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FlyingSquid , in 'Original sin': Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict
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I think we all knew they were going to die in a Gitmo cage.

Most Americans probably approve since they think vengeance is the proper response to any wrong.

ogmios , in How Online Hatred Toward Migrants Spurs Real-World Violence
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Yea, if you want to spread hate online you have to stick to one of the designated targets. smh

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Or maybe not spread hatred?

ogmios ,
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Nah fuck those [insert privileged group here]. They’re the cause of everything wrong, so I can waste my life with a clear conscience knowing that it’s their evil, and not my own decisions, that are the cause of all my suffering.

FlyingSquid ,
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ogmios ,
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Literally just a blank place holder my dude. Posting to highlight how hatred is very much acceptable, and people just delude themselves into believing they don’t hate because their targets are socially acceptable. Real change would require actual introspection rather than agreeing with whatever your echo chamber says today.

FlyingSquid ,
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And yet if you look at your deleted posts in the lemmy.world modlog, we can tell exactly who you’re talking about.

lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=5946442

You know the modlog can be searched, right?

ogmios ,
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Literally wasn’t talking about anyone specific. Are you suggesting that you have identified a group which you believe it is acceptable to hate?

FlyingSquid ,
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I think I’ve identified a group you believe it is acceptable to hate. Hence all the anti-trans deleted comments.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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TY! FlyingSquid, I didn't have the energy for it today. May your harvests be plentiful!

fine_sandy_bottom , in MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’

“To be honest … I would be opposed to showing up on the current version of the platform—the right wing culture of the site is too polarizing from a brand suitability standpoint today,” the message read.

This seems perfectly reasonable.

cynthorpe ,

If they are forced to advertise places, I’m going to sue them to advertise on my ass. I can provide metrics that show it has enough visitors to warrant at least a banner ad.

FlyingSquid , in ‘One of the most violent’ Jan. 6 rioters receives a 20-year prison sentence
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Now this, unlike the Truth Social story I was summoned to, deserves a Riker.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0342e691-d656-4076-a64c-c2d90e3d380a.png

Ejh3k , in Japan’s Ami Yuasa wins inaugural gold in Olympic breaking

I put the finals on yesterday and had to nope out due to second hand embarrassment at the entire thing.

Yawweee877h444 , in Embattled Illinois sheriff will retire amid criticism over the killing of Sonya Massey

Retirement shouldn’t be an option for him. He was the head of the department and therefore has responsibility of those he leads, the deputies under him. If he didn’t want that responsibility then he shouldn’t have taken the job. People want the reputation and the salary benefits of leadership positions, but they don’t want the responsibility, or don’t understand it. For something like this the guilty deputy and his leadership should both be held accountable and responsible. The sheriff is a failure as a leader and his job.

He should have been fired already. No pension. Dare I say, due to the nature of this crime, he should have also been arrested? Leadership positions should be held to much higher accountability imo.

razorwiregoatlick , in MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’
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I’m confused about this lawsuit. Haven’t advertisers always been allowed to not advertise in places they don’t think align with their brand?

some_guy ,

Elon Musk’s lawsuit over alleged X ad boycott “a very weak case,” professor says

Stupid people, who believe in “free speech” and resent “cancelation,” don’t think that should be allowed.

androogee ,

And they’re willing to cancel anyone who disagrees

RustyShackleford ,
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They have always been the bitch-made invertebrate snowflakes they love to complain about. It’s always projection with these mouth-breathers.

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MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , in Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a 'broken' finance system

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breadsmasher , in Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a 'broken' finance system
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Arent the olympians supposed to be “non professional”? Or maybe it used to be

NOT_RICK ,
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Hasn’t been that way for 30 odd years. Think of Jordan’s dream team

JoMiran ,
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I think this needs a bit more context. Before “the dream team” the US only sent NCAA basketball players. The same goes with all sports, including hockey. The US’s complaint was that other countries were sending their professional players. Cuba’s baseball team, the USSR’s hockey team, etc. were solely comprised of essentially professional players that did they sport for a living. It was successfully argued that this was an unfair advantage for countries with programs like this.

PS: This is why “The Miracle on Ice”, when the US beat the USSR in hockey was such a big deal. The US team was essentially a bunch college kids while the USSR was playing with arguably the best hockey players in the world at the time. It was the equivalent to Puerto Rico beating the original Dream Team in basketball.

Throw_away_migrator ,

Honestly, it’s had pros for even longer. The USSR “amateurs” were members of the Red Army whose entire job was their sport.

