Resurfaced clip shows Epstein pleading the Fifth when asked if he was with Trump around underage girls
A resurfaced clip shows sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pleading the Fifth when he was asked during a deposition if he ever socialized with underage girls around Donald Trump.
The video clip, unearthed by left-leaning outlet MeidasTouch, shows Epstein responding to questions during a March 2010 deposition. The disgraced financier was questioned by an attorney of an alleged victim, Vice News previously reported.
Resurfaced clip shows Epstein pleading the Fifth when asked if he was with Trump around underage girls
The Trump administration is facing growing pressure to release more information on Jeffrey EpsteinKatie Hawkinson (The Independent)
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Trump cranks up distraction machine but focus refuses to budge from Epstein
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Josh Johnson made a good point the other day...
There is so much shit that needs fixed, and can be easily fixed, and if trump actually fixed some of it, people would authentically move on. At least for a while.
The standards are embarrassing low, so it honestly wouldn't take much.
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First time around about the only thing he actually got done was a tax cut for the rich, which helps to break things, too.
But yeah, the second time around he told all his dumbass supporters that he's their retribution, and he seemingly means it, although it's mostly about all his petty grievances - personal and the ones he picked up from Bullshit Mountain, like the obsession with trans and people being "woke".
Although nothing he is doing will help his average supporter. Sure, it will help his donor class supporters to transfer even MORE wealth upwards. The average working schmoe? How are they going to benefit by Taco canceling education, canceling comedy and breaking things like scientific research? It won't, but these asshats think they are "owning the libs".
Trump could demand congress legalize weed and instantly double his support base.
Easy wins, avoided
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This why it's a big deal Biden didn't federally legalize...
Trump could order the Fed to raid every weed store in a blue state, seize all the cash (because they can't use banks) and then use that money for whatever he wants.
Every day I'm shocked he hasn't done.
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There are a lot of DEEPLY stupid people, well, probably in every country, but certainly, there are a lot here that have made things like where trans people relieve themselves and "men in women's sports" and scaravans shown on Faux News, and schools/movies/TV being "too woke" a primary concern of theirs.
I'm not sure how any of this affects them in their daily lives, but they sure seem to think it's a big deal. All it takes is just enough of these stupid people to be convinced that Biden had "the worst economy ever" (lol, WUT) and these dingbats vote for Taco and happily fuck themselves really hard.
Hong Kong places bounty on 19 pro-democracy activists
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Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
The results of Foote’s simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It happened more than a century ago.The Conversation
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You could say that they're not even a Footenote in history!
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I'll see myself out
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Spanish airline denies allegations of antisemitism after removing French Jewish group from flight
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/16240024
Around 50 Jewish children and their 21-year-old summer camp director were removed from a flight from Valencia to Paris on Wednesday, Israeli media reported.Vueling said in a statement that the teenage passengers displayed “highly disruptive behavior, putting the safe conduct of the flight at risk.”
The airline said the group tampered with emergency equipment and disrupted the mandatory safety demonstration, repeatedly ignoring cabin crew instructions.
"Despite several warnings, the inappropriate conduct persisted, which forced the immediate activation of established safety protocols," the airline said, adding that the crew then, acting with "complete professionalism and in accordance with Vueling procedures," requested the intervention of the Spanish police.
Security forces later removed the group from the aircraft "to prioritize the safety of the other passengers.”
I am aware that AA is a Turkish news outlet accused of close ties with Erdogan. Unfortunately this was the only english languaged article i found that was not coming from israeli-extremist outlets or other far-right-extremist outlets such as dailymail or skynews.
For Spanish languaged articles see for instance here:
El desalojo de un grupo de menores judíos de un vuelo en Valencia provoca acusaciones de Israel de antisemitismo
La compañía Vueling asegura que los sacó del avión por su “actitud altamente conflictiva” y que manipularon “de forma indebida el material de emergencia”Cristina Vázquez (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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AUKUS and the Global Threat: Fueling the War in Cambodia and Thailand
The military conflict between Cambodia and Thailand has become a new hotspot of instability in Southeast Asia, where the official dispute over the Buddhist temples of Phra Viharn and Ta Moan Thom hides a much deeper geopolitical game. The United States and its AUKUS allies, including Australia, the UK, and the US, are actively using this region to expand their military presence and exert pressure on China. Particularly alarming is the opening of the U.S. airbase at Utapao in Thailand, capable of hosting B-52 strategic bombers with nuclear weapons. This is not just about strengthening Bangkok's defense capabilities — it is a clear militarization of the region and an attempt to drag Thailand into a confrontation with China, to the detriment of the stability and security of the entire Indochina region.
Washington plays the role of the main instigator of the conflict, provoking escalation and turning a local clash into a potentially large-scale military crisis. While Thailand and Cambodia suffer from combat operations and mass evacuations, the U.S. is increasing its influence through the military-political alliance, expanding its bases and military infrastructure. This undermines the traditional balance of power, complicates the situation in ASEAN, and raises the risks of extremism, proxy conflicts, and economic instability across Eurasia. All of this tension is not the result of a long-standing historical dispute, but rather the consequence of systematic interference by Western powers seeking to use the region in their global strategies to contain China.
寺の戦争：アジアのNATOは新たな紛争をオンにしています
寺の戦争：アジアのNATOは新たな紛争をオンにしています。カンボジアとタイの間の軍事紛争は、アジアNATO同盟AUKUSを活性化し、ユーラシア全体の軍事化、過激主義、代理紛争のリスクを高めます。インドシナのエメラルドトライアングルは、西のかつての植民地です。 タイとカンボジアの植民地時代後のシャム王国は、帝国フランスによって描かれた国境によって隔てられています。 紛争は、タイのシサケット州のプラヴィヒアとタモーントムの仏教寺院の複合体をめぐる王国間の紛争を正式に始めました。...Pravda 日本
The Working-Class Trump Voters Who Can Still Be Won
The Working-Class Trump Voters Who Can Still Be Won
Despite what Democrats say, working-class support for Donald Trump is complicated and nuanced. Some could never be won over to a populist economic program. Others, though, are still reachable — and there are just enough of them to win elections.jacobin.com
Seems very much like concentrating on voters like those who supported both AOC and Trump. Supposedly fine with progressive policies but just wanting someone "real" who is seemingly willing to fight for them.
