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Calls for J.D. Vance to resign after he admits that he 'created' pet-eating story about immigrants
  • I expect he's going to say he didn't mean that he fabricated the story, but instead meant that he "created the story" in the sense of bringing it to the media's attention

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    Yarr
  • You can get that good, scurvy-busting vitamin C from meat just fine, all you have to do is eat it raw

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    What movie did you watch as I kid which you shouldn't have?
  • I think it was rated PG-13, not R

    In fact it was rated PG. The resulting backlash, along with a similar situation with Gremlins, directly resulted in the MPAA creating the PG-13 rating.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom#PG_rating

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    Dear America
  • I think the objection here is that it creates a massive loophole: Intentionally post misinformation, claim you thought it was legitimate. Repeat until you stop getting the benefit of the doubt, start over with a new account, repeat ad infinitum.

    I'm not sure what the best solution is, but I think we at least need some kind of very clear notice, on the feed page and not just in the comments, that the content is proven to be factually incorrect.

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    TIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmission
  • I mean, I’m still not getting an EV. But now I am tempted… Maybe if they had real, physical dials instead of a computer screen?

    That, unfortunately, is the tendency for the entire auto industry. It's not an EV-specific thing, although admittedly Tesla is the worst offender

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    Man who said he'd 'pluck out' VP Harris' eyes was baffled when feds appeared at door: Complaint
  • I certainly see your point. That said, devil's advocate, the comment doesn't refer merely to political opponents, but rather:

    the most evil people I can think of

    Can you honestly say that you wouldn't painlessly snap, let's say, a proven serial child rapist out of existence? I think I'd do it, if for some reason the justice system was unable to stop them.

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    bUt BoTh SiDeS dA sAmE
  • Привет кремлёвскому троллю! Как погода в Санкт-Петербурге?

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    Overthrow a Government and Install a Puppet Dictator? The CIA will do it for Bananas!
  • It's also kind of a fringe theory.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Pont-Saint-Esprit_mass_poisoning

    The attribution of the poisoning to the CIA in Albarelli's book has been roundly criticized. Historian Steven Kaplan, author of an earlier book about the events, said that this would be "clinically incoherent: LSD takes effects in just a few hours, whereas the inhabitants showed symptoms only after 36 hours or more. Furthermore, LSD does not cause the digestive ailments or the vegetative effects described by the townspeople."

    To be clear: I have no reason to believe that the CIA circa 1951 wouldn't or couldn't pull this kind of stunt, just that the evidence that they in fact did is pretty shaky.

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