Nope. I just don't automatically consider the system infallible and correct.
Legitimate presidents get elected, not appointed via an antidemocratic mechanism that hasn't been excised because too many rich and powerful people benefit from it.
Ok, it's clear that you're either too deranged or too dishonest to be worth any more time and effort trying to explain how ridiculously wrong you are, so I'm gonna stop that now. Have the day you deserve.
That fucking leopard print banana hammock 😂
Nah, you're only legitimate if the people chose you.
If you were installed by an archaic system from the 1700s designed to give empty land as much of a say as actual humans, even though the people preferred your opponent, then you're not legitimate.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical rural tradition.
Yes. That's how democracy is supposed to work: the candidate whom the most people want to win, wins.
Reminds me of QI! Couldn't find the clip where they discuss Cummingtonite, but I DID find another classic one about the many ejaculations of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson 😆
Holy shit THAT was awful! Thank you for your service 🫡
does that amount of users make it worth maintaining another 1-2 apps for the EU market, while dealing with Apple's shenanigans
I'd say that's a resounding "no", but I must admit that basically nothing is worth dealing with Apple's shenanigans in the first place if you ask me.
Especially when it's likely that they'll eventually play themselves out of the European market completely with their anti-consumer bullshit and the EU's increasing courage in protecting consumers from such abuse as is integral to all things Apple.
Just because some fascists are Jewish doesn't mean that many fascists, Trump himself included, can't be antisemitic.
Even if he wasn't, that wouldn't negate any of the other warning signs about the GOP, remade into a fascist party in his image. And no, that's not hyperbole either. The GOP and its adherents literally embody all 14 common features of fascism.
Pretty good! We make fun of each other a lot, as is our duty as neighbors and when our sports teams meet, we're bitter enemies for a while, but other than that, we get along remarkably well 😁
There is a strange, substantive vacuum in this campaign cycle.
There have been for every presidential election from the 1980 one onward.
Is it even worse now? Yes. Is it only or even mainly the fault of the Mango Mussolini? Far from it!
The mainstream media, including WaPo, could ignore him every time he says anything not directly related to policy priorities and the world would be much better for it.
Particularly because he would almost certainly lose if they did that and we'd only have to suffer 4 more years of Biden rather than the end of democracy as we know it.
That's not as profitable for the billionaire-owned media, through 😮💨
That awkward feeling when the first comment is from the country you won your independence FROM..
Happy national day from Denmark 😁
Guess they had a visiting editor from The Daily Beast in charge of headlines for a day 🤷
How many Firefox users are there in the EU?
More than in the US.
Firefox has a 5.07% share of European users, versus 4.21% in the US.
The population of the EU as per January 2023 is 448.8 million, compared to the 2023 US estimate of 334.9 million.
A lot of money for Biden's fossil fuel industries owner donors and likely Biden himself, in exchange for legitimizing and enriching one of the most oppressive regimes in the world.
The "cheering while holding a full bowl of extra light chips over your head with one hand" one seems especially ill advised 😆
Rep. Andy Ogles desperately wants to punish protesting students.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286303
> GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza. > > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286301 > > > "A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday which would send “any person convicted of unlawful activity” at a college or university, to do community service in Gaza for six months." > > > > "Strangely, the bill appears to refer to any “unlawful activity on the campus of an institution of higher education beginning on and after October 7, 2023” but does not specifically mention the ongoing student protests, rendering it stupidly broad." > > > > "Ogles spoke with Fox News about the bill, saying that, “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine. I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.”
To those not familiar with the hilarious Fern Brady: there's probably absolutely miniscule overlap between people who like her style of comedy and those who like hacks like Iglesias and Dunham.
No clue about Gilmore Girls fandom overlap, though.
That's like saying "oh, you like gummy bears? I bet you also like pasta carbonara!" 😄
The New Hampshire GOP lawmaker also said that he would not "apologize to the haters" for describing 16-year-old girls as "ripe."
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15199291
> Republican defends child marriage: I'm "pro-choice" > > A New Hampshire Republican lawmaker who has been under fire for defending child marriage has lashed out at his "haters" while insisting that his stance is "pro-choice." > > State Representative Jess Edwards inspired outrage last week after describing underage teenage girls as "ripe" and "fertile" while arguing against a bill to raise the age of marriage in the Granite State from 16 to 18. The bill passed by a vote of 192-174 despite objections from Edwards and others. > > … > > Edwards described critics of his underage marriage stance as "an army of control freaks that want to entice a pregnant woman into an abortion rather than allow a marriage" in a Facebook post on Monday.
Visitors have apparently been queueing to see the attraction at Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province, China
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/11618175
> Zoo defends ‘panda’ exhibit after criticism for using dogs dyed black and white > > > On May 1, the zoo drew large crowds of excited animal lovers as it prepared to unveil a new attraction. > > > > When the zoo revealed the animals, visitors were met with the sight of little four-legged creatures, with white faces and black spots around their eyes and ears - not unlike the colorings of a panda. > > > > The only thing is, these creatures weren't pandas. In fact, they were Chow Chows - a dog you might recognize from real life or social media, since they're very much the opposite of a wild animal. > > > > The spitz-type dogs originally come from northern China, and were presented at the zoo because the owners said they didn't have any actual pandas to show visitors. > > > > The owners were accused of trimming and dying the dogs to look like pandas, causing some backlash as locals accused the zoo of animal cruelty. > > > > However, a spokesperson for the zoo hit back at the criticism as they pointed out that 'people also dye their hair'.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15020949
> The Force should be plural
Florida's governor says he will "save our beef, but a lab-grown meat firm calls it an assault on liberty.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14977351
> Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat > > Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will "save our beef" from the "global elite" and its "authoritarian plans". > > "Florida is fighting back against the global elite's plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs," Mr DeSantis said in a statement. > > The first-in-the-nation law prohibits anyone from selling or distributing lab-grown meat in Florida. > > Similar efforts are under way in Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee. > > Lab-grown or "cultivated" meat was first cleared for consumption in the US in 2022. > > The process of making cultivated meat involves extracting cells from an animal, which are then fed with nutrients such as proteins, sugars and fats. The end product is genetically indistinguishable from traditionally produced meat. > > Studies have suggested that eating cultivated meat can cut carbon emissions and water usage, and free up land for nature, compared to eating traditionally produced meat.
Using enzymes produced by a bacteria that almost everyone has in their gut, researchers have removed the antigens from red blood cells that determine blood type, putting us within reach of producing universal donor blood.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15069736
> Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood > > "Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have used enzymes produced by a common gut bacteria to remove the A and B antigens from red blood cells, bringing them one step closer to creating universal donor blood."
Don't you just love it when you inadvertently pause at just the right time?
Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman, one of the fake electors charged in the Arizona 2020 election subversion case, announced Saturday that he’s been elected as a Republican National Committee National Committeeman for the state.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14825640
> Arizona state senator indicted in fake electors scheme is tapped for RNC position | CNN Politics