US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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[DumbDude43]

how does this compare to the explosion in Beirut?

beirut was a big stockpile of ammonium nitrate, which basically just goes up in smoke. it flattened buildings and left a big hole where a warehouse used to be, but that's the end of it.
this was apparently a chamical factory working with phosphate compounds. it likely released huge amounts of hazardous toxins into the environment, very nasty for the people who live in the area.

 

[indomitable snowman]

all taxation is theft. don't tread on me

but keep building roads and maintaining utilities for me to use, please

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[John Badman]

Someone finally got a video of the event out to the rest of the world.

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China continues to prove itself #1 in every categorical capability. The Peoples’ party exhibits strong masculine explosions 1/10th of the yellow dragon’s fury upon Chinese Taipei. Meanwhile, fat mutts can only light firecrackers on fire inside tacky cars outside of cheap hotels.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

I mean the environmental contamination.

Oh definitely, that's going to take a lot longer to clean up than the broken building. I wish we had a sense of scale for that fireball though, other than "really fucking TERRIFYINGLY large"

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Someone finally got a video of the event out to the rest of the world.

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Imagine the smel- AAAUUUUUUGH

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I will give the Indian government credit that they did something smarter then China. They largely built their economy around internal consumption. Not foreign export. Which means this idiot does have one semi correct point that the Indian economy is less vulnerable to the US or China actions. Unless of course the US cuts off or heavily taxes Remittances. Then they're fucked.

Nah, they're still pretty easily fucked by foreign actors. India imports the supermajority of its petroleum products, alongside coal, plastics, and other petroleum derived products. If they see any major disruptions, their energy economy fails and they cease being an industrialized power until they can resume imports.

This isn't a unique situation, most countries in the region including China have the same problem, but to say they can handle the US or China moving against them economically is just wrong. The few jeet bastions of cargo culted civilization would collapse, and nothing of value would be lost.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Someone finally got a video of the event out to the rest of the world.

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Kino. Barbecue chink on the menu bois.

Holy shit, that's bad.

I mean the environmental contamination.

I mean it's prevented numerous Chinamen from becoming shock troops in an invasion and that land being repurposed for military use. I'd say it's pretty gud

 

[John Badman]

I mean it's prevented numerous Chinamen from becoming shock troops in an invasion and that land being repurposed for military use. I'd say it's pretty gud

I wouldn’t get your hopes up until Meal Team 6 is created tubby. The most damage you’ll do to the Chinese is at their buffet.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

beirut was a big stockpile of ammonium nitrate, which basically just goes up in smoke. it flattened buildings and left a big hole where a warehouse used to be, but that's the end of it.
this was apparently a chamical factory working with phosphate compounds. it likely released huge amounts of hazardous toxins into the environment, very nasty for the people who live in the area.

The "people" who live in the area.

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

Taxes are cool when they fund the roads and schools and infrastructure, sure, I think the problem is that my tax money has historically been funneled into forever wars in places I couldn't point out on a map. I'm glad Trump has been making cuts, they're sorely needed, but I'm still driving on broken roads and paying way too much in taxes for the privilege of blowing out my tires on potholes.

 

[CEO of Gay]

Someone finally got a video of the event out to the rest of the world.

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how does this compare to the explosion in Beirut?

This doesn't look like as big as an explosion as Beruit. Beruit had a visible shockwave lasting multiple seconds which enabled Internet autists to estimate the initial blast having an equivalent force of 3 kilotons of TNT.

That doesn't mean that this isn't very bad, though. Since @CaliforniaRaisin's initial post on the topic, I looked up organophosphates. Perhaps not as nasty as halocarbons, but nasty nonetheless. The surrounding region is going to be toxic for a long time.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Taxation is theft! Stop trying to tempt us with big commie tiddies!!

 

[Fishmalk Observer]

Someone finally got a video of the event out to the rest of the world.

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Flied lice on the menu

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

beirut was a big stockpile of ammonium nitrate, which basically just goes up in smoke. it flattened buildings and left a big hole where a warehouse used to be, but that's the end of it.
this was apparently a chamical factory working with phosphate compounds. it likely released huge amounts of hazardous toxins into the environment, very nasty for the people who live in the area.

Pesticide Manufacturing Plant, to be exact. I can't imagine the unholy ecological terror this unleashed.

This doesn't look like as big as an explosion as Beruit. Beruit had a visible shockwave lasting multiple seconds which enabled Internet autists to estimate the initial blast having an equivalent force of 3 kilotons of TNT.

That doesn't mean that this isn't very bad, though. Since @CaliforniaRaisin's initial post on the topic, I looked up organophosphates. Perhaps not as nasty as halocarbons, but nasty nonetheless. The surrounding region is going to be toxic for a long time.

It doesn't look like it had the same blast force as Beruit. More in line with this gem from the 2010's. Also from China:

While maybe not as destructive in force, we may never know the true ecological impact of this. But it ain't fuckin good, that's for sure. Sarin gas is an organophosphate, for example.

 

[Fishmalk Observer]

Pesticide Manufacturing Plant, to be exact. I can't imagine the unholy ecological terror this unleashed.



It doesn't look like it had the same blast force as Beruit. More in line with this gem from the 2010's. Also from China:

While maybe not as destructive in force, we may never know the true ecological impact of this. But it ain't fuckin good, that's for sure.

Gonna guess some good ole phosgene is part of the mix. Some people went to sleep with open windows and never woke up

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Gonna guess some good ole phosgene is part of the mix. Some people went to sleep with open windows and never woke up

Arguably merciful compared to what's probably going to happen to people. Shit like this.

 

[MrJokerRager]

TIL Tomi is past her 30s.

She better have babies soon ASAP or they going to be retarded due to the eggs.

 

[George Lucas]

TIL Tomi is past her 30s.

She better have babies soon ASAP or they going to be retarded due to the eggs.

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The clot shot is fucking with fertility, so anyone who got it needs to a have a baby in the 20s. The 30s will already be too late.

Children of Men situation incoming. Hold onto to your butts.

 

[mandatorylurk]

Young women want families lol sure, it will probably be another 5-10 years before women realize you can have kids around 25 and the world doesn't end. It will probably take another 10 years after that to get rid of this "I'm going to be married 2-3 times might as well get one out of the way" mentality too.

And Laura Ingraham never got married and adopted kids.

Like Scott Greer says, "Good Men Scarcity!"

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Conservatives have been talking about the feminization of men for a long time, but it's definitely gotten worse due to porn. You have pornsick men who don't even want a real woman because she isn't going to want to have porn star sex, you have pornsick men who don't want a real woman because she's not an anime character, you have pornsick men who become gay furries because that's where their fetish directed them.

Feminine or not, most men are not capable of being a good husband because it requires sacrifice and selflessness - something that society in general has been teaching us is not worth it. Why put forth such laborious effort when you can just goon to the exact porn that tickles your fancy right now?

That's not even touching the issues plaguing women right now. Why put forth the effort to be a good husband to someone like Anisa? Most men see it as a losing battle before it even begins, so why put the trust in someone you already believe will take half your shit when they get pissed off enough, or get bored of you sexually and cheat because Tiktok told her to follow her happiness over all else?

Even this post struggles to not make it an "us vs them" issue because both men and women are so broken right now that pointing out flaws on either side feels like assigning blame.