I’m not American. Maybe my opinion also comes from a place of not understanding how government works in the US. But in 2020, Biden won the Presidency and the Democrats had control of the House and the Senate. Yet, they had a harder time of reversing Trump’s policies than he had pushing them through. Let alone not even trying to enact progressive policies.

As an outside observer, maybe that’s why people have lost faith in the Democratic party.

It’s a shockingly capitalist move tbh.

China in its current form is fairly capitalist - they are socialist in name only. This isn’t shocking if you remember that.

China flooding the market with solar panels, driving costs down is a good thing.

Thread is about criticizing China. Yet living life as a hypocrite.

Further replies = flailing

Flail away.

Oh get off your high horse.

We criticize the Chinese government for spying on its citizens. We claim it’s undemocratic to do so. Yet we do the same thing. This is not whataboutism, it’s textbook hypocrisy.

Meanwhile in a ”free” country:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act

Edit: apparently people are confused by whataboutism and hypocrisy.

Canadians*

Meanwhile Canada has a strategic reserve of maple syrup.

Well sure, but you have to also remember that there is an entire country that bases its existence on the fact that their god gave them the right to that land, even if it means that nobody else can live there.

The scene they were filming involved him pointing the gun at the camera. The person who got shot was standing behind the camera.

Alec Baldwin claims he did not pull the trigger, and this was corroborated by the assistant director on set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_shooting_incident

The scene involved Baldwin’s character removing a gun from its holster and pointing it toward the camera. The trio behind the monitor were two feet (0.6 m) from the muzzle of the firearm and none of them were wearing protective gear such as noise-canceling headphones or safety goggles.

The trio behind the monitor began repositioning the camera to remove a shadow, and Baldwin began explaining to the crew how he planned to draw the firearm. He said, “So, I guess I’m gonna take this out, pull it, and go, ‘Bang!’” When he removed it from the holster, the revolver discharged a single time.

Halls was quoted by his attorney Lisa Torraco as saying that Baldwin did not pull the trigger, and that Baldwin’s finger was never within the trigger guard during the incident.

This would be David Halls, the assistant director.

Public scapegoat.

Edit: Alec Baldwin is a known Democrat and caricatured Donald Trump famously on SNL. This is clearly a hit job on him because of his stance.

I swap out my all season tires for winter tires when the weather changes.

The pearl industry hates this one trick

Really good use of our tax dollars.

Wonder whose job it is to milk Santa

That looks like most depictions of the pearly gates. There’s no fire and brimstone to imply hell.

The nose is a giveaway.

How did Nixon get there?

I would use [it] from a desire to do good. But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine

• Gandalf, to Frodo, saying why he should not be given the one ring.