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verdantbanana , 4 months ago

Trump and Biden both moaned and whined about their own mental wellness reports

if both people are such questionable candidates then why are they on the ballot?

are there no other candidates that could run for the Democrats or Republicans?

US voting is starting to look more staged than ever

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

sounds like the kind of thinking the Democrats want you saying

that is the crux both parties using the same lines both full of themselves

football politics with no meat on either Canidate's resume

where are any candidates that run based on their past accomplishments that helped society in some way or just something other than "we are not that other party and it is the other party's fault we are underwhelming in every way possible"

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

Paraphrased

Trump Biden Biden Trump Biden Biden Biden Trump

Trump will not be able to run successful if Biden runs and any faults of Biden will be because of Trump

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

just like cannabis and other laws in states taking precedent over federal laws?

Texas is another example and abortion is a state by state issue too as is medical and vehicle insurances

driver's licenses are a state by state thing too as is voting not a federal thing all state by state and education standards are state by state and SNAP benefits

US should have gotten things more united and settled before it was too late and shattering instead of waiting to cry and moan about it afterwards

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

unless the state says otherwise

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-093

make US laws make sense

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

terry stop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop

yes you are under obligation to answer any questions for whatever reason no matter the state

and to further exacerbate the situation states are now doing their own thing more than ever and Biden is failing on the campaign promise for police reform

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

get pulled over in the wrong state and see if your statement still holds water

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

Biden’s administration has done pretty well considering all the grenades the GOP had thrown into the road.

people who say things like this have never been affected by any former president or the current one in a bad way and most likely do not travel around the US in any capacity

how has the economy improved under Biden? make it make sense

was it that higher minimum wage he promised then told workers not to protest and ask for better?

was it the factory jobs in the south he touted where pay and work condition standards are lower?

was it his obama style communication relief that helped citizens with things like internet bills that is now ending that only helped with about $25?

was it that national health insurance he promised that he never mentions?

yes biden has done some things but not enough or long enough or at all in some cases

everything he has done has been quartered ass at best and never good enough and always blamed on someone else when he fails to deliver like every president the US has ever had

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

Both Parties Have Turned the Border Wall Into a Death Trap

Decades of bipartisan policies have turned the border into an ugly and dangerous laceration.

https://truthout.org/articles/both-parties-have-turned-the-border-wall-into-a-death-trap/

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

just another propaganda article for biden

not supporting trump

and not allowed to vote either

There’s much more the President and I would like to do to support the middle class,” Yellen plans to say during the speech at the Economic Club of Chicago.

like what and will this be dependent on if we vote biden in a second time and is there a middle class left to help?

“Costs are still high,” Biden said, “but inflation continues to fall, and mortgage rates are falling — they’re going to fall more.”

where is he living?

To make her point that Biden policies have significantly helped the middle class, Yellen will point to the record spike in median household wealth between 2019 and 2022, an increase in inflation-adjusted wages above pre-Covid levels and the rising purchasing power of consumers.

his promise of raising the $7.25 federal minimum wage sure helped and even if he had lived up to that promise he would still let states decide what to do with it

“Though some forecasters thought a recession last year was inevitable, President Biden and I did not,” Yellen will say. “Instead of contracting, the economy has continued to grow, driven by American workers and President Biden’s economic strategy.”

on worker's backs that he made sure had less workers rights with no protesting allowed no less and no wage increases

Consumer sentiment has increased to the highest level since July 2021, according to the University of Michigan. By this metric, sentiment has surged 29% in the span of two months — the biggest such increase since 1991 as that recession ended.

where do these numbers come from and do these people go outside at all?

verdantbanana , 4 months ago

O let us love our occupations,
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations.
The Chimes, Second Quarter (1844)

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

why does everyone associate the corpo owned politicians with the citizens?

sure as with other states you will find plenty of people who want otherwise for their state and grouping them in with those slime politicians and saying let them go does not help anyone

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

maybe the democrats should nut up and put a real non corpo candidate up to bat

also people like biden and trump took my vote away so do not get to participate in this "democracy"

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

interstate travel has been a problem between states before roe fell

there are border like police agents at some borders already and have been for years

terry stops fully allowed with no need for suspicion of cause and some state borders are constansty watched for people crossing between states and this also applies to backroads

some of those backroads between states have been shut down since cannabis becoming legal in certain states became a thing

surprised there have not been more articles about this over the years

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

states are only going to have trump or only biden on the ballot depending on which geographic lottery you win?

but voting is not rigged?

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

why was it not already an issue?