Kalkaline ,
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Are you saying they should be jobless hobos?

breadsmasher ,
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Not at all

FlyingSquid ,
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They should be funded by the IOC. Right now, they’re being paid by their country (if they want to have a chance of medaling).

They also rarely train inside that country or with a trainer from that country. Many of them go to the U.S. for training and stay there for years.

nonailsleft ,

And how do you suggest the IOC should get the money to pay for all those ‘employees’ ?

FlyingSquid ,
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From the article:

The Olympics, the world’s biggest sporting stage, bring in billions of dollars in TV rights, ticket sales and sponsorship, but most athletes must fend for themselves financially.

nonailsleft ,

Ok, so the IOC should be taking that revenue away from the host country and expect them to pay for the infrastructure and staff at an even bigger loss?

Which country or city would want to do that?

FlyingSquid ,
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It doesn’t say the host country is the one that makes the money. And I’m sure they can spare a billion or two for the athletes.

nonailsleft ,

What doesn’t say the host country is the one that makes the money?

The Olympics is already operating at a net loss, with the host city/country basically footing the bill in exchange for publicity.

Do you think these cities would be happy to pay for 20.000 extra ‘employees’ for four years?

FlyingSquid ,
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The article linked to above suggests otherwise.

nonailsleft ,
FlyingSquid ,
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That 4.2 million figure is absolute bullshit.

apnews.com/…/olympics-2024-explainer-086d71dfa931…

nonailsleft ,

Where in your source does it say that?

FlyingSquid ,
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I’m sorry you are unable to read an AP article. Hopefully this will help:

The International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental body based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It generates 91% of its income from selling broadcast rights (61%) and sponsorships (30%). Income for the latest four-year cycle of Winter and Summer Games ending with the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 was $7.6 billion. The IOC says it returns 90% of its income back into sports, although athletes directly get only a small slice. There may be a move afoot to change that.

nonailsleft ,

I can read it, that’s why I asked. That figure would be very much in the same ballpark. 7.6B * 0.9 / 1826 days = 3.67 M per day or 4.61M when it would have been 4 years

DirigibleProtein ,

They should have a full time job to fund their hobby like normal people.

cynthorpe ,

Like an OnlyFans job?

girlfreddy OP ,
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Olympic sport = hObBiE

Riiight.

FlyingSquid , in Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a 'broken' finance system
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The Olympics was intended for amateur athletes, but they’re all essentially professionals now if they have any chance of medaling (the Turkish shooter excepted) because they get years of specialized training. And, of course, they find endless new ways to abuse those athletes’ bodies by using ever-more sophisticated ways to secretly dope them.

Half of them will be broken by the time they’re 30. I’m not at all surprised that this is what they have to resort to.

ThePyroPython ,

And the Olympics being for “amateurs” was a deliberate effort by the Olympic committee when the modern games were started to exclude the working classes from competing.

The whole “best of the best” is just branding. The Olympics needs serious reform.

SturgiesYrFase ,
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Yeah, by “amateurs” they meant wealthy men who didn’t work and so had spare time to get good at sport. Really good Behind the Bastards episodes that touch on this actually.

Behind the Bastards - Part One: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics

Behind the Bastards - Part Two: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics

ThePyroPython ,

Hell yeah, another BTB listener? There’s dozens of us, dozens!

bradorsomething ,

You know who else gives things to Hitler?

Viking_Hippie , (edited )

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rob_t_firefly ,
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Products!

postmateDumbass ,

Trevor Moore gave Hitler a good rap.

tetris11 ,
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always an upvote for my favourite comedian

Corkyskog , (edited )
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There’s millions who stream or download each episode. It’s in the top 200 podcasts by listener, and there is a shitload of podcasts out there.

ThePyroPython ,

T’was an arrested development reference sir.

nomous ,

Robert Evans is a national treasure.

SturgiesYrFase ,
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We need to come up with like…a secret handshake…or like…idfk…a gang sign or something?

postmateDumbass ,

a 4 Garret diamond?

SturgiesYrFase ,
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Based

Ejh3k ,

A fellow podcast addict user, I see.

SturgiesYrFase ,
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There’s dozens of us!

vsg ,

Another 19th century thing that was exclusionary at its beginning.

Paddzr ,

Do you know why? Because rich people didn’t want to compete against the poor. If you couldn’t afford to compete, you didn’t. The rich can’t didn’t fancy meeting Gary the local bouncer in a boxing match.

