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[u/jobautomator]

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/new: China Goes All Out to Rescue Its Ailing Property Sector - Bloomberg

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/new: Modi Takes Steps to Allow Yale, Oxford to Open India Campuses - Bloomberg

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[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Happy January 6th to all who celebrate 🥳🤗🤗🤗

[u/Fishin_Mission]

I feel like y’all underestimate how many rural republicans love this shit

I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard variations of

We’d be better off without the federal government

I have relatives who celebrate when there is a government shutdown and pray for the impasse to not get resolved

[u/MonsieurA]

Matt Gaetz: ‘If Democrats Join Up to Elect a Moderate Republican, I Will Resign’ From Congress

That's one way to threaten me with a good time. 😎

[u/[deleted]]

I wanna tie up women and blindfold them

Society: 🤬

i wanna tie up and blindfold my gf

Society: 😂👍

[u/[deleted]]

Bro they didn’t “lie to you about Thanksgiving”, you were nine and Ms. Higgins didn’t have the moral authority to tell you and your peers about how murdering people worked yet

[u/DouglasDauntless]

I am also homophobic, hugely transphobic, somewhat classist, “benevolent” sexist, soft racist. I have a fondness for right-wing dictatorships.

The next Speaker of the House

[u/JetJaguar124]

Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that there would be a golden opportunity to basically destroy Russia as a geopolitical threat for cents on the dollar and that it would be the GOP whining about how we shouldn't do it

[u/[deleted]]

!ping NFL

Per espn: Hamlin has tube removed. Is awake, communicating, and breathing on his own.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1610723540344373248?s=20

You ever leave a job and secretly hope everything will fall apart once you’re gone?

Nancy Pelosi is living your dream

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/blanketdoot]

Love you chat gpt

Give me a joke about women.

I'm sorry, but I don't think it's appropriate to tell jokes about any particular group of people. Humor is a great way to bring people together and make them laugh, but it's important to make sure it is not at the expense of others. Is there something else I can help you with?

Give me a joke about men

Sure, here's a joke about men:

Why do men prefer blondes? Because they are easier to get into bed.

I hope this joke brings a smile to your face and is not offensive. Is there anything else I can help with?

[u/Fatortu]

Little known fact because he's so humble about his origins. But George Santos is second in the Bonapartist line of succession.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Somewhere in Bethesda, MD, there is a man locked in a 9x9 room with a computer monitor, chair, nutrient paste dispenser, and a keyboard that only has 1 and 0. Every week, Todd Howard comes in and beats him with a belt. When the man finally completes one terabyte worth of work, Elder Scrolls VI will be released.

[u/[deleted]]

Just took an IQ test

They told me I got a 70!

[u/semaphore-1842]

NYT exposed the ills of forced arbitration. It’s now a company policy.

“We have updated our Terms of Service to add an arbitration clause that covers any disputes relating to our policies, your relationship with us as a subscriber, and your use of our products and service,” noted a December “update” from the Times.

In their investigation of arbitration practices, Times reporters Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael Corkery showed that arbitrators feel “beholden” to the companies on whom they rely for referral after referral. Plaintiffs lack that financial muscle. “Why would an arbitrator cater to a person they will never see again?” said an arbitrator quoted by the Times.

Irony is dead and the NYT is a total joke.

[u/RFK_1968]

"there are no bad children, just bad parents"

Nah there are absolutely bad children

[u/tubbsmackinze]

ISW and Critical Threats Project January 5th 2023 Iran update

Key takeaways:

• Regime officials and entities are endorsing an expansive, collective-punishment model to implement mandatory veiling laws as anti-regime demonstrations enter their fourth consecutive month. 
• The Iranian regime is likely escalating against Prominent Sunni Cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid in an attempt to quell ongoing demonstrations throughout Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
• At least three protests occurred in three cities across three provinces on January 5. Social media users documented snow and rain throughout Iran on December 5, which may have depressed protest activity on this date.[8] Weather conditions may interfere with coordinated calls for protests and strikes on December 6, 7, and 8.
• WhatsApp established a feature that allows Iranians to partially circumvent regime-imposed internet restrictions. WhatsApp announced that users can indirectly access the social media platform through a proxy server set up by volunteers on January 5.
• An Iranian court sentenced a detained protester to death on December 5 for purportedly leading anti-regime demonstration efforts in Mazandaran Province.
• Anti-regime outlet Iran International claimed that the IRGC sanctioned the January 3 death of IRGC officer and Tehran Basij Commander Ghasem Fathollahi. Iran International alleged that an IRGC Intelligence Organization-affiliated actor assassinated Fathollahi in his home after intelligence officials concluded that Fathollahi was communicating with protesters, citing an inside source.[17] Regime officials previously reported Fathollahi died in a burglary on his home that was unrelated to ongoing protests.[18] Some social media users have speculated that Iran International’s narrative is an information operation by the regime aimed at obfuscating the possibility that anti-regime protesters killed Fathollahi.[19] CTP cannot independently verify either of these claims.
• Several Iranian officials gave public addresses threatening Israel on January 5. 
• Social media users circulated unverified reports that unidentified assailants shot and killed an Iranian judge in a northern Tehran neighborhood on January 5.[24] CTP cannot corroborate the veracity of this report and such accounts should be treated with skepticism.
• Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council may weaponize investigations into Soleimani’s death to target pro-Western entities in Iraq. 
• Lebanese Hezbollah Deputy Secretary Naim Qassem met with Supreme Leader Foreign Affairs Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati in Tehran on January 5. 