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

During a Fox News town hall in Iowa earlier this month, Trump said, "For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I'm proud to have done it" -- a line the Biden campaign has repeatedly quoted in fundraising pitches since.
"And he is not done," Harris said of Trump on Tuesday. "And the extremists are not done in the United States Congress, extremists who are trying to pass a national abortion ban to outlaw abortion in every state. But what they need to know is that we will not allow it, the American people will not allow it."

fucking sick Silent Genocide Joe is raising funds off of people suffering

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

think the film Tron made a good while ago was about users having control versus systematic control over the users by the system admins

verdantbanana , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

Biden wants to reschedule and decimalize not legalize

that means state by state determination

fifty different "united" states each with differing laws and opinions such as wages, what healthcare you are allowed and how it will be funded, abortion laws, immigration laws, what substances are legal or illegal or otherwise, etcetera

if you are on the wrong side of the state line then you will have less rights then your neighboring state

to go a step further there are already cities in the US where half the city has either medical use and or recreational use and the other half is strictly illegal or a combination there of such as half medical and half medical/ recreational and yes some tax and revenue the government receives from the cannabis industry goes towards prosecution of cannabis users in illegal places

Biden is only doing this for votes and knows the average voter will not know otherwise and we the people deserve better than a sham

These kind of laws and policies lessens consumer protections regarding cannabis while bolstering corporate cannabis and muddying the water further making the dream of legalization even more of a pipe dream

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

so you would rather be born in a random State and just hope you win the geographic lottery and have good laws? forgot just need to vote better

yes want a unified set of standards we all have to play by and not have to worry if I crossed the wrong state line would be nice

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

too bad everything is left up to individual countries mean states to decide laws

maybe strong federal laws and making states comply to it and not allow fifty united states to individually decide on every issue would keep this from happening

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

the nicotine found in most vapes now days are the newer synthetic variety

after talking to the lab responsible we were told the main difference between synthetic and real is that the synthetic does not cause cancer

another difference is the real nicotine derived from the tobacco plant is usually sourced from India just like your kitchen spices like vanilla and is prone to contamination from ground pollution like heavy metals

synthetic nicotine solves several problems including reducing the strain on the planet by using less resources than required for growing large crops of tobacco

combine that with green chemistry which uses no heavy metals for a catalyst and you have a clean product

now onto flavorings

some such as isoamyl acetate for banana flavor are not very harmful to vape and is even used to test breathing equipment

extensive studies some on a global scale have been done to show the varying degrees of toxicity to nontoxicity on the various flavors

some flavorings are also good on the environment not only because of green chemistry but also with the newer technologies of reclaiming atoms and molecules from food waste

there is lab on the east coast of the US doing just that and making chemicals some for flavoring such as isoamyl acetate which has multiple applications

articles like this are deadest on turning back the clock on good science and good health

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

so if you are not able to afford move out of a state or just stuck where you are it is your fault?

what about the ones of us not allowed to vote was it our fault we have bad laws in our state too?

what about the ones of us who because of work or whatever have to cross state lines?

when do make politicians accountable or is always those people's fault for not voting right or living in the right state?

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

vote biden because other choice is bad and choosing an alternative is bad too and not voting biden would be fascism

confused how being forced to vote for one person and party is democracy but hey not allowed to vote would not know

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

fuck you biden for again putting a stipulation on your promises and only helping a select few

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1595/forgive-student-loan-debt-public-colleges-and-univ/

either forgive it all or just forget about it tired of my hopes going up every time a biden is living up to his campaign promises article comes

silent joe waited until election year to have anything to say

justice delayed is justice denied

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

do not think trump would be better

better if enough people either voted someone other than the red and blue corpos or nobody at all in protest

biden's list of achievements on behalf of the american people or lack there of is totally relevant to me and a lot more people I'd wager

maybe I would be able to participate and vote if biden had lived up to his campaign promises or lived up to supposed "democrat" values for that matter

democrat and republican corporate slime have kept americans down

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

we have less rights now, wages are lower than ever especially given the inflation, healthcare is substandard, international policies needs help, immigration with obtainable citizenship with human rights left intact is out of reach, militarized police forces running rampant with a GA Cop City training ground on the horizon, journalist being silenced, voters being suppressed or not even allowed to vote, people starving, cost of living skyrocketing sending people crashing sometimes into homelessness, corporations using legal slave labor from prison camps, and the list goes on

but yes trump and disinformation caused this whole mess and vote Biden he is the Jesus of America and only choice we have which makes voting for him not fascist

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

and biden is out running for president too after promising to legalize and police reform and firing staffers for using cannabis

people seem to still support him too

US elections are fucking insane

like watching clones dressed in different skins begging for votes with whatever empty promises they think and know the populace will eat up

