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somewhat cynical, potential crazy cat lady, loves road trips, and holds hope for the future of democracy and less hope for humanity.
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@AJamesMcCarthy Ordered all three and some stickers. We love Gregory ๐ป
As someone who has worked in IT and security, I wish this didn't ring true. I've come into companies and done audits of active credentials only to have to deactivate hundreds of ex-employees' key cards and accounts.
WTF ๐คฌ๐คฌ
I can't wait for this entire administration to be impeached and incarcerated.
BREAKING: Trump spits in the face of our troops by announcing that he's going to award himself the Congressional Medal of Honor โ our nation's most sacred military decoration.
This draft-dodging coward has hit a disgusting new low...
"I rebuilt the military my first time. I said, why would it take four years? He said, well, I would. So I decided to go to Iraq," a visibly sweaty Trump rambled during an appearance in Georgia. "And I flew to Iraq."
"I was extremely brave, in fact so brave I wanted to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor. I said to... I said to my people, am I allowed to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor? And, you know, I've given out so many to guys that are seriously brave," he said.
"I mean, they come in with the arms are missing, their legs are missing, their stories are so unbelievable... And I said, that's a little stretch if I gave myself one of them," he continued. "But it's one of those things. Someday I'm going to try! I'm going to test the law. I'm going to say, let's give it a shot!"
"Maybe I'll win in court after everyone sues me, after radical left lunatics sue me. Now, watch the fake news, you know, I'm having fun," Trump went on. "The fake news will say 'Donald Trump wants to give himself the Congressional Medal of Honor. But he was rebuffed by the audience who stood up and booed the hell out of him.' So they say that kind of stuff. It's amazing."
When Trump says that he's going to do something profoundly immoral and unprecedented like this, it's best to take him at his word. He's clearly given this profound breach decorum some thought, as evidenced by him gaming out the legal hurtles that he'd face.
This is the same man who lobbied for the Nobel Peace Prize, was denied it for obvious reasons, and then accepted someone else's. He's a deeply petty man driven by external validation and ego. Giving himself the Medal of Honor despite him evading the Vietnam War by claiming "bone spurs" would be perfectly in keeping with odious past behavior.
Please โค๏ธ and share if you staunchly oppose Trump awarding himself the Medal of Honor!
When @grok was asked who spreads the most disinformation on @x - it's response was to name @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk
X have deleted the response, RT it here before they delete this one!
They find it humiliating! RT!
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Tonight is an especially good night for some Ruby cuddles.
Pet pics please.
YEAR ONE MAHA:
1. Measles returns to America
2. Pertussis returns to America
3. Chronic hepatitis liver cancer returns
4. Pandemic preparedness gone
5. Swung & missed on autism
6. CDC disassembled
7. Biotech industry shutting down
8. Brain drain underway
This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
I choose the bear, 100%.
if youโre a woman in America, you should know this is what theyโre talking aboutโฆ
Since Iโm already throttled for being a truth teller, screw it.
This is a thread about what people do when the government turns fascist. ๐งต
Well said. ๐๐๐
A statement from Ron Howard - I'm reasonably well on the same page - and is offered not only for clarification, but as part of a starting point if we've any hope of expunging the fascistic regime currently in place and finally getting us back on a track of making the U.S. work for the benefit of all of us.
โI'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let's break it down, shall we? Because quite frankly, I'm getting a little tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler alert: not every liberal is the same, though the majority of liberals I know think along roughly these same lines:
1. I believe a country should take care of its weakest members. A country cannot call itself civilized when its children, disabled, sick, and elderly are neglected. PERIOD.
2. I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Somehow that's interpreted as "I believe Obamacare is the end-all, be-all." This is not the case. I'm fully aware that the ACA has problems, that a national healthcare system would require everyone to chip in, and that it's impossible to create one that is devoid of flaws, but I have yet to hear an argument against it that makes "let people die because they can't afford healthcare" a better alternative. I believe healthcare should be far cheaper than it is, and that everyone should have access to it. And no, I'm not opposed to paying higher taxes in the name of making that happen.
3. I believe education should be affordable. It doesn't necessarily have to be free (though it works in other countries so I'm mystified as to why it can't work in the US), but at the end of the day, there is no excuse for students graduating college saddled with five- or six-figure debt.
4. I don't believe your money should be taken from you and given to people who don't want to work. I have literally never encountered anyone who believes this. Ever. I just have a massive moral problem with a society where a handful of people can possess the majority of the wealth while there are people literally starving to death, freezing to death, or dying because they can't afford to go to the doctor. Fair wages, lower housing costs, universal healthcare, affordable education, and the wealthy actually paying their share would go a long way toward alleviating this. Somehow believing that makes me a communist.
5. I don't throw around "I'm willing to pay higher taxes" lightly. If I'm suggesting something that involves paying more, well, it's because I'm fine with paying my share as long as it's actually going to something besides lining corporate pockets or bombing other countries while Americans die without healthcare.