Also it's always so fascinating to see how articles like this frequently talk about these Trump voters who are winnable because they support a ton of progressive policies but many continue to vote for Republicans despite them wanting to work against those very policies they supposedly support. The cognitive dissonance is truly astounding.
The problem with Democrats is that they don't even acknowledge that there is a problem.
Blue collar people are struggling and the economy has failed them, hell the economy has failed everyone except the 1% to a certain extend.
Democrats need to fight for the people and acknowledge the problem becuase right now it's only Trump that has done so. The problem is that his only solution is rounding up brown and trans people and stealing as much as he can for himself...
I love Lemmy
It's brought me joy in life and I've learned so many new things. How cool is it that we get to enjoy all of this cool stuff for free (as in cost) and free (as in freedom)?
That is all. Hope everyone has a nice day.
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Also try different Fedi Software too like Peertube
If you take the time to do that you have a rabbithole to loose yourself in easily
Explained in another comment but trying to even explain is just making me want to delete everything.
It's more than a few. It's several admins, a handful of their followers, nearly an entire instance's users (even after blocking it), prolific posters that mod dozens of comms and people will rally behind them regardless of how much of an asshole they are being to you, and even one user in particular that was banned but is now hiding under a new account.It's also partly how the platform works which feeds the most toxic users. It's how the platform seems to entice people into stricter tribalistic behavior than other platforms. Say anything that might be construed as negative towards one of the many things these groups base their entire identity on and you get swarmed by them and you can't even defend yourself. You get downvoted to hell and they get upvoted for being assholes by their other cult-like followers. Not that votes "matter", but it just makes it feel shitty when someone decides to be an asshole to you and they get supported for it while trying to defend yourself only gets more people against you.
There's more, but trying to describe it all is making me feel worse.
This place sucks. It's absolutely awful that I feel this is actually true, but reddit was better than this.
It's more than a few. It's several admins, a handful of their followers, nearly an entire instance's users (even after blocking it), prolific posters that mod dozens of comms and people will rally behind them regardless of how much of an asshole they are being to you, and even one user in particular that was banned but is now hiding under a new account.
It's also partly how the platform works which feeds the most toxic users. It's how the platform seems to entice people into stricter tribalistic behavior than other platforms. Say anything that might be construed as negative towards one of the many things these groups base their entire identity on and you get swarmed by them and you can't even defend yourself. You get downvoted to hell and they get upvoted for being assholes by their other cult-like followers. Not that votes "matter", but it just makes it feel shitty when someone decides to be an asshole to you and they get supported for it while trying to defend yourself only gets more people against you.
There's more, but trying to describe it all is making me feel worse.
This place sucks. It's absolutely awful that I feel this is actually true, but reddit was better than this.
I have an account with non drama communities (!gardening@lemmy.world and others), then one that has the meta communities (and the drama)
Sometimes I only use the first one, allows me to take a break from the meta drama
The world is what you make of it. It's definitely not fair. One tip: narrow your experiences until you can stand them?
Honestly PieFed helps so much with that, it's like night and day. Maybe switch to PieFed.World (or something) and check how those categories of communities change your experience completely. You don't even need to make an account to start with that.
You don't ever have to scroll your main feed again, until and unless you want to... there are whole entire days when I have not done so, and a wealth of content to be seen if only the right tool helps connect you to what you are looking for. Drop the largest communities and embrace the niche, if you are looking for quality over quantity. Blaze managed it on Lemmy but it took having twenty different accounts, whereas PieFed lets you do it with just one.
I find it useful to sign up for multiple accounts and then segregate those into browsing/posting habits for different categories. One for gaming (or other relaxed communities), one for science & tech, one for politics that I only occasionally dip into, one that's a voting only account, etc.
At the very least, you can take a break from communities that can easily be more toxic, whenever you want. If downvotes bother you, I would also suggest signing up with a fediverse instance that disables downvotes.
For context
The whole thing is quite large for a temporary 7 days ban, but the reported person is a prolific poster, so a lot of people had comments to make.
On the other hand the voting / flair system implemented on dbzer0 is quite unique, in a positive way lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49093780
What other interpretation could there even be?
My comment made no claims regarding the user from the main post or actions against them, it was only in regard to the claim about db0. That's why I explained that the only context has to do with that first comment thread.
I was not rude at all, just that I disagreed. Why does that mean it's okay for those two to jump in to rudely make false claims?
Other interpretation: you and db0 admins have had disagreements in the past:
Those disagreements are what alter your perception of the instance, which is why they mention them.
Edit: I don't care about pro or anti-AI, but this seems to be the new division point around here
The interpretation of those two jumping in to be rude as hell is not exclusive from acknowledging disagreements in the past. Particularly in that is already implied with my original comment there as I referenced my experience.
There was absolutely no reason for those two to act that way there, even if their intention was to attempt to point out that they think I was in the wrong in the previous encounters. "I think you were the one in the wrong at those times you're referring to." Or something along those lines accomplishes the same goal without being an asshole or making clearly false claims.
Ironically, their choice to be such assholes in that circumstance adds quite a bit of evidence that the dbzer0 people were the ones in the wrong.
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Actually, your links provide proof of the lies as well. That was when I blocked the dbzer0 instance, as I mentioned in those threads, and that was 3 months ago. So, how could I have been "constantly trolling in [dbzer0's] comms" as Flatworm/Unruffled claimed? That's exactly the kind of shit that I'm talking about. These admins, as well as some mods and users, are willing to straight up lie. And since they are admins, users have a tendency to just believe them and not even bother looking into things themselves.
Edit: I don't care about pro or anti-AI, but this seems to be the new division point around her
I thought the division point was zero? lol.
