Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles may now be worthless. | A study examining more than 73,000 NFT collections found that 95% had a market cap of 0 ETH. Out of the top collections, the most common price for an NFT is now $5-$100. by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

[–]Maniak 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What? It was an obvious scam from the start?

I'm so shocked right now.

It's so fortunate that such scams don't happen anymore.

Oh wait, what's the latest amount being stolen by Ukrainazis?

Thoughts on climate change? by Hydrogenbomb in WayOfTheBern

[–]Maniak 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To trust what exactly?

The entire topic has been so muddled and coopted that it doesn't mean anything anymore, much like just about everything else.

Whatever is happening or not, the topic itself is nothing but a cash grab for the owner class and a tool to increase control over the masses by the owner class. Mmh... I sense a pattern there.

Is the climate changing? Sure it is. Anybody who's lived for more than 20 years in a place with seasons has been seeing it happening year after year. That's where the observation stops.

Does separating paper and plastic trash help? Do electric cars help? Does virtue signaling on social media help? Of course not. That's always been bullshit since day 1.

We're being played, as usual.

Besides, I'm on the planet's side, not on the human side. If the climate changes (for whatever reason) and ends up ridding the planet of this species, good. That's by far the most environment-friendly outcome you can hope for.

@KanekoaTheGreat: "Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs. The event was organized by a group called "Canine Beings." 🐕🐕🐕" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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The concept of 'family' was so much better before it was coopted/corrupted with this 'unit' crap :/ This was a very early sign of things that would be coming.

A lot more people should be going back to the roots of human evolution :/

And yeah, Hitler didn't 'invent' anything. He just pressed the right buttons at a time when those buttons were primed to trigger a whole mess (not for the first time), and was helped along the way by a lot of people and institutions that kept on doing just fine as if they had no involvement in it whatsoever.

That particular mix seems to be eerily close to what we've be getting into in recent times.

Let me put it this way: If Germany is the country that ends up jumping off the deep end and causing yet another world war, at least we'll know what to expect. But weirdly enough, even though it can never be a mistake to keep an eye out over there (hence why remilitarization is not a good thing, because when has it been historically?), it's weirdly not the country I'm worried about right now.

Granted this is getting far away from the whole 'identifying as dog' thing :/

@KanekoaTheGreat: "Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs. The event was organized by a group called "Canine Beings." 🐕🐕🐕" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Got one, somewhat: they're more than capable of doing it all by themselves.

If you are an exile from corp social media, why would you re-post (or engage with/upvote) "viral" posts from ANY of the social control media to SaidIt (& not your own thoughts)? Aren't you just helping the usurpers to extend the reach of their (mind) control to unsuspecting fellow Saiditors/Wayers? by EddieC in WayOfTheBern

[–]Maniak 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because people are free to post whatever the fuck they want wherever the fuck they want.

And the people seeing it are free to engage and discuss anything they see whenever they feel like it's bullshit.

That's how you fight "mind control".

Why is this useless COVID shit the one and only free stuff in the American healthcare system? by Hydrogenbomb in WayOfTheBern

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It's not useless. It's making billions for the assholes behind it, which is the entire point.

Biden stumbles into pole and doesn't shake President Lula's hand by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

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He was too far gone the last time as well, but unlike the rest of the country, they have free access to any drug cocktail they need. Paid for by those who are dying because they don't.

Zelenskyy, Master of Time and Space, Listens to Own Speech at UN by captainramen in WayOfTheBern

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Hitler apparently.

@thevivafrei: "The British government is now asking TikTok if @rustyrockets is able to monetize his content on that platform. This was never about Russell Brand" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet:

The British government is now asking TikTok if @rustyrockets is able to monetize his content on that platform.

This was never about Russell Brand.

This was a political pretext so governments across the world can coordinate with social media companies to acquire total control over dissenting voices on the Internet.

Sean Penn's critique that we have an over cautious concern related to nuclear weapons needed some perspective. by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

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Santa Barbara wasn't a soap. It was Santa Fucking Barbara!

People got killed! Then came back! And kidnapped others! And were kidnapped! And died! Then came back again! And everybody kept having sex with everybody else!

