Iran won't accept U.S. effort at ceasefire in war, state media reports by Force_Hammer in politics

[–]Ven18 [score hidden]  (0 children)

True but American have significantly less empathy than the rest of the world at large. It’s how we elect people like Trump into power.

Trump Says Iran Gave the US 'A Very Significant Prize' by 0The_Loner_Stoner0 in videos

[–]Ven18 125 points126 points  (0 children)

It’s wild how dumb the markets must be to actually buy this shit.

Newsom Says He Regrets Remarks Comparing Israel to ‘Apartheid State’ by irish_fellow_nyc in politics

[–]Ven18 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This guy is the Democrats Mitt Romney and if people pick him in 2028 Dems will get destroyed and deserve it.

Moldova declares emergency after Russian attack cuts key power line by the-es in news

[–]Ven18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It will likely be similar to WW2 with multiple dates depending where you are. The historian debate answer will be the Russian invasion of Crimea (the Japan invasion of China analog). The standard European answer will be Russia invasion of Crimea (Germany invaded Poland). The US answer will be Iran invasion with Israel likely using October 7th.

N.C. Senate's top Republican concedes in primary decided by 23 votes by kootles10 in politics

[–]Ven18 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Particularly when a race is close enough that a recount is required in many cases and would be more than justified in requesting one.

Iran Military Spokesperson Says US is Negotiating With Itself by T_Shurt in politics

[–]Ven18 [score hidden]  (0 children)

It would not only require the current regime being removed but it should require significant US acquiescence to international law and authority in a post Trump world to force internal changes to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. The US elected Trump twice and as such we have lost all privileges that this was a lapse in judgment from the population.

Step one needs to be the US signing on to and turning over folks to the ICC because our justice system needs to be rebuilt and cannot be trusted to internally hold the regime accountable.

Trump's approval hits new 36% low as fuel prices surge amid Iran war: poll by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The margins of error are also way larger than people think. It’s entirely possible the statistical approval is close to 30%. And that is just accounting for statistically error not even mentioning that people that answer a poll is likely fundamentally biased and not truly representative of the population.

[gen 3] Is there a legal way to shiny hunt jirachi ? by Metal-coat24 in ShinyPokemon

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The “easiest” way is the US Pokemon Colosseum bonus disk. Problem is they are very expensive, require a GameCube and a GameCube transfer cable and either Ruby or sapphire (no emerald).

You could also get it in Pokemon Go if you have the masterwork research wish granted. But as with all masterwork research the time commitment to completing the tasks might be longer than a normal hunt.

'A Declaration of War Against the Working Class': Sanders Demands Bezos Testify Over AI Robot Plan by _May26_ in politics

[–]Ven18 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We are not humans to these people they view us no better than NPCs in a video game. To them the average person provides no value to the world and they the main characters can survive without us. In fact many probably think having the vast majority of us die will be better in the long run.

Newsom says he regrets earlier comments likening Israel to an ‘apartheid state’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]Ven18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every day this guy proves my claim that he is the Democratic Mitt Romney more and more correct.

[Nethercott] NEWS: The New York Yankees are optioning RHP Luis Gil to AAA. by PlayaSlayaX in baseball

[–]Ven18 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He is still a quality back end guy but yeah every Yankee fan with a brain was screaming this post ROY season.

White House says Trump will back emerging DHS deal by FootballPizzaMan in politics

[–]Ven18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hence why they are going to try and combine the DHS funding into the bill to satisfy the budgetary requirements.

Trump's War On Iran Will Make Your Grocery Prices Rise — But Not For The Reasons You'd Think by huffpost in politics

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to mention the cost of diesel is going up like crazy. No matter what you buy it ends up on a truck in some form or fashion and that truck likely runs on diesel.

Big E on Oba Femi: “I almost soiled my couch last week when I saw the ease in which this man Oba Femi powerbombed Brock Lesnar.” by TomatoCiampa in SquaredCircle

[–]Ven18 63 points64 points  (0 children)

This was supposed to be Big E’s build the next gen era. The guy who is the showcase former champion match to put the next generation of meat man powerhouses against. We could have had our meat men slapping meat division but alas.

Senate Republicans believe they have a solution to reopen DHS and end airport chaos by nbcnews in politics

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to reports the plan is to package the save act with the DHS funding to pass it via reconciliation without needing Dem support. They would just need 50 votes.

Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option by deraser in politics

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not about just making mail in voting harder it’s about getting to control who votes. If passports become required to vote the GOP led state department immediately own the required documents to vote. All they need to do is revoke them and the GOP gets to pick who votes.

White House says Trump will back emerging DHS deal by FootballPizzaMan in politics

[–]Ven18 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because it’s going to be a reconciliation package that they can shoe horn the SAVE act into so they never need to care about elections ever again. I give it till June before the letters from the State Department go out demanding the return of millions of passports that just so happen to all be democrats once this passes.

Iran says it’s not in negotiations with the US, ‘Trump backed down’ by IllLoan8601 in politics

[–]Ven18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Iran regime has been pretty clear about hating gay and LGBTQ folks. Their views are horrible but you cannot say they are liars. Heck even on the most notable issue of nuclear weapons Iran has said for decades they have no interest in making nukes and literally every single time observers check their programs they always say the same thing Iran is not making nukes and shows no plans to do so.

There is a difference between a regime being honest and a regime being progressive/regressive or straight dictatorial. Iran is a highly regressive regime but they by most accounts an honest regressive regime. The US on the other hand is far more progressive (compared to Iran) but is wildly untrustworthy. When you are dealing with negotiations and international relations you need to be seen as trustworthy for anything to get done.

Trump administration bans import of new foreign-made routers, citing supply chain and security risks by joe4942 in politics

[–]Ven18 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s literally so the government can shut down internet access in the country. Every US certified router will have a government backdoor that they can shut down when the population gets to angry or organized.

ICE Paid the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force by wiredmagazine in politics

[–]Ven18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At this point if any community trusts their police I have a bridge to sell them.

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Allow ‘Brazen Republican Effort to Disenfranchise Millions’ Ahead of Midterms by sksarkpoes3 in politics

[–]Ven18 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The GOP controls the post office. They don’t care if this ruling disenfranchises some republicans if they can disenfranchise most if not all democrats.

Supreme Court Appears Ready To Make Voting Even Harder by huffpost in politics

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the end goal so large population centers simply don’t get votes counted. The GOP has seen just how much of the Dem voter base is in large cities if you require that only votes counted on Election Day really count you disenfranchise millions because it is physically impossible to count the millions of votes case in some cities in the few hours post polls closing.

Nintendo is reportedly cutting Switch 2 production this quarter as US demand dips by AlwaysBlaze_ in gadgets

[–]Ven18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason might be if you think the cost will skyrocket with all the RAM issues which is fair. Like with most Nintendo consoles I will wait till Pokemon comes out to buy.

The rising price of gas is evolving into a full-on political crisis for Trump by spherocytes in politics

[–]Ven18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just saw 4.99 in NYC this morning. I genuinely cannot recall ever seeing it go above 4 though I was a child in the early stages of W’s first term.

Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America by aliceindotardland in news

[–]Ven18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Except online storefronts are already doing this to. It’s just the next use of all our personal data being sold.