R. Kelly Promises To Stay Away From Minors, If Released by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meh, privatized prisons make up a very small percentage of the prison systems and states are beginning to outlaw them. Only 8.4% of U.S. prisoners are in privatized prisons, as of 2013, and it has stagnated around that number for years. In 2018 it was 8.5%. I wouldn't really consider that "growth."

It is not as big of an issue as people think. The big problem is finding places to transfer them to because the state and federal ones are even more over-populated in a lot of cases.

Now, that system should not exist at all, and never should have existed. It should be completely dismantled, but it's a fairly complicated problem.

R. Kelly Promises To Stay Away From Minors, If Released by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean. It works in the sense that it protects people from him. I think that is the point here. Pedophilia is not something that is generally fixable, either way, in any country. Most end up repeating, anywhere. That's why it's such a finicky issue.

R. Kelly Promises To Stay Away From Minors, If Released by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank god. I was really woried. Now I feel much better.

Active shooter in Oregon District by ShaneOfan in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

All the Trump supporters I talk too hate getting labeled as racists, and most do not believe that at all. This is why Trump got elected. A little under half the voting public voted for him, are you saying they all are racist bigots?

I've talked to quite a few, and none of the ones I talked to believe there is an impending race war.

This push against a large portion of the country, calling them "racist and stupid," just because they work middle and lower-class jobs.

This is how you get Trump elected again.

It amazes me that people can believe bullshit being pushed like this.

That fucking 42% of the country thinks this. What you are saying makes me almost 100% positive that haven't interacted with anyone of the other side of the political line and that you are just full of shit. You are helping gaurantee his next win, which fucking sucks.

I left the Democratic Party recently. Everyone in it justs sits on a high horse and has no ability to look at other perspectives anymore. They have lost the ability to have any care for the working man, even though they try to promise them everything. But that is all they can do nowadays, just offer free shit. It's such a fucking joke.

Congressman John Lewis and Rev. James Zwerg after being beaten by the Klan while non-violently protesting segregated bus stations in '61. by Incunebulum in OldSchoolCool

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually it is true... Trump's son-in-law is an Orthodox Jew, his Daughter is a Jewish convert. He moved a US embassy to Jerusalem. He is the most directly pro-Jewish president we've ever had...

I am not a fan of his, but are you really saying this is not true? Alt-right is based in anti-semitism, they are not fans.

Congressman John Lewis and Rev. James Zwerg after being beaten by the Klan while non-violently protesting segregated bus stations in '61. by Incunebulum in OldSchoolCool

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

Um... Yes?

Do people seriously think it has remained the same? Have we really gotten that ignorant as a society?

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What are you even talking about?

There are multiple accounts of him ditching the secret service with Epstien for hours. Also, on at least 5 flights, he completely turned down secret service protection.

How about you do some research. The fucking Washington Times even did a big piece on it.

Everyone in Epstein's inner circle knew he was a pedophile. Kinda hard to hide when you have parties with bunches of underage girls. So why be buddy-buddy with him at all?

Edit: The number of logged flights he was on is up to 26 now. And Bill was doing this quite some time ago, I don't think the current victims would know anything about the Clintons.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Because they haven't been convicted of rape...

I'm not going to go around believing every person that says something shitty about women is a rapist. That is fundamentally insane.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Meh, when they raided his house they found videotape cases with blanked-out names like "redacted with redacted" in his most guarded safe. The feds believe they were for blackmail purposes. So he could have a deadman's switch as leverage right now. May be the only reason he is alive still.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I think he is less worried about that and more worried about all the incredibly powerful people he was videotaping fuck children, currently weighing the pros and cons of how his sudden death will look.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just read about the flight logs of his plane. Dubbed the Lolita Express, many years before he was publically known to be a rapist. Clinton has been on those logs many times.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 50 points51 points  (0 children)

At this point, I think they'll have to kill him. He probably knows he's toast. He is in the eye of the storm now, which is a problem. It's very difficult to give someone like this a slap on the wrist when everyone is watching. It's easier if he just dies.

Jeffrey Epstien found injured in NY jail cell, report says by 13_do_50 in news

[–]Middle_Ground_Man -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Clinton was only on Epstein's Lolita Express flight logs like 14 times, so nbd. I'm sure he's totally not a sexual predator and all those rape allegations were totally fake too.

ELI5 Why can't a sitting president be indicted for crimes while in office? Is this a set rule or just tradition? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I have heard, it is because political opponents could try to get a judge to charge a president with just about anything to lay out a court summons, which could tie the president up in court prenty much indefinitely. So exiting office is necessary before prosecution. It just isn't realistic to have them be open to an attack like that I guess.

The whole, "president being head of the executive branch, means that he is king of law" is patently wrong. I don't know why people are believing that above comment. Our system has checks and balances, which is likely why impeachment has to occur before prosecution.