Yeah ok, it was a soap :/

@Neolibtears: "Cenk hates #ForceTheVote so much he can't help but misrepresent what happened, first saying he opposed it because M4A wouldn't have passed, then arguing the timing just wasn't right" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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@briebriejoy:

For the record: not only do I not own a Mercedes, I cannot drive and don’t own a car or a house. 😉

Confused? Watch my debate with @cenkuygur here

@jvgraz: "The incredibly frustrating thing about both Cornel West and RFK Jr is they seem to have decided to run for president without doing the slightest bit of preparation. Gentlemen, people are dying. If you want voters to take you seriously, you need to have done your homework." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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@bigmadcrab:

In this @SabbySabs2 clip, @CornelWest seemed to not know or be aware of the @ReadeAlexandra case or even know who she is

How is this even possible? Is he just forgetting? 🤔

Sean Penn's critique that we have an over cautious concern related to nuclear weapons needed some perspective. by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

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She'll always be a Kelly to me.

Sean Penn's critique that we have an over cautious concern related to nuclear weapons needed some perspective. by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

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Soft spot or pity? :/

It's kinda like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Hoping for them to get free because they deserve better.

@MaxBlumenthal: "I joined Russell Brand on 9/11 to discuss the financial censorship of anti-establishment voices by Silicon Valley social media and crowdfunding companies. This was one of Brand's last shows before YouTube demonetized his channel [...]" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Kudos for keeping things in perspective.

His 'rock star' lifestyle 'back in the day' is one thing. To his credit, even back then he was very transparent about it, which incidentally is why the current hit job is so bullshit. Take any celebrity who was active 20 years ago (also applies now, but they're being more careful) and you'll find an endless mix of drugs, alcohol and sex.

Would it excuse rape? Of course not. But again, Brand is not a good target for such a hit job given how open he's been about it all. If Tom Cruise had been saying the things that Brand was saying, they would most likely have a much stronger basis for their smears, even if still entirely baseless, because of the whole scientology thing.

Brand, before he got anchored down and dropped drugs and alcohol (which you'd think would make him a model to follow instead of some kind of opportunistic fuckbag), was absolutely a drugged-up whore, like so many other celebrities even now. Not an excuse, just a statement. He at least had the self-awareness (or just didn't give a fuck to that extent) to be open about it.

Which makes him the last possible target the establishment hacks would want to aim at, if they had any semblance of competency.

But they don't. So we'll see how this turns out, and I'm absolutely hoping for a Brand-style resistance and not for a Bernie-style rollover. Both are possible, but FFS please Russell, we can only take so much.

@MaxBlumenthal: "I joined Russell Brand on 9/11 to discuss the financial censorship of anti-establishment voices by Silicon Valley social media and crowdfunding companies. This was one of Brand's last shows before YouTube demonetized his channel [...]" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet, because fuck long tweets:

I joined Russell Brand on 9/11 to discuss the financial censorship of anti-establishment voices by Silicon Valley social media and crowdfunding companies.

This was one of Brand's last shows before YouTube demonetized his channel following the tabloid publication of sexual abuse allegations. YouTube has justified its move on the basis of its vague "creator responsibility policy," which forbids "real world harm" to YT "users, employees, or ecosystem."

The Google-owned company's move will inevitably harden the perception that Brand is the target of a coordinated hit, and should raise questions about the influence of state actors on the company's decision. (YouTube threatened The Grayzone with a strike following our livestream about British journalist Paul Mason's collaboration with the UK security state. The stream was permanently deleted.)

As @Jonathan_K_Cook has pointed out, Brand's antics were no secret in Hollywood, but only became an issue after he rehabilitated himself and emerged as one of the world's most prolific critics of corporate media.

As unsettling as some the allegations against Brand might seem, he has not yet been convicted of anything in a court, he has denied the charges, and has not clearly violated YouTube's terms of service through any of his online content. But a jury of faceless corporate functionaries has nonetheless found him guilty in the privatized, politically co-opted space that serves as our digital commons, and punished him with financial sanctions.

Grayzone - Ex-UK amb. Craig Murray: "The US has completely ceased to be a democracy" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Craig Murray is the former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, a whistleblower, journalist and one of the leading voices for the freedom of Julian Assange. In this wide-randing interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal, Murray takes aim at the US and UK's claims to uphold democracy while jailing dissidents – including Murray himself – for protesting and exposing their crimes.

Sean Penn's critique that we have an over cautious concern related to nuclear weapons needed some perspective. by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

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(have I said already that I love SaidIt and am never going back to giving any kind of fuck about Reddit? Because I do and am, never)

Sean Penn's critique that we have an over cautious concern related to nuclear weapons needed some perspective. by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

[–]Maniak 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

When Sean Penn tells you not to pay attention to something, you can be sure you should pay close attention to it.

