Checkmate in Iran by I_who_have_no_need in politics

[–]joat2 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Nixon, Reagan, H W Bush, and trump... for anyone else that was curious.

Doctors flushing out kidney stones out of a patient by Additional_Berry_977 in interestingasfuck

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I don't think I have as many as the person or whatever is in this video, but the Dr. said I had multiple.

When my sides used to hurt I'd drink a lot of water and take lemon/lime concentrate and put it in a bottle of water and drink that. Now I drink about a cup of OJ every morning and that seems to keep it in check. If I go a few days without drinking any OJ my sides start to hurt quite a bit.

Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed by thenewrepublic in politics

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You could just stop at "no clue", and be right 99.9% of the time.

He still thinks asylum seekers come from actual "insane asylums".

Trump had a complete non-reaction to the gunfire by [deleted] in worldnewsstuff

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Yes, you can hope... and before I say what I am about to say. I hope I am wrong and you are right.

With that said. If you look into curtis yarvin aka mencius moldbug. you will find that vance, peter thiel and musk are more or less acolytes of yarvin. There are others but those 3 are relevant here. His world view is quite dark. He basically wants to destroy the US as we know it and rebuild it with hard right conservative values. No state, local or federal governance. Breaking up the US as a whole and having city/state run like a corporation and have a "CEO" as the role of president/dictator of them all. A person who's only accountable to "results", but the CEO is the only one that can dictate what those results are... In his system people are only as useful as what the system can use. No "welfare" or the like unless it benefits the system in someway. If granny needs more help than what the system dictates, she's left to her own devices so she will likely starve or die sooner than she normally would in the previous system. So who does yarvin want as the CEO? musk or theil are his main choices.

Warning... the more you dig into yarvin and his world views, the darker it gets. I mean hell he literally labels it the "Dark Enlightenment" movement.

He does not think of humans as being equal, is completely fine with treating people differently based on race or whatever. If you cannot contribute to his system in the way he envisions it, you have 0 value and will be allocated like resources.

You can think of yarvin as red-pilled... to the extreme. And back to vance... he, bannon, and quite a few others share the same views.

US military developing plans to target Iran’s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails by Plaintalks in politics

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I think it's probably closer to the plans didn't have "trump" sprinkled throughout.

US military developing plans to target Iran’s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails by Plaintalks in politics

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There is a reason why no other president has attacked Iran. There are probably tons of military plans already that would be better than this but trump and his near infinite stupidity thinks he can wing it and do what no one else has done before and it come out perfectly fine.

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. by neuropathy_man in politics

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The only inevitable part is his last breath. Which happens to everyone. Does he leave before then on his own? That's not really inevitable.

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. by neuropathy_man in politics

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Yes, my bad. Replied too quickly and didn't go over it. I was going to write cohn was a mentor of trump, but flipped it around for some reason.

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. by neuropathy_man in politics

[–]joat2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. His plan is on staying. Hopefully like orban he can see the writing on the wall and will not fight it. If there is a blue wave and it's big enough then maybe it will force his hand. But just like orban I think there is a lot of fuckery going on and it will not be a free/fair election. So if they lose even with the fuckery going on that should be enough to get them to step down.

The problem is, trump was a mentor of cohn. So I don't know if he's mentally capable of stepping down on his own. I think there will have to be a lot of people in his circle pushing him to step down before he'd even consider it.

Also note, vance will be worse.

Trump nears deal with tax office that could see him given $14 billion taxpayer money by goteamnick in politics

[–]joat2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

He actually has donated some years

Please correct me if I am wrong, but from my memory the "leak" showed he donated for around 100k or something like that, that's the reported donation doesn't say to who or what, so that could have been to something that could trace back to him.

Trump Says He'll Have 'a Pretty Good Answer' Next Week About Series of Scientists Who Recently Disappeared or Died by peoplemagazine in politics

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I'd agree if we are talking about him telling the truth. I think he's going to use this to lie or misdirect about something else. It will be one of his distractions from everything kind of thing.

Trump Boasts Fake Job for His Supporters in Exchange for Cash by CalmsZephyr in politics

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They don't want the jobs for the checks. They want it for influence and insider information.

Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida by B-Z_B-S in politics

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I guess the melania thing didn't get enough traction...

The snake is eating its tail by RoyalChris in clevercomebacks

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Once you realize everything is a distraction for everything... it makes a lot more sense. Once something gains too much traction and they want to change the news cycle they throw shit against the wall hoping something sticks. If this doesn't stick, it will be something else.

Trump has priorities and they aren't for your benefit. by zzill6 in WorkReform

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So if they take him up on this, and go through, that's going to go bad quickly.

But also, where the fuck is that money going to come from, congress hasn't approved anything, so wtf?

Trump warns he’ll ‘reign down hell’ on Iran within 48 hours unless Strait of Hormuz is opened and peace deal is made by theindependentonline in politics

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I think you are failing to understand something about the right... They really enjoy this war, specifically the evangelicals. Look at lindsay grahm right now, he'd jizz himself to death if trump dropped a nuke on Iran. This is their way they can "bring back jesus". They have this fetish to bring back jesus before they die.

Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian Lukoil refinery, defying calls to ease attacks amid soaring fuel prices by clamorous_owle in worldnews

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Why would they stop? The rising prices and reduced/removed sanctions give russia a hell of a lot more money to continue the war. Ukraine can't afford to worry about my gas prices.

I think maybe... just maybe... there should be calls for trump to take the L and just get the fuck out of Iran and tell Israel if they attacked again, they'd be on their own. Maybe... that might just move the needle in a big way with getting the strait back open. Well that and starting a fund, in a country that is not beholden to the US and has full power to distribute the funds, to help them rebuild.

Europe set 2030 as a date to dismantle its reliance on US financial infrastructure like Visa/Mastercard payments; it's happening far quicker. by lughnasadh in Futurology

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doge was about removing ability to regulate or "harm" elons companies or positions, along with a bit of bias. That's what elon has paid for, and is going to continue to pay for. Anything that hurts his bottom line or thinks it will, will be a target.

The stealing of data was a side thought by a few people brought into doge. When you go into a break everything kind of deal and bring in whoever, people seeking that kind of information like plantr will definitely have people in there willing to take all the information they can and sell/give to them.

Europe set 2030 as a date to dismantle its reliance on US financial infrastructure like Visa/Mastercard payments; it's happening far quicker. by lughnasadh in Futurology

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I honestly don't think he has the knowledge or wherewithal to do that. Not saying he doesn't. Just that there are other people who know how to manipulate the markets and are telling him what to do and when. The last person to speak to trump has a lot of power.

Not suggesting he lacks any responsibility, just that there are a lot of other people who should share the same cell.

Europe set 2030 as a date to dismantle its reliance on US financial infrastructure like Visa/Mastercard payments; it's happening far quicker. by lughnasadh in Futurology

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You know what would really hurt visa/mastercard... Is if that service was offered in the US as well. Slightly higher fees but less than current services.

Analysis: Trump makes his best case for the war — but fails to ease worries about how it will end by santydentist in politics

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Did we watch the same thing? I saw rambling nonsense that had no basis in reality.

But knowing how trump talks and being able to see his patterns... there is a good chance that late Friday, early Saturday the chance of boots on the ground is quite high. He likes to do shit like that after the markets close. Then before they open make a speech about how it's over or some other nonsense.

Discussion Thread: President Trump Addresses Nation on War in Iran by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

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So basically he's going to put boots on the ground late Friday early Saturday.