Asafum
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- Comment on Trump literally referred to himself as "King". Surely conservatives are against a monarchy forming? 1 day ago:
I wonder how many conservatives are actually on here. This thread kind of feels like as a large group we stormed into an after school club with like 4 kids in it lol
- Comment on Billionaire Airbnb Co-Founder Is Said to Take Role in Musk’s Government Initiative 2 days ago:
Congratulations dumbfuck MAGA, you drained the swamp, replaced it with a new American castle, and filled it with plutocrats. We have a king and a reigning “nobility.”
But tell me again about Hunter Biden bad…
- Comment on Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave? 3 days ago:
Because you still need the Senate. The GOP almost always votes as one since it’s almost always about benefiting the rich. When the Democrats “had power” they had 2
Republicans“Democrats” that would always vote against them whenever it was something that would help people that aren’t billionaires.I wish I wasn’t an atheist so I could believe Manchin and Sinema would rot in hell when they die. :/
- Comment on Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave? 3 days ago:
At the same time, Democrats can’t see idly and do nothing.
Here’s what the Democrats currently have the power to do:
- Comment on Regarding a US Government Shutdown: What's stopping Musk from continuing to fund DOGE with his own money and continuing to tear apart the government while all the federal workers are put on leave? 3 days ago:
Honestly with the DOJ entirely in Trump’s camp there’s nothing stopping them from doing anything at all. At least nothing that wouldn’t force every military personnel to storm the White House.
- Comment on where?? 4 days ago:
I’m not so sure about the binoculars part there… I have an 8" dobsonian telescope and I have a hard time finding those two.
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 6 days ago:
Not enough people unfortunately, although I’m sure there is some overlap between those that don’t vote but still watch the news. I think we overestimate how many people are “politically engaged.”
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 6 days ago:
Because most people are blissfully ignorant. They’re going about their day and if anything they’re possibly reminded that Trump is president by some news channel they pass over on their way to the newest true crime show or whatever the hell is on tictok.
Most people couldn’t be forced to care if you had a gun to their heads as evidenced by our disgusting voting numbers. “Didn’t vote” would win every election if it was a candidate.
Most people “aren’t political” which is nice if only politics didn’t affect your life so deeply. :/
- Comment on State Department Revises Plan to Buy Armored Teslas 1 week ago:
That didn’t read as if he still isn’t being “considered” just that they aren’t showing the company name on the list of “potential” vendors…
- Comment on Nature is healing 1 week ago:
If all you consume is right wing propaganda then yes, the dismantling of all our civic protections and the complete disregard of the Constitution by the executive branch and all the negative impacts on local communities and farmers that depended on aid now gone would seem like paradise as you wouldn’t even know it’s happening. You just get some vague “were elimination wasteful spending!” Without any definition as to what was wasteful.
Since when does the Executive branch have the right to ignore the Judiciary? Biden didn’t. He tried the executive order to allow studen loan forgiveness and got smacked down by the courts so it didn’t happen.
Trump gets a ruling he doesn’t like and suddenly Elmo musk and Vance are doing some “judicial overreaching” dance. Literally stating "Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”
They have legitimate power to issue an executive order, they do not have legitimate power to have that executive order violate the constitution. That’s the whole point of the Judiciary to combat against. They don’t have the legitimate power to fire inspector generals literally there to watch out for fraud and illegality. As per Republican Chuck Grassley
- Comment on Okay, this is getting out of hand 1 week ago:
Libertarian Paradise:
I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in. I put a quarter in the radio to activate it. It was the chief.
“Bad news, detective. We got a situation.”
“What? Is the mayor trying to ban trans fats again?”
“Worse. Somebody just stole four hundred and forty-seven million dollars’ worth of bitcoins.”
The heroin needle practically fell out of my arm. “What kind of monster would do something like that? Bitcoins are the ultimate currency: virtual, anonymous, stateless. They represent true economic freedom, not subject to arbitrary manipulation by any government. Do we have any leads?”
“Not yet. But mark my words: we’re going to figure out who did this and we’re going to take them down … provided someone pays us a fair market rate to do so.”
“Easy, chief,” I said. “Any rate the market offers is, by definition, fair.”
He laughed. “That’s why you’re the best I got, Lisowski. Now you get out there and find those bitcoins.”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “I’m on it.”
I put a quarter in the siren. Ten minutes later, I was on the scene. It was a normal office building, strangled on all sides by public sidewalks. I hopped over them and went inside.
“Home Depot™ Presents the Police!®” I said, flashing my badge and my gun and a small picture of Ron Paul. “Nobody move unless you want to!” They didn’t.
“Now, which one of you punks is going to pay me to investigate this crime?” No one spoke up.
“Come on,” I said. “Don’t you all understand that the protection of private property is the foundation of all personal liberty?”
It didn’t seem like they did.
“Seriously, guys. Without a strong economic motivator, I’m just going to stand here and not solve this case. Cash is fine, but I prefer being paid in gold bullion or autographed Penn Jillette posters.”
Nothing. These people were stonewalling me. It almost seemed like they didn’t care that a fortune in computer money invented to buy drugs was missing.
I figured I could wait them out. I lit several cigarettes indoors. A pregnant lady coughed, and I told her that secondhand smoke is a myth. Just then, a man in glasses made a break for it.
“Subway™ Eat Fresh and Freeze, Scumbag!®” I yelled.
Too late. He was already out the front door. I went after him.
“Stop right there!” I yelled as I ran. He was faster than me because I always try to avoid stepping on public sidewalks. Our country needs a private-sidewalk voucher system, but, thanks to the incestuous interplay between our corrupt federal government and the public-sidewalk lobby, it will never happen.
