[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 72 points 1 week ago

this fucking asshole was just on connoreatspants talking about trump destroying the country, free speech under attack, blah blah blah...

but also this:

The bill, AB 715, cleared both chambers of the Legislature unanimously in votes

democratic stronghold btw

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 105 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

you can still put "no jews" tho

ffs

edit: the article is wrong about who owns Grindr. sold to Beijing Tech group in from 2016-2018, but the USA forced them to sell it back to the USA in 2020. it's now owned by a US investment group.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

tldr: YT turned off notifications, feed, basically everything on Ch.5's new video regarding Native American land rights being taken away by copper mining companies. Ch.5 discussing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uud5xHMIXdw

apparently this is the most shadow-banned topic (native american land rights) on the site? is that true? does anyone know why?

the shadow-banned Ch.5 Docu is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpgv4OOJCs

edit: bot below has non-YT links

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago

fuck is this post? i want to sit on hexbear and talk shit while smelling my own farts

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 57 points 4 months ago

withholding rare earth minerals was the end of all of this. China won the trade war over a month ago. Watching the Trump team squirm since then has been truly great.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

China has a lock on the supply of certain elements that are essential to making such things as military drones, consumer electronics and battery-powered vehicles.

“Some companies have maybe 40 to 60 days of stock left,” said Zoe Oysul, a senior policy analyst at SAFE, a group that advocates for U.S. energy and supply-chain security.

But propping up new supply chains is cumbersome and costly. It will take 10 to 15 years before a robust supply chain that excludes China can be fully developed ...

While the materials are crucial, they are needed in only small amounts, and the profit margins for companies that sell them are thin. The mines and processing facilities involved in their production can be heavily polluting. It was an industry the U.S. was happy to offshore to China decades ago.

China’s government is projecting confidence that it can outlast the U.S. in a protracted trade war in large part because of the potential damage inflicted by its restrictions on rare-earth metals ... “Beijing does not feel like it is going to back down and that the U.S. is in no position to dictate terms."

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

can't wait to watch their heads explode when they get to this loading screen

edit: Oblivion loading screen: If playing on PC, you can change your character’s gender mid-playthrough. No one is stopping you. Cast fireball on citizens or creatures who take issue with your decision.

also, do it in real life too :D

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 56 points 5 months ago

there's different camps, and party lines imo has nothing to do with it. the neoliberal types (more and more modern AI techbro fucks) want to privatize functions of the government for themselves. others just want to right-wing libertarian destroy everything that rich people don't need.

they forgot about the "riot tax" but they'll be reminded soon enough the more and more they squeeze people.

don't ever forget too: the Clinton administration destroyed welfare more than any administration ever. hell, the senate democrats voted for the house republican's spending bill just last month.

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 50 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

ofc not. the Trump admin doesn't even know what it wants.

USA's vassal state Japan, AS SOON AS TARIFFS were announced, put together an economy/negotiating team and got their ass straight to Washington.

they sat around, said over and over again "WHAT DO YOU WANT FFS?????" with the Trump team making no demands or anything.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/what-do-you-want-veteran-diplomat-says-trump-administration-could-not-explain-what-they-wanted-to-japan-during-trade-talks/ar-AA1Diz4f

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https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf

it's linked here. feels like Bush/Project for a New American Century.

his treasury secretary wrote this back in October too: https://archive.ph/IYXLe

seems like: crash the market, negotiate individually, new trade deals guaranteeing permanent/ongoing softening of the US Dollar.

i also appreciate all the user's providing analysis of what's going on other than "trump bad" or "trump insane." other than this site, the internet has mostly been a useless pile of shit this past week.

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i went and looked for the image ... to uh.. confirm if true or not

it's "just" trump showing a truck parade and one of the trucks has it as a large sticker/decal

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[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago

i gotta add butcher biden to my biden nickname tier list that is A tier for sure

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

just saw something from Devs:

We're changing our game's name to 'Infestation: Origins'. Our game, "Infestation 88" is set in the 1980s with the year 1988 chosen simply due to its symmetrical design in the game's artwork/logo. Unfortunately, we were unaware of any additional meanings the number 88 has. However, after learning about this, we're changing the game's name to "Infestation: Origins." We apologize for our ignorance on this and appreciate that this was brought to our attention so we could address it ASAP!

yah. ok...

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yoooooo i love asymmetrical boardgames (1v2, 1v3, 2v4, etc.). i know this is a bit and a joke but on first glance it looks like it could be legit good

[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

APEC is not a cabal brainwashing otherwise Nobel Christian politicians. US politicians support Israel because they're colonial politicians and Israel is our colony. APEC exists because lobbying is how power is exercised in the US, but if we had patronage instead, APEC' functions would be carried our by a governor or an ambassador or whatever.

i'm surprised no one is mentioning the weird "APEC" mention....

friend, with respect, you are struggling to be persuasive on this point. it's AIPAC, not APEC. it's a bummer you don't understand this and leads me to believe you don't really understand how powerful and psychotic AIPAC actually is.

AIPAC is, easily, the most powerful lobby in the USA. It's paired with an Israeli spy/plant network that literally litters the entire government apparatus in the USA. It is the primary reason why America is so betrothed to Israel. All of your points about state planning, ally in the middle east, destabilization, securities corporate interests, etc. all have serious persuasive effect, but we can seriously almost just start and stop at AIPAC to understand the US's relationship with Israel

Great book by Mearsheimer called Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy written 2008. I imagine it needs to be updated heavily given Citizens United, others. You can probably poke around on YT a bit too I'm sure people have covered the power of AIPAC.

i appreciated this post though. all of the other points you made are good to be reminded about / reinforced to not equate jews/judaism with the psychotic israeli government's foreign policy / us alliance with same.

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