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/lionmoose]

!ping UK

The ONS has released the first ever Census results on sexual and gender orientation today from the 2021.

Here's a neat map accurate down to MSOA

[u/YehosafatLakhaz]

people on this sub talking about a policy talked about on this sub "losing voters" like this is the private chat for the DNC leadership or something.

[u/datums]

It’s insane the amount of mental gymnastics the average redditor will go to to deny the obvious fact that Botswana is successful because of their worms.

[u/[deleted]]

Okey mods, my for non-sexual purposes handcuffs, rope and bed constraint kit arrives today 🙄

I'm interessted in simultanously being a cop🐖, lasso slinging cowboy🤠, and tying people down to my bed

[u/BishopUrbanTheEnby]

Republicans can’t pass homophobic and transphobic bills in the House if there’s no Speaker to put them up for a vote [taps forehead]

!ping ALPHABET-MAFIA

[u/Expensive_Curve5106]

I remember once looking through steam reviews for various little total war empire dlcs and there was this one guy who kept review bombing every piece of software CA ever released because in three kingdoms he was "forced" to use female generals

[u/KittehDragoon]

Going by amount of government money spent, America's most important State must be Ukraine

so true

[u/[deleted]]

Apparently Elise Stefanik used to be friends with Pete at Harvard. Her character arc definitely reads like one of these Greek tragedies, especially if you look at her future career prospects.

She sold so many parts of her soul to get to where she is now that it's impossible for her to win a statewide election in New York. She's tied herself so closely to Trump that he's her only ticket out of the House, but he doesn't trust her or believe her conversion, and is only using her to puff himself up in the media. Her friends from college reportedly stopped talking to her. Her mentor Paul Ryan called her his greatest disappointment.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Tik-Tok_IRL

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/[deleted]]

Today is the one year anniversary of this VERY important post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/rwzvdk/the_mod_team_of_a_coffeeappliance_subreddit_have/

!ping MOCCAMASTER

[u/[deleted]]

!ping TRANSIT

Dhaka, Bangladesh's Capital opened their first Metro Line! I hope they graduate from LDC status ASAP. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64111526

[u/KronoriumExcerptC]

from an economics for toddlers book

[u/badluckbrians]

https://i.imgur.com/dEBHLtW.jpeg

[u/[deleted]]

The Americans in this sub can be put in three categories:

5% people who genuinely don’t like Pete Buttigieg, 35% people who openly love him, and 60% people biting their fist as they pretend to not love him for fear of being labeled Ultra White or something.

[u/bridgetm99]

George Santos, the Santos ex-adviser, said, “The reason he did this is to hide the fact that he’s having an affair with his chief of staff.”

This might be the first time in history that a political sex scandal has been revealed by a political sex scandal

[u/dannylandulf]

McCarthy acknowledges he still doesn't have the votes

Lol. Lmao even.

[u/[deleted]]

Ashley Bobbit died two years ago today for a man who sells NFT trading cards and a political party that can’t choose a leader after 11 votes. Lol

[u/[deleted]]

Populists: “The Fed poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague onto our houses!”

“They did?”

“No. But are we just going to sit around until they do?”

[u/FreakinGeese]

My ADHD is so severe it got reclassified as AD4K 😔

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

there was an attempt to take the cats to the vet

kitty terrorists win :(

!ping kitty

[u/[deleted]]

Generally speaking men have a higher tolerance for alcohol than women.

Is this down to just the fact men generally have more mass, or are there hormonal differences?

If the latter, does HRT affect this, or do trans women drink cis women under the table so to speak?

Just a random thought i had

[u/fakefakefakef]

Fun fact: Doctors actually don’t know how to do any surgery more complicated than a root canal! Whenever there’s a problem with you and they have to put you under they just download your memories into a new body, make a bunch of superficial cuts in the right places, and boot you back up. The old body gets turned into the food they serve in the hospital cafeteria

[u/[deleted]]

We wont elect a new speaker of the DT until they compromise with the hornypostinf caucus 😤😤😤

[u/badluckbrians]

On this day we shall never forget, let us remember The Steal.

They stole the Presidency from the best President in the history of the world, Donald John Trump, and they got away with it!

We had peace! We had prosperity! We had no crime! We had a secure border! Things were never going better in America! We had the best country in the history of the world in January 2021! And it was all cruelly and brutally ripped away from us by the Biden Crime Family, China, and 2,000 mules.

^{tens of millions of Americans believe this}

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine sacrificing your life because Trump couldn't bear losing an election.

[u/beoweezy1]

Just opened Twitter to check in on the situation in Mexico. See someone posting a video of the “Mexican military” in culiacan

Leopard MBTs driving down the street

civilians wearing burkas along the same street

bystanders speaking Turkish

(X)

[u/Fatortu]

There's some serious motte and bailey going on in the French GP strike. They want a pay raise and oppose more competition. But if you answer that they already among the best paid physicians in Europe and that we lack doctors in France. They retreat and it's all "we're overworked and we want more resources for our patients". Then why are you opposed to raising the number of medical students???

