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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: Today at 08:08:18 AM »

Looks like another woke Biden program in the military bites the dust.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5272905-hegseth-pentagon-women-peace-security/

Thing is...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that he had begun to shutter a Pentagon program meant to advance women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention, which was created by a law written by GOP lawmakers and signed by President Trump during his first term.

Trump literally does not care about what he did in his first term.  To him, it's as tho it never happened.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 29, 2025, 07:58:11 PM »

Trump HATES the TRUTH!

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380935/amazon-tariffs

Summary:
Rumor was that Amazon would start adding "Tariff charge" to its checkout so people knew how much of the item's cost was due to tariffs.
Trump personaly called Jeff Bezos and said don't do it.


What was that, Republicans?  Where is your "The government shouldn't dictate what private companies do" people?  Oh they aren't saying anything?  Fucking figures.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 29, 2025, 01:39:55 PM »

textbook leftist woke talking points the woke playbook woke ideology the far left woke lefty virtue signaling woke leftist Team Woke virtue signaling woke deflection woke

lol honestly, tim's nightly meltdowns have been the highlight of the first 100 days

I quite enjoy waking up in the morning and seeing if Tom has had another meltdown.
It's like seeing if Santa has been.

But yes, I'm very woke because I think vulnerable children and adults should be cared about and protected in a civilized country, and that there should be due process.
Utter woke leftist nonsense, that!

Non-woke ideals:
Police only come after the guilty. 
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
Trust authority.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 29, 2025, 06:24:07 AM »

Oh yes, lets trust the people who deported her to tell the truth.  I'm sure they have aboslutely no reason to lie.  Nope.  That's why they skipped the formalities of a judicial hearing and jumped right into it.


Seriously Tom... believing the official story?  Really?  Gonna go support NASA's moon mission now?

It also says this in the article you linked:

"The parents made the decision to take the child with them to Honduras. It is common that parents want to be removed with their children," said Tricia McLaughlin, DHS' assistant secretary for public affairs.

Are you claiming that the parents didn't want to take their child with them to Honduras? That would be an odd claim. Most parents in that situation would want to take their children with them. If the parents take their children with them then the children don't need to go through an official ejection process. Patents are legal guardians and make legal decisions on behalf of their children, which in this case was to go to Honduras with them.

If in an unlikely situation that the parents insisted that their US Citizen children stay in the United States, the government would probably send them to foster care if alternative family arrangements couldn't be found. The government can't deport a US Citizen to a country where they have no legal status.

Oh yes, lets trust the people who deported her to tell the truth.  I'm sure they have aboslutely no reason to lie.  Nope.  That's why they skipped the formalities of a judicial hearing and jumped right into it.


Seriously Tom... believing the official story?  Really?  Gonna go support NASA's moon mission now?

Also, yes, a mother would keep th child with their US parent than take them to the place they left.  Happens often enough.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 06:54:56 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-5378077/honduras-deported-girl-citizen

First they came for the illegals.
Then they came for the citizens who were children.


This is why we have courts: Because ICE isn't someone you can trust to give you a truthful answer.  That kid could have stayed with their dad/partner.  That's typically how it works.  Or another family member.  The fact that ICE is saying this is what she wanted is not something anyone can verify.  Which, again, is why we have fucking courts!

She didn't visit a court to enter the country, why should she bother visiting just before getting kicked out of it?

Her son is a US citizen.  And while she would probably be deported, her son would not.  What happens to the kid is decided in a court with the parents having several options.

This is a lie. The child was not deported. The woman decided to take her US Citizen child with her.

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1916840519222669573

Oh yes, lets trust the people who deported her to tell the truth.  I'm sure they have aboslutely no reason to lie.  Nope.  That's why they skipped the formalities of a judicial hearing and jumped right into it.


Seriously Tom... believing the official story?  Really?  Gonna go support NASA's moon mission now?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 06:45:40 PM »

The amount of lying and crying here for criminal migrants is astounding, considering the ones doing the lying and crying actually don't give a fuck either.

You're a criminal migrant as far as ICE is concerned.

You don't have a goddamn clue about the things you type.

Oh but I do.
See, ICE is for profit now.  Privatized.  Been that way for a while.  And now they have no leash.  No reigns.  And no reason not to trust an anonymous tip that says you're illegal.  They won't check.  They don't care.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 06:30:12 PM »

So, listening to Trump talking live.  Right now.

He admits that he ran for president to protect himself.  That if he didn't win, his life would be very very tough. 

He decided to run to save himself.


Congrats all: Trump admits he only cares about himself and y'all think otherwise.

Also, he thinks he was related worse than Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.  One of which died.  The other committed forced relocation and other atrocities.

