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Bytemeister , in 6 In 10 Americans Are 'Surprised' Marijuana Hasn't Been Legalized Across The U.S. Yet, Poll Finds

I’d be interested to see a map showing the states where weed is illegal, crossed with one showing where child marriage is legal.

PotentialProblem , in 2 Kids Killed, 9 Injured in Knife Attack at Taylor Swift-Themed Dance Event

“Britain’s worst attack on children occurred in 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton shot 16 kindergarten pupils and their teacher dead in a school gymnasium in Dunblane, Scotland. The U.K. subsequently banned the private ownership of almost all handguns.”

TIL

arin , in Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say

Can we investigate the politicians that fly to Moscow for secret meetings?

reksas , in An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him.

Indeed, ones responsible for keeping him in that cell are the ones who murdered him by not providing care nor suitable living conditions.

Asafum ,

My average fellow citizen: ThEy PrObAbLy DeSeRvEd It!

We’re such petty vindictive assholes, it kills me…

cybervseas , in ‘He’s got the Midwest grit, the Midwest sensibility’: Why Tim Walz is suddenly in the hunt for VP

NYT called this the “Veepstakes” and I love that name. It feels like an injection of some hope and excitement after so long.

njm1314 , (edited ) in American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says

It’s like they know that one of our major problems is that capitalists have destroyed all our manufacturing and sent all of our production jobs overseas thus weakening our economy our society and our National Defense. Yet instead of doing anything about it they just do this thumb their nose bill that does nothing. Kind of like a fuck you to the entire country.

Entertainmeonly ,

I’d really like to see who drafted this bill and a who the share holders in the company that will be making these flags are. My gut says they are the same people.

IndustryStandard , in McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after first sales fall since 2020

Their solution will be to raise prices by 1% to make up for lost sales.

Thebeardedsinglemalt ,

Hey sales are falling, let’s implement flex-pricing and increase prices during peak times.

uebquauntbez , in U.S. intelligence official: Russia will likely use propaganda to support Trump over Harris

If Trump wins, Putin wins. If Harris wins, Trump starts Civil War II, Putin Wins. Brave New World!

Cosmicomical ,

If harris wins putin’s investment is lost.

another , in ‘He’s got the Midwest grit, the Midwest sensibility’: Why Tim Walz is suddenly in the hunt for VP

I’ve never found anyone from the Midwest to be particularly sensible

Pronell ,

Yup, he’s one of our best sensible pols.

tate , (edited )

I think “sensible” is a signifier for “socially conservative” in this case.

ETA: I mean midwesterners generally. I’m not calling Tim Walz socially conservative.

Phenomephrene , (edited )
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Minnesota has designated itself a refuge state for the trans community seeking access to healthcare, so no, not really.

tate ,

Oh! I’m misunderstood!

I didn’t mean Walz in particular is socially conservative. I meant that when people say midwesterners are sensible in general, they mean “not a bunch of weirdos like on the coasts.”

Phenomephrene ,
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Ah, ok. Yeah, I didn't grok that from the original post.

To still provide something of a counter point, I think the urban rural divide exists as much in the coastal states as it does in the midwest. These attitudes exist to greater it lesser degrees pretty much anywhere you go. On balance though, there is a lot more corn in the midwest than in the coastal states, if you catch my meaning.

Phenomephrene ,
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I'm sorry that that's been your experience. Hopefully you at least remain open to having your mind changed about it. There really are quite a lot of us who contradict that sentiment.

Grandwolf319 , in Donald Trump says he 'probably' will debate Kamala Harris but 'can also make a case for not'

Keep being on the fence, indecisiveness actually makes a leader look rather weak.

arc , in McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after first sales fall since 2020

I live in Ireland and I like McDonalds occasionally. But there is no doubt that there food is quite expensive and they aren’t innovating. Once a month there will be some new burger which is usually just the same as a normal burger but with bacon or bbq sauce or some shit but it’s just boring and lazy marketing. What is worse than the food is the entire ordering experience - those bullshit kiosks are very time consuming and aggravating to use and then because they’re cutting staff you can look forward to a 5 or 10 minute wait for food to appear. I remember when I worked in McDs at peak periods you’d get your food almost as soon as you ordered it (unless it was a grill item) but not any more.

njm1314 , in NC Gov. Cooper opted out of Harris VP vetting, in part over worry about GOP lieutenant: AP sources

Is it pretty common to have a governor lieutenant governor be of different parties? I’ve never heard of that before. Of course where I live the Republicans have controlled pretty much every state office for 40 straight years. Yet they still try to run on how shitty everything is…

hasnt_seen_goonies ,

It is uncommon. North Carolina is a weird state when it comes to politics, and it’s impressive that cooper has been as popular as he has been in the state.

MonkderVierte , in An inmate’s body temp was 107.5 when he died. The state of Texas says heat did not kill him.

107° is boiling or a bit more than a quarter circle.

ironhydroxide ,

Only in intelligent measuring systems.

But of course we’re talking about America here, so intelligence is out of the question.

rekabis , in Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry

I remember reading about a guy who got on the list because he got blackout drunk and peed on a fence. At something like 2AM. That fence? Happened to be an Elementary school fence. So his life got destroyed because he peed in the wrong place, while too drunk to even know where he was, even though there were absolutely no children in the area to “harm” at the time of the incident.

I am all for strong laws that put large barriers between actual pedophiles and children. But current laws are hoovering up far too many people who are not pedophiles in the least.

another , in Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits

18?! Try 8.

ILikeBoobies ,

You won’t even get 50

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