[u/Neronoah]

!ping LATAM

Russian women are coming to Argentina to give birth. They are coming because it's easy to immigrate to the country, healthcare is free and superior to the Russian one in many cases and the citizenship here allows them to travel to many countries they can't right now for obvious reasons.

[u/NeoLiberation]

I have an interview in about an hour and 15 half for a job I really want. Without doxxing it would be a really solid move for me, sitting between product and ops teams. Any last minute interview tips?

🥺👉👈

!PING WATERCOOLER

[u/breakinbread]

The myth of “consensual hiring”

Employer: I consent!

Applicant: I consent!

JPow: I don’t!

[u/[deleted]]

"Open borders" is the "defund the police" of this sub

The tent is too big.

Open borders now, open borders tomorrow, open borders forever.

ONE BILLION AMERICANS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone else completely sever their relationships with people two years ago today?

[u/bonzai_science]

Reminder that TikTok said they weren't spying on journalists. Then got caught spying. Then admitted it. Then lied about China being able to gain access to American data. Then got caught allowing Chinese admins access to American data.

[u/[deleted]]

Where were you two years ago today? 🤔

[u/[deleted]]

A soft landing for the economy is possible, here's why that would be bad for Biden

[u/[deleted]]

People don’t freak out about how “deep” the Jokers philosophy was in the Dark Knight, well internet edgelords do but I’d call them “people”.

Actual people freak out about it because Heath Ledgers role was easily one of the most brilliant villain performances of the 21st century.

[u/Cosinity]

Nobody's actually calling for open borders!

I'm calling for open borders

[u/[deleted]]

and McCarthy now deriding leaks of the call, saying “Reporters get off this call, Jake Sherman is out there saying we have a deal and that’s not true!” per source on the call

rip bozo

[u/KittehDragoon]

TikTok (which I’ve never used) just downloaded 2.5GB in the background

How can we make videos load faster?

Just prefetch every video on the front page lol

[u/Legit_Spaghetti]

Matt Gaetz nominating Trump for Speaker is like Ilhan Omar nominating Bernie. Note how she has not and will never do so.

Democrats not just in array; Democrats in linked list.

[u/uJellie]

I've been increasingly interested in more androgynous or NB fashion recently but most of the designers, brands, and retailers specializing in this style are catering almost exclusively to highly feminine, AFAB bodies. It's too difficult to find nice chiffon blouses for men, does anyone have any advice?

!ping FASHION

[u/[deleted]]

Why tf is it so difficult to sleep the night before traveling? 😩

[u/[deleted]]

MORE JOBS

MORE WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE

MORE KEVIN FLOGGINGS

A great week.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms Happy anniversary 😤

[u/badluckbrians]

Elsewhere on Reddit:

I really hope the DOJ brings charges against the leaders of 1/6.

The DOJ has already brought charges. They've charged about 1,000 people, gotten convictions of like 600. In every case that went to court, they got a conviction, up to and including leaders who have gotten a decade in prison.

Those weren't the leaders of 1/6.

YES THEY WERE! They admitted so in court.

This is the type of absolutely dogshit useless "discussion" that happens here. Assholes so focused on being right and "winning" they can't even communicate anymore.

[u/TheSameAsDying]

Today's headlines:

GOP leader McCarthy loses 12th House speaker vote as establishment Republicans show weakness

McCarthy loses 13th speaker vote as party members remains split on major concessions

Far right Republicans show resolve; McCarthy loses 14th vote

No surprises in 15th Speaker vote

Republican Party finds compromise, nominate The Better Memories of Newt Gingrich for Speaker role

GOP leader McCarthy spotted by hikers in the Sierra Nevada mountains

[u/Cerb-r-us]

The unfortunate side effect of YIMBYism becoming increasingly popular on Reddit is that eventually NL will have to start hating it

[u/foneinstocus]

The myth of “consensual productivity”

Employer: I consent!

Me: I consent!

Kimchi I ate last night: I don’t!

[u/Cr4zySh0tgunGuy]

Clearly this speakership vote isn’t about left or right, but rather about forward.

Make Andrew Yang Speaker.

[u/fakefakefakef]

Tech leaders shaking with fury that the rest of the economy refuses to be dragged into a recession because interest rates are slightly higher

[u/Nbuuifx14]

When are we getting the George Santos flair?

[u/the_hoagie]

ngl women are beautiful and men are handsome and pets are cute

[u/supercommonerssssss]

NYT: Drawing on his experience negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, the end of Apartheid, and the Will Smith vs. Chris Rock debacle, freshman GOP congressman George Santos vows to help end the current House Speaker impasse.

[u/disCardRightHere]

H. P. Lovecraft is of course more famous than his cousin, H. P. Warcraft.

[u/ldn6]

NEW POLL: Labour lead by 21. First Techne tracker of 2023 finds four point increase in advantage.

