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Chuckanutter
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Immigrants make me so goddamn proud to be an American. "Real" Americans, not so much.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · May 24
"One out of every two US deaths under 65 years is likely avoidable."

Overdoses
Gun violence
Health care

All easily solvable. And would not only save millions of lives but also trillions of dollars 🤷‍♀️

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nat...
'A national scandal': US excess deaths rose even after pandemic, far outpacing peer countries
www.cidrap.umn.edu
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 12m
People underestimate the scale of a trade war the Dumper wants. China has one port(Shanghai) that sees more volume(50 million TEUs*) than the top 10 U.S. ports combined(44.6 million TEUs). Most things are similarly lopsided in China's favor. We aren't going to win.

* standard container size
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 17m
China has no reason to attack Taiwan. It's going to get it back without firing a shot.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1h
And term limits probably increase corruption. It's an easy solution to a complex problem and not a very good one it seems.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
Political tenure, term limits and corruption
Political tenure (experience) is a double-edged sword: expediting government performance, while increasing political power with potentially harmful (c…
www.sciencedirect.com
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1h
Term limits are anti-democratic. Without the 22nd Obama wins in 2016 and we're spared the Dumper. Also Bubba wins in 2000 and we're spared Shrub. There are always consequences.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1h
Thanks for highlighting this. New personal record for following, unfollowing.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 2h
Cute that some of them might have actually thought the bag was heavy because Turki, et al spotted some untapped marketability and not because they were selling their credibility/celebrity to whitewash the Saudi regime.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 17h
If one can be added for economics, why not climate? Why hasn't this been done already?
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 18h
Eisenhower did it too. He's almost Mt Rushmore for most people.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 18h
And then, in typical fashion for us, we begged them to come back once WWII started. And then deported again once we no longer needed them. Almost like the U.S. has never been consistent or reliable 🤷‍♂️
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 18h
Yup. And he's exactly what you're you're picturing in your head right now 😂

www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/s...
Congressman thought parody article on Planned Parenthood was real
Republican House Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana has made himself the target of online ridicule after confusing a spoof article about Planned Parenthood as a factual news report, according to Politico....
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 19h
When the leader is a congenital liar and his fans prefer the lies to reality pretty much your only recourse is mockery. They aren't susceptible to facts, debate, etc.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 19h
Difference of degree not kind. Unfortunately.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 19h
Yeah, of course. The entire system, top to bottom, needs to be ripped out and replaced. By something.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 19h
"Abolish police" doesn't always mean forgo police for eternity. It could just means get rid of the current shitbags we have and replace them with actual professionals that are well-trained and well-educated.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 20h
I was going to add this to my list of places that persecute atheists/apostates to boycott then realized I'm already boycotting Idaho for other reasons.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 20h
Forgot link 🤷‍♂️

www.rand.org/content/dam/...
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 20h
I debated putting a check next to militias since so many are employed by ICE but I figured 11 out of 12 was bad(for them, good for us) enough.

From the 2010 RAND study, "Victory Has a Thousand Fathers."
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 20h
In the past couple of decades the U.S. spent billions trying to figure out how to defeat an insurgency. Good to know they didn't learn anything.

Just replace "COIN force" with "ICE" and "insurgents" with "immigrants" or "protestors."
The bad COIN practices or factors are as follows: • The COIN force used both collective punishment and escalating repression. • The primary COIN force was an external occupier. • COIN force or government actions contributed to substantial new grievances claimed by the insurgents. • Militias worked at cross-purposes with the COIN force or government. • The COIN force resettled or removed civilian populations for population control. • COIN force collateral damage was perceived by the population in the area of conflict as worse than the insurgents’. • In the area of conflict, the COIN force was perceived as worse than the insurgents. • The COIN force failed to adapt to changes in adversary strategy, operations, or tactics. • The COIN force engaged in more coercion or intimidation than the insurgents. • The insurgent force was individually superior to the COIN force by being either more professional or better motivated. • The COIN force or its allies relied on looting for sustainment. • The COIN force and government had different goals or levels of commitment.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 22h
So many problems trace back to coloniality.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 22h
They won't offer those admitted pedos an indefinite vacation in the Vatican though. That's progress.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 22h
Shared experiences don't necessarily lead to shared perspectives.

I stole that from the SO. Literally my better half.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 23h
Fardy Pooper was peak times. Any one of the three would be an improvement.
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1d
Secret recording. Oh goodie. Looking forward to the Dan, Kipp, Bart, etc. videos where they tell us how stupid Peter is 😂
Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1d
One Hector is worth a million MAGAts.
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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 1d
Odd to be inspired by policing in Denver but make no mention of STAR. Professional courtesy I guess.

www.wellpower.org/blog/denvers...
Denver's STAR Program: Five Years of Community Impact
Learn about the STAR program, a unique approach to mental health crises in Denver, providing compassionate support without sirens.
www.wellpower.org
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