History of Olympics is fucked up.

postmateDumbass ,

History of everything is fucked up.

Power, money, and violence are usually how things go, the bubble of “freedom” that has existed for a few hundred years maybe be yielding.

outdated2139 ,

Why is the Turkish shooter excepted?

FlyingSquid ,
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Because he apparently didn’t have years of training, based on what I read.

outdated2139 ,

He’s been shooting for a long time and has a bunch of records and awards.

FlyingSquid ,
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But not professional training.

nonailsleft ,

He’s an ex-cop

Sir_Kevin ,
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So, not professional training?

StaticFalconar ,

Plenty of dogs and minorities would say otherwise.

Sir_Kevin ,
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True that true that

postmateDumbass ,

Starring Mel Gibson in

TURKEY SHOOT

SPRING 2025

Tja ,

So are millions of people who didn’t win a medal.

yamanii ,
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Who is downvoting this? He literally said that he didn’t had a coach, yeah he was a soldier but it’s just them alone training (it was a mixed team competition)

FlyingSquid ,
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People are weird.

i_have_some_fries ,
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Example: people who pay up to $20 for a shit pizza

suction ,

There are still a few amateurs left: L. James, S. Curry, RayGunn

FlyingSquid , in Trump said he ‘went down’ in helicopter 'emergency landing' with former San Francisco mayor, who says it never happened
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He misspoke. He meant he went down on Willie Brown in a helicopter.

Aurenkin ,

Do you think that helped Trumps career?

FlyingSquid ,
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I think it’s the only way he can relate to a black man.

ShepherdPie ,

I had to reread that line in the summary a couple times to get it right. At first I thought it said he and Brown “went down on a helicopter” which intrigued me on the mechanics of how that’d work.

dogsnest , in Trump said he ‘went down’ in helicopter 'emergency landing' with former San Francisco mayor, who says it never happened
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“Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco,” Holden said. “I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles.

“I guess we all look alike,” Holden told POLITICO, letting out a loud laugh.

It happened, but wrong Black dude.

FlyingSquid ,
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Maybe Holden and Brown both became black like Kamala and when you’re a fresh black person, you tend to look like the industrial negroid mold they use.

dogsnest ,
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Trending on xitter (for real, I just spent 72 hours there, voluntarily, was invited to join in April, '06, made acct, never used it):

“Kamala isn’t African-American. She’s Jamaican-Indian!”

True story.
Oh, now I can dunk, “I deleted my 18 year old twitter!”

FlyingSquid ,
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Yeah, there’s this new idea they’re trying to push that Jamaicans aren’t black. Wait until they find out that her father had a white grandparent. I’m guessing they won’t agree that a multiracial child of a multiracial man is pretty fucking awesome. But they’re still both black.

dogsnest ,
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They’re also pointing out she’s descended from slave owners (Hamilton?), so they’re making her less Black by the minute.

Also:

African
Song by Peter Tosh

Don’t care where you come from As long as you’re a black man You’re an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African

Cause if you go to the Catholic And if you go to the Methodist And if you go to the Church of Gods You’re an African

'Cause if you come from Brixton And if you come from Weesday And if you come from Wingstead And if you come from France …Brooklyn …Queens …Manhattan …Canada …Miami …Switzerland …Germany …Russia …Taiwan

FlyingSquid ,
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Peter Tosh. From Jamaica. So not black for some reason that the MAGA assholes can’t actually explain.

dogsnest ,
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What would he know…?

fox2263 ,

Just don’t tell them how Jamaicans got there.

takeda ,

It happened, but wrong Black dude.

No, the right dude was also asked and said that while he flew with trump there was never an emergency incident.

The Times reported Thursday that the former president apparently confused Willie Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown, with whom he toured wildfire damage by helicopter in November 2018.

A spokesperson for Jerry Brown told the Times that “there was no emergency landing and no discussion of Kamala Harris.”

tyler ,
takeda ,

I see, thanks. I was going with this article.

dogsnest ,
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Ya, my bad, I should have cited the article I pulled the quote from.

cheers,

OlinOfTheHillPeople ,

Tl;Dr Trump confused two different black politicians, and the “conversation” about Harris never happened (with either).

Also:

Over the phone Friday, Res said Trump liked to tell a joke about Holden on the helicopter — “you turned white,” he said. But she said it was Trump’s face that was white. “He was white as snow,” Holden added. “And he was scared shitless.”

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