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magaphraust 1 point ago +1 / -0

For anyone curious as to why the use of cluster munitions is considered a war crime:

Because cluster bombs release many small bomblets over a wide area, they pose risks to civilians both during attacks and afterwards. Unexploded bomblets can kill or maim civilians and/or unintended targets long after a conflict has ended, and are costly to locate and remove. This failure rate ranges from 2 percent to 40 percent or more.

Cluster munitions are prohibited for those nations that ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, adopted in Dublin, Ireland, in May 2008. The Convention entered into force and became binding international law upon ratifying states on 1 August 2010, six months after being ratified by 30 states. As of 10 February 2022, a total of 123 states have joined the Convention, as 110 states parties and 13 signatories.

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magaphraust 2 points ago +2 / -0

I mean screw BlackRock and ESG, but I don't really agree with this sentiment. I mean child sex changes is becoming a multi billion dollar a year business, I sure am not going to invest in that, no matter how much money I can make.

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magaphraust 4 points ago +4 / -0

I don't think this is a minority opinion here. Everyone against it just knows that it would never be the bankers that lose out, and always be taxpayers.

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magaphraust 2 points ago +2 / -0

After posting, I was also curious about other years. Without showing the math, here is what I found:

Year: 2016	Total 17s: 67   Percentage: ~18%
Year: 2017	Total 17s: 76   Percentage: ~21%
Year: 2018	Total 17s: 55   Percentage: ~15%
Year: 2019	Total 17s: 63   Percentage: ~17%
Year: 2020	Total 17s: 88   Percentage: ~24%
Year: 2021	Total 17s: 93   Percentage: ~25%
Year: 2022	Total 17s: 92   Percentage: ~25%
Year: 2023	Total 17s: 91   Percentage: ~25%
Year: 2024	Total 17s: 87   Percentage: ~24%
Year: 2025	Total 17s: 67   Percentage: ~18%
Year: 2026	Total 17s: 76   Percentage: ~21%
Year: 2027	Total 17s: 55   Percentage: ~15%
Year: 2028	Total 17s: 62   Percentage: ~17%
Year: 2029	Total 17s: 52   Percentage: ~14%
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magaphraust 1 point ago +1 / -0

If you have the resolution (i.e on desktop) this might be more readable:

