alcoholicorn

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The trump portion was a 4/10, the rest was like watching paint dry. Something I noticed back in the bush era, SNL writers really aren't good when the writer doesn't have any substantive criticism and are trying to make content from aesthetics or the way a politician talks. "Last time I had this much trouble with a mic, I tried to have it killed" hits harder than "Eeehh heeh heeh. Do I really laugh like that? Yeah, you do"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (4 children)

if the federal government just hands over money with inadequate oversight it will just enrich the companies.

The worst part of this is that that money is not just wasted, it's used to lobby politicians to make it worse.

And to be clear, the railroads don't need more money, back when Biden banned Warren Buffet's railroad from striking, I did the math, they could afford to double their work force, giving them all half the year off, and pay each one of them 100K/year, and still give the shareholders multiple billions a year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

It does actually, former soviet bloc having good subways is kinda like Canadians being good at bobsled; it's way less impressive than say, a Jamaican who is good at bobsled. Just being clean and having ornamentation puts it ahead of 98% of American subways, and most western european subway stations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

As much as I love former soviet-bloc subway stations, I don't like this at all.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 16 hours ago

If you invite someone to enjoy your meal, they are legally obligated to sit down with you and enjoy your meal.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I can't read "You must not [...] broadcast it" as anything but banning streamers from playing Helldivers 2?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

It's not that bad if the ghee bursts into flame on contact.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And now there's a german claiming there's no genocide in Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nationalize Tesla and X too.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's 13 other werewolves chained up in the basement.

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FEMA camps (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Back during the Bush and Obama years, I remember hearing so many right-wing conspiracies about FEMA camps.

Why didn't anyone ask "If FEMA has the ability to set up camps and transport large numbers of people, why aren't they doing that every time there's a big hurricane or wildfire?"

 

Looks like it's having a measurable effect.

 

The bill in question is the one Biden tried to pass, but was blocked by republicans after Trump called it a bad bill, despite containing only things the republicans want.

It would enable the president to shut down the border and gives billions to ICE, CPB, US Marshals, etc to increase detention capacity, train additional personnel, etc. It also gave billions to Israel and Ukraine.

Kamala gonna have the immigrant vote locked up.

 

Among other changes to immigration law, the measure would make it more difficult to gain asylum in the United States and increase detentions and deportations of those crossing into the country without authorization. It would also effectively close the border altogether if the average number of migrants encountered by immigration officials exceeded a certain threshold — an average of 5,000 over the course of a week or 8,500 on any given day. The bill also would give the president power to close the border unilaterally if migrant encounters reach an average of 4,000 per day over a week.

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