Flockwit

joined 1 year ago
[–] Flockwit 11 points 11 months ago

Remember when Elon Musk had that black eye and said his son punched him? I said "can't blame him". Which is, of course, glorifying violence.

[–] Flockwit 8 points 1 year ago

Anti-crime until a relentless criminal enters the White House.

[–] Flockwit 6 points 1 year ago

That was a really fun one. Probably the first time I figured out all the categories before making a single guess.

[–] Flockwit 4 points 1 year ago

so don't take him as a serious candidate.

Unfortunately I'm old enough to remember people saying that about a certain psychopathic rapist back in 2016, and look where that got us.

[–] Flockwit 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Because Merrick Garland is incredibly lazy. He spent his entire tenure sitting around doing nothing.

[–] Flockwit 9 points 1 year ago

I'd pick the dollar in 5 million years. At first my choice may seem absurd to financially illiterate people, but it's called "passive income", which is the key to getting rich beyond your wildest dreams.

[–] Flockwit 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In NZ, criminals are punished after they've been tried and sentenced, not before. They're only detained before trial if they pose a flight risk.

[–] Flockwit 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminds me of when the US tried to fight "terror" by kidnapping people and shoving them in Gitmo because they were wearing Casio watches, which is apparently a brand favoured by terrorists.

[–] Flockwit 82 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It was the latest escalation of President Donald Trump's campaign to deport all immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

There are two ways to parse this sentence, and I suspect the most accurate parsing was not the one intended by Reuters.

[–] Flockwit 3 points 1 year ago

At the shelter I volunteered at, they'd occasionally get a purebred, but they'd still advertise them as DLH (or whatever) because they didn't want to attract the type of adopter who cares about the breed.

[–] Flockwit 10 points 1 year ago

Now Brooke van Velden has poured cold water on the idea.

It really shows how screwed up Luxon's political instincts are when it took an ACT minister to say "hang on, this attack on workers' rights is going too far."

[–] Flockwit 28 points 1 year ago

Tuberville did accidentally make one valid point. The rule of law is indeed non-existent. Just look at that convicted felon in the White House and all the illegal stuff he's still doing.

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