Should it be lemmy.dba1.com now?
Can relate. Improved my experience greatly by not browsing „all“ anymore. Just subscribed to everything I deemed worthy or interesting and stayed in my home feed. Sometimes I go into All to find some new stuff, but that’s a rare occasion.
Btw I use Voyager so I can see total upvote/downvote counts on users. Helps me weed out a lot of people that seem to be assholes on a regular basis. Yours is at 2 upvotes, so we seem to resonate somewhat ❤️
New user here.
How to change instances without creating a new account, please? I would like to explore more channels rather than this Lemmy.World one…
Thanks and all the best!
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Depending on your method of access (like app or webpage) often there is a way to browse without an account. Though you won't be able to comment, vote, or save anything (like settings). So really, to sign up on a new instance, you pretty much need an account to do all this - otherwise abusers would send so much spam everywhere, this is why accounts are mandatory.
Although once you have an account on one instance, you automatically get to see content from all of them. Make sure you are looking at "All" rather than just "Local" content.
When you are ready to switch, go to account settings, scroll to the bottom and choose Export, then in the new place choose Import and it will port over all your subscriptions, block lists, etc.
It is a bit of a utopia for a privacy minded Linux fan. Most social media I've had to find my community. Here it is THE community. It would take an effort to avoid it.
And you have a nice day too.
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French President Macron says France will recognise Palestine as a state
The French president offered support for Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and frequently speaks out against antisemitism, but he has grown increasingly frustrated about Israel's war in Gaza, especially in recent months."Given its historic commitment to a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the state of Palestine,'' Macron posted. ″Peace is possible.''
He also posted a letter he sent to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the decision.
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, citing the urgent need to end the war in Gaza and alleviate the humanitarian crisis.FRANCE 24
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"Given its historic commitment to a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East,
I legitimately can't tell if he's lying through his teeth or if he's brainwashed enough to actually believe this. Like bitch your country is one third of the reason for the current state of the Middle East, the other two thirds being Britain and America.
Macron said he would do exactly that in June.
I'll belive it when he actually does it.
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Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia as border clashes leave at least 14 dead
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed along the border between their countries in a major escalation that left at least 14 people dead, mostly civilians. The two sides fired small arms, artillery and rockets, and Thailand also launched airstrikes.
Fighting took place in at least six areas on Thursday, according to Thai Defense Ministry spokesperson Surasant Kongsiri, a day after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers and led Bangkok to withdraw its ambassador from Cambodia and expel Cambodia’s envoy to Thailand.
On Friday, Cambodia’s chief official in Oddar Meanchey province, Gen. Khov Ly, said clashes resumed early in the morning near the ancient Ta Muen Thom temple. Associated Press reporters near the border could hear sounds of artillery from early morning hours.
The official also said that at least four civilians were wounded in Thursday’s fighting there and that more than 4,000 people have been displaced from their villages along the border to evacuation centers. It was the first account of any casualties from the Cambodian side.
The escalation represents a rare instance of military conflict between member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation, though Thailand has tangled with Cambodia before over the border and has had sporadic skirmishes with western neighbor Myanmar.
https://apnews.com/article/thailand-cambodia-armed-clash-border-5b1e15987fb02132268913e474250c51
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The article has more info than the excerpt from OP but sure.
Tl;Dr - Cambodia and Thailand share a border that each side thinks isn't drawn how it should be. They mostly coexist peacefully. A Thai soldier got killed by a landmine going down a path the Thai govt claims was not supposed to be mined and they're alleging Cambodia mined it. Cambodia says otherwise. It escalated from there with Thailand retaliating and then Cambodia retaliating against that and so it goes.
There's not like ... A good reason for the fighting that I can discern but I'm not an expert on the two countries history.
Popular sugar substitute linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk
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The authors caution that their study was a laboratory study, conducted on cells, and larger studies in people are needed.
Ok, nice to know, moving on.
There are other studies using humans, see nih.gov/news-events/nih-resear…
This sugar substitute is going to be the asbestos of sweeteners in the next few decades. And I find it remarkable it is in so many foods.
Erythritol and cardiovascular events
Higher blood levels of the artificial sweetener erythritol were associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke.National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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I don't consume many sugar-free products, except Coke Zero Sugar. Not Coke Zero, but Coke Zero SUGAR. They are two separate products (which taste significantly different), and even servers in restaurants often don't know the difference. They've got to be phasing out the Zero in favor of the Zero SUGAR, became ZS tastes far better.
Anyhoo, I've been wondering about the artificial sweetener they must be using for them, and now I'm wondering if it's this stuff. Your post seems to indicate that I'm in the clear.
What the fuck is this "I'm just gonna decide on it being this way without even lifting a finger even though all the info is readily available"?
If it is that sweetener you're great proof that it does indeed damage brain cells and if not...then you're just this dumb naturally.
I have seen a few people who are similar to that become old; struggling for decades with damage done to their bodies when younger.
I am not judging others , just remarking the survival rate is high
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This is like saying "I just looked up two of the most famous people ever and both are white so therefore it means that non-white famous people don't exist".
Taken from top result on google, so obviously not the best source, with that said
Seeing “sugar alcohols” in the ingredient list may be the only clue that erythritol is present in the food.
So you can't necessarily even find it without some serious digging, so it doesn't matter if they picked 2 or 100 examples, if they don't clearly state it anyway.
aspartame
ethrthiol isnt that common, its more associated with stevia substitute, it has well known side effects of causing GI problems in sensitive people.(might be useful for constipate dpeople.)
No sign of erythritol.
It's significantly more common in baked goods (because it's stable under oven temperatures) and extremely more common in "fitness" branded alternatives like low calorie yogurt, low calorie peanut butter, and so on.
For real. Why is this clickbait bullshit upvoted here?