6. I believe companies should be required to pay their employees a decent, livable wage. Somehow this is always interpreted as me wanting burger flippers to be able to afford a penthouse apartment and a Mercedes. What it actually means is that no one should have to work three full-time jobs just to keep their head above water. Restaurant servers should not have to rely on tips, multibillion-dollar companies should not have employees on food stamps, workers shouldn't have to work themselves into the ground just to barely make ends meet, and minimum wage should be enough for someone to work 40 hours and live.
7. I am not anti-Christian. I have no desire to stop Christians from being Christians, to close churches, to ban the Bible, to forbid prayer in school, etc. (BTW, prayer in school is NOT illegal; *compulsory* prayer in school is - and should be - illegal). All I ask is that Christians recognize *my* right to live according to *my* beliefs. When I get pissed off that a politician is trying to legislate Scripture into law, I'm not "offended by Christianity" -- I'm offended that you're trying to force me to live by your religion's rules. You know how you get really upset at the thought of Muslims imposing Sharia law on you? That's how I feel about Christians trying to impose biblical law on me. Be a Christian. Do your thing. Just don't force it on me or mine.
8. I don't believe LGBT people should have more rights than you. I just believe they should have the *same* rights as you.
9. I don't believe illegal immigrants should come to America and have the world at their feet, especially since THIS ISN'T WHAT THEY DO (spoiler: undocumented immigrants are ineligible for all those programs they're supposed to be abusing, and if they're "stealing" your job it's because your employer is hiring illegally). I believe there are far more humane ways to handle undocumented immigration than our current practices (i.e., detaining children, splitting up families, ending DACA, etc).
10. I don't believe the government should regulate everything, but since greed is such a driving force in our country, we NEED regulations to prevent cut corners, environmental destruction, tainted food/water, unsafe materials in consumable goods or medical equipment, etc. It's not that I want the government's hands in everything -- I just don't trust people trying to make money to ensure that their products/practices/etc. are actually SAFE. Is the government devoid of shadiness? Of course not. But with those regulations in place, consumers have recourse if they're harmed and companies are liable for medical bills, environmental cleanup, etc. Just kind of seems like common sense when the alternative to government regulation is letting companies bring their bottom line into the equation.
11. I believe our current administration is fascist. Not because I dislike them or because I canโt get over an election, but because I've spent too many years reading and learning about the Third Reich to miss the similarities. Not because any administration I dislike must be Nazis, but because things are actually mirroring authoritarian and fascist regimes of the past.
12. I believe the systemic racism and misogyny in our society is much worse than many people think, and desperately needs to be addressed. Which means those with privilege -- white, straight, male, economic, etc. -- need to start listening, even if you don't like what you're hearing, so we can start dismantling everything that's causing people to be marginalized.
13. I am not interested in coming after your blessed guns, nor is anyone serving in government. What I am interested in is the enforcement of present laws and enacting new, common sense gun regulations. Got another opinion? Put it on your page, not mine.
14. I believe in so-called political correctness. I prefer to think itโs social politeness. If I call you Chuck and you say you prefer to be called Charles Iโll call you Charles. Itโs the polite thing to do. Not because everyone is a delicate snowflake, but because as Maya Angelou put it, when we know better, we do better. When someone tells you that a term or phrase is more accurate/less hurtful than the one you're using, you now know better. So why not do better? How does it hurt you to NOT hurt another person?
15. I believe in funding sustainable energy, including offering education to people currently working in coal or oil so they can change jobs. There are too many sustainable options available for us to continue with coal and oil. Sorry, billionaires. Maybe try investing in something else.
16. I believe that women should not be treated as a separate class of human. They should be paid the same as men who do the same work, should have the same rights as men and should be free from abuse. Why on earth shouldnโt they be?
I think that about covers it. Bottom line is that I'm a liberal because I think we should take care of each other. That doesn't mean you should work 80 hours a week so your lazy neighbor can get all your money. It just means I don't believe there is any scenario in which preventable suffering is an acceptable outcome as long as money is saved.โ
Ron Howard
Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
My country is no longer the country I knew.
I love dinosaurs, and as an artist I try to have dinosaurs throughout my art in one way or another. I loved going to Dinosaur National Monument when I was a kid, and I appreciate the encouragement of my parents to employ my imagination as much as possible!
When I was a boy I loved playing with dinosaurs. I've started giving small, very simple dinosaur toys as gifts to kids at birthday parties etc. I'm doing this for a reason and it seems to be working very well. Here are my strategies:๐งต
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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Descent II - I don't know why I loved this game so much, but I programmed my keyboard for all the controls and played until I got vertigo. It was preferred over other FPSs of the time and any LAN games we played.
All of these are my dad. I sure miss him โค๏ธ
@Catshealdeprsn This pretty guy showed up and made himself at home.
On the 12th day of Christmas the pine trees gave to me,
12 sticks of incense, chosen by alien civilizations to represent their childhood memories, the foods and places and atmospheric additives they remember fondly, in case my own nostalgia ever becomes too bittersweet to bear
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