main Alaskaball • 5 hours ago • 100%

 "Youngest typology group" https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-typology/

main Alaskaball • 11 hours ago • 100%

"Strengthen trade and through trade, prove the connection between the city and the village. Through Nizhny we will strengthen the connection of the USSR with the countries of the East." Advertisement poster for Nizhny Novgorod Fair, 1923. Credit to Comrade Lady Izdihar

The Dredge Tank Alaskaball • 3 days ago • 100%

https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1835309395292401767 if you care about seeing the source.

The Dredge Tank Alaskaball • 4 days ago • 95%

Literally  dipshit's take from a few years ago and just recently as well. Literally a party ran by social-democrats who are ever so slightly to the right of DSA [Video here](https://www.youtube.com/live/-68crs86jOA)

main Alaskaball • 1 week ago • 97%

If you say I hate the automotive designers who can't design properly angled headlights, I'm criminalizing your shit take too

podcasts Alaskaball • 2 weeks ago • 100%

open.spotify.com

An interesting 30 minute podcast that discusses a mix of history concerning the Nazis, the nazi collaborator IG Farben Corp, the rise of the nazis to power and a slice of their agitprop tactics in regards to targeting IG Farben prior to their rise to power, and a few short blurbs of history that discusses the two degrees of ideological separation from fascism two-hole Haz and twinkle tinkle Jackson Hinkle are. (Spoiler, its Dugin to some nazi fuck named Karl Haushofer)

main Alaskaball • 2 weeks ago • 100%

>Is your boss texting you after work? Do you get a “please fix” email while you’re on vacation? In some countries, you can now simply ignore all of these notes once you’re off the clock. Any country that let's you leave your boss' text begging you to reply back on *Read* is a country that is more advanced than the U.S >Australia recently joined the ranks of countries like France, Spain and Belgium by passing a “right to disconnect” law, which came into effect on August 26. This legislation allows employees to step away from work-related communications outside their official working hours, ensuring that personal time remains personal. Imagine having worse worker rights than the fucking Belgians. > While this development is welcome news for many workers in Australia, not everyone is on board. “Shark Tank” personality and investor Kevin O’Leary is one of the outspoken critics of the legislation. That one famous line in the Manifesto, something something hitherto. >“This kind of stuff just makes me crazy. It’s so dumb. Who dreams this crap up is my question. And why would anybody propose such a stupid idea?” he said in a clip he shared of a recent interview with Fox News. Someone who actually loves themselves, their family, and their friends, snark tank o-leerie ***O’Leary’s concerns*** Can get shoved up his ass >As an investor and entrepreneur, O’Leary places great importance on the seamless operation of a business, even outside of regular working hours. He has voiced strong concerns about employers’ ability to reach their employees in urgent situations, highlighting potential issues with the “right to disconnect” laws. I voice strong concerns about employees rights to tell their bosses to fuck off and let them enjoy their weekends. Where's my news interview, fox!!?! >“What happens if you have an event in the office and it’s closed? Tough shit. >Or you have an emergency somewhere, and you have to get a hold of them at two in the morning because it affects the job they’re working on?” he questioned. Tough shit. >If employees start ignoring their boss’s calls, texts, and emails outside of work hours, an after-hours emergency might have to wait until the next business day, which O’Leary finds unacceptable. Yet again, tough shit. Weekend's pub time wiv'the boys, lads. >When asked whether he ever encounters employees who silence their phones outside of work, O’Leary didn’t hesitate with his response: “The next moment is — I just fire them.” Kevin should get a taste of getting fired out of the end of a howitzer. >‘Clocking off used to mean something’ While O’Leary’s criticism is rooted in the risk of not being able to contact staff during critical moments, proponents of the “right to disconnect” argue that such laws are essential for establishing clear boundaries between professional duties and personal well-being. Sorry, cogs. My stock portfolio gains doesn't rest and neither does the empire of corpses that feeds into it. Now get back to work and stop ignoring my drunk texts. >In a statement about the new legislation, Australia’s Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Murray Watt said, “Clocking off used to mean something in this country. It meant time with your kids, time with your friends or just time to yourself to relax.” Not if you go far enough back in time, Victoria era here we come! >Watt highlighted how technology has blurred the lines between work and personal life, leaving many Australians feeling pressured to stay connected to emails and calls even after their workday is over. He asserted that, “It should not be controversial that workers shouldn’t be required to do unpaid overtime.” What a goddamn commie, someone resurrect the queen so we can overthrow the Australian government again. >While the U.S. doesn’t have "right to disconnect" laws at the federal level, California made an attempt to introduce such legislation. Assembly Bill 2751, spearheaded by Assembly Member Matt Haney, was designed to establish this right for employees across the Golden State. Go Matt! > According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest, “This bill would require a public or private employer to establish a workplace policy that provides employees the right to disconnect from communications from the employer during non-working hours, except as specified.” I wonder what kind of enforcement teeth it's got. >Despite the potential impact of this legislation, it did not come to fruition. The bill was shelved for the 2024 legislative session, putting a temporary halt to the push for a formal “right to disconnect” in California. FUCKING CALIFORNIA DEMON RATS

