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Should be a wild four years.

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Mad_Dog said:
thought-terminating cliche
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I'm surprised this psychological term hasn't been bastardized earlier. All it means is using a platitude to dismiss any critical thought. So expect to be accused of engaging in the use of the dreaded thought-terminating cliche by freaks that want to litigate every aspect of reality after you tell them to beat it. Especially after the three hour video essay about the term drops and it propagates among breadtube midwits.
 
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The best and greatest said:
"Media Literacy" Is an amazing backpedal from the people who previously brought you "Death of the Author" So that they can talk about Frodo and Sam being an allegory for homosexual relationships.
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The friendship between Frodo and Sam was modeled after the fraternal bonds that Tolkien developed with other men while serving in the British Army, so while Frodo and Sam were definitely not gay, they very likely gave one another handjobs. But no kissing/eye contact etc.
 
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optics being morale & counter optics of backdoor deals
The act bars a company or person with US links to pay money or offer gifts to foreign officials as a way to win business overseas. Trump weighed trying to scrap the law during his first term.
“U.S. companies are harmed by FCPA overenforcement because they are prohibited from engaging in practices common among international competitors, creating an uneven playing field,” the fact sheet said.
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DSaC said:
Not the first time Shapiro got involved in a murder coverup. There was this lady named Ellen Greenberg who got stabbed 20 times, half of which were in the back/neck, and bruised all over her body. The initial investigation ruled it a suicide, and when Shapiro became PA's Attorney General in 2016, his office investigated the case and reaffirmed the suicide ruling. He gets really antsy and dismissive whenever reporters ask him about it.
Thankfully, the case was opened yet again recently and was finally deemed a homicide just a few days ago.
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Hoping we get to see a corrupt politician executed for treason and homicide in our lifetimes
 
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Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0 said:
The one thing I can see being a problem with the penny going away is state and county sales tax. Some are 5% but others are 1%, 2%, etc. Sometimes you have both that add up to 4% or 7% or whatever.

There's no way they'll agree to round down and take less money, so instead they'll put all sales taxes at 5% or 10%. You will see 10%, maybe even 15% sales taxes in some places.

I'd rather they find a way to make the pennies cheaper, out of aluminum as has been suggested or something similar.
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I agree, but their are so many us pennies in circulation, and no plans to remove them. I can't see it really being a thing to worry about for at least a decade. coins don't really wear out the way paper bills do, adn the banks aren't pulling them.
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DSaC said:
Not the first time Shapiro got involved in a murder coverup. There was this lady named Ellen Greenberg who got stabbed 20 times, half of which were in the back/neck, and bruised all over her body. The initial investigation ruled it a suicide, and when Shapiro became PA's Attorney General in 2016, his office investigated the case and reaffirmed the suicide ruling. He gets really antsy and dismissive whenever reporters ask him about it.
Thankfully, the case was opened yet again recently and was finally deemed a homicide just a few days ago.
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Any links about Ellen Greenberg?
 
Fuck Bankers said:
Were the payments budgeted by congress specifically to house illegal immigrants? Or was it given to FEMA to then be allocated by FEMA? If it was given to FEMA to be allocated by FEMA then the president should be able to use FEMA how he wishes.
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Its specific for the program called "shelter and services" which is only available to illegals.


this was reported here during the recent hurricanes when FEMA said "sorry americhud, no money in the budget for you"
 
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Latest blueanon psyop: Trump was booed and MSM decided to protect him by overlaying clapping instead.

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His source is the tiktok clip that's been shared here before, where you can hear people mostly cheer him but some boo him.

The President of the United States, who won barely over 50% of the popular vote and is the single most polarizing person of the century, was both cheered and booed? Wow, what a surprise!
 
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Vining said:
They kinda do because chinks consume as much homosexual tranime as much as their oriental neighbors. (See:Bilibili)
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Anime is basically considered to be for children in China. The adult popularity is super narrow and not representative of China as a whole.

The only Chinese people I know who are interested in anime are either in Taiwan or ABCs.
 
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Calandrino said:
The friendship between Frodo and Sam was modeled after the fraternal bonds that Tolkien developed with other men while serving in the British Army, so while Frodo and Sam were definitely not gay, they very likely gave one another handjobs. But no kissing/eye contact etc.
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I will have you know, sir, that the only time Tolkien penetrated another man was with a bayonet.
 
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