Abby Wambach              Adam Eli                  Aitch Alberto
AJ Shively                Alan Cumming              Alejandra Caraballo
Alejandra Ghersi          Alex Clark                Alexandra Gutierrez
Alisa Ramirez             Allie Leonard             Allison Goldfrapp
ALOK Vaid-Menon           Alyssa May Gold           Alyssa Milano
Amber Ruffin              Amber Tamblyn             Amy Schumer
Amy Landecker             Andrew Polk               Angelica Ross
Annaleigh Ashford         Antoni Porowski           Aparna Brielle
Arden Myrin               Ariana Grande             Arisce Wanzer
Avan Jogia                Barbie Ferreira           Bebe Rexha
Bella Ramsey              Ben Barnes                Benito Skinner
Benj Pasek                Bethany Cosentino         Bethany Leavel
Billy Eichner             Billy Porter              Bob the Drag Queen
Bobby Berk                Bonnie Milligan           Brad Oscar
Bradley Whitford          Brandon Matthews          Brendan Hines
Bretman Rock              Brian Smith               Brigette Lundy-Paine
Brittany Tomlinson        Busy Philipps             Caesar Samoya
Camila Cabello            Camille A Brown           Cara Delevingne
Chani Nicholas            Chella Man                Chelsea Handler
Cheyenne Jackson          Chris Perfetti            Christa Miller
Cleo Wade                 Colton Haynes             Corey Jantzen
Cynthia Erivo             Cynthia McWilliams        Cynthia Nixon
Cyrus Veyssi              D’Arcy Carden             Dakota Fanning
Dan Levy                  Darren Criss              David Shatraw
David Oulton              Debra Messing             Deepica Mutyala
Demi Lovato               Des McAnuff               Devery Jacobs
Diana Maria Riva          Diane Guerrero            Dylan Mulvaney
Ed Droste                 Eddie Ndopu               EJ Marcus
Elegance Bratton          Eliot Rahal               Elle Fanning
Elliot Page               Emily Hampshire           Emily V. Gordon
Emma Hunton               Erin Reed                 Estefania Pessoa
FLETCHER                  Freddy Thomas             Gabrielle Union-Wade
Gigi Gorgeous             Glennon Doyle             Gottmik
Grace Kuhlenschmidt       Griffin Dunne             Haley Baldwin Bieber
Hannah Gadsby             Harry Lambert             Hayley Kiyoko
Hilary Montez             Ilana Glazer              Indya Moore
Isaac Mizrahi             Jackie Bazan              Jacob Tierney
Jai Rodriguez             Jameela Jamil             James Blake
James Scully              Jaymes Vaughan            Jamie Lee Curtis
Janaya Khan               Janelle Monáe             Janet Hubert
Jazz Jennings             Jenna Lyons               Jennifer Kerr
Jeremy Fall               Jessica Betts             Jillian Mercado
Jinkx Monsoon             Joe DiPietro              Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Bennett          Jonny Pierce              Jordan Stenmark
Jordan Firstman           Jordan Roth               JP Saxe
Judd Apatow               Justin Baldoni            Justin Tranter
Kal Penn                  Kamar de los Reyes        Karamo Brown
Kate Reinders             Katherine LaNasa          Kathryn Grody
Kellie Overbey            Kelly Devine              Kendrick Sampson
Kevin Harrington          Kevin Cahoon              Ki Griffin
Kimber Elayne Sprawl      Kimberly Drew             Kristin Chenoweth
Lachlan Watson            Laith De La Cruz          Laura Terruso
Lauren Jauregui           Laverne Cox               Lena Dunham
Lena Waithe               Lena Hall                 Lilly Singh
Lily Rabe                 Liv Hewson                Liza Koshy
Lola Tung                 Lorin Latarro             Lovell Adams-Gray
Lucky Bromhead            Mae Martin                Mae Whitman
Maggie Boccella           Maitreyi Ramakrishnan     Mandy Patinkin
Marc Jacobs               Marc Kudisch              Marieme Diop
Martha Plimpton           Matt Bernstein            Matt McGorry
Matt Walton               Medalion Rahimi           Meena Harris
Megan Crabbe              Michael D. Cohen          Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Michelle Buteau           Midori Francis            Miriam Silverman
Moj Mahdara               Mona Chalabi              Montego Glover
Munroe Bergdorf           Nate Wonder               Nats Getty
Neila Karassik            Nicholas Ferroni          Nico Carney
Nico Santos               Nico Tortorella           Nicole Maines
Niecy Nash-Betts          Nik Dodani                Ocean Vuong
Olly Alexander            Our Lady J                Padma Lakshmi
Patrick Stewart           Patti LuPone              Peppermint
Phillip Picardi           Phoebe Robinson           Poorna Jagannathan
Rachel Cargle             Rafael Silva              Ramy Youssef
Randy Shulman             Raquel Willis             Richa Moorjani
Rob Holysz                Robert Horn               Rory Dahl
Rosario Dawson            Rupi Kaur                 Sam Smith
Sander Jennings           Sandy Rustin              Sara Bareilles
Sara Ramirez              Sarah Ramos               Sasha Velour
Scott Turner Schofield    Shawn Mendes              Shea Couleé
Shea Diamond              Sherri Saum               Sinead Burke
Solomon Hughes            Stephen Kunken            Susie Park
T. Oliver Reid            Taika Waititi             Tan France
Tatiana Maslany           Tess Holliday             Tiffany Namtu
Tommy Dorfman             Tracee Ellis Ross         Travis Alabanza
Tunde Adebimpe            Vivek Shraya              Wanda Sykes
Warren Carlyle            Wayne Cilento             Wilson Cruz
Yves Mathieu East         Zoë Chao                  Zooey Deschanel
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magaphraust 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think part of the college application process should include you making and having a plan for how you're going to pay for it. Things like what kind of job can you get with X degree, what does that job market look like, projections on what it will look like when you enter it. Average salaries for said jobs, and an analysis of cost of living.

Simply going through that exercise would really spell it out for some people on the true worth of worthless degrees.

On the flip side, maybe your parents loaded? Is your education going to be paid for by them? Then by all means go for that liberal arts degree, but do the analysis on what happens afterwards. Are you going to be dependent on them forever?

But maybe even doing this wouldn't work, since there are now high paid positions with titles like Diversity Officer. Entities like BlackRock will definitely skew this type of analysis.