politics Alaskaball • 2 weeks ago • 100%

www.usatoday.com

>It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on (fake) Labor Day, (LETS GO MAY DAY) we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are entirely inappropriate for them. Children. > >According to the Department of Labor, the number of minors involved in documented child labor violations (not including the ones that are never reported) increased a mind-boggling 472% between 2015 and 2023, with teenagers working late night shifts, too many hours and working in hazardous environments. > >It's not hard to speculate that, as labor shortages have worsened in this country, employers are turning to those under 18 to fill those gaps. > >It's not supposed to be this way. Victoria Britain is back, baby! Don't let yourself get Oliver Twisted over the fact, Guv'nah! Now get out of school and get back in the factories! 

main Alaskaball • 2 weeks ago • 92%

I get a feeling you'd enjoy the poetry and storytelling in the portraits section of black myth: wukong, which is basically the compendium for profiles of enemies you fight in game. Like it's genuinely enjoyable material that is both fulfilling in art and philosophy. Both of which were completely insufferable for me to learn in college from insufferable people. My favorite entry is from the "wolf assassin" portrait where his poem reads > Hills and rivers, nature's way, > >Kindness grows like grass and wood. > >Plants may fade, then bloom in May, > >All shall still stand where they stood. _____ >Once upon a time, a young wolf followed a grey elder wolf to learn the art of hunting. Despite his cleverness and diligence, the young wolf struggled to catch any prey. One day, the pale elder commanded him to find food alone or face hunger. Then the young wolf, hiding in the shadows of the mountains, finally managed to catch a rabbit. However, instead of eating it alive, he gently licked the rabbit's wounds, as if to heal them. > >The rabbit took the chance and fled into a pond, struggling to swim to safety, but the young wolf in pursuit forced it back into the water. Just as the rabbit was about to drown, the young wolf rescued it, softly nudging its head and helping it breathe. The rabbit woke up conscious but bewildered. Suddenly, the distant howl of the grey elder startled both of them. In his panic, the young wolf accidentally crushed the rabbit under his paw. > >Heartbroken, the young wolf wept bitterly. As the elder approached and inquired, it became clear: the young wolf couldn't bring himself to kill the rabbit, so he repeatedly spared its life. Yet, he also feared his own hunger, and that's why he refused to let go. Acknowledged, the grey elder then advised, "Your false kindness brought misery. Instead of hesitation, both of you would have been better off with a swift end." > > The grey elder's words seemed to have dawned upon the young wolf. Later, it honed a lethal technique of hurling whirling blades from afar for stealth kills, believing this to be the ultimate form of mercy towards its adversaries. Like it screams character to me for what's essentially a faceless monster you may fight a handful of times. Some more poems For the snake patroller guai >As seasons turn, from slumber it parts, > >Hidden in green, a hunter with arts. > >Small in shape, it devours the grand, > >Or strikes a pain no cure can stand. For the wolf stalwart guai >Neither sky cares, nor earth will hold, > >By liquor's laugh, bold spirits unfold. > >In drunken dreams, a cosmos wide, > >Wake with worries cast aside. For the Crow Diviner Guai >He knows the world's fate through divination, > >Yet cannot secure his own salvation. > >In what he thought was a place of peace, > >Fate's tangled threads never cease I genuinely don't like soul-like games, but this has been the one exception to my feelings on the genre.

