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  • On the post: Investigation Shows Trump’s Boat Strikes Aren’t Killing ‘Narco-Terrorists’

    That One Guy ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2025 @ 03:33pm

    Even if you set aside Trump and the critical damage that's been and is continuing to be done to government agencies and the rule of law you'd still have the tens of millions of people who put him into office after seeing what a disaster he was the first time just waiting to do it again, so no, it's going to rightly take a long time before the rest of the world can or should trust the US again even after the regime is no longer in power and trashing the country.

  • On the post: Investigation Shows Trump’s Boat Strikes Aren’t Killing ‘Narco-Terrorists’

    That One Guy ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2025 @ 01:28pm

    Not so much unaware as 'refuses to', as if they called in the Coast Guard they wouldn't get to murder the entire boatload of people and that would take all the fun out of it.

  • On the post: Furloughed Employees Sue Administration For Adding Partisan Wording To Their Out-Of-Office Messages

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 08:03pm

    Fair enough, if the last election showed anything it's that a majority of voting-age americans are profoundly stupid and easy to dupe and manipulate.

  • On the post: Investigation Shows Trump’s Boat Strikes Aren’t Killing ‘Narco-Terrorists’

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 08:02pm

    They WANT death and violence and aren't too picky as to who

    The messed up thing is if they aren't already hoping for that to happen I've no doubt whatsoever that while publicly the regime would condemn such 'cold-blooded murder of americans' in private they would be cheering and laughing at being handed an excuse to engage in even more brutality and power-grabs.

  • On the post: Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 04:19pm

    Fraudulent lawsuits should hurt more than their victims

    Another perfect example of the necessity of strong and comprehensive state and federal anti-SLAPP laws(and a perfect example of why the US doesn't have those), as these lawsuits are clearly designed to stop anyone from reporting anything that Trump doesn't like because if 'Predicted the wrong candidate would win' is grounds for a lawsuit anything is.

  • On the post: Investigation Shows Trump’s Boat Strikes Aren’t Killing ‘Narco-Terrorists’

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 04:07pm

    If accused criminals don't have rights no-one does

    For those cheering on the murder on the high seas because the regime asserts that those killed are the most heinous criminals(not working for the regime) imaginable despite acknowledging that they don't have the evidence to actually prove that in court, something to keep in mind: Fascist and/or dictatorial systems always need an Other to 'punish', a group to heap all the blame on for everything that goes wrong and when the current one starts becoming less effective they'll look for a new one and when the exterior choices start getting sparse they'll start looking inwards. Sure you support the regime, but do you absolutely support it? Sure you show your loyalty but do you show it enough? Systems like that are built upon always having someone to blame and victimize, and given enough time they will always start going after their own to maintain themselves. Always.

  • On the post: Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 03:01pm

    A journalist who doesn't ask questions and just repeats what they're told uncritically is not a journalist, they're a stenographer or unpaid PR agent.

  • On the post: A Love Letter To America

    That One Guy ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2025 @ 02:53pm

    ... that was the point. I was intentionally whitewashing slavery to make it seem 'good' to match the rhetoric of those that would see away with those inconvenient 'democracy' and 'rights' in favor of authoritarian/fascist rule by a select few, and who argue against democracy and rights by claiming that they just get in the way of a more efficient government that Gets Stuff Done(tm).

  • On the post: Cowardice And Capitulation At Cornell

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 07:11pm

    What fictional people do you imagine are going to be paying the regime $30 million, handing over 'anonymized' student data on the regular and adding in the regime's 'training materials' and how do you picture none of that impacting the school and those going/teaching there? (As an aside if you really think this will be the last of the regime's demands after Cornell folded like wet cardboard and chose the path of appeasement I've got some amazing beach-front lunar property I'd like to sell you.)

  • On the post: A Love Letter To America

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 03:24pm

    'You have the freedom to work for my gain and say what I tell you to. Don't you feel free?'

    Balderdash, I'm sure the ones trying to convince others to give up that silly 'democracy' and let their betters do the thinking for them would never lie about what the result of that would mean for those they're taking the burdens of thought and choice from.

  • On the post: Conservative Judge Resigns Rather Than Stay Silent On Trump’s Constitutional Assault

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 02:46pm

    When your house is on fire a discussion about the merits of one computer or ISP over another becomes a luxury. I'm sure the writers for TD would love to go back to covering tech-centric issues, but right now they and millions of others have got bigger things to worry about.

