DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway. 1 day ago:
As a life long New Yorker I’ve watched Trump repeatedly snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. He was told by his own architect that he should keep the façade of the building he was going to raze to build his tower. Trump even publicly promised not to destroy it. Then he wrecked it, then lied about promising to save it.
Another time, he’d made a deal with Harrah’s Casinos to run a place in Atlantic City. The ink wasn’t dry on the contract before Trump started suing. Eventually Harrah’s just walked away. Trump’s places went belly up and Harrah’s is still flourishing.
- Comment on Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told 1 day ago:
Legalize it and provide treatment options.
Much cheaper, but then Donnie doesn’t get to play war chief
- Comment on From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man 2 days ago:
According to folks on the Right, the New Deal’s spending actually prolonged the Depression. It was only much vaster government spending for WW2 that ended the Depression.
- Comment on From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man 3 days ago:
Or we could raise taxes on the rich and do the infrastructure rebuild that’s been needed for decades.
There’s a decade’s worth of blue collar pick and shovel work needed.
- Comment on Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report 6 days ago:
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 1 week ago:
Thank you
- Comment on Jeebuz Rode A Velocirapture 1 week ago:
“Young Earth” Christians believe every word in the Bible is true. According to their calculations the Earth can’t be more than 6,000 years old. The idea that there was anything before that is anathema.
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 1 week ago:
lol!
An old woman gets assaulted by someone she accused of being an illegal immigrant?
She’ll be more famous than Charlie Kirk.
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 1 week ago:
It’s like you didn’t bother to read the article you posted.
The police attacked the woman. They don’t like it when you usurp their privilege.
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 1 week ago:
I’ve been in a few confrontations in my life.
First rule in any confrontation is to maintain your cool. If you aren’t going to throw the first punch, you want to look like the reasonable one. They are like dogs and can smell fear.
The figure out how to deescalate the situation. Ask her what she wants? Free delivery? A written apology? Yes her to death and walk away.
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 1 week ago:
The prisons are full of people who thought their violence was justified.
Use some logic. Cops aren’t going to search that hard for someone who might be an illegal. They are going to look long and hard for someone who assaulted an old woman.
- Comment on Do all American stores have greeters? 1 week ago:
New York City. Many places have a security guard near the front, but not a greeter.
- Comment on Daily routine for me 1 week ago:
[off topic?]
In ‘Fight Club’ Helena Bonham Carter asked her makeup artist to use her left hand because Carter wanted it to look like her character was too fucked up to put on her makeup
- Comment on be gay, do crimes (in space) 1 week ago:
Jane Fonda has entered the chat…
- Comment on be gay, do crimes (in space) 1 week ago:
Straight female astronaut drove 900 miles to confront her rival.
https://www.biography.com/musicians/lisa-nowak-lucy-in-the-sky
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
BTW, I have proof that Angelina Jolie and Greta Garbo had an affair during the Civil War.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Mark Twain famously said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
- Comment on When this aired, it was a joke. 1 week ago:
The whole theater cracked up at the tucking scene.
- Comment on When this aired, it was a joke. 1 week ago:
Now it’s a genre??
Pepe LePew was seducing reluctant ladies decades ago!
- Comment on What happens if a world leader gets assassinated during a foreign visit by a *former* citizen of that leader's country? (Like: international relations wise) 2 weeks ago:
Case by case basis.
So much would depend on the countries involved, and their current relationships.
Let’s say it’s a former Russian citizen who kills Putin in the USA. The new Russian leader might want to have the killer tried in Russia, or they might want to throw the whole thing to the Americans. Legally, if the murder takes place in the USA, it’s the duty of the individual state to deal with it. But if the US President declares it an act of international terrorism, they could push through sending him home.
That’s not even getting into how the murder was done. Putin would have his own security team, plus Secret Service protection, so how did the killer get past them? Was there a conspiracy?
There’s no single answer possible.
- Comment on What is in for the antivax in a government? 2 weeks ago:
The Right hates the idea of an effective government that works for the people. They will tell you the the New Deal was a failure even though FDR was elected four times.
RFK is a useful idiot. The richest are going to get great healthcare no matter what. But if they can break people’s idea that the government is there to help them, then the Right can break OSHA, laws that protect consumer rights, and anything else that keeps them from making more money.
- Comment on in sickness and in health 2 weeks ago:
iirc Glenn Close had to die of poisoning in "Hamlet." She did her research and decided that she was being killed by strychnine
- Comment on Hardest battles 2 weeks ago:
I like how in the old comics they'd give the superhero some weakness that would negate their powers.
For Green Lantern it was the color yellow. For the Martian Manhunter it was fire. For Wonder Woman it was being tied up.*
*Wasn't sure if I remembered it right so I did a search. Over a million entries for 'Wonder Woman tied up.' Lotta comic fans out there.
- Comment on in sickness and in health 2 weeks ago:
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/g24261075/actresses-wearing-corsets-period-dramas/
The clothing alone was enough to kill a weak woman!!
- Comment on Is there or has there ever been information illegal to possess or have? 2 weeks ago:
"Pornography" was illegal to own. Things like abortion information or anything mentioning homosexuality was pornographic.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
They are making a terrible joke.
- Comment on But we got rid of the gun emoji 2 weeks ago:
My anti-violence mother let me have all the guns I wanted when I was a kid. Space guns, spy guns, soldier guns, whatever I wanted. By the time I was in 6th Grade I was over guns and never wanted to get a real one.
Just saying...
- Comment on I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole. 2 weeks ago:
No.
People rarely go on the internet to find data; they go on the internet to find data that tells them they are already right.
- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 3 weeks ago:
Enjoy!
- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 3 weeks ago:
'The Difference Engine' by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson. Forty years after Lovelace and Babbage perfected their mechanical computer, the British Empire is more powerful than ever. But all is not well! A great alterate history