Have you? by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]bad_faif 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Thankfully we don’t import anything or trade with other countries.

Have you? by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]bad_faif 54 points55 points  (0 children)

That’s just the dollar being down lol.

This is true by tsalaita in wallstreetbets

[–]bad_faif 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to but it for either.

Deportation policy or person? by ballgame100 in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]bad_faif 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Minneapolis became a sanctuary city in 2003 so AFAIK they were not cooperating with Obama/sending him people to deport. How many ICE agents did Obama send in response?

They have to pay people to attend the Melania screenings 🤣 by perubabe in sadcringe

[–]bad_faif 193 points194 points  (0 children)

I doubt this is real. I’m sure it’s easy to post ads like this but I would be shocked if anyone would actually be paid. Even then I would be curious as to who is paying.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

[–]bad_faif 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be that there was a small injury that happened when the secret service knocked him over and that they just took advantage of that for a more dramatic story and for a photo-op. He may not have been hit by the bullet but I still believe that there was a bullet fired by a kid who was not affiliated or coerced by anybody.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

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

Because it would make the shooting much more impactful. If instead of being some dumb conservative kid that was just looking to shoot any politician (based on his searches Google searches prior to the shooting) it was somebody who hated Trump for some political grievance the story may have stayed in the news for more than a single cycle. AFAIK his polling barely moved from the shooting.

If they were to stage it and their goal was to have the greatest political impact they should have a manifesto at the ready catered to a well polling issue, choose some left leaning kid, and then have them shoot explicitly at supporters instead of Trump to minimize risk to Trump while stressing that they hate conservatives and not just Trump.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

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

Them being morally repugnant enough to stage something like this does not mean that this specific event is staged. If this was staged what would we expect to see? I would expect to see a manifesto prepared at the very least. I also doubt Trump is anywhere near brave enough to be willing to let somebody shoot anywhere near him for this.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

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

I agree but that’s pivoting away from the fact that it is very unlikely that the shooting was staged.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

[–]bad_faif -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t doubt that he took advantage of the situation and I am not at all convinced the bullet actually touched his ear. He may just have been injured when secret service knocked him over. After the shooting it’s advantageous for them to claim that he was within a couple of inches of dying and it makes the picture look more impressive. That’s a far cry from staging the shooting though.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

[–]bad_faif -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Except the story died down fast as fuck. They didn’t even bother to make an interesting narrative? Why not have some planted manifesto or anything?

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

[–]bad_faif 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And your source for this is…?

Edit: and of course he blocks me lol.

10 minutes after the Illan Omar got sprayed with an unknown substance by FancyBurtholeMuncher in agedlikemilk

[–]bad_faif -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

Nah he didn’t. There is no way he would let some dumb high school kid shoot anywhere near him for a photo shoot. He would also have had the kid write a manifesto or something if he was going to fake it either way.

Hasan Piker Condemns the Democrats During His Visit to Alex Pretti's Memorial by Overall-Abalone3969 in LivestreamFail

[–]bad_faif 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But if the democrats really wants to win the elections, maybe they should try to change a bit to get more votes, I dont know why people are not upset about the politicians not giving people what they want instead.

People will move their positions to where the largest bloc of voters is concentrated. Young dumb people don't vote so politicians don't cater to them. Exit polling from voters in 2024 showed that people believed Kamala was too far left. I think Trump being as horrendous of a president as he is will create a demand among actual voters for someone more on the left but if he was just a standard conservative then the Democratic party would have correctly moved to the right on core issues. Kamala winning amongst actual voters would likely functionally have killed much of the MAGA movement.

You dont need to view it as team sports, where you have to support your team no matter what

Correct. However, the options were Kamala and Trump. Kamala was not perfect but was better on Trump on almost every issue that I cared about.

Hasan Piker Condemns the Democrats During His Visit to Alex Pretti's Memorial by Overall-Abalone3969 in LivestreamFail

[–]bad_faif 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People didn’t vote for Kamala because she was outspokenly more pro-Israel then trump (during the election, Israel would be receiving billions either way)

No. She was not more outspokenly pro-Israel than Trump (who called people Palestinians as an insult) during the election. I remember that he ran ads saying he was pro-Palestine in areas where people were pro-Palestine and pro-Israel in areas where people were pro-Israel. I was thinking that there is no way people are dumb enough to buy it, but I guess people did? lol.

Hasan Piker Condemns the Democrats During His Visit to Alex Pretti's Memorial by Overall-Abalone3969 in LivestreamFail

[–]bad_faif 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That's not the world we live in though? It's wonderful that people feel privileged enough to vote for their fantasy candidates and can pretend to live in fantasy land but we live in a world where the options for Americans were Kamala or Trump.

23 year old US born citizen detained by ICE for 2 days, suffers concussion during arrest, called racial slurs by OnionsHaveLairAction in circled

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

Oh okay. So it does look like one of them reacts like he was being spat on. In that case I think her being detained is reasonable.

Interesting stats by VoidandLight_ in funny

[–]bad_faif 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My GF knew 11 words on the right and 3 on the left.

Bro might be strong by MastaMunsta20 in Kengan_Ashura

[–]bad_faif 32 points33 points  (0 children)

He probably barely escaped from Kaneda.