So.. ya know.... He's worse.  By alot.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 04:13:29 PM »

Her son is a US citizen.

An anchor baby, you mean.

Only if it grows up rich and successful in life.

And while she would probably be deported, her son would not.  What happens to the kid is decided in a court with the parents having several options.

You mean a long and arduous series of court sessions where everyone stalls for a decade and then argues "she's been here for a decade!" and lets her stay instead of getting deported. I don't think this administration is going to fall for that classic gag.

Long?  Look, I know your attention span is bad but 2 hours is hardly long and arduous.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 02:07:47 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-5378077/honduras-deported-girl-citizen

First they came for the illegals.
Then they came for the citizens who were children.


This is why we have courts: Because ICE isn't someone you can trust to give you a truthful answer.  That kid could have stayed with their dad/partner.  That's typically how it works.  Or another family member.  The fact that ICE is saying this is what she wanted is not something anyone can verify.  Which, again, is why we have fucking courts!

She didn't visit a court to enter the country, why should she bother visiting just before getting kicked out of it?

Her son is a US citizen.  And while she would probably be deported, her son would not.  What happens to the kid is decided in a court with the parents having several options.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 28, 2025, 01:16:34 PM »

The amount of lying and crying here for criminal migrants is astounding, considering the ones doing the lying and crying actually don't give a fuck either.

You're a criminal migrant as far as ICE is concerned.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 26, 2025, 07:13:37 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-5378077/honduras-deported-girl-citizen

First they came for the illegals.
Then they came for the citizens who were children.


This is why we have courts: Because ICE isn't someone you can trust to give you a truthful answer.  That kid could have stayed with their dad/partner.  That's typically how it works.  Or another family member.  The fact that ICE is saying this is what she wanted is not something anyone can verify.  Which, again, is why we have fucking courts!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 26, 2025, 01:26:41 PM »

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation

imagine unironically deporting citizen babies with cancer

And I bet people like Tom and Action are cheering this.  Those fucking MAGA.  Evil to the god damn core.

It interesting how much that lot care about unborn babies.
And how little they care about actual babies, children or adults who are vulnerable.

I suspect its a disconnect between the concept of direct killing vs indirect killing.
If a child dies of a disease becuase they can't get medical attention... oh well.  Its not murder and not something I could have stopped.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 26, 2025, 07:29:13 AM »

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation

imagine unironically deporting citizen babies with cancer

And I bet people like Tom and Action are cheering this.  Those fucking MAGA.  Evil to the god damn core.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 25, 2025, 11:05:34 AM »

Man, being beaten by a brain dead Joe Biden has got to hurt.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 24, 2025, 08:43:49 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355895/doge-musk-nlrb-takeaways-security

Summary:
Whistleblowers at the National Labor Relations Board (who work in IT) are seeing DOGE doing things that they really shouldn't.  Bypassing security, procedures, etc..

Now, as an IT expert, reading this report tells me one thing:
They want access and they don't want to jump through hoops to do it.  The only reason you disable security and safety measures is
1) becuase you want to make it less secure so you can let someone else in.
2) because you can't do what you want without doing a bunch of stuff that you don't have time for and just give me full admin rights on my computer so I can install this software I downloaded, ok?

Yeah, I've seen alot of this before.  Shortcuts to getting things working by just "giving full admin rights" or disabling that pesky hostname verification thats not working for my computer for some reason. 

Do I think this is DOGE being evil and trying to let people in?  No.
I think this is DOGE trying to run security like a small office runs security... by not.  Because there's no easier system to get into (for useres or non-users) than an insecure one.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 24, 2025, 04:39:27 AM »

So, word has it that Trump's final deal to end the war in Ukraine has a bunch of stuff that Ukraine already had: security guarentees without Nato membership, help rebuilding (maybe), and Russia gets to keep what they took.  As the big highlights.  Including official recognition that Crimea us now Russian.

This has been rejected already.



Trump might want to read The Art of the Deal since he's really really bad at making deals.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 23, 2025, 12:00:57 PM »

That hits Florida more than anyone who relies on tourist taxes instead of sales tax.  Or income tax, I forget which....

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 23, 2025, 08:32:52 AM »

Welp, can't argue with that!

Damn... I hate being silly and stupid for believing it.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 23, 2025, 04:58:50 AM »

Hmmm...
Do I believe you're right? 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: April 22, 2025, 04:37:37 AM »

Why am I lumped into your MAGA talking point parotting, Tom?  I never even knew Pete Hegseth was disciplined for being drunk or alleged.  I heard the rumors if him being an alcoholic but never gave them much thought.  His current actions speak louder that ones from a past I care little about