dariusj18

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dariusj18 ,

The tears of Conservatives

dariusj18 ,

I call this being bookish, pronounced "bockish"

dariusj18 , (edited )

"No fair! They're politically motivated to (checks notes) fulfil their duty to inform the public about my political motivation too ... usher in a dark age for America."

dariusj18 ,

Biden is not a populist who panders to everyone just to disappoint more than half of them. He has positions which he holds and an administration working towards them. You can either agree with the direction or not. Someone may not be thrilled about having a choice between two candidates, but that's reality and nobody's gonna game it by not voting, so pick an issue and decide is Biden going to be better or worse than Trump? Unless their a nazi or indoctrinated Christian nationalist, 99% of the time gen z should come to the logical conclusion.

Edit: IMO Biden has been the most progressive Democratic Presidents in a long time

dariusj18 ,

I think you overstate what a President can do to say that Biden could do more.

Ps. No need to be so confrontational. Go fuck a moose ;)

dariusj18 ,

I'm open to your, obviously, well researched factual response to who is a more progressive President.

dariusj18 ,

Good news then his administration has been on point for the messaging

Today — today, I’m proud to announce that my administration just released the Fifth Climate Assessment in our nation’s history.

It didn’t just come out of thin air. Written over four years, 750 authors and experts, thousands — thousands of American contributors from every single state in the nation as well as several territories and Tribes.

It’s the most comprehensive assessment on [the] state [of] climate change in the history of America. And it matters.

This assessment shows us in clear scientific terms that climate change is impacting all regions, all sectors of the United States — not just some, all.

It shows that communities across America are taking more action than ever to reduce climate risks and warns that more action is still badly needed.

We can’t be complacent. Let me say that again: We can’t be complacent. We have to keep going.

Above all, it shows us that climate action offers an opportunity for the nation to come together and do some really big things.

You know, I’ve seen firsthand what the reports made clear: the devastating toll of climate change and its existential threat to all of us. And it is the ultimate threat to humanity: climate change.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/14/remarks-by-president-biden-on-actions-to-address-the-climate-crisis/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-catalyze-global-climate-action-through-the-major-economies-forum-on-energy-and-climate/

dariusj18 ,

There are many things, but I think that H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act and the fact that he didn't just sign it into law, he had a major event as a signing ceremony on the White House lawn to highlight it, is a great example of the kind of President he has been.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/13/remarks-by-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-at-signing-of-h-r-8404-the-respect-for-marriage-act/

dariusj18 ,

You are right, Biden can't do what is necessary as President. He can only do what is legally within his purvue, Congress would need to pass laws to do most of what you mentioned above.

dariusj18 ,

He didn't take credit, he actually detailed a lot of the credit due in his speech. But yes, it is the fact that he made a big deal about a progressive social issue that is an example of being more progressive than his predecessors. If you are looking for progressive things done without congressional action, you're not going to find any, ever. That's just not how our government works.

dariusj18 ,

Apparently you missed the part where he is a leading voice in a drive to deal with climate change and calls it an existential threat to humanity, uses the powers available him to pursue research and proposes monumental investments to deal with it. Do those investments line up with every one of your points, maybe not, but I'm certain that far more informed individuals than we will be in the rooms to debate which are more deserving and workable. But all of that is entirely dependent on legislative action. It is simple to do a cursory search of White House press releases to see what executive actions the Biden administration has taken, and they are not few.

dariusj18 ,

Not powerless, but the fear of Trump (IMO a founded fear) is that he would abuse the office and be permitted to do so by his party members in Congress. I understand that people want Biden to do the same thing (for a real and good cause) but that would also be the end of American democracy.

dariusj18 ,

And if abandoned halfway we could just turn it into a park.

The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway follows the path of the abandoned Cross Florida Barge Canal.

https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/history-cross-florida-greenway

dariusj18 ,

Not to let reality get in the way of a good joke, but more than likley the sort who has this opinion, either does not send their child to school, or also has a problem with schools.

dariusj18 ,

Not really a reality I prefer, just felt that the assumption that the hypothetical individual would care about school shooter drills is less likely than the target audience of the joke would assume.

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback ( apnews.com )

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there....

dariusj18 ,

That article says that the US claims the peir area was not used as a landing zone.

dariusj18 ,

I feel the ambiguity leans towards being misunderstood, so I think it best to clarify.

