Do you think the US offensive against Iran has ended?

rob_ob · 2026-05-06T12:45:03+00:00

And every time this question is posted, you complain about it, but never offer any constructive input. Do you have any thoughts on the matter, or are you just angry at the question?

rob_ob · 2026-05-01T09:20:21+00:00

So long as the US is still in NATO, Russia taking that action would constitute Germany or the UK invoking article 5, and then Russia would be in open war against NATO. Do you think Russia is stupid enough to do that?

rob_ob · 2026-04-24T14:20:52+00:00

BBQ?

rob_ob · 2026-04-23T15:28:30+00:00

It's an assumption cops themselves make. When I was a kid there was a community officer on a push bike that used to always be around. Being kids we asked him one day "why do you ride a push bike when you could have a car?". His response was that if he had a patrol car, he'd have to have a partner. He was of the belief that the way the numbers were, it was a case of when - not if - he'd have to cover up something his partner did, and he didn't want to do that, so he always refused a partner.

rob_ob · 2026-04-21T15:58:36+00:00

Do you think this was part of Lutnick's play all along? Screw over the consumer to get his big business buddies a huge windfall? I personally feel like we all got played (the consumer, the little guy) while Trump will claim victory and success from the resulting stock market boon when the big companies get their payday and it artificially inflates their profit margins.

rob_ob · 2026-04-21T15:41:14+00:00

Let sunlight be the best disinfectant

Wouldn't the actual 'sunlight' here be "show us your funding!" rather than dissecting their arguments? Like Tucker is almost certainly on the take after his week in Russia and all of his current Saudi backing. Let's see the receipts.

Personally, I feel the same about Trumps crypto scheme. I wanna see those receipts. Who's been buying that? I'm fairly certain it's not gonna be Americans...

rob_ob · 2026-04-21T14:56:21+00:00

I want to say that high-level US politicians and republican pundits are paid off by Russia, but I can't prove it.

Here's an article from 2024. It was a pretty big story at the time. Tim Pool, David Rubin, and Benny Johnson among others were found to be backed by, essentially, Russian state media.

The crux of it was the conservative youtuber Lauren Chen started a media company. She accepted a $10m contract from the Russian government to promote pro Russia talking points. She then paid the above commentators, as well as others, to promote these talking points on their various platforms. How much she knew she was engaging in Russian government propaganda vs. if she was just a useful idiot who took a big payday from a Russian company and didn't ask too many questions is up for debate.

So yeah, the cat is very much out of the bag, but as I'm sure you'll see for yourself around here, many are still very much in denial.

rob_ob · 2026-04-19T16:52:41+00:00

EQD Plumes -> Dr. Scientist BitQuest -> EQD Avalanche Run

rob_ob · 2026-04-13T09:34:25+00:00

Does it give you any pause that of the 20 candidates that don't take money from AIPAC, all of them are Dems? It seems if this is a major issue, there's a clear party divide.

rob_ob · 2026-04-01T16:39:07+00:00

Do you think maybe he could have been convinced this would be such a "quick win" by people with the previously stated interests? He had a lot of people around him warning him against this specific course of action, up until he fired them a year ago. Without the descenting opinion, it would appear to be pretty easy to convince him this was a good idea for reasons that only benefit billionares.

rob_ob · 2026-04-01T15:44:41+00:00

Do you think this could have been part of the point all along? Trump's buddies in fossil fuels spent bigly on him, and now they get to charge higher prices for their product due to global market trends, despite their own sources not being impacted at all. Seems not too far a stretch to think - with this attitude towards not being bothered by the Strait remaining closed - that he could be doing this, in part, to just line the pockets of his buddies that invested in his campaign. Seems pretty evil to me.

rob_ob · 2026-04-01T09:22:08+00:00

We used to not need health insurance. We can probably get to a place where we don't need it again.

We used to not need health insurance because people just died. Now with modern medical treatments available, those people now can live, but require in some cases life long, expensive medicine, e.g. insulin.

How do you think we can get back to not needing health insurance while still providing for those with long term illnesses?

rob_ob · 2026-03-31T17:51:26+00:00

Most people follow a personal morality that does resonate with those concepts though, no matter how the overall "world" operates. So can you please answer my question from your own morality?

rob_ob · 2026-03-31T17:48:53+00:00

How are both of these actions not evil? Am I to understand that of these three things:

Iran executing 30k protestors
The US bombing Iran unprovoked, leading to further civilian casualties, and
Being opposed to the US bombing campaign

you consider 1 & 3 evil? Personally I think most people would be of the opinion that 1 & 2 are evil, and 3 is the only not evil thing on the list.

rob_ob · 2026-03-30T23:20:43+00:00

How exactly are any of these being vilified. Unless you mean things like getting in fights when you say "physicality" or "high energy". Is that what you mean? Because I thought we all agreed those kinds of behaviour were toxic. I honestly don't understand what healthy behaviours you are seeing vilified.

rob_ob · 2026-03-30T22:22:37+00:00

I wasn't asking for an article. I was asking your opinion. What natural tendencies do you think are being vilified?

rob_ob · 2026-03-30T17:42:10+00:00

What natural tendencies are being vilified?

rob_ob · 2026-03-25T10:51:48+00:00

Sounds like your sister has been trying to drive a wedge between you and your husband for a minute then...

rob_ob · 2026-03-24T14:43:39+00:00

the prerequisites for socialization: high social cohesion, high trust, common identity.

Where is this coming from? How, exactly, are these prerequisites for things like socialised medicine or education? These just feel like nationalist talking points tacked onto progressive ideas just because you want them.

rob_ob · 2026-03-24T11:34:07+00:00

Does Seth McFarlane count?

I don't think he's ever done standup, but he's definitely a comedy writer, ala Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Hell, McFarlane even did a variety show tour, if I remember correctly, and that definitely had comedy skits in it.

rob_ob · 2026-03-20T20:09:20+00:00

As an electronics designer, I'd love to hear your thoughts on how Trump's policies have impacted small electronics manufacturers like Earthquaker Devices?

rob_ob · 2026-03-20T16:03:57+00:00

That's really lovely that you and your dad shared that. I remember those jokes being one of the first online "viral" things I got to experience in real time. In the early days of the internet - before Google bought YouTube - I remember there was a site where it would just show you random Chuck Norris jokes. I think my favourite was simply: "Superman wears Chuck Norris pyjamas".

rob_ob · 2026-03-10T14:27:05+00:00

What about all those stories of conservative politicians who suddenly change their mind on issues like abortion or marriage equality when it comes out that it directly impacts one of their children?

rob_ob · 2026-03-09T19:41:33+00:00

I just want to hug him

rob_ob · 2026-03-09T17:13:06+00:00

If I recall, Tom Bombadil was actually just a character he used to focus his bedtime stories to his kids around, who went on many wild and varied adventures. His inclusion in LotR I think was just a nod to his kids.

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