When Sean Penn tells you to pay attention to something, you can be sure you should entirely ignore it.

He's no different than whatever the Sisson cunt is supposed to be.

Max Blumenthal: Ukraine to become 'Big Israel'? by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal addresses the Ron Paul Institute's 2023 Washington DC conference on the disturbing plans in Kiev and Washington to convert Ukraine into a "Big Israel," and what this means for the region and the future of US politics.

@ShaykhSulaiman: "Channel 4 and 'Times' Russell Brand Hit-Piece Exposed [...] Let’s do a FORENSIC analysis into The Times and Channel 4 Hit Piece to see the strength of these claims." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Yet another good moment to write down the names of companies that nobody should be doing any business with, ever.

@ShaykhSulaiman: "Channel 4 and 'Times' Russell Brand Hit-Piece Exposed [...] Let’s do a FORENSIC analysis into The Times and Channel 4 Hit Piece to see the strength of these claims." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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They'll now go after him on this point.

He included that specifically because that was what they told him they were going after him about. This was an obvious "in the next day or so, a story will be published accusing me of rape", which it was.

The only somewhat weird part about this is that they bothered to warn him beforehand, and gave him time to post something in preparation. It wasn't a segment addressing the allegations but a segment addressing that allegations about "something" was coming. He hasn't posted on his Twitter account since it came, not sure if he appeared publicly anywhere yet or if the response to this is still a work in progress.

It's Russell Fucking Brand. His past has been very public for a long time already. He's been owning it every step of the way.

@ShaykhSulaiman: "Channel 4 and 'Times' Russell Brand Hit-Piece Exposed [...] Let’s do a FORENSIC analysis into The Times and Channel 4 Hit Piece to see the strength of these claims." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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It's no wonder why so many good people don't raise their voices.

First they came

@ShaykhSulaiman: "Channel 4 and 'Times' Russell Brand Hit-Piece Exposed [...] Let’s do a FORENSIC analysis into The Times and Channel 4 Hit Piece to see the strength of these claims." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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He gets more views and subscriptions than they do.

Who doesn't?

Is it just me or did Russell Brand and Jimmy Dore get a hit piece at the same time? by Inuma in WayOfTheBern

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a web of ex- friends of Jimmy decided to spread a smear about him

A web? I thought it was just Graham digging his hole ever deeper. Who else has been repeating it and more importantly, has any of them been providing even circumstantial evidence?

As to the timing, I can't think of a specific topic that both covered around the same time that could have yet triggered it.

The Russell Brand hit job is obviously a planned attack, which would imply that something he covered recently would need to be looked at more closely by regular people.

The Jimmy thing feels more like just another case of Graham not being capable of accepting that he bought the bullshit.

Her, Jimmy has also bought the bullshit and who knows what would have happened if he hadn't been injured himself right from the start. Maybe they'd still be great friends, but complete shitlibs as well since that's what you need to be to justify belief in the pandemic bullshit.

Bottom line, from where I'm standing, one is a hit job and the other is just yet another case of rambling from an ego-injured past comedian.

@SnowHimbo: "The craziest thing about the recent news about Russell Brand is that Joe Biden's daughter wrote in her diary that was confirmed to be hers that her father sexually molested her in the shower." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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He publicly advertised his willingness to be a corporate whore way back when, and has been relying on that his entire career. He's always done the bidding of his owners and they've always made sure that he (and all the others) can never be held accountable for whatever they're doing.

He's not a special case, but he's one of the very worst ones (along with Clinton). And the fact that people like those despicable fucks are able to do what they've been doing, all their opportunistic psychopathic lives, without any repercussion, is more than enough evidence that nobody should ever give any vote to this party (or its red version), ever.

The system is the problem. Biden is one of its most blatant symptoms.

Are You On The Political Left But Vote For The Circle D Corporation? Maybe You're Just A Democrat... by BerryBoy1969 in WayOfTheBern

[–]Maniak 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the pragmatism shitlibs hide behind

It's not pragmatism, it's delusion.

There's nothing pragmatic in shilling for the part of the duopoly that caused all the worst issues that people have been having over the past several decades, whenever the red part of the duopoly wasn't able to get it through.

