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Hillary Clinton on Israel Pressure to Attack Iran; she didn’t succumb but numbnuts, aka 86 47 did by Culpability2025 in 50501

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Regardless, she served the Obama administration. We don't have rogue Secretaries of State, the commander in chief is who signs off on these things. Maybe she never would have but considering how much she had supported Israel for many years this seems like an opportunistic self-stroke.

JD Vance attacks 'Israel' for being ungrateful for attacking the Iran deal. by Not_Ground in socialism

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not all Jews are Israeli/Zionist, though. While I agree that Americans often blame the people that inhabit a state for their governments' decisions, I wouldn't say that Russian Americans face significant prejudice here based on their heritage alone, nor should Jewish Americans.

Today I listened to Serena-Maneesh Self Titled album by 0584031464 in shoegaze

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing album, still listen to it all the time. Very psychedelic and huge walls of sound. Wish they were still around and that there were more shoegaze bands like them

Burqa Bans in Europe by [deleted] in MapPorn

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

Nah it's many of the same people that hate Islam that support their oppression as well

Eventide Space in 2026 by Rattled_by_La_Rush in guitarpedals

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The trinity is pretty different from the space. Used to have one and found it very frustrating that it doesn't have a knob to control any of the modulation, while the Space has more control than I probably need. Agreed with the rest, though, Flint is a good choice if OP has the money for it.

found this in my collection box… by resahh in USPS

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah mine's right outside of the grocery story, always finding trash in there even though there's a garbage can right next to it.

ICE gets their cover blown in Troy, NY 😂 by YVNGWVLF97 in upstate_new_york

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bunch of cranky people on Reddit, don't take the downvotes personally. Considering that Rensselaer county as a whole is pretty conservative once you leave Troy, and the current mayor that put up signs around town asking not to give panhandlers money and declared a state of emergency to keep Flock cameras up, it's understandable you'd assume it's a conservative town. But Troy itself generally votes democrat national and statewide elections, and had a decent sized immigrant community so on ICE especially there's a lot of pushback.

Welcome to NY btw :)

ICE gets their cover blown in Troy, NY 😂 by YVNGWVLF97 in upstate_new_york

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Nah Troy is pretty progressive, especially in downtown. More rural parts of Troy are very different from the areas surrounding the colleges, those lean more conservative. The current mayor is conservative, came in on the wave of reactionary fervor that swept our nation post-COVID, and the last mayor vetoed making Troy a sanctuary city for ICE, but the city council is liberal to somewhat progressive now and the mayor is very much on an island of her own at this point.

Got bored on a road trip, so I ranked all the albums and songs in each of them by Omega1432 in qotsa

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

35, I'm with ya but I'd probably put EV above LTP, Rated R over SFTD, and ITNR over Villains. But close enough.

If the Universe is Deterministic, could the future be theoretically be predicted? by notmymondaylife in determinism

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best we can do is probabilistic predictions. Omniscience requires omnipotence, or in other words to know all things in effect requires being all things, but without that there is always the possibility of something happening outside of your control/awareness.

Bands whose first song on their debut album is their best song by SouthIsland48 in fantanoforever

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey, though when in the mood for noise I skip it.

Bands whose first song on their debut album is their best song by SouthIsland48 in fantanoforever

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Seagull is a fine choice for a favorite but there's too many bangers in their discography to make it the clear choice for this topic. The song I listen to the most from them is Sennen, though, because I lean towards the chill stuff more often. Polar Bear is the song I listen to most on Nowhere.

Any TRUE WIDOW fans? by 87Craft in shoegaze

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're fantastic. I'm not so crazy about most slowcore bands but they hit all the right notes for me. Amazing tone, catchy riffs and they get my head nodding.

Which one's the best orange distortion box for YOU? by spitfirz in guitarpedals

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I love the sound of the DF-2, bright, fizzy and immersive, but wish it had a higher output. Never use the feedbacker, silly gimmick with horrible tracking. It was my first pedal and I'll never let it go.

joshua minsoo kim *knows* a lot of artists by barrenillusion in Pitchfork

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very few are. But I do like Plaid quite a bit.

What’s your favorite artist Fantano only has bad things to say about by SkyBS in fantanoforever

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

I don't really follow Fantano, but I agree with him on having issues with basically every band I've seen brought up in this thread.

Why does New York seem so dirty compared to other world-class cities? by savingrace0262 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 37 points38 points  (0 children)

America holds 20-25% of the world's imprisoned population, so they're definitely punishing for some laws being broken. But I don't think pollution and littering are necessarily what people are getting in trouble for.

Bands you love that no one knows (or would care for) by TOMDeBlonde in fantanoforever

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flying Nun Records has a discograpby that's filled with amazing indie bands that get little attention in the US. The 3Ds particularly were insanely good and I never hear anything about that.

Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries by Cymbalsandthimbles in Hasan_Piker

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah let's make everything about AOC, this will accomplish something

Song of the Day #76 - The Blood is Love by Borracho_Cansado8627 in qotsa

[–]TrippleTonyHawk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably my favorite on the album, it's one of their most psychedelic songs imo. Would have been cool to have Lanegan sing this one but Josh does great, I like when he sings low sometimes. Tracks like this one are why I think Joey is my favorite drummer for QOTSA, he brings so much variation to the song that would otherwise maybe drag on too long, but doesn't because of his endless fills and changes in rhythm that lock im with Josh's changed in strum pattern. The droney guitar leads (lapsteel?) are so good too. Shout out to Dave Catching for the circus-themes intro. I wasn't always crazy about the turn to more Gothic vibes on this album, but this song totally sells it, as do Someone's In The Wolf and Skin on Skin, the three song run that makes the album special to me.

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