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    dariusj18 ,

    Does no one know how lobbying works? Lobbyists whole job is following politicians votes, etc. and calling or applying what pressure they have to the ones they believe are vulnerable.

    dariusj18 ,

    Keeping the waterfall active would be conservation. I'm sure there would be an ecosystem around it.

    dariusj18 ,

    So antimeme is a meme?

    dariusj18 ,

    Oh, so ClearChannel

    dariusj18 ,

    I'm not sure you understand the parent comment. I didn't realize how terrible until I hailed a cab, noticed someone who was actually also hailing but must have been doing so before me, so I deferred and offered the cab I hailed to him. The cabby noticed the person was black and just booked it. The person was resigned and indicated this was not uncommon.

    Does Trump being found guilty actually matter?

    Since he can still run for office and become president while in prison, is this actually going to do anything to stop him from being president? Obviously it's not gonna sway anyone who's gonna vote for him, so is there any actual way this keeps him from office, or at least has some positive effect for us? I wanna join the...

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    1. Not having been determined via impeachment proceedings to be barred from office.

    2. Having served less than two terms, however you can serve just under 10 years if you were raised to president more than half way through the term.

    dariusj18 ,

    Just for clarity, beheading and decapitation are different. This uses the same word incorrectly to draw a parallel to two different things.

    dariusj18 ,

    My guess

    https://www.adweek.com/agencies/akqa-and-grey-merge-capabilities-across-five-territories-as-wpp-continues-efficiencies-drive/

    dariusj18 ,

    Should prolly say "particularly tone deaf"

    dariusj18 ,

    It was a different time

    dariusj18 ,

    I don't really get all the windows 11 hate. I have had 0 problems with it

    dariusj18 ,

    Don't get me started on windows 9

    dariusj18 ,

    I don't think we're doing phrasing anymore.

    dariusj18 ,

    The problem is that humor is often baded upon the subversive of expectations, so if a right wing person want to be funny they have to make a joke that the world is somehow different than the idiotic view they have of it. Often this ends up just describing reality cruelly. For example, a man dressing up as a woman is instantly funny, because as everyone knows there are only two genders and they have roles.

    dariusj18 ,

    Silly non sequitur. Even in his State of the Union he gave his position on his support of corporations but the need to keep them reigned in, primarily through taxes.

    dariusj18 ,

    No, comedy is all about timing.

    And repetition.

    And rules of threes

    And subverting expectations.

    And repetition.

    US Lemmys what could Biden do in the next 6 months to EARN your vote? (other than just not being Trump)

    Sorry this is kinda political. Is there an asklemmypolitics group this would be better for? I'm hoping not to get into the libs vs progressives political debate we see everywhere on here... Just want to know what people are actually looking for.

    dariusj18 ,

    What makes it clear that Biden isn't a great option? It really annoys me that such a progressive administration in a very divided government is somehow not measuring up to the ever changing goal posts. The only perfect candidate to vote for is yourself, everyone else is a compromise.

    dariusj18 ,

    Unions oppose/opposed NATO, especially autoworkers.

    Are you thinking NAFTA? I'm not sure unions have much of a position on NATO.

    dariusj18 ,

    Ok, so to be clear you only started opposition to Biden since the Israeli invasion of Gaza after October 7th?

    I can understand the belief that Biden has been deficient in his response, despite the innumerable competing interests any administration would need to juggling. I had similar issues with Obama's handling of ISIL, however I also had no better idea of how it could be handled better.

    dariusj18 ,

    How hard was it to keep the patience to wait for this shot?

    dariusj18 ,

    Rebranding

    dariusj18 ,

    I feel the creator then video should be paying click farms to boost the video as an example of their claims. Not to say they are not real, but it would be a very effective demonstration.

    dariusj18 ,

    Actually from webcomic "kawaii not"

    dariusj18 ,

    DAE read this as Seal the musician?

    dariusj18 ,

    Gonna assume controlled burns in difficult terrain.

    dariusj18 ,

    I'd say it is reasonable to say Biden has been the most progressive president since Johnson signed the civil rights bill. It surprised the hell out of me.

    dariusj18 ,

    At first I thought thos was AI art because one man looked like he was dabbing.

    dariusj18 ,

    Generally it is bad if it is an adversary. However modern Russia is unfortunately a matched pair for the Republican party, christian ethno-nationalists with dictator leadership.

    dariusj18 ,

    Lotta people just don't understand this.

    dariusj18 ,

    The funniest part is that privileged people get pissy about being called by their title all the time, it does sometimes materialize in jokes, but that's still punching up.

    As a fun experiment I misgender bigots until they got mad about it. It doesn't take long.

    dariusj18 ,

    if the AI fails at art then there's no problem. Nobody would care.

    https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/art-6

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