@SnowHimbo: "The craziest thing about the recent news about Russell Brand is that Joe Biden's daughter wrote in her diary that was confirmed to be hers that her father sexually molested her in the shower." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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The whole shower thing, the Tara Reade thing, the entire public history of saying racist shit out loud, in Congress, on record, makes me think that he never had any kind of impulse control.

@SnowHimbo: "The craziest thing about the recent news about Russell Brand is that Joe Biden's daughter wrote in her diary that was confirmed to be hers that her father sexually molested her in the shower." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Any objective assessment would conclude she was molested by someone - who?

Probably the same mystery figure who somehow got her father to take showers with her, since they were both kids at that time and not responsible for their own actions, right? Wanna bet what the 'washing process' involved?

@SnowHimbo: "The craziest thing about the recent news about Russell Brand is that Joe Biden's daughter wrote in her diary that was confirmed to be hers that her father sexually molested her in the shower." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Not unusual for people to block out the specific traumatic events.

Especially when it happened while they were kids, evolutionarily locked in "trust your authority figures" mode. The 'golden time' for abusers.

@SnowHimbo: "The craziest thing about the recent news about Russell Brand is that Joe Biden's daughter wrote in her diary that was confirmed to be hers that her father sexually molested her in the shower." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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I remember pulling up my skirt in 2nd grade and showing the boys my underpants.

Had to check since I never remember the mapping between US grades and the school system over here, and...

Second grade (also 2nd Grade or Grade 2) is the second year of formal or compulsory education. It is the second year of primary school. Children in second grade are usually aged 7-8.

Yeah, clearly nothing going on there.

@ShaykhSulaiman: "Channel 4 and 'Times' Russell Brand Hit-Piece Exposed [...] Let’s do a FORENSIC analysis into The Times and Channel 4 Hit Piece to see the strength of these claims." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Yup, desperate for a distraction or something. It's not as if Brand was that much of a high-profile 'dissident voice' to be a major threat to them.

They're pulling an Assange and hoping it'll stick, and it will only stick with shitlibs who would have bought any other smear anyway.

They're the ones who weaponized MeToo and made it entirely meaningless, and yet they're still trying to use it.

By idiots, for morons.

Chaos erupts as furious protesters heckle AOC, Nadler, and other pols during Dems’ press conference for NYC’s escalating migrant crisis by rundown9 in WayOfTheBern

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And maybe also stop waging wars and coups all around the world so that less migrants are created in the first place?

Boys and Men in the United States Are Struggling. The Left Should Talk About It. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Remind me again, didn't Jacobin shill for the blue team that made it happen?

Because this sounds more like a "why aren't you doing anything" than a mea culpa.

In act of divine retribution, equestrian statue of Angela Merkel collapses spontaneously under its own weight by Orochi in WayOfTheBern

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it is hard not to see in them a divine message

And yet, there isn't.

Badly built structures however, have a known tendency to crumble under any kind of pressure. Just look at US infrastructure.

EU states tell Zelensky they won’t hand over draft dodgers by rondeuce40 in WayOfTheBern

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A couple of months at the most, depending on when the US will decide is the best time for whatever narrative it'll be spinning at that moment.

Biden wants UAW, automakers to work around-the-clock to avert strike (risi: Ruh Roh) by [deleted] in WayOfTheBern

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Or more accurately, Biden wanted some porridge, pointed and said "uaaawwwwww" which is all that his inner porridge can still come up with, and his puppeteers built the rest around it.

Dem Porn-Wife Cries 'Sex Crime' After Public Videos Used To 'Humiliate' Her In Race by Super_Soviet_Gundam in WayOfTheBern

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Always ready and willing to add details whenever an opportunity arises :)

The initial comment was too short to be acceptable, it needed some additional rambling.

@Neolibtears: With RFK driving speculation he might switch parties, I remembered this blast from the past when he told Dr. Jill Stein and the Green Party in 2012 to "cut President Barack Obama some slack": https://politico.com/story/2012/10/rfk-jr-dont-blame-obama-for-green-failures-082339 by therazorx in WayOfTheBern

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"driving speculation"

Weird way to say "he's been mumbling words and others have pushed their own interpretations".

I'll believe that Mr "the democratic party is and has always been the better party" will switch parties some time after he does it.

Niko House: "Jimmy Dore Discusses Cornel West Interview, Trump/Biden, Identity Politics & More!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Another pack of good points and back&forth, the kind that would have been nice to see in that original interview if West had been up to it.