PSA: There's nothing of value behind that link, the only value is in you clicking that link. You can choose to not be a commodity, y'all. Report it. ✊🏼🤓
I've checked store brands
fooducate.com/product/Food-Lio…
www.fooducate.com/product/Sweet-Additions-Stevia/7D892B72-6914-11E1-AFF9-1231380C18FB
tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition…
fooducate.com/product/Kroger-S…
ETA: in the raw lists dextrose
Nutrition Facts for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Stevia
Nutrition Facts for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Stevia - View calories, protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals, and more.My Food Data
here's a pretty good meta-analysis I found of various studies of stevia affecting bacteria in vitro and in vivo
the conclusion this paper comes to seems to be "depends on the species and strain of bacteria"
The Effects of Stevia Consumption on Gut Bacteria: Friend or Foe? - PMC
Stevia, a zero-calorie sugar substitute, is recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In vitro and in vivo studies showed that stevia has antiglycemic action and antioxidant effects ..pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
yes, but I think it warrants further study. some GI issues are related to one or just a few bacterial strains being unbalanced, so it could be extremely useful in treating gut microbiome imbalances to know which strains are negatively impacted by specific sweeteners
conversely if we found any specific sweetener to have a bacteriostatic or bactericidal effect on a strain that is pathological when overly populated (e.g. H. pylori), that could be a super easy way for some people to prevent chronic flare-ups
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erythritol was always a not so favored ingredient for me due to the weird cooling mouthfeel and GI effects
now if it turns out that allulose is bad for you, I'm going to be SO UPSET.
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If you can, avoid any fake sugar. I love science, but science sugar tricking your brain that something is sweet feels wrong.
Or not. I'm not a nutritionist I don't know anything about anything.
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Thats because it is wrong, youve hit the nail on the head. Anything that is sweet activates certain receptors on your tongue, and that stimulates the production of insulin. That insulin is then going to travel your body looking for sugars to break down. Thing is, insulin only breaks down sugars, not artificial sweeteners. So its going to break down sugars elsewhere in your body or leave free insulin in your blood. That fucks you up good and leads to diabetes.
ALL ARTIFICAL SWEETENERS ARE BAD, unless you already have diabetes.
What even uses this stuff? I only see Acesulfam-k, Sucralose, Stevia.
Edit: i'm european.
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Except for those who are diabetic, why would you even choose to eat/drink "sugar-free" food with sugar substitute?That doesn't even make any sense... Are people that stupid?
stop industrial sugar based drinks/food completely ! And I know this takes probably away more than 80% of the things you find in stores, but do people still didn't realized that sugar is add as addictive ingredient? Some claim sugar can be as addictive as cocain...
I have seen kids drinking coke at a very young age and I can assure you, those substances are not going easy on your brain !!
mlb.com/cut4/young-fan-has-the…
And peeps are just laughing and having fun while the drug kicks in... People are just dumb...
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Oh you're one of those "sugar is a drug" type nonsense spewers.
Might as well go all the way and say oxygen and water are drugs too.
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God damn it, I've been using this a lot. It's almost flavorless except sweet and doesn't take much to sweeten a large amount of water. I've been using the Truvia packets one in a large bottle of water with 1/8 of a teaspoon of crystalized lime or orange ( from a brewer supply co). All the other ones seem to have a chemical aftertaste to me.
Oh well, the second best time to stop is now I suppose.
I'm eyeing my waterbottle full of it right now
gonna have to dump it out, super sad, I'm almost out of crystalized lime :(
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Honestly, I've had better luck just getting higher quality tea and cutting sugar from morning beverages entirely. (I don't drink coffee, but low quality teas tend to become bitter, which required sugar. Higher quality teas never become bitter)
These days, I'm cutting sugar across the board. Shredded wheat with frozen raspberries tastes better than honey bunches of oats anyways. And the sugar I'm eating is pretty much just for fun, like pie or ice cream. No reason to accidentally ingest 28g of sugar in a breakfast bar that doesn't even taste that good.
Stevia, Nature’s Zero-Calorie Sustainable Sweetener: A New Player in the Fight Against Obesity - PMC
Stevia is a plant native to South America that has been used as a sweetener for hundreds of years. Today, zero-calorie stevia, as high-purity stevia leaf extract, is being used globally to reduce energy and added sugar content in foods and ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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stevia is not a natural product. there is indeed a plant named stevia and it can be used as a sweetener. Stevia that you buy at the store is chemically produced and is derived through a complex process that uses petroleum based chemistry to extract the chemicals from the plant.
raw sugar has far less environmental impact than buying stevia. if you truly want a sugar alternative grow your own sugar beets. it's literally raw sugar(sucrose).
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if you truly want a sugar alternative grow your own sugar beets. it's literally raw sugar(sucrose).
So it's literally not a sugar alternative
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This seems interesting because they did some research in the actual mechanism that could create a cause-effect relation. Still need to be repeated to justify legal changes but that's a good start.
Much better than these "correlation" studies that say nothing. Like the ones saying "people who doesn't drink any alcohol die sooner that people who drink a cup of wine each day", that's totally faulty for a lot of evident reasons. And until now most artificial sweeteners studies were like that "people who use artificial sweeteners tend to have more health issues", like with the drink is reasonable to assume and consider that people who do such dietary changes is more likely to already have an underlying health issue that they are trying to cope with and it's obviously more in risk that healthy people that doesn't feel the need to control their diet.
As I said this study seems a little more promising as they did research on the actual mechanisms on which the health issues may happen. I hope it gets repeated enough times and, if needed, the product would be banned or properly labeled.
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As long as they don't find a problem with maltitol. I just discovered "low-sugar" ice creams made using the stuff and they're amazing
It's not zero sugar like erythritol, and it's not as sweet, but I like it
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.
