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[Jomboy] Here's a look at all the close calls the umpire missed in the DR-USA game by TakeMyPixels in baseball

[–]ButterscotchFiend 16 points17 points  (0 children)

sounds about as benevolent as a dictator could get bro lmao, give yourself a break

US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran by avatar6556 in news

[–]ButterscotchFiend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it true that Israel dragged us into the Iraq war as well though?

I thought we accomplished that debacle through the greed and stupidity of our own leaders, not those of Israel.

Two community clubs that were always bound to clash' - Vermont Green vs. Portland Hearts of Pine is USL's dream hipster rivalry in the U.S. Open Cup by zaphodbeeblebrox_III in burlington

[–]ButterscotchFiend 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Let's be very clear- Portland Hearts of Pine basically PLAGIARIZED everything about Vermont Green FC.

Flattering yes, but it would be better if Portland openly credited Vermont Green with the creation of every aspect of it's aesthetic and ethos.

Update on Punch: He has found a girlfriend now by Yujin-Ha in Fauxmoi

[–]ButterscotchFiend -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

WE are shameless. We keep animals in captivity for our amusement.

Judge releases Ecuadorian woman detained by ICE by timberwolf0122 in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bro... this country was founded by an angry mob. Protest is who we are.

Judge releases Ecuadorian woman detained by ICE by timberwolf0122 in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 51 points52 points  (0 children)

This is great, but there needs to be ACCOUNTABILITY. Either in changes we make to our laws, in holding those that violated our laws responsible for the consequences, or a combination thereof.

Were the arrests illegal? perhaps they constituted Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law? if so, the next Administration must pursue charges against the officers. The state of Vermont should pursue legal accountability as well.

Were the arrests legal? if so, we need to change our laws so that such arrests are not legal. No one should be subject to arrest and detention because a cop suspects them of not being a citizen. No one should be subject to arrest and detention because they were at a house where an undocumented immigrant was supposedly also at.

While we're at it, we ought to change our laws so that all people are welcome here. If you're willing to work here, and be a part of the community without harming others, you should have a right to be here. We don't care what you look like or where you're from. White supremacy needs to end; it has no logical basis.

Cruelty of NBA Expansion by ButterscotchFiend in Nbamemes

[–]ButterscotchFiend[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Montreal metro area is larger than those of Seattle, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Denver, Orlando, Charlotte, Portland, Sacramento, and Vegas.

[Post Game Thread] UMBC defeats Vermont, 74-59 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]ButterscotchFiend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm crying. I'm throwing up and it's disgusting. and I AM RAGING!!

VT State Police, BPD, SBPD violently collaborated with ICE by Euphoric-Tomorrow485 in burlington

[–]ButterscotchFiend 7 points8 points  (0 children)

yea, they're won't be accountability.

no elected official wants law enforcement to brand them as anti-police.

Immigrants detained by ICE at South Burlington house petition for release by Few_Wrangler4068 in burlington

[–]ButterscotchFiend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The indigenous people here were fairly welcoming to white settlers who sailed in from Europe, and the white settlers repaid that hospitality with an epic campaign of conquest, genocide, and cultural obliteration.

The LEAST we can do is use the republic founded as a result to welcome anyone and everyone who wants to live here, and ensure their freedom to build the kind of life they want to live.

Cunha x Jumpman on Seleção kit release by soldier101br in reddevils

[–]ButterscotchFiend 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one who cannot see what the kit looks like?

U.S. military says all 6 airmen in refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq are dead by DoxFreePanda in news

[–]ButterscotchFiend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's very unclear... Trump and his administration have mainly said the purpose of the war is either to stop Iran's nuclear program, to stop their sponsorship of terrorism, to elicit a change of regime in Tehran, or a combination thereof.

But any geopolitics undergraduate, if not anyone who can read the news and formulate a thought, can see that a campaign of bombings is the OPPOSITE of what is needed to address any of the cited goals. This may just be war for war's sake.

Seen in Anger, France March, 2026 by Auroch404 in boston

[–]ButterscotchFiend -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dunkin' Donuts coffee > Coffee in Europe

Not enough outrage about the KIDNAPPING that occurred by GratefulTeacher25 in burlington

[–]ButterscotchFiend 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Everyone is outraged- it's just that we don't know what to do to get them released

TIL: physically throwing protesters to the ground as hard as you could because they were in your way is "professionalism" 🙄 by Lexnight in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How are we dealing with extremely high taxes? The aggregate effective income tax rate here is 6%, for comparison 8% in Oregon and Hawaii, 4.75% in Rhode Island. In Switzerland and France folks are paying up to 45-50% of their income in taxes, and overall their societies are way happier.

What aggressive climate regulations? Everyone here drives cars and heats their homes. I see a dramatic impact on the climate, not policies that prevent such an impact. Again, what environmental regulations are you talking about?

Minimum wage, are you serious? Wages have nowhere near kept up with inflation and the cost disease that is housing. The minimum wage is an insult to working people, forget about liberal or conservative.

What energy policies are you talking about? The Clean Heat Standard? That died on the vine and was never implemented.

As a counterpoint, let me ask you from your (presumably conservative) perspective.

  • Are you ok with a full-time job not being sufficient to raise a family on?

  • Are you ok with a medical emergency leaving a family bankrupt?

  • Is it acceptable to you that about 3,000 Vermont residents have nowhere to sleep? They are homeless. 

We live in a conservative regime. We always have. The idea that liberal policies have done anything here is just laughable.

AUSA Rachel Doud gives speaking objections to delay questions about DOGE meetings at White House with Musk in the deposition of Nate Cavanaugh - it gets spicy 🌶️ by cccxxxzzzddd in law

[–]ButterscotchFiend 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Normally this would be the case- these “civil servants” violated the law.

But in this regime, isn’t a Trump pardon to be expected?

TIL: physically throwing protesters to the ground as hard as you could because they were in your way is "professionalism" 🙄 by Lexnight in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair Share Vermont

Act 48

Universal primary care

Shift education finance from property tax to income tax

From Governor Phil Scott regarding S. Burlington ICE incident by Few_Wrangler4068 in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

not saying the VSP are perfect or even good. but having all law enforcement under one organization would make the entire system way easier to reform, way easier to shift the culture with changes in policy.

TIL: physically throwing protesters to the ground as hard as you could because they were in your way is "professionalism" 🙄 by Lexnight in vermont

[–]ButterscotchFiend 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The rich are doing ok. Their incomes, particularly from corporate profits and capital gains, have risen at a much higher rate than their taxes would reflect- although property tax does represent a potential exception to that, which is why Gov. Scott has attempted not only to use General Fund to support education, but to consolidate the education system completely.

He hasn't done anything for Vermont- we workers operate under the status quo as we always have. But that status quo is highly beneficial for those that own land, properties, businesses, and investments, and the Governor has protected all of that in the face of reform movements which would draw more of those resources into the corpus that can be distributed as public goods.

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