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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (14 children)

It's an ironic picture at the very least, but how do we know they actually support Trump and are not just wearing the shirt as a sort of "armor" in an ineffective attempt to not be targeted (like why some people who don't have significant thoughts about the police will put a "back the blue" bumper sticker on their car to try to avoid speeding tickets)?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Shame we tried to treat everyone with respect around the same time we were trying to bolster recruitment to counteract historic lows of active duty members. That convergence will forever allow bigots to decry that women are weak because the military only requires 10 pushups instead of 13.

How many pushups does it take to send bombs to the middle east?

Also if you're facing low recruitment why are you trying to kick out people because of their gender or sexual orientation that have already stepped up to work for you?

It'd be a hell of a lot easier to convince someone that's already under contract to do whatever the fuck you tell them to go freeze their tits off in Greenland for the motherland than to recruit a highschooler that was just shown how little their government cares about them.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Something being vital to your security doesn't make it yours. It may also be vital to Denmark's or Europe as a whole's security.

Maybe if you were nice to them they'll let you continue using your military base up there without having to go to war with all the rest of NATO.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Trump framed the actions as necessary to ensure the US has “the most lethal fighting force in the world”.

When Harris said that people freaked the absolute fuck out. But now he's building the most lethal force by reinstating a bunch of people that refused to get vaccinated thereby being more liable to fall ill to common diseases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If the French are your allies I see nothing wrong with renaming your boat from "Hey Frenchies! Remember that time we stomped your asses 600 years ago?" to "Nearly invulnerable fictional warrior." There are better things to get outraged over.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they were just pointing out that bottled water is also way more expensive than its component parts--they were not proposing that they were the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I live in Denver. So...kinda. Just gotta wake up early and drive an hour and a half.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (2 children)

After undoing an executive order from 1965 workplace discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, or national origin are once again permitted. We sure made America great didn't we?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

I believe they just freshly painted a pole that was formerly graffitied. They're joking about the inevitability of some drunk with a silver sharpie drawing anatomy on the pillar soon.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Friendly reminder that most people illegally in the US overstayed a valid legally obtained visa and that planes exist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Why don't these kinda articles include the thing being talked about? I don't want to know what an American thinks about denouncing Nazis; I want to know what was so egregious in the original resolution that America felt it was better to side with the Nazis.

Edit: Here's the damn resolution. there's no valid reason to oppose it. First of all it's not legally binding, second it's pretty much just 75ish different ways of saying "member states should oppose Nazis cause Nazis are bad, 'm-kay." Honestly just seems like the US opposed it cause it was introduced by Russia and was thus "political."

We condemn without reservation all forms of religious and ethnic intolerance or hatred at home and around the world Deputy U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council, Stefanie Amadeo

Obviously not given that you just voted against a resolution that did exactly that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

It's totally not an occupation though.

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