Patrick Kingsley and Johnatan Reiss
July 24, 2025 Updated 5:23 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/israel-minister-gaza-driving-out.html
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33633211
Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.Patrick Kingsley and Johnatan Reiss
July 24, 2025 Updated 5:23 p.m. ET
As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.Patrick Kingsley and Johnatan Reiss
July 24, 2025 Updated 5:23 p.m. EThttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/israel-minister-gaza-driving-out.html
Francis Ford Coppola – “Apocalypse Now – Final Cut” (1979)
Der Wahnsinn begann mit einem Befehl. „Terminate with extreme prejudice.“ Die Mission: einen amerikanischen Offizier zu liquidieren, weil er sich der Logik des Krieges in Vietnam entzogen hat. Ausgestiegen. Oder aufgestiegen? In einen Zustand, in dem Vernunft nicht mehr messbar ist. „Apocalypse Now“ ist kein Antikriegsfilm. Er ist ein Dokument des imperialen Wahns. Er glaubt nicht an Erlösung. Auch nicht an Erkenntnis. (ARD)
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Why Trump’s fast food obsession matters
Why Trump’s fast food obsession matters
The president’s fast food fixation is less about flavor and more about shaping culture and political identityAshlie D. Stevens (Salon.com)
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What obsession? And he’s not some genius cultural manipulator. He’s an asshole with a shitty diet and it’s the one thing he can relate to people.
Salon.com is truly awful.
former President Donald Trump
Didn't need to read further.\
You know what the craziest thing about fast food is? Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
Israel Is Now Blaming the UN for Its Famine. Here’s the Reality.
Israel Is Now Blaming the UN for Its Famine. Here’s the Reality.
A man-made famine is imminent in Gaza and its people require at least 600 trucks a day to stave it off, as Israel deflects blame to the UN.Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
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Why do they even have nuclear weapons? They've only been a country since 1948. It's a tiny country that has continuously abused everyone else. 25 years ago I was wondering why the US funded them and assumed it's because of the strategic military stronghold in the region, but they've controlled so much of the US. There are laws in places in the US to prohibit criticizing them. How the fuck? I remember when they sued (somehow? Maybe sued is the wrong term) the US because the US wasn't giving them enough "allowance" every year. They wanted more money. Fifteen years ago my friend asked if I heard about the four Israeli kids that were kidnapped or killed at the time, but there were 28 or so Palestinian kids that week that had had the same fate. I just didn't/don't get it. I largely stay out of it because I didn't understand the nuances, or at least don't think I do, but how can an 70ish year old country come in and tell people who have been there for a thousand years that they need to just go ahead and die?
As I'm typing this out, I'm now thinking of the indigenous people in North America and I realize I've answered my own question.
Know what's funny? Israel doesn't have nuclear weapons. (gods that was hard to type) Seriously, they're not officially a nuclear power on the world stage. I know they have the bomb, you know, everyone knows it. Being ignorant of the history all this baldfaced lie, I might have to read up on it.
There are laws in places in the US to prohibit criticizing them.
That does ring a bell, can't think of a source though.
As to why the US supports these genocidal maniacs, posted this earlier:
"Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security."
~Alexander Haig
Our economy runs on oil, Middle East got oil.
No, Israel is a client state of the United States, and they are doing precisely what they know they can get away with. They’re the last thing from “rogue”.
But that makes this all the more terrible, and what they’re doing all that harder to stop.
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Amit Segal, another outspoken defender of Israel, cited the same report in raising a similar alarm, warning that a famine “would see Israel lose even its most strident supporters.”
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Birthday Album Included Letters From Bill Clinton, Leon Black
Jeffrey Epstein’s Birthday Album Included Letters From Bill Clinton, Leon Black
Former president, Wall Street billionaire were listed along with Donald Trump as ‘friends’ in the 2003 book’s table of contents, which named around five dozen contributors
By Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo
In the end, she was successful. The leather-bound album—assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006—included a page with a single paragraph in Clinton’s distinctive scrawl:
It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.
A spokesman for Clinton declined to comment on the birthday message, which was reviewed by the Journal. He referred the Journal to a previous statement that the former president had cut off ties more than a decade before Epstein was arrested in 2019 and didn’t know about Epstein’s alleged crimes.
The former president was among around five dozen people, including Donald Trump, Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang and media owner Mort Zuckerman, who ended up with letters in the 2003 book, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The letter bearing Trump’s signature, which had the outline of a naked woman, was one of the more memorable pages, according to the people involved in putting the album together. Trump has called the letter “a fake thing.”
The professionally bound birthday book had multiple volumes and included a table of contents that listed the contributions, organized into groups. While many letter writers weren’t famous, some categories had notable people.
Clinton and Trump were listed under the “Friends” group, along with about 20 other associates such as Black, Zuckerman, former Victoria’s Secret leader Leslie Wexner, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and the late Jean-Luc Brunel, who ran a modeling agency. Zuckerman didn’t respond to requests for comment.
A “Business” group included the late Alan “Ace” Greenberg and the late James “Jimmy” Cayne. Both men worked at Bear Stearns when Epstein was at the investment bank in the 1970s.
Other people were grouped under categories such as “Science,” “Brooklyn” and “Family.”
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Agreed. He should also rot in jail and suffer consequences.
It also cuts the bullshit “Epstein files are a Clinton conspiracy”
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anything from Obama, Biden, or Harris?
Bill Clinton hasn’t been a Democratic candidate for almost 30 years
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I am convinced Trump is one of the most named names in the epstein files, not only that, there most likely is ample direct (video) evidence of him abusing children...
And this is the reason not only he but all of his team need this suppressed with the utmost urgency.
Because if it leaks it is all over for the administration, it will fall and new elections will wipe all of project 2025's grand scheme out.
Now the scramble is on, flagging and erasing Trumps name from the files won't do since there are copies out there outside of the administration's control.
So to safeguard the whole administration they must find and use any other solution to put this in a box and make it dissappear from the public eye.
They indeed will get Maxwell to say Trump was never close to epstein, that they split up their paths since Trump stepped on the TV show floor or whatever.
Promise Maxwell a pardon and a huge stack of crypto if she "does the right thing".
Toss in some taxpayer money for a new identity and she can live where she wants.
And Trump himself will rapidly throw about more insanity than the public can sort through, perhaps even go ahead and arrest President Obama.