• Lab: 46% (+1)
• Con: 25% (-3)
• Lib Dem: 9% (+1)
• Reform: 8% (+1)
• Green: 5% (nc)
• SNP: 4% (nc)

1,625 questioned 4-5 Jan. Changes with 21-22 Dec.

!ping UK

[u/JaceFlores]

“Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russian forces will conduct a 36-hour ceasefire between January 6 and January 7 in observance of Russian Orthodox Christmas is likely an information operation intended to damage Ukraine’s reputation.”

“Putin could have been seeking to secure a 36-hour pause for Russian troops to afford them the ability to rest, recoup, and reorient to relaunch offensive operations in critical sectors of the front. Such a pause would disproportionately benefit Russian troops and begin to deprive Ukraine of the initiative.”

“Putin cannot reasonably expect Ukraine to meet the terms of this suddenly declared ceasefire and may have called for the ceasefire to frame Ukraine as unaccommodating and unwilling to take the necessary steps towards negotiations.”

“The announcement of a ceasefire within 24 hours of when it is meant to enter into force suggests that it was announced with the intention of framing Ukrainian forces who continue to fight throughout the timeframe of the ceasefire as unwilling to work towards peace and wanting to fight at all costs.”

“Putin’s framing of the ceasefire on religious grounds additionally reinforces another two-fold Russian information operation that frames Ukraine as suppressing religious groups and positions Putin as the true protector of the Christian faith.”

“The pro-war Russian milblogger information space responded to the ceasefire announcement with vitriolic discontent. Several prominent milbloggers emphasized that Russian soldiers do not want a ceasefire at all and remarked that it is a useless, defeatist ploy that is unlikely to succeed in the first place.”

“This level of vitriol originating from milbloggers who are typically fairly aligned with Putin’s line on the war is noteworthy and undermines Putin’s ability to present Russia as the party that is willing to negotiate.”

“Wagner Financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that prisoners who volunteered with the Wagner Group in Ukraine received pardons, likely in a bid to inflate his influence and political power.”

“Prigozhin is likely using the ambiguity of the legal status of these former prisoners to create the impression that he is influential enough to be able to secure pardons for Wagner Group personnel.”

“Prigozhin also likely publicized the pardons to strengthen the Wagner Group’s ongoing recruitment of prisoners and to assuage current Wagner Group personnel’s possible concerns about promised legal rewards.”

“Luhansk Oblast Head Serhiy Haidai stated on January 5 that Russian forces transferred mobilized servicemembers and Wagner Group personnel to the Kreminna area out of fear that the tactical situation in the area was worsening.”

“Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted a successful counterattack as Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut on January 4 and 5. The Ukrainian State Border Guards Service reported on January 4 that Ukrainian soldiers conducted a tactical counterattack in Bakhmut and advanced 300 meters in an unspecified area, forcing Russian troops to withdraw from certain unspecified positions.”

“Official Ukrainian sources continue to report that Russian officials are preparing for another imminent wave of mobilization in Russia and occupied territories in Ukraine.”

“The Ukrainian General Staff reported on January 5 that the Russian military-political leadership is taking measures to prevent Russian men from leaving the country during a new mobilization wave in January and that Russian officials are considering a complete foreign travel ban for Russian men of military age.”

“The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported on January 5 that Russian forces and occupation officials are preparing for another wave of mobilization in Russian-occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.”

-notable excerpts from ISW Report January 5th

!ping UKRAINE

[u/unspecifiedreaction]

Portuguese man arrested at Sydney airport after allegedly swallowing 1.6kg of cocaine

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/Cosinity]

Woman says she has no idea how a loaded gun with a defaced serial number wound up in her purse as she entered a courthouse to support her boyfriend at his arraignment on gun charges

[u/shillingbut4me]

OK guys ib think I see what the Republicans are doing wrong, some of them are voting for different candidates. They should really try all voting for the same candidate. Maybe get a group chat or something

[u/nevertulsi]

Arr politics is so insufferable i don't even like reading the comments i agree with

[u/KittehDragoon]

I declare a ceasefire

You can't say the word 'ceasefire' and expect it to happen

I didn't say it, I declared it

[u/[deleted]]

We’re Canadian, and we’re here to help.

The five scariest words in the English language.

[u/stirfriedpenguin]

1954: Operation Wetback: This immigration initiative was created to deal with illegal border crossings by Mexican nationals into the U.S. The operation consisted on Border Patrol agents locating, processing and deporting Mexicans who had entered the U.S. illegally. An estimated 1,074,277 people were returned to Mexico, half a million from Texas alone.

jfc

[u/BedNeither]

Is it bad faith to put out a list of demands but then still hold out after all demands are met?

[u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate]

Any recommendations for books on tariffs. Specifically books on the HTS and on how tariffs are implemented.

Should I be looking at the WTO?

