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You 2 should get married...
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I'll start asking my friends what they think about my hand size..... as if they don't already think I ask strange questions đ
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I call BS on anyone making claims out of thin air, without backing up such claims. đ§
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This is a straight forward point of view, saw this online: BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirkâs âdigital hit listâ and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her. We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirkâs legacy⌠âI am on Charlie Kirkâs hit list,â Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. âHis so-called âProfessor Watchlist,â run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.â âFor weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: âbitch,â âc*nt,â ân****r.â They threatened all manner of violence,â she continued. âThey overwhelmed the universityâs PR lines and the presidentâs office with calls demanding that I be fired,â Patton wrote. âThe flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.â âAnd I am not unique,â she added. âKirkâs Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,â Patton wrote. âSome received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!â she continued. âThat is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movementâs lies,â she wrote. âAnd now, in the wake of his shooting, thereâs all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,â Patton continued. âBut the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!â âAnd now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.â âBut what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,â she continued. âKirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.â âIt is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,â she concluded. This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a multimillionaire.
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Fair enough â but since youâre disagreeing with both sets of numbers, why donât you share the data youâre relying on? The BJS and FBI are the most widely cited sources we have, and they donât come anywhere close to 50â75%. If youâve got something better, letâs see it â otherwise, it feels like weâre just playing mental masturbation đ¤ˇââď¸
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There are always more answers here, even if they are wrong. Never was he good....
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The latest I found, but the trend seems consistent: https://bjs.ojp.gov/drugs-and-crime-facts/drug-use-and-crime?
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You want me to âbe specific and substantiate my claimsâ? Cute. Itâs almost like you slept through the last 4 years.... or are you trying to play, and be like @Olddaddy? Undermining elections: Trump pressured Georgiaâs Secretary of State to âfind 11,780 votesâ, pushed fake electors, and tried to strong-arm Pence into tossing out certified results. Thatâs not democracy â thatâs an attempted coup. Stripping rights: He rolled back LGBTQ protections (trans military ban, healthcare), chipped away at voting rights through DOJ positions and gerrymander-friendly courts, and stacked the deck against reproductive rights. Packing courts: Sure, presidents nominate judges â but Trump and McConnell rammed through lifetime appointments at record speed, including judges rated unqualified by the ABA, after stonewalling Obamaâs nominees (remember Garland?). Thatâs not normal, itâs stacking the judiciary for minority rule. the 2nd Amendment as a âfirewall against tyranny,â?? When Trump literally tried to overthrow an election, all those âpatriotsâ with their arsenals didnât fight tyranny â they enabled it.
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repeating âthe Second Amendment is a firewall against tyranny,â but where are all the self-proclaimed patriots with AR-15s now that a would-be strongman is openly trying to undermine elections, pack the courts, and strip away rights? the U.S. government seems on the road to tyranny, yet the Second Amendment crowd is doing a whole lot of posting and not much resisting. Also, your numbers are way off: drug-related gun homicides are a tiny fraction (under 10%), not the 50â75% you claimed. And while yes, suicides are a big share of gun deaths, access to firearms makes those attempts far deadlier. Thatâs why the U.S. suicide-by-gun rate is sky-high compared to countries like Japan, even if their overall suicide rate is higher. Meanwhile, the U.K. â âtyrannicalâ by your definition â has a gun homicide rate nearly 50 times lower than the U.S. So maybe the real misrepresentation is pretending gun saturation equals liberty, when in practice itâs just meant more dead Americans đ§
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Will you go to a restaurant if you can't see the menu before-hand?
floridarob replied to unicorn's topic in The Beer Bar
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No suspects, no trail⌠just like clockwork. Almost as if pushing too close to the Epstein files comes with a silencer of its own. Putin would be proud of the lesson learned. Poetic, if nothing else.
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How much can they possibly sell a night and pay the bills?