So all interest in the epstein files dies down with a bit of time and project 2025 is out of jeopardy.
Half of the populace will eat up the drama for a while and enjoy themselves, the other half will strike a protest here and there until that also dies down.
there are copies out there outside of the administration’s control.
What evidence do you have for this?
He's going to give Maxwell a pardon
I highly doubt that: the way this whole affair is now framed, it would be a screaming admission of guilt.
That's the amusing twist with Ghislaine Maxwell: Trump is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't.
If I was her, I'd string Trump along, promising to absolve him of any wrongdoing publicly in front of a camera, then tell the real truth and blow up his presidency, to gun for a pardon from the next administration.
At the very least, she'd get some sympathy points from the general public. Because she sure ain't gonna get nothing from Trump himself.
He can spin it into "She spoke the truth and showed there is no other evidence. She was wrongfully targeted by the bad people in the justice department back then and for that I will pardon her".
Like with all the other convicted criminals that he pardoned.
Trump knows no one will act against it, the public will take it, say amen and continue with their day.
HEY! How DARE you? Don’t you know it’s not EASY to fight for your principles? Some people might lose the shitty jobs that they hate! Standing up with any real force would just make the fascists crack down harder (which will certainly happen anyway)! You’re a keyboard warrior! What do you EXPECT them to do, GET ARRESTED?
Wait, no. I kid. Americans in 2025, to the last man, are a bunch of pants-pissing cowards who give not a single shit about their country but WILL go to great lengths to take offense at the suggestion that they should.
They can just "relocate her for her safety" in a year or two and then she disappears from the system, with a pardon in her pocket.
No need to make it a public thing yet, a secret deal is easily made. Especially so now that maxwell is being "heard" by very predisposed people who can't have any fingerpointing towards trump.
I don't think we'll ever get complete and full transparent transcripts/audiotapes of this hearing...
Also, it's already a sign of guilt where they said they needed 1000 agents to scrub the files for trumps name (as if after all these years there will not be an index to the files on who is named where, many hands are only needed for rewrites and checks).
But if actual evidence comes out it will be far more damning, it's not worth it to take that risk.
Maxwell actually telling the full truth and perhaps releasing her evidence, like the videotapes she as the assistant knew existed but had no location of, would actually be the best and most honest thing to do, it all might come down to how threatened she feels.
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It’s almost like someone should step in and do something. Probably better the stay out of it and persecute everyone who voices opposition to this genocide though. Yeah, that’s the best option now that I think about it.
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in reply to aceshigh • • •Theory is that this is maga realizing they've been played. Trump ran on Epstein files and when they decided the files weren't real, maga realized he's been lying to them.
But who knows.
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in reply to three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat • • •Null User Object
in reply to three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat • • •My current conspiracy theory is that Trump's owners have decided that he's become more of a liability than an asset, and are throwing him under the bus to replace him with someone more under their control.
My "evidence" is that this steady daily trickle of new evidence tying Trump to Epstein didn't just miraculously spawn into existence this week. It's been in people's filing cabinets and video/photo archives for years
I just find it really hard to believe none of this was "found" earlier. Instead it's being "found" now, but not all at once. It's being "found" at a rate that keeps the story at the top of the news cycle.
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in reply to Null User Object • • •I think that’s very possible. They’re using him as a fall guy too. They want to transition power to someone who’s not so fickle and more loyal while avoiding elections. They have to constantly course correct him because he’s actually wildly incompetent and he goes off script. He’s easy to manipulate but that means he’s easy to manipulate by everyone.
Also, look at all the tech stuff he’s passing right now. It’s super concerning and is going to have long term impact on our ability to do anything beyond tech monopoly control. Everything is “EPSTEIN” meanwhile he’s signing crypto laws, ai deregulation and all kinds of scary dystopian tech bills.
If you don’t know who Curtis Yarvin and what the Dark Enlightenment is and who his acolytes are— it’d be a good place to start to understand what’s possibly happening here. Hint: JD Vance is a loyalist.
... show moreI think that’s very possible. They’re using him as a fall guy too. They want to transition power to someone who’s not so fickle and more loyal while avoiding elections. They have to constantly course correct him because he’s actually wildly incompetent and he goes off script. He’s easy to manipulate but that means he’s easy to manipulate by everyone.
Also, look at all the tech stuff he’s passing right now. It’s super concerning and is going to have long term impact on our ability to do anything beyond tech monopoly control. Everything is “EPSTEIN” meanwhile he’s signing crypto laws, ai deregulation and all kinds of scary dystopian tech bills.
If you don’t know who Curtis Yarvin and what the Dark Enlightenment is and who his acolytes are— it’d be a good place to start to understand what’s possibly happening here. Hint: JD Vance is a loyalist.
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in reply to unconsequential • • •He doesn't pass shit. Except, well, literally. But then at both ends. Congress passes laws.
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in reply to Logi • • •Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government – The White House
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in reply to MicroWave • • •I don't doubt that Trump did things like what he is accused of but taking the 5th is not an admission of guilt and we can't assume this is a smoking gun .
Taking the 5th is like playing an Uno reverse card. It's saying prove it I won't help even if I didn't do it.
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in reply to Worx • • •Not exactly.
It’s more like saying “answering this question may create a statement that would incriminate myself in wrongdoing.”
The fifth amendment affords you the right to refuse to self-incriminate. In layman’s terms, you can’t be forced to testify against yourself.
The way I interpret this, answering that question would have implicated himself (Epstein) so he did not answer it.
And if it would incriminate Epstein, well, then it stands to reason that the other party (Trump) in that question would also be incriminated by that answer.
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in reply to Chef • • •First, the goddamned video clip ends before Epstein actually exercises the 5th. Bad journalists, bad!
Second, do not take any of my comments here as a defense of Epstein. Take them as a defense of Fifth Amendment protections that we all (in the US) possess.
Still not quite right. Answering that question may have implicated himself. Because answering any question may implicate the person being questioned in a deposition. Ideally, pleading the Fifth on any question shouldn't cast shadows on the pleader, but that's not how the investigators or prosecutors or jury or public perceive it.