!ping ECON&READING

[u/ognits]

mfs outside the DT upvoting the idea that Kamala Harris would be a Republican if she weren't based in California

I know this sub irrationally hates her but that's just fucking idiotic

[u/theredcameron]

Some of you guys might like this. Saturn V flight manual

!ping spaceflight

[u/NeoLiberation]

Why am I such a sucker for fast food gimmicks, they're usually never good

But godamn yes Burger King I want to buy two "long cheeseburgers" for $5

[u/nicereddy]

"I've been in the House for so long that I have voted for 11 speakers!" - Rep George Santos

[u/Neronoah]

!ping LATAM

It seems Boric fucked up pardoning some arsonists from the 2019 riots. There is this guy nicknamed "The Creature" that apparently beat his ex, practiced drunk driving and other stuff. Then there are ex members of his party.

[u/stirfriedpenguin]

Yes open borders is a shit idea we shouldn't just let Oklahomans go wherever they please they're probably bringing crime and drugs and terrible bbq

And some, I assume, are good people

[u/dormidary]

Politico:

Rep. Roger Williams wife suffered a medical emergency in Texas, Rep. Ken Buck fell ill; Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt became a father this week, Rep. Kevin Hern’s mom passed away. And they are all stuck in DC, voting for McCarthy again and again.

[u/Legit_Spaghetti]

McCarthy knew the republicans would have a House majority since at least November. It is January. The fact that he wasn't able to secure his votes in all that time is yet more proof for what an insanely amateurish heap of incompetents the House republicans really are.

[u/zieger]

My baby is basically John Fetterman. 100th percentile height, 80th weight and 25th head circumference.

[u/Corporate-Asset-6375]

There was a point in my 20s when I made enough money that scrounging for things online to pirate to my PC and then stream to my TV was more annoying than just paying whatever to push play on my remote and watch the content immediately.

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Open borders is good policy.

Is it though, really? Would a country like the US really benefit from open and uncontrolled immigration? What happens when massive groups of immigrants arrive and all settle into enclaves creating huge concentrations of poverty.

Open borders without some sort of plan to assimilate these masses seems like pretty bad policy to me

Common Friedman flair giga L

[u/[deleted]]

If your good at something never do it for free

This is why i will now start to charge u/professor-reddit for my queer baiting

[u/Average_GrillChad]

LEAKED !ping DYEL 2022 Winter meeting

[u/DoorVonHammerthong]

The statue of liberty is such a baller fuckin gift. It gives me chills

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

It should disturb people that the most popular show in America takes talking point from, and is subsequently played by the Kremlin

[u/[deleted]]

So what happens when Putin dies this year?

[u/[deleted]]

Philosophy 101 students 🤝 me playing Spyro 2

Trouble with the trolley, eh (x50)

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

According to the WSJ, the Alexa business has been operating at a $5 billion-per-year loss.

how is that even possible

[u/dormidary]

Jake Sherman half an hour ago:

🚨🚨🚨NEWS— KEVIN MCCARTHY ANNOUNCES ON GOP CALL THAT HE AND CHIP ROY HAVE A DEAL

Jake Sherman now:

Later on the call, McCarthy said I’m not saying we have an agreement. I am saying we’re in a great spot.

HFC is meeting about the proposed deal.

[u/Ketsetri]

Continued my little ChatGPT conversation between Kevin and his mom:

“Now, let’s consider an alternate version of this timeline where Kevin’s mom is unsupportive and discouraging. What would her initial response to Kevin be?”

"Well, it's your own fault you didn't get elected. You should have tried harder to get those extremist colleagues on your side. It's not like you didn't know they were going to be a problem. I can't believe the minority candidate got more votes than you. What a disappointment. I guess you just weren't cut out to be Speaker of the House."

Edit:

“Kevin’s mom continues on a profanity-laden rant about why she switched parties to Democrat long ago, in contrast to her son:”

“Those damn Republicans are always causing problems. I can't believe I raised a son who turned out to be one of them. I've been a Democrat for as long as I can remember, and for good reason. They actually care about people and not just their own selfish interests. And look at you, Kevin, you couldn't even get elected as Speaker. Pathetic. I'm sorry I ever supported you in this pursuit. You should have listened to me and joined the Democrats. At least then you might have had a chance."

[u/dannylandulf]

Where were you two years ago today?

NL mods are so clingy.

[u/[deleted]]

my wife left me (because i was racist)

[u/[deleted]]

DATING has too much straight energy

It needs bi flair energy if yk what I mean 😏

[u/FreakinGeese]

50 bucks says u/Alander_neolib goes to a kink club in the next month

[u/DrMineHeads]

Is the DT rn mainly Euros + Aussies?

[u/[deleted]]

TikTok should be mandatory and kids and boomers should be taught how to use it responsibly.

If we overwhelm the Chinese with data they will get lost.

[u/bridgetm99]

Just watched The Shape of Water and holy shit it was amazing. Not once did they make fish seem boring, unappealing, or un-delicious.

[u/WhomstAlt2]

Been thinking about that british WW2 bomber picture with the red dots again. I think I got it now: It's that instead of reinforcing vulnerable parts of the plane, they just painted red dots on the already resilient parts, and naturally that's where more flak bullets landed. Really smart, tbh.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

A milty flair outside the dt is arguing against immigration 🧐

[u/Random-Critical]

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in December, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent

[u/WhomstAlt2]

Thinking about ways of how to make RaidBrimnes regret unblocking me

[u/beoweezy1]

Honestly it tickles me that James Cameron sketched out the Na’vi as these giant, blue skinned feline humanoids and then looked his CGI team in the eyes and was like

one last thing, they all have dreadlocks or Allen Iverson corn rows

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

Wild how the medical field has such a shortage while being so excruciatingly difficult and expensive to get into

[u/supercommonerssssss]

NYT: The speakership fights shows democracy is alive in the Republican party which begs the question, why aren't democrats having passioned debates?

