adespoton

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

…the President has said that the two men fell out prior to Epstein’s convictions.

…tells us only that he didn’t sever ties because of the bad optics.

Epstein didn’t become a child exploiter when he was convicted. There’s documented evidence and witness testimony of him taking underage girls from Mar-a-Lago to his private island —which there is documented evidence of Trump having visited numerous times — where they were sexually abused.

I do say that I’m curious what they fell out over though. Did Epstein try to blackmail Trump? Vice versa?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Her apology and future actions should be considered if she’s ever found guilty and put before a court for sentencing.

Messing up while running for political position should result in a permanent return to private life. There’s a limited number of seats and millions of people who can fill them.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Very few non-dictatorial countries have ever had the equivalent to a US President. Most other countries also have a Prime Minister (and many also have a Governor General). Germany adds in a chancellor. Some even have actual royalty or religious leaders whose only political job is supposed to be to disband parliament when things get out of hand.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nope; I have no idea why. Cough seems hardwired to my “this person is about to die!” reflex, compounded with “…and they’re transmitting whatever is killing them to me!”

I can’t think of any traumatic childhood events that would have conditioned this response.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow… that’s some REALLY heavy spin there.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

I have to say, the initial reports puzzled me. This begins to make more sense, that someone who doesn’t like site mirroring has been attempting to get the site taken offline.

My guess is that it’s not about CSAM (that was used as the leverage) and it’s probably not about paywalls either.

Most likely, someone wanted to get some unflattering but true information about them removed from the Internet without drawing any attention to it with a RTBF request.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I grew up in a house where my parents intentionally never raised their voices.

It’s made me unflappable in the face of shouting, but also resulted in years of misery as I learned a constructive way to handle raised voices outside of the safety of my home.

Coughing on the other hand… triggers my fight/flight every time.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

There’s a lot of them.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Betteridge’s law of headlines applies here.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

People who call themselves Christians but don’t live by the teachings of Christ (and often don’t even know them).

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

She’s still all-in on MAGA — just not Trump.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was it something by BKS? https://www.discogs.com/artist/14346-BKS This was early 90s, but the feel seems about right?

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