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halfempty , in Biden slammed for offering ‘insulting’ $700 payments to Maui wildfire victims
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The $700 is just for immediate critical needs. It is not the entire FEMA payout to fire victims for the disaster. Thus the article is misleading propaganda.

"According to administration, 300 FEMA workers are currently on the ground and the agency has provided approximately 50,000 meals, 75,000 liters of water, 5,000 cots and 10,000 blankets.
To further assist survivors, FEMA has activated a transitional sheltering assistance program to help displaced residents find a hotel or motel, as well as a "critical needs" program to provide $700 to eligible people for food, water and other supplies."

tallwookie ,
@tallwookie@lemmy.world avatar

true, but $700 isnt going to go very far in Hawaii

sturmblast ,

I’m sure it can feed you for a while

pinkdrunkenelephants , in Revealed: Hawaii official refused to release water for Maui fires until it was too late

Humanity at work 🤦🤦🤦🤦

jimmydoreisalefty , in Maui residents targeted in scams to grab land after tragedy, officials say

I thought most of Hawaii was already like that, that is why it is a tavel destination. The companies own the best land and they build hotels and resorts to bring in the wealthy.

I heard Oprah was making a big deal about the fires, not because of the people, but due to her owning 3000 arces of land around the area. Briahna Joy Gray, on Rising with The Hill goes into it a bit: youtu.be/Fn2X4V_Lde0?t=299

Similar to how the wealthy have taken over the smaller islands around.

If anyone has more info, please feel free to reply!

Chickenstalker , in Arkansas Education Department won’t allow credit for AP African American Studies course

The American experiment in federalism is a failure. You need to abolish states power and become a true unitary government. The alternative is another civil war.

CrayonRosary ,

Eliminating the states would cause civil war. I guess it’s just inevitable then.

Drivebyhaiku ,

I know it’s useless to try and unbunch the State’s underwear outta their ass about taking away their “States rights” but really from the outside there are plenty of places with Provinces / prefectures / states that still have individual character and bylaw WITHOUT binding their citizens by what is in effect the sovereignty of two separate competing countries.

Folk in the states seem to make it all about how free it makes everyone… But from over here it looks more like some kind of beaurcratic bondage fetish.

gornar , in Revealed: Hawaii official refused to release water for Maui fires until it was too late

Fucksake

Sharpiemarker ,

Surely that’s murder

CeruleanRuin ,

Seems like pretty clear-cut manslaughter at the least.

If you reduced the scale to one person on fire and someone standing next to him blocking access to a hose, it’s undeniable that one party knowingly caused the other’s death.

KairuByte , in 6-year-old fatally shot by a 9-year-old, authorities say
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Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Sometimes those people are children. But it’s still not the guns fault, obviously. The same thing would have happened if the nine year old child, who had no ill intentions, had a knife instead. Everyone knows it’s just as easy to accidentally stab someone to death as it is to pull a trigger. Happens every day in the EU, I assure you. So many accidentially fatal stabbings by children over the years.

/s in case it wasn’t obvious.

GrammatonCleric , in Biden slammed for offering ‘insulting’ $700 payments to Maui wildfire victims
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Ah yes, online UK news, a bastion of knowledge about the inner workings of America.

radix , in Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business
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This is why we need a strong federal anti-SLAPP law (and state-level laws, too, of course).

quindraco ,

Wisconsin has no anti-SLAPP law, unfortunately, but the paper can and should countersue for legal costs as damages given how frivolous this suit is.

ReluctantMuskrat ,

It takes money and time to counter-sue. Won’t happen if they’re insolvent.

zer0nix ,

Seems like a slam dunk contingency case

circuitfarmer , in Federal judge tosses suit against Biden student loan forgiveness plan for long-term borrowers
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Why tf do conservatives hate the students of America? There is little room for the US to compete on the world stage if no one (but nepo-babies) can afford to be educated here.

Psythik ,

Because you have to keep the voters uneducated since only stupid people vote Republican.

afraid_of_zombies , (edited )
  1. It is denying the Democrats a win.
  2. Their districts are less educated so it doesn’t impact them as much
  3. It gets them redhatter votes

You are right, long term policies like this are going to cripple our ability to compete. At a certain point we won’t be able to just depend on a stream of educated immigrants and kids of the super rich.

Edit: you can also read what they claimed in the suit

Adjustment will “extinguish the incentive for nearly a million student-loan borrowers to seek debt forgiveness through PSLF and thus will disadvantage [Plaintiffs] in the market to recruit and retain” borrowers as employees

They won’t be able to get workers if workers have less debt. Don’t even try to hide it sometimes.

sndmn ,

The more people are educated, the less they are conservative.

ilickfrogs ,
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Because there’s 2 types of conservatives, the rich and greedy self centered ass hats who don’t need an education. And then the stupid people. They’d be throwing away a part of their base if they allowed them to learn.

spacedance , in 6-year-old fatally shot by a 9-year-old, authorities say

Being six years old doesn’t mean that he’s not allowed to defend himself, I see no problem here.

