InevitableSwing

joined 3 years ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 9 hours ago

Days ago - the vile dem fucker could have planned ahead. All he needed to do is read a ~3 minute summary that one of trusted aides make from the Wiki page for the country. That's it. But dems like him are some kind of combination of super arrogant, extremely idiotic, and fantastically lazy.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Can you walk it like this? I can walk it like that
But can you walk it like this? I can walk it like that
Huh!! *echoes*

News reporters, invade my borders
If I think it I will say it, you might have a recorder
And then, UHH-OHH, the nation's in upheaval
The lefties always looking at me evil
You're stepping on my heels, you're breathing down my neck
I'm not Rodney Dangerfield, so give me respect

Song

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US is a sea of awfulness. Time and again - I post but I don't leave a top-level comment. All that comes into my head is undeniable fedposting. And I'd never do that.

 

NYT

Republicans Target Federal Anti-Hunger Program as They Prepare Trump Tax Package

Limiting funding for SNAP could help defray the costs of President Trump’s tax plans, but could result in millions of low-income families losing access to aid.

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As part of their forthcoming package to cut taxes and reduce federal spending, Republicans proposed expanding the existing work requirements to cover food stamp recipients up to age 64, including those with children who are at least age seven.

That amounts to a significant expansion of existing law, which currently only requires beneficiaries up to age 54 to work in exchange for SNAP, and excludes those with dependents. Studying similar Republican proposals in recent years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that work requirements and other rules could result in millions of enrollees losing access to the program. (The budget watchdog has not yet released an analysis on the party’s newest proposal.)

Republicans also proposed limiting nutrition aid to only U.S. citizens and green card holders. States would be required for the first time to contribute funding to the federal food stamp program beginning in 2028. And the Republican proposal would try to limit future administrations from boosting the benefits that low-income Americans receive in nutrition aid.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Grok tells one of them that Elon is lying.

I wonder how hard it is to fix AI bugs.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am evil telegenic
My face smiles and never frowns
Soon, I will be president
Trump power will soon go away
I will be Führer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will go to charter school
Your kids will go to charter school

Gavin Newsom über alles
Gavin Newsom über alles
Über alles, Gavin Newsom
Über alles, Gavin Newsom

Song

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It's a very short article but if you still want more of a taste...

Health officials typically advise avoid swimming in that DC waterway, because sewage from the city’s aging system flows into it. [...] The National Park Service warns plainly against taking a dip in the creek’s E. coli-ful waters.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

But, honey, I wasn't kissing her. No. I was whispering into her mouth. The Supreme Court has stated...

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

11/10

Trump onscreen.

The Package

I'll check that out.

The Parallax View (1974)

It's a fascinating film. And the sort that Hollywood doesn't even try to make anymore - a clever, artistic thriller. There's a fantastic "montage" scene that's best not to read about if you're going to watch the film. In fact - it's probably best to know as little as possible about the film.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago

A few weeks ago I told him that he needed to use the word "corruption" in his article about Trump's corruption where instead he kept mentioning what things cost. I guess I touched a nerve. He blocked me. And I wasn't even rude. Haha.

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Ninja edit

It was this article.

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out

The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.

Instead of doing actual reportage - Lipton took notes like a stenographer including using dollar signs

Every room at the 643-room Trump Doral, including the $13,000-a-night presidential suite, was sold out through the weekend. Not a seat could be found at the BLT Prime steakhouse bar, where a porterhouse steak cost $130.

[...]

By Friday night, the center of attention had shifted back to Mar-a-Lago, as Mr. Trump held another in a series of $1 million-a-head dinners at his private club in Palm Beach.

[...]

Roughly 20 people gather around a candlelit table with big white flowers in the club’s “White and Gold Room” after a photo session. Mr. Trump speaks, then listens to the guests discuss their businesses, one by one. In just an hour or two, he can raise as much as $20 million — a great return on his time investment, associates say.

And Lipton is not some celeb reporter. Money, power, and Trump are the focus of his NYT beat. Just don't ask him to say "corruption".

I focus on powerful people and the influence they have over American society and the world. In recent years, I have written about the Trump family and its international business operations.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

a crashing V-22 or an F-35 falls out of the sky directly on top of him nose down like an anvil falling in Looney Tunes

There is always hope.

 

The better to see you with - motion parallax in young owls

Owls are not really able to move their eyes in their sockets*, so they have to move their entire heads in a somewhat exaggerated manner to change their field of view. This bobbing and head-swaying motion is called motion parallax, and it helps birds (not just owls) more accurately judge distances.

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*more details on this in “Bobbing for Owls”

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The Parallax View (1974)

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Warren Beatty

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

 

From another article

The estimated value of the aircraft is about $400 million.

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