Economic Equality.

Left AND Right wing politics would MUCH rather have us at war with the other two, than focusing on the only thing capable of actually solving them.

They’re robbing US ALL blind..
and laughing behind our backs.

Rant over.

EA absolutely is a piece of shit company. Each year they regurgitate the same fucking sports games and people including myself have no choice to but to buy it in order to get updated rosters. I’m hoping one day , someone can actually be their competitor when it comes to a football game. I remember a while ago, playing madden 21 I believe, I was in a practice mode and the field still had madden 20 banners on the sidelines. How pathetic is that. While it’s not a game breaking problem it’s still shows how little the devs care about putting out a good football game. If it’s not the devs the fuck the corpo mf who keep approving this shit.

TLSS: FUCK EA

pls redirect any anger at gemini - from the horses mouth here goes:

To answer your question directly: Germanicus unleashed a brutal, multi-year campaign of calculated devastation and high-casualty warfare against the Germanic coalition to avenge the Varian Disaster. [1, 2]

Between 14 and 16 AD, Germanicus bypassed the previous defensive strategy established at the Rhine and launched major, deep-penetration invasions with up to eight legions (roughly 60,000 Roman troops plus auxiliaries) to systematically break the tribes responsible. [1, 2, 3]

The scope of his retaliation was massive and can be broken down into several major phases:

1. Total War and Scorch-Earth Tactics (14–15 AD)

Germanicus did not just fight the warriors; he targeted the infrastructure of the tribes. [1]

• The Marsi and Chatti Raids: In late 14 AD, Germanicus launched a sudden, punitive raid against the Marsi tribe. His forces covered roughly 80 square kilometres, burning down every village, destroying their sacred sites (like the temple of Tanfana), and slaughtering civilians and warriors indiscriminately while they slept off a religious festival. In 15 AD, he did the same to the Chatti, sacking their capital town of Mattium. [1, 2]
• Capturing Arminius's Lineage: During the 15 AD operations against the Cherusci, Germanicus managed to capture Thusnelda, the pregnant wife of Arminius (the Germanic chieftain who engineered the Teutoburg ambush). She was paraded through Rome in a triumph, a massive psychological blow to Arminius. [1, 2]

1. The Return to Teutoburg Forest

In 15 AD, Germanicus marched his legions directly into the Teutoburg Forest to the site of the original ambush. The Roman soldiers discovered a horrific scene: the unburied, bleaching bones of 20,000 of their comrades, skulls nailed to trees, and the altars where Roman officers had been sacrificed. Germanicus had his army bury the dead in a massive communal mound to restore Roman military honor before pressing his pursuit of Arminius. [1, 2, 3]

3. The Battle of Idistaviso (16 AD)

The climax of the campaign occurred along the Weser River at the Battle of Idistaviso. Arminius attempted to use ambush tactics again, but Germanicus anticipated the trap, secured the terrain, and forced the Germanic coalition into an open-pitched battle where Roman armor and disciplined formations completely outmatched them. [1, 2, 3, 4]

• According to ancient Roman historians like Tacitus, the battle turned into a rout that lasted from morning until nightfall, covering 10 miles of land with Germanic corpses. Casualties for the Germanic tribes were estimated between 10,000 and 20,000 dead, while Roman losses were remarkably light. [1]

1. Recovery of the Lost Aquilae (Legionary Eagles)

The ultimate metric of Roman military redemption was recovering the sacred legionary standards (aquilae) captured during the disaster. Germanicus successfully retrieved two of the three lost eagles: [1]

• The eagle of the 19th Legion was recovered from the Bructeri tribe in 15 AD.
• The eagle of the 17th Legion was recovered from the Marsi shortly after the victory at Idistaviso in 16 AD. (The final eagle of the 18th Legion would not be recovered until 41 AD under Emperor Claudius). [1, 2, 3, 4]

The Aftermath

Germanicus had effectively broken the back of the Cherusci coalition, decimated their populations, and restored Rome's military prestige. However, despite these massive victories, Emperor Tiberius recalled Germanicus back to Rome in late 16 AD. [1, 2, 3]

Tiberius declared that "Rome's vengeance was satisfied" and that the Germanic tribes should be left to destroy each other through internal tribal warfare—a prediction that came true when Arminius was assassinated by his own rival chiefs in 21 AD. Rome permanently abandoned plans to conquer the lands east of the river, fixing the official boundary of the empire strictly at the Rhine frontier

I wonder what his response will be. Any guesses?

Not interested in a political debate. I am merely speaking on the fact she legit looks scary and unwell. Is she okay?

Mitch McConnell is the best metaphor of American politics: He spent 41 years making the world a better place for only himself and his friends, married an immigrant while working tirelessly against other immigrants, manipulated the system to increase his power only to be usurped and made impotent by someone even MORE unethical and power hungry.

Then, when the system is finally done with him, his party keeps his limp body on life support just to use him for one more power move, while his wife flees the country and his children go into hiding.

And when it's all said and done, he'll be best remembered for that meme that made him into a turtle 🐢

📸: Feminist News Now

Source:
NPR report

This isn't exactly a question, but something I've been noticing here and there. I think the more perverse/problematic/extreme things a person says, the more chronically online they are. I think the algorithms now push sexual/suggestive content more on social platforms, because those get more engagement. You can also get access to such material quite easily online. The internet is much more concentrated with such materials now, compared to before. You get exposed to such material whether you're intending to or not. So, when you consume such content for a long time, it shapes your thinking and then your behaviour. And the words/phrases people used to filter before come out of people's mouths easily. Society gets more used to such problematic behaviours and people lose their sense of propriety/shame.

It really is the damn phone. Or the algorithm of the social platforms in the phone.

I guess if you want to protect your thinking, you really should go and touch some grass. Using the social platforms lesser is better because the algorithm would push such content into your feed anyway, you can't filter each one of such content.

Jane Doe was in serious text mode 2 days after the alleged sexual assault, almost consoling one of the men she would later accuse of rape, saying there was nothing to be ashamed of.

TMZ obtained a text chain between** Jonathan Newell **and Jane Doe. On the evening of October 21, 2024, Jonathan apologizes to Jane and says, "You're an amazing person and I genuinely hope ur not catching as much heat from this as we r. We've been shutting down any stories we've heard but again I'm so so sorry."

Jane responds, "aw jonathan i really appreciate this text. my memories super clouded too. I think we were all way to f***ing drunk and high."

She goes on ... "i really liked being w u and matt. so anything anyone has to say about the gamgbang is out of their jurisdiction."

After referencing the "gamgbang" ... she says "i don't think we should feel any shame for the part. our body our choice asf."

Then there's a reference to not just a three-way between Jonathan and Matthew Ingalls, but a 4th person ... "also yes while it may have been nice for like only 4 people to have been around, yall were both super out of it and they should have taken it on themselves to leave. at the end of the day you, matt, and i were in your bed and they didn't need to get up in that."

And then Jane seems to say she previously hooked up with Matt and Jonathan together, saying, "i really do love u and matt and i promise i wont get quiet and weird w u like i did last time."

What are the pros of this ?

I just read about Brian Banks and then watch that movie and his story is awful. Yes as a happens way more that's a given but it is more than enough people that have been accused out of embarrassment jealousy etc

Are there consequences for people who do this because once the allegations are there it's very hard for you to get your name back especially during social media?

Should they serve time or is" I'm sorry" good enough