BertramDitore

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Right? Genuinely unbelievable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I always have this link ready to go, because you would be totally reasonable in assuming it’s their main job, but our lovely Supreme Court says otherwise.

Edit: here’s a non-paywalled link

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I know….🙄

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Pretend she’s going to lose, VOTE, and remind everyone you know to vote. Drive friends to the polls, help them with their mail in ballots (legally, please), and get your absentee ballot ASAP if you need one. Democrats have a massive disadvantage in the electoral college, so every. single. person. has to vote. No excuses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I know that physical releases are having a moment, but a VHS? Really? That’s one format I’m happy to leave in my childhood.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thank you. Politico needs to dial it the fuck back with these headlines.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’s pretty wild.

records indicate that four men ultimately arrived at the state-run National Bank of Egypt and carried away bags containing nearly $10 million in bundles of $100 bills. The money represented “what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency.” Source

Talk about suspicious…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes please, I’ll have one of those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That’s a fair point, I appreciate it. Knives are a dangerous weapon, no doubt about it. They just don’t represent the same level of danger as a loaded gun. But your point is well taken.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait, I never used snapchat, so I could be totally off base, but don’t Snapchat messages get automatically deleted? Isn’t that the whole point? Haven’t they already been caught deceiving users into thinking their deleted photos are actually gone? This just seems so gross.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cops are too quick to use violence. That’s just a sad reality. Violence is not necessarily the correct response to a violent situation. There are ton of techniques to deescalate even the most violent and dangerous situations. Granted, the NYPD isn’t trained in those techniques, so that’s a big problem, but the cops put the public in more danger than the danger the cops faced by this one violent individual. Personally, I would rather the police put public safety above all else, including themselves. I know asking anyone to put themselves at risk to protect another person is a lot to ask, but if cops aren’t willing to do that, then it comes down to us. And in that case, what are the cops for?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I come from an over-policed city, where I am genuinely afraid of every cop I see, because of stories just like this.

So you don’t think cops should be required to gauge the risk to the public before they gauge the risk to themselves? They chose a dangerous career, and seem unwilling to accept the risks that come along with it. A knife is less dangerous than a loaded gun, I don’t think that’s a controversial thing to say.

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