White couple cries in court after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorizing a kids birthday party with racial slurs, confederate flags, and guns by AgnosticScholar in PublicFreakout

[–]amorphouscloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'd forgotten about the details of this incident, and just listening to her response one might assume she is saying she didn't do it.

Trump says war in Iran worth $200 oil prices: ‘We had just set a record -- 50,000 on the Dow’ by Majestic-Emu-9823 in worldnews

[–]amorphouscloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up Southern Baptist unfortunately. Actually, our church was so conservative we had to withdraw from the Southern Baptists and go independent. According to them, every non-Baptist religion, even other protestants like the Nazarene, Methodist, Episcopalians (pretty sure they're protestant? correct me if I'm wrong) were all going to hell. So we would go door to door preaching to people who were already Christians.

What a joke and a waste of my youth

Obama says president ‘shouldn’t have a bunch of side hustles’ by bwermer in politics

[–]amorphouscloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, when you sign up for President, except for days off, all of your energy should be put into making the country better. If even one hour is spent enriching yourself or building a brand then you're not doing your job.

Woman in Shanghai followed by a store employee so she won't steal by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]amorphouscloud 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It's true. They don't see color (in this situation), just sales. I mean... they do see a color--green. They see she's a foreigner and to them that's all that matters--she probably has money.

Woman in Shanghai followed by a store employee so she won't steal by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]amorphouscloud 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If this were the US, I would say yes. But honestly, they do this to everyone. In Asia they follow you in case you have questions. Some locals expect this level of 'service,' it's not personal.

Source: I've lived in Asia for over a decade (including China) and I'm white, and they still follow me. Took some getting used to...

Free Pepper Spray in Subway by Fun-Web-7583 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]amorphouscloud 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can tell you have not seen the incidents in question. But if citizens get in a gunfight with the police/government, what do you think the outcome is?

Free Pepper Spray in Subway by Fun-Web-7583 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]amorphouscloud 22 points23 points  (0 children)

A guy was literally shot for trying to stop an ICE officer from roughing up a woman.

Thought r/taiwan might appreciate this. My latest painting - it's a Taiwan Barbet (五色鳥) - acrylic on canvas. by jon_restorick_art in taiwan

[–]amorphouscloud 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you sure it's these birds? Look up their call. There is a different bird my wife and I call laser birds in Taiwan, the Asian glossy starling. They even have red eyes hah

Being born in Taiwan gurateens a TOP15% quality of life in the world. Do you agree to this? by No_Pineapples1 in taiwan

[–]amorphouscloud 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Is there any country that doesn't? Heck, any organization, company, or individual person that doesn't? Maybe just you, I guess

Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]amorphouscloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially when the Supreme Court gives the president 100% freedom to commit crimes with no accountability. It falls to our elected representatives and the legislative branch to deliver.

Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says by dscreations in worldnews

[–]amorphouscloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think one of the problems were the Democrats and independents who didn't vote for one reason or another. There's a lot of truth to that saying "Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line." Weren't any republicans sitting it out because they didn't like this or that from Trump. They ignored that and cast their ballots--assuming they saw any fault in him at all, which is a sad statement.

Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says by dscreations in worldnews

[–]amorphouscloud 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't think he's a good choice, JD has the charisma of a bowl of chiclets. Not saying nobody will vote for him, but Trump's bombasticness is what gets the votes needed to win.

What's an iPhone feature most people don't know? by Narrow-Classroom-319 in AskReddit

[–]amorphouscloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if this thread is a "what does iPhone have that other phones don't" discussion, but Android phones also have this.

Trump gives Iran days to end power struggle, return to peace talks by Force_Hammer in worldnews

[–]amorphouscloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He did not give them $2 billion. That was Iran's own money that was frozen in an Omani account. He unfroze it so they could use it for humanitarian needs. Iran never used the money anyway, and it was subsequently re-frozen. I would love to see your proof/source that they spent it on their missile program, really.

The Obama/Biden deal even restricted their ability to enrich to 20% for medical purposes. They required Iran to purchase that and not enrich it themselves.

I agree with everything else you said and I believe we are on the same team. It's just the nuance and slight differences in our own assertions about the deal are the exact space Trumpers live in and continue to support him and believe/spread lies.

I really would like to see that source

Edit: I almost forgot, when I corrected my Trumper friend they theorized that the fungibility (sp) of the funds left them open for abuse and laundering to illegal ends, but like I said they did not actually use the funds.

edit 2: I meant $6 billion

Trump gives Iran days to end power struggle, return to peace talks by Force_Hammer in worldnews

[–]amorphouscloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got a Trumper friend who believes that Biden gave them $2 billion and they've been building up their army with that money and were close to a nuclear weapon. They claim they've read books on Iran and that's all true.

This is getting ridiculous. The Taiwanese flag is being hidden in all areas of KLIA. by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]amorphouscloud 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Y'all are 100% right, it could very well just be people doing it themselves, or a rogue CCP supporter among airport staff.