@HTBF1968

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Joined February 2023
You were taught "men could vote, women couldn't." That's not wrong — it's just about 800 years too simple. New at Hoist the Black Flag: a history of how "the right to vote" actually came to exist, starting with a king who'd lost two wars, been excommunicated by the Pope, and had his own barons march on London to force his hand. It gets more complicated from there. Link 👇
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Why when I write this do people assume I only mean one side? I don’t care what your religion is. I don’t care who you sleep with. I don’t care where you stand on BLM or Palestine or trans. When you’re at work you should STFU and do the job you’re being paid to do. You can have a life on your own time.
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Nobody cares about your “authentic self.” Leave your personal life at home; shut up and do your job.
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Insanity. The natural extension of this is that nothing you possess can be banned.
#BREAKING: BC Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray has ruled that banning people from possessing drugs for trafficking purposes is unconstitutional, claiming such laws "discriminate" against drug users and violate their right to "life, liberty, and the security of person."
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If it happens get ready for more tariffs. Tariffs are Trump’s hammer and everything is a nail.
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Nobody cares about your “authentic self.” Leave your personal life at home; shut up and do your job.
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Or we could rephrase it as not lending money to people who won't be able to pay it back.
BREAKING: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loan, per the New Republic
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Why did the writer's of For All Mankind transform it from an alterative history of the space race into a leftist teenage drama?
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“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" — Thucydides This truth still exists behind the illusion of “international law.”
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You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly. — Charles Krauthammer
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Why America needs immigration in one pic.
How Asia Took Over the Global Math Rankings (2003-2025) 📐  visualcapitalist.com/how-asi…
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Or we could rephrase it as not lending money to people who won't be able to pay it back.
BREAKING: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loan, per the New Republic
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“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” — Margaret Thatcher
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Here's an interesting graph to stir up the "boomer's had it easy" crowd.
Flashback Favorite 🔙 Mapped: The World’s Hardest Working Countries in 2025 💼  From the Archive: visualcapitalist.com/mapped-…
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Also (via @teririch )
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This just in from the "compassionate" side of the MAiD debate.
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Would be hilarious if you get a terminal illness and die slowly on this hill
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