main Alaskaball • 3 weeks ago • 100%

Fat-tailed sheep

main Alaskaball • 4 weeks ago • 100%

Also between this and knowing he ate cottage cheese with canned pineapple or ketchup has me conflicted on this dweebish monster

main Alaskaball • 4 weeks ago • 97%

THATS THE NEAT PART  THEY DIDN'T

main Alaskaball • 4 weeks ago • 100%

I'm gonna see if I can summon Stalin with the books he owned.

main Alaskaball • 4 weeks ago • 98%

Inspires by the story 

main Alaskaball • 4 weeks ago • 99%

This post is dedicated to wtypstanaccount, the devout azumangadango enjoyer

main Alaskaball • 1 month ago • 98%

Source: https://x.com/proledevil/status/1825006950213423352

main Alaskaball • 1 month ago • 98%

So I'm gonna be a crying mess because i tried out Hunt Showdown 1896 yesterday trying to run away and find somewhere safe away from all the monsters and end up trying to dodge being conscripted into ww1 a few years later. At least if I survive I can try to work my way into joining the Bolsheviks or grifting my way into economic and political power through abuse of future knowledge and try and lobby FDR to keep Wallace as his VP. Lots of possibilities as long as I can escape that spiritual hocus pocus zombie bullshit. What about you folks?

politics Alaskaball • 1 month ago • 93%

> Democrats continue to joke about false JD Vance rumor after years of criticizing Trump for spreading misinformation > Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz referred to the rumor during his first speech as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. These fucking losers just can't but help themselves to illustrating how un-human they fucking are at every possible opportunity. >After years of condemning former President Donald Trump for spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories, Democrats are now poking fun at his running mate using a false, vulgar rumor. Fucking insufferable. Back in the good old days of American electioneering, we'd see presidents accusing each other of being cannibals or Tsarist pimps (Jackeon vs. Adams). Nowadays these absolute losers faint at the very thought of calling a fucking weirdo a fucking weirdo. >The rumor, first posted on X last month, involves a fake passage about a sex act and a couch supposedly in Sen. JD Vance's 2016 book, "Hillbilly Elegy." Incredibly funny bit though. >The lie spread like wildfire, spawning jokes and memes even as the original joke's author clarified that it wasn't real and later made his account private. Several news outlets published fact-checks of the claim. Imagine what other gold is hidden on that account >The fervor reached a peak in Philadelphia, the day Vice President Kamala Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz told an arena filled with thousands of excited supporters: “I got to tell you, I can’t wait to debate [Vance]. That is if — if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up.” Literally the most mildest midwest dad joke that waltzing Tim can make and these fucking lizards clutch at their pearls >As the crowd roared and Harris smirked behind him, Walz, who just weeks earlier started a trend of calling Republicans “weird,” quipped, “You see what I did there?” The Republicans aren't the only fucking weirdos you absolute dorks >The Harris campaign's TikTok account, named Kamala HQ, posted a video of the moment that has been viewed over 5.3 million times. Tik tok dance your way into the voting booth >Republicans online were quick to chastise Walz for referring to the false story. Jonathan Turley, a conservative legal scholar, attacked “the couch story” on X as having been “debunked repeatedly.” YOU HAVE YOUR ENEMIES FUCKING WASTING PRECIOUS TIME AND ENERGY ON WHETHER OR NOT JACKASS VANCE IS A COUCH FUCKER AND NOT BUILDING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THEIR POLITICAL POLICIES OR RUNNING THEIR OWN ATTACKS! THIS IS LITERALLY A FUCKING STRATEGIC WIN >“We are not even in the post-convention period and our leading candidates are already 'in the mud rolling around' with trolls,” he wrote. I guess you dont like it when the shoe's on the other door, Johnny Turkey, legal scoffed extraordinare! > The content and rapid spread of the false rumor seems made for the social media age, when information that is real, false and sometimes a blend of both is presented