[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

This is one of the most illuminating posts I've seen on here. In the bleakest and most terrifying way.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago

The weird thing is that all the liberals in question were reading the polls and explaining why they think the polls were wrong.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

Considering they spent the last cycle courting the endless wars & unlimited genocide caucus, it would actually be an improvement tbh

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 57 points 3 weeks ago

If Trump wins, he will dismantle all of America's institutions, declare himself God Emperor for life and genocide all minorities.

If Kamala wins, she won't be able to do anything unless the republicans let her.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 89 points 1 month ago

Traffic through the Suez Canal has fallen from around 2,000 transits per month before November 2023 to around 800 in August,

Greece-based Conbulk Shipmanagement Corporation stopped Red Sea voyages after its vessel MV Groton was attacked twice in August.

Torben Kolln, managing director of German-based container shipping group Leonhardt & Blumberg, said the Red Sea and wider Gulf of Aden was a "no go" area for their fleet.

An executive at a third shipping company, which has also received a letter, said they decided to end business with Israel in order to be able to continue to use the Red Sea route.

The Houthis have not stopped all traffic and the majority of Chinese and Russian-owned ships - which they do not see as affiliated with Israel - are able to sail through unhindered with lower insurance costs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthis-warn-shipowners-new-phase-red-sea-campaign-prepare-be-attacked-2024-10-03/

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The idea is that if you can receive live television, you have to pay it. The license funds the official state propaganda apparatus.

They like to make a lot of threatening noises about how they can detect that you're viewing live TV or whatever, but it's all nonsense. They send "officers" out to check (these are people most likely employed by firms like Crapita that magically receive all government contracts regardless of the nature of the work). People don't have to let them in, although the officers like to pretend otherwise. In rare cases they can get a warrant to enter, in which case they are accompanied by pigs.

I believe we're allowed to avoid paying even if we have a TV as long as the TV isn't hooked up to a device that can receive live television. The existence of the internet makes this confusing.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 52 points 3 months ago

I had 1% hope, and I still feel stupid for it.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 69 points 3 months ago

Here we have the king of libs himself admitting that his most erotic fantasy is to see democrats rally around a republican.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 52 points 5 months ago

Dronerbox is with him as well I think. You know, just in case we want to objectively and scientifically measure the potential funniness that Hamas could inflict.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 67 points 5 months ago

Is it true that if someone takes a kid hostage, you're justified in killing the kid? Sounds fucked up, the idea that killing someone who is doing Bad Things is more important than protecting the life of an innocent child. Hmm. Not sure about this "international rules based" order the crackers keep talking about.

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 52 points 5 months ago

Once their quants decipher our emojis we're cooked

[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 57 points 6 months ago
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