By what nonexistent levers of power do you expect them to hold the total-majority government to account? All they have is the ability to do is complain about the situation in the same way you are complaining about them.

Rarely are politicians true community organizers like Obama. Most of them are funded and elected because of their electability and nothing else. They dont possess the skills you think they do. Were lucky if they can be arsed to put their drink down and read the shit they vote on

This feels distinctly like one of those turning point moments in society becoming full blown idiocracy.

Anyone with half a brain can tell that social media is wrecking an entire generation of kids. The violence and vandalism it has incited in schools. Kids committing literal crimes and filming themselves doing it for clout. Social media is bad enough for people with a developed brain.

“Freedom of speech” is such a stupid argument here. I have freedom of speech, but that doesnt mean my rights are being violated if I dont get to voice my freedom of speech in a women’s bathroom. Banning kids wholesale from social media sites is not a violation of free speech unless you want to argue that they should also be allowed in bars, dispensaries, strip clubs, or on casino floors.

Go back like 100 years ago and it was normal for children to smoke, or drink beer, which is unthinkable now. Cigars were prizes at fairs for children, just like adults. Thats where “close, but no cigar” comes from.

Im sure that when people wanted to begin putting age limits on alcohol or tobacco there were plenty of people up in arms about “freedom” because they didnt want their most susceptible market taken away from them. This is literally no different to me. The government has a plenty compelling interest in protecting children by forcing them to wait until a reasonable age to engage with social media. Just like a beer or a smoke

If the multitude of creepy and incestuous behavior towards his own daughter isnt putting them off, I dont know how assaulting underage girls would possibly do it

The agency that so far, with all the prodding they have already done, found literally 2 cases of social security fraud. Literally two people.

What fruitful work theyre doing out there. At least by eliminating the security of our social security numbers, more people will be able to commit social security fraud, thereby increasing the amount of fraud they can find! Its genius really

Not fiscally conservative, look at the economy.

Not really conservative, look at all the wild changes theyre making to every aspect of the government

All thats left as a cohesive logical basis for these morons’ party is hating women, brown people, and bud light

The double-barreled goatalope

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Youd have to be pretty stupid to be a pentagon staffer and not have a good grasp of what is and is not an illegal action.

But then again, if Hegseth is your boss how smart can you be?

Youre skipping the first two words where it says “DA says”. Obviously its the opinion of the DA prosecuting him for murder that he is in fact the killer.

Yet another case of “bad headline” is just people not reading the headline

I suppose both a valid point, but also worth considering that 22 years ago was a hot minute ago, especially in a generational conflict

Im not Maori so I couldnt say. But I would assume, like singing a song, that it could be either sarcastic or directly disrespectful. I would assume in this case it was not sarcasm, but directly disrespectful, considering she ripped up the bill while performing the haka. Also the severity of the situation in terms of the issue she was protesting.

If I had to take a guess based on what I know about other Pacific Island cultures, a sarcastic haka is probably not a common thing. But could exist I guess

Perhaps a better way of seeing it is that it is generally something done with regards to respect. In this specific case to show disrespect. But it is not intended as a display of hostility in any case, and is equally as “aggressive” when conveying a positive emotion as it is when conveying a negative one.

You could think of a sort of comparison in something like singing a song. You could sing a song to pay respect someone. You could also sing a song to mock someone. But either way it would be weird to label singing as a hostile act intended to intimidate someone.

In this particular case rather than weird its moreso just racist, or at best culturally disrespectful. Its not like New Zealanders dont know what a haka is when theyve coopted it themselves. Theyre using “aggression” to label it as unacceptable behavior for an MP despite knowing full well it isnt aggression nor something they should be intimidated by. Its otherizing a form of cultural expression to avoid criticism

They havent committed atrocities against anybody who isnt brown yet tho. The Ukraine Effect obviously cant kick in unless they kill a Norwegian

Either way, that is a pretty massive digression from the article, which is about medications. Apparently more people are dying on average from recently approved drugs than are dying from all illegal drug use combined. And the examples are not for extremely rare medications

“We need an agency that’s independent from the industry it regulates and that uses high-quality science to assess the safety and efficacy of new drugs,”… “Without that, we might as well go back to the days of snake oil and patent medicines.”

We basically are already there now, it seems

Its obviously a digression from the main point of your comment, but that isnt what critical race theory means.

The existence of structural racism is just a political-sociological fact. Critical race theory is specifically a field of legal study that examines structural racism within the legal system exclusively. The “theory” aspect comes from the more debatable points of to what extent explicit racism in the law that has since been rectified (by civil rights laws or whatever else) still impacts the modern legal system.

Technically I suppose you could say any recognition of structural racism is still critical, and it would be called critical social inquiry in any capacity, if youre talking from an academic perspective. But the main point is that admitting structural racism exists =/= “critical race theory”

Idk why people are downvoting you when its clear as day that El Salvador is playing this administration like a fiddle.

Get paid to take people in, knowing its against our laws. Wait until our courts point out its illegal. Then refuse to return your new golden goose bargaining chip until you get handed everything you want on a silver platter.

Considering this is the most two faced administration in history, theyve set themselves up a lot better than even most of our traditional allies have as far as negotiations go

Im impartial to the blue footed booby myself. Those are some good lookin boobies

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Sadly, when it comes to health code violations, this is par for the course (no pun intended). Most health code violations, even when severe, are looked past so long as the business “takes steps to rectify the issue”.

So for example, lets say you have a rat infestation so bad it presents a public health risk. If you hire a pest controller or put out some traps, then the health department will let it go. Even if the steps you take never actually solve the problem. Attempting to solve the problem is considered satisfactory, even if the problem continues to exist and present a threat.

Only in cases of the most extreme gross negligence have I ever seen any place shut down completely and forced to stop business operations until they turn it around. Sadly, 33%/100% on an assessment is probably not in “shut it down now” territory. Although I think everyone agrees that should be bad enough to shut something down, our health departments are kind of like the TSA of protecting you from foodborne illness and other dangers. They dont really stop things themselves so much as their existence tends to scare people into self-regulated compliance

E: I just checked to see what the actual violations were:

Among the violations at the Bedminster club were failing “all three requirements in the ‘food protected from contamination’ category, with violations including expired milk, raw meat stored improperly and a dishwasher that may not reach the required temperature,” noted the report. “The inspector also cited four separate hand-washing violations, including sinks without soap or paper towels, one lacking a required sign and another used to store a sanitizer bucket.”

I hate to burst anyones’ bubble, but these are things likely occurring at basically every place you have eaten at in the past year. Despite being the most basic compliance issues in food service. No one cares and the health department wont shut anyone down for these violations so long as they fix it now. Then they will go back to doing whatever in a month

Read a transcript of the debate and its clear he isnt “senile”. Hes old as fuck and took a while to make his point. Like any 75+ year old person naturally does. Virtually every point he made was perfectly cogent, especially by comparison to the rambling delusions of Mango Unchained