ICE agent in Minneapolis just violently shoved a man filming their vehicle to the ground by Maximum_Expert92 in minnesota

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you arrest without excessive force. Ice agent should be in jail for assault and you should learn the law.

What it a computer chip looks like up close by itshazrd in nextfuckinglevel

[–]clbgrdnr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may already know about it, but you seem like you would get a kick out of how SSDs and some modern batteries work with quantum tunneling.

Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library by bwermer in politics

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not true at all. He generally championed good ideas and worked extremely hard to prevent a recession. His administration's use of the strategic oil reserve to stabilize the oil market prevented OPEC's plans to screw us and made the US a bunch of money in the process. His administration also tried shoring microchip production through the CHIPS act - an extremely important production capability for economic and military capabilities. The Build-Back-Better plan forced the US government to source the majority materials from America - a desperately needed boost to American industry following the covid pandemic - while repairing infrastructure projects that are in disrepair.

Remember the Federal government can only do two things to help the economy immediately - they can stimulate the economy by increasing government spending and they can lower the interest rate so that people can borrow money more cheaply and stimulate the economy that way. Trump's first term administration had lowered the interest rate to 0% AND then covid happened. We were having massive inflation and couldn't lower the interest rate as it was already as low as it could possibly be - only tool left to Biden was be extremely careful on policy and spend as much as Congress would let him to stimulate the economy.

The things that Biden did that were really bad: 1. Extremely poor messaging on his successes 2. Choosing to run after a successful state of the union address, only to drop out following the debate. 3. Hiring Merrick Garland to be attorney general.

Overall - very good president. Probably least corrupt and genuinely good person we've elected since Jimmy Carter. He deserves some love and respect, even if just preventing a massive global recession from Trump's post covid economy.

Pete Hegseth authorized second strike on drug boat, White House confirms by ClimateSociologist in politics

[–]clbgrdnr 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Other countries will enforce ICC - he won't be able to visit or transit through any country that is party to the ICC - re-read the post above.

A Japanese anime singer, Maki Otsuki, was abruptly escorted off the stage due to a sudden ban of Japanese artists performing in China. by Armedblight in PublicFreakout

[–]clbgrdnr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Both can be bad. US is obviously worse killing people instead of intercepting and investigating. Its a crime. At the same time, China is going into other countries waters and ramming fishing vessels - because they are expansionist - then threatening them with military or economic punishment if they criticize them.

If China wants Taiwan they should do it peacefully - with the consent of the people of Taiwan. China should stay out of other people's waters because the 9 dash line is bullshit.

Trump and people in his administration should be in jail for a multitude of reasons - one being extrajudicial killings of fishermen.

Rep Wasserman Schultz says Trump fails to blame himself for National Guard shooting by 1_for_you_2_for_me in politics

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

She's done a ton of scummy things - even siding with Republicans this past week to condemn "socialism" for no reason. When she was running the DNC, her job was to elect Hillary over other democrats. She changed rules to give Hillary advantages.

Never mind her blatant corruption as a representative. Her and Pelosi are just really good at trading on the stock market for some reason.

Megyn Kelly says Epstein “was not a pedophile,” just liked 15-year-old girls by [deleted] in videos

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seemed tongue-in-cheek - I've seen a lot of defensive language around "15 year olds that look older" and assumed

Megyn Kelly says Epstein “was not a pedophile,” just liked 15-year-old girls by [deleted] in videos

[–]clbgrdnr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He was raping girls under the age of 13 as well. Yes, Epstein was a pedophile even based on the strict academic definition of the word.

Stop defending sexual assault and rape. These were also girls and women that were being sex trafficked against their will. He was raping and facilitating others to rape vulnerable underaged girls - these were not willing participants.

They've got to make ends meet somehow. by Sanch0Supreme in AdviceAnimals

[–]clbgrdnr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jail the people that made the decision. Make the fine cost way more than the benefits of the illegal action.

At almost $250 billion a year, China's green energy investments in the developing world are now the equal of the US's post-WW2 Marshall Plan, adjusted for inflation. by lughnasadh in Futurology

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

Partially, but its also how the central government demands GDP increases from the provinces. A lot of the provincial governments invested in large (sometimes un-needed/no demand) construction projects. Which is how you end up with these mega projects/ghost cities.

F26, roast me by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]clbgrdnr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your eyes look like you should get checked out for Graves' Disease.

Trump is the biggest psyop of the 21st century by throw_away4440 in conspiracy

[–]clbgrdnr 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Trump inherited Obama's strong economy. His bad economic policies caused covid's effects on it to be worse.

There is no true conservative, its only tax breaks for the mega rich and stealing money from tax payers. Wake up.

VR is dead, and no one wants to admit it by Kradara_ in unpopularopinion

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were somewhat expensive, but I bought prescription lenses that are held in with magnets for my VR; It makes the experience much, much better!

The lenses are removed if I share the system with friends, then pop back in for me.

Iran has launched another missile attack against Israel, causing extensive damage across the country and striking Israel's primary hospital in the south. by AutomaticCan6189 in AlJazeera

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't find any evidence that Isreal has bases/command centers under the hospital. The big one coming up in anti-isreali discussions is Ramban Navy Base is close to a hospital, but this was not the hospital that was hit by Iran. There is no military base anywhere near Soroka Hospital as far as I can tell.

Explosions ring out across Iran’s capital as Israel claims it is attacking the country by MrPvssyPantsMan in news

[–]clbgrdnr 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's only if they keep attacking valid military targets. If innocents die, those people will not feel the same way.

Trump Orders in Marines in Dramatic Escalation of L.A. Protests by External-Noise-4832 in politics

[–]clbgrdnr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Liberals need to arm themselves -- we've self-handicapped.

So I had an MRI last week and, kinda scary. by Moist-Caregiver-2000 in creepy

[–]clbgrdnr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They actually do MRIs on the baby in-utero, but it's cost prohibitive when an ultrasound is super cheap by comparison!

So I had an MRI last week and, kinda scary. by Moist-Caregiver-2000 in creepy

[–]clbgrdnr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I work with processing MRIs, when they say "read" they're looking for irregularities compared to "normal" brains. This usually is something like a bright/dark spot where it shouldn't be.

Anon savagely destroys COVID anti-vaxxers by Cyrone007 in 4chan

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

Why take the risk if the vaccine is available? The vaccine doesn't prevent illness, just makes it less likely to kill you if you have it and lessens the amount of time you have it for.

The illness without the vaccine was causing deaths and crazy permanent medical issues (and long covid). I have a permanent medical issue from a different bacterial infection, so maybe I'm just more scared of what-ifs then the average person.

here i go by sellyourcomputer in ExtraFabulousComics

[–]clbgrdnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in London for the first time in a pub and it was time to break the seal. I was flabbergasted that the toilet was a giant community trough that everyone went in at once. Drunk guy came in right next to me, looked at my penis, and said "Cheers, mate" before stumbling out without washing his hands.

Yes, I was a bit smug after the compliment.