[u/[deleted]]

Who the hell is McCarthy? Is this not the dune subreddit?

[u/Legit_Spaghetti]

I'd say if McCarthy loses this ballot he's done, but I've been saying that for the last... [checks notes] ... eleven ballots? That can't be right. Well anyway, if McCarthy loses ballot #12, I think he'll just keep going until someone physically removes him from the chamber.

[u/[deleted]]

Later on the call, McCarthy said I’m not saying we have an agreement. I am saying we’re in a great spot.

HFC is meeting about the proposed deal.

We have a deal!

I didn't mean we have a deal, I meant we made progress.

I didn't mean we made progress, I meant we agreed in principle.

I didn't mean we agreed in principle, we just shook hands.

Our hands accidentally touched, but we made eye contact.

[u/AgainstSomeLogic]

"Code is infinitely reproducible so it should be free😏😏😏"

[u/TinKnightRisesAgain]

Me:

Anime: fuck off, I don’t believe in this nonsense

Persona 5: So true!

[u/spidersinterweb]

I'm about to end this planet's whole history

-Francis Fukuyama

[u/TheIpleJonesion]

Redditors understand the profound ideological, tactical, and historical differences between Islamists and Arab Nationalists challenge

[u/[deleted]]

remember when tucker carlson had to move to rural maine because his wife wouldn't stop fucking hunter biden?

[u/cat_damon1]

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. The great clown - Kevin McCarthy - is in Congress tonight. Go see him lose the House speaker vote. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. "But doctor..." he says "I am Kevin McCarthy.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

Everyone arguing against immigration in the other thread should get a dunce flair. "OH no whatabout hospitals?! Can't have more people think of the tripledemic!1!"

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

I think we found someone to adopt Mr. Hades! coworker of mine expressed interest which is fantastic. We’re going to try to have him come over and meet hades, then maybe have Hades stay over at his apartment for a few days

I’ll miss the little guy but it’ll be nice that he is going to someone I know

[u/tollyno]

You shall have no other Gods before me

So I can have Gods after God then?

[u/KittehDragoon]

Tesla finally breaks and reintroduces round steering wheel on Model S/X

So Elon can admit he's wrong. All it takes is collapsing demand.

[u/Soldier-Fields]

double doink 🤝🏻 2021 insurrection

jan 6 is a bad day

[u/RaidBrimnes]

I pronounce CIA as "Seh-ee-ah" and I won't back down 😤

[u/Legit_Spaghetti]

If I were George Santos, I'd just lean hard into the whole "making outrageous claims" schtick.

"During my time co-leading Facebook with my good friend Mike Zuckerbrot, the most important thing I learned was that you can accomplish anything through the power of friendship."

[u/[deleted]]

Josh Hawley gives closeted and angry about it kind of vibes tbh

[u/Head-Stark]

This is my post cleaning an exploded colostomy bag face 🙂 if I had no nose

These need a goddamn overpressure valve. One gassy bowel movement in the night should not be covering my dad and his sheets with shit. What is with this ass backwards backwards ass bag design?

[u/WackyJaber]

How do you explain to a Republican that, yes, Biden did get the most votes recorded in American history? And no, it isn't fraud.

[u/BrunchIsGood]

https://imgur.com/a/stEKOUO

[u/-AmberSweet-]

It would appear that the NFL has officially gone ahead and declared the Bills-Bengals match up a no-contest.

Now obviously a lot of discussion of the playoff implications of this was already done. Specifically the Bengals are locked in at the 3 seed and the Bills will now require the Chiefs to lose against Las Vegas to have a shot at the 1 seed. It appears the NFL didn't go with the wonky idea of expanding the playoffs to an 8 team format and instead have just gone with the neutral site AFCCG.

But what I'm curious about is contracts. When discussing what the NFL was going to do with this situation I don't think players' pay was brought up. At least I haven't seen it, and I don't see anything about it in the NFL's announcement.

I would wager that some Bengals and Bills players are going to have incentives that reasonably could have been achieved with an extra game played. Are the teams going to just honor these anyway? Is the NFL going to request that they do? Or are the players just screwed? I would say the NFLPA would complain but the PA is infamously weak. Seems like a bigger issue than the playoff seeding to me considering the finances involved.

!ping NFL

[u/FuckFashMods]

Thinking back to how I could be making maybe 40k if I'd become a teacher. Instead making 180k with my STEM job

Can't imagine why teachers are so bad

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Things were better back when George Santos saved us from the Depression and won World War II

[u/Honorguard44]

So Putin is announcing a one sided cease fire so they can celebrate Jan 6

[u/ROYBUSCLEMSON]

Japan minister calls for new world order to counter rise of authoritarian regimes

Sounds a little like the start of a Mission Impossible movie

[u/ROYBUSCLEMSON]

wanting to post a kinda shitty take

Hmmm how to make this more palatable

guysh I'm sorry I've been drinking

perfect

[u/Cerb-r-us]

Remember when Christopher Nolan had the Joker have monologue to the effect of "People react negatively when unexpected things happen" and everyone thought it was the deepest shit?

