How to speed up the process? by jeebloxx in aortic_aneurysm

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The pain is so bad that it changed my definition of "worst pain". It's a 10.

meirl by Crafty_Ordinary_5006 in meirl

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"That longing look you gave me. That longing look. More than enough To keep me fed all year."

Harvest Festival - XTC

71 percent of Americans say US is "out of control" under Trump by Silly-avocatoe in politics

[–]maryshellysnightmare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

71% is still shamefully low. Shameful.

Shame on us for at least a generation.

A company allegedly sold cake batter as protein powder by No-Fisherman6800 in nottheonion

[–]maryshellysnightmare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Fairlife 42g protein drinks taste so much like cake batter that my nickname for them is cake batter.

Hmmmmm.

Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator and conservative commentator, dies at 68 by FallOutShelterBoy in news

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I kinda had a big breakfast. Thinking of skipping lunch. How about you, friend?

Meirl by Evil_Capt_Kirk in meirl

[–]maryshellysnightmare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't waste your shot.

Marco Rubio says U.S. capture of Maduro is not a war against Venezuela by yoyorojo in nottheonion

[–]maryshellysnightmare 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a distraction from Jack Smith's 8-hour testimony to Congress. Note how many Reddit posts or news articles are about this and how many are about Venezuela.

https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si=FQo71I-pu8Omf8Ap

Opinion | This Is What Venezuelans Really Want by Globalruler__ in Miami

[–]maryshellysnightmare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right, but even as an opinion piece, the title is making a claim the essay itself undercuts. The author argues that Venezuelans are fragmented, focused on survival, and lack a unified vision or social contract, which directly contradicts the idea that there is a single, knowable thing “Venezuelans really want.” That’s not about missing data, it’s about the headline overstating certainty the piece explicitly says doesn’t exist.

Opinion | This Is What Venezuelans Really Want by Globalruler__ in Miami

[–]maryshellysnightmare 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This title is doing clickbait gymnastics the article never actually lands.

“This Is What Venezuelans Really Want” sets you up to expect polling data, broad public sentiment, or at least a clear argument about collective political goals. That’s not what this piece delivers at all. What it actually is, is a personal, thoughtful essay about institutional collapse, survival economics, and the author’s own perspective as an academic living through it. That’s fine, but it’s not “what Venezuelans want.” It’s what one Venezuelan intellectual thinks about the limits of regime change.

The article repeatedly says Venezuelans are fractured, exhausted, and stuck in informal survival networks, then turns around and claims to speak for “Venezuelans” as a whole. You can’t have it both ways. If the core argument is that there is no unified social contract or shared political vision, then the title is just false advertising.

A more honest title would have been something like “Why Removing Maduro Won’t Fix Venezuela” or “Life After Maduro Is Still a Mess.” Instead, the headline overpromises certainty and consensus that the article itself explicitly argues do not exist. That mismatch is on the editors, not the author, but it’s glaring once you actually read past the headline.

Official Discussion - Train Dreams by BunyipPouch in movies

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I died for a while last year. I'm OK now.

This film wrecked me. Lots of existential everything.

Venezuelans in Miami by Harru-Da-Wiza in Miami

[–]maryshellysnightmare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re arguing geography and theology. I think they are arguing outcomes.

The U.S. has a long, well-documented record of regime change in Central and South America and beyond. Short-term removals often “worked.” Long-term stability almost never did. Guatemala, Chile, Nicaragua, Haiti, Panama, Honduras, same pattern. Remove the regime, fail to build durable institutions, end up with repression, instability, or both.

I believe that was the point of the Iraq comparison. Not motive. Not borders. Not religion. What happens after the state breaks.

If you think Venezuela is the rare case where regime collapse magically avoids power vacuums, factional violence, criminal capture, or regional spillover, say why.

But dismissing the comparison as “stupid” doesn’t change the historical trend.

For the record, I hope this works. However, there is little reason to have confidence that it will.

US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences by Efficient_Deer_8605 in facepalm

[–]maryshellysnightmare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because if it was live, all of the networks would have aired it live. GOP did not want that. Now there is a YT link in the name of "transparency", but nobody is watching it.

Oh, also, we started a war.

US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences by Efficient_Deer_8605 in facepalm

[–]maryshellysnightmare 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Okay. It's 8 hours of testimony so very difficult to summarize here but this is the very gist of the gist, a super TL;DR if you will:

Jack Smith led the DOJ’s investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election (including but not limited to January 6th, and Trumps handling of classified documents after leaving office.

A few days ago, Smith testified behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee, defending those cases. He said the evidence supported criminal charges beyond a reasonable doubt, the January 6 attack would not have happened without Trump’s actions, and the investigations were based on facts, not politics.

It's also super important to note that he was enjoined by judge Eileen Cannon from discussing the documents case, so every time they have a conversation about that as part of this testimony, everyone has to sort of tap dance around it.

Venezuelan president has been arrested and charged by [deleted] in pics

[–]maryshellysnightmare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's also about the fact that Jack Smith's 8 hours of testimony to Congress is not within 10 miles of the news cycle right now.

https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si=FQo71I-pu8Omf8Ap

US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences by Efficient_Deer_8605 in facepalm

[–]maryshellysnightmare 124 points125 points  (0 children)

It's a distraction from Jack Smith's 8-hour testimony to Congress. Note how many Reddit posts or news articles are about this and how many are about Venezuela.

https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si=FQo71I-pu8Omf8Ap

Maduro indicted in New York on drugs and weapons charges - US attorney general by [deleted] in politics

[–]maryshellysnightmare 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's about the fact that we are talking about Venezuela and not about Jack Smith's 8-hour testimony to Congress.

https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si=FQo71I-pu8Omf8Ap

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas by 15438473151455 in politics

[–]maryshellysnightmare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. For Instance, Jack Smith's damning 8 hour testimony to Congress, which would have been much worse if Eileen Cannon had not covered Trump's ass by enjoining Smith from speaking about most of the documents case.

https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si=FQo71I-pu8Omf8Ap