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The5thEstate 4 points ago +4 / -0

Robert Barnes has been suspicious of Q for a long time now and after the Mostly Peaceful Congressional House Party™ on the 6th, he's all but assured that this is the case. Case in point: if Q is such a dangerous movement, why there weren't any arrests? Investigations? Leaks about Q's leadership/identity? After all, if this helped Trump in any way, shape, or form, it will be leaked to the LSM to be spun, but somehow details on Q tightly-sealed?

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

It means that those with dirt on them will view others as dirty, even though the other side is clean. Or: accuse your enemy of which you are doing.

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The5thEstate 21 points ago +21 / -0

A nice quote I saw on Twatter the other day:

Those that have enough money so they don't have to worry about their next meal throw it in the name of virtue, those that don't have enough money are too busy.

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

To remove any visual influence I recommend just listening to the clip, without seeing the on-screen subtitles. To me, it sounds like "look what I'm signing." If someone could provide a version with clearer audio/clean up the ambient noise, it would help.

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The5thEstate 13 points ago +14 / -1

I managed to find this tweet as the apparent source. The account, Yinon Weiss, posts news on the ineffectiveness of lockdowns. Seems to deliver a lot of factual data.

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The5thEstate 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ford had approved CIA ops in Angola in the summer of 1975. Civil war broke out a few months later.

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

I hope that people are beginning to understand why Trump wished the new administration "good luck."

May the Biden regi.... ahem administration succeed in its objectives.

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The5thEstate 278 points ago +278 / -0

Did you tell them that the pharmaceutical companies are private companies and if they want cheaper medicine, they should start their own company?

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

Fun fact: in the old days, since kettles were set upon small fires, and the pots were in campfires, the kettles had remained cleaner and shinier for longer than the soot-covered pots.

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The5thEstate 1 point ago +1 / -0

To play a bit of Devil's Advocate for a moment: I understand their feelings. For years we (the public) have known that the government lies to us, but at least the media had held some respect. And then came Trump. So now we have

  • Low confidence in the legislative branch;
  • Low confidence in the executive branch;
  • Low confidence in the judicial branch, and;
  • Low confidence in the media.

At this point, everyone making semi-plausible reasoning will gain more credence than the 4 I mentioned above, and that's how people got into it.

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

Think of it like that: Q was, supposedly, a Trump-supporting operation, and yet absolutely zero leaks on who is running the Q message board? Zero investigations into Q? Even after the "extremely dangerous insurrection" on the 6th?

Sus.

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

Sometimes it feels like the first set will fail, no matter what, and the second set (the "retry") will succeed as long as some squares were selected.

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The5thEstate 3 points ago +5 / -2

That sounds no different than "let's remove the tonsils or the appendix because it can get infected."

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

"Muh international relations" (AKA "my bank account is drying up").

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The5thEstate 18 points ago +20 / -2

Agree. Aside from medical emergencies (the foreskin gets infected or otherwise causing severe medical conditions), circumcision should be banned and labeled as child endangerment.

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The5thEstate 5 points ago +6 / -1

Before the election, I thought that had Trump won, the Senate remained in GOP's control, and the House flipped, then things will finally get moving. But after witnessing those 3 months from Election Day to Inauguration Day, too many cowards, sellouts, and/or incompetent in Congress. Let's look at Trump's first half of his term when the GOP held both chambers; aside from the tax plan (which has likely passed due to it also benefitting the Donor Class) which other meaningful legislation was passed? The wall? A health plan? Second Step criminal reform?

To be honest, on some level I'm glad that Trump hadn't won because otherwise, we couldn't identify the useless politicians that need to be replaced; build strong institutional support within Congress to clear a path for the movement to take roots.

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The5thEstate 1 point ago +1 / -0

Myriad of reasons, one of which is lack of basic economy. They think that the economy is: farmers ---> processing plants ---> distribution centers ---> stores & malls; and if you remove the distribution centers, the impact will be minimal. Well, how that worked out? A lot of industries and services are dependent & co-dependent on various other industries and services. But, you know, "LOL just ban drilling and logging. What, you want to kill nature?" as ecologically-disastrous tankers bringing in those same materials from across the ocean.

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The5thEstate 0 points ago +0 / -0

I was discussing the election with some friends (they don't really care for Biden, but believe that Trump was a stain on the Office's reputation), and when I brought up the bellwether counties, their response was "with mailed ballots and easing the access to voting, it's obvious you'll some statistical variations" and I tried to explain that this is beyond some statistical noise, but something that, if it were tax evasion, would've led to immediate arrest and conviction. "No, it's just the right to vote not being suppressed anymore" and then went off about how DeJoy was sabotaging the USPS on purpose.

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