Religion-one of the worst inventions of the primitive human mind. Throughout history it was used to control and divide people. Radical secular education now!
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Uncle Tered retweeted
If you truly *love* American cities, you MUST support strict enforcement of laws against anti-social behavior. Paying bus fares, red light cameras, camping on sidewalks, smoking on trains, off-leash dogs, etc etc
If people want to do whatever they want, that’s FINE in the suburbs or the country on your own land. But it, fundamentally, cannot work in our densest places where people all have to co-operate in proximity.
If we do not, it means cities will continue to be primarily for those able to avoid the annoyances ... the wealthy and/or child-free.
If we don’t change this … in 40 years we will look back on allowing dogs in downtowns the same way we look at cars:
As a terrible mistake for how it molded dense urban environment for the benefit of a few ... by not properly pricing in public costs of the "free rider" dog owners and by changing the entire culture to accommodate them.
My fear is by then (like with cars today) there will be too many ppl accustomed to the private benefits and impunity of living downtown with their dogs so we're only able to make marginal changes
And that negative downstream effects (fewer kids, playgrounds, dirty sidewalks, dog attacks) will be baked in
Uncle Tered retweeted
Wow this new James Talarico ad about Ken Paxton is scathing. Share this everywhere. People in Texas need to see it.
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Elon's anti-Talarico rampage is simply because he doesn't want to pay taxes. That's why he left California, too. God forbid a trillionaire should have to contribute to society.
Uncle Tered retweeted
ICE thug ripped phone from elderly US citizen, pocketed it, then body-slammed her.
Not law enforcement. Robbery and felony assault by a masked goon. No immunity. Identify, charge, prosecute to the fullest extent of state law.
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My dear brother. No one is hating you or muslims. We all grew up in a society where we all treat muslims as our brothers and sisters. We love them.Most ordinary Muslims are decent, peaceful people. That is not in dispute. The issue is what the Quran and Hadith actually say, and the fact that almost no Muslim will publicly condemn the specific verses and traditions that radicals quote to justify violence.
You need to understand Hate is not for individual muslims. Before Muslims or Hindus Or Christian, We all are Humans in this Planet. Problem Is with Islamic Ideology Who thinks all non-muslims are Kuffars and they will goto hell. Problem is when you stand with radical verses and dont condemn it . If you think Islam is peaceful , Then answer this directly:
Why won’t you condemn these passages when terrorists use them today?
Quran 9:5: “When the sacred months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush.”
Quran 8:12: “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, so strike them upon the necks.”
Quran 8:39: “Fight them until there is no fitnah and the religion is entirely for Allah.”
The well-known hadith: the Prophet was ordered to fight people until they testify there is no god but Allah, pray, and pay the zakat.
Radicals do not invent these. They quote them. Your usual reply is “that was only for a specific war in the 7th century” or “context.” But you also insist the Quran is the eternal, perfect, unchanging word of God, valid for all times and places. Terrorists make the exact same claim. If the text is timeless, the verses are still there. If it is only historical, then it is not the eternal word of God.
No serious Muslim will say: “I condemn Quran 9:5. I reject it as immoral and inapplicable.” Doing so would mean rejecting the Quran as the perfect, final revelation. That is why the condemnation never comes. The peaceful majority simply ignores or reinterprets the hard verses while the radicals treat them as still binding.
You can practice your religion. Others can also point out what the source texts actually command and note that those commands continue to be cited for jihad. Respect does not require pretending the verses do not exist or that “context” permanently neutralizes them while the book itself is declared eternal.
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I do have to point out here that while Trump's restructuring of America around a supreme presidency is more extreme than everything we've ever seen in our lifetimes, it's not an aberration.
If anything, it's the logical conclusion of decades of Congress declining in power, as dysfunction has made it unable to do its basic job.
Even before Trump, we have seen decades of both the President and the Supreme Court stepping in and basically assuming more and more indirect legislative powers because Congress is too partisan and gridlocked to pass major legislation anymore. Our lawmakers are constantly locked in petty squabbles. They mostly just pass overbloated omnibus bills that do a thousand little things for each special interest and nothing of consequence for the people. Half of all the new senators and congressmen these days seem to retire after one or two terms not out of some principled self-term-limiting, but out of a soul-crushing realization that nothing they're doing matters.
It's not hard to understand why there's a certain group of voters that likes the idea of a president who just steps in and declares, I'll get this done since no one else is doing it. It's the same reason that in the late Roman Republic, plenty of the citizenry were excited about the country being reorganized as the Roman Empire. Because the system was so clearly broken that one guy just stepping in and getting things done seemed like a breath of fresh air.
We have legislative supremacy in the United States of America. Congress is the preeminent branch of our government. It's foundational to our republic and that can probably explain why it was defined first in Article I.
We're not going to get control of our country back until more people understand that We the People are the Big Cheese in this republic and the president is not a tribune of the people because we already have people in Congress to represent us. We don't elect kings, we elect presidents to be the executor of the laws Congress creates and passes, to be our CIC during time of war, to represent our country before the world and to defend our constitutional rights. We entrust him for a temporary period of time to do this for us. The president ANSWERS to us, We the People, for the faithful execution of our laws and the president ANSWERS to our courts for proper fidelity to the United States Constitution. An American president is answerable to pretty much the entire nation. NOT the other way around.
