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 No.16167[Reply]

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Say what you like about Israel but they do have a sense of humor I'll give them that


 No.16098[Reply]

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America should be at war with the China-x-Iran-x-Russian-x-North-Korean alliance (which I've seen sometimes called the 'CRINK' alliance).

This is very obviously the right thing to do. This is a completely ethically justified conflict. These are thoroughly evil regimes that're absolute dictatorships that engage in not just brutal violence against innocents domestically on the basis of bloodthirsty ultranationalist authoritarianism, with ethnic, religious, and racial hatred being let loose, but also against innocents in other nations. They're supporting organized crime. They're supporting terrorism. They're fueling everything from homophobia to religious prejudice to transphobia and more. They're making the world a worse place.

I support Donald Trump's invasion of Iran. I totally do. This is likely the singular first time in my entire life that I've ever seen him say or do anything that's correct, with him being so predicably wrong for multiple decades now that you can almost metaphysically set your watch to him in opposition, but "better late than never".

As somebody who's voted against Trump multiple times over the past several years and am extremely glad since Hillary Clinton very obviously would've been a better President (this is an objective fact) and Joe Biden very obviously was a better President (this is an objective fact), I'm saying this without any regret, let alone any irony: Thank You President Trump.

Down with China. Down with Iran. Down with Russia. Down with North Korea.

And, well, up with Trump.

Who's with me? Who has courage? Who has intelligence? Who is willing to stand against fascism?
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 No.16152

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 No.16158

>>16147
Democrats and their liberal supporters have always been much more inclined towards wars than the left. OP is clearly not leftist.

 No.16166

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Feels good to get off your chest doesn't it? Seriously. Every single country you listed off as a government does not have the US' best interest in mind what so ever.

>>16117
Wanting to remain on 'peaceful terms with world powers while standing your ground are two things that aren't mutually exclusive.

The world powers are and have always been fake friends


 No.16068[Reply]

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...looks like republicans have begun their attack on students. I had been holding out that they might actually help students, especially ones who do well in school by increasing federal student aid and tying it to grades (a sensible conservative position), but they did the opposite.

In short, house republicans wanted to cut the Pell grant for people paying by the credit-hour by increasing the course workload for full Pell grant eligibility from 12 to 15 credit hours, but the senate has rejected the change. They also wanted to reduce the aggregate student loan limit from $57,500 to $50,000 for undergraduates, despite it hasn't been increased in 20 years and there is such a thing as inflation, which devalues that amount.

If you want to get a Master's (becoming a standard requirement for jobs, nowadays), your aggregate loan limit will be drastically reduced from $147,500 to $100,000 (undergraduate loans included) -- so, really if you max out undergrad loans a decrease from $90,000 to $42,500. As Master's programs are more expensive and the Pell grant can't be applied to them, the cut will price people out of everything but the cheapest, lowest-quality, likely online-only schools.

In addition, loans will now be pro-rated, the same as Pell grants currently are, based on part or full-time enrollment. So, if I'm understanding it correctly, you will only get half of your needed living expenses if you only attend part-time -- making it harder to be a student.

Lastly, Grad PLUS loans will be eliminated, which were loans that you could apply for if you were pursuing a Master's degree and your credit wasn't too awful, to help finish paying for college if you max out your other loans.

People entering law school would still have a $200k aggregate student loan limit, so if you want to be a student as long as possible, that might be a path if you can find a cheap online law school.

That having been said, there are still some fairly-easy online-only schools one can find and attend. But as for ever attending a nice college to get your Master's if you're from a middle or working-class family -- don't see how it would be possible, anymore, with these changes.

I expect that Republicans will continue to attack the working, middle-class, and poor so long as they are in power. As the divide between rich and poor increases, and the middle class disappears, recommended financial strategies include either 1) become an enPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
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 No.16146

>>16142
>with a high return on investment
Which hasn't been the case for years.
Yes. That was my point.

 No.16148

>>16146
There are plenty of studies which say that they still have a good return on investment, especially in STEM fields. In addition, just because the return on investment is declining slightly, it's no reason to pre-emptively punish students (who were promised the house, wife, pension and little american flag to wave at the barbecue if they did good in school) through legislation, unless perhaps you happen to be a billionaire who happens to have no further use for the remaining cultural capital of your society and is therefore more interested in turning everyone into worker drones to help protect their wealth than in improving society as a whole.

