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Re: Iran says it's closing Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel, US of violating truce

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Post by mindslight » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #57

kelseyfrog wrote: post #56

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You have to multiply by the Lead-Poisoning coefficient for all events taking place in the 1970s.

Heh. Given the increased strength of party-identity, I fully agree that the floor of support will be higher than in the past.

"Strength of party-identity" kind of buries the lede, don't you think? The mainstream Republican party has become a death cult. Individually-tailored mass media is a hell of a drug.

Re: Iran says it's closing Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel, US of violating truce

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Post by sidewndr46 » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

locknitpicker wrote: post #44

sidewndr46 wrote: post #25

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He's not really up for re-election, so I'm not sure what approval numbers have to do with it

> He's not really up for re-election, so I'm not sure what approval numbers have to do with it As an outsider, it seems the US midterm elections are a couple of months from now. If republicans lose, Donald Trump will most likely be impeached for all the mind numbingly high-level corruption and involvement in a pedophile ring.

impeachment is effectively a legal fantasy in the United States. The government does not punish it's own. We couldn't impeach Richard Nixon, a career criminal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_efforts_to_impeach_pre...

Re: Iran says it's closing Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel, US of violating truce

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Post by hardbass » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC

the_origami_fox wrote: post #68

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #66

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Thanks for the support. Agree, on these political posts people would rather censor comments they disagree with than argue against it. It does appear to skew one way too. You can say far worse things about Israel and not be flagged at all. For example, see these comments here: waynecochran 12 hours ago | prev | next [–] [flagged] lorecore 12 hours ago | parent | next [–] Israel is mass killing civilians in Lebanon, ju…

How is that a "bad" thing to say about Israel? Sounds factual to me. Or if it's not factual it can be disproven. I don't see what's flag worthy about it?