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The late anti-Kremlin activist and liberal politician Alexey Navalny had also berated Central Asian migrants and called for a visa regime.

Glad they're mentioning it. Navalny was an anti-immigrant POS. Shameful how western liberals were supporting him.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately at social events, I often find myself trapped by people who want to share, in excruciating detail, their genetic test results.

Each person finds their own results deeply compelling, marveling at length over being 3% this and 15% that, with stunning reveals like, “I thought I we were Welsh, but it turns out we’re Scottish!”

Meanwhile, the next person is on deck, barely half-listening, eagerly getting ready to launch into their own genetic saga.

Monologuing about the minutiae of one’s DNA is self-absorption at, quite literally, the cellular level. Is there a polite way to shut this down?

GENTLE READER: Oh, dear. Miss Manners would have thought that we had established the idea that bragging about one’s lineage is rude, and now it has started up again.

Well, you could try expanding the scope of the conversation. Try, “What would your ancestors have thought of the state of America today?” Or, “I suppose you must want to travel there now. What are your vacation plans this year?”

Or, “Excuse me, I need to freshen my drink.”

they tested my cum and it came back Probably Nordic, just like Opa always said!!

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4222895

The trap of credit card minimum payments

Like wut?

40 years in prison for a crime at 17... I think I would also find Islam if I were in his stead, otherwise God save the system and the captors from me.

I get it I get it everyone's busy life HAPPENS. Well I looked STUPID. I was the only person there who didn't have something NEGATIVE to say about Palestine and NONE OF YOU stood up to dance with me when I gave the signal.

Oh, wait wrong president, move along.

It should have been so easy, promise people food, housing, and equality, and then when they bring us to power? BAM! We turn around and establish a tyrannical dictatorship and imprison and oppress everyone! Because our real goal is gain power by any means necessary! Not only that, instead of abolishing capitalism, we will just turn it towards our own ends! They will feel so foolish for ever supporting our rise to power!

But these darned liberals and American patriots have seen right through our lies and deception, and are doing all they can to stifle our brilliant plan! Even worse, the Anarchists (IE anyone on twitter who puts the symbol in their handle)* are spreading the word of true and real socialism! We can't allow this to continue, otherwise the public will realize we are just using socialism for power and only power, and there will be no one we can trick into supporting us anymore!

We should be discussing what more we can do to convince people and hide the truth from them!

Remember to practice your evil laugh for when we pull the rug under all of the fools who throw their support for us!

*No shade intended against Anarchists for this it's just part of the bit

archive.today • Special counsel: No charges for Biden in classified documents probe - The Washington Post

[Edit - I found a much better screengrab.]

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex

The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC) was a cluster of military facilities near Langdon, North Dakota, that supported the United States Army's Safeguard anti-ballistic missile program.

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Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex : brutalism

Insane boondoggle of a backstory. Basically a colossal waste of $6B taxpayer money ($34B in 2024 dollars) because it only operated for 6 months before being decommissioned as ineffective by Congress. Present activity is blockchain mining.

This is getting ridiculous.

Also anyone else notice that google now censors most search results about drugs? They give you their fucking suicide hotline as the top result if you mention anything harder than weed. After that, it's all DEA and DOJ webpages, literal DARE shit, actual rehab advertisements, and massively SEO'd rehab related grifts. Good luck getting any Bluelight or Erowid pages to come up without actively searching for them nowadays.

ID: a screenshot of a twitter post by Halimede (@HalimedeMF), on September 8

if you like "mecha", stop. the body is not made to be a weapon! the body is made to be a girl

honestly gircel and halimede are like the only twitter accounts im sad to not be able to read.

ID: A screenshot of a twitter post, by faith (@girlcel_)

woke Batman: that's the difference between you and me, kid; I have a code - i NEVER misgender my enemies, that'd make me as bad as them. it ain't right

Transfem Nightwing: you called me bro 2 hours ago

woke Batman:[yelling] bro is Gender Neutral dude, you fucking Words Fascist

Imagine Hamas parachuting into the Super Bowl?

[2022]

Bears have mauled and eaten a wealthy couple and a pilot after their helicopter crashed in the Russian wilderness.

The helicopter was flown by well-known Russian biathlete Igor Malinovsky, with business people Zoya Kaygorodova and Sergey Kolesnyak on board.

On July 16, the helicopter lost communication due to bad weather, Euro Weekly News reported. The next day, the helicopter wreckage was discovered by rescuers in Kamchatka, a peninsula located in the Russian Far East.

Three hours later, remains of the trio were found near the Semyachkov Pass, just 13 kilometers from the Uzon volcano, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

It is believed the corpses were dragged away, mauled and eaten by wild bears that populate the region, NTV reported.

The helicopter reportedly caught fire when it came crashing down.

Kamchatka has one of the highest densities of brown bears on the earth. The peninsula was once highly populated with the predator, however now they remain in remote, rural areas. An estimated 10,000 to 14,000 bears live in the Peninsula, which is about the size of California.

Bears do not usually seek out humans to eat. They usually eat plants, insects, fish, and other smaller animals. Kamchatka brown bears have access to richer food sources such as salmon, pine nuts and berries. However, bears are opportunistic hunters, meaning they take advantage of food that is readily available to them. Grizzly bears in particular, will often scavenge the remains of prey that is already dead.

Kamchatka brown bears are one of the largest bears in the world. Males can reach a weight of 1,500 pounds.

The bears may have sifted through the helicopter remains to get to the passengers, the Daily Star reported.

The couple were reportedly tourists to the area, and had been exploring the peninsula. It is unclear whether the passengers were dead before being dragged off by the predators. Bears rarely attack humans unless provoked or threatened in some way.

Rescuers noted at the scene that the weather was not good for flying, Euro News Weekly reported. Clouds were low, meaning there was potential low visibility.

A criminal investigation has been launched into the crash and the deaths of the passengers, NTV reported.

The helicopter flown had belonged to a company owned by Malinovsky's father, Vladimir Malinovsky.

Tributes to Malinovsky were posted online, including from the Russian biathlete society, Biathlonrus.

The statement read that he had loved biathlon and aviation. He had become a pilot in Kamchatka after his sports career.

Newsweek has contacted the the Ministry of Emergency Situations for comment.