 No.16149

>>16148
Or I could look at this much as I did for Obamacare and notice how prices skyrocketed when the state started handing out credit with great terms.

That ending, I just can't really bring myself to care about.
And i don't really buy the claim that there's a good return in the modern context anyways.
Seems to me from most folk I've talked to, college degrees are for working fast food these days.


 No.15299[Reply]

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Now that the dust has settled, I'll just be the one to say it...

Trump isn't that bad
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 No.16085

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>>15300
Europeans upset that we are no longer funding their handouts at American taxpayer expense? Oh no! So anyway...

 No.16097

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Glad to see our country going strong.

 No.16104

>>15299
I'm hoping to survive until he dies in office of natural causes, since that's literally the only way for him to not be in charge.


 No.16075[Reply]

Trump's ego could lead us world war 3.
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 No.16095

>>16092
Yes, I believe that's what Ron Paul was against -- and rightly so, as 1) there was no reason to attack and 2) you can't go to war without authorization by congress, which every president since WWII seems to always conveniently forget.

As far as helping Israel goes, the u.s.'s role should be de-escalating conflict and staying out of foreign wars, not picking sides and joining in.

 No.16096

>>16095
I agree. And we all know that war and "war" are basically the same thing and is a moot point.
Unfortunately Israel is an ally of the US. That means the US has obligations whether the people want it or not. Unlike for example Ukraine, which many people in the US wanted us to get directly involved in despite not being anything remotely close to allies. And while de-escalation would be ideal, getting dragged in is a very real and justifiable possibility, whether people want it or not. And that aspect is completely independent of Trump.

 No.16099

>>16075
No, World War Three as such has been going on for multiple years now, especially after the attempts at genocide in terms of wiping out the Israeli people as well as the attempts at genocide in terms of wiping out the Ukrainian people.

And there are the threatened calls for future genocides against the people of South Korea as well as the people of Taiwan, both of which have to get prevented from even being attempted in the first place.

Fighting back is completely morally correct. The Chinese government alongside the Iranian, North Korean, and Russian regimes can't be allowed to just gleefully slaughter innocents and try to impose a new 'iron curtain' of authoritarianism across Asia and Europe.


 No.16077[Reply]

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If you voted for trump you are actually retarded.


 No.16056[Reply]

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Remember, having freedom of speech doesn't absolve you of being an asshole.
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 No.16066

parrots are assholes no exceptions

 No.16067

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 No.16069

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remember cartoons are just cartoons and artistic freedom is invaluable


 No.15837[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

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How come calling out racist activity gets called "anti-white racism" here?

Why is calling out racists, bigots and fascists a no-no?

Why do cowards always fail to face the violence of the past?
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 No.16053

>>16052
He was crazy, and malicious. Never get that twisted. He was actually insane after his time with the Turks, but yes, he did through arguably necessary cruelty saved his home and people.

Man actually did dip his bread in blood and wine while he ate. Left muslim turks impaled alive at the outskirts on purpose so that they would speak in the same language as them to warn them.

There's a story about two muslim turks who were messengers who refused to remove their head garments.. So he told them "If you don't want them removed you'll wear them forever" and had their turbans nailed to their skulls, killing them in the process.

Also inspired this METAL AS FUCK song about his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2TbI0NTCo

 No.16054

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Man you people went way out of your way to twist meanings of words to turn 'humility' into 'groveling' and 'guilt'.

Humble is not a gesture or something you show. It's a state of being where one can accept the fallibility of one's judgment while maintaining one's self-esteem. And having humility for one's ingroup does not mean groveling over their sins or taking responsibility for them, it just means being able to accept that their judgement was just as fallible as anyone else's and that sharing an identity with them doesn't make one better than anyone else.

Talking about racism in the past to make the point that the past wasn't better than the present isn't meant to shame anyone here in the present. It's meant to argue against mythologizing it, modeling the present or future after it and an argument against building one's identity around it. That's literally all it is.

