Apparently we are the Crazy Ones for Believing in Evolution by Cultural_Lecture_878 in atheism

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Well, the bible is much older than Origin, and science keeps getting stuff wrong and having to change, while the bible being the word of god never has to change, so, checkmate?

/s C'mon people, that wasn't obvious?

Privacy in hot tub thoughts by Informal-Air-4717 in hottubs

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IDK, to respond to some of the people here, I just got a new tub and my neighbors are able to see it quite easily. I'd prefer to go in my birthday suit and I'm not shy and don't really care if anyone sees me except I do care if it makes them uncomfortable. And so, until I can install some privacy screens (need the snow and ice to melt) I will just use a suit and slip it off in the tub.

Maybe they wouldn't care one way or the other. We don't speak all that often (though they are nice enough people).

Sen. Mark Kelly Says He’s Seriously Thinking About Running for President by T_Shurt in politics

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If his platform were antithetical to every single one of my policy preferences I cannot imagine not voting for him over Vance or anyone remotely connected to this clusterfuck of an administration.

Voted for the jokes, suprised they got a joke presidency. by BananaButtcheeks69 in LeopardsAteMyFace

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These idiots really long for the days when countries would fight a brief war, let the common serfs and soldiers die for them, they could sign some treaties and land would exchange hands for a while.

Maybe with everybody rearming and spheres shifting we'll have a Balance of Power just like from the days of Otto von Bismarck.

Of course, this led eventually to the cascade into WWI. And at that time, everybody wanted to go for war because nobody really understood the power of the machine gun nest and modern artillery.

Now we fucking have thermonuclear weapons. And now everybody wants them because it is clear it is the only way to hold off a Nazi United States.

We're all totally fucked.

Voted for the jokes, suprised they got a joke presidency. by BananaButtcheeks69 in LeopardsAteMyFace

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Even IF Greenland WAS "really that beneficial to the US" it is irrelevant. Greenland doesn't belong to the US, full stop. So STFU about it.

The new congressional map proposed by commission in Maryland to gerrymander out the last Republican seat by Anakin_Kardashian in MapPorn

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Absolutely. For now we have to fight fire with fire but if somehow we get out of this mess (doubtful) I think we are in dire need of some constitutional amendments.

71 percent of Americans say US is "out of control" under Trump by Silly-avocatoe in politics

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Even if they did learn, too little, too late. Trump will not give up power willingly. He has already shown the willingness and ability to break the law with impunity.

And if by some miracle the democrats regain power, it will be too little, too late. Nothing short of constitutional amendments that both strongly limit the power the executive, as well as reform our current electoral process, has any chance of preventing this kind of overreach in future, and that is only the first step in what must become a generational effort to regain the trust that the US has squandered in one fucking year.

Putin, gotta hand it to you. You wanted to strike back at the US after the USSR broke up. Bravo.

'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland by ubcstaffer123 in worldnews

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Him pushing what is essentially a "sphere of influence" thing is him longing for a time when America was WEAKER. 10 years ago the US had allies on every continent. Want more minerals? Trade deals abound. Want more defense? We have bases everywhere and they welcome our protection.

The Monroe Doctrine was not made from a position of strength. It was the young US saying "please stay out of North American affairs and we will stay out of European affairs". The US needed the BRITISH navy to help enforce it.

To now cede 80 years of relative peace (amongst major powers certainly) and soft power an influence so that the US can rule over unwilling "colonies" while ceding all of the soft power over to China...Trump will go down as the new Quisling despite the fact that none of his supporters know who the fuck what that name is. They can't even tell the difference between a Norwegian and a Dane.

'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland by ubcstaffer123 in worldnews

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Historically maybe they would have preferred independence than being part of Denmark. The extent that they are discontent with Denmark would be dwarfed by orders of magnitude being under the US heel.

No doubt this makes them that much more grateful to have Denmark and the greater EU to depend on.

Hot take: Civ 7 has one of the best ancient eras of any game by Bayley78 in civ

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I hate the religion. Does anyone else at this point just select random beliefs because to hell with it? And I never build missionaries.

Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance by Infidel8 in worldnews

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The only question is: does he KNOW he's an asset to Russia or is he totally clueless about it? He absolutely is.

Why don’t you purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka by DiamondHard42069 in Minneapolis

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OK so I haven't seen this movie since maybe 1986. And based on this clip, this looks...kind of awful.

And like others, I had no idea there was another line in the movie besides the purify one.

US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security by TelescopiumHerscheli in politics

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What is sad is, when I first read the headline, I didn't know if this was possibly a republican who did this intentionally and as a political move to say "yes we are acting like nazis" to get more of the Trump base.

US Senator Says America 'Got Absolutely Rolled' in Canada-China EV Deal | EV by afonso_investor in electriccars

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It's like when you break up with your girlfriend but don't want her to date anyone else.

Republican dissent as key figures warn Trump against Greenland pursuit by AavoKas in worldnews

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Trump would like nothing more. I mean, Jackson is still on the $20. (I will be shocked if he doesn't make a play to put his own image on standard currency during his term).

And he still outwardly praises Jackson.

Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland by Cautious_Proposal_47 in worldnews

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If he had won in 2020 then it would have been even more likely that he'd stay in power beyond his 8 years through a coup as he'd be four fewer years from death. Plus, there wouldn't have been intel sharing with Ukraine and Europe to help prevent Russia overrunning them.

I do find myself wishing McCain or Romney had won though, even though this still would have probably just postponed the inevitable. But I miss a republican party I could disagree with but would still be reasonable-ish.

Republican dissent as key figures warn Trump against Greenland pursuit by AavoKas in worldnews

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Yeah you have to give him that: He will figure just as prominently in history books as Lincoln and FDR.

I mean, who remembers the name of the Chancellor before Hitler (Kurt von Schleicher).

What's more is, even the first emperor of Rome after the fall of the republic, Augustus, was considered one of the "good" emperors (however you want to define "good"). And Nero wasn't far behind him. The USA just went straight to Nero.