the i dont care about politics anymore thread

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

politicians control the superbowl outcomes:

All major sporting events where bets are placed, including NASCAR and UFC.

edit note: UFC was OK when you were kicking fat guys teeth out, but beyond those first few
events? nope. You know, when John McCain stepped in and started bitching about how
it wasn't like Boxing.

NACAR wouldn't exist without GOV prohibition.

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[Mblake1981]

https://slate.com/culture/2018/08/jo...kfighting.html

In 1996, John McCain called mixed martial arts “human cockfighting.” It was a good jab (never mind the fact that Arizona, the state McCain represented in Congress for over three decades, didn’t officially ban cockfighting until 1998). The term stuck. Even today, with MMA a popular and relatively main-stream form of entertainment, you’ll occasionally hear its critics use his “cockfighting” line. McCain, who died Saturday at the age of 81, may have wanted to destroy the sport in the 1990s, but he will be remembered by some as the man who helped save it.

McCain was not opposed to combat sports in general. He was a high school wrestler and an amateur boxer at the Naval Academy in the 1950s. McCain regularly attended boxing matches throughout his life and often sat ringside. But when he came across an Ultimate Fighting Championship tape in 1996, he was horrified. It looked nothing like his beloved pugilism. There were choke-holds and kicks, and fighters were permitted to pummel opponents on the ground. “To hit a man when he was down was un-American,” McCain declared.

A friend rented UFC 1 from the VHS store for a birthday party, along with the faces of death films.. but looking those up I can't find the ones we watched, I might've remember the wrong names. Anyway, I recall a militia man cutting the hands and feet off a man with a machete then wrapping the sumps up in plastic grocery bags. Real footage. A soccer riot was another, they burned down the stadium and some people were mangled up when the bleachers collapsed.

Ground fighting might be one of the more practical arts out there but it sure is boring to watch. What kid wants to watch two sweaty men rub all over each other on the floor? then again, UFC rose to prominence during post 9/11 USA which gave us Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Metrosexuality. Iphone based social media would be around the corner with the rise of LGBT and pronouns.

[Mblake1981]

https://postal.fandom.com/wiki/POSTAL_2

Numerous jabs and insults are aimed at Joe Lieberman, including a banner that reads "Leiberman [sic], God sees your lies", the easiest difficulty setting is "Liebermode", and in the final newspaper announcing the apocalypse on Friday, a byline that reads "Lieberman blames Doom". (After a player's death or suicide, if the game is left running without restarting or reloading a saved game, NPCs standing around the body will invariably make statements such as "Somebody call Lieberman" and "I blame Doom"). Similarly, several jokes are aimed at Dave Grossman such as a video arcade named "Grossman's Arcade".

[Gravydoo II]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, it can matter though. If the baker was Muslim, and I said I want him to bake me a cake of the prophet Mohammad fucking a pig, he is absolutely within his rights to refuse to bake that for me. And as long as it is not due to my race, sexuality, religion etc, I would lose any ensuing lawsuit

No. Its not. He can refuse service because its inappropriate but not because hes a Muslim. A business has the right to refuse service if they feel like they want to, as long as its not for a reason we discussed above. It does matter if its offensive and he doesnt want his business associated with it. Thats fair and he has that right. To say "no im not going to bake this cake because you're a white republican christian" would be a lawsuit. They have legit reasons to refuse service, too.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Elizondo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

nobody understands what the issue is. Nada to do with bakin a cake.

social media companies have direct control over freedom of speech and the issue is if twitter and facebook are colluding with 1 party (hint: dems) to suppress the political speech of their opposition which is what's happening

that's the reason why the dems kept callin up the ceos to coerce/pressure them into censoring content they disagreed with. the issue isn't a private company doing anything here on their own volition. the issue are politicians applying pressure or selectively providing benefits to remove protections and amendments provided within the constitution for everyone, regardless of political identity

like if zuckerbucks does what the dems want, maybe this will go away or he'll get a slap on the wrist. Makes more sense now why he spent so much money to get dems elected in 2020 too

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/tech/...now/index.html

it's like if we still lived in a pre internet world and the dems threatened to investigate newspapers for printing republican campaign ads. that's basically what's happening and it's dirty. anyone who supports it is a coward and a not see

230 needs to revised

a not See is a blind antipope.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Gravydoo II [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No. Its not. He can refuse service because its inappropriate but not because hes a Muslim. A business has the right to refuse service if they feel like they want to, as long as its not for a reason we discussed above. It does matter if its offensive and he doesnt want his business associated with it. Thats fair and he has that right. To say "no im not going to bake this cake because you're a white republican christian" would be a lawsuit. They have legit reasons to refuse service, too.

All things that I said. He would find it offensive because he’s a Muslim. But he doesn’t have to refuse because he finds it offensive. He can refuse for literally any reason other than discrimination of a protected class

He could refuse simply because he doesn’t like the color of the shoes the person decided to wear that day. He could roll a six sided dice and then refuse saying it landed on a 5. It doesn’t matter

This is why generally it is a bad idea to explain to anyone why you are doing something, whether that’s refusing them service or, say, firing them in their job. You are not required legally to provide an explanation and all the explanation will do is give them more ammo in a potential lawsuit

Edit: the firing thing is for my state, AZ, which is a right to work state. Union states may be different though. And not providing an explanation isn’t a fail-safe to a lawsuit. For example, if a black person walks into your store and you say “get out I’m not serving you”, it might be hard to convince a court it’s for another reason other than racial discrimination. It’s all about what you can prove to a court

[unsunghero]

I learned about refusing service when I was about 21ish years old working for a high end electronics retailer in a popular shopping plaza

Past like 6pm we would get groups of teens coming in, they would never buy anything, and instead just want to fiddle with stuff, be loud and cause a ruckus. Not just our store, the entire plaza was considered a teen hangout like the mall, so all stores had to deal with it

One night a group of like 5 loud teens came into the store around 7:30pm and the store manager confronted them right as they were walking in and said “nope, turn around and get out”. The teens protested saying they were customers, and the manager said “not in my store you’re not, get out”. The teens then said they were going to come back with their parents, but they left. And they didn’t come back

Months later, the entire plaza put a curfew down for unaccompanied minors past like 6-7pm to deal with the situation of roving bands of teens causing problems. That was when I learned you could legally just kick a person out of your store without providing a reason. Now maybe, their parents could have sued claiming ageism? That I’m not sure about

[Mblake1981]

Biden in the news today for regulating the prices of beef. To help us all embrace curry and vegetables to be like our corporate overlords (imported from India).

100% USDA choice business.

edit: How much would it cost to get a JDAM dropped on the Georgia Guidestones?

[Gatordash]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Biden in the news today for regulating the prices of beef. To help us all embrace curry and vegetables to be like our corporate overlords (imported from India).

100% USDA choice business.

edit: How much would it cost to get a JDAM dropped on the Georgia Guidestones?

There is nothing President Biden hates more than big meat. Jealousy I think [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Gatordash]

Look at all the Blue States people are moving to.

Zillow ranked the hottest real estate markets in the U.S. for 2022.

Wow so many.
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Hmm that's weird.

• Tampa, Jacksonville, Raleigh, San Antonio and Charlotte are expected to lead the U.S.

• New York, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Chicago are expected to be the coolest housing markets in 2022