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@RemyBrown
If Trump came out tomorrow and said he was god and his fast ear healing is proof and he was here to create Magdated Christianity (MAGA updated Christianity) where he decides what's in the religion, then MAGA people will adopt that branch of Christianity (no matter how unchristian it is; the label is all they need).
Cool story bro;
Now, imagine if Trump told the country to prepare for another round of Covid lockdowns while he set up his misinformation board to suppress free speech and started a hot war with Russia by launching American missiles into their homeland. Pretty sure Maga will tell Trump to kindly fuck off.
This is the story you will want AI to fabricate.
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@cristo71
Yep, it's simply the end of the fable of "the emperor with no clothes."
People were not angry at him for being naked. They were smiling.
Just like Joe Biden smiled ear to ear after Kamala lost.
The only real angry people are those who were a part of the sham court of "pretentious nobles"
I suppose this is why x2R is projecting all this vitriol.
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@Best.Korea
Because gay people exclusively benefit from deep state corruption? Ok bud.
In a normal freedom loving government, you would have the freedom to get your own bathrooms built, but this crony government is gonna force you to sit with people who want to start a war with you (biological women) just so they can impose more control out of the manufactured chaos.
That's what "blue-no-matter-who" gets you.
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@Best.Korea
Lol, it really doesn't matter. Loyalty to the symbol is how you get massive corruption like we saw in 2024.
Blue no matter who is an indictment, not a battle cry.
Maga isn't a symbol, it's an idea. We saw that idea in action.
Maga tolerates nobody with the idea of promoting an anti-freedom government. Symbols mean nothing to Maga.
Kamala said all sorts of batshit crazy things on both sides of nearly every issue, promoting war on both sides, promoting increasing government control with the help of Dick Cheney, mandating "guard rails" from deep state operatives to subvert a democratically elected leader, and still got a significant amount of support from "blue-no-matter-who"
Maga isn't left and it isn't right. It's the idea of freedom, which is why Tulsi, Rogan, JD Vance, and RFK left the uniparty of symbols to join an idealistic movement.
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@WyIted
He doesn't care. As long as you wear the swastika rainbow of the radical left party, nothing is evil.
The symbol matters far more than actions or consequences.
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@Double_R
a pretense to support Trump through whatever flagrant abuses of power he engages in.
Maybe if the (D)party didn't fuck over Biden, he wouldn't have declared the investigations to be "political"
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@Double_R
OP proven yet again
As Biden proved DOJ is jailing opponents. You know Biden became Maga ever since the Kamala Koup. Deep state couped him.
Unlike Democrats, GOP has the capacity to forgive, especially if you are a victim of the deep state.
I am very much enjoying Biden's "parting gifts" to the party that fucked him over.
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@FLRW
Bob Menendez: The U.S. Senator from New Jersey is married to Nadine Arslanian, who was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Armenian parents. They married in 2020.
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@Sidewalker
Trump has 27 women accusing him of sexual assault
Just goes to show 27 fake allegations is the same as 1 fake one.
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@Sidewalker
"Biden smelled a woman's hair",
so a 10 year old is a "woman?"
sick.
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@cristo71
10 million missing voters. “Nobody is above the lawn.”
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@FLRW
You realize these were the same New York prosecutors that got Trump elected with fake charges.
Why are you praising people that helped your enemy win?
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@Double_R
@WyIted
MAGA suddenly pretends to care about the abuse of the pardon power and the idea that president's should be held to a high standard.So basically you lied about the MAGA position because we literally don't blame a father saving his son from federal bang you in the ass penitentiary
Agreed. MAGA doesn't care about that. Maga is celebrating Biden's move to join their side in saying DC is a corrupt cesspool filled with unelected career government interests.
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@Shila
They didn't have that power genius. It was literally just an advisory board.
The people in government who create and regulate the misinformation boards are the same people that dictate how private businesses are regulated.
Name calling doesn't erase facts and truth.
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@Double_R
So why get pissed off that he refused to acknowledge a loaded question?
I thought it was a ballsy move.
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@Double_R
When you have the power to regulate private business, and you have a misinformation board, you are a direct threat to the 1st amendment.
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@Sidewalker
Well, Putin did get Trump elected by backing Biden. Maybe Russia really wanted the other guy in Romania too?
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@WyIted
the Russians should now endorse the far left candidate like he did with Biden.
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@cristo71
Cite?
He didn't entertain the premise that a ban could get passed in Congress, so he refused to answer the "are you still beating your wife" type of gotcha question.
Libs are furious he would not validate their far-left crazy premise.
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@Double_R
He also refused to say he wouldn't sign one when asked point blank with the whole country watching
There is a grand total of 13 states with a full abortion ban with exceptions. Last time I checked, you needed 26 states to pass a law.
