sentientlaserbe

> When did the US develop this entrenched gambling problem?

In the 2010s the TV networks normalized fantasy sports into sports betting. The vehicle they used for this was through the 45 second commercial advertising breaks that run every 2 minutes during American football games, and then across the other important American sports thereafter. If you were a regular watcher of sports in the US you've been brainwashed over the last 10 years into thinking this is ok. Some are aware of this, many are not.

> The Mulford Act is a 1967 California statute which prohibits public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit.[2] Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the law was initially crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods in what would later be termed copwatching.[3][4] They garnered national attention after Black Panthers members, bearing arms, marched upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.[5][6]

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

Just to add color to your comment. These folks were directly exercising 2nd amendment rights against oppressive state forces and that Act was the response to them exercising it.

No, Israel is definitely the world leader in spying. They have a wonderful relationship with the American political class, enabling access to what the US has, and with asymmetry protecting Israelis over Americans, plus their own clandestine spying against influential Americans, and their operations all over the world. Their part among the players doesn't detract from grievances against Israel - it adds to it.

> The weird limit

Weird? That was intentional, it was just maintained for decades by the weird politicians your generation was obsessed with to destroy the system by the time you all aged out. Sorry to hear you're worried about it becoming insolvent. You should also be worried about the working population _not really caring about you_. We have kids now. Good luck.

Some of us value action over abstraction, and mental fitness more than a particular disposition. Some of us would leave it at "We've heard enough from you".

So they see one failed system and reach for another. Maybe the systems are the problem?

Cool, I'll declare you a traitor and treasonous, all the people who agree with me can call for you to die, and we'll see how the world works out like that.

I think his argument was that those politicians were abusing the constitution, and that in and of itself was treasonous.

It's also not enjoyable if you're in that 20% of men, as those a huge portion of those 80% of matches fully lack social, domestic, and moral skill. There's been a lot of talk about their "value" without any work or intention to develop actual "value". There's a very authoritarian dynamic behind this too, wherein those men are being harassed about their political beliefs, friendships, etc.

Her default option was to return to her abuser and face more abuse so she went to the only shelter she could access, having no means to access any other shelter.

"Her" is Snowden.

Let's not be so sneaky in how we word things ;)

Partially true. Seems most likely that Trump didn't like the Iranian provisions for reparations to end the war. A hard stance they've taken, one Trump would never go for (because of how incompetent it would make him look), and here we are.