Another idea would be if colleges and universities get funded by getting a percentage of their students future salaries. That would align their motives with creating successful and useful members of society. (I don't know what the numbers would need to look like though, or for how long they would need to get a percentage). But can you imagine if these institutions were motivated by this? You would see useless classes disappear, and maybe even start including classes on career development and salary negotiation etc.. And lobbyists in this sector would start pushing for things like keeping jobs in the US.

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magaphraust 5 points ago +5 / -0

At first I was confused.. I was like "Santabank"? But then I got it haha

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magaphraust 7 points ago +7 / -0

For reference, the Clinton Socks case refers to:

The case Farrell is referring to is titled Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration – also known as the “Clinton sock drawer” case. Former President Bill Clinton created White House audio tapes with historian Taylor Branch and stored them in his sock drawer. Judicial Watch sued to obtain access to the tapes and lost.

He took them from the White House with him into private life,” said Farrell. “There’s classified material on those tapes and arguably it’s the sort of running stream of consciousness record of Bill Clinton’s presidency. Pretty important stuff.”

The Presidential Records Acts (I think these are the relevant parts?):

Places the responsibility for the custody and management of incumbent Presidential records with the President.

Requires that the President and his staff take all practical steps to file personal records separately from Presidential records.

Establishes in law that any incumbent Presidential records (whether textual or electronic) held on courtesy storage by the Archivist remain in the exclusive legal custody of the President and that any request or order for access to such records must be made to the President, not NARA.

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magaphraust 5 points ago +5 / -0

I do have some of these, they are very pretty.

But just something to consider, the premiums on these are really really high. Just under double spot price for gold. Expect to be paying close to $4k per oz of actual gold. (But this holds true for most gold, the smaller the amount the higher the premiums)

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magaphraust 3 points ago +3 / -0

Not trying to derail, but I'm confused by:

Next for me were the FBI agents spiking the hooch in the mountains.

What is this referring to? I did a search and all that came up was Ruby Ridge for some reason.. that does not seem to have anything to do with "hooch".

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magaphraust 5 points ago +5 / -0

Haha I love that the cultural phenomena that is "Karen" can be fully encapsulated and conveyed simply through a haircut.

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magaphraust 6 points ago +6 / -0

We're definitely missing context here, we completely miss what led up to it.. but I don't see how you can say using mace is justified. It's not some random criminal, it's a teacher, they are identified, they are not going to disappear. It's also on school property. You handle something like this in court, not by assaulting someone.

Doing a little bit of research (although not vetting sources, and just clicking the first results that come up) I seem to find this sentiment about phones and school:

Typically, state law permits the governing body of a school district, like your local school board, to create school policies about the possession and use of cellphones by students on school grounds. Schools take different approaches, which can make it difficult to know for certain what the cellphone policy is at a particular school.

and

If schools have a policy that bans personal electronic devices, including but not limited to cell phones, laptops or iPads, then teachers or administrators are allowed to confiscate these devices if students are using them against the policy.

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magaphraust 14 points ago +14 / -0

It is not "Hey person in power, come blackmail yourself with us"

It is "Hey fucked up person with no morals, let us blackmail you and we will ensure you gain power"

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magaphraust 3 points ago +3 / -0

I think today, fascism, is used in a way that is a complete 180 reversed contradiction of what it used to mean.

One thing the left is actually really good at, is weaponizing language. Language is how people think, so you control the language, you control how people think. Say this scary word when referring to political rivals, and suddenly people will have bad associations with that person; regardless of it being true or not...

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magaphraust 2 points ago +2 / -0

How embarrassing. What could possibly be going through your head that you would think a stunt like this would do one iota of good?! The way they are prancing around, you can tell just how proud they are of themselves, Surrounded by clapping seals. Just sad

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magaphraust 2 points ago +2 / -0

I actually don't think the government should have any say in sports one way or the other. The players, associations, and society as whole needs to get rid of this, not the government.

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magaphraust 3 points ago +3 / -0

If replacing fire extinguishers with flamethrowers is supposed to be analogous to a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun; then his solution would be analogous to banning fire extinguishers and only letting fire fighters carry them. After all why would anyone need their own fire extinguisher when you can just call the fire dept.

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magaphraust 4 points ago +4 / -0

I doubt it would even be reliable if it did. Parody accounts exist even in these kinds of apps.

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magaphraust 1 point ago +1 / -0

Just to be clear, this is not "bad grammar". This guy purposefully types out some kind of shit accent. He says he does it to avoid censors or some BS.

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