and disseminated in similar ways — and when fact-checks often never have the same reach as the bad information. Dawg you know nobody has historical literacy anymore. Yet again, Jackson vs Adams, coffin handbills section. >The incident has also caused rival political camps to argue over which pieces of false information are worse than others and the fuzzy line between what is harmful or just mockery. BRING BACK DUELING >Walz wasn't the first to joke about the viral falsehood. On July 27, nearly two weeks after the original false tweet was posted and a week after it was hidden by the author, the Harris campaign account posted a screenshot on X of a 2021 tweet from Vance deriding "cat ladies."  > The post was captioned "JD Vance does not couch his hatred for women."  Lol okay this sort of humors more up my alley, I'll admit. > On July 26, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent around a news release blasting Vance. The opening sentence read, "House Republicans are couching their public praise of Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee with private criticism." I'd normally make a "one joke" quip but I'm a fan of puns. >Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who at the time was considered to be on the short list to be Harris' running mate, leaned into the joke twice in the following days. > >On the July 28 episode of ABC News' "This Week," Pritzker condemned Trump, saying, "He talks about all kinds of crazy stuff," before adding, "You know, his running mate, as you probably have heard, is, you know, getting known for his obsession with couches." Thank God this fucking prickzer didn't become the VP candidate because he has the humor of a fucking bag of rocks. > On the July 29 "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom fundraiser, Pritzker told attendees: "I’ll keep my remarks short. I know that we have a lot of speakers. And afterward, of course, there’s another Zoom that I invite you all to called 'Couches Against Trump.'" metaphorical dead horses beaten so much they turn into ivermectin paste have a better sense of humor than this prick from Illinois. >After Walz's speech, some Democrats continued to embrace the joke. One fucking joke > Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., quoted a tweet from Vance criticizing Harris for not taking questions from the media, with Moskowitz telling him: "I’ve been on Air Force 2 JD, there is a great couch on it."  At least Jared musky-twit has fragments of a humor bone to make the joke not as cringe as prickzer from earlier. > And at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, Rep. Dina Titus, who spoke before Walz and Harris, addressed Vance with the line, "You better hide behind that sofa, because we’re coming for you." Tinnitus Dina better stick to letting people with senses of humor make the couch joke because Jesus christ that fucking sucks >Asked for a statement on Titus' comments, a spokesperson said, "I think we’ll just go with what’s on the tape." Here's where a stick in the mud lib could make a "there's a pee tape?" Quip. >As the quips have gone mainstream, Republicans have blasted Democrats for helping spread the lie — even as Trump and his allies continue to share falsehoods about Harris and Walz. You're blasting your own side with the hogs you shitlibs shut the fuck up >Democrats are defending their jokes as harmless fun, pointing to harmful past conspiracies spread by Trump and other Republicans about Democrats' running secret sex trafficking rings, being pedophiles or changing their identities for political purposes as far worse than a meme about a couch. LET THE FUCKING POINDEXTERS HAVE THEIR FUN YOU FUCKING LIZARDS! it's their once ina lifetime opportunity to have fun in the sun so shut the fuck up >"For 2 years we had to hear that Joe Biden was an international super criminal mastermind from Despicable Me 3. You will listen to couch story," Moskowitz tweeted last week in response to Turley's complaints. Holy shit you can make references to something other than fucking Harry Potter? Also I'd take a criminal mastermind from a cartoon over the genocidal monster that is Joe Biden. > Representatives for the Trump and Harris campaigns, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Pritzker and Moskowitz did not return requests for comment. 

