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[–] jared@mander.xyz 123 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

With a tire iron, good enough?

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm thinking some rough hewn pine is appropriate. Tire irons are usually painted and smooth. There is no point of such luxury here.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm, chimney sweeping brush?

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If the bristles are steel, I am willing to accept your recommendation.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well, I'm very confident the bristles are metal wire.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I second this motion!!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And use protection!

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Party of small dicks

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Think of the pedofiles. Clutches pearls

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can't see the hand under his desk squeezing harder and harder.

Instructions unclear, is he supposed to like that?

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Non -pedophiles carrying water for pedophiles

Pretty ick.

That's best case

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well of course. If he didn't, it would be anti-capitalism and therefore terrorism.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago

Terrorcommunisocialism

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Senate rules are embarrassing. One corrupt person can block a law that would benefit everyone in the country. The vast majority of US senators are bribed by dozens of wealthy donors.

[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But one senator van jam up a bill that would hurt too.

Given how weak and sold out the Democrats are, nothing happening is far better than what the Republicans want. That is actually what the Democrats base their entire electoral strategy on, aiming to do aiming to do nothing.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It is extremely undemocratic.

A single senator from a state with less population than a small city (500,000) in California can stop a law that would benefit tens of millions of people. It makes the votes of less populous states disproportionately more powerful than a vote from a large state.

[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 1 points 10 months ago

Sure, bit with so many offices captured by nazi allies and nhilistic pieces of shit, less is more right now.

Now is the reason the system was set up like this, specifically so a minority can jam up the majority pushing through a bunch of plutovratic nazi shit.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

There are only 6 cities in california with >500,000 population... I don't think you can call that a small city. Your point still stands, but let's not get crazy with our words here.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Forget that, won't someone think of the pedophiles?!

Don't worry citizen. Ted will!

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anyone in Texas know how to etch brass?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 8 points 10 months ago

I like CANCUNT

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The only time Texans get a break from Ted Cruz is when there’s a natural disaster.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

He's one of those politicians that I just can't understand every time they get re-elected. Like Schumer, or Graham. Voters are just the worst.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Don't forget MTG! Tons of her constituents are immigrants, too! (Indian)

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The one that I could never understand was Mitch McConnell.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

He was awful, but he did everything the Republicans wanted. Very effective to their cause of over turning Democracy.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly! I was in Texas for the Snowpocalypse and I naively thought everyone had woken up to his sniveling spineless ways.

I genuinely thought "Even if Trump wins, Texas will get Allred."

Then November happened and I was so fucking baffled. Cruz is reportedly abhored by EVERYONE.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

Because most people have reduced voting down to cheerleading for 'their' side. Cruz has the (r) by his name, he gets their vote.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When he goes on vacation with his family, Texans had better watch out

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I think what should happen next is that every aspect of Ted Cruz's life should be made public. When he sits at his table eating his morning cereal there should be cameramen outside livestreaming it for the world to see.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 10 months ago

Protect the pedophiles, but not the privacy of the people that you yourself receive.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 10 months ago

So this means he should have no privacy too right? Hahaha oh wait right he's special.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hate that man, Ted Cruz.

I hate his right wing views.

[–] antonamo@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

Instantaneously I get the blues

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 18 points 10 months ago

Was this before or after he said we should stop attacking pedos?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Other than this, i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights? The size and number of data breaches that have been happening lately has been skyrocketing and I am genuinely baffled how anyone can think it is a good idea to force people (like they are in the UK currently) to submit very sensitive IDs like passports or driver's licenses to the governments when... yeah, the UK government had a breach very recently with tons of data leaked...

Laws governing data privacy and corporation collection of information should have been very strictly regulated in the very early 2000s, we are fucking super late in the game.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights

They do understand their importance. They understand that they have to suppress those rights to continue in power.

[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Additionally, they understand that a fundamental lack of privacy is great for security and ultimately, their wallets.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Those in power

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Data brokers make a shit ton of money.... No surprise they got to someone to block this

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Technofash: Cha Ching!

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Ted Cruz looks like someone I wouldn't trust to sell me a used car.

[–] caesarxinsanium@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

More like red hot metal rod

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I hate this so much. Special people get special treatment - everyone else can just get fucked, I guess.