe that all or most people in any particular age group think the same way? Basing a belief around a set of people based on their age or gender or race is lazy thinking and any conclusions based on that will likely be wrong.

  • What's something that's free that everyone should know about?

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  • Landlords have guaranteed that tenants won't bother to clean the place up by establishing the precedent over many years that they won't refund your deposit no matter how spotless you leave the property. Everyone knows it and after getting screwed enough times, tenants are incentivized to leave a mess as an act of defiance.

  • What's the craziest thing that ever happened at your workplace?

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  • Now that is definitely a crazy thing.

  • What's the craziest thing that ever happened at your workplace?

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  • I won't say this is the craziest thing that ever happened, just the first thing I thought of. I once had a short-term contract job at a place that didn't have a sink in the office so to make coffee you had to get water from a drinking fountain in the hallway and dump it out/wash it in a bathroom sink--which was already gross enough. Also, whoever took the last cup was supposed to make the next pot--but the boss would never make a new pot, just wait until someone else did.

    One day after I'd been there a couple months, one of the employees went around telling everyone "Stop drinking the coffee unless you want to drink

    <boss>

    's backwash!" She'd seen the boss walk up and grab the coffee pot, dump his leftover cold coffee out of his coffee cup into the pot, pour himself a new cup and put the pot back. He was too lazy to go dump his cup out in the sink or fountain.

    And that was the end of making coffee in that office. People would buy it elsewhere or bring a thermos.

    Oh! And another thing that happened when I worked there was someone killed themselves by jumping off the roof. Funny how I remembered the coffee thing first.

  • Trump admin goes scorched Earth on senator going to El Salvador to release wrongfully deported immigrant

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  • They really are stupid when it comes to undermining their own case, aren’t they?

    No. They don't care about "making a case". They don't have to. They don't care if what they say is wrong or ridiculous--note how they were smirking as they said all the fake excuses in their press conference. They know they're stupid fake excuses and they know everyone else knows it. They don't care. They're having a blast. They're flaunting their power and daring anyone to try and stop them.