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Considering parade soldiers were sleeping on bedrolls and cots lined up in shitty accommodations and eating MREs the entire time....? I don't think the Trump administration spend more pennies than they absolutely needed to. They literally treated soldiers they brought to DC worse than soldiers stationed overseas.
 
When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, this was then President Eisenhower's response:

“Absolutely not. We are the preeminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”

'nuff said.
 
In a slight change of news; yet another Republican lawmaker is 100% guilty of being a pedophile. RJ May has been caught not ONLY with a massive collection of child porn, but videos of -himself- having sex with children. He even used an online handle containing the name 'JoeBiden.' You can't make this stuff up. Every accusation is a confession, indeed.
So tired of the 'Democrats are all pedophiles!' party literally being fucking overflowing with pedophiles.



This is who Republicans are. Full stop.
 
The contrast in numbers and passion with the events yesterday have me thinking about how clearly a very loud, very shitty minority is running everything right now. Their followers are delusional and can't comprehend factual information when its right in front of them. And yet they keep winning elections.

The problem isn't a lack of decent human beings in this country, it's a system that lets fuckheads continually bully their way into power and then taking a steaming shit into the engine of democracy every chance they get, and how do we fix a systemic problem like that? Numbers-wise, can we avoid a bloody revolution by just slapping the orange hand in the cookie jar and telling them they've had enough? Or do we have to actually get into a street fight because our system will continually let them dogwalk us via misinformation, gerrymandering, and cult behavior?
 
Damien said:
Considering parade soldiers were sleeping on bedrolls and cots lined up in shitty accommodations and eating MREs the entire time....? I don't think the Trump administration spend more pennies than they absolutely needed to. They literally treated soldiers they brought to DC worse than soldiers stationed overseas.
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This is the best part about Trump's commitment to treating every relationship like a zero-sum game. An aspiring dictator should prioritize winning the military over. Instead, he has them sleeping on concrete floors and eating MREs. Even when it's in his best interest to act like a decent human being, he can't do it.
docsilence said:
The contrast in numbers and passion with the events yesterday have me thinking about how clearly a very loud, very shitty minority is running everything right now.
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You wouldn't know it from reading the news. I've been on my soapbox about the media 100 times already, but I think this is another striking example:

https://bsky.app/profile/froomkin.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lrouodktvs24

Why aren't the biggest protests in modern American history newsworthy? More than 1% of the country was there, but you wouldn't know if you read the NYT or WaPo. It's shameful.
docsilence said:
The problem isn't a lack of decent human beings in this country, it's a system that lets fuckheads continually bully their way into power and then taking a steaming shit into the engine of democracy every chance they get, and how do we fix a systemic problem like that? Numbers-wise, can we avoid a bloody revolution by just slapping the orange hand in the cookie jar and telling them they've had enough? Or do we have to actually get into a street fight because our system will continually let them dogwalk us via misinformation, gerrymandering, and cult behavior?
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Yesterday's protests had me thinking about this, too. The left isn't going quietly. If the next Democrat isn't aggressive about crushing the Republican Party, constitutional reform, and leftist policy, we're going to take another step toward the abyss. After that, it's either secession or war. The people I marched with yesterday aren't interested in living under wannabe dictators.

Two more good Bluesky posts, unfortunately you need to be logged in to see them: one on far-right parties getting shunned from government and one on what Dems can learn from FDR.
 
I have a confession. In principle, I was kind of okay with the Army celebrating their 250th birthday with a parade. I'm a military guy and I think they deserve the recognition. Seeing the soldiers smiling out of their Strykers at people waving at them felt good.

Using it as a show of power was the wrong choice, having it *while* US troops are being deployed against US citizens was the wrong choice, and going that big with that price tag while arguing that we spend too much money on healthcare was the wrong choice.

But at its core, I didn't hate the *idea* of an Army parade. The 250th anniversary was *the* time to do it.

Okay, y'all can get back to all the shit talk about MAGA that I agree with.
 