And yet again, waiting on the morons smearing Dore as a racist for having dared to criticize and contradict West to... call Niko a racist for agreeing with Jimmy on most if not all of his criticisms.

Top EU official warns West needs to act to avoid losing developing world's trust by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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What has Cornel said this time?

Oh right, not that West.

Dem Porn-Wife Cries 'Sex Crime' After Public Videos Used To 'Humiliate' Her In Race by Super_Soviet_Gundam in WayOfTheBern

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Not defending her or excusing what she doing in response either, she's still a democrat so obviously being willing to sell yourself out for money is part of the job description.

At least it's clear for her, and her hypocritical "this is private" when she's the one who made it public is your run-of-the-mill democrat reaction.

Of course it was going to "come out" once she decided to... put herself out there so to say.

Pretending to be surprised by this is as blatantly bullshit as pretending that you just discovered that the DNC rigs its primaries.

Just saying that porn is a much more respectable industry and career than what corporate politicians (which most certainly includes her as well) are doing.

Dem Porn-Wife Cries 'Sex Crime' After Public Videos Used To 'Humiliate' Her In Race by Super_Soviet_Gundam in WayOfTheBern

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Well she's still a dem. Owning up to their own actions isn't their thing.

Dem Porn-Wife Cries 'Sex Crime' After Public Videos Used To 'Humiliate' Her In Race by Super_Soviet_Gundam in WayOfTheBern

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I certainly have more respect for that than for those whoring out to corporations and billionaires.

@cmkshama: `Luxury property developer and CEO Tim Gurner, who owns nearly a billion dollars in wealth, says: "Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."` by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet, because it gets worse:

Luxury property developer and CEO Tim Gurner, who owns nearly a billion dollars in wealth, says:

"Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."

"There's been a systematic change where employees feel the employer is extremely lucky to have them, as opposed to the other way around...We've got to kill that attitude and that has to come through hurting the economy."

Gurner is thoroughly repulsive, but he's not a "bad apple." This is today's reminder as to why capitalism in a rotten system as a whole. A system in which a small elite enriches itself on the labor and suffering of the masses is inherently sociopathic. That's why I'm fighting for socialism.

Have you guys ever been like "Ok fine, if you not going to help me find work to do, then I'm just going to sit back and wait"? by SudoBreakSandwich in WayOfTheBern

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Mmh, let me sit back and wait while I ponder...

@drdrew: "In an internal phone call, FDA directors heard physicians' concerns about mRNA & how VAERS reports of adverse reactions were falling through the cracks – including the cardiac arrest & death of a 7-year-old, days after receiving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. We obtained a recording." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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This call was recorded by Dr. @JosephFraiman in March 2022. He played part of the call on the 9/6/23 episode of @AskDrDrew w/ @DrKellyVictory & Dr. @JesslovesMJK. The audio has been enhanced for clarity but is unaltered.

Russia's Navy Port At Sevastopol On Fire After Massive Ukraine Missile Attack by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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@rybar_force:

At around 3 a.m. on September 13, Su-24M bombers of the Ukrainian Air Force launched ten Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles at Sevastopol.

Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division shot down seven targets: five by a Pantsir-S1 SAM system, one by a S-400 division, and the seventh missile was shot down by a MiG-31 fighter.

Unfortunately, three Storm Shadow missiles reached their targets: the landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don, which were in dry dock, sustained varying degrees of damage.

RFK Jr says DNC plans to destroy democracy by prevail2020 in WayOfTheBern

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Wow, I'm so shocked right now.

RFK (allegedly) starting to discover what already happened many decades ago, with the DNC being only a part of it? And the only thing that was required was for him to be personally inconvenienced while he looked at all those decades go by without (allegedly) noticing a thing?

Such powers of discernment don't bode well for somebody who wants to lead a country but hey, after all it's the country that's fine with its leader being an incompetent joke, even senile.

Jimmy Dore Show: "Here’s Why Cornel West Got So Upset At Jimmy Dore!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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high chance Cornell will endorse Biden at the end

That one is a given. If there were any doubts before, those last interviews made them all disappear. If he firmly believes that the blue team is inherently better than the red team, which he evidently does, then he'll endorse it, no question. Maybe not enthusiastically, but he'll replace enthusiasm with repeated calls of "those other ones are the real neo-fascists!".

