We could just get rid of Internet 2.0 - that’s when the tech broligarchs took over the beautiful original internet and make it into a bunch of surveillance capitalist walled gardens with psyop addictive algorithms that turned people into ad-consumption cash cows.
Leaving the infrastructure in place for useful, non society-destroying uses would avoid throwing the baby out with the filthy bathwater.
How many people would have recognized that image as a Nazi symbol before thos became news? I wouldn’t have, skull tatoos are common.
That just makes a stronger case against him. It is what it is–a nazi symbol used by the nazis. Not being familiar with it just means you’re an average person who hasn’t learned about all their symbols beyond the infamous swastika. The main people who are most likely to recognize it are either people who are into WWII history or people who are into nazi shit. Among those two groups of people, someone who would actually tattoo it over their heart are in the latter, not the former group, certainly not the average person. He has (finally) admitted he knew what it was.
Sorry, he’s a nazi who only removed his tattoo when it became known about, and lied that he didn’t know what it was. He’s running as a Dem just because that gives him better odds to win in Maine. (edit: And even if he didn’t have the tat his Blackwater history would disqualify him in my book.)
In this case I’d go for the ‘old dinosaur’ since
she might die or have to leave early and then you could replace her in a special election
She’s neither a repub nor a fucking nazi.
I know. I remember because I was a school kid at the time. A couple of kids got hit by a car and it was a big story that kids shouldn’t be walking to school in the dark, so people turned against the idea. Yes it’s true–most kids walked to school back then. :) I think very few do any more, so I doubt that would be such a big point of contention these days.
Also they didn’t change them at the normal time in the fall when people were used to it, they suddenly changed them in the middle of winter so the change from light to dark in the mornings was more dramatic. The problem is that days are just short in the winter and in the northern states even changing the clock back to ST doesn’t magically make it light in the mornings.
I think you’re right that staying on standard time would be a little bit better than staying on daylight time (for that reason), but again I don’t care which one they choose and some of us think the best compromise would be to change the clocks by only half an hour and leave them there.
I dunno, the two of you here are the first ones I’ve seen that have also suggested or like the idea, most people just laugh like it’s a joke.
Maybe try to make a short viral video about the idea to build support?
solves all the complaints I’ve heard about which end of the day the daylight is shifted to, because it meets in the middle like you say.
There are other countries offset by a half hour so it’s not unreasonable in that regard.
It won’t be as hard to adjust to as a full hour and only has to be done one final time.
If States aren’t allowed to change their clock time, they could instead designate that standard work/business and school hours will shift to an hour later during DST (or I guess vice versa if they want to go the other way). That way everyone is still getting up and going to bed at the same actual time, even though it’s at a different clock time.
This is the solution I mention every year, but so far no one has listened. :) It would solve all the complaints from both sides of which one to choose.
I don’t even care which they choose at this point, ST or DT.
Antifa isn’t an organization at all, it’s just an abbreviated version of the adjective ‘anti-fascist’ that people have been using to describe themselves to show they stand against fascism.
I mean, the regime can make up any name they want, designate it or any organization they don’t like as a terrorist organization, then just say that whoever they want to arrest is a member of it.
Part of what’s making it easier for them to do this with ‘antifa’ is that it was probably a mistake to abbreviate ‘fascist’ as ‘fa’ in the first place, which means the average person may not understand what ‘antifa’ actually means. If the full term ‘anti-fascist’ had been used all along, it would be harder for them to say “anti-fascism is bad!” or “the anti-fascists are bad!” Because they’d be saying they’re the opposite of that, i.e., openly calling themselves fascists (which TBH they don’t seem to have a problem with).
I know, I always think of that when I see sporting events like US college football, etc. where both sides are praying to the same deity for their team to win, and then afterwards the winning team thanks the deity. Does Jesus tally up all the sins on each side or what.
omg. trump said “drop a glass of water on it and I don’t know what’ll happen”–as if the brief amount of time a glass of water ran over the magnet would ruin it. He didn’t say soak it in water or keep it wet for a long period of time. Obviously metal rusts over time if not kept dry. You’re grasping at straws trying to defend trump.
You might read the article where that line about dropping a glass of water on a magnet and he doesn’t know what will happen is just one example of a long pattern of his complaining about magnets (and sorry to disappoint you but drop a glass of water on a magnet and nothing will happen).
I suspect the whole ranting about magnets relates to the trade war with China which is by far our main source of rare earth materials including for rare earth magnets, and he seems of generalize them to all magnets. But the point is he says he’s going to sign an EO that they can’t use the magnetic elevators on aircraft carriers because of his mindset about magnets. Sure, I guess if the ship sank, there could be damage to the magnets in the new elevators, but that wouldn’t exactly be the biggest problem at that point.
One of our most powerful lobbies and corrupt industries is Food marketing and labeling.
^ This analogy is sound.
Could modify the one where he’s flying over and dumping shit, but when it cuts to the people they are farmers and ranchers.
The president isn’t your child.
Maybe not yours, but he is a child.
It doesn’t really matter what scientific information has been given about magnets, we see before us what his brain turned it into.
Exactly. People need to understand and accept that rationality has no place in their world view and start acting accordingly instead of clinging to hope they can ever be rehabilitated through suffering from trump’s policies.
The stories we see about magats being upset with him are nothing but “feel-good” copium. Sure, there may be a few cases where someone has become disillusioned with him, but those are amplified and exaggerated way out of proportion. 99% of them are still fully supportive of him and love what he’s doing and they will never turn on him.
In their view, trump is divinely appointed by God to lead America to the Promised Land. It all fits with their Christian Nationalist religion, where anything good that happens is thanks to God and anything bad is because of Satan. Of course this perfectly translates to all good is from Savior Trump and all bad is from the Demon-crats!
This story once again reminds me of how chillingly close we came to dictatorship during that 2020 election. Sadly, trump’s failure to cling to power then only bought us 4 years.
There were so many WIMPS, so many chances to stop him wasted by cowardice. Two impeachments where repubs protected him (they hated his power over them and had two chances to exercise their own power and get rid of him once and for all–since he wouldn’t have been able to run again if they’d convicted him.
Then after the almost miraculous ousting of him, Biden and the Dems refused take action to stop him: He should have had him arrested for Jan 6 and/or other crimes - but no, Biden appointed Merrick Garland who – speaking of the word wimp --makes Pence look like Captain America.
Dems could also have passed any of a number of laws that would have made it difficult or impossible for him to run again (they did pass a couple of useful but wimpy laws). Biden and Congress could have expanded the Supreme Court. So many opportunities to shore up our democracy, just thrown away for lack of courage to meet the moment.
I read it as Minetest Game.