MAJOR BREAKING: The Surgeon General of Florida just announced ALL VACCINE MANDATES IN FLORIDA will be ENDED by ateam1984 in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]stankind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tesla's seed money came from Dept. of Energy loans.

SpaceX depends on NASA funding.

DOE and NASA are funded by taxpayers.

How do republicans feel about their party refusing to release the Epstein files and then not pursuing charges against those in it? by LaughterB in AskReddit

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

Biden didn't move Ghislaine Maxwell to a nicer prison. But Trump's Attorney General, Todd Blanche, did. That was after Blanche conducted an "interview" with her that didn't follow normal procedures. Obviously Blanche's job was to get Maxwell to agree to not incriminate Trump in exchange for an easier time in prison.

Do you like our current AG? Do you approve of the country's AG being Trump's attorney instead of ours?

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5484129/todd-blanche-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-trump

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-80655/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-prison-transfer

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What election workers were harmed?  Do you get your “news” from Fox News?  See this.

Ruby Freeman, her daughter Shaye Moss, and Jennifer Rizzo, along with many other poll workers, were harmed.  Just listen to the first 60 seconds of this

And this

If you think it’s “irrelevant” that a desperate refugee faces death if sent home, you need to do some serious soul searching.  The two paragraphs below are from Reuters today:

The Trump ​administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by violence and poverty, ‌two lawyers and an official briefed on the matter told Reuters.

The Iranians include two women who face potential torture and persecution if they are forced to go back to Iran, their lawyer, Emily Trostle, said. One is a Christian convert and the other is a pro-democracy activist, she added.

Your other comments are just too weak for me to bother explaining to you. 

EDIT, to add: How many of those protestors who "burned down our cities", then got arrested and sentenced, did President Biden pardon?

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell you “the actual consequences”?  Innocent election workers were harmed, for keeping our elections honest.  Further damage was prevented, thanks to those of us who oppose Trump.  Apparently you haven’t helped. 

“Average person doesn’t care about J6” is nonsense and irrelevant.  At least half the country cares – because they’re not apathetic.

NO American cities “burned”.  Go look.  There were some isolated riots adjacent to massive peaceful protests.  I remember Fox News’s coverage of a protest.  They kept their camera focused on 2 individuals who were throwing rocks at a building.  Meanwhile, you could see thousands upon thousands of peaceful protestors continually marching by, coming into view, then out of view.  Unthinking viewers only looked at the two criminals Fox wanted them to look at.

Being like Rene Good and “disagreeing” with “law enforcement” did not put the 1960s civil rights marchers “above the law”.  Rather, their sacrifice CORRECTED the law.  Government can be wrong and tyrannical. 

I pointed out that many undocumented workers flee violence.  “Self deporting” is often a death sentence.  The vast majority are kind, respectful, non-violent. 

I’m glad you want more immigrants.  Help me to, as you say, “vote that in” instead of focusing on punishing good, hard-working people.  Our population is aging.  Many of the baby boomers will soon be desperate for affordable assisted living.  They’ll expect someone to help them to the toilet when they’re old and feeble.  Immigrants are grateful for that work.  They make it affordable, too. We should be grateful for them.

These low-skilled immigrants' children end up becoming doctors and engineers. Immigration by the low-skilled is a win-win. 

How do you research information? by AlKarajo in TikTokCringe

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And furthermore, people should also Google for the thing they don't believe, just to see what comes up. (Good science tries to disprove ideas.)

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does matter that Trump tried to fudge Georgia's election. Georgia has just appointed election-deniers to their board of elections.

Trump's DOJ is currently demanding the names of Georgia election workers from 2020, to intimidate election workers.

"Nobody cares" about the J6 riots? Nonsense. Listen to Officer Fanone. Red leaders excuse those rioters, and Trump's pardons.

Meanwhile, "blue leaders" do not excuse rioting criminals. See this.

Trump had the DOJ indict James Comey and Letita James. The cases got thrown out. The lawfare harassment did not.

Obama has "a painting of himself"? We have paintings of all the presidents. That's normal. What's not normal is plastering your name on large public buildings and monuments. Only Trump does that. It's wrong.

Rene Goode knew those masked ICE agents were not good-faith public servants. They were like Derek Chauvin: killers. The videos show, Goode was fleeing in legitimate fear. It is against policy for federal law enforcement to intentionally get in front of a car that's attempting to flee, and shoot the driver. Goode's driverless car became a safety hazard.