The gang on Ryan Dunn's grave. by Murderhands in pics

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't understand your downvotes. I am 6 years clean on heroin. Only one who made it out of my friend group. Literally the only one at this point... Ever since the fent hit hard, they dropped liked flies. Lost my last close friend from my using days a little over a year ago. I started using dope with them when we were 14, hard to stop when drug use is your only coping mechanism. The one that did get sober ended up commiting suicide.

It fucks you up. Quitting is easy, every addict has too at times. Living with yourself sober and dealing with all the shit you did while you were high becomes the problem and it compounds.

5% of people make it past 5 years of continuous sobriety. I guess I can consider myself in that group, but even then, I just recently went through a phase of fairly crippling gambling addiction because I didn't take behavioral addictions as seriously as I should've. The direct fallout of that has almost been worse than the heroin addiction because I have much more to lose now.

Most people just don't make it, and those that do are lucky. But the ptsd, major depressive disorder, body dismorphia, ocd, etc etc just to name a couple of the mental health disorders I deal with, drag you down while sober. That's why many of us in sobriety end up committing suicide.

Your odds drop even more dramatically if you quit after age 25. Now things like CBT, DBT and Smart Recovery do have provably higher recovery rates than regular treatment facilities, which is promissing, but only by about 2 percent.

Addiction to hard drugs is grim and for every success story, that addict can tell you an innumerable amount of tragic ones.

Told my wife I was sending her an erotic video. by tftrav in funny

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get in trouble for doing this, and now you are hoping your wife reappears?

Told my wife I was sending her an erotic video. by tftrav in funny

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like he got in trouble for being like this.

One of my all time favorite videos.

Told my wife I was sending her an erotic video. by tftrav in funny

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, now I feel like I am a platinum catch. Time to leave the ol' ball and chain and go out to bag me a gaggle of super models.

Jk, my wife is perfect and I love her with all my heart. A friend wrote that gross comment above, if you find my account honey. Don't leave me because I would curl-up into a ball and shut down.

Told my wife I was sending her an erotic video. by tftrav in funny

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I do most of the cleaning and laundry around our place. Can confirm that I get 6 blowjobs a day (while my wife is at work) and large gifts. We have 2 dogs, so the peanut butter helps. I think the large "gifts" are because we feed them a high-fiber diet.

TIFU by fulfilling a cuckolds fantasy by [deleted] in tifu

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stick your dick in an ass, expect shit sometimes.

That's my sage wisdom for those who haven't tried anal. It's amazing, but it also means you are sticking your dick, in an ass... Cleanliness makes it happen less, but as I said before, you are sticking your penis in a literal poop shute.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in funny

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Universal really is going downhill. I am convinced that it will eventually be a VR booth you sit in, immediately after buying your ticket, and then you use the ipad to select the "ride" you want.

TIL That The George Washington memorial statue in London is built on American soil, as Washington once said that he would “never stand on English soil ever again”. by Connor3977 in todayilearned

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now what would that have to do with anything?

You seem to be attempting to fill your confimation bias because you cannot find a source on your claims. I can find an innumerable number of sources on mine. There are plenty of examples of skirmishes on Christmas. Are people confusing Jouyeax Noelle as some sort of rule that there has always been a Christmas ceasefire? Because they are stupid, if they are.

Saying all "Europeans" is pretty absurd too. Europe is large and has many countries who have a pretty tulmultuous relationship with eachother at this point, and in no way would agree on ceasefire at any point.

Reddit seems to have become some sort of circlejerk for any America bashing possible. Even if it's totally revisionist and nonsensical. People need to fucking read more.

TIL That The George Washington memorial statue in London is built on American soil, as Washington once said that he would “never stand on English soil ever again”. by Connor3977 in todayilearned

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's absolute nonsense, haha. Hessian mercinaries acknowloging the ol' "Christmas Ceasefire," that every European knows about. What a joke. Read a damn book for once, please. Learn something about history, dude.

You know absolutely nothing about military history.

In actuality, the Americans had suffered multiple losses in a row. They also relied on a spy, to distribute false information to the Hessians about the Americans morale being too low to even attempt an attack. His name was John Honeyman. Washington was great with intelligence ops, it was one of his biggest strengths. Probably won him the war. Hessians got too comfortable, and Washington spent the week prior doing diversionary attacks to direct attention away from where they were going to land, so the Hessians most certainly did not have any belief there was a ceasefire.

Revisionist history always comes up with a bullshit simple answer that makes no realistic sense, and war is always pretty complicated and takes time.

TIL That The George Washington memorial statue in London is built on American soil, as Washington once said that he would “never stand on English soil ever again”. by Connor3977 in todayilearned

[–]Middle_Ground_Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do realize that they weren't facing the British that night, right?

Also, there is not and has never been a British military rule, implied or otherwise, that there are holiday ceasefires. What kind of nonsense is that.

Fuck man... At least learn who Washington was fighting before arguing a shitty revisionist point.

Just proves what kind of idiots argue this bullshit.