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iamericandre, to politics in DeSantis’ office quietly backed ban on wind energy in Florida — onshore or off

Fucking hell, what reason is there to ban wind power. It’s like if a thing is remotely positive these idiots go straight to banning it.

SuperIce,

Yeah, it’s cheap, doesn’t produce air pollution, and doesn’t need fuel. Even if you don’t believe that global warming is a thing, it has a lot of benefits.

herrcaptain, to politics in DeSantis’ office quietly backed ban on wind energy in Florida — onshore or off

Gee, let’s ban one of the forms of power that can keep coastal states from going the way of Atlantis. Let’s see how that plays out.

SuperIce,

Republicans don’t believe that global warming is a thing.

manucode, to politics in DeSantis’ office quietly backed ban on wind energy in Florida — onshore or off

Are US energy providers allowed to offer different prices in different states, e.g. lower prices in states where they can produce lots of cheap wind energy?

AdamEatsAss, to politics in DeSantis’ office quietly backed ban on wind energy in Florida — onshore or off

Just feels like a bad business decision that limits potential job growth.

Viking_Hippie,

Yeah, the GOP has long since stopped caring about fiscal responsibility, if they ever actually did. It’s all about regressive vice signaling now, consequences be damned!

Zuberi, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack
@Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

CIA trying really hard to cover their tracks here lmao

GlassHalfHopeful, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack
@GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca avatar

This is exactly what I was wondering. I was hoping I would be wrong, but damn…

A White House official shared more information Friday evening in a statement reported by multiple outlets.

“Earlier this month, the US government had information about a planned terrorist attack in Moscow — potentially targeting large gatherings, to include concerts — which prompted the State Department to issue a public advisory to Americans in Russia,” said Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council.

“The US government also shared this information with Russian authorities in accordance with its longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy,” Watson said, referring to the US policy in the intelligence community to notify potential victims, regardless of whether or not they are US citizens, of certain credible impending threats

Putin addressed the warnings a couple weeks later, criticizing the warning three days ago as “provocative.”

Per TASS, the Russian president said on March 19 the aim of “the recent provocative statements of a number of official Western structures about the possibility of terrorist attacks in Russia” was harming Russian society.

“All this resembles outright blackmail and the intention to intimidate and destabilize our society,” Putin said, according to state media reporting on his remarks.

Future humanity, if you even exist, please have mercy on us when you look back at this age. 😮‍💨

redcalcium, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack

US: “You should watch your border, Russia is about to invade”

Ukraine: “Pfft, yeah, riight…”

Later…

US: “You should be careful, ISIS is about to let loose in Moscow”

Russia: “Pfft, yeah, riight…”

elvith,

Everyone besides Russia: “You should watch out, Russia is about to meddle with your elections.”

US: “Pfft, yeah, riight…”

ours,

The US went hard against Russian hackers just before the 2020 elections. They learned the lesson from 2016.

notabot,

Hackers aren’t the only way to meddle in an election, just the easiest to categorize and deal with.

FrostyTrichs,
@FrostyTrichs@sh.itjust.works avatar

Hackers aren’t the only way to meddle in an election, just the easiest to categorize and deal with.

Convenient strawmen anyway.

Ranvier,

Oh they knew

npr.org/…/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-…

But Republicans didn’t want to stop it, and Obama was worried if he did anything without Republican support it would look like he was tilting the scales in favor of Clinton. Which makes zero sense to me but hey that’s just what Obama thought.

YeetPics, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack
@YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

Something about Putin and 72 hour windows in time.

What a laughing stock.

Rapidcreek, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack

Seems like there is a lot of dismissal going on. W did it on 9/11. Bibi did it on 10/07. It is a common thread.

i_have_no_enemies, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack

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  • kokesh, to world in Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack
    @kokesh@lemmy.world avatar

    To bad he want at the concert

    givesomefucks, to politics in Biden budget proposal excludes UNRWA funds, renews $14 billion request for Israel

    Despite knowing the UNRWA “confessions” were procured by torture and not factual…

    Bidens really willing to let trump become president so he doesn’t have to stop funding a fucking genocide.

    Americans lose no matter who wins this election. It’s just a question of how bad.

    That depresses turnout and that’s how Republicans become presidents

    JustZ,
    @JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m sure it was all fake. Gaza’s largest employer, and not a single employee doubled for Hamas. 🤡

    Cowbee, to politics in Biden budget proposal excludes UNRWA funds, renews $14 billion request for Israel
    @Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

    Biden is trying to speed run voter apathy, lmao. I’m still going to vote blue personally, but I am absolutely not surprised by his lack of support, as he’s been doing his work diligently to destroy his chances for reelection, and liberals will blame leftists before they blame Biden and his terrible policy.

    Just stop supporting Israel, and watch support skyrocket.

    Potatofish,

    Support will certainly skyrocket in Lemmy. I’m certain it’s an important indicator for him

    Leshoyadut,
    @Leshoyadut@fedia.io avatar

    There are a lot of people outside of just Lemmy who are upset at how Biden is handling the genocide in Gaza. Maybe not that significant of a portion of the population as a whole, but when he’s trying to win states with slim margins, even a relatively small number of people can make all the difference.

    Potatofish,

    I doubt it matters. In fact, more people probably approve of what he’s doing or not doing.

    FenrirIII,
    @FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

    Honestly, Lemmy is an echo chamber. The average person on the street knows very little about what’s happening in Palestine and would support Israel over a Muslim state any day. It’s apathy, ignorance, and just being too damn tired to care. But Lemmy will have you believing that people are marching in the millions to stop Israel’s genocide.

    Potatofish,

    On Reddit it’s the opposite, but with the engagement numbers. Millions support Israel with little variance. Obviously they aren’t all Zionists; they just want Hamas to go away.

    FenrirIII,
    @FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

    I was banned from Reddit for going against the Israeli genocide (because I reported every comment literally calling for murder or genocide).

    JustZ,
    @JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

    Ding ding.

    JustZ,
    @JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

    “Stop supporting Israel.” Brilliant plan, let’s give away all our leverage!

    OccamsTeapot, to politics in Biden budget proposal excludes UNRWA funds, renews $14 billion request for Israel

    $14 billion in funding for Israel and $100 million in humanitarian support for Palestinian civilians

    So he wants to give the people being killed 140 times less the the people doing the killing? Wow.

    I suppose bombs are more expensive than bread. Maybe one is easier to go without and maybe one is a humanitarian necessity while the other is a crime against humanity but we can’t say anything about that because something something Trump

    hark,
    @hark@lemmy.world avatar

    Somehow there are people who will look at this and think “he’s doing the best he can!”

    Rapidcreek, to politics in Biden budget proposal excludes UNRWA funds, renews $14 billion request for Israel

    First, Congress hardly ever passes a President’s budget. They pass their own budgets that the president lives with.

    Secondly, the Foreign Aid package passed by the Senate and dormant in the House specifically excludes monies for the UNRWA.

    reuters.com/…/us-pause-funding-un-relief-agency-p…

    Ensign_Crab,

    Congress hardly ever passes a President’s budget.

    He’s certainly letting us know where his priorities lie, though.

    Rapidcreek,

    So has your Senators and Representatives, who in the end have the most important say.

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