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

everything is now a state by state issue regardless of federal anyway - medical and other insurances such as vehicle policies, what health care you are allowed to receive, wages, how the justice system works, cannabis, food assistance, etcetera

if the federal government wants it otherwise we should have a federal set of laws we all have to live by no matter the state line we cross

biden is barking up the wrong tree seeing as how he is a state's rights supporter

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

states in the end decide if they want federal aid and services such as SNAP

US lets the states decide because it has devolved into a state's right over federal country

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

depends on the state lines you cross and how that state or now city feels about it

some cities in the US are half illegal and half recreational and or medical so sometimes it is a half of the city line

the states also decide if they want to use federal or state laws when convicting not the federal government

anyone who has extensively travelled the US will see past the HOA looking veil

federal laws have devolved into something that allows states full control

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

if it is a federally-funded program why is it allowed to be state's rights issue?

we need a president that supports federal over state's rights

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

forgot to add only republicans bad you have to vote democrat and everyone has the right to vote here so it is the people not voting and voting republican ruining the country not the corporate owned politicians

pardon me

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

criticizing both corporate parties in my comment

we already pay taxes as citizens and businesses pay too it should go somewhere not just to our neighboring states because the citizens unfortunately lost the geographic lottery or not allowed to vote or whatever in the state they are in

it would look like less funding for the military industrial complex and more school funding for nutrition and education

making everything into a state by state geographic lottery game is too hunger games to accept

states should have to comply with federal law and programs especially when it comes to our future as a nation

biden campaigned on such promises with making the police a federal thing not a state by state wild wild west do whatever unless you are in that other state kind of thing

it would look like our taxes went somewhere and we could see the results

the federal government passes something to do with funding vital human services and states should have to comply

should the states not have to do anything the government decides on?

and without state support? the citizens do not support eating food?

you are confusing government and citizens

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

and some are not allowed to vote because of laws and policies crafted over the years by politicians like Biden and Trump

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

talking about the people in the US who are not allowed to vote due to different laws and policies like myself being left out of yet another election

US has plenty of dissidents too

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

biden will say anything to get reelected

already had three going on four years to live up to his campaign promises like the ones that directly affects our lives

seems like he waited until election year to the throw the scraps out

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

my older in-laws are hoarding all the wealth after grandmother passed and they finagled their way into the inheritance they were not in and inherited the vehicles as well

now we have ask them for anything if we get in a bad way and my side of the family did something similar

older people do be hoarding

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

if only democrats actually stood for what they say they stand for

we could of had eight years of bernie instead of eight years of further decline with trump and biden

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

Sanders is proof the US is working on a rigged system

he has had the people's interest at heart since he first started his political career in the 60s and not just the US citizens

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1519/use-national-commission-address-policing-issues/

another failed promised by biden promising to address policing issues

maybe if people vote for him again he might just promise it again

politico says the other promise on policing has been kept but here is another news headline stating otherwise

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1527/expand-justice-department-power-address-police-mis/

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

inflation has hit ALL industries

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

transportation costs, suppliers, loss prevention is not 100%, insurances, food, lower customer base due to inflation/ cheaper lower quality alternatives (goes hand in hand), office supplies/ services, etcetera

inflation has hit everyone even in the shady areas

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

"My name is not Trump. Please donate money to me." - Biden

biden thinks it is him and the citizens he kept down struggling versus trump who did the same

fucking laughable this guy thinks he can do a piss poor quartered assed at best job and thinks we should just blindly follow

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

not to mention insurance costs and taxes

used vehicles cost nearly same in most cases and in poor condition

yes let us blame trucks not the $7.50 minimum wage and the inflation and what have yous

biden and electric vehicle are not the jesus of our times

going to take a lot to make travel affordable again and on that note the more traveling costs the less people do it and the less they travel the more stuck in the state they are at they become

way more than prohibitively expensive vehicles here this is a means to keep citizens in place and poor

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

not supporting trump but genocide and chaining people to chairs and going back on campaign promises since day one of being in office and the economy is worse now then when biden got in and we lost more human rights since he has been elected and the minimum wage increase he promised and never delivered and the list goes on

how is biden an acceptable answer? how is he not on the same page?

because his name is not trump? is that his only two words on the resume?

try that on your next interview -

qualifications?

well not trump can't you see?!

then you are hired!

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

not trump and what other options as excuses for not pushing for better

wow this is where democracy dies

verdantbanana , 5 months ago

if Trump wins the corps also win and the people lose

if Biden wins the corps also win and the people lose

did either of these two put up a fight for worker's rights and higher wages?

did either stand up for women's rights or bodily autonomy?

did either stand up and defend journalist being silenced?

did either do anything to quell the militarized police force?

did either help Captain Planet at all with restoring Mother Earth?

did either candidate do anything to protest against the size of the military budget?

what did either candidate do that directly makes the citizens better off?

where is the difference?