The President of the United States violated the Posse Comitatus Act this year by deploying the U.S. military on to U.S. soil in a law enforcement capacity during the Migrant “Caravan,” scare, which is an enormous deal and one of the things right-wing populist conspiracists have been freaking out about the possibility of for decades now, and every right-wing militia, every III%er, ever Tea Partier, every molon labe NRA member, every sap that has had their brain by melted by InfoWars- all of them loved it. They were never afraid of authoritarianism, they just wanted to make sure they were the authority
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this is literally what it’s like interacting with some people on this site
this response hurled me into the air so hard and fast i broke orbit and immediately charred to a crisp upon re-entry
Tbh if someone online isn’t a minor and they don’t tell you their exact age and just say something like “I’m in my 20s” that shit should send up some red flags because if you’re a minor there’s a big difference between being approached by someone who’s 20 and someone who’s 29 and if they aren’t willing to be completely transparent about their age but still wanna interact with minors you fuckin stay away from them yall keep yourselves safe okay
Also, @ the folks on tumblr my age or older: if someone tells u they’re a minor they have no obligation to tell you their exact age. If they say they’re a minor and they don’t want you following/reblogging/interacting with them because of your age, you fucking respect that. “it’s not our job to keep kids safe” as adults actually it kinda fucking is you creeps
OK, every post of this nature is kinda bullshit.
- The majority of adults are neither sex predators nor do they seek to exploit children for an agenda
- Some sex predators and many people who exploit others for an agenda are minors
There is this concept going around that the only possible interaction adults could want to have with children is to prey on them. There are other people who have similar attitudes toward men and women, assuming that the only reason a man could have any interest in a woman is to have sex with her. In that case it’s a fundamentally misogynist idea, assuming that women are wholly uninteresting to men and not worthwhile human beings in their own right who can be befriended. The same is true of adults and children. Is a child going to be an adult’s best friend? Probably not, and it wouldn’t be healthy if it happened. But can a child and an adult be friends at all? Not besties who share everything, but people who enjoy talking to each other and sharing interests? Absolutely. I spent my childhood having mostly either adult friends or friends significantly younger than me.
Which brings me to my next point. People your own age can be bullies. They can be predators. They can be using you to score points against for their own social status. That is why I didn’t have friends my own age.
The age of the person you’re interacting with matters if you or they are looking for a romantic relationship or a very, very close friendship, because adults and children shouldn’t be each others’ confidantes; it’s okay for a child to confide in a trusted adult because adults have the experience of being a child, but a child shouldn’t be forced to take on adult problems before they’re ready. And, of course, with a power imbalance like the one between children and adults, a romantic relationship is dangerous. But online friendship is quite possible, and going around telling people that the age of the people they meet online is the best possible indicator of whether the person they’re talking to is a predator is a really good way to set them up to be suckered by a predator. I mean, a 47 year old child molester can claim to be 17, so a person who is vague about whether they are 20 or 29? Unless there are other red flags, that has nothing to do with a desire to prey on young people and everything to do with either wanting to look older than they are, or being in denial about how old they are.
And a person who is genuinely, sincerely your own age can still be a predator seeking to harm you. Not likely a “child molester” if they’re going after their own age, more likely a garden variety rapist or domestic abuser or bully, but that doesn’t make the harm less harmful.
7 Ways of Dealing with the Winter Blues
1. Stay active - Make sure you build exercise into your life.
2. Stay warm – Wear plenty of clothes, and have hot drinks and meals as feeling cold can make you feel depressed and blue.
3. Go outside – And get all the light you can. The days may be short but you can still grab some fresh air.
4. Eat a healthy diet – As high carbs affect our mood, and a drop in sugar level will cause feelings to slump.
5. Spend time with other people – Don’t isolate yourself … And being with good friends and family can keep your spirits high.
