Blowing with the wind, is he? Someone inform me if this isn’t just pure posturing for voters.

Edit: Holy crap! What an interesting split on this comment. Look people, all I was trying to do was glean more info on what type of billionaire behavior this guy’s been exhibiting, and perhaps have a measured discussion on the subject. Truth be told, no billionaire or person of such excessive means can be trusted until separated from such wealth and means, and certainly all high profile politicians say the favorable thing and then do something else. I’d rather folks share what they know etc even just to approximate where this guy is on that scale; it’s interesting (and somewhat disappointing) that the middle ground I imagined (ie: has done some good, still don’t trust him) just really not represented here. I just don’t know where the bar is anymore. I do know that getting vitriolic and irrational, or conversely strongly supporting establishment types is ultimately distracting and a useful tool to those in power.

A small group among the left seem to; saying this in regards to the left (in government: democrats, at least) in general is not accurate. It is relatively unknown to me how much of the American populace is actually woke (and I intend the old definition of that word - I think it should be retaken by those of us that desire a sociopolitically aware citizenry).

We’re just watching our blatantly broken and backward system do its thang. Proven rapist, adulterer, reality tv star, con man, liar, and all-around garbage human being gets kid gloves/lord and saviour treatment, while progressive anti-billionaire leaning former marine oyster farmer, with a questionable tattoo, an edgy social media past, and maybe cheated on his wife gets lambasted and crucified by what is all at this point essentially state run or just heavily for profit media.

Hey! These bruises are just makeup!

Well since he’s already metaphorically done it, I guess they figured they might as well set a literal precedent.

Edit: Also, gives me Man in The High Castle vibes. Did we switch to a timeline adjacent or something somehow?

Damn that is cool. I’m glad I learned these things about geese today!

Again it is literally not what you are continually stating in your comments: “editorializing the title” and even then I clearly posted the title and my particular bullshit afterwards. Rewrite the rule more carefully, or continue having this argument almost every single day with various parties (seems a common occurrence from my passive observation). Need not discuss it more; I’ve already altered my post to appease you. Just wish you’d understand your obvious and blatant error (and so do others).

Did I say I gave a shit? It seems like a lot of folks like to move with their preconceptions and not even attempt to understand what is being output to them. The whole point of putting this here was to illustrate your first point.

Well you should make it a rule then. I’m pretty sure you just enjoy gaslighting. Or you could remove the article for my aforementioned reason: the whole reason behind posting it is editorial/critical: please remove it for that!

Hey now, I did not alter the title. And that’s what is clearly cited in the 1st rule. Altering. I added editorial context; the whole point of my post was to editorialize the title, and article contents. It was silly, I guess.

Anyways, I enjoyed this little exchange of ours. I’m gonna alter my title, just in case this develops.

“The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.” Same as it always has been.

“Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.”

Posted exact title: check. Added relevant context: check. Editorialized in the body: check.

Edit: it’s not very popular anyway. Pretty sure I did not successfully get my point across and now the post just feels inappropes.

I’m mostly despondent at this point; just got acutely upset when I heard this shit again. It does seem likely that our systems are broken backwards and it will all have to go, and that just seems like a lot more pain and suffering for most of us. All while the people that have stolen the levers of power make a buck to be buried in, and the protectors of those levers left or were replaced long ago. And I swear I remember a time when at least npr would report basic objective facts without such transparent agenda. And back to despondency I go.

So they’re releasing dangerous criminals onto the street, and doing their best to hide any and all information about it. Understood.

Trump/Epstein Files, or Trump-Epstein files if you prefer. I can appreciate putting his name first in there too.

I’m pretty sure they mean Matt Walsh’s media empire, unless the situation has changed.

Yes that is indeed generally the state of things. It used to be the general american delusion was temporarily embarrassed millionaire; now it seems so much worse, and diversified. How do you break a population of that? Guh what a fuckin mess.

And those!

Tis a fine barbeque pit, but tis no pool, English.

Civilization V, especially considering it might often stay open all weekend on the second monitor. Also saw Eve Online mentioned; that took untold amounts of my life, but I’ve been clean for a long time o/. Arma 3 with it’s various mods also has well over a thousand, what with it’s endless modular gameplay and annoying ass realism (hiking sim). But right now at this very moment I’ve got X4 going on a few hundie. I’ve heard it called Eve Offline; I dunno if it’s exactly that, but it can be incredibly frustrating and clunky, but also crack cocaine. I think I’ve just barely figured out how to play it.

Indeed, though I believe it is a tiered club. Millionaires eat shit and do immoral/reprehensible things for their paycheck, and generally have to testify to the ideology in some fashion. Billionaires eat comfortably atop those particular servants, I’d speculate.

Kimmel’s in the millionaire tier and is very appropriately mediocre. It’s almost weird how he’s so much the same as when I was kid watching comedy central. Just a little more pc and mainstream (misogyny isn’t as broadly acceptable anymore, I guess?).

I just like that he’s bringing attention to the absolute disgrace of it all and a broad audience is at least in earshot. Like, maybe it’ll help. And I personally wouldn’t go so far as to give Trump credit for being correct about anything. Chalk that up to broken clock syndrome.