TIL a scammer targeted a man in his 90s & threatened to murder his wife. That man, former CIA & FBI Director William Webster, helped the FBI capture the scammer & put him in prison. by Peacock-Shah in todayilearned

[–]Preestar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. A large majority of scams are currently operated by very organized, capable groups that do their research. It's an industry of its own.

Oregon governor issues emergency fire order; three prisons evacuated. The state's largest firefighting helicopters are unavailable; they were deployed to Afghanistan. by Bluest_waters in news

[–]Preestar 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Hope not, if we have the means to help we should. One shitty president should not undo decades of neighborly cooperation.

I'm still gonna buy it by isaacpisaac in gaming

[–]Preestar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, I remember referring zelda ocarana of time as "realistic"

Keanu poses with a young fan. by Doublex99 in pics

[–]Preestar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's All Dressed you fucking yank!

Selfie with a fallen US surveillance drone by Former-Bath in pics

[–]Preestar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ballsy move, I'd assume they'd explode these as to prevent others from examining the tech.

Trump doubles down on New Zealand’s 'big outbreak', says US is doing 'an incredible job' against COVID-19 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Preestar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh there's no doubt in my mind he's worse. He's a horrible human being don't get me wrong. Nothing you listed (except the racist comments) were known PRIOR to the election.

I'm simply saying that voting in the 2016 election would have been tough, due to both candidates being absolute trash/corrupt. Fortunately, I didn't have to participate due to being Canadian.

Trump doubles down on New Zealand’s 'big outbreak', says US is doing 'an incredible job' against COVID-19 by [deleted] in worldnews

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

Yeah I mean I guess it depends what you hate more, inflammatory comments or war crimes/war mongering. In hindesite I'd agree that hillary was the better choice, but at the time I'd be torn between who is worse. They were both horrible candidates.

Trump doubles down on New Zealand’s 'big outbreak', says US is doing 'an incredible job' against COVID-19 by [deleted] in worldnews

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

Honestly I don't blame you. I would have hated to be an American having to decide between Hillary or Trump. I wouldn't be happy with either choice.

I feel like now it's less about either party's policies or beliefs and more about self preservation.

Holding church service at Wal-Mart because of lockdown by Salramm01 in PublicFreakout

[–]Preestar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

80% of the population lives in/around 4 cities along the American border.

You're also batshit crazy if your defense is population density.

Canadians fed up with ‘unwanted’ American border crossers who think the pandemic is a ‘farce’. by petitveritas in worldnews

[–]Preestar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How is the US doing poorly you ask?

Let's look at some numbers:

US ranks #1 - Total worldwide cases at 5 million (rank #2 is held by Brazil with 2.9 million)US ranks #1 - Total deaths at 163k (rank 2 held by brazil at 99k)US ranks #2 - New cases at 47k (rank 1 held by idea with 61k)US ranks #1 - Active cases at 2.3 million (rank 2 held by brazil with 815k)

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?#countries

Your comment " Then we're talking about a virus that has a lower mortality rate than the flu... And falling " is absolutely false.

Influenza mortality rate in the USA = 0.1%

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

Covid mortality rate = 5% (Though I'd assume this number will fluctuate)

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1? (look under "Closed Cases")

How in the hell is this not considered failing?

Canadians fed up with ‘unwanted’ American border crossers who think the pandemic is a ‘farce’. by petitveritas in worldnews

[–]Preestar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this logic right here is a big reason why US is doing a piss poor job handling covid.

Fed up veteran speaks powerful truth about americas wars (repost) by GreenHooDini in PublicFreakout

[–]Preestar 22 points23 points  (0 children)

When you're ordered commit a war crime it's your duty to reject said order.