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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 19, 2023 1:47:36 GMT
I read earlier that he was at some kind of public filmed meeting and referred to himself as Alex Devolder, so apparently he's making up names too. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 19, 2023 4:30:14 GMT
I predict he'll be president within 3 years. I don't know if he'd be eligible, his resume says he was born in Poland. And besides, he was already elected president in 1996. |
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Post by grey_matters on Jan 19, 2023 5:58:14 GMT
I read earlier that he was at some kind of public filmed meeting and referred to himself as Alex Devolder, so apparently he's making up names too. There's also a story about him choosing a jewish name for some online money request/shakedown because he thought that jews might give more if did. And just recently, a claim that he went by Kitara while being a drag queen in Brazil. His face always makes me think of a completely useless con man that is constantly thinking "How the fuck did I get this far?!... might as well keep going!", so I guess any of that is possible. |
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Post by khanivor on Jan 19, 2023 13:14:52 GMT
The fact he was put on two committees is further proof that the GOP is a fucking joke. Also goes to show that there truly is no bottom for how deep down they’re willing to go to add a voting member to their side of the aisle.
He is the perfect embodiment of the modern right. Utterly fabricated, with no truth to be found anywhere, pushing for oppressing minorities of which he is a member of
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Post by reddevil93 on Jan 21, 2023 14:22:32 GMT
I’d have thought lying about your mom working in one of the towers during 9/11 would be a career ender, but then I remember there’s no such thing as shame in politics anymore.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 21, 2023 15:01:42 GMT
I've just seen the video of him in drag in Brazil. Good old principles, eh?
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Post by Onny on Jan 24, 2023 17:47:52 GMT
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Post by aubergine on Jan 25, 2023 0:27:25 GMT
Again, I’m waiting for any news outlet or commentator I follow to mention the over-classification of documents issue.
The classified documents at Biden and Pence’s house were probably ice-cream inventories and receipts for bottles of water used to water down other bottles of water.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 25, 2023 1:00:07 GMT
But if they mention that then all their dramatic watergate-level stories become kinda boring and unimportant.
I bet every US politician has taken some classified documents home at one point or another.
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Post by JuniorFE on Jan 25, 2023 1:05:52 GMT
I wouldn't put it past Trump to have taken some home for toilet paper when everyone was panic-buying.
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Post by Danno on Jan 25, 2023 1:10:00 GMT
But if they mention that then all their dramatic watergate-level stories become kinda boring and unimportant. I bet every US politician has taken some classified documents home at one point or another. Fucking hell it's already Bill james Bill gate |
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jan 27, 2023 22:45:11 GMT
So things are going to go nuclear in Memphis after police beat a young guy to death.
The body came footage is supposed to be worse than Rodney King, which is hard to believe.
The unrest is probably going to end up with more deaths. Hopefully it won't be anywhere near the scale of the LA riots.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 27, 2023 22:48:33 GMT
So things are going to go nuclear in Memphis after police beat a young guy to death. The body came footage is supposed to be worse than Rodney King, which is hard to believe. The unrest is probably going to end up with more deaths. Hopefully it won't be anywhere near the scale of the LA riots. You know it's fucking serious when they fired all 5 cops and they've all been charged. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2023 23:03:23 GMT
Although the cops being black could explain that.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 27, 2023 23:03:59 GMT
I didn't really want to go there but that was my first thought.
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Post by damagedinc on Jan 28, 2023 7:12:21 GMT
Baffling. Multiple lives ruined and for what?
At least dealt with swiftly. But as above that could be viewed rather cynically.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 28, 2023 7:14:25 GMT
Hadn't clocked that the police were black. I am sure that made things much easier.
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Post by dogbot on Jan 28, 2023 7:27:01 GMT
It's certainly kept the Blue Lives Matter lot very quiet on all this...
Whatever, it's a terrible abuse of power and trust. Horrible footage. Poor fucking kid.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 28, 2023 8:14:43 GMT
God, I haven't watched it. Sod that.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 28, 2023 8:16:29 GMT
Yeah, probably best not to watch it. It's not pleasant.
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Post by geefe on Jan 28, 2023 8:22:58 GMT
The fact that all 5 officers were black and the beating was so brutal - certainly worse than others we've seen - raises a lot of questions about power, racism and othering even within marginalised groups.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 28, 2023 8:22:59 GMT
It's certainly kept the Blue Lives Matter lot very quiet on all this... Whatever, it's a terrible abuse of power and trust. Horrible footage. Poor fucking kid. They're quiet because it's some big brave heroes being big and brave fearing for the lives ganging up on person. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 28, 2023 8:27:05 GMT
The fact that all 5 officers were black and the beating was so brutal - certainly worse than others we've seen - raises a lot of questions about power, racism and othering even within marginalised groups. TBF a lot of these questions have been asked even in Hollywood around this particular area, racism within the same ethnicity isn't a new thing and it isn't limited to the police but there is a clear answer that in America the first response of American police is to go towards extreme aggression. |
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 28, 2023 8:35:30 GMT
The bodycam footage is bad then watching the silent CCTV footage is horrendous. The Rodney King video was obviously incendiary as was that of George Floyd but Tyre Nichols was used as a punching bag for what felt like forever, it's an order of magnitude worse.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 28, 2023 11:00:42 GMT
He was subdued, on the ground with his arms behind his back. Absolutely zero reason for them to assault him like that.
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Post by dogbot on Jan 28, 2023 11:19:19 GMT
The fact that all 5 officers were black and the beating was so brutal - certainly worse than others we've seen - raises a lot of questions about power, racism and othering even within marginalised groups. TBF a lot of these questions have been asked even in Hollywood around this particular area, racism within the same ethnicity isn't a new thing and it isn't limited to the police but there is a clear answer that in America the first response of American police is to go towards extreme aggression. 100 percent, this is because of American police culture. Although my friend (who's a black woman in Oklahoma) said that they are raising their kids to know that a cop's ethnicity is "cop". There's no help a brother out, because their only brothers are other police. A truly sad state of affairs. |
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 28, 2023 11:29:37 GMT
Probably best not to call any police units shit like SCORPION too, oh and ban cop cars having Punisher logos on them.
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Post by cubby on Jan 28, 2023 11:42:17 GMT
They were pissed that he had the audacity to run away from them. That and pepper spraying themselves were all the justifications they needed to take it in turns right hooking him in the face while he screamed out for his mom.
The whole culture of US police is fucked if that's all it took for this to happen.
The racial component of this boils down to they probably thought no one would care. But then the motherfucker had the audacity to die. I bet that's how they se it.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 28, 2023 11:44:45 GMT
They... they knew they had body cams on, right.
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Post by dogbot on Jan 28, 2023 12:04:52 GMT
If you've never seen Dick Gregory talking about this issue, I'd highly recommend looking at some of his vids on YouTube, if you can stand it.
Makes me realise (amongst all the other things) just how lucky and privileged I am.
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