Doing 180 on the DON VALLEY PARKWAY!

Tell OP what?

Agreed, there is a difference, but I think there are similarities and direct ties to now. The Anti Defamation League is explicitly part of the Israel lobby. Getting cancelled by Israel has been known to be bad for a career. I think we can connect that directly to today.

I honestly think your downvotes are because you didn’t explain how these two things are connected. I also just glanced through the Wikipedia article and like…based.

During the speech, Thomas said: “Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion.”[78][81] Thomas defended her comments on December 7, telling Scott Spears of Marion, Ohio radio station WMRN, “I just think that people should be enlightened as to who is in charge of the opinion in this country.”

And then like the ADL cancels her and it’s all just kind of what we’re doing now but 16 years ago before most of us USians knew that Israel was a genocidal fascist state.

The next day, the Anti-Defamation League called for journalism schools and organizations to rescind any honors given to Thomas. The organization said that Thomas had “clearly, unequivocally revealed herself as a vulgar antisemite” in the speech.[83] Wayne State University in Detroit discontinued the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media Award, which it had been granting for more than ten years, citing what it called her antisemitic remarks.[78] Thomas objected, saying that “the leaders of Wayne State University have made a mockery of the First Amendment and disgraced their understanding of its inherent freedom of speech and the press.”[84] Asked by the Detroit Free Press how she would respond to people who say she is antisemitic, Thomas responded: ‘I’d say I’m a Semite. What are you talking about?’"

Unless there is something else in the controversy it seems like she spoke the truth about Israel 16 years ago and had her reputation drug through the mud for it. She spoke truth to power and it sure seems like the power tried to crush her for it.

OC, you just gave a very “both sides” sounding example with 0 context for those not already in the know. Some of us are still learning or have brains with the retention of a sieve, provide context and you’ll likely see a more positive response.

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I feel like I’ve known that the best person for president is someone who doesn’t want it since before middle school. But absolutely I had it ingrained in me by the time Bush was up for a second term. I still couldn’t vote yet but I knew everyone who wanted that job was a bad choice.

How do I reconcile that now? I don’t know, I keep voting for people who want the job I guess.

Imagine hearing a politician speak in the park for a few minutes about what they believe in and stand for. Imagine a politician that speaks directly to us instead of going through social media or even worse, only speaks to big donors like 80% of our politicians.

I recently heard about the idea that all of us get selected entirely at random to run the government. Sounds crazy but the quote that stuck with me was, “You don’t like it? What are you worried we’ll get bad leaders?”

Maybe for desalination? I hear it takes a ton of power.

Yes, this is for real. Whenever I’m fortunate enough to leave the US and visit basically any other country I’m jealous of two things: the price of food (groceries are cheap even if restaurants are not) and the quality of food (even non-organic produce is just more vibrant).

It’s been a thing for at least 10 years now that other countries have higher quality food for less money. It was probably true before that but in 2016 I was old enough to be living on my own and beginning to get invested in eating better food despite the damage it did to my budget. I might have to work my whole life and never retire but I am going to have my health as best as I can control it.

I went to Australia for a year the next year and was shocked by how affordable it was. Everyone told me it was ridiculously expensive, and yeah, eating out was easily $30 for a burger and fries or pizza but if I went to the grocery store or a market I could buy a week’s worth of food for the same price. I then needed to buy a new pair of ear buds down there and I found out that electronics are also very expensive, ~50% more after the exchange rate. But the food was cheap. I paid $150/week for rent. And there was public transportation.

Fucking “richest country in the world” my ass.

It’s going to get worse but at least they claim to be aware of enshittification. Them being aware means… Maybe it won’t be as bad as it could be? Definitely not staying the same though, they’re upfront about that.

Yes but something I remember from 20 years ago… Maybe 15, is trying to sign up to okay a Korean mmo. I had the whole thing downloaded and ready to go, but one problem, in order to make an account I needed to enter my SK ID number. I spent like 4 hours trying to get around this check but the rabbit hole that led me down eventually taught me that this is normal in SK. I could be wrong, I’m a USian and don’t speak or read Korean, but it sure seemed like they were being required to give their version of an SSN to access an mmo.

Not good imo, but if I understood correctly entering some form of government ID wouldn’t be a dramatic change from the norm.

Dog you’re a trash human, go touch grass and breathe some fresh air. Get out of the basement and do something enjoyable with another person. Play a boardgame, go for a walk, and learn how to see others as human again.

That’s my bet with my friends made about a year ago. I bet not one of the fuckers from rump’s cabinet or rump himself will face any consequences within 10 years…9 years now. I want to pay my friends money. Fuck.

It seems possible to have voter roles associated with driver’s licenses. I don’t know for sure but I feel like there has been lots of talk about having your voter registration tied to your driver’s license. If it hasn’t happened yet it’s definitely been floated as an idea.

What I do know is that there is a glaringly obvious trend towards authority figures wanting to control our lives to make sure we conform with their values and interests. It’s not happening exactly the same way everywhere but it is happening. I think it’d be foolish to believe that there isn’t interest in having a profile on every human in this country that is easily accessible by “law enforcement” or any other government agency.

And I can imagine the shit that would be put in such a profile, just listen to our political discourse for a day. Especially right wing discourse. They’ve decided who the enemies are, fortunately we don’t have to wear some kind of badge to announce it…yet.

It’s not just for citizens, it’s supposed to be a right that applies to everyone interacting with our government systems. You don’t have to say anything! But if you want to do anything requiring those services, like driver’s license, etc. then you have to give them some information.

I remember when our right wing wanted that information we give to be only available on a need to know basis! Why should the police need to know who I voted for or where I was born? But no more. Now these fuckwits want to suck on boot.

This still works in the US too but… And it’s a big BUT! …but it entirely depends on the cop, the mood they’re in, and how their sex life is going. I’ve had times where I’ve been high as a kite and been given a warning or been driving 20 mph over the speed limit and got a warning.

I’ve also been on a bike and nearly hit by an off-duty cop, the cop was angered by this and chased me down the highway at bike speed (<15mph, uphill) while the road is posted to be 50mph. I called the police, fearing for my life, and when police arrived I spoke with them and they said I had nothing to great from this engaged motorist because they were also a cop. Then I was given an indictment (a court date) for public disturbance because the cop lied and said I, a trans person, called him the F slur. It was dismissed in the end (first amendment rights and all that) but I was punished for riding my bike along the bike path by being legally ordered to go to court and explain that I was terrified and had shouted at the crazy out of control person chasing me: “If you follow me I’m calling the cops!” The cop had no repercussions!

Anyway, my point is, you can get lucky either way but when your luck turns they hold all the cards and your only rights become what they decide you get.

Now take a marble slight bigger than the end of a hose and hold it tightly

I don’t see how the heavy granite balls don’t do the same

The giant granite ball is not being held tightly. For your example just set the marble atop the opening of your hose. The water will continue to slowly overflow the end of the hose. Now if you exert additional force on the marble that’s on you.

You should do this yourself and take a video. Share it and speculate with us why the objects in your video behave the way they do.

I used to live in a very fire prone party of the Rockies, got any info on that book? It sounds fascinating.

See! I’m too young to even remember the right university!