It's never going to happen with only 13 states voting for it, and Trump said so. That's a fact.
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@Double_R
You would never say that if the GOP made a misinformation board.
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@Shila
@WyIted
You beat the chatbot. grats.
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@Shila
Presidential pardons by definition are above the law.
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@FLRW
Reported for wishing cancer on people you don't like.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Just about every position in 2024 for the Democrat's party was full retard far-left nonsense. Some of these blue Mayors were still bleating the radical mantra about how "no person is illegal" until Homan set them straight.
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@n8nrgim
Charity might actually help a lot more. We see when the govt is in charge that people in a disaster only get 700 dollars. A lot less if the govt. thinks you didn't vote for them. The average GoFundMe is far more than 700 dollars.
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@Double_R
Donald Trump doesn't believe in anything...
Nice steelman. Totally not hyperbole.
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@cristo71
I thought it was interesting that Kamala ran on the abortion issue, but conveniently failed to promote a plan to introduce a specific federal law that would allow abortion up to 20 weeks like Roe.
I can only imagine the criticism she would have with that plan that many Democrats would not vote for. The reason why the SCOTUS had to do it was because many on the left would say Roe was either too much, or not enough. They would never go for the "splitting the baby in half" King Solomon solution (pun intended)
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@Double_R
in terms of the level of unimportance of an issue...
You don't get to decide that level. That's exactly why we have democracy, so that a far left dictator can't unilaterally declare illegal immigration, regulating corporate gender surgeries for minors, protecting women from chicks with dicks, starting a hot war with Russia, a continuing Gaza war, or inflation to be "unimportant"
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@WyIted
AI made that plan on my suggestion
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1. Health Savings Fund (HSF)
Each working individual is required to contribute a percentage of their income to a personal Health Savings Fund. This could be similar to how Social Security works, where a certain portion of your earnings is automatically deducted and placed into a personal fund managed by the government or a private entity. The contributions would be mandatory, ensuring universal participation.
2. Choice in Healthcare Providers
People can use their Health Savings Fund to shop around for healthcare. Doctors, hospitals, and clinics would be required to accept payments from these funds, creating a market-driven approach where patients can compare prices and choose providers based on cost and quality. This encourages competition and can potentially lower costs, as providers would be incentivized to offer transparent pricing.
3. Coverage of Common Medical Costs
For most routine care (like doctor visits, prescriptions, and minor surgeries), the individual’s Health Savings Fund would cover the expenses. Over time, the fund could accumulate savings, which would help with larger medical costs in the future (such as major surgeries or long-term treatments). People could also opt to add private insurance plans to cover larger expenses beyond the fund’s limits, much like how many individuals today use supplemental health insurance or use private retirement plans to supplement SSI.
4. Health Fund Balances and Death
When someone passes away, any leftover funds in their Health Savings Fund would be transferred to a general healthcare pool. This could be used to help fund rare diseases, high-cost medical treatments, and provide healthcare for those without sufficient funds. The pooling of leftover funds would help spread resources to individuals with conditions that are particularly expensive or unusual, ensuring that they have access to life-saving treatments.
5. Government Oversight and Assistance
The government could provide oversight to ensure fairness and transparency in the system. This would include regulating prices, ensuring that all healthcare providers accept payment from the personal Health Savings Fund, and providing assistance for people who can't afford to contribute to the fund due to low income or disability.
6. Emergency Situations and High-Cost Diseases
For cases where the Health Savings Fund isn't enough to cover very expensive or complex treatments (e.g., rare diseases or long-term care), the general healthcare pool could be used. This would involve a system where the government steps in to provide additional funding for those in need, ensuring that no one is left without care due to their condition being too costly for their personal fund.
7. Incentives for Health Maintenance
To further reduce costs, individuals could be incentivized to maintain their health, as lower healthcare expenses would result in more savings in their personal health funds. This could include offering discounts on contributions for people who engage in healthy lifestyles, undergo regular checkups, or avoid smoking.
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@WyIted
I think a scheme somewhat like SSI could work to fix health insurance, where the government steals a part of your money you earn and forces you to put it into a personal health savings fund. You get to shop around for the best priced healthcare, as all doctors will be forced to accept payment from the fund. When you die, the leftover funds go to a general account and then spent on people with super rare diseases that cost more than the health savings fund.
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@WyIted
I guess all speculation investment relies on information, inside or not.
Most of the people I know buy stocks just because someone told them to.
(one of my co-workers had her retirement in Target stocks and it recently dropped 15%)
She said "but I like to shop at Target!"
Caveat Emptor.