I was losing him. “Listen, I’ll pay you to stop!” I yelled. “What would you consider an appropriate price point for stopping? I’ll offer you a thirteenth of an ounce of gold and a gently worn ‘Bob Barr ‘08’ extra-large long-sleeved men’s T-shirt!”
He turned. In his hand was a revolver that the Constitution said he had every right to own. He fired at me and missed. I pulled my own gun, put a quarter in it, and fired back. The bullet lodged in a U.S.P.S. mailbox less than a foot from his head. I shot the mailbox again, on purpose.
“All right, all right!” the man yelled, throwing down his weapon. “I give up, cop! I confess: I took the bitcoins.”
“Why’d you do it?” I asked, as I slapped a pair of Oikos™ Greek Yogurt Presents Handcuffs® on the guy.
“Because I was afraid.”
“Afraid?”
“Afraid of an economic future free from the pernicious meddling of central bankers,” he said. “I’m a central banker.”
I wanted to coldcock the guy. Years ago, a central banker killed my partner. Instead, I shook my head.
“Let this be a message to all your central-banker friends out on the street,” I said. “No matter how many bitcoins you steal, you’ll never take away the dream of an open society based on the principles of personal and economic freedom.”
He nodded, because he knew I was right. Then he swiped his credit card to pay me for arresting him.
- Comment on Events are occurring! 1 week ago:
IT’S THE MOLE PEOPLE!
- Comment on Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say 1 week ago:
Which hurts their fee$ as well.
Corpo fucks bought all the major media. A fascist dictatorship is arriving in relative silence.
- Comment on "Poetic take" on the state of the US 2 weeks ago:
Instead we have “Now listen, you rich people, cheer and dance because of the greater wealth that will be coming to you. Your wealth has fattened, and gold adorns your clothes. Your gold and silver is polished by an army of tongues of bootlickers. Their saliva testifies to your greatness, you will eat the flesh of the finest beasts. You have and will continue to hoard wealth as is Good™ to do. Look! The wages you fail to pay the workers who built your empire are justified, they are just immigrants and liberals. The cries of the workers are of silent text on screens, read by the unimportant, the powerless. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence and will continue to do so. You have fattened yourself on another day of your joy. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who you’ve made to oppose one another, and laughed at their suffering. Good show.”
-Me now:today
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearing on media bias 2 weeks ago:
And fox news right? Right?
Newsmax? No?
One America News Network? Oh still no?
- Comment on Simple creatures 2 weeks ago:
Monkey D. Luffy agrees, well known fact that.
- Comment on No mommy I don't want it 3 weeks ago:
“We’re going to force this AI into every program you use and then because you ‘agreed’ to use it we get to claim ownership of things created with it and use all your data to train it! It’s a win-win (for me only)”
- Comment on I'll consider it if I get a break from those currently receiving my deposits 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on You wouldn't download and run a local Large Language Model 3 weeks ago:
I wonder what it thought about for those 9 seconds before saying that
- Comment on New No Man's Sky update adds walkable gas giants among "trillions" of new planets, just in case you were running out 3 weeks ago:
Finally! I’ve been waiting forever for this update! It’s freaking huge!
- Comment on Isn't EU's "VAT" a regressive tax? Why do they have that, instead of something like, taxing the rich? 3 weeks ago:
Username checks out.
:P
- Comment on (They're not allowed to legally anymore) 3 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t want to have to go shutting any business down, people can fall profits must never fall
Priorities!©®™
- Comment on (They're not allowed to legally anymore) 3 weeks ago:
“If you can’t see it then it isn’t happening!”
- Comment on I'm not coping, but I do enjoy weed 4 weeks ago:
I used to get D8 until NY legalized D9 then they made D8 illegal… lol
It definitely was great though!
- Comment on The US is actually going to implement a nationwide abortion ban and the measures for how it's gonna be handled are already in the works 4 weeks ago:
They aren’t really off with 1984. “The department of peace” being the department of war and all that. Pro Women’s health actually being anti women’s health.
It’s so gross…
- Comment on I'm not coping, but I do enjoy weed 4 weeks ago:
I wish I could!
Drink and I get insomnia. Smoke and I immediately get a panic attack regardless of CBD to THC ratio… Could be 99% CBD bud with a sprinkle of THC bud and I’ll still get a panic attack.
Stupid body forcing me be all healthy and shit lol I don’t wanna!
- Comment on The US is actually going to implement a nationwide abortion ban and the measures for how it's gonna be handled are already in the works 4 weeks ago:
“Pro Women’s Healthcare”
😡😡😡😡😡😡
Fucking propagandists
- Comment on Why did trump go after the Gulf of Mexico rather than New Mexico? 4 weeks ago:
We just assume these things are meaningless, but has anyone stopped to ask the fish if they have a constitution!?
:P
- Comment on I too am an expert 4 weeks ago:
“Oh, well, if you prefer, I can recognize handwriting, Yep, that’s handwriting, sure enough. Curly bits, spiky bits, all joined together. Yep. Handwriting. I’d recognize it anywhere.”
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I believe Sanders is actually independent and just votes with Democrats because they’re the current only option.
We cannot afford to chain ourselves to a corporate focused party that will never have our best interest in mind. We have 4 years to start working on this, we can’t keep doing this “it’s too late” thing over and over and over and over. The Democratic party is still refusing to accept what they did wrong. They’re pulling this whole “it was a messaging problem” thing as if they just need to lie to us harder and somehow we’ll get them back in office.
I’m tired of 40 years of the same thing. They aren’t changing.
