Power imbalance is problematic, and we shouldn’t give Bill a pass for it. Not even mere lampshading.
That said, Republicans clearly aren’t interested in power imbalances. Addressing that consistently would collapse their entire ideology. This is something where only the left has criticism that can be consistent with their principles.
Would you trust anything Trump rambled about off the top of his head? It could be true, it could be made up on the spot, it could be something spouted by the last guy Trump talked to, or it could be a stream of bullshit with one good tidbit buried inside that you won’t even notice.
Eh, he’d probably set Trump up in a gilded cage and forget about him. It’d be a short stay because Trump is old, eats McDonalds, and doesn’t exercise. Only the McDonalds part would change, because they don’t operate in Russia anymore.
They’re technically an invasive species in North America. Been around long enough now that they could maybe be considered native. If you’re looking to do a natural lawn in NA, though, you should probably still consider them a weed.
To add, we lack almost any kind of graduated licensing, both for two and four wheeled vehicles. You can get a motorcycle license (even a learners permit) and go out and buy a literbike built from the factory to go directly on the track. Likewise, you can buy a gigantic truck on a basic license and have no clue how to park it. These facts are both insane.
“Motorcycle” licensing needs to start with a basic set that covers class III e-bikes and scooters/motorcylces up to 300cc or so (appox 40hp, or 3kW), and then you can work your way up.
We make a 2 ton metal box, cruising at 70mph, and driven by basically anyone. The only way to do this while having a reasonable level of safety is to cram it full of features that make it heavy and expensive. This is fundamentally terrible.
I occasionally sneak that into a playlist while my wife and I are listening to something, and then I leave the room for a bit. I don’t do it too often, though, because I don’t want a divorce.
Somewhat true, but there’s lots of parliamentary systems that were never under British rule. Nobody has followed the US’s weird system. Not even ones where the US had a direct hand in setting up the democratic government, like Iraq.
Weird in having a whole bunch of compromises between big and small states, and separating the power of the executive and legislature. Countries looked at both of those and picked the one that’s more chaotic, but less clumsy.
Except no. Background checks by FFLs are required. There is no gun show loophole. There is a private sale loophole (which is sometimes exploited at gun shows, but is not exclusive to them). This confusion in terminology is pointing to the wrong problem.
If you want to make effective regulations, then you need to understand what regulations already exist, how guns work, and how loopholes are exploited. Otherwise, you get another AWB that bans a bunch of cosmetic features that really don’t matter.
You don’t have to convince the pro-gun crowd. You have to convince a political majority. Starting that fight without knowing what you’re talking about matters.
Historically, those tend not to last. If they take root at all, they last a matter of months. The adult children aren’t able to harness the cult of personality the same way.
NKorea being one big exception. There aren’t a lot of other examples in modern nation states.
Slobodan Milošević was put to trial under a parallel organization, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The ICC didn’t exist yet when the ICTY was founded.
Notice that other than Baldur’s Gate and Elden Ring, those are pretty old titles at this point. The AAA studios are doing everything they can to make sure those nightmares never happen again.
Your lips do important work in making a trumpet play. Dolphins don’t have the fine control over their lips that would be necessary. Maybe the blowhole does?
That’s only one factor in a high control organization.
There’s a theory that the longevity of a commune comes down to making costly sacrifices. This signals to the group that you’re not going to be a freeloader. Things like praying at a set time every day, or going to services tends to make religious communes last longer. The tasks don’t have to do anything in themselves; they just have to exist and take up some of your time and effort. Religion has an easier time mandating these things, because you can put the whole reason for it on an ephemeral deity rather than something more concrete. In fact, this signaling to the group may have been the reason religion developed in the first place.
There are often legal issues to be resolved for each individual country. It’s possible, but expensive. Ultimately, linking accounts at all is an unnecessary requirement that exists for Sony’s benefit, not yours.
It doesn’t have to stay that way, and probably won’t. Batteries improve by 5-8% per year. We’re also reaching the point where, with better charging infrastructure, we don’t particularly need longer range. Weight can go down rather than range going up.
There’s no reason EVs have to be heavier than ICE cars, and they probably won’t be in the next few years.
RNC Co-Chair Tells Newsmax Republicans Are Planning For Possibility of Trump Addressing Convention From Prison (www.mediaite.com)
Yup (lemmy.world)
Stormy Daniels Has Marriage Advice for Melania Trump: Dump His Ass (www.vanityfair.com)
NEW POLL: Nearly Half Believe Trump Should Drop Campaign Over Guilty Verdict (www.mediaite.com)
Problem solved (lemmy.today)
Seems awfully dangerous (lemmy.world)
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Conservatives tried to force all schools in California to out trans kids. They just failed. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A Supreme Court held to the lowest standards (www.salon.com)
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office (www.texastribune.org)
Innovation makes useful things smaller - overconsumption makes them bigger and more meaningless (norden.social)
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TNG as NuTrek (lemmy.world)
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Button Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Would you press it?
Israel Threatens 'Severe Consequences' for Nations Who Recognize Palestine (www.commondreams.org)
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process (www.livescience.com)
rule alert (lemmy.world)
Federal judge blocks Biden administration rule requiring dealers at gun shows to run background checks (fortune.com)
Trump defense rests at New York hush money trial, ex-president doesn’t testify (www.cnbc.com)
A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’ | Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave. (www.bloomberg.com)
It’s almost like Trump tried a coup to avoid leaving office the last time around.
Conservatives are freaking out because they learned that some animals are gay (www.lgbtqnation.com)
voltage rule (lemmy.world)
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms (www.nola.com)
Do they want Baphomet in their schools? Because this is how you get Baphomet in your schools.
Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR (theconversation.com)
Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games (jacobin.com)
Trumpet rule (slrpnk.net)
Seedless Catholics Against Watermelons? (sh.itjust.works)
"Portal" Between Dublin and NYC Shut Down After OnlyFans Model Flashes It (ca.news.yahoo.com)
ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY! (youtu.be)
rule (lemmy.world)
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’...
The US planned to install thousands of EV chargers. Only 7 have been built. - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
web.archive.org/…/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollo…
Never make the mistake of visiting a community for your favorite podcasts (i.ibb.co)
Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. (lemmy.ca)
Climate protesters try to break into Tesla's Germany factory, multiple people arrested (www.cnbc.com)