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RE: Noteworthy News
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 pm
(September 23, 2025 at 6:48 am)Belacqua Wrote: (September 22, 2025 at 10:31 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, aim for a slightly less corrupt system, and stop electing wealthy kleptocrats.
Ah, the lesser of two evils.
This is why the Democrats never do much. They know we'll have to vote for them because the Republicans are always going to be slightly worse.
And every four years, the worse of the two evils gets more evil, so the lesser of the two can also get worse and we still have to vote for them.
So it's an effective strategy to prevent meaningful change.
What's an effective strategy?
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 pm
(September 23, 2025 at 6:48 am)Belacqua Wrote: (September 22, 2025 at 10:31 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, aim for a slightly less corrupt system, and stop electing wealthy kleptocrats.
Ah, the lesser of two evils.
This is why the Democrats never do much. They know we'll have to vote for them because the Republicans are always going to be slightly worse.
And every four years, the worse of the two evils gets more evil, so the lesser of the two can also get worse and we still have to vote for them.
So it's an effective strategy to prevent meaningful change.
WHY do you still have to vote for them?
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 7:59 am
(September 23, 2025 at 12:46 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: (September 23, 2025 at 6:48 am)Belacqua Wrote: Ah, the lesser of two evils.
This is why the Democrats never do much. They know we'll have to vote for them because the Republicans are always going to be slightly worse.
And every four years, the worse of the two evils gets more evil, so the lesser of the two can also get worse and we still have to vote for them.
So it's an effective strategy to prevent meaningful change.
What's an effective strategy?
Our only choice, every election time, is to vote for the lesser of two evils. We don't get to vote for someone who is actually good, who will work to do what the people want.
So the Republicans get more radical every year. And the Democrats get worse too, but they are sure we'll vote for them because they are slightly less bad than the Republicans.
So it's an effective strategy to get us to vote for someone evil -- just slightly less evil.
There is no effective strategy for people like you and me to bring about significant change. The people who run things work for their own benefit. The choices they give us in elections are all bad.
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 9:16 am
Someone shot up an ICE facility in Dallas.
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2025 at 1:32 pm by Nanny.)
Patel released an image of ammunition allegedly located near the shooter. It looks to me like it's a 5 round 30-06 Mauser clip. Same type was used in Utah.
ETA: I can't tell from the pic whether it's 7.65, 7.92mm or 30-06.
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 12:15 pm
(September 24, 2025 at 12:11 pm)Nanny Wrote: Patel released an image of ammunition allegedly located near the shooter. It looks to me like it's a 5 round 30-06 Mauser clip. Same type was used in Utah.
Link?
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 pm
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 1:09 pm
If Kash Patel told me my eyes were blue, I would go check in a mirror and not take his word for a damn thing.
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 pm
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Taking the regimes story at face value they're telling us that people they were legally responsible for were wounded and some died in custody.
If the body snatchers were us military in an active conflict zone they'd be in deep shit, but for ice on american soil that's what, just a wednesday?
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RE: Noteworthy News
September 24, 2025 at 4:42 pm
Patel keeps making unecessary disclosures about ongoing investigation. That will bite them in the ass in court eventually.
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