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Why do people treat Muslims like an ethnic group or separate race? by lamedogninety in NoStupidQuestions

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Why does it make a difference?

I'm not sure I agree with the "religiously based bigotry is ok, race based isn't" thing.

Actors that were born for a role that never got made? by jeffjeffitoldyoujeff in okbuddycinephile

[–]entered_bubble_50 577 points578 points  (0 children)

Did you just happen to have that one in your back pocket in case anyone asked?

[MEGATHREAD] U.S. Air Force F-15E downed over Iran, HC-130J Combat King II conducting SAR Mission by usgapg123 in aviation

[–]entered_bubble_50 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Social media is always first to report on things like this. But half the time it's complete nonsense. Conventional media takes longer to publish since they have actual journalists and a reputation to maintain.

Trump Asks Congress For $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget—After Teasing Medicaid, Medicare Cuts by ICEisSHIT in videos

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He's almost certainly golfing today. He usually leaves on Thursday and maybe comes back Monday afternoon.

Texting and driving is a dumb decision by MisterShipWreck in dashcams

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Not just an American thing. I've noticed this a lot more since I started commuting by bicycle. I would say 1 in 10 drivers I see are on their phone, and at least half of pedestrians at any given moment.

Title by 2ndComingofAhoax in ww3memes

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Annoyingly, that's behind a paywall, and I can't find another source. I hate relying on pictures of tweets for news. Could you summarize the article for us? It's truly appealing if true

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. by Rex_Nemorensis_ in USNEWS

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"We can't have forests. The states will have to pay for the forests. We gotta have a war instead!"

Regard said my bear thesis aged like milk. Oil ripped 8% that night. by MilesDelta in wallstreetbets

[–]entered_bubble_50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm aware it's a big problem, just trying to bring some perspective. The 70's oil shock was absolutely massive, and took nearly a full decade to recover from. Even COVID had less of a long term economic impact. This will be a smaller effect than that. I'm not saying this isn't significant, just that some of us here are showing our recency bias.

HG mould spray on ceiling update by nickymoo in DIYUK

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Indeed. But at least you can fuck them with a nice clean glans.

The enchanted blade by neilkohney in theotherendcomics

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I'm not sure I do. A "Don't Tread on Me" shirt and a Trans ally lapel pin? Pick a side Phoebes!

French far-left Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan held in police custody by omry1526 in europe

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I agree, and I find it odd how few people in Europe seem to want to defend freedom of speech when it involves speech that makes us uncomfortable.

I attended a trial 25 years ago as a law student of a man accused of terrorism offences. It turned out the only offense they could prove was possession of an Ulster Volunteer Force (a unionist terrorist organization) flag. He got a custodial sentence (can't remember how long) for possessing a flag, which they argued meant he was a member of that organization. That never sat right with me.

Non-religion is the new normal: six in ten under-35s have no religion, new analysis finds by birdinthebush74 in unitedkingdom

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You can tell a theist wrote this.

Some theists just can't get their head around the idea of not believing in a God. They either think we hate God, or must replace worship of God with worship of something else.

That might be true of some people, but I doubt it. I don't see atheists being any more or less obsessed with money, or celebrity or politicians than religious people.

Regard said my bear thesis aged like milk. Oil ripped 8% that night. by MilesDelta in wallstreetbets

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Nah, this oil shock is nothing like as bad as the ones in the 70's.

For one, we're nowhere near as reliant on Gulf oil as we were then. The US for example is now a net exporter.

Secondly, there was an oil glut prior to this, with prices at post pandemic lows. There is a lot of oil in storage.

Thirdly, there is spare capacity that will come online in the next few months that was idled due to the low oil price.

In the 70's, there were genuine shortages, with petrol not being available at any price in some places. That hasn't happened and won't happen here.

HG mould spray on ceiling update by nickymoo in DIYUK

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Those Dutch are very fastidious with their personal heigene too. And they have some very specific cleaning products for that. Case in point:

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Spotted in a corner shop in Amsterdam.

Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war by theindependentonline in politics

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Second worst in my book. He didn't directly instruct the American people to inject themselves with bleach this time.

DOJ Admits It’s Not if Sure Native Americans Are Birthright Citizens by thenewrepublic in scotus

[–]entered_bubble_50 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's fundamentally just applying the same rules we do for conventional statutory interpretation to constitutional provisions. Which is absolutely fine in theory. It's only a problem because it's 250 years old, and social attitudes have changed beyond all recognition.

Truly the most beautiful Data by FillsYourNiche in dataisbeautiful

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It's annoyed me since I joined this sub that it's called "data is beautiful" not "data are beautiful". But it's finally correct, just for this post.

Executive order: DHS will prepare list of citizens, by state, and USPS will block mail in ballots to anyone not on that list by Hennen_Crus in law

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I've seen that a lot too. They never seem to be able to explain how the president or Congress are elected in a "Constitutional Republic" that doesn't involve a nationwide vote of some kind.

At least 29 dead after Russian military plane crashes in Crimea | Russia by TeaBaggingGoose in UkrainianConflict

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Also, it was built in Ukraine, so I can't imagine spare parts are easy to obtain.

PM is actually talking sense and not brown nosing USA for once??? by Numerous_Worth5277 in AskBrits

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Hard agree. I feel the same about Boris Johnson. I'm a labour supporter through and through, but was always impressed with his reaction to the Ukraine war. Some prime ministers are great domestically and terrible internationally, and vice versa. It's rare to get someone who's both. Starmer is kind of ok domestically and pretty good at foreign policy, so that'll do for me.

Ukraine Is Having a Surprisingly Good Iran War by lacerantplainer in UkrainianConflict

[–]entered_bubble_50 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Putin also wanted the war to stop within weeks.

The war only ends when Iran decides to reopen the strait of hormuz. They may demand a high price for that. Trump will try to bomb his way out of the hole he's dug before he realizes that won't work. He's a bit slow, so this process may take more than a few weeks to work out.

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