You people are really fucking fragile if you can't accept that and insteas see it all as personal attacks against you for being white.

>>16049

>Everyone has their limits of course, but I feel most things even racist, sexist, or otherwise stereotypical in nature come from places of fear, anger, and misunderstanding.

I personally understand that that's true ... and that's why I call it cowardice, cause that's what it is. I try to have empathy for that, but I also have empathy for people who would suffer from the actions of the fearful and angry with no self control, I'm not going to see that as absolving the bigot who does the wrong thing out of that fear, anger or misunderstanding. If you tell me to have empathy for the nazi beating up a gay guy for simply being gay because he's fearful or angry or doesn't understand, you'll just make me hate the nazi that much more and judge you for not applying the same to the gay guy getting beaten up. "Oh you don't understand he's a bigot cause he's scared and doesn't understand", yeaah fuck off, it doesn't absolve anything.

 No.16055

>>16054
>accept the fallibility of one's judgment
There is no fallability in one's judgement that arises from past sins committed by someone else who is not you.
I had nothing to do with any of that. I wasn't even alive at the time.

>one's ingroup
Honestly I think the biggest issue here with all of this is that you're looking at race through, to be frank, a racist's lens.
Most of us do not regard race as an "in group".
Most of us belive it to be little more than a physical characteristic of which one should not be judged for.
One that has little bearing on them, as an individual.

>You people are really fucking fragile
>"AGREE WITH ME OR UR A BABY!!!1!!!"
Yeah, no, fuck off.


 No.15910[Reply]

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Reminder that American cops are so fucking evil that they'll literally throw fucking grenades at you while breaking into your fucking house for no fucking reason.

And they'll have no justification whatsoever, just claiming to have the wrong location.

And there will be no fucking recourse that is anywhere near just to deal with what's just happened, as the victim.

https://reason.com/2025/06/18/federal-courts-shrug-at-potentially-lethal-wrong-door-raids/

Can somebody defend this? Can anybody really do that? Like... really?

 No.16029

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"Cop" is a job title.
"Soldier/Airman/Sailor/Marine" is a job title.

There are good and bad cops. The problem is the job of policeman. The problem is a lack of accountability and logistics.

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/georgia-family-gets-second-chance-to-sue-fbi-after-wrongful-2017-raid-terrorized-them-trina-martin-toi-cliatt-swat-team-flashbang-grenade-wrong-house

>The FBI team quickly apologized and left for the right place, with the team leader later saying that his personal GPS device had led him to the wrong address.

These police need to be held accountable; not demonized. Mistakes happen all of the time in every field of work; those where lives are at stake and those that aren't.

Does the family have a right to sue the police department? Absolutely. I think they deserve compensation for that. Are the police evil for making a mistake? No.

 No.16034

>>16029
Eh, if an Air Force pilot who's now flying for Southwest rapes a little girl or steals from an elderly grandmother or whatever, then that dude gets fired and goes to jail.

A cop does that, and literally nothing will happen to them.

There's a difference with cops. A huge one. A massive one.

Cops have a magical halo. And a magical shield. Americans don't give that, at all, to regular men doing regular jobs.

 No.16036

>>16034
>A cop does that, and literally nothing will happen to them.
Not even remotely true. Cops get busted down quite often.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSeWNr4L6OA


 No.15841[Reply]

Hate is easier than admitting you're hurting but don't what to do

 No.15849

There is a female loser epidemic

 No.16022

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 No.16025

Honestly, life has become so much more demanding and the traditional single breadwinner household won't work anymore.

And the men who wish to uphold the traditional household barely ever seem willing to take up their position as main breadwinner.

It all reminds me as well on the mystery of Japan's missing centenarians. Whereas once upon a time it was a family's sollemn duty to take care of their elders, due to the constant pressure of the world and the economy, elders are now neglected and are no longer maintained properly in the statistics.


 No.15573[Reply]

Jesus offends Christians cause he loves whom they hate
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 No.15675

>>15674
Fair enough. I thought that was still a thing, but, it's good that it's been gotten rid of.

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 No.15622[Reply]

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What's most likely to happen in terms of President Trump using soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines against peoples in American streets viewed by him and his supporters as committing treason due to their opposition to him, his government, and his policies, in your opinion?