It might've been better received if it hadn't coincided with an unfortunate birthday or if LA wasn't invaded until after the weekend or if it was promoted in a more low key way--like your town's Memorial Day Parade, but on steroids (heck, my little city has a flyover).
I just read something about the sponsors. Some questionable names there, like Palantir, who might as well be a real life Tyrell Corp or Weyland-Yutani. Just when you think Thiel and Musk were bad, you find out about the head of this company.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
This is the best part about Trump's commitment to treating every relationship like a zero-sum game. An aspiring dictator should prioritize winning the military over. Instead, he has them sleeping on concrete floors and eating MREs. Even when it's in his best interest to act like a decent human being, he can't do it.
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Yup.


TheSameIdiot said:
Why aren't the biggest protests in modern American history newsworthy? More than 1% of the country was there, but you wouldn't know if you read the NYT or WaPo. It's shameful.
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Because if the news reported on it honestly, then Fox and the Trump circle wouldn't be able to go on TV/Socials and claim that the protests were 'tiny' and 'barely anyone showed up.' Much as I hate the gross 'everything is a conspiracy' stuff from the Right - they do have one thing correct; the media is fully bought and paid for traitors. It's another example of 'every accusation is a confession,' though. Because it's the Right that own the media.


Fletch said:
I have a confession. In principle, I was kind of okay with the Army celebrating their 250th birthday with a parade. I'm a military guy and I think they deserve the recognition. Seeing the soldiers smiling out of their Strykers at people waving at them felt good.

Using it as a show of power was the wrong choice, having it *while* US troops are being deployed against US citizens was the wrong choice, and going that big with that price tag while arguing that we spend too much money on healthcare was the wrong choice.

But at its core, I didn't hate the *idea* of an Army parade. The 250th anniversary was *the* time to do it.

Okay, y'all can get back to all the shit talk about MAGA that I agree with.
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Obviously, this is just one of those 'we can agree to disagree because ultimately it doesn't really matter.' But I am 100% against military parades in the United States. It's gross. But also - did we do a parade on the 200th anniversary? Why 250? Oh right, because it's Trump's birthday and he wanted a military parade like North Korea has.

If you're the pro-military type, and many people are, we already have -yearly- representation for them; Memorial Day and Veterans' Day. I'm fully in favor of not treating those days as just an excuse to barbeque, and take them more seriously. But military equipment designed to murder people should not be celebrated rolling down United States streets. Ever. (In my opinion.) And US service members should never be political props, which is exactly what they will always be in a DC military parade attended by the president - no matter who is president.

So, to me, it was a truly horrendous idea that was simply made worse by it being on Trump's birthday, while US troops are being used against American civilians, while complaining that we can't afford to help anyone in our country. Every part of this was so abhorrent that I can't even think of a strong enough word for it.
 
mrboshek said:
I just read something about the sponsors. Some questionable names there, like Palantir, who might as well be a real life Tyrell Corp or Weyland-Yutani. Just when you think Thiel and Musk were bad, you find out about the head of this company.
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You mean the company named after the easily corruptable communication device used by an evil overlord to deceive and misinform his easily malleable followers is run by an undoubtedly dubious dude? 🤪

I'd heard the name before, and immediately knew it was bad news, but didn't know much about it. Just looked up the CEO at your advice and yeah, he sounds like a pretty scummy billionaire. Looks like bargain bin Taika Waititi, too. He seems to be against Trump, though, so I guess that's something?
 
Them announcing Palantir as a sponsor was a red flag, on fire, with alarms blaring. That company is movie villain evil and not enough people outside of the security and privacy sector know it. Them and Anduril (will tech bros ever understand the context of the SFF books they steal their names from?)

“This military show of power was provided by the private company we’re going to work with to surveil you into oblivion.”
 
I saw a headline for USA TODAY (at my job, the home screen is a big news salad so I see tons of headlines, don't judge me) "from massive protests to a puny parade, America really let Donald Trump down".
 
Also I saw speculation the military was doing a soft protest by sauntering rather than marching in DC.
 
And WaPo had an article saying the army made the parade a history lesson, more about the country and not the man.
 
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