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[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

All this bluster about "wasting" millions of dollars attacking Biden is telling, because that's literally the GOP platform in a nutshell. God forbid they actually put forth policies that improve the lives of American citizens, or, I don't know, spend their time arguing their case for why their candidate should be president in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Its success is interesting as it doesn't appear to have suffered as a result of prequel fatigue, unlike, say, Furiosa, depsite being noticeably weaker than the first two movies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

That, plus like everything else in America, an entire business has sprung up around running federal elections. Longer campaigns require more staffers, strategists, pollsters, advertisers, etc. It's a billion dollar industry unto itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, but the point is we are now in 2024. All those other presidents are either dead or retired.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Both are older than the state of Israel, FFS.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Defecting to the party whose own canvassers openly drop the word 'Paki' when think no one is listening is certainly... a choice.

The odds of a face-eating leopard moment are pretty good all round.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Like it or not, Twitter is still the de-facto place for breaking news stories. You just have to sift through the dross.

As much as Mastodon is a far nicer and healthier social platform, it has a long way to go before it gets anywhere close in this particular regard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, don't get me wrong - Budweiser/Coors/Michelob etc. are all awful. However, most US states have good local breweries and craft beers. Lagers are generally not as popular as IPAs, but you can still get good ones. Admittedly, this varies quite a bit depending on where you are in the US.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently social services forcibly removed the children from the family, which their father says was done unjustly and based on false claims of parental abuse. That's according to Twitter, so the details are still somewhat up in the air.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's not the job of the local police to patrol private neighborhoods on request -- that's what private security is for.

The outrageous thing here is that public money is being used to fund it. They have the proceeds from selling off lucrative real estate on stolen land - why don't they pay for it themselves?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

MRW I've been comparing US politics to WWE for years

Well there it is Jeff Goldblum meme

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
  1. No it's not.
  2. I already use salted butter for toast -- American is still worse.
  3. Yes it is.
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