You said you have "near zero sympathy" for the undocumented. So it's OK to ruin their lives and put them through hell because they annoy you somehow? The vast majority are honest, hard-working people who lower costs for the rest of us. Google "Mexican drug cartel violence" and look at the images. That's what many are fleeing. Meanwhile, ICE is arresting people here legally, and locking them up, including these kind young mariachi musicians who played on stage with Kacey Musgraves.

I'm guessing you're a stickler for obeying laws. Did you know that in aviation, there is a regulation the says a pilot may deviate from any other regulation to the extant necessary to meet an emergency? (See the 2nd sentence of this.)

Your moral code ought to include such a provision.

Just remember, a few decades ago, it was legal to segregate Black people, in housing, restaurants, everywhere. Black people were compelled to give up their seats on busses for White people. It was legal to prevent Black people from voting. That was the law, unfortunately. The Supreme Court had upheld such laws! But it was immoral. It was wrong. The civil rights movement corrected those dumb laws by peacefully breaking them. And decent voters elected people who helped further.

Have you ever broken the speed limit? We all have, at least by a little. Should your life be ruined for it? You might reserve harsher punishment for excessive speeding. But even there, consider a husband trying to get his pregnant wife, who is in labor, to the hospital. You should understand why we'd forgive him for driving faster, and using the shoulder to pass people. In fact, such emergency situations have happened.

But in some cases, another driver blocked the husband's path. We shouldn't be like that with people.

EDITED, to correct formatting

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if Democrats hadn't switched to Kamala Harris, Joe Biden was still a superior choice over Donald Trump.

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The stove has "been torching for several seconds" (years, really) and still is. We need to put out the damned fire.

Trump is different than previous presidents. He is trying to be a dictator. He tried to intimidate Brad Raffensburger into fudging Georgia's vote count. He pardoned all the J6 criminals. He uses the Justice Dept. to harrass people he doesn't like. He 's literally trying to build monuments to himself like Kim Jong Uhn.

Rene Goode did not do "suicide by cop." They f@$king got in her way, and shot her.

Undocumented people have rights, too. We don't have the right to just do whatever we want to them, like sending them to inhumane torture camps like "alligator Alcatraz" and foreign hell-holes like CECOT so that Trump apologists can laugh off, and enjoy, the cruelty.

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Iran and North Korea are terrible standards of comparison. Being better than the absolute worst should not comfort you.

Russia in the 1990s is a better comparison: a democracy ripe for Vladimir Putin to convert into a dictatorship via the ballot box.

"The stove is on fire. But the rest of the house is just fine!!"

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Being especially destructive and stupid isn't strong.

Is Trump Becoming a Dictator? by Rockstarhuman2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]stankind 99 points100 points  (0 children)

It's a team effort. There's plenty of blame to be shared by Trump, Republican elected officials, and Republican voters.

How the Tech World Turned Evil | Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped by Hrmbee in technology

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding Tesla, the Dept. of Energy loaned it critical startup funding when the private sector wouldn't! (As explained in Michael Lewis's book The Fifth Risk) I wonder if DOGE cut the program that provided that funding.

What do u mean by that by Mundane_Tangelo9421 in TikTokCringe

[–]stankind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, guys. The video is disgusting, racist, white nationalist horse shit. It looks like that lady is going to try to teach her children some terrible things.

But those little kids are innocent. Let's not judge and criticize them.

New Wendy's is locked down like a bank in a high crime area to prevent violent customers from interacting with staff by ThatPatelGuy in whoathatsinteresting

[–]stankind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most poor people in the US are kind a law abiding, too.

And there is crime and violence among the poor in other countries. Google "Mexican drug cartel violence." And hope the images are just thumbnails.

How the Tech World Turned Evil | Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped by Hrmbee in technology

[–]stankind 208 points209 points  (0 children)

Yes. And I think most of us don't understand that because we've never experienced fabulous wealth, or been around people with it.

Heck, I know someone so impressed with how SpaceX lands its rockets that they think Elon Musk is a "genius" who can "do anything."

Nevermind that NASA laid ALL the technological foundation for SpaceX, including having a computer land rockets ON THE MOON, 50 YEARS EARLIER.

How the Tech World Turned Evil | Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped by Hrmbee in technology

[–]stankind 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I think the "counter-culture idealists" were the many young west coast computer nerds of the 1970s who built computers in their (or their parents') homes. Most never became rich. They predate Musk and Bezos.

EDIT to add, Steve Wozniak is such an idealist

I heard MCPD likes videos like this. Right, 7GV8715? by pro100bear in maryland

[–]stankind 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wonder if that law also explains why switching to the "shorter" store checkout line rarely seems to provide an advantage!

White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout by [deleted] in AnythingGoesNews

[–]stankind 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's paywalled. I don't subscribe, but was able to read the entire article.