That's like being disappointed your steak is Wagyu and not Kobe.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
The obvious solution is to ensure the fetus has 2nd Amendment rights.
The only thing that can stop a bad doctor with a suction device is a fetus with a gun.
Good idea, they can call the policy "Fetal Issue"
goes nicely with may issue and shall issue.I’m not sure if its possible to be surprised any longer when it comes to the shitfest that is USA
https://old.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/
https://old.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace
The effect of right-wing politics on an increasingly irrational political base. These subs have become a morbid curiosity of mine, watching an entire political ideology festering out in the open.....and then the reality sinks in.
https://old.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace
The effect of right-wing politics on an increasingly irrational political base. These subs have become a morbid curiosity of mine, watching an entire political ideology festering out in the open.....and then the reality sinks in.
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California or New York should outlaw selling or possessing guns but delegate enforcement to citizens, like Texas did here. I guarantee you the majority that claims they couldn't intervene would issue an immediate injunction.
The last thing we need in CA is outright ban on selling guns. It is too late for us civilians in the cities. We need SOMETHING. A couple just got shot and killed at 1345 on a week day. One of the people I know of just went to jail for 26 years for killing someone who supposedly killed his friend. Mind you this man was coaching sports in between the murder and arrest. My city is a mere 150k.
That something you need is an outright ban. Every county does this in the world and the Americans are sitting and saying 'it will never work in america'. It will, just shut the feck up and do it America.
How do you propose that getting passed into law?
IMO, An outright ban simply is not viable to get passed in the near future. The only eventual path is passing reasonable gun control that can gain majority support (closing private sale/gun show ban, banning domestic violence and animal violence convicted from owning guns, and restricting ammo). You'd also need widespread police reform because one reason a lot of minorities won't support a gun ban is they don't feel like the police really have their protection in mind so they feel they have to protect the home.
After Sandy Hook there is no way anyone can honestly believe a gun ban is possible short of a civil war that ends in a new constitution. This country is rotting away and I don’t believe it can be saved, although there is hope that COVID may wipe out a decent bit of that rot.
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Tbf people tried to start a civil war last year and it didn't produce a gun ban... not sure anything will
Being rumored a sizeable number of refugees are headed to Texas. Can't think of a worse state, well maybe Alabama or Mississippi, to send refugees.
Wonder where these rumours have come from?
With the recent rollback of women's rights in Texas, the refugees will feel like home and wonder why the hell they left.
> Idiots carrying long guns
> Public policy dictated by an outdated book
> Suppression of women's rights and minorities
> Neighbours spying on each other for a reward
> Slipping democracy
> Sweltering heat
It'll be like they never left home.
The solution is obvious.
The Democrats control Congress and the Presidency.
If they passed Single Payer, The Texas Court decision would be negated.
I await the usual excuses.
No excuses, but there is the inconvenient reality that most Dems don't favor these policies, nor is Abortion even remotely a driving factor behind policy choices.
That was not the point I made.
Single Payer would help working families and the poor, whom your party claims to represent. As an aside the abortion issue would not arise.
The fact these Dems do not favor policies (abortion) which is a personal matter, merely explains why they do not represent the voters they claim to represent.
I think he was say most Dems don’t favor single payer.
If the voters prioritized these policies as a precondition of voting for politicians, then you may see different results. The fact that they don't suggests that they largely don't vote on individual policies.
As you well know, voters are bombarded with disinformation and misinformation via corporate owned media.
How many people truly understand the issues.
They are too busy surviving.
Single Payer will ensure everyone is covered for far less cost to them.
There need be no Student debt.
People would not need to retire into poverty as Social Security can easily be fixed.
And these would not raise the National Debt. The reverse in fact.
And I am not here mentioning the millions of lives saved by not going into endless wars. Guess which industry favors that.
I could go on. These are a few examples.
The truth is obvious. These politicians are de facto employees of the huge industries. The Military Industrial Complex. The Fossil Fuel Industries. The Banks. The Health Insurance industry. The Pharmaceuticals. Just to name a few.
I'm not saying theses politicians are all evil.
Many believe they can make some difference. They just accept this is how it is. So they choose to work within the boxes drawn for them.
The only way to change things is not to accept.
It will not be easy. To do what is right always comes with pain.
Nothing worth fighting for comes without pain.
There are two choices.
On one side is Humanity.
On the other is Power and those who want to perpetuate their power.
Why?
Control.
If they do not exercise control they would lose power and eventually will be held accountable/answerable for their actions.
I believe everyone who had to make a choice between the two will choose Humanity.
Not one of us would choose money in exchange for an innocent person dying somewhere.
People do make choices every 4 years at least and they often choose against Humanity. The ones in power are good at persuading idiots, of which the US has more than it’s fair share, to vote against their own best wishes, all the time.
They are not idiots.
They have been conditioned by who they listen to.
They think because someone wears a suit and tie and reads a script, he is reading the news.
There is talk now about Social Security running out of money.
Oh not right now. But in the years to come.
People are being conditioned to support measures to ensure the retirement age is raised.
They are being told. You will be alright.
Let those who don't need it now fight their own battles.
Your grandchildren or someone else's grandchildren.
The solution is simple.
Raise the cap. Tie payments to cost of living in their respective states.
Just basic necessities.
Housing and heat, Food and Health Care at least.
The burden for these people who enter poverty after retirement is passed on to the States and Counties.
Many work beyond their capacity to work. To the point they die of ill health shortly after they retire.
This is not acceptable.
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They are idiots for not questioning the info they’re receiving, and not seeking alternate views.
As for social security; they’ve been saying for a while now that it’s running out. Time to means test it and raise the rate on payrolls? Or they could buy less cruise missiles and close a lot of the tax loopholes.
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You can immediately solve the Social Security problem by lifting the cap. Everyone pays in.
Then cap the top earners taking out.
It will pay for itself.
I like it. And this goes to show that it's mostly theater.
They can fix it easily and without burdening the working & middle classes, if they have the will to do so
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035...fake-fbi-ids-airmont-new-york?t=1631116295512
A Deputy Mayor Is Charged With Amassing 16 Assault Weapons And Fake FBI IDs
Nothing to see here, folks.
A Deputy Mayor Is Charged With Amassing 16 Assault Weapons And Fake FBI IDs
Nothing to see here, folks.
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He doesn't really have a coherent platform beyond his UBI schtick, so it will be interesting to see what he comes up with. Probably some weird hybrid between Captialism, a green economy, and UBI.I'm starting to think he's in this for the grift
He's got his weird internet bros who love him so I assume he's just taking advantage of them to make money.
For the occasion, this is worth watching again:
"No one's more patriotic, a lot of people say it."
US kills people dead!
Not exactly the best thread for this but I didn’t want to start a whole new one so here you are.
Anyway, an interesting article on a study that I’d heard about before; that US life expectancy is lower than Europe’s and that is across all the race and socio economic groups.
Not exactly the best thread for this but I didn’t want to start a whole new one so here you are.
Anyway, an interesting article on a study that I’d heard about before; that US life expectancy is lower than Europe’s and that is across all the race and socio economic groups.
Is it a surprise with the eating habit alone is enough to draw the averages down a few notch.