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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot

I am not saying it is technically impossible, I am just saying it would be weird for such a fundamental fact as over 50% of ICE agents' income coming from personal payouts for bounties to just not be reported on anywhere. And of course "it has been mentioned in various spots on Blue Sky" is more or less the same as "my cousin told me."

(Actually, it is worse, because you know your cousin is a real person whereas on Bluesky there is no such guarantee. But, regardless, it basically means nothing at all in terms of whether or not that assertion is true. "Weird" is an understatement for how improbable this is to actually be true.)

lemmy.world comments section in action, I guess. Literally every time someone comes at me with some kind of bonkers take, I look up, and I see that I am in a lemmy.world community.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It has been mentioned in various spots on Blue Sky and so forth

Oh, well in THAT case lmao

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

0:05: IDK what this guy's on about, this is just normal NES music

0:30: Oh I see

1:08: Okay Led Zeppelin, calm down holy crap lol, this is wonderful

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

?

What?

No it isn't. Where did you get this idea?

Yeah, but so maybe it goes dormant for another 5-10 years and people forget. And then, when middle-aged Stephen Miller comes out like Pink Floyd when he shaved all his hair, all with big plans and fire in his eyes... maybe he's running against Gavin Newsom who's kind of a POS anyway and nothing the left can get excited about, maybe he wins, and maybe then he gets to work. And he's got energy, he's not old or stupid.

I think it's better that it's Trump. It's still awful, but I really think it's better this way. I don't think people will forget this once it passes, or get distracted.

I feel like it is complacency poison, and habituation of what the important issues and messages are. It's like, it can't be that bad. They can't just be killing people. And they can't be planning what they are clearly planning.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, same spirit but just running on hardware of a toaster oven:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKmItXc6rgQ&list=PL3091C072C6A398BB&index=2

"Battle has ended and we have a hero now. I was feeling different as I received blessings from comrades. Now, so much time has elapsed and I'm old now, I think it's time for me to tell you the whole story. I hope this story will be told for a long time..."

I have no idea why it was the only game to ever do an action soundtrack in a minor key. Result is clearly 💣

Seriously. If Putin thought NATO was a paper tiger, why didn't he invade them, instead of Ukraine which he's now having so much trouble with?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That honestly is huge to me. Why the fuck the Democrats are not saying that ICE is snatching random people off the streets of this country and they are planning on making sure they don't get paid another paycheck until they stop doing that, and that's the hill they want to die on, I have not a fucking clue in the world.

I mean, they have. What you mean "could"?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Do they get paid? The military doesn't. ICE still getting paid would be a little surprising but not really.

 

Hungary blocked 12 Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said on Sept. 29.

Several Hungarian media outlets were among those temporarily restricted in Ukraine by an order by the State Special Communications Service on Sept. 8

According to Gulyas, Ukraine blocked the Hungarian outlets Origo and Demokrata because they "dared to write critically about the policy of sanctions against Russia, Ukraine's armed support, and portray the EU and NATO as fragmented and ineffective organizations."

Gulyas described the ban on Hungarian outlets in Ukraine as "a completely unjustified attack."

The list of 12 banned Ukrainian media outlets in Hungary includes several popular sources such as Ukrainska Pravda, European Pravda, NV, hromadske and TSN.

"With Ukraine's accession, the EU would only become more fragmented," Gulyas wrote on Facebok.

The news marks the most recent point of tension amid strained relations between Kyiv and Budapest.

Hungary is broadly seen as the most Kremlin-friendly government in the EU and NATO. The country has consistently obstructed aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia throughout the full-scale war.

Ukraine applied for EU membership shortly after Russia launched its war in 2022 and was granted candidate status within months.

As an EU member, Hungary has veto power over further progress.

Last week, reconnaissance drones likely belonging to Hungary had violated Ukraine's airspace along the border, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Budapest rejected the allegations.

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