[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 22 points 11 hours ago

Kamala just had like 30K people in Houston. Granted, Beyonce was there, but still. Also Bernie drew big crowds.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

North Carolina has semi-close primaries, which means anyone registered to a party can only vote in that parties election, but independent voters can show up during the primaries and pick which party primary they want to vote in. States with open or semi-open/semi-close primaries tend to have independents as the largest party demographic. Massachusetts is similar, despite being a blue state, where independents/unaffiliateds can vote in either primary, and IIRC our number registered Democrats and Republicans combined.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

barbara-pit upon the Banderite rats who have destroyed their country

And yamagami upon the Westerners who armed them and supported them in doing so.

It's a fucking crime what has happened on Ukraine. There is another future out there somewhere where it could have basically been the neutral gateway between Europe and Asia and greatly prospered from it. Instead the fascists dogs have hid behind the front lines while sending their men to the meat grinder and selling off all the country's assets to the Western vultures.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

I definitely think there are people who were grifting from the outset or change for the money, but my understanding that this shift with Kasparian happened after she got SA'ed by a homeless man and parts of the online left either didn't support her or she felt like they they didn't? I have never watched more than like 5 minutes of any TYT so I don't really follow it or Ana, but that's what I have heard. As far as reasons someone becomes right-wing/right-leaning, I suppose that's at least more understandable, even if I don't agree with her positions.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

ROCKET FUEL CANT MELT IRON BEAMS

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, they are complicated and expensive to make. I know that they are working on lasers (Israel is talking about launching the "Iron Beam" next year I think, and the US has its own project), but I'm skeptical about the efficacy of those. My crystal ball take is that we are probably going to see a resurgence in anti-aircraft autocannons and gatling guns for missile defense given that they would also have the ability to deal with drones.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

IIRC, no. All the prosecutors had was two other YSL members talking about how to get "King Slime's approval" to try and kill YFN Lucci again. Prosecutors did not charge him with murder/attempted murder in the case.

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There are ~800 THAAD missiles in existence total, of which ~100 belong to the UAE and not the US, and Lockheed Martin has the capability to make 8 per month. After delivery of an 8th battery to the US sometime in the next couple of months, the next 2-3 years of production is supposed to be going towards the batteries Saudi Arabia ordered.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I didn't see it, but I would argue this classifies as news: in a bittersweet success against blatant and enormous prosecutorial overreach, Atlanta rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal wherein his five year prison sentence will be commuter to time served and he will remain on probation for 15 years (!!!). He had to admit his label YSL was a gang (bullshit but whatever), has to stay out of Atlanta for the entirety of his parole, will submit to random drug tests, and can't be in contact with any other YSL label membera besides Gunna, but won't be required to testify against any other YSL members,and will be allowed to collaborate with Gunna. The RICK case was the longest trial in the history of Georgia and was basically the IRL version of that Key & Peele skit about the cops trying to use a rappers songs as a confession. I hope Fani Willis never sees higher office.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/arts/music/young-thug-guilty-plea-ysl-young-slime-life-trial.html

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was reading this after waking up and misread the name. Was thinking to myself "Who the hell would waste any money on bombing New Brunswick?"

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Obama didn't work so they brought out Clinton. That isn't going to work either. Do you think they drag Bush out to Dearborn to tell Arabs/Muslims they have to suck it up?

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EDIT: Apparently the prior portrait was not of Nat Turner, despite what Google and some other websites said.

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