Nothing_911 , in Entire police department in Minnesota resigns

The US needs stronger labor laws, if these guys were unionized (and the government wasn’t made to cripple them) they could be paid a living wage in the first place.

DLSchichtl ,

The police union is one of the largest, most powerful unions in America, and is a prime example of what happens when a union has too much power, sooo wat?

MonkRome ,

I’m a strong labor advocate, for everything but police. The police are the ones that are called to assault, coerce, and (historically) kill labor organizers. Those class traitors don’t deserve a union. And they primarily use their unions to keep their worst cops on the job far past any reasonable assessment of them as anything other than evil people.

prole ,

Lol yes, if only police unions existed 🙄

_wintermute ,

The cops have the only union that will do everything to ensure they aren’t held accountable for anything. Think about it. Of all the industries that need unionization and the corrupt fascist cops are enjoying it every day.

Compactor9679 , in New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises

Fuck no!

Kungolicious , in Australian ex-priest has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victim

12 months per kid? A marijuana possession charge is more time than that.

Fisk400 ,

It’s a bit pointless to argue the length of the punishment because any year added will be added to his corpse. Most legal systems do not stack their punishments as a flat rate like that. The first kid probably gave him most of the jail sentence and the rest added very little.

Also I don’t think normal possession charges in Australia just gives you a fine because it’s not USA. If you look it up it says 2 years for possession but that includes carrying 50g of heroin so carrying a joint will not send you to jail.

Kungolicious ,

All a fair point. I hadn’t put much thought into the comment, but good on Australia for putting him away for life.

Tedesche ,

More like six months per victim, if you do the math. Australia really cares about their children, obviously.

Drusas , in 6-year-old fatally shot by a 9-year-old, authorities say

OP, keep your editorializing out of it.

"how the children obtained guns"? The article gives no indication that there were multiple guns. Your editorializing makes it sound like they were playing with guns and shooting at each other.

The story is bad enough as it is without you lying about it.

hypelightfly ,

It's literally the sub-title on the linked article.

Drusas ,

Still wrong

AnonTwo ,

Literally follows the rules of the community. It's as right as can be. point your complaints to npcnews.

Drusas ,

Can do.

Especially_the_lies ,

npcnews.

Yeah, I know that’s a typo, but now I want to know what NPC News is like. “Today, several PCs rampages through the streets and caused $10 million in property damage.”

See also: Free Guy.

livus ,
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You should probably at least click on the article before you start accusing OP of editorializing just because you don't like what it says.

Drusas ,

I actually read the article.

Chozo ,

If that's true and you expect us to believe that, then you don't know what "editorializing" means.

livus , (edited )
@livus@kbin.social avatar

That's good. I stand corrected.

But if you read it in the article, why were you trying to tell OP off then? This isn't OC.

Edit @Drusas it's petty of you to downvote me when you can see I'm not downvoting you.

OverfedRaccoon , (edited )

The line you quoted as “editorializing” (“how the children obtained guns”) is literally a line pulled directly from the article subheader. In other words, there’s no editorialization from OP. Like, you do realize that… right? By your replies, I can’t tell if you’re just trolling hard or that oblivious.

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Drusas ,

If you'd kept up with the thread, you would know you're like the third person to point that out. It is editorializing; I just didn't recognize the correct source.

OverfedRaccoon ,

Ok, bud. 😂

Drusas ,

/Person acknowledges fault. Continue to act like a jerk to them.

Good job there, buddy.

OverfedRaccoon ,

You came out aggressively swinging from comment one, pal. Not sure what’s got you at an 11, but I guess I could have been nicer. That’s my bad.

Drusas ,

You have misread. I was never at an 11 or even above like a three. Internet problems.

OverfedRaccoon ,

Fair enough. May your future internet interactions trend more positive. Have a good rest of your night, day, or whatever time it is where you’re at.

Drusas ,

🖖

cedarmesa , (edited )
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💀

MicroWave OP ,
@MicroWave@lemmy.world avatar

Is this an example of someone being confidently incorrect?

Cuteblooded ,

Tell me you didn’t read the article, without telling me you didn’t read the article…

MicroWave OP ,
@MicroWave@lemmy.world avatar

OP here. Wow, this is just wrong and nasty.

phthalocyanin , in Cook at center of Australia mushroom mystery gives her account of fatal meal
@phthalocyanin@lemmy.world avatar

this is news?

KrisND OP ,

It’s an on-going news story and case, it’s an interesting one to me at least. I think there was some confusion so I went ahead and updated it.

dan1101 ,

It’s an interesting case to me. If she is not guilty I will be surprised.

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