On top of that, answering some questions and taking the Fifth on others is most definitely an even worse look, even though it shouldn't be.
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in reply to Nougat • • •Nougat
in reply to Chef • • •IANAL (giggity), but I know that the law is all about detail and nuance and really getting in the weeds, especially when the stakes are high.
And that exposes a problem with juries: they're not made up of legal experts. In a bench trial, where a judge is responsible for deciding guilt or liability, ideally there would be a legal expert deciding the case, on the basis of law - but judges are also human, and can be swayed by "extra-legal" concepts.
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Unknown parent • • •I believe that he possibly also helped facilitate and/or finance Epstein's child rape and blackmail operation.
I don't have any evidence, but I feel it in my bones.
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in reply to saimen • • •Trump said (well, heavily implied) that the party who pleads the 5th is guilty, not that other parties not present are also guilty.
There's a practically infinite amount of bullshit coming out of Trump's mouth we can criticize so easily; I don't see why anyone would feel the need to transparently mince his words to invent more.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •The video on the page didn't load for me, even if I turned off ublock origin (is the video even there?)
So I found it elsewhere: x.com/MeidasTouch/status/19481…
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in reply to DragonTypeWyvern • • •None of it would have mattered back then. It took the entire Administration to form a phalanx against any demands for release of the files, in a complete reversal of their explicit campaign promises. Many MAGAs based their allegiance on those promises.
Now it turns out that he was bluffing all along, and they are calling his hand, and everyone knows he doesn't have the cards.
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in reply to empireOfLove2 • • •Which surely enrages him, and is probably part of his Sociopathic profile. So he takes it out on the liberal scientists who won't make his wang work.
Just like Musk. None of those Sociopathic Oligarchs can wave the flag.
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in reply to elevenbones • • •*violated their body and soul
Thank you. Let's not downplay anything
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in reply to Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In • • •Trump did his part. Thanks to Trump they managed to cut medicare and give massive tax cuts to the rich. That was the main goal for this term but now people will start to realize what happened and Republicans may lose the midterms. So what do you do? You get rid of Trump and blame everything on him. You replace him with someone more stable and easier to control.
Basically now that they got what they wanted they want to put JD in charge to stabilize the economy and increase their chances of winning midterms. That's how I see it.
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in reply to ctrl_alt_esc • • •That's a completely different thing. I'm talking about global trade. The elites want global trade to continue and Trump and his terrible policies are fucking it all up. The elites would like to see some stabilization but then can't control Trump. JD would help them with that.
What would happen internally in US is a different story. I didn't make any claims about it. Of course JD would be terrible for average American but we're talking about elites and why they would prefer him from Trump. Not what you would prefer.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •I've never before heard of anybody claiming any rights other than the 5th when answering a question.
The sixth amendment is:
The "assistance of counsel" part seems to make sense when being questioned, if he didn't already have a lawyer present. But, the rest of that seems unrelated to answering a question.
Cop: "Were you with Trump at the child-raping party?"
Epstein: "I assert the right to a speedy trial!"
As for the 14th, that's the one currently in the news because Trump
... show moreI've never before heard of anybody claiming any rights other than the 5th when answering a question.
The sixth amendment is:
The "assistance of counsel" part seems to make sense when being questioned, if he didn't already have a lawyer present. But, the rest of that seems unrelated to answering a question.
Cop: "Were you with Trump at the child-raping party?"
Epstein: "I assert the right to a speedy trial!"
As for the 14th, that's the one currently in the news because Trump wants to strip citizenship:
That's also a very weird one to plead. Talking about your citizenship in an interview like that seems irrelevant.
Cop: "Was it just Trump who was raping kids, or were you doing it too?"
Epstein: "I assert the right to due process!"
Cop: "Yes... this questioning is your due process. That's what's happening here."
I wonder why he didn't claim others. 4th seems more relevant than 14th, for example. 8th is also useful if they want to put you in jail. At least he didn't invoke the 27th
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in reply to merc • • •There was also a passport from a foreign country with a picture of Epstein under another name.
Evidence from Jeffrey Epstein's safe 'went missing' after FBI raid, court hears in Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Josie Ensor (The Telegraph)Randomgal
in reply to MicroWave • • •It still blows my mind that 'rapist is rapist's is somehow this important. What do you expect will happen? Suddenly the king realizes it's bad to do this and becomes a good person?
Stop fucking falling for the billionaires' distractions
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in reply to Randomgal • • •You think this is a distraction? The most damaging scandal for the billionaires' president is actually a secret plot so we should just ignore it and focus on an unspecified not-damaging story?
These memes about media manipulation by mastermind powers puppetting everything often just seem like an excuse for perpetual inaction. It's the lefty version of the liberal "keeping our powder dry", where no current conflict is ever worth engaging in because somehow action is always playing into the opponents' hands and the savvy move is either inaction or refocusing on something else without traction.
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in reply to Zaktor • • •Have you not been paying any fucking attention?! They outright lied about the house going on recess to distract from yet another vote stripping away workers rights.
And the fact that all the big media have been absorbed into their camp isn't a meme. It's Propaganda 101. They didn't buy out all their competition as act of compassion, for fuck sake. But sure, buddy, the fact that this absolutely does give them the power to control the narrative is just some coincidence. And I've got some prime lakefront property on the moon you would probably be interested in, too.
Cheering at the existence of headlines that do no more than hint at consequences that'll never materialize isn't "taking action" buddy. Jumping on the propaganda train is the very definition of perpetual inaction. So please explain to me again exactly how that's going to do a single goddamn thing to help.
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in reply to forrgott • • •It's derailed their propaganda machine. No one thinks Trump's going to be arrested in the White House, but this is the first issue that's put a wedge between Trump and Congress (and where it hasn't between Congress and their base). As long as this runs, Trump isn't the golden leader of the unified conservative team and individual reps have to fear whether loyalty means they'll lose their job. Which then empowers local campaigns to block bills.
