Yeah like I understand all the conservative arguments against Newsom, but he seemed like the most reasonable candidate to me for the Democrats when they have had such an issue finding anyone except Bernie (who is too old now) who has any kind of broad appeal.

Which makes me wonder… Who will run for the Dems in 2028.

I remember something about him having an affair, right.

Nonetheless, he seems to be competent and he comes off as capable of handling himself well in a debate and in front of a camera.

I think Gavin Newsom would’ve been the most logical decision. I think Walz was a better pick than Buttigiege. I am just speaking as someone thinking of what I would have done…

Honestly, when going against Trump I have always thought the strategy I would employ would be to grab a guy like Gavin Newsom, keep him in the middle as much as possible, give him a very tepid, normal Democrat platform, and just hug center while acting like Trump is a weirdo who is far right. This is the strategy I think the media would do best at helping with.

Buttigiege would not really help with this - not because I think being gay is an issue, but because he is uncharismatic and only looks bad standing next to virtually anyone, lol.

When it was established that he had a relationship with this woman, I had thought that this guy was cooked and it was wild how we had a murderer just out there on tour. But now? This is really getting wild.

This was a relatively unknown source for me, so I found another article that confirms a guy was picked up for this garbage. I found an NBC article about his arrest.

I actually thought about not sharing this because it was so beyond my comprehension… But I did, ultimately, because I felt that it was newsworthy.

… You know, we don’t have a lot of serial killers anymore, but there is certainly no lack of sickos who now find other outlets to try to prevent being caught.

My favorite part about this is that it’s one of the most beneficial acts ever done for the domestic work force and is total market interference but liberals on Lemmy can’t get behind it because of their loyalties to the blue tribe.

I do not get that dramatic about it - I just think that she is his “beard,” as we say in English to talk about a closeted gay man’s cover for his activities.

I believe there’s an ongoing lawsuit in France that means that this can result in legal action against her detractors at home and potentially limit the ways in which those outside of the country, like Candace Owens, can earn money from French listeners, advertisers, etc.

It may even be the case that such French court decisions could have ramifications throughout the EU or even whether or not Candace Owens can show up in France without having a court date.

lol

90m dau is wild.

Is it going to surpass Facebook?!

lol MAYBE… Maybe not?!

I have met a lot of guys who are going through shit nobody knows about and don’t abuse people, and I’ve only found out because 8 beers can make it come out for a brotha. But yeah, I see your point.

Exactly, yeah - our company doesn’t stock any decaf and all my efforts to get them to do so have been met with such minimal success, and I prefer to have only decaf after 3 PM and it’s better than water… So, my cheapo personal decaf insta coffee gets the trick done.

The few times I’ve brought my own decaf and made them in the company pot just resulted in me getting one cup and other people taking the rest, so it was a financial no go for me.

What’s your feel overall on this?

I have had to use instant coffee for decaf at various points in my life, and my thought is that it is surprisingly adequate. Like, obvioiusly, I would prefer to brew it myself, but it is not super bad.

Fair enough - like I have said elsewhere, this would jus mean that the whole argument has to shift.

I do not think it’s a strawman - I think most people agree that alcohol and private car ownership shouldn’t be banned, so it’s fair to bring this out as a preemptive argument.

It’s an honest mistake if someone responds in some unexpected way.

Like if I brought up the Holocaust in an argument and suddenly someone said

The Holocaust Never Happened

I wasn’t strawmanning them, lol. I was making the rational assumption that I am not talking to a Holocaust denier.

The population density of the Netherlands - it’s the most densely populated state in Europe that isn’t a microstate. In fact, it’s more densely populated than some island nations like Puerto Rico and what is commonly considered a microstate, Luxembourg.

If someone wants to sit down and argue that we need to optimize road traffic, minimize the amount of people driving, etc. and also to illegalize alcohol and other dangerous substances, I can oppose that, but my arguments will shift dramatically, right, because it’s hard to anticipate somebody is going to go all in on minimizing human liberty to maximize security like that.

It’s legitimate to ask whether or not he has accomplices.

Besides, what if this actually validates the theory that he was a groyper?

Probing this guy’s internet history should be a top priority.

Aww! I get it now - I saw my post - I misseda word- confirmed trans roommate Imeant to write.

The casings had content promoting LGBTQ stuff; a witness from the neighborhood that I linked to had said they were a couple in some capacity.

Normally the burden of proof for someone being gay or trans is not as high as you are saying it is.

I don’t really know what you want, lol.