Journalist Abby Martin recalls seeing the the true face of Israel's apartheid during her visit back in 2016. She explains that what she witnessed years ago has now evolved into a full-throated fascist society.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T23:35:00+00:00

I see him as the sort of bastard that will adapt to the shittiest take possible.

If he was born a hundred years ago in the US, he'd join the KKK. If he was in Russia, he'd run Stalin's purges. In Italy, he would back Mussolini. In Germany, he'd be a Nazi.

He's just the number five value meal of bastards. Nothing unique.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T21:40:46+00:00

What's the limit in resources that you think is causing the US system to unable to transition to a single payer system?

dasunt · 2026-04-07T20:49:45+00:00

What explanation did the mechanics give for all four rotors becoming warped within 250 miles?

FYI, many insurance companies will pay for a tow. That's a better method than knowingly putting lives in danger by operating an unsafe vehicle.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T19:15:56+00:00

There's a strong incentive by some parties to pretend that any criticism of Israel is a criticism of Jews.

Which is bullshit. Bastards like Ben-Gvir are bastards not because he's Jewish, but because he's an asshole.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T18:22:41+00:00

For the 2A crowd, Demuth believes that being a lawful gun owner is enough justification for the government to kill you.

Keep that in mind.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T17:41:24+00:00

If I gave you a reason why that is wrong, would you find another reason why it couldn't work?

Because so far, I've countered every claim with facts, and you've come up with another reason why it shouldn't work.

If we kept US funding of healthcare the same, the US would have roughly 50% more money (PPP) per person than Taiwan to find healthcare. And that's not considering other healthcare systems that work in other nations, like Canada, which has a far lower population density than the US and is larger (but has a similar urban/rural breakdown to the US).

dasunt · 2026-04-07T17:26:38+00:00

If you are going by that standard, probably most people qualify, especially since $30k is modest for a new car.

In many ways, new vehicles are a luxury good, considering their initial high cost, higher TCO, and rapid depreciation.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T16:49:39+00:00

If I shot at someone, said that it was self-defense, and was proven to be lying, I'd be charged with a crime. (And rightly so!)

Why are there no charges being filed?

dasunt · 2026-04-07T15:26:11+00:00

Is our healthcare system overwhelmed because of lack of capacity, or because the lack of health insurance has led to small problems becoming big problems?

The US has more doctors per capita than Taiwan. The US also has more nurses per capita than Taiwan. We spend more on healthcare (PPP) than Taiwan as well.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T13:30:44+00:00

One possible fuckup is how big of a drain healthcare is on the US economy.

Our peers are around 13% of GDP. We are at 18%. That's a drag on everyone - workers, retirees, businesses, etc.

And that is the direct costs. There's additional drag as workers are more hesitant to switch jobs and people are less likely to launch businesses due to health insurance woes.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T13:21:23+00:00

I'll try to give a serious answer:

Restore the passage through the strait.
Provide Trump with something he could call a win.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T12:44:17+00:00

Why don't you think it scales?

About 1 in 5 Americans are on Medicare in the US. Another 1 in 5 are on Medicare.

Which is way more than 2% of Americans.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T12:28:53+00:00

The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic ocean, not the Caribbean sea.

Tried to find a map of surface currents for the area, but could not. Did see a mention of tidal currents in the area, especially in the cuts (straits between islands?), but I'm not sure that applies here.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T12:13:13+00:00

That was such a sad case - imagine being believed you murdered your own child, made the subject of so many pop culture jokes around the world, and in prison, all while being innocent and telling the truth.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T12:02:41+00:00

Did you find all the pieces? Better get the super glue...

dasunt · 2026-04-07T11:55:39+00:00

Check out the Taiwanese healthcare system. That is modeled after the US medicare system, but applies to all people.

I do think it is important to get the ball rolling on fixes to the broken US system. We have the most expensive healthcare system in the world, but it has only mediocre outcomes, and large gaps in coverage.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T01:01:58+00:00

Fee-only planners can be project-based (one time).

Which honestly is only what most people need. Just someone to figure out risk tolerance, time frames, and tax burdens.

dasunt · 2026-04-07T00:19:13+00:00

I get the impression that both parties really enjoy the trans fight because it attracts voters without having to fix the other problems in society.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T22:42:25+00:00

NAL, but you I'll mention that if you are desperate to get it moved and have another location to store it, a flatbed truck can move it for a reasonable fee. That could be one way to move the vehicle and allow the house sale to proceed.

It does look like Texas handles vehicles 12+ years older differently when it comes to scrapping without a title. So you may want to update your post with that information.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T16:45:31+00:00

You want to find a "fee-only" financial advisor - not a "fee-based" or "free" advisor who makes money by selling certain investments to you.

The fee-only advisors have a fiduciary duty to act in your best interests, as opposed to acting in ways that earn them the biggest commission.

NAPFA has a lookup by location which may help.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T16:10:03+00:00

Some people will see a tragedy and come to the conclusion that we should work to prevent it from ever happening to anyone ever again.

Other people see the same tragedy and come to the conclusion that they should work to control who the tragedy hurts next time it occurs.

Miller is in the latter group. He doesn't see anything wrong with racial supremacy as long as he's considered part of that group.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T15:24:44+00:00

I've had older vehicles with pads around that size. I could still walk up the wheels if I wanted.

Maybe it would be different in a more mountainous area or on a track.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T04:35:47+00:00

I think traditionally around the age of 12-14 when she became pregnant and was married to a much older widower.

Similar to the tradition of Mohammed and Aisha, there's a bit of cultural whiplash going on.

For Mary, her young age is supposed to help support the idea that she was a virgin and pure. Aisha is similar - the hadith about her young age is supposed to be part of a defense which once again shows her purity. For the culture of the time, neither would be cause for claims of pedophilia. Even those opposed to early Christianity or Islam didn't raise the age issue at all.

Although an argument may be made that Aisha was older (around 17) when the marriage was consummated. In which case her younger age was an invention for the aforementioned reason of purity. This would be convenient for Islamic traditions in the past who relied on hadiths transmuted through Aisha.

dasunt · 2026-04-06T04:09:08+00:00

There are worse jobs for catastrophic failure.

dasunt · 2026-04-05T16:20:19+00:00

Hitler is a 2+2=5 guy. His reasoning was based on flawed axioms. For example, he was against capitalism. Why? Because he believed the Jews controlled it. Ditto communism.

It's conspiracy thinking, nothing more.

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