6. Keep busy – Try a new activity or do something you love, as feeling bored and empty will exacerbate the blues.
7. Play your favourite music – The kind that lifts your mood, and blows away the cobwebs, and leaves you feeling good.
It’s 1 a.m. and I just found this video. I made the gif’s while holding back the tears. As someone who posts horror this I can assure you this is one of the most scariest things in the world. Because events like these are occurring
right.
now.
Please read 28th amendment
Please Read, and forward. This will only take 1 minute to read!
28th Amendment, 35 States and Counting.
It will take you less than a minute to read this. If you agree, please pass it on. It’s an idea whose time has come to deal with this self-serving situation:
OUR PRESENT SITUATION !
Children of Congress members do not have to pay back their college student loans.
Staffers of Congress family members are also exempt from having to pay back student loans.
Members of Congress can retire at full pay after only one term.
Members of Congress have exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, under which ordinary citizens must live.
For example, they are exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment.
And as the latest example, they have exempted themselves from Healthcare Reform, in all of its aspects.
We must not tolerate an elite class of such people, elected as public servants and then putting themselves above the law.
I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent, or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon their states.It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
If each person that receives this will forward it on to 20 people, in three days most people in The United States of America will have the message.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the Citizens of the United States …”
This is an idea that should be passed around, regardless of political party.
Congressional Reform Act of 2017
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they’re out of office. And, no more perks go with them.
2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress must purchase their own retirement plan, just as ALL Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people (i.e. NO MORE INSIDER TRADING!!!).
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts by and for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor and privledge NOT a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators should serve their term(s), then go home and go back to work … not get all kinds of freebies.
Just hold your finger down then hit forward and send it to everyone you know. Let’s help get the country straightened out.
CHINA IS TAKING OVER AFRICA 🗣🗣🗣
How so
China is legally, financially colonizing the entire continent by taking over Africa’s infrastructure.
They’ve have done so by making loans to African countries that they KNOW won’t be able to pay them back. Once the country defaults China exacts repayment by taking over an aspect of their infrastructure. They took an airport and an electric grid in Tanzania and a port in Kenya
Yes! Thanks Queen 🤗
When I was in Nigeria back in June they were all over Lagos. Prior to this I thought people were exaggerating but they have businesses and own homes and it’s scary.
African politicians don’t even care as long as money is going into their pockets. They don’t care for the future of Africa and it makes me sick.
SCREAMING at the british army’s latest evil attempt to recuit kids by calling on selfie takers, gamers, and snowflakes oh my god
like bro…
oh cool
i love me some fascism
also gotta love how they’re very obviously preying on disenfranchised and disillusioned “minorities” for the most part!! love than mmm…how u say…mechanism of the imperialist war machine
i’m calling it the next campaign will be of someone playing a tamagotchi but it turns out the tamagotchi is a drone and the army needs you to help it bomb a hospital
It’s an extremely popular opinion among middle and upper class white people.
Also, aside from this completely uneducated reasoning as to why minimum wage was created…
I can guarantee that there are tens of thousands of teenagers who have to pay bills and help support their families or are the only financial supporter to their family.
not to mention, if minimum wage was meant solely for high school students how would the business survive when students are in school?? are they only supposed to be open on the weekend? this “unpopular opinion” makes no sense.
Unpopular fact: in the 70s a minimum wage worker could pay for college with a summer job.
Unpopular fact: minimum wage was conceived to be the minimum amount of money a person would need to support themselves and their families when working 40 hours per week.
Unpopular fact: minimum wage was created because working men and women in this nation fought–figuratively in the negotiating room and literally in the streets–for a fair working wage, with sweat and blood and tears and death.
Unpopular fact: military service personnel are not the only people who have fought and died for your rights as American: labor leaders and common workers laid down their lives so that you could have a 40 hour work week instead of 80 hours; so you could have a 2 day weekend instead of none; so you could have lunch and bathroom breaks instead of going hungry and shitting your pants,; so you could have a three day weekend in September.
Capitalism would NEVER dole out basic human decency without literal human sacrifice.
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