Political Discussion

[RenegadeMonster]

Where do you teach, again?

And if you don't want to say, at least say the state and level

 

[The Denmarkian Wonder]

I've seen two flavors of this on my friendslist: he's going to get rid of all the additives they put in food here and he's going to get companies to make healthier food.

Which, hey, I guess that's a thing that could happen. It's not gonna but it could. You'd need to enact some hard regulations to get US foods and sodas to start using sugar instead of corn syrup -- it would be super cool to have american coke taste like mexican coke -- but it's not gonna happen on RFK's whim, so good fucking luck changing the business practices of every food and drink manufacturer in the US.

Have you tried Bolivian coke? It’s pretty good. Oh! You meant the beverage. Never mind.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia — Reuters

President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday, in a significant reversal of Washington's policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

apple.news

Here is another source I found as the NYT linked was paywalled.

My father is on a role of sending me Tweets about this and saying "Fucking asshole just start WWIII" where that asshole is "Biden".

Seems like conservatives are up in arms about Biden's decision here.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars.

apnews.com

 

[ayayrawn]

Mr. Casual Everyday over here arguing with the pope lol

This dude fuckin sucks.

 

[Hemotep]

Where do you teach, again?

I'm in higher education at one of the largest public universities in the South.

It can be figured out somewhat easily from that, but I don't want to say more than that given my public research profile and how easy it would be to dox me on here with very bad consequences for my life especially given the current climate.

 

[Hemotep]

Whoever wrote this sounds like a real dickhead.

Yes. They often are. Someone who needs to remind everyone that they are in charge in every meeting and in every email. It's a weird level of insecurity. They feel threatened by any question and get very rude and defensive no matter how light or inoffensive the question is.

Damn this is wild! Do you think the word "trump" was used there purposely or am I reading too much in to it?

TBH, I read it as "Trump" at first and had to reread as the context was off.

Very much not a Trump supporter, but someone who would sell out anyone to advance themselves. So they'll do whatever anyone in any position of authority wants if it'll make them look good. Their entire personality is made up of kissing asses above and shitting on those below. Knowing their research and background it's honestly shocking how brazenly they contradict the values they talk out one side of their mouth.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Yes. They often are. Someone who needs to remind everyone that they are in charge in every meeting and in every email. It's a weird level of insecurity. They feel threatened by any question and get very rude and defensive no matter how light or inoffensive the question is.





Very much not a Trump supporter, but someone who would sell out anyone to advance themselves. So they'll do whatever anyone in any position of authority wants if it'll make them look good. Their entire personality is made up of kissing asses above and shitting on those below. Knowing their research and background it's honestly shocking how brazenly they contradict the values they talk out one side of their mouth.

Cause no child left behind did wonders for primary school, let’s do it at the university level. Ugh.