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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description
Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.
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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description
Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.
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‘This is B.S.’: Maddow shreds ‘cravenness’ of Supreme Court delaying Trump trial
Smith asked SCOTUS to do this months ago. Refusing him then but taking the case up now seems pretty shitty.
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xkcd - Spirit
I love you, unlike OP, who clearly hates you, so here's the alt-text.
On January 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit a 'stationary research station', expected to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.
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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors'
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If Chomsky has taught me anything its that someone other than Gaza is getting genocided right now.
Ukraine coverage has gone down significantly.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says ethics rules for the Supreme Court would be a 'good idea'
Reminder Amy Coney Barrett swore an oath to God to obey her husband above all other mortals, including herself, her fellow justices, and U.S. law. A set of ethics rules drawn up by SCOTUS would be chump change for her oath.
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Cargo [SMBC Comics]
STOP POSTING SMBC COMICS WITHOUT THE VOTEY!
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xkcd: Dubious Islands
Alt-text OP inexplicably refused to give us:
Running for office in Minnesota on the single-issue platform 'dig a permanent channel through the Traverse Gap because it will make this map more satisfying.'
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Baltimore CEO, 26, was killed by a repeat offender who should have never been on the street, officials allege
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The problem with letting the state kill citizens is the shockingly high rate at which it will inevitably kill innocent people.
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"Last Word" by J.L Westover
It's just an abbreviation of charisma.
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Biden renominates Julie Su for labor secretary after Senate declined to confirm her for ten months
Isn't the labor secretary being anti-business in the job description? What use is an anti-labor labor secretary?
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Trump’s alleged ‘sexual proclivities’ graphically detailed in new Epstein documents
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That's rare, a triple negative. So, who are you going to blame for not wanting to read the article?
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Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating
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Yeah, easy-peasy appeal material. The First Amendment absolutely bans modifying someone's sentence based on whether they're left or right wing. This judge just flat-out confessed to violating the Constitution.
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DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others
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The underlying assumption is the same as in abortion: that women can't be entrusted with agency over their own bodies.
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Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China
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Woa, buddy.
Among the myriad ways to tell that there is no world government... if there was a single world government, money would be irrelevant to situations like this - there would be no issue to smooth over because no-one's sovereignty would have been violated.
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Korean true crime fan murdered stranger 'out of curiosity'
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She was discrete - there was exactly one of her, and one suitcase, and one victim. I think you might mean discreet.
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xkcd: A Halloween Carol
OP hates their fellow lemmings, so they posted an xkcd without the alt-text. I love you, so here it is.
[after a minute] "Okay, I think I've got it, thanks. Can I--" "oOOOooOOooo!"
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Double-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months — and a felony theft charge
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Bad analogy, on multiple fronts. Better:
A truck is on its way to deliver gold to you (you have been told this is happening). When it gets to you, the driver hands you a gold bar. You say, "Thanks! Can I have another?" The driver hands you a second bar. Then you are charged with theft of the second bar, presumably because it was illegal to ask for it.
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Florida Residents Flee State as Insurance Premiums Skyrocket up to 900%
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To landlords, who will charge arbitrarily high rent, secure in the knowledge that they aren't in a free market due to inelasticity of demand (people can't do without shelter) and supply (there are finite places to live). That will let them pay the insurance premiums homeowners can't afford.
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Hugh, one to Borg up.
Reminder that it is an internet crime to post an smbc strip without the votey, just as it is a crime to post an xkcd without the alt text.