BlogHide Resteemsflexbooth (78)in pro • 7 days agoShouldn't there be a coalition between the pro-gun people and radical leftists in support of abolishing the ATF?I mean, the ATF is a law enforcement agency -- at least it's supposed to be. The idea of a law enforcement agency that has endowed itself with undemocratic lawmaking powers should rub just about…flexbooth (78)in biden • 9 days agoIf you repeat a lie enough times, some will just assume it's true.The reality is that Biden may go down as the most incompetent President in all of history, and definitely in the modern era. Either that, or the most capable at destroying the country…flexbooth (78)in forgiveness • 9 days agoForgiveness is for the forgiver, not the forgiven.This may be my most out-of-the-mainstream view that I really think should be mainstream: forgiveness is for the forgiver, not the forgiven. No doubt being forgiven is nice (assuming one cares…flexbooth (78)in leftist • 10 days agoThe left has an anti-semitism problem.You have to have been living in a fucking cave for the last fifteen months to not see that the left has an anti-semitism problem. Not all leftists hate Jews. Let's nip that in the bud. It's not…flexbooth (78)in trump • 11 days agoAll options on the table?The reason a US President would say "all options are on the table" when asked about bombing Iran or North Korea... even if they've decided not to... is to make people think they might. The reason…flexbooth (78)in multiculturalism • 12 days agoMulticulturalism is a concept that really has to be dealt with.I think that multiculturalism is an idea with nothing but good intentions behind it. I think that it's a concept that people latch onto in the name of diversity, acceptance, and open-mindedness…flexbooth (78)in ai • 12 days agoHow we get another Great Depression.In a capitalist economy, corporations only produce goods when there are customers who can afford to pay for them. They don’t do it just for fun or simply because people want these goods. Their…flexbooth (78)in charlie • 13 days agoOui. Je suis toujours Charlie.It's hard to believe that it's been a decade since a couple of islamofascists gunned down twelve people in Paris for the crime of being offensive. It's also been ten years since the day when my pet…flexbooth (78)in trump • 14 days agoTrump coming back into the Whitehouse is unprecedented in the modern era.Grover Cleveland was the only previous President that had two non-sequential terms as he lost to Harrison in 1888, but beat Harrison in 1892. As Trump re-enters, he is able to be more effective…flexbooth (78)in criminal • 14 days agoFrank Zappa once said that America is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.Of course, since we have fifty states within this nation, we have different laws. Nonetheless, I can't help but connect the story of Jaia Cruz in New York to that of Earley Romero Blevins in…flexbooth (78)in health • 16 days agoThis is my nightmare scenario for the coming decade.One of these times, a human host for avian flu will pick up a mutation that makes for efficient spread between humans. We'll be faced with a global pandemic that resembled the spread of COVID...but…flexbooth (78)in ben • 17 days agoStaying in your lane.Ben Carson, by all accounts, is a world renowned, brilliant, exceptional neurosurgeon. He was considered at or near the top of his field, and it was a difficult field. He worked hard for it, he…flexbooth (78)in glock • 17 days agoNew Jersey is trying to sue Glock because of the existence of the Glock switch.You know, it's amazing how the same people who insist that PLACCA makes it impossible to sue gun manufacturers keep suing gun manufacturers. This is frivolous bullshit. Glock switches are already…flexbooth (78)in kiffiyeh • 18 days agoThe irony of the cult of the keffiyeh shouldn't be lost on anyone.Even before the war, there was only one producer of keffiyehs in Palestinian land. You see, they've been undercut by competitors in China. I know that most of the rich, white kids in the West who…flexbooth (78)in firearm • 19 days agoAn interesting aspect of the ongoing debate on gun control is the factor of defensive uses of firearms.Namely, for people on my side -- the right side -- of this issue, the number of prevented murders, maimings, and rapes prevented by firearms is an important factor to take account of in contrast to…flexbooth (78)in ai • 21 days agoMany people seem overly confident that xAI will win because of Musk's other successes.But you can't draw conclusions from SpaceX or Tesla and apply them to xAI. SpaceX and Tesla were competing against static, bureaucratic governments and old, complacent companies. xAI may win the…flexbooth (78)in philosophy • 22 days agoIs consciousness fake?My answer to the question: I don't think this is really a coherent question. Consciousness is a phenomenon that is pretty much defined by its existence. I don't think it's definitionally or…flexbooth (78)in culinary • 23 days agoTIL there's a name for how I cut my veggies when I make bolognese.The first time I made it, I didn't like how it looked, with biggish visible chunks of carrot. The celery was less offensive visually but I didn't like that either, and the texture kind of sucked. It…flexbooth (78)in party • 23 days agoThe party of child mutilation.There's a party with a vocal wing to it that's passionately pushing the SCOTUS for the right to sterilize and mutilate physically healthy children, and it's not the Republicans. That same party…flexbooth (78)in political • 24 days agoPolitical ideologies.I don't wanna make things simplistic, but in general, most political arguments are between ideologies best described as...…