What should happen, in your opinion, regardless of whatever is most likely?

This is all throughout the news lately, but there's some more context here from an international perspective at: https://www.dw.com/en/la-protests-us-deploying-hundreds-of-marines/live-72839578

My personal thoughts is that the Trump administration has already failed over the past six months or so in its attempts to use violence to stop Americans from opposing it and its actions (with militancy the past several months being ineffective and allowing for anti-Trump activists to not just remain alive but even be highly visible in many locations). And this is likely to continue for the rest of the year. Isolated incidents of dramatic events such as some certain journalist getting assassinated by U.S. Marines by accident (and I mean a complete accident that wasn't intended whatsoever, like by somebody who messes up his or her trigger discipline due to tripping while walking) or other things could very well come about. They're plausible but not likely. In my opinion. We'll see, though. The chance of miscalculations and other such things is higher than in previous years.

There's the underlying matter of whether or not MAGAs and Trump himself should actually view opposition to them as treason requiring military action and whether or not their viewpoints are morally correct, of course, but that's outside the scope of this chat here (because violence is happening now, has been happening, and will be happening regardless of whether or not I, you, or anybody else wants it).
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 No.15823

Ship all the agitators to Mexico. Let MS-13 sort them out.

 No.15870

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Everyone thinks they're tolerant, until the Nazis show up. Belligerend difficult to deal with.

Trump would actually make a good War lord, I think.
How long do you think we'll be before the Russians show up with fighter jets, on U.S >>15823
soil?

Also, I love MS-13
>>15823
So is that why I ended up in mexico?

 No.15923

I know very little about what's going on. I have heard that Marines are being deployed to potentially help detain possible American citizens, and as a Marine veteran this makes me angry.

I swore the same oath they did. To defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. And to obey the orders of the president in accordance with the ucmj.

The order of those directives is intentional, as is the qualifier for the second one. UCMJ Article 92 covers our duty to obey lawful orders, and our duty to disobey orders which are unlawful, unethical, or which may violate the constitution or a citizen's rights.

Those Marines being deployed need to be reminded of their duty to disobey, so that they may arm themselves legally when, not if, they are ordered to do something unconstitutional.


 No.15549[Reply]

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Does taking illegal drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, and the like actually make you better off in terms of stimulating business success by easing your mental stress?

Is it long past time for the regular use of cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms to be as standard in regular job shifts that involve mental taxing efforts as nicotine cigarettes and very strong coffees?

I'm also curious if anybody here on the autism spectrum in particular can inform us as to whether or not illegal drugs have been either positive in helping them (or maybe even literally the best thing that helps them)... anyone willing to chime in? Isn't it true that being on the autism spectrum means that your entire brain chemistry is fundamentally different than somebody who's setup otherwise, basically at a level similar to how men and women are different as well as how children and adults are different? Or am I maybe misinformed about that?
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 No.15568

"We Might Be One Step Closer to Legalizing Marijuana Federally"

>'The ‘Hallelujah!’ is on the tip of my blunt.'<

https://www.vice.com/en/article/marijuana-reclassification-schedule-iii/

 No.15590

damn yeah maybe if I had parents who had infinite money and a brain that was only good for being epic on reddit I too, could be as successful as Musk

 No.15909

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Come on everypony smile, smile. Tell my heart of the sunshine, sunshine. 🇾🇪


 No.15878[Reply]

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OC edition! post your OC stuff and what you're working on..


Post your original content. Here are the rounds that will be available from Evil™️ Guns. The 13 mm хг (handgun), the 13 mm АР (assault rifle), the 13 guage shotgun, the .33 mini rounds,

And now we have the 4.20 СР (sniper rounds). For the Dragonov rifles or the BAR (a fully automatic Lite machine gun that uses 4.20 sniper rounds), or Mosin Ngatan in 4.20 СР (Sniper Rounds),

We also eternally have 9mm mokorov ammo (9x18 Russian). Goes great in an Uzi or TMP chambered in 9 mm Makarov. And the Mac 9s are in 9mm mokorov.

