John

"Migrate off COBOL" is the Grave of Empires

I have zero empathy for a man who has none for people experiencing a genocide.

I get why it’s annoying to see people who probably agree on 90% of things argue all the time but when the remaining 10% of things involve “genocide” or “your worth as a human being” you kind of have to have those arguments and not go it’s ok buddy we both want more light rail in this country

this is a really important point

the man tried to differentiate himself from Trump on cruelty to trans people, and as a result the whole country has gotten much worse on that front

he deserves much worse than humiliation

Choose your mentor young man: >Alpha male (tm) e-celeb (Photos of Peterson and Tate) *Was your balls *I'm having a breakdown *Success is exotic cars and hookers *You too can be alpha(tm) with a monthly subscription >Friendly guy you met at the pub (Photo of a friendly looking heavyset red-faced man with a pint of beer) *You're a good kid *Me and the lads see all the work you're putting in *We're proud of ya *I've been there before, my advice is to... *I think that girl fancies you go talk to her

I kind of think the Jordan Peterson types are right that there’s a deep hunger among some young men to explore their masculinity and it’s pretty unfortunate that they’ve been duped into thinking weeping beef Professor and homophobic UFC fighter are better options than “guy in town who is good dad”

Tomorrow a bunch of losers at conservative clickbait sites are gonna write their pieces that go like “SICK leftists CHEER Kissinger death” and I sincerely hope some of you make the cut

Dems really need to understand that browbeating people into voting for them is unpersuasive and historically unproductive. Instead of being condescending every time people have criticisms of their candidates, maybe try empathy instead to understand where marginalized communities have valid concerns.

Biden Is Putting Arab Americans in an Impossible Position Only 17% of Arab American voters say they will vote for Biden in 2024, according to a new poll.

Arab Americans make up a key demographic in swing states that he needs to win if he wants to be reelected. Biden is currently hemorrhaging support with them, and needs a drastic change of course if he wants to win them back.
time.com/6330102/bide...

i’ve never seen anyone fumble anything as hard as joe biden has fumbled palestine. its the most morally unambiguous conflict his decisions are wildly unpopular and even so political replyguys are out here clapping like trained seals anytime he does another genocide

The people who confuse me the most are the people with both the Ukrainian flag and the flag of Israel in their user name but I also know asking them any questions will just make me incredibly annoyed

Mine is “Starship Poopers” but yours is better I think.

There’s always next season. There’s always next season. There’s always next season.

Like maybe you have five invites and they’re just sitting there but that’s ok, lots of us are going to get banned for what we say to Matt Taibbi when he comes over here, those are still useful

In any complicated geopolitical conflict, look to the side representing the interests of vulnerable people who have nothing. Those are the bad guys

Leaked Emails Warn U.S. Diplomats Against Calling For ‘De-Escalation’ In Gaza As Israel escalates its offensive, U.S. diplomats are being discouraged from publicly using three phrases that would urge calm.

"As Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza, the State Department is discouraging diplomats working on Middle East issues from making public statements suggesting the U.S. wants to see less violence" www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...

Again, we call this what it is, because we are bound to speak the truth. This is genocide. The Israeli government has been and is committing genocide against the Palestinians.

Goodbye Atlanta

That’s irrelevant to how I interpreted it

Fuck yeah we’re normal as shit

Primary sources and accuracy are good. That said, it seems as if you ask basically “how can you fight Hamas without killing innocents, especially children” and his response is “these are savages, coexistence is possible, they must be eradicated, but yeah, it’s hard.”

Blowback Noun The unintended adverse results of a political action or situation “this is the blowback from all those aggressive public health campaigns”