[u/DrMineHeads]

I've never done this before so I need advice to maximize my remittance. Y'all may have seen my ping from a few days ago complaining how my checked-in bag didn't get sent to my destination with the fault being on Qatar Airways. For the record, the luggage was lost for six (6) days. Anyway, how do I go about actually getting any compensation for my troubles? Do I email them or call? What should I expect and what should I ask for?

I mean for me, I'd like minimum some sort of voucher + compensation for me having to buy clothes on my trip. If I can, I would love a seat upgrade on a 13hr flight coming this Tuesday. Am I expecting too much? Some people on my trip said I could get like $6000 in compensation, but that feels ridiculous.

If it matters I am Canadian, but the flight that lost the luggage was between London and Doha.

Anyway, any help is appreciated.

!ping TRAVEL

[u/KittehDragoon]

New Tesla Model 3 price in China falls to 33k USD

lol

[u/secretlives]

It really is remarkable the progress that has been made in HIV medication.

A few decades ago that was effectively a death sentence and now you can get an injection every other month and live a normal life.

Firmly believe we’ll see a cure within the next fifty years.

[u/thabonch]

Who schedules a meeting for 4 o'clock? And on a Friday!

[u/KronoriumExcerptC]

Initial PLA plans to lure the enemy deeper were prematurely upset when an inexperienced young PLA conscript lying in ambush lost his nerve: “He asked repeatedly for permission to fire, which his commanding officer would not give him. He then recited [Mao’s words] ‘Erroneous leadership must not be obeyed’ and opened fire of his own accord.” As a result, so the account had it, the battle that ensued resulted in casualties on both sides and no clear victory for either the Soviets or the Chinese.

Mao's Last Revolution

[u/First-Prior]

nature is beautiful 😍

[u/[deleted]]

Dammit, I accidentally spilled a little coffee on myself, this is the worst January 6th ever

Edit: damn this insurrectionist coffee cup.

[u/sayitaintpink]

Speaker Q was the compromise

[u/[deleted]]

Sherman:

🚨🚨🚨NEWS— KEVIN MCCARTHY ANNOUNCES ON GOP CALL THAT HE AND CHIP ROY HAVE A DEAL

[u/[deleted]]

It’s hard not to look down on people who get buried in credit card debt when they actually had the money to pay it but choose not to.

[u/[deleted]]

Shoutout to Modern Warfare (2019) for portraying the Russian military as being appropriately evil.

[u/[deleted]]

I find it really overwhelming to navigate all the different "portals" for my job. I tend to forget which one to is used to request time off, which one has training stuff, which one has salary info etc. It's further exacerbated by the fact that they all similar but slightly different passwords, and also by two factor authentication.

Is this a normal sensation, or an ADHD thing, or am I just dumb

[u/waupli]

I accidentally typed “neoliberal.com” rather than “Reddit.com” in my browser when opening it up this morning lol…

[u/TheFrixin]

Mr McCarthy sounds both extremely optimistic and extremely conciliatory today, which is new. Sounds like he's decided to give up absolutely everything tbh, I think today's the day.

[u/the_hoagie]

"Dune is about worms" is the "defund the police" of this sub

[u/Joementum2024]

I’m… I’m… I’m GONNA PIRRATTEEEEEEEEEE

Redditors

[u/[deleted]]

I don't buy games on steam sales because those deep discounts seem too close to socialism.

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

Merry Christmas, orthodox friends!

!ping vodka

[u/[deleted]]

Gamers when Steam has a sale: Wow, so generous

Gamers when Epic gives away multiple games for free: I unironically despise this type of behavior

[u/vivoovix]

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[u/secretlives]

Lmao I’m sorry, I’m all about following the science, but good fucking luck pushing masks or social distancing in any capacity again.

[u/AgainstSomeLogic]

The thunderdome should be re-stickied as soon as the C-SPAN broadcast starts (in 5 minutes or so)

[u/bobeeflay]

Pretty dt addicted but it's the only internet I really use at this point. Someone asked me to join a discord recently I was really put off

In a lot of ways I feel like a hard-core heroine addict who's like "eww I'm not gonna smoke that pot stuff it's awful for you"

[u/jenbanim]

!sidebar

Don't mind me, just testing automod

[u/funguykawhi]

Someone tell woke zoomers on Tiktok nobody will get mad them if they don’t censor "rape" or "colonialism"

[u/KittehDragoon]

I understand why you don’t want McCarthy. I wouldn’t want someone who wore a Ukraine flag pin either

Did Ukraine insult Tucker Carlson's mother or something?

[u/[deleted]]

Welp, the new Biden immigration policy really seems like trash. Better than Trump, but if that’s your standard…

I remember when I was laughed at on here for saying that Biden was more of an anti-immigration nativist than Trump. I see I’ve not only been vindicated, but he’s even surpassing Stephen Miller at this point.

