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S. Korea demands meeting with IOC chief over opening ceremony gaffe
  • Although in this case, even the BBC announcers were pretty awful. I started with the CBC via my VPN and switched to the UK after the white CBC lady started doing "Caribbean" accents when those countries floated by. It was better, but still pretty bad. I wish there would be a way to just watch it without anyone announcing anything. Just give me subtitles for the French public announcements at the ceremony.

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities
  • Beverly Hills is literally a city. It is autonomous from the Los Angeles city government. It has its own government and its own laws.

    And do please show me where the L.A. homes under $400k are. There weren't L.A. homes that cheap outside of Watts when we lived there over a decade ago and I'm not even sure about Watts.

  • A $1 million starter home is now the norm in more than 200 US cities
  • Corporations are buying up these houses faster than individuals and are pricing everyone out of the market. Then they offer them as rentals.

  • Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report
  • Not to be morbid, but that's what got Johnson elected the next year, so...

  • US government says TikTok poses threat to national security
  • TikTok is not even available in China

    I think that's the biggest thing here that defenders of TikTok need to understand. The Chinese think it's worth the West having but not worth them having it. What should that tell people about their purposes?

  • DO NOT do it.
  • Many people are saying so.

  • DO NOT do it.
  • You can just put the garbage bag in a box and mail the box! That would normally be inside-the-box thinking, but I'm sure it's okay in this case.

    If you were to do the thing you should definitely NOT do and send that cat litter to J.D. Vance.

  • Anyone here near the thermae in Pompeii rn?
  • You're still in Pompeii? After the earthquake?

    I swear, some people never read the bird entrails like they should...

  • Trump Cryptically Declares, ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins Second Term
  • Where did you get any indication from what I said that I thought it was okay? I'm talking about why people aren't more concerned about it like they should be.

  • FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt
  • Trump is pretty famous for putting ketchup on his steaks like some people use A-1.

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    DO NOT do it.
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    Trump Cryptically Declares, ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins Second Term
  • Considering how little help the English songs have been, I doubt that they were paying attention to I'm Just a Bill either.

  • Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report
  • Biden will make the announcement in Texas on Monday

    Just twisting that knife in the wound. I love it.

  • Trump warns Netanyahu of ‘third world war’ if he loses US election
  • I'm pretty sure that WWIII didn't then follow that event, which is the point. Trump has been consistently saying a nuclear war will happen if you don't elect him since 2016.

  • Trump warns Netanyahu of ‘third world war’ if he loses US election
  • Yeah, this World War III thing is an old one from him.

  • Trump Cryptically Declares, ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins Second Term
  • Yes. He wants to be a dictator on day one and then the rest of the days after that too.

  • Trump Cryptically Declares, ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins Second Term
  • There's another angle to the dictator thing-

    A lot of people essentially think the president already is a dictator. That's why even people on the left say things like, "why doesn't Biden raise the minimum wage?!" when that requires an act of congress.

  • FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt
  • I'm sorry, did I insult a fan of ketchup on a steak?

  • Trump calls Harris remarks on Gaza war ‘disrespectful’ as he meets Netanyahu
  • I'm glad I read such posts all the way through, because I was getting the banhammer ready for this one. Unfortunately, a lot of other people apparently didn't read to the end.

  • Trump calls Harris remarks on Gaza war ‘disrespectful’ as he meets Netanyahu
  • Doesn't appear to be dying his hair anymore either.

  • Dallas megachurch faces new questions as disgraced founder’s son announces abrupt departure
  • That's the beauty of this sort of Christianity. Do something atrocious, apologize, get forgiven, then repeat the cycle.

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    Neanderthals didn't wear chain mail! Checkmate, evolutionists!
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    Trump mocks Kamala Harris' name but her campaign is putting it front and center
    abcnews.go.com Trump mocks Kamala Harris' name but her campaign is putting it front and center

    As Donald Trump pivots his focus to Vice President Kamala Harris, one point of attack toward his new 2024 opponent is an old ploy to mispronounce her name.

    Trump mocks Kamala Harris' name but her campaign is putting it front and center

    Trump thinks mispronouncing Kamala Harris' name is a good attack route.

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    Am I the only one watching the Olympics opening ceremonies? Because WTF am I watching?

    First it starts with a comedy video which turns into this weird creepy thing about kids running through the Paris sewers, encountering an alligator, then getting rowed out and into the Seine by a ghost and it cuts to reality and all the nations are going down the river on boats past a bunch of water jets because they're not doing this in a stadium.

    This looks awful and ridiculous. Compare this to the spectacle of London 2012.

    Now they're doing some weird old Hollywood movie musical style musical number with Lady Gaga and she's on a staircase, which is... somewhere in Paris?

    I am so fucking confused.

    Edit: They just cut to Macron and he looks as confused as I am.

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    NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
    www.space.com NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life

    "On Earth, these types of features in rocks are often associated with the fossilized record of microbes living in the subsurface."

    NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
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    FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation
    www.cnn.com FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation | CNN Politics

    The FBI is seeking to interview Donald Trump in its investigation of the assassination attempt to obtain a victim statement, a standard part of the investigation because he is a crime victim, according to US official.

    FBI seeking to interview Trump as part of assassination attempt investigation | CNN Politics
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    In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes
    www.msnbc.com In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes

    A viral clip from 2021 shows Donald Trump’s running mate hyping an antidemocratic plan once pushed in Hungary that would give people with children more voting power.

    In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes
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    I wonder who judges what the best mermaid documentary is? Like is there an annual Best Mermaid Documentary award at Cannes or something?

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    The Vehicles of Mad Max poster

    Someone sent this to me. I thought it was pretty cool.

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    Johnson warns of arrests over Netanyahu speech disruptions

    Members of Code Pink did this several times during the run-up to the Iraq War. I hope it happens again now, despite the risk of arrest.

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