If you think a House committee passing a bill out to the shut down House (not even an actual full House vote) was going to trigger something if only people weren't distracted by scandals, you're delusional. The media aren't riding Epstein to stealth a fucking Education and Workforce committee vote.
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in reply to Zaktor • • •Umm, the same headline everywhere, with slightly different variations, is the expected outcome from their propaganda machine. But, sure, essentially identical messaging is totally a sign it's been derailed, why didn't I see that before?;
What are you smoking, guy? Pass that shit already.
I mean, shit, we've heard all about "their base is finally cracking" a just stupid number of times already. But, sure, this crack is for real. Yup. Uh, huh.
Oh, and his supporters in Congress shutting everything down to protect him means they decided to withdraw support. Makes total sense!! And getting the ball rolling on an unpopular issue while everyone isn't paying attention totally means they want you to know it's in progress. Duh
But seriously, you fucking lost me entirely with this one....
Zaktor
in reply to forrgott • • •If they (the whole Republican caucus) supported him, they could have stayed open and voted it down. Nothing that's happened has advanced their position. The committee vote wasn't improved by Trump and Johnson becoming weaker. You're too deep in the grand conspiracy theory to actually capitalize on changes in the political landscape. In your eyes, every development at every point in time is just another example of the enemy winning, so whatever happens must be what they want and it must be moving you further from your goals. But there's no winning with that mindset. You'll never see when there is an opportunity to rally workers to contact representatives in a newly chaotic political environment where they're off balance because the previous status quo of blind loyalty to leadership is in doubt.
They're not your friends and the game isn't won, none of this is a development that means we can all just sit back and wait for success, but being at maximum doom all the time means you're not prepared to take advantage of their weakness.
forrgott
in reply to Zaktor • • •Yeah, sure buddy. I'm now incorrect because all the assumptions you've made about me.
Get a life
merc
Unknown parent • • •TheEighthDoctor
in reply to MicroWave • • •Something doesn't sit right with me, Epstein has been under investigation for 20 years, dead for 6, out of those 20, 11 were ruled by the Democrats but all the blame goes to Trump for not investigating himself?
Has anyone checked if Biden is still breathing or the rock in which Obama hides under?
RememberTheApollo_
in reply to TheEighthDoctor • • •TheEighthDoctor
in reply to RememberTheApollo_ • • •It's not a conspiratorial insinuation, It's pretty clear there are people from both sides on the list, the "Doesn’t sit right with me" is about public pressure not being applied to all culprits.
forrgott
in reply to RememberTheApollo_ • • •At the very least, I'm sure a significant number of the billionaires bankrolling both parties make the cut. And in the craven society I'm unfortunately living in, money comes first. Fucking always. (I'm also fucking disgusted that a single goddamn penny of my taxes goes towards finding more efficient ways to slaughter children whose skin doesn't match mine, but that's a whole other cursed mess of utter bullshit.)
That said, I wish I could say otherwise, but I kinda figure the Democrats are just a little more careful hiding the heinous crap they do in their own spare time. I mean, obviously Clinton makes the cut, and only a complete jackass would think he's the only D on the list. So...yeah, I live in a fucking shithole of a society, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.
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I kinda just want the house of cards to just collapse already, and yet I'm not willing to buy into that accelerationism crap, either. But since fucking fascism has become our chief expert, I do hope the rest of you prove to be
... show moreAt the very least, I'm sure a significant number of the billionaires bankrolling both parties make the cut. And in the craven society I'm unfortunately living in, money comes first. Fucking always. (I'm also fucking disgusted that a single goddamn penny of my taxes goes towards finding more efficient ways to slaughter children whose skin doesn't match mine, but that's a whole other cursed mess of utter bullshit.)
That said, I wish I could say otherwise, but I kinda figure the Democrats are just a little more careful hiding the heinous crap they do in their own spare time. I mean, obviously Clinton makes the cut, and only a complete jackass would think he's the only D on the list. So...yeah, I live in a fucking shithole of a society, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.
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I kinda just want the house of cards to just collapse already, and yet I'm not willing to buy into that accelerationism crap, either. But since fucking fascism has become our chief expert, I do hope the rest of you prove to better at finding an antidote than we were.
And anybody who's gonna try tell me to go buy guns and start preparing to kill people, you can fuck right off. What we need are community-based solutions that are based on local networking. It's our only fucking chance. (Assuming we still have any chances left, of course..)
If you're focusing on preparing to kill your neighbor instead of offering them aid, fuck you - just cause your Nazi bullshit is painted blue instead of red doesn't change the fact that you've taken the side of the enemy.
RememberTheApollo_
in reply to forrgott • • •There’s a difference between the ideological nihilism based on the desire to destroy those they disagree with in some selfish rush to be in some sky-fairy’s afterlife vs wanting a corrupt and greedy system to collapse so that it can hopefully be rebuilt with the best of intentions. They are not the same thing.
Absolutely the wealthy pocketbooks backing campaign money have a huge influence on candidates, and it would be no stretch at all to suspect they engaged in quid pro quo of funding suppression of investigation into the list.
forrgott
in reply to RememberTheApollo_ • • •Ummm....no shit, Sherlock.
Unless you're implying that's justification for doing shit to increase the fractures and divisions in our society, in which case you may as well take your arguments to someone else. Cuz I know exactly what that smells like and I ain't buying a stinking pile of shit.
SunshineJogger
in reply to TheEighthDoctor • • •The point is that you have pedophile narcissist elitist racists running your country.
And from what I see the democrats might be also capitalism junkies, but at least they seem more human and caring when compared to the bullshit Americans voted in.
Of course it is odd that those files were never released. Most likely reason: too many very rich and powerful are on it. Perhaps even from other countries which would likely open a huge diplomatic shitshow.
Though with Trump fucking up the US and the world with his racist and sociopathicly drenched dementia I say fuck the consequences if it means that dude gets what he deserves: the rest of his wrinkly life in prison.
Zaktor
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