Basic Glitch @ AcidicBasicGlitch @lemm.ee Posts 103Comments 169Joined 1 mo. ago
Sometimes I volunteer at a homeless shelter. I'll never forget this one dude with mobility issues that kept asking me to do things like find out if he had an appointment scheduled with a doctor, and if I told him he could just look online and find the information he would always say ok then come back and ask me to do the same thing again the next time I saw him.
Finally he admitted to me he didn't know how to read, so even things that we usually think of as simple like just look up contact information for places online to call and ask was impossible for him to do.
I was able to help him get some things taken care of and I learned that he had been helping somebody work on a car and the jack had broken and crushed his hip while he was under there.
He'd lost everything and ended up homeless, and since he had mobility issues following the accident, not being able to read and get things taken care of just caused even more issues. Things had just kind of spiraled out of control from there and he'd gotten kind of stuck in the situation
I took time one morning to help him take care of a bunch of things. We were able to call his pharmacy and figure out the reason he hadn't been getting his prescriptions was bc they were waiting to hear back from him. I helped him get set up with PT so he could work on his mobility issues, and then I found the number for a transportation service to help him drive to PT.
He left the shelter eventually, so I'm not sure what ultimately ended up happening, but the point is he had been stuck like that for over a year feeling like he was spinning his wheels and going nowhere.
He was just one person among so many that needed just a little help with something we all take for granted. Just think about how many people are in similar situations and dealing with so much more than we can visibly see.
I know, right as Musk is "backing away" from his role aiding the president.
Almost makes you wonder if that whole Trainwreck was in part a distraction so we would let our guards down with him gone. I feel like even if Musk does actually step away, Theil has had Trump's ear since his first term when he picked several people to serve in his science cabinet including Kratsios. I am not 100% sure on this, but I also suspect he was likely involved in getting Trump to pick Vance as VP.
I do know that Yarvin was a mentor to both Vance and Theil and the three have been close for a long time. It's an odd group and weird as hell to imagine being stuck in a room with those 3, but somehow their friendship has lasted.
Also a reason none of us should breathe a sigh of relief of Trump ever decides to step away from the presidency. Trump is a toddler with an automatic weapon, Vance is Patrick Bateman with a Sniper rifle and some very scary connections to not just Yarvin and Theil, but also people like Adrian Vermeule.
It's part of the heritage foundation/SPN bullshit to recruit people at the state level to push federal policy
You should, it's a really interesting post. Still available here:
Sorry wrong link, here is the reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1jsp8d5/us_active_duty_or_reserve_military_have_you_given/
You can still read the original post here
He was saying many Russian soldiers that have been captured have said they weren't aware they were actually supposed to be fighting in a war, and had been told what they were doing was a military exercise. So it's possible in some cases that even if a soldier is given an order, they may not realize the extent of consequences of following it.
Why did you delete it? You're allowed to have a different opinion on things. This isn't reddit 😉
I think we should all be thinking about this stuff and having honest discussions about it. Even if I don't agree with you, the disagreement is not meant as an attack on you or your beliefs. It's just an explanation for why I may have a different point of view.
Thanks for posting that. I appreciate what she's saying and I would like to think that is what would happen, however, chaotic situations lead to very unpredictable outcomes. When you have chaos, an angry mob of people, and armed soldiers being told their job is to keep things under control, you're putting a lot of faith in the individual good vs group think mentality that tends to be a sad aspect of human nature.
- Especially given that you have corrupt governors pushing federal policy at the state level, there is a very good chance you will have the national guard called in to handle dissent. I'm watching my own governor abuse his power and grant some very questionable authority to the guard already. Kent State is a really good example of why this should be very scary. It's not "fear mongering" to make sure people are aware of overlaps between fairly recent U.S. history and the current reality.
- I do know there are soldiers who truly would refuse an illegal order, but I think it's naive to rely on that when it comes to what we're seeing now. Especially considering the goal of this administration is to deconstruct and tear down everything they dislike about the current U.S. system.
As someone pointed out, Hegseth is now in charge of the military and seems to be doing everything he can to root out opposition to the administration. He's setting a tone for what is to be expected of anyone not following orders. Apparently ignoring the whole incident where he ended up texting war plans in a group chat on signal where a journalist somehow got added, the Pentagon has also started threatening department of defense employees with polygraphs in order to determine who is leaking information to the press. They actually sent this memo out threatening employees late on Friday night and news of Hegseth accidentally leaking sensitive information broke on Monday.
Soldiers get issued an RoE card. The card specifies the procedure for Escalation of Force. Usually it’s “Verbal Warning, Show of Force, Warning Shot, Lethal Force” with the option to skip steps in case of self-defence.
