jballs

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, when I was growing up my dad pirated that game for me and my brother by downloading it from a BBS. We thought it was just called "UFO Enemy Unknown". Then later XCOM 2 came out and we were like "wtf is an XCOM"?

Game's still dope as hell btw.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (4 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

In other weekly ratings news, Greg Gutfeld’s Fox News show continued its dominance in the 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT time slot, averaging more than 3.25 million total viewers and 206,000 in the key 18-49 demo nightly.

That's so fucking weird to me. But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised because everyone i know that watches Fox News doesn't just watch a show or two. They leave it playing 24/7.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

Especially a car where I can't even read or relax.

I don't commute anymore, but spent close to 20 years with an hour commute each way. Audio books are the only way I can tolerate traffic.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

Nice, I didn't even see the punchline coming.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the vampire would have the start of one very fucking awesome quarter before the planet froze and became inhospitable to life.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Just wanted to chime in on how awesome The LEGO Movie is. A few years ago, we had a neighborhood get together where we projected a movie onto my neighbor's garage door for the kids. We setup chairs and blankets, and made popcorn.

We were watching the movie and all the kids were getting tired and people were slowing dispersing. Eventually, my wife asked "should we get going and put the kids to bed?" I said "Are you kidding me?! This movie is awesome!"

So yeah... She ended up taking the kids home and I stayed to watch the end of it.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You live at the telegraph office?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She actually voted against him. Her and Collins are allowed to vote against GOP nominees as long as their votes don't matter.

Bove was confirmed, 50-49. Every Democrat opposed him, along with two Republicans: Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine).

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago

I wonder if this is the reason why Elon went around Nazi saluting. Republicans have mastered the art of confusing the general public by overusing words and phrases.

"Fake news" used to mean something entirely different before Trump co-opted it to mean any news that he didn't like.

After Trump was impeached twice, Republicans started throwing around impeachment not only for Biden, but for lower level officials as well, so people would think "oh impeachment must be a normal thing."

It's kind of telling that Republicans are doing intentional Nazi-like shit, therefore getting the general public, like the person you responded to, to think that "Nazi" is just a term the left throws around recklessly.

We're at a point where they're throwing people in camps like Alligator Auschwitz without trial - and then people say "that's what the Nazis used to do" and then it just gets laughed off like "oh you know the left, always accusing everyone of being Nazis."

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah, not communicating enough with your spouse to know their political beliefs would be a major red flag. That in itself should be the final nail in the coffin.

 

Transcript:

I've been a loyal Trump supporter since 2016.

I lost a job, friendships, been smeared online, doxxed, and pressed charges on people who've stalked and harassed me for supporting him.

If Trump doesn't want my support, because I care about the Epstein Files, then I'm done.

Bye.

 

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called President Donald Trump "Daddy" on Wednesday, reacting to the president's recent use of expletives when he accused Iran and Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement.

Early Wednesday morning during a bilateral meeting between Trump and Rutte during the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Trump likened the countries of Israel and Iran to "two kids in a schoolyard" that had a "big fight."

"You know, they fight like hell. You can't stop them. Let them fight for about two-three minutes, then it's easy to stop them," he continued.

Rutte raised eyebrows when he interjected, "Daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get them to stop."

...

Yet the White House continues to embrace the "daddy" title, posting on X a video compilation of Trump's NATO trip set to the tune of Usher's "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" with the accompanying text: "Daddy's home… Hey, hey, hey, Daddy."

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40087740

Happy ruleversary

 

 

Greene's squabble with Grok happened after the Georgia lawmaker posted about her Christian faith on X, writing: "I'm a Christian, an imperfect sinner saved by grace and faith in Jesus. I'm a nationalist, a proud American, who loves my country and wants to make our home nation is the best place for all American citizens and future generations to come." ...

Another X user ran Greene's post through Grok, asking the AI bot, "[I]s is true? Is she really a Christian?"

Grok responded by saying that while Greene "identifies as a Christian" by expressing her faith in Jesus Christ and having traditional beliefs, "her Christian nationalism and support for conspiracy theories, like QAnon, spark debate."

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