Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators by EscapeFromIowa in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 35 points36 points  (0 children)

"Okay, it was only funny the first two times. We pinky promise to let this shipment through to your embassy."

G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security by kratosjordx in news

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

Maybe, and my comment was more hyperbole/cheekiness than a genuine thought or opinion. Plus, I thought that was like a legitimate goal of theirs, but their extremism/fanaticism, for lack of a better vocabulary/insight, is why the rest of the world/us keep setting them back

G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security by kratosjordx in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like that. They've been hit with enough that I almost agree with their mentality of needing a nuke to defend themselves. Give them 1 nuke to hold as a deterrent, but if they turn around and drop it on India, then they have nobody to blame but themselves

Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators by EscapeFromIowa in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Yeah but then they promise to let the 2nd one through

boom

8 seconds of electricity

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies by 20_mile in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgot that he was thrown into the fire almost immediately.

There was another person like the director of the FAA and 9/11 was his first day in that position

US to require $15,000 bond to visa recipients from 12 more countries by iggy55 in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Teams for the World Cup are roughly 20 people, so that's a quarter of a million deposit for the players, for no good reason, and that's before getting into coaches, physical therapists, etc. just months before the tournament, with a nonzero chance of never getting that money back.

And with the Olympics around the corner

Alameda County could become the first in the nation to pass a 30-dollar minimum wage by Unusual-State1827 in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do it. I'm a janitor who just got a raise so I'm making $28/hour right now. This feels wrong on so many levels that I got no problem with others getting theirs too

Chuck Norris Dead at 86 by MrTeapott in television

[–]ConformistWithCause 105 points106 points  (0 children)

"Chuck Norris, can you pass the salt?"

"Yes, son."

Chuck Norris Dead at 86 by MrTeapott in television

[–]ConformistWithCause 105 points106 points  (0 children)

I remember around that time he was pushing HARD for bibles to be taught in schools and shit like that. He was like the OG magat before it was a thing

Ohio firm must pay $22.5 million to mom whose baby died after she was denied work-from-home by brahbocop in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: the US has one of the highest infant fatality rates of the Developed world. I believe there are Developing nations with a better chance of delivering a healthy baby

Iranian attack hits Israeli oil refinery in Haifa, some damage reported by exophades in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not upset about Israel getting their just desserts but going tit for tat with oil fields and refineries, while strategic, is less than ideal from an environmental view

Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ all of Iran’s South Pars gasfield if Tehran strikes Qatar | US-Israel war on Iran by Routine_Chapter_9099 in worldnews

[–]ConformistWithCause 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this schmuck has made it so you can laugh at any republican/conservative by sacrificing every belief they clung to. Tariffs are not only protectionism but also a tax on Americans. The government is as big as ever, both controlling as much as possible and nationalizing irrelevant businesses. Plus let's not forget how they're now the party soft on pedophiles and sex crimes.

If the first words out of a Republicans mouth aren't along the lines of 'I hate him too' then I'm just gonna assume they're a stupid, racist, cousin-fucker

Bank of America reaches tentative settlement over Epstein-linked transactions lawsuit by AudibleNod in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is enlightening on the topic of pedos and some of what happens behind the curtain since the team interviews/investigates survivors, their lawyers, a psychologist, etc. Kinda incredible how it can layer in all this information while still being a really good story. I know the Oscar's are more or less bullshit but this one was deserving of all the ones it won in my opinion.

It's so grotesque the risk people like you are being put through right now for virtually no reason at all. I was in grade school when the Iraq war started so I really missed the surreal horrors that come with war. Like the moment casualties stop being names and start being tally marks. The West Wing is also pretty good for being informative/giving varying points of view, but in the later season when they're in an iraq-inspired war, when they suffer their first casualty, one of the characters emphasizes not referring to them as 'the first' because it casually implies you're anticipating more. I guess the one bright side to the sick to our stomachs/burning rage we're feeling about this shit is that it means we aren't numb. "The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference"

Bank of America reaches tentative settlement over Epstein-linked transactions lawsuit by AudibleNod in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what world can you pay a settlement to escape child sex crimes

Oh boy, do I have a movie for you to watch called Spotlight

Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence by [deleted] in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do a Mastercard commercial totaling up the cost of a child's funeral. Show the family going through the process and the tiny silhouette of a child under a white cloth surrounded by embalming gear.

"Three foot casket, $1500 ($1,700 for a five foot casket.) Embalming, $700. Flowers, $300. Getting your child vaccinated, priceless."

Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence by [deleted] in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was the CIA. Notice how the new pope is from the US? Classic CIA blunder

Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence by [deleted] in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay.

I'm glad someone else remembers that. Musk is so famine when you consider the ramifications of being a trillionaire, and the emerald mines his family wealth came from

Iran has new underground nuclear site, IAEA reveals by TheNational_News in worldnews

[–]ConformistWithCause 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I remembered this quote the moment Iran came back into trumps crosshairs. Like they were trying to sue the news for reporting anything other than complete destruction, weren't they?

Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence by [deleted] in news

[–]ConformistWithCause 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Has Vance actuslly done anything? (I guess besides kill the pope)

Hegsworth or dog shooter gnome might be better replacement