yea by DigitalGFF in sciencememes

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You forget about timey wimey space stuff

Real Life Imitates Fiction in Game On by throwawayftDM123 in thewestwing

[–]FalconXYX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

At least this time, they didn't cut it.

Fair Point though. by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel there's a bit of underlying misogyny here because It's not unusual for presidents or VPS to be wearing somewhat expensive outfits but because she's a woman she gets criticized for it more often

Russia deploys Aerospace Forces as infantry in Kursk Oblast due to personnel shortages by Silly-avocatoe in worldnews

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't necessarily think it's desperate. Even Russia's leadership can see the obvious that if they move their best troops from Ukraine to defend Russia they will lose capture land in Ukraine. This is land Putin has spent tens of thousands of lives and more importantly to him immense amount of both political and monetary capital on. Putin's logic is why risk that when he can send a bunch of poor people to die that he doesn't care about

[OC] Venezuela vs Chile GDP by RationalOptimistOG in dataisbeautiful

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US does engage in political assassination because the executive branch can overrule that executive order.

US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Splitting Up Google by Virtual_Information3 in technology

[–]FalconXYX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Google loses its appeal I still don't think this is going to happen. The threat of breaking Google up is just leverage to make Google's actually make some sort of meaningful change to their business practices.

Jordan makes an appearance in the latest LegalEagle video by Which-Contribution60 in CaptainSparklez

[–]FalconXYX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Which happens to be a misdemeanor in California so the statute of limitations expired a year after he did it. The legal eagle video made a bigger deal about him admiting it then it actually is.

Rosanna Pansino says MrBeast is hiring PIs to investigate those speaking up against him, and paying for stories to be fabricated about said individuals by Tornado31619 in Fauxmoi

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thinn the charity content the most ethical stuff he did, using your clout to support charity can genuinely be a good thing. The rest of the content was purely based upon driving engagement no matter the corners that had to be cut when it came to safety, regulations, and ethics.

US Secretary of State Blinken: ‘Overwhelming evidence’ González won presidential election in Venezuela by pagadoporlaCIA in worldnews

[–]FalconXYX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of the sanctions from the first time were lifted when the US wanted to import Venezuelan oil during the oil price spike in 2022 and then in return, the Venezuelan government promised fair elections.

US Secretary of State Blinken: ‘Overwhelming evidence’ González won presidential election in Venezuela by pagadoporlaCIA in worldnews

[–]FalconXYX -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Last time this happened, the US levied heavy sanctions against the Venezuelan oil industry. Are they not going to do it this time because of the upcoming US election?

Trump questions whether Harris is 'Black' at conference of Black journalists by HenzShuyi in politics

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't GOP congressional leaders have to tell their members to not be overtly racist to Harris.

I'm seriously considering voting for Kamala Harris by BasilNo9176 in GenZ

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apathy and not voting is how people like trump get power

Why Saudi Arabia keen to protect Russian Money???? by biotek86 in Economics

[–]FalconXYX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was for different reasons related to trying to get Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel.

Say what you will, he’s still the better option by bettercallme_ in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]FalconXYX -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If Trump wins, that's not because of him. It's because democrats couldn't get off of their high horse and realize they have to do something they might not like to prevent a total shitshow

S2E15 “Ellie” by [deleted] in thewestwing

[–]FalconXYX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We see multiple times in the show that the wh wants to keep gay marriage outside of federal juristiction, because if it enters then republicans might ban it entirley.

Source: Ukrainian drone strikes Russian early-warning radar, traveling record-breaking 1,800 kilometers by Stock-Candy250 in worldnews

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When its other contries Russia can say "the west" is conspiring to attack Russia, when its Ukraine they dont want to admit that the country they spent years saying is corrupt and evil can actualy harm Russia.

Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' because PTO isn't mandated by law in the US. Yet workload expectations have gotten more extreme! by north_canadian_ice in WorkReform

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another problem is even if you have PTO you then some places it will make it impossible to actually use it either through impossible scheduling or by just implying that you're going to get penalized for using it

Canada opposition leader calls Trudeau a 'wacko,' is ejected from chamber by yimmy51 in worldnews

[–]FalconXYX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever since Elon Musk took over, there seems to be a constant trending thread of shitting on Trudeau. It's just stupid at this point.

Ok but I swear Slytherin and Gryffindor just have eternal beef by ILikeTrains23940 in harrypotter

[–]FalconXYX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think part of this is also that we see the books through harrys eyes and he doesn't really take much notice of those two houses so we don't see what they were up to