However, soldiers sometimes still do illegal and immoral thing time while deployed in other countries. Sometimes because they've been ordered to, and sometimes because they choose to. Is that representative of the entire U.S. or the military? No, but it definitely happens way too frequently.
- There are a lot of comments from military members in the original post. A retired member of the army commented this. It's in the 3rd screenshot of the pictures, and the original post is gone from the subreddit but still available to view here if you want to look over it:
by the time "effect martial law on [insert US city] and summarily execute anyone who does not comply" makes it's way to the commander of a maneuver company, it is formatted in an operations order in a way that is devoid of any subjectivity. orders are distilled to a rigidly-formatted set of instructions that almost anyone in the formation are able to understand and carry out.
the reason for this is so the people who carry out the orders don't hesitate and don't contemplate the wider meaning. an infantry platoon''s task won't be to effect martial law; it will be "seize and hold objective [whatever] (could be a street intersection, train station, etc) by 1700 hrs"
Again, I believe at the individual level, most people would choose to do the right thing, but we've seen over and over again, that especially in times of panic and chaos, frontal lobes go offline, lizard brain takes over, and herd mentality kicks in as a defense mechanism.
Maybe elected officials that keep defending this moron out of some kind of false sense of protection can take hint?
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I think it's a bit more complex than that, because it still depends on the conviction.
Clearly he is not getting off from some kind of murder charge. I don't know much about the trial, but I would assume his lawyers are arguing a state of physical and emotional distress which would have kept him from being in his right mind when he allegedly shot the guy.
It would be a pretty bold move for a "free country" to execute someone like that. Not saying it wouldn't happen, but I know we're already being monitored for human rights violations by other countries. It would seem to be a weak hand to play, but then again strongmen usually play pretty weak hands when they want to prove how powerful they are. We have entire histories worth of atrocities to prove it.
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For a second I was going to say it's like they're trying to make us hate them more somehow. Then I realized, yeah, that's probably exactly what they're trying to do. Antagonizing people into violence is the goal.
I'm not sure if it's to use it as an excuse to declare martial law, or kick off a civil war, or both? Idk I guess I've just been around enough passive aggressive pieces of shit in the past to recognize it when I see it.
Started 2 days into Trump's new administration: https://www.theconsultingreport.com/guidehouse-partners-with-homeland-security-investigations-for-data-driven-solutions/
Idk,.I'm finding it might actually be useful to spread local information if you stick to some local subreddits
Its kind of weird so many vaccine manufacturers shares are down this week, but not all of them.
https://pharmaphorum.com/news/emergent-bio-gets-fda-green-light-mpox-vaccine
Congrats! I hope this momentum keeps up across the country!
In this case the hospital cannot afford to pay both the salary of CEOs and doctors that provide care.
So cuts have to be made somewhere. You're suggesting the rational thing to do in this case would be to cut the doctors and keep the CEOs so that they can keep lights on in an empty building. That's so crazy it just might work. Problem solved.
Yep fuck Sinclair broadcasting too, but as you can see, the only news covering this is from local Indiana news reporting.
How is a hospital "functioning" if there's nobody there to provide care? That's kind of the whole point of hospitals.
Yeah fuck the intercept, not really the point.
My point is that while big news networks are fucking around it's the locals news and individuals who are getting fucked over the most by this bullshit who are actually trying to make sure this shit doesn't get buried
Oklahoma, you are apparently also part of this dystopian nightmare
Somehow just learned Louisiana will be the site of a $10B AI data center for Meta
Even if you live in the most liberal blue state, you should be aware you have a Heritage Foundation affiliate pushing their policies at your state level.
Even if you live in the most liberal blue state, you should be aware you have a Heritage Foundation affiliate pushing their policies at your state level.
Even if you live in the most liberal blue state, you should be aware you have a Heritage Foundation affiliate pushing their policies at your state level.
Gov of Louisiana placed the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness under the National Guard and signed a state of emergency for Cybersecurity granting them the authority to act
State Level "DOGE Inspired Task Forces" Pop Up Across U.S. Promoted by Republican Governors' Love of "Small Government"
Louisiana Governor's Cybersecurity State of Emergency Renewal, grants the National Guard authority to undertake any activity authorized by law deemed appropriate in response
Louisiana Governor's Cybersecurity State of Emergency Renewal, grants the National Guard authority to act as law deems appropriate in response
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
Florida Lawmakers Proposed Bill to "Liberate FEMA" would Help Dept. of Homeland Security to Dismantle Office of Civil Rights if Passed
Landry restructures Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness under Louisiana National Guard
Landry restructures Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness under Louisiana National Guard