So if he can't at least bring himself to move the conversation towards how regular people can organize and come together to fight the duopoly and can't help but frame his criticisms as "yeah they're both bad, but reps are worse", he may just as well join RFK's campaign.

Or Biden's.

@jvgraz: "Few people have gone harder against Peter Daou than I have. But so far I've seen nothing to indicate his turnaround is anything but sincere. If his true goal is to undermine the left, it will become clear very quickly. There's no point in giving up until we see what he does." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Just to keep things 'fair and balanced' :)

It's pretty much where I am as well. His turnaround seems sincere, he at the very least has remained consistent on this over the past few years. Still not trusting him and he still has many issues other than his "Clinton hitman days" but if he's going to shit the bed with the West campaign, we'll all see it very soon.

So personally, I'm just grabbing some popcorn.

Silver lining, Daou or no Daou, the chances of West winning the election are the same so that's not the aspect over which to get excited about, for or against, which makes at least that part simpler.

How Kyiv and Warsaw Moving Towards a New Level of Escalation by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

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How many levels are left before Big Global Kaboom time? Asking for a friendcat.

Single Issue Voting by risi in WayOfTheBern

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There hasn't been any meaningful political win to be scored in US presidential elections in a long time, that's the open secret. Whichever you choose, if any, will be the right one as long as you're fine with it, since it will only involve you anyway.

Change won't be coming through US presidential elections. "Anti-establishment" campaigns are only there to further discussion and try to get people to understand that they should join forces. The "win the election" ship has sailed and isn't coming back without some radical realignment of forces and approaches among regular people, which is what the establishment campaigns are designed to suppress.

Jimmy Dore Show: "Here’s Why Cornel West Got So Upset At Jimmy Dore!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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And yes, of course it's about Peter Daou :)

All good points and obviously there's no reason to trust Daou in any way. I remain curious to see what happens with him involved in the campaign though.

If his conversion was real, that'll be easy enough to see quickly and the messaging of the campaign would be getting more aggressive towards the duopoly itself. Not holding my breath but hey, weird things happen all the time.

If it's just another con, then the campaign will crash down in flames very fast, the reasons why being very obvious, which would be a better option than stringing people along for no reason.

So as far as I'm concerned, still happy about that announcement. Given that the only usefulness of this campaign (or any other anti-establishment campaign) is to further the discussion about people joining forces along class lines outside of the duopoly and outside of electoralism, either it fixes its messaging and goes (back?) to this or it'll be better if it just disappears into oblivion. The addition of Daou may help with both, and it should be made clear which pretty soon.

Single Issue Voting by risi in WayOfTheBern

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what the consequences are going to be for voting in a certain way

That one is easy: in the case of a US presidential election, the consequences for voting in any way are... nothing.

Until the vast majority of voters stop voting for the duopoly, voters aren't the ones making the choice.

That's not changing any time soon, and for it to ever have a chance of changing requires working outside of the electoral system.

And if anti-establishment candidates stopped either running within the duopoly and playing its game or making "lesser evilist" distinctions between red and blue, it wouldn't hurt either.

So as of right now, don't waste time playing 4D chess in a game you're not even playing. You can focus on voting your conscience. Might even use it to learn about yourself by what that self-analysis may reveal.

Thoughts on Peter Daou joining Cornel West's campaign by SusanJ in WayOfTheBern

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All good news. This may be the biggest chance Daou ever had of proving that his 'conversion' away from the democratic party was the real deal :)

He does know a lot about the internal corruption and rigging of elections of the DNC, given that he himself participated in a lot of the fuckery against Bernie in 2016, so if he ever wanted to make amends...

Single Issue Voting by risi in WayOfTheBern

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Not the framing I'd use. More like a two-pass system:

First pass: "these are the policies I care the most about, for whatever reasons, which candidates fit the bill the most?"

Second pass: "among those candidates, which also hold disqualifying positions, for whatever reasons?"

Any of those who remain, if any, would serve. If none remain, that's fine too. It's not as if electoralism was the answer to anything anyway.

So if you can find a candidate who fits what you want and doesn't hold positions that you find too repellent to vote for, go for it. The reasons why you decide "what you want" are your own and are irrelevant to the choice itself. Same with how you decide what's disqualifying.

Those who disagree with your personal choices as to what's important/to be rejected and want to shame you or pressure you to align with their personal choices can go fuck themselves, unless they actually have proper arguments and are willing to discuss like reasonable people, accepting disagreements. Which is rarely the case.