And the .33 Mini rounds are great for small game, civilian self defence and target shooting. Great for the kids. Fully automatic rifles in .33 Mini are great for a lot of things, like crowd control or arming women and children.

But every man woman and child should be given a free Ak-47 chambered in 13 MM АР (assault rifle) rounds.

It's the brand name Evil™️ version of the 5.56x45mm Nato rounds and the 7.62x39 Russian rounds, with the 13 Millimeter Assault Rifle rounds being somewhere in between these two types of rounds. Great for AK iron sights or M16 scopes. Or M16 iron sights abd AKs with scopes. Either way, the 13mm Assault Rifle round is perfect for war zones. Predominantly in the brand name Evil™️ M16s or Ak-47s, the 13 mm assualt rifle round is the first and last round you ever need out of a rifle that can be the first and last rifle that you'll ever need.

The .666 Magnum has a six shooter called the Black Butterfly, as well as the Desert Evil handgun (called a soldier smoker).
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 No.15903

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This is the Evil™️ Guns Kris Vector, chambered in 13 mm handgun. Its a submachine gun and holds 44 rounds of 13 mm handgun ammo.

This particular submachine gun is known as a modern greece gun. The 13 mm handgun ammo is about comprable to a 45acp.

You can get it in fully automatic .33 rounds, or in 9x18 mokorov, but the best use of this gun is having one chambered in 13 mm Handgun ammo.

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 No.15904

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13 mm Handgun round chambered TMP.

For when we land where angels die.

The Japanese and Russian version of the Uzi.

 No.15906

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Birdshot, buckshot, or bearshot?

That's the question you'll have to answer when you use a Trench Sweeper shotgun, from Evil™️ guns

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 No.15546[Reply]

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How come the most vocal anti-government detractors LOVE government authority and its enforcers? Are they stupid?
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 No.15830

>>15829
It wasn't an irrational fear when we were all being told that Kamala was sure to win the presidency not that long ago, or when we were subject to the executive orders of a senile old man who didn't even know what he was signing.  And maybe you missed that whole little "abolish the police" movement that Democrats like to pretend they weren't in support of.  It makes perfect sense that this flag was created some time during the past 4 years and it would also make sense for it to remain proudly displayed even after Trump became president as a fuck you to the left.  Because most people who see that combination of symbols should know what it means.  Proud to be American.  Support the police.  Don't tread on me.  I.e. the exact opposite of Democrats and the left.

You're confusing two different things.  The treading is one thing and support of the police is another.  You can even be in favor of police reform without being anti cop.  And even if I grant that there is some treading by the right, that clearly isn't the treading he's concerned about.  It's just awhataboutisn.

 No.15831

>>15830
It's clear that we see symbols and what they mean and past events and actions and who supports what and how prominent "abolish the police" actually was and so on in reality in too different a light for this go anywhere so I'll just leave it at that.

 No.15877

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Five different rounds, Evil™️ Guns.

And here at Evil™️ Guns, we have five different rounds to choose from. The .33 mini, 13 mm ХГ (handgun), the 13 mm АР (assault rifle), the 13 guage shotgun shell, and the .666 magnum.

And the .33 Mini is Evil™️'s analog of the .22 LR. Excellent for feeding those miniature-sized AK-47s and miniature size M16's that you give to the children. It also makes a very good snake gun and small game hunter. The .33 Mini goes well with a first time shooter or for target practice.  Or just a useful round when you have small game or rats to kill. .33 Mini


Our submachine guns are usually chambered in 13 mm ХГ(handgun) and our shotfuns aee wonderfult, the trench sweeper Evil™️ Guns Shotgun is a wonderful pump action shotgun, which usually comes in birdshot, buckshot,or elephant shot.

We have Ak 47s (kiloshnikovs) chambered in 13 mm АР (асулт Рйфул - assault rifle), which is an excellent round for taking down soldiers or other armoured enemies.

We have M-16s in 13 mm АР and it:s perfect for war crimes.

We have plenty of handguns to choose from, all using the 13 mm ХГ (handgun ammo) which is essentially a Russian version of the 45 ACP.
A glock chambered in 13 mm  ХГ (handgun) holds 13+1 rounds
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