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BeerMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Is this news?

Anyone paying attention while COVID was unfolding should be aware that this is exactly what was going on. HCQ and Ivermectin were vilified and the FDA made fun of Ivermectin users as horse paste users.

You can't use the state of emergency to skip "normal safety" testing for vaccines if there exists a reasonable treatment. So HCQ and Ivermectin and a host of other treatments were buried.

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BeerMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don't be fooled by the spin.

This was always what was promised with federal student loans: if you pay on-time for 10 years, the balance is forgiven. Brandon is merely enforcing the pre-existing law and trying to take credit for it.

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BeerMan 36 points ago +36 / -0

Paul's a good guy, but wtf? Why make an announcement about an announcement? Just say it. I'm pretty sick of all this hyping

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BeerMan 5 points ago +5 / -0

Lookout Below!

by MAGULQ
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BeerMan 38 points ago +38 / -0

Operation Warp Speed

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BeerMan 7 points ago +7 / -0

Unconstitutional

Right to a speedy trial, anyone?

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BeerMan 7 points ago +7 / -0

The Palestinians are a conquered people. The creation of modern-day Israel wouldn't have happened if the Palestinian people were better able to defend themselves. They have no hope of reclaiming what was once their land. They should integrate into modern Israel or emigrate to another country.

A similar thing happened to the Native American people in North America. Settlers of European descent came and conquered them, albeit quite slowly. Modern day Native Americans can choose to live in reservations, where life basically sucks unless you own a casino, or they can integrate into the USA or Canada. There is no hope that Native Americans will reclaim the land that was once theirs.

It's not fair, and it's not just, but it's how the world works, and it's how it has worked for millennia. There are countless other examples, like the Kurds, the Tibetans, and even the Taiwanese. Might makes right when it comes to the defense and establishment of modern-day nations. If you are unable to defend your nation, you will lose your nation. There are very few exceptions to this (like Costa Rica).

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BeerMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

It's still to my knowledge that none of those charges are "insurrection." A bunch are about business practices, handling of classified information, and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. I'm not saying he's guilty of any of these things, I'm just saying that's what he's charged with, and that's what he's currently defending against.

But even if he were guilty of those specific charges, I don't think they qualify as "insurrection."

On January 6, he invited folks to DC for basically a rally and a march; both free activities protected by the 1st amendment. He himself stayed in the Whitehouse and away from the troublemakers. I think he is not guilty.

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BeerMan 25 points ago +25 / -0

I would think a person would have to be convicted of insurrection before this would apply.

Trump has been accused by the media of insurrection. As far as I know, no one has yet to charge him with insurrection, let alone convict him.

But then again, we live in 🤡🌎

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BeerMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

She underperformed the market average if she only got 18%. The market average was 26%. She's actually making bad investment decisions. If anything, this is evidence that she's not abusing her congressional seat for personal gain, unlike the other members of Congress that get much higher returns than the market average.

Did she have the capital to invest in very many of the large cap and how did she know which ones?

This doesn't make any sense. Anyone can invest in the 500 large cap stocks that make up the S&P500 index through mutual funds with as little as $1, and if you did that at the start of 2023 you'd have 26% more money at the end of 2023. You don't have to be wealthy. Here's one such mutual fund: https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/performance-and-risk/315911750 There are dozens more just like it.

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BeerMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

18% is actually poor performance if we're talking about stocks in 2023. The average return for 2023 for the S&P500 was 26%.

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BeerMan 15 points ago +15 / -0

Because they don't want anyone to know what was discussed

You're kidding yourself if you think that Zoom or any other videoconferencing service is not listening in on your calls. Very few are end-to-end encrypted.

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BeerMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

Shut it down

What's being proposed here is, "If we just put our white knight in charge, everything will be better." That works for a while, but eventually some shit socialist will get elected and swap out the white knight for their black knight, and then we're screwed again.

Most of what the federal government is doing doesn't need to be done by them:

  • TSA - Go back to private security. If any terrorists get through, the airport of origin is responsible for the damage. Done.
  • FDA - Fuck off altogether. Let people decide for themselves what food they want to eat, and what drugs they want to take. If you want to require a doctor to sign off on addictive medication, sure whatever.
  • Federal Income Tax - Hard nope! The federal government taxes the states, and the states figure out how to come up with the money based on how many people live in that state. THAT'S WHY THE MORE POPULOUS STATES GET MORE REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS TO BEGIN WITH! California gets the largest bill, maybe that will change their tune on social programs.
  • Welfare - This is the church's responsibility. Nobody feels bad about taking money from the government. And no matter what rules get put into place, people who shouldn't qualify are going to find a way to scam the system. But if now you're taking money from your fellow community members, and from Jesus Himself, people will start to think twice if they really don't need it.

Take all of the power away from the federal government. People will figure this shit out on their own. Then it doesn't matter so much who gets elected, because they'll be very limited in what they can actually do.

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BeerMan 3 points ago +3 / -0

Let's not forget earthquake in DC

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BeerMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm not arguing whether or not the moon was created artificially.

The moons size should make it crash into Earth and yet it hasn't crashed into Earth, can you explain that away too?

If both objects were stationary and placed next to each other, yes the moon would crash into the Earth.

But the moon is not stationary. We know it is revolving around the Earth, because we can see the different phases of the moon (full moon, waxing, waning, new moon, etc.) as it goes about its orbit.

So the physics of angular momentum apply. For example, you could attach a rope to a bowling ball, and then spin it around. You would have to continually pull on the rope, but because the bowling ball is moving around you at high speed, it does not crash into you. In fact, if you released the rope it would fly away from you.

The same is true with Earth's gravity on the moon. The "rope" is the pull of the Earth's gravity on the moon, which is always pulling the moon toward the center of the Earth. But the moon is moving so fast that it just keeps circling instead.

For a more detailed equation, look up Newton's Laws of Motion or Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.

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BeerMan 8 points ago +8 / -0

It also doesn't rotate, it's the only moon in existence that faces a planet and never turns, even though it rotates around earth.

The moon does rotate, it rotates at the same speed it revolves around the Earth. It's called tidal locking, and it happens with both moons of Mars, several moons of Jupiter (including the 4 largest), several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto is mutually tidally locked with its moon, Charon, so that they each see the same face of each other.

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