Thoughts on Peter Daou joining Cornel West's campaign by SusanJ in WayOfTheBern

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Happy to hear, curious to see what will be coming from this. Hopefully it'll help clear up the messaging when it comes to fighting the entire duopoly as the single 'party' that it is.

The Hill: "Rand Paul Demands Unanimous Consent To Rescind Covid Vax, Mask Mandate For U.S. Senate Pages" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Funny to see the republican side attack the dem party side using the argument that health decisions are between the people and their doctors but democrats oppose it without any basis on any science, when the roles are reversed when it comes to abortion.

But hey, that's the duopoly theatrics for you. If republicans were in control now, they'd be doing the same thing, using different words.

Lee Camp: RFK Jr. Realized Primaries Are Rigged! by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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So...... dumb, slow, disconnected, dishonest or ultra-conditioned like any other VBNMW zombie?

Because FFS... this doesn't fit with "the guy who knows how the establishment works and is the best chance to bring it down"

More like just another one who may want to do the right thing but is stuck in a mode that makes him easily controllable.

But I'm sure he's going to send strongly-worded letters to bring incremental changes to this corrupt system.

X Sues California Over Content "Moderation" Law by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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Oh I'm not saying that he shouldn't do this and more, and joining up with the others would be nice too of course. Opposing the "lawmaker" version of this bullshit is absolutely necessary and if they do it for the wrong reasons, doesn't matter right now.

If they manage to fuck this thing up, then they'll become the issue since it's their goal, but that'll be a matter for when that moment comes. Let the power-hungry authoritarians fight each other if they want, it's just as when they get us to fight each other but the other way around for once.

@CornelWest: "I salute you my dear brother Tim @RealTimBlack for your rare courage!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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He wanted to call him out on what he (rightfully) saw as major mistakes on the part of West in the hope that it maybe would have had an impact. That doesn't make him way out of line or believe himself to be smarter than West.

He already tried to explain this multiple times, including that he wanted to talk to West privately but the campaign refused and insisted on doing it publicly. Maybe hoping that Dore would self-censor? Who knows.

Anyway, besides the point, not going back to endless arguing over it. This smear piece is complete and utter bullshit, obvious bullshit, and West qualifying it as being somehow 'courageous' is, as I said, not going to help.

It's also stupid as fuck, but maybe this is another criticism of West that would be treated as some kind of unforgivable offense.

@CornelWest: "I salute you my dear brother Tim @RealTimBlack for your rare courage!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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@SarcasmStardust:

Yo. They put a fake picture of trump in the background of Jimmy’s pic? That is so fucking gross. Slimeball shit.

@jvgraz:

How is it that any even minimally hopeful candidate always ends up fracturing the Left into smaller and smaller pieces?

@jakki_jax:

Perhaps"saluting" a disingenuous hit piece on Dore wasn't good outreach 2day. The pic of Dore isn't from the interview a false attempt 2 make him look "angry". Questions aren't betrayal. Dore isn't even remotely a Trump supporter. Fake Trump pic in background.

@anyaparampil:

Attacking Jimmy for presenting a straightforward critique of his campaign, and weaponizing race to do so, shows lack of political vision and character. The simple fact is that Dr West did not have a response for Jimmy, so he pivoted to personal attacks. It’s sad

@CornelWest: "I salute you my dear brother Tim @RealTimBlack for your rare courage!" by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Well, that's not going to help...

What is West saluting? This sorry piece of smear attempt by Tim Black, hardly a reference in objective coverage, using a badly Photoshopped thumbnail trying to make Dore look like a Trump supporter.

Not to mention this pile of nonsense in the description:

In today's video, we dive deep into a shocking moment: Commentator Jimmy Dore openly criticizes Dr. Cornel West, a respected intellectual and activist. Why? It appears Dore is more interested in pandering to his Trump-supporting base than engaging in meaningful discourse. We dissect the interview, examine the potential motivations behind this betrayal, and discuss its wider implications for public debate. Don't miss this critical look at the breakdown of alliances in the pursuit of clicks and political expediency.

Shitlib-level of delusion but then again, it's Tim Black. It's apparently shocking to... criticize a candidate for the US presidency.

And yet, this tweet from Cornel West.

Once again, if this came from an advisor, he really surrounded himself with the exact same kind of dipshits as if he was running in the democratic party. If it came from himself... then it raises more and worse questions, so I hope it's the first one.