Howmanheyman 39116 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 2 hours ago, Renton said: @PaddockLad, where have you stolen and hidden this? He doesn't know? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12738 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 In other news, orange paedo's big beautiful bill includes a small increase in the budget of ICE up from $4.5 billion to $40 billion, an amount which is greater than the US Marine corps budget. SS/Gestapo anyone ??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6744 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 They're banning British rappers from Glastonbury from entering the US now. I suspect I'm currently banned from entering ffs, if they ever tied this place to me as a person. Ironically probably not banned from Israel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 53989 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 They've been dropped by their agency as well. Netanyahu has faced fewer consequences. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 25160 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 2 hours ago, Toonpack said: In other news, orange paedo's big beautiful bill includes a small increase in the budget of ICE up from $4.5 billion to $40 billion, an amount which is greater than the US Marine corps budget. SS/Gestapo anyone ??? By my calculations, conservatively, that's $2000 tax money for every adult in the US. That's more than the cost of a McDonald's saver meal EVERY DAY. They are batshit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12738 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 14 minutes ago, Renton said: By my calculations, conservatively, that's $2000 tax money for every adult in the US. That's more than the cost of a McDonald's saver meal EVERY DAY. They are batshit. $15 billion of it is for detention camps (more than the federal prisons budget I think I read). Wonder if they'll have showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6744 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I know we talk about fascism a lot and the word probably does get thrown around too easily but for real, at what point is it actually fascism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12738 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 1 minute ago, Rayvin said: I know we talk about fascism a lot and the word probably does get thrown around too easily but for real, at what point is it actually fascism? If you've read Shirers "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" the US is re-enacting it, here we're not as far into the book as they are, but there's time yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 13290 Posted Tuesday at 02:37 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:37 7 hours ago, Rayvin said: They're banning British rappers from Glastonbury from entering the US now. I suspect I'm currently banned from entering ffs, if they ever tied this place to me as a person. Ironically probably not banned from Israel... Or Iran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6744 Posted Tuesday at 03:26 Share Posted Tuesday at 03:26 You know one interesting thing in the subject of Iran is how progressive they are on trans rights. They recognise gender dysphoria as a mental condition wherein someone is born into the wrong body and support gender reassignment, even with state subsidy. Legal documentation is apparently also updated to reflect this on official record. The Ayatollah himself decreed this. That makes them more progressive on trans rights than the current US government But also its just kinda funny to imagine given how we perceive them. Its worth noting mind that they dont have such a positive relationship with homosexuality, and seem to confuse the two things in some quite problematic ways. But still i found it interesting and worth sharing since they were brought up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4533 Posted Tuesday at 07:39 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:39 4 hours ago, Rayvin said: You know one interesting thing in the subject of Iran is how progressive they are on trans rights. They recognise gender dysphoria as a mental condition wherein someone is born into the wrong body and support gender reassignment, even with state subsidy. Legal documentation is apparently also updated to reflect this on official record. The Ayatollah himself decreed this. That makes them more progressive on trans rights than the current US government But also its just kinda funny to imagine given how we perceive them. Its worth noting mind that they dont have such a positive relationship with homosexuality, and seem to confuse the two things in some quite problematic ways. But still i found it interesting and worth sharing since they were brought up. Are you 100% sure about this, my reading suggests trans individuals in Iran have a horrific experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6744 Posted Tuesday at 08:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:09 29 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Are you 100% sure about this, my reading suggests trans individuals in Iran have a horrific experience. I'm sure they do on many levels but the actual legal situation I googled repeatedly because I didn't believe it either. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Iran Not perfect by any stretch but also not what I expected personally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 13257 Posted Tuesday at 13:25 Share Posted Tuesday at 13:25 I’m willing to bet that there’s a massive dollop of homophobia involved in their pro-trans stuff. It’ll be seen as better to be born in the wrong body than to insert yourself into someone with a similar body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 25160 Posted Tuesday at 15:03 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:03 1 hour ago, Dazzler said: It’ll be seen as better to be born in the wrong body than to insert yourself into someone with a similar body. That sir is pure poetry. If i said you had a similar body would you hold it against me? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 13257 Posted Tuesday at 16:23 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:23 1 hour ago, Renton said: That sir is pure poetry. If i said you had a similar body would you hold it against me? Soz. I was born in the wrong body. Right gender, just a fat cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6744 Posted Tuesday at 16:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:32 3 hours ago, Dazzler said: I’m willing to bet that there’s a massive dollop of homophobia involved in their pro-trans stuff. It’ll be seen as better to be born in the wrong body than to insert yourself into someone with a similar body. Yep that does seem to be a part of it. But still though, it's an Islamic theocracy that supports trans existence on some level It's just wild to me. Maybe we really should regime change them tbh, their government is an anachronism relative to their people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 3140 Posted Wednesday at 00:49 Share Posted Wednesday at 00:49 So much to unpack here. https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1940073748947751323 "Biden wanted me in here, that son of a bitch." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 20295 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Mike Jollet, American citizen, musician and writer... I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset. I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. I’ve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, I’ve gotten death threats. So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed. ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again). No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany. But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen: ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift. This is not a hypothetical. It’s happening. That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen. $170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system. $170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women. How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period. Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted. If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you don’t draw this line, you are next. Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, “these people are criminals” (them) to “these people are helping criminals?” (You, by being against Trump). To “we must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?” (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.) Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trump’s agenda? A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it. This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now it’s happening here. I wish I had concrete plans. I don’t. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth. And the truth is fascism has arrived in America. And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 20295 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/critical-read-about-the-bbb-federalism-and-the-future-of-american-democracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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