  • On the post: A Love Letter To America

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 02:43pm

    They may promise to rule wisely, but they still plan to rule

    A slave has very little to worry about when you think about it. Someone else provides their housing, someone else makes sure there's food on the table, someone else takes care of all that pesky 'thinking' by taking away the burdensome questions like 'What job do I do?' and 'What's the meaning of my life?' A slave has very little to worry about, and all it costs is giving up those pesky 'freedom' and 'independence' to people who assured them and themselves that they know better and will handle all that tricky stuff for them, and sure maybe things work out more for the slave-owner than the slave but isn't that a just payment for them taking up the real burdens?

  • On the post: Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 02:13pm

    'The only good regulation is a republican written regulation!'

    Republicans: Regulations are a bane of existence and have no business in a free and fair market! Also republicans: This other company is doing something I don't like and/or hurting my/my company's profits, regulate it so it can't do that any more!

  • On the post: Furloughed Employees Sue Administration For Adding Partisan Wording To Their Out-Of-Office Messages

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 01:29pm

    The funny thing about reality is you don't need to constantly tell and remind people that it exists. The regime's desperation to force everyone in the government to parrot the 'it's the democrats fault' message rather gives away that they knew that people wouldn't be doing that willingly because it wasn't true.

  • On the post: Cowardice And Capitulation At Cornell

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 01:25pm

    Sure thing, so long as you're up for telling the ones that will be feeling the pain going forward when the regime's next demands start going into effect, because after this capitulation there will be more.

  • On the post: Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 01:16pm

    Apply the 'You first' test

    Anyone claiming that data like that can be 'anonymized' should be told to put up or shut up. Have them create a full copy of their personal information, from email, doctor's records to financial data, scrub their name and address from it and then ask them, 'How willing are you to hand this 'anonymized' data to someone who doesn't know you? It doesn't have your name or address, so clearly they could never identify you with it, right?'

  • On the post: RFK Jr.’s FDA Is Now Also In Turmoil Over Corrupt Drug Regulator

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 01:02pm

    'I'll just resign', the get out of charges/fines/jail-free card

    Tidmarsh resigned Sunday as the media shitstorm over all of this was kicking up. And that’s good; Tidmarsh has no business being in government in a role that is supposed to serve public health. It's better than the alternative of him still working there but 'good' is really pushing it because you know the words I didn't notice anywhere in those two sentences are? 'Was charge with'. He used his position to attempt to extort money from a former business associate who'd angered him before he got the position and then tanked another company's stocks by lying about it on a public forum and after all that he was just allowed to resign, dodging all accountability or punishment for his actions. He showed how corrupt he was yes, but he also showed how corrupt the system that he was a part was of on the way out, reminding people that consequences are for the little people.

  • On the post: GOP Threatened To Keep The Government Shut Down If 8 GOP Senators Couldn’t Profit From Being Investigated

    That One Guy ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 12:45pm

    Funny how anti-investigation the party of 'Law and Order' is

    All animals are equal but some animals are a bit more equal than others. Member of the general public and a three letter agency browses through your phone records without telling you or even getting a warrant? Good luck even being allowed to sue, never mind having a half a million dollar payout baked into the law if you're successful. Vocally support an insurrection and the person who instigated it and have your phone records looked into without your permission as a result? The utter audacity, clearly you deserve no less than half a millions dollars of taxpayer money to repay you for the insult!

  • On the post: Cowardice And Capitulation At Cornell

    That One Guy ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2025 @ 02:09pm

    Appeasement is a loser's game for everyone but those being appeased

    If that is true, then I’m not sure this wasn’t the better option. It wasn't, because even if they had to trim some programs in the short term they still would have been fighting back and had a chance of winning long-term when they could reinstate those programs. By caving they might as well have sent the regime a signed letter from those running the collage that all it takes is enough pressure and they'll cave to whatever demands the regime issues, and after this capitulations you can be sure that there will be more demands.

  • On the post: Cowardice And Capitulation At Cornell

    That One Guy ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2025 @ 02:04pm

    'They're black, that means they must be unqualified!' seems to be the (let's be generous and call it) 'thinking' of racists like that.

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