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@WyIted
I heard it was Barron that pushed his dad to go on rogan
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@Savant
it mirrors the pattern seen in Iraq, where local populations bore the brunt of the conflict’s human and economic toll. In Iraq, far more allied Iraqis died than Americans, yet the reconstruction phase disproportionately benefited US and foreign corporations and financial interests. Similarly, in Ukraine, while Ukrainians fight and suffer the consequences of war, Western oligarchs (corporations) gain control of valuable farmland and resources. These conflicts historically leave the local population paying the highest price for gains that largely benefit western powers. I don't know if it's ethical to continue to support this kind of exploitation.
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@Savant
So yeah, from a utilitarian viewpoint, we can declare victory over Ukraine.
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@Savant
If this is what we really meant by "saving Ukraine" it feels like a twist ending on an episode of the Twilight Zone.
“This is a lose-lose situation for Ukrainians. While they are dying to defend their land, financial institutions are insidiously supporting the consolidation of farmland by oligarchs and Western financial interests"
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@Savant
Yeah, and the message to Ukraine is that it is now half owned by foreign interests. Such is the case when the west backs a civil war. With friends like the west, who needs enemies?
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@Savant
Russia losing a lot of soldiers for invading another country sends a pretty strong message
It also sends a chilling message to the west as well. That the days of curbstomping small countries into a civil war with no pushback is over. Russia has forever proved it will be willing to shed blood to prevent the west from starting any more civil wars on their doorstep.
Again, this war was never about "saving Ukraine"
It was to break it apart like Iraq and sold off piece by bloody piece.
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@Sidewalker
It's only an insult to the deep state, which Biden clearly is not a part of.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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@Savant
Sadly, their GDP really didn't take much of a hit, and it actually strengthened its BRICS position as well as Chinese ties.
This has been a failure on every front up to now. All strategic operations have not had the intended effect, from the decision to back the Maidan revolt in 2014, to the sweeping sanctions, to the sabotage of the Nordstrom, to the decision to allow missile strikes in Russian territory. All of these have spectacularly backfired. It's Vietnam/Afghanistan all over again. We just never learn. Let's hope Trump can exit better than Biden did from Afghanistan.
in order to discourage further invasions to Western allies.
The thing is, it was during a civil war, so it's also seen by many countries as a liberation, much like the USA came to the aid of one side of a civil war countless times and occupied with troops (Syria for the latest example).... clearly Ukraine is in such a mess not a single member nation including the US was willing to actually send troops to aid the Maidan revolt. This is why the war can't be won and was never meant to be won. It was actually not meant to weaken Russia, but mainly to weaken Ukraine so that the land and petroleum resources could be parceled out to business interests. This was never about "saving Ukraine"...it was all about exploiting Ukraine. (like we did with Iraq with the reconstruction contracts and the sell off of oil production to large companies) There's an article I posted a while back that shows NATO member states now owning over half of Ukraine's farmland.... it's a huge scam, as war for profit always is. Break the country apart, and pick the bones clean after.
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Knowing exactly what is going to happen Jan 20th,
Zelensky pleads with NATO to let him join if he ends the war by letting Putin get the Donbas.
My guess is NATO is going to tell Zelensky to pound sand like they have been for decades, knowing it would be suicide to admit a corrupt former Soviet state into NATO who would trigger artilcle 5 over stupid crap.
Putin is also likely to say nyet.
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@Sidewalker
It's not an insult. It's a celebration.
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@Double_R
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@ADreamOfLiberty
It is convenient that the exact time that a person would look into the Hunter laptop (finally), it's all nullified with a pen-stroke from the very person implicated. Trump could have issued full retroactive pardons to all his family in 2020 and did not.
There's clearly a difference here. It's not rubber or glue anymore. It's just glue.
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@Best.Korea
They might impeach him. And this is way worse than a phone call to a corrupt leader or a tweet saying to protest peacefully.
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@ebuc
And rarely if ever do narcissists apologize for the bad behavior. Aka psychotic behavior.
Everyone is narcissist in a way. It's healthy. I will have AI explain it.
A degree of narcissism, or self-focused behavior, is present in all surviving species as an evolutionary necessity. At its core, this trait enhances individual survival and ensures reproductive success, making it a persistent feature across the tree of life.
Self-preservation drives organisms to prioritize their own safety, seek nourishment, and avoid risks that could endanger their lives. This innate self-interest ensures they are in the best condition to reproduce and pass on their genes. In social species, this manifests as behaviors that secure status or access to resources, ensuring better chances for offspring to thrive. Even in solitary creatures, this focus on self-maintenance and resource control is a direct expression of evolutionary narcissism.
These traits are not anomalies or psychotic traits, but foundational strategies for survival, demonstrating that some degree of self-prioritization is a universal characteristic in all life that has managed to persist through natural selection.
A low-T male on the verge of being excluded from the evolutionary pool may lack these traits and perceive those who possess them as adversaries.
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