main Alaskaball • 2 months ago • 100%

And before you say "Alaska, this is like 3 years old" well guess what, Kelly said the following Tokyo, Paris ... different city, same old same old. From the last time Innocent Viewers had to endure this.

main Alaskaball • 2 months ago • 97%

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/163248 > I don't usually use forums or Hexbear, I usually just post comments in MAGA streamer discords like Infrared or MWM, but they didn't seem appropriate places to post my story. So here goes, I just wanted to share this with all of you. > > Nov 3 I flew to colorado for a great American road trip type tour. Not a guide or packaged deal, just going around by myself. I paid for half of the trip with the wages I earned over the last two years, my dad paid for the other half. I am 19, I guess that is normal starting college and all. (Before that I worked for my dad's company part time, so I guess you could say he paid for all of it, lol). > > I did Wyoming and Nebraska, then south Dakota through Minnesota and then Wisconsin next. I am a MAGAcommunist American Communist Party pre-member so I wanted to see patriots in these places. Yes, I know they are different kinds of "patriots" and not really full patriots like us. I went to an patriotic book store in Wyoming and it had a lot of American iconography, but no Heidegger or LaRouche. Like I said, I expected that, not a surprise. > > I went to Wisconsin, which everyone knows is famous for its  patriotism, its cheese and everything going on right now. Here I found directions for a local patriotic bar. I went and didn't see anybody, but it was covered in graffiti, mostly about yoopers so I couldn't read it. Whatever, I started taking pictures. Then some people came out and confronted me. > > This should have been my first warning sign something was not right, because photography is not a crime. They were not violent, but they were not friendly, like asking who I was, what I wanted. They all spoke good English actually. Not uncommon in Wisconsin. I said I was a tourist and an patriot and I just wanted to take pictures. Then they got friendly and told me I should have asked first (but pictures are no NAP violation so I don't know why, but I didn't say anything) and they invited me inside. > > We hung out for a while and smoked hash (there is no good dank in the midwest as you might find out like in Cali, everyone smokes hash with tobacco which isn't as cool as it sounds). We started talking about politics and patriotism. I was trying to talk about America, they were like yeah no doubt America is the best. But they wanted to talk about capitalism, capitalism this and that. This is when we started to get into a debate. > > I told them that what they called MAGA patriotism is different from MAGAcommunism. They said patriotism is loving america. And I said I agreed. That is what I am saying. Real patriotism is socialist. And they said yes, that is what we are trying to get rid of. And I said no, but we don't even have that right now. We need more socialism. And everyone at the same time was like "nooo" we are patriots, we are against socialism. Patriots oppose socialism. > > And I said but not MAGAcommunists. MAGAcommunists are the patriots who support socialism. I had a fanny pack (yeah, lame I know) for my camera and in that I had this red, white and blue bowtie (also super lame, it was a joke but I wasnt wearing it). And I said look, these are the Anerican colors, red white and blue, like versus the communist red and black. Well, these guys had a lot of red , white and blue in the building already so I thought they would get it. > > I think that is when it started to get a really bad vibe, really tense in the air. The patriotism vs socialism thing was funny, we disagreed but I think they thought I was just confused. Everyone was uncomfortable now. Then someone said socialism wont work with democracy. And I said exactly, that's it, democracy is against patriotism. And they kind of agreed, and said yes, we don't have real democracy, just governments, and we needed more democracy. I said no, we need less democracy, democracy is the enemy. And we need to end democracy to have america. Then they were all like "noooo" again. You know that thing people do in groups when everyone all says "nooo" or expresses some disapproval at the same time. > > And one of them said "but we do want to stop the government" and then they kind of spoke back and forth. I didn't really understand it. And they asked me what I meant. > > So I said okay, I had the floor, I was going to tell them about MAGAcommunism. And I tried to explain to them some Eddie and Haz. I said the natural order in america is that the best rise to the top, the market picks who is the best. They compete and are peaceful. They said what do we want instead of america. I said we want workers to control their own land and businesses. They said that is what we have now. I said no, it would be even better. One of the guys said it was like > Authoritarianism. And I said it is not Authoritarianism. > > Eventually one of the guys spoke up and I thought he was German, but he spoke English perfectly so he may have not been. He said he knew what MAGAcommunism was and that we were basically fascists. He asked me if I thought everything should be collectively owned. And I said yes. And he asked me if I thought people were equal. And I told him yes. And that everyone would have equal rights. I said everyone has the right to live in america and not be done aggression against. But that everyone had to be treated equally without owners. He said what about immigrants and antifa. And I said that would not happen in MAGAcommunism, but yes property owners could immigrate here if they wanted to. They had to respect america. > > Then he called me a fascist again, and someone else said I was a antifa. And then they basically all started shouting libtard at me, and one of them grabbed me by the wrists. They pulled me out the door, it was up three floors, and basically drug me down the stairs on my back. It hurt really bad and I remember yelling "you're hurting a fellow patriot" and things like that. "I love America with all my heart" Then they kicked me around on the ground in the hallway, before they took my camera and threw me outside. I was crying and stuff, I just sat there. I was in shock because it was so sudden. Looking back there were warning signs though. > > I think they felt bad for me and gave the camera back, but when I looked later they stole the memory card with all of my waspconsin photos. > > So they initiated force and theft. They broke the NAP. I knew the nationalists were not real patriots, but I never knew they would do something that bad. > > I wasnt seriously hurt, just kicked around a little, lots of bruises and little cuts. I am fine guys so don't worry. Just needed to share. >

main Alaskaball • 2 months ago • 94%

Account in picture was banned within minutes of posting this information

main Alaskaball • 2 months ago • 100%

  

main Alaskaball • 2 months ago • 98%

Lenin lives!