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Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:17 pm
by J Dory
I don't have a problem with banning assault rifles, they are designed to kill people. Same with pistols, ban 'em I say. Semi-automatic weapons have a legitimate use in some hunting scenarios. Semi-automatic shotguns are widely used for duck and geese hunting in Canada. We used to have a semi auto .22 in NZ we used for possum hunting. Maybe those have to be lost for the greater good, but I think it's missing the point. There needs to be a cultural change, the idea that owning a gun for self defense is acceptable is the problem IMO. When people carry guns to protect themselves, keep loaded guns in the house to protect themselves, people are gonna get shot. I understand it's probably too hard to change that culture.
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:29 pm
by Mikey Brown
It’s a self fulfilling prophecy at this point. The whole country is so entrenched in gun culture that it is now a legitimate concern you’ll need a gun to defend yourself against somebody else with a gun.
They’re too far gone. Somebody do the right thing and get the nukes out.
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:00 pm
by J Dory
There are plenty of people in America that don't own guns, the vast majority of them have not been shot. Of that same group, 100 percent of them have not shot somebody else.
Edit: Looks like people in the US agree with you though:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/22/us/unite ... index.html
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:09 pm
by J Dory
"Firearm incidents are now the leading cause of death for American children and teenagers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65372526
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
by Puja
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:24 pm
by morepork
He cost them more money after the Dominion settlement than they were making advertising silver colloidal erectile enhancement enemas or whatever. There is another law suit from a Florida voting machine company coming too ( ~2-Bill, I think). All about money.
If I hear the word woke used in official political discourse for too much longer, I will exercise my God given right to reach for my pump action super-soaker, head to the nearest aged day care facility and unleash wet Tee shirt hell in an oddly erotic fit of pique.
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:37 pm
by Mikey Brown
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
He’ll have a podcast and be earning £100k a month off patreon in no time.
Re: America
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:54 pm
by Puja
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:37 pm
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
He’ll have a podcast and be earning £100k a month off patreon in no time.
Or on OAN, no doubt. He'll work out fine. However, what he won't be doing is poisoning the minds of average Americans in a primetime show with one of the biggest megaphones available. It's a net good for the human race.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:51 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:54 pm
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:37 pm
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
He’ll have a podcast and be earning £100k a month off patreon in no time.
Or on OAN, no doubt. He'll work out fine. However, what he won't be doing is poisoning the minds of average Americans in a primetime show with one of the biggest megaphones available. It's a net good for the human race.
Puja
It's good in the short-term but I'm sure Fox has no shortage of mind-poisoning replacements lined up. They'll just make sure all WhatsApp messages are set to disappear this time.
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:05 pm
by J Dory
Hopefully he fades into insignificance, anyone remember Bill O'Reilly?
Truth is, you don't need any kind of genius to fill that slot, fluff white grievance conspiracy theories, rally against woke-ism, rinse, repeat, voila, 3 mill viewers.
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:34 pm
by morepork
Oh yes. It's a viable income stream being white and aggrieved. Like a social welfare program for feckless crackers.
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:00 pm
by Sandydragon
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
Do we know why he was sacked? Was it because he was publicly found to have told lies or because he insulted Trump?
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:02 pm
by Puja
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:00 pm
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
Do we know why he was sacked? Was it because he was publicly found to have told lies or because he insulted Trump?
The official story is "mutual consent". The unofficial is that it was act of Murdoch, although no-one's saying whether it was a clause in the Dominion settlement, the new courtcase about sexual discrimination, or something entirely different. Can't think it'd be about insulting Trump - Trump probably doesn't even know it happened given it wasn't reported on Fox.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:52 pm
by J Dory
NY times daily podcast was suggesting it might be due to HR issues offline.
Edit: And him getting too big for boots, aka act of Murdoch.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:50 am
by paddy no 11
Delightfully successiony
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:18 pm
by morepork
Two old white guys it is for the 2024 election. *sigh*
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:54 pm
by paddy no 11
Ah ffs Biden, move over and let someone else in while republicans are untouchable *
*to about 5% of sane swing voters
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:17 pm
by morepork
Paranoid about the predictable backlash from the sheer terror of promoting a woman for the job. Fuck you Murdoch.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:12 pm
by Sandydragon
Puja wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:02 pm
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:00 pm
Puja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:04 pm
On the bright side, one of the major culture-war cancers has gone. Tucker Carlson abruptly no long has a job, shortly after Fox settled with Dominion for "undisclosed terms".
If none of the above words mean much to you - he was the worst kind of right-wing television rabble-rouser with an infuriating style of asking witless, spurious, leading, rhetorical questions with a baffled look on his face, like the world was being stupid, rather than him, and he was made worse by not even being a true believer - he knew the shit he was stirring was toxic lies and he did it because it gave him money and influence. Also he had a weird thing about green M&Ms not being sexy anymore and it being wokeness to blame. However, the company that runs his show just had to settle a defamation lawsuit for $767m and now the chocolate-fucker doesn't have a job anymore. Good times.
Puja
Do we know why he was sacked? Was it because he was publicly found to have told lies or because he insulted Trump?
The official story is "mutual consent". The unofficial is that it was act of Murdoch, although no-one's saying whether it was a clause in the Dominion settlement, the new courtcase about sexual discrimination, or something entirely different. Can't think it'd be about insulting Trump - Trump probably doesn't even know it happened given it wasn't reported on Fox.
Puja
Podcast I listened to earlier suggested that it was the scale of the financial loss that done for him, although he’s by no means the only fallguy.
Allegedly Carson is being lined up by Russia Today.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:14 pm
by Sandydragon
morepork wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:18 pm
Two old white guys it is for the 2024 election. *sigh*
Another race to the bottom, who is least shit of the 2.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am
by J Dory
As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:06 am
by Puja
J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am
As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.
Joe Biden's main quality is indeed "Not Being Donald Trump". It is the thing that he's best at, although he does sometimes slip on things like immigration policy.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:05 am
by Mikey Brown
J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am
As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.
So?
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:19 am
by J Dory
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:05 am
J Dory wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:15 am
As uninspiring as Biden is, he is light years ahead of Trump.
So?
It was in answer to who is least shit of him and trump.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:43 pm
by morepork
They need to ditch the fucking electoral college, which has given us two Republican mutants in the last 5 elections that failed to win the popular vote (Bush Jr. and Trump). As long as this hangover from slavery exists, a progressive candidate of any shape or form is on a hiding to nothing. It's completely FUBAR. Look up the Three-Fifths Compromise....it is absolutely and utterly inhumane. America has to reform this cynical medieval bullshit.