***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Belgium]

Brb. Let me ask Biden to record a video of him announcing this while holding up two forms of ID

These Twitter accounts are news aggregators (real news from independent and foreign countries not paid for by Raytheon and CIA) Watch news outside of cnn Fox and msnbc and you’ll find that much more is happening then is reported. (Yemeni boat hit by US helicopter last night killed 10 Houthis. Yemen leader flew to Iran this morning. Statement to be released later today…) so escalation is imminent. Hence- why that above mentioned tweet is believable

I’ll be back in a few days to post the article on mainstream media once CIA approves its release.

Let’s hope cooler heads prevail. Don’t think UK would be dumb enough to officially turn red sea into war zone whereby 100% of ships won’t pass for months. At least now it’s only Israeli ships.


Edit:

UK preparing for attacks on Houthi rebels with US

The militant group has caused chaos in the Red Sea by attacking and hijacking ships

www.thetimes.co.uk

I don't "watch news", I read news. And it's utterly laughable to even suggest that I must only watch cable news because I questioned a Tweet from a random nobody with zero credentials or sourcing.
The article you edited in is actual news, and it falls far short of what that Tweet claims.

You keep talking about mainstream media this, mainstream media that, but you're the one falling for a Tweet with zero sourcing and zero credentials because it "sounds believable" to you.

Ironically you sound like the easiest puppet to manipulate. No sourcing or actual reporting needed, just a Tweet that "sounds believable."

 

[dmbrhs]

 

[kdawg]

If buying an AR-15 for a 6 year old isn’t a crime it should be. That’s just wildly irresponsible - but the GOP will never admit that.

 

[dmbrhs]

If buying an AR-15 for a 6 year old isn’t a crime it should be. That’s just wildly irresponsible - but the GOP will never admit that.

It's a parody account, but at this point I can't even tell fact from fiction.

 

[kdawg]

It's a parody account, but at this point I can't even tell fact from fiction.

The craziness of the last few years makes it very hard to tell them apart.

It’s pretty sad that although it tricked me I still think it’s plausible!

 

[DLF]

Sooo…US attacked and killed 10 Houthis and possibly started WW3 to make sure Genocidal Israel get their goods 25% faster via the Red Sea.

Source: my ***

 

[RustyShackleford]

Sooo…US attacked and killed 10 Houthis and possibly started WW3 to make sure Genocidal Israel get their goods 25% faster via the Red Sea.

Source: my ***

Again, you sounded ******* ridiculous

 

[elpablo21]

 

[Mark Antony]

Speaking of Don Lemon, why was Mariah scarce this holiday season?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

 

[dmbrhs]

What is this nonsense?

 

[biggie62]

What is this nonsense?

Love your new wrangler aepps20

 

[aepps20]

Love your new wrangler aepps20

I hope the bass in my voice could be heard when I sewed “OR DEATH” on da Trump flag.

 

[maq25060]

Speaking of Don Lemon, why was Mariah scarce this holiday season?

She was on tour.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[1995]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Opinion | Before Slashing Social Security, Cut 401(k)s

Don’t let rich people off the hook.

www.politico.com

Great article, with a solid policy proposal

 

[dmbrhs]

Maybe put all those resources into learning cursive into teaching kids something they'll actually need as adults. In all of middle school and high school, I only had one class that required papers be written in cursive. I protested over it, claiming the content was more important than the font. She gave me Cs for A-level work for an entire semester (teacher would cross out an A and write C all the time). I was told that following instructions is more important than understanding the material. I said "fine, then I'll write gibberish". She did not like that.

 

[mplsdunk]

Giving a damn about cursive is such a boomer thing. I can’t write cursive and I’m 36. Never needed it in my life.

If an American retires in another country they get their ss they earned right? I see things saying they do and some say they don’t.

 

[dmbrhs]

Hell, even my signature is basically a scribble. I gave up making it look decent many years ago.

 

[mplsdunk]

Same i don’t know how to write my name so I just scribble.

 

[gry60]

Giving a damn about cursive is such a boomer thing. I can’t write cursive and I’m 36. Never needed it in my life.

If an American retires in another country they get their ss they earned right? I see things saying they do and some say they don’t.

I don't know man. It sounds more like an issue with the tablet generation, who largely assumes that technology will be with us forever, will always be reliable, and can't troubleshoot basic computer problems (because the use of computers has been so simplified that that they don't need to understand the underlying mechanisms). Reading and writing in cursive is a fundamental skill to have IMO.

 

[TooOlfForThisIsh]

I don't know man. It sounds more like an issue with the tablet generation, who largely assumes that technology will be with us forever, will always be reliable, and can't troubleshoot basic computer problems (because the use of computers has been so simplified that that they don't need to understand the underlying mechanisms). Reading and writing in cursive is a fundamental skill to have IMO.

My four year old is in OT right now partially to improve his fine motor skills -specifically those related to drawing, coloring, and writing (print). The consensus of the people we’ve spoken to is that it’s a good idea for us to spend the resources to shore up these areas because there’s knock-on effects to other physical and cognitive skills. I guess my wife and I buy into their arguments enough to lose a Tuesday morning of work and a couple hundred dollars each week.

That said, I agree that the obsession with cursive as opposed to print is a bit odd and feels a bit like hazing. In the 90’s we still largely hand wrote assignments and exams (blue books yay) even in college. And I continued to turn in mostly hand-written work through the coursework years of my PhD program in the mid-aughts. I studied math, so this wasn’t unusual. But by grad school, I moved back to print which was faster and more legible.

 

[stuntman mike]

If an American retires in another country they get their ss they earned right? I see things saying they do and some say they don’t.

not exactly the same thing but an old co-worker from my job retired and moved to thailand. they required him to have a certain amount saved to the side (like $20k or something) and he lives off his ss checks. he loves it there.

 

[mplsdunk]

On the off chance people have to write in any length they can just write in print.