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Will you go to a restaurant if you can't see the menu before-hand?
floridarob replied to unicorn's topic in The Beer Bar
I usually start with Google reviewsâbut I filter out the oddballs who give 1 star for silly reasons like âit was closed on Mondayâ or âno parking.â That way, you get a clearer picture of the food and service. In New England, youâll generally have plenty of good options. My experience growing up in Boston is that bad restaurants donât last longâlocal diners and regulars keep the good spots alive. Itâs different in places like NYC or Orlando, where the sheer volume of tourists means even mediocre places can survive on turnover. In New England towns, consistency and quality matter a lot more, so youâre safer taking a chance even if a place doesnât post a menu online. -
First Impressions This was my first time in Argentina, and I came in with an open mind. Immigration at Ezeiza took about 45 minutes, and the agents werenât exactly friendlyâa tone Iâd notice again during my stay, as hospitality in general felt less service-oriented than in other places Iâve been. Still, Buenos Aires had an undeniable energy, and while I wasnât drawn to most guys I saw, a few definitely caught my attention. Where I Stayed I booked the DoubleTree. It felt expensive for what it wasâan older property that could use some renovations, and staff that werenât particularly warm. On the plus side, the bed and linens were comfortable, so I slept well, which matters most on a busy trip. Money & Weather The weather was chilly but pleasantânot too cold. What wasnât so pleasant was trying to get money: no ATM would work for me. I had to Western Union myself money twice. The casas de cambio were very strict, only taking perfect $100 USD bills, otherwise the rate was terrible. Western Union ended up being the best option, even if inconvenient. Food & Restaurants Luckily, I had a Cuban friend (who used to live in Buenos Aires) show me around. Two standout steak restaurants were Parrilla PeĂąa and Santos Manjaresâboth excellent. My first attempt was at an Italian-style steakhouse where I mistakenly ordered a bife de chorizo thinking it was filet. It was actually more like a strip steak and came out tough. Lesson learned: order the lomo de bife (tenderloin) insteadâmuch better cut and very tender. Nightlife & Gay Scene The gay scene had a fun variety. My boyfriend and I checked out a few bars that were more like sex clubs with drinksâokay, but nothing to write home about. One ongoing theme: way too many bottoms, and the tops were like roosters in a henhouse. We hit Zoom Bar, Boys Bar, and Contramano (which felt like a throwback to 80s cruising culture). Our last night we went to Glam Disco for their MA.CHO night, which reminded me a little of DJ Station in Bangkokâenergetic, crowded, and good music. My boyfriend went solo to Full Sauna one nightâhe said it was packed with about 500 people. Itâs an old place that could use some remodeling, but he had fun anyway. Highlight: Hard Rock Cafe #90 A personal milestoneâthis trip included my 90th Hard Rock Cafe visit worldwide at the Puerto Madero location. The staff there treated me like a star which made the night unforgettable. Management covered the food and drinks for the three of us, we took pictures with the entire staff, and they even gave me a signed HRC shirt. It was hands down the highlight of my time in Buenos Aires. Other Notes I checked Skokka out, a site with escortsâmost guys were asking $100â150 USD. Knowing I had Rio coming up next, I passed. If I didnât have Rio on the horizon, I mightâve considered, but it wasnât worth it this time. Overall Buenos Aires was a mix of highs and lows: chilly but nice weather, frustrating money logistics, solid steak dinners, and nightlife that ranged from nostalgic to fun. While I wouldnât call it the most welcoming city Iâve visited, the highlight at Hard Rock Cafe and a few nights out definitely made the trip memorable. And my boyfriendâbeing a topâcertainly had no problem finding his share of fun. đ Next stop was Iguazu Falls, no sex, but was available on Skokka and Grindr...definitely more a tourists stop for us with AMAZING water falls and Hard Rocks # 91 and 92 đ¤ˇââď¸
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Will you go to a restaurant if you can't see the menu before-hand?
floridarob replied to unicorn's topic in The Beer Bar
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And bathroom remodelers about golden faucets and toilets đ
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what's the sense then?