What I'm getting at is that ultimately our country's posture towards the conflict in Ukraine is up to us, We the People. Although these numbers can fluctuate depending on general sympathy or the extent of military aid and humanitarian assistance, the American public by and large is highly supportive of Ukraine in their gallant fight against the invader Russia, with strong support holding tight in the 60%-70% range the last I checked. President Trump's obvious bias with the invader Russia and his actions that are clearly intended to help Russia reach their goal of successful conquest of Ukraine is 180 degrees different from where the American population is. Remember, the president answers to everyone in a constitutional federalist democratic republic. He works for us. WE THE PEOPLE are the Big Cheese. The President is NOT a king. We can demand through our Congress that we regain control of this country from a tyrannical despotic president who views the country as his own personal plaything of which he and he alone gets to decide its global positioning. We the People need to get Congress back in session so that it can assert its supremacy over an out-of-control president who wants to align the country with dictators and abandon the free world to the extreme detriment of us all.
Ultimately the bigger question isn't even about Ukraine.
The bigger question is do you think that the United States of America should be a part of the free world, or do you think that the United States of America should belong to the Axis of Evil.
President Donald Trump prefers the latter which is in sharp contrast to the loftier and more aspirational ideals of America.
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I do have to point out here that while Trump's restructuring of America around a supreme presidency is more extreme than everything we've ever seen in our lifetimes, it's not an aberration.
If anything, it's the logical conclusion of decades of Congress declining in power, as dysfunction has made it unable to do its basic job.
Even before Trump, we have seen decades of both the President and the Supreme Court stepping in and basically assuming more and more indirect legislative powers because Congress is too partisan and gridlocked to pass major legislation anymore. Our lawmakers are constantly locked in petty squabbles. They mostly just pass overbloated omnibus bills that do a thousand little things for each special interest and nothing of consequence for the people. Half of all the new senators and congressmen these days seem to retire after one or two terms not out of some principled self-term-limiting, but out of a soul-crushing realization that nothing they're doing matters.
It's not hard to understand why there's a certain group of voters that likes the idea of a president who just steps in and declares, I'll get this done since no one else is doing it. It's the same reason that in the late Roman Republic, plenty of the citizenry were excited about the country being reorganized as the Roman Empire. Because the system was so clearly broken that one guy just stepping in and getting things done seemed like a breath of fresh air.
Uncle Tered retweeted
I think you should delete this post, Mehek. Her mother stayed with the man who sexually abused Amy Acton. He was found guilty in court. No one should give this woman a platform.
I repeat, delete this post.
🚨 WOW. Most political candidates spend October trying to win over undecided voters.
Now Amy Acton’s mother is calling her a liar and urging Ohioans not to vote for her.
Forget the undecided voters. This campaign has an undecided parent.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Acton’s stepfather abused her from age 9 to 12 and was criminally charged, and the family lived in a tent in winter. Her brother confirms they were removed from their mother’s custody. Acton’s stayed married to the stepfather until he died.
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Uncle Tered retweeted
Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia.
I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.
Uncle Tered retweeted
Imagine if in 1943 FDR had decided that the US would stop helping Britain and instead would side with the Third Reich. That's a bit like what President Trump is now doing by cozying up to Russia as it tries to destroy Ukraine. Utterly shameful. A humiliating moment for the US.
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Praising an indicted war criminal and dictator who bombs civilian sites and kidnaps children to destroy a neighboring democracy. This is deplorable.
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This guy provided fentanyl to a woman, raped her while she was unconscious and then sent her naked photo to other men instead of calling for help.
She died.
He should be charged with rape AND murder.
He violated her multiple times and then left her for dead.
A New York City college student died after being drugged and raped in her dorm, prosecutors say
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No one “drove” Ukraine down any road.
Putin invaded Ukraine.
Russia was not threatened by Ukraine. NATO was not expanding to Ukraine in 2014 or 2022.
Ukrainians are now compelled to fight for their very existence against an imperial dictatorship. They have no choice.
But the calculation of those who drove Ukraine down this primrose road is the following:
Value of UKR casualties & dead: zero
Value of RUS casualites & dead: positive.
=> so long as the war goes on, they win.
This is the calculation of most MSM, many reporters, politicians and pundits. That's why the war can go on forever. Well, at least until the last Ukrainian & Russian.
If war cheerleaders had any skin in the game, they would be much more careful. But they don't. War is costless to them. Only other people die.
Uncle Tered retweeted
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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US has not spent $350B on Ukraine. It has spent $132B, $33B of that is money. The rest is $21B in loans, repaid from frozen Russian assets, $4B in humanitarian aid, and the vast majority, $74B is military equipment.
Half that equipment is new, made in the US. The other half is old stockpile equipment, which soon would have had to be demilitarized at great cost. The replacement equipment is made in the US, so the money stays in the US.
Meanwhile, the EU and European countries have spent a combined $271B, more than twice as much as the US.
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“Cruel men believe in a cruel God, and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly God, and they would be kindly in any case. Men tend to have the beliefs that suit their passions.”
— Bertrand Russell, London Calling
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This is why, with 22 days left, Democrats have to double down and get their voters out. Leave nothing on the playing field. Musk's field operation was very successful in 2024 and very much under the radar screen.
We can't get complacent and we can't let up. We have to take advantage of this moment and blow it out and that means concentrating on the hard work of getting voters to the poll. We all have to go knock doors or make calls. I am going to do it in NC for @RoyCooperNC
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po…