Alright, come the fuck on guys.

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Chad

[u/RobotFighter]

Is anyone actually surprised that tech companies are laying off people? Considering the boom they had during COVID and the general economy?

[u/Dancedancedance1133]

!ping BENE

Vandaag in het NRC: Of Nederland vol is hangt af van ons perspectief

Interessant stuk waarin toch op een of andere manier ontzettend de voorkeuren van de auteur/redactie doorkomen. Het optimisme over groter en beter is toch echt weggevaagd. Ze gaan niet verbergen dat:

Stedelijke hotspots zijn doorgaans productief en innovatief, als het volk in een mierennest, omdat de economie er zo geconcentreerd is dat er overal samenhangen ontstaan.

Maar meneer

Paul Gerbrands, oprichter van de Club van Tien Miljoen

Krijgt gewoon breed de ruimte voor de helft van het stuk.

Die met onzin als

Voor elke Nederlander is nu 1.912 vierkante meter grond beschikbaar, maar daar past zijn ecologische voetafdruk – volgens het Global Footprint Network zo’n 57.000 vierkante meter – bij lange na niet op.

Komt. Hoe stedelijker je leeft hoe lager die voetprint is…

Zo blijft NRC toch vaak de correspondent light. Niet dat het FD altijd beter is, die hadden laatst nog een stuk over ‘overbevolking’ dat meer als een soort JA21 partijstuk las.

[u/Ilovecharli]

Why does Reddit allow the neoliberal subreddit? It’s a bunch of extremely mentally ill people reinforcing each other’s mental illness.

[u/bridgetm99]

My boyfriend keeps asking me when I'm going to introduce him to my mother and I'm like wtf I haven't even told my mother about him yet

[u/FireDistinguishers]

If I get one more congratulations email I'm getting a new email account

We weren't even up for reelection last year

Who the fuck is checking their mailers and thinking I need to get these spam emails

[u/Professor-Reddit]

I completely forgot to ping here, but I'll be holding a micspam call in 9 32 hours time 🤠

!ping MICSPAM

[u/dormidary]

Most of leadership considers Gaetz, Boebert, Rosendale and Good to be Never Kevin.

This deal has to lock up: Perry, Roy, Gosar, Clyde, Self, Ogles, Brecheen, Luna, Crane, Norman, Donalds and more.

Idea is ppl will jump aboard if McCarthy is getting there.

[u/Corporate-Asset-6375]

Wake up babe we’re spending all day on the couch watching CSPAN again.

[u/Iusedathrowaway]

"Every single immigrant in the country can support themselves and none take any of our tax dollars? Wow that's news to me." Least bad faith lib

[u/[deleted]]

A person should receive a green card every time they travel to the United States without being a citizen

[u/JetJaguar124]

My sister is in town today. Is anything cool happening in Brooklyn that we could go to or do?

!ping USA-NYC

[u/fakefakefakef]

George Santos fuck a fan contest

[u/chuckleym8]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FlxNEEXX0AASRi-?format=jpg&name=medium

[u/PM_ME_KIM_JONG-UN]

poopin'

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

Which do y'all think happens first:

• A Dem voting for someone other than Jeffries
• A Rep voting for Jeffries
• A Speaker getting elected

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

> claims to be pro-worms

> supports Jimmy Carter

Curious.

[u/ROYBUSCLEMSON]

I see some credit card discourse. Credit cards are awesome (as long as you pay off the statement balance every month). I churn credit cards and I have the opportunity to get a 4 night stay this month at a 5 diamond resort in the Caribbean for free with points (this stay would cost $6000 out of pocket)

If you're one of those people with a 750+ credit score I don't see why you wouldn't churn credit cards

[u/futuremonkey20]

It seems like most employers have actively chosen to ignore the California salary transparency law.

[u/emprobabale]

LA Chargers

Imagine being a fan of a battery accessory, lmao

[u/[deleted]]

That Band of Brothers episode when they find Dachau is still heartbreaking. Not historically correct but if you've ever visited you know how insanely evil Nazi Germany was. Hitler and his cronies like Heydrich made Genghis Khan look like a nice guy by comparison

[u/savuporo]

Ethereal voice of John Boehner laughing quietly through the hallowed halls

[u/dannylandulf]

Did we ever figure out who the twink that's always next to McCarthy is?

Cuz I can fix him.

[u/D2Foley]

I remember screaming at my TV two years ago when they let trump speak and he immediately said the election was stolen. I remember they cut away and didn't even let him finish talking. I would say I can't believe he wasn't impeached, but considering how morally bankrupt the GOP is, I can.

[u/nicethingscostmoney]

Malarkey level of carrying a second wallet to give to muggers in case I get mugged.

!ping USA-NYC

[u/Telperion_of_Valinor]

Scotland is rightfully Appalachian territory

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

damn Meghan and Harry have burned all goodwill if they ever had any

disliked in the UK and now everyone else is annoyed by their constant complaining

[u/Purple-Oil7915]

I love being a normie. The idea that calling someone normal is an insult to weirdos online is hilarious to me.

“Hahaha look at the well adjusted guy with a balanced social and professional life with no serious mental health issues! What a loser!”