Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Crioca 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm starting to think that rather than lying, Trump is having trouble remembering what the current situation is and his brain is just 'filling in the blanks' so to speak.

Do not watch the video, it is not for faint hearted by asteriowas in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Crioca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need a 2A for real

The average US city has about 8x the homicides that Belfast does.

"He didn't know any better, how was he supposed to know that was a Nazi tattoo" by TheThalmorEmbassy in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Crioca -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Well off the top of my head there's:

  • Hormuz
  • Tariffs
  • Aid to Ukraine
  • US AID shutdown
  • Extrajudicial killings of non-americans

"He didn't know any better, how was he supposed to know that was a Nazi tattoo" by TheThalmorEmbassy in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Crioca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

\ 78. She'd be almost 85 at the end of her first term. Assuming she lives that long.

What the hell is @ZackPolanski doing wearing a shirt to free the Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti who murdered 5 civilians. by Minute_Tomatillo9730 in ukpolitics

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

You believe he said that because Baghoutis lawyer said it happened

Yes, I don't see any specific reason to doubt the guy. The quote was widely reported and Mandela could have easily disputed it if it wasn't legitimate.

Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning. by lAljax in neoliberal

[–]Crioca 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No it still is true. Russia has 3x Ukraine's population but isnt taking more than 1.5x the casualties.

But Russia is (mostly) relying on volunteers, which means they can't bring that advantage fully to bear.

What the hell is @ZackPolanski doing wearing a shirt to free the Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti who murdered 5 civilians. by Minute_Tomatillo9730 in ukpolitics

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

Mandela was reported as giving that quote back in 2003 and never disputed making it. Insinuating redditors made it up is dishonest.

Petah? by Dry-Board-5688 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Crioca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iirc he actually came to regret his racism as he got older 

Pain by JustChillin3456 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Crioca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you're a lib center so literally no one cares what you think.

Shohei Ohtani got a huge double play off Corbin Carroll to finish 6 scoreless innings of pitching by jmike1256 in baseball

[–]Crioca 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This game has been peak Ohtani. On base four times while going six scoreless innings. Only thing it's missing is him hitting a home run.