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GiddyGap ,

All hail capitalism…

GiddyGap OP ,

Unfortunately, like in so many other areas, the US is trending in the wrong direction compared to other countries. Traffic deaths is one of those areas.

bloomberg.com/…/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far…

GiddyGap OP ,

Think they mean that most people don’t have the necessary knowledge to determine whether a specific action or inaction is safe. Which is absolutely true.

GiddyGap ,

Oregon voters approved decriminalizing small amounts of psychedelics in 2020, and separately were the first to approve the supervised use of psilocybin in a therapeutic setting. Two years later, Colorado voters passed a ballot measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and to create state-regulated centers where participants can experience the drug under supervision.

GiddyGap ,

Yeah, Israel is certainly not winning the information war.

Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection' (apnews.com)

Liberal groups have filed lawsuits in Colorado, Minnesota and other states to bar Trump from the ballot, citing a rarely used constitutional prohibition against holding office for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution but then “engaged in insurrection” against it. The two-sentence clause in the 14th Amendment...

GiddyGap ,

I guess it could eventually affect other states, but I think the only state currently considering leaving Trump off the ballot where Trump has even a remote chance of winning would be Michigan. Colorado and Minnesota are out of reach for him anyway.

GiddyGap ,

Really… hadn’t noticed.

GiddyGap ,

That’s not true anymore. Looks like salaries are keeping up with inflation:

www.bankrate.com/…/wage-to-inflation-index/

GiddyGap ,

Looks like you didn’t read the article:

Pay is beginning to catch up in the race, and since May, has been rising faster than inflation

Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad | An AI-generated version of Scarlett Johansson’s voice appeared in an online ad without her consent. (www.theverge.com)

Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad | An AI-generated version of Scarlett Johansson’s voice appeared in an online ad without her consent.::Scarlett Johansson is taking legal action against an AI app developer for using her likeness in an online ad without her consent.

GiddyGap ,

AI…coming for a job near you…

GiddyGap ,

Too bad they have no say

GiddyGap OP ,

You’ll probably have to switch jobs for your salary to increase appropriately. New people coming into your place of work probably have disproportionately high salaries compared to oldtimers.

GiddyGap OP ,

You may have to look elsewhere or ask for a raise. Looks like salaries are keeping up with inflation:

www.bankrate.com/…/wage-to-inflation-index/

GiddyGap ,

Good for them. Great to see all the unions in the US taking a stand. That it how Europe ended up with amazing worker rights. Stay firm.

GiddyGap OP ,

There’s a voiceover.

GiddyGap OP ,

It’s really just a video of Netanyahu saying the words himself. It’s not interpreted or analysed by the website. Don’t see how that can be very biased.

GiddyGap OP ,

It’s Netanyahu speaking directly in a video. Not being interpreted or analysed by the outlet.

GiddyGap ,

Most of Europe got it right

GiddyGap ,

Humans believing in fantasy beings to the point of murder…how dumb…

…wait a minute…

GiddyGap ,

In the US, easy access to modern weapons mixed with increasing mental health issues is a toxic combo.

GiddyGap ,

And with the effortless access to firearms provided in the US, choosing the “fight” option was easy.

GiddyGap ,

RIP, man. You had a rollercoaster life, but you will continue to make me laugh until I join you. Thank u!

GiddyGap ,

Medicaid is the correct answer. Surprised more people aren’t mentioning it. It’s specifically in place to cover people with low incomes who often don’t have insurance through an employer.

Medicaid will often cover the cost of child birth for low-income people 100%.

That being said, if you have slightly higher income than allowed to enroll in Medicaid, your only option may be a long-term payment plan and lots of debt that you may carry for the rest of your life. It’s an awful system that really only benefits the strong.

Canada, don’t go down that road.

GiddyGap ,

Correction: They were all incompetent traitors who are still supported by a lot of Republicans.

GiddyGap , (edited )

At least 22 dead and 60 wounded.

To all of you out there who want no gun control. This blood is on your hands. Screw you and your 2nd amendment “rights.”

Edit: 18 dead, 13 wounded

GiddyGap ,

Apparently, the shooter was a firearms instructor. Aka, good guy with a gun turned bad guy with a gun.

This crap will never end until the tools they use to kill are off the streets.

GiddyGap ,

You’re in denial. Stop being in denial. Seriously.

There’s a reason why you can’t buy bombs in the bomb store. These things are professionally designed to explode and kill as many people as possible.

Yet, you can go and buy an AR-15 or worse in a gun store. A weapon professionally designed to kill as many people as possible in as little time as possible.

This is an almost entirely American problem. It’s not like the US is more mentally ill than every other developed country in the world. What distinguishes the US is the easy access to weapons. Take the tools of these killings away.

GiddyGap ,

Your past failure to learn from these continued atrocities is your complicity. Your current preference to protect the tools of violence over lives is your complicity. Your future vote to keep the status quo even as history repeats itself is your complicity.

GiddyGap ,

This guy was a firearms instructor. Literally a good guy with a gun turned into a bad guy with a gun.

GiddyGap ,

A truck is not designed specifically to kill as many people as possible in as little time as possible. Most firearms are. This type of firearm certainly is.

You can’t sit in a hotel room in Las Vegas, hundreds of yards from a crowd, and kill 60 people and wound more than 400 with a truck or a knife. Very different tools.

And I really don’t care about your gun “pastime” or “rights.” I care about getting my kids safely home from school and how having 5-year-olds do active shooter drills. Insanity.

GiddyGap ,

Did you even read my comment? Try throwing that truck from a hotel room in Vegas and see how many people it kills. It does not do the same job and it’s not designed to do the same job.

GiddyGap ,

You may be blind to it, but it’s there.

Your past failure to learn from these continued atrocities is your complicity. Your current preference to protect the tools of violence over lives is your complicity. Your future vote to keep the status quo even as history repeats itself is your complicity.

GiddyGap ,

While I appreciate your effort to sound informed, you’re wrong.

The US is the only developed country in the world with a serious gun violence issue and it’s also the only developed country where firearms are flooding the streets.

The US is not more mentally ill than other developed countries. The difference is access to weapons. You can choose to live in denial about that, because you prioritize your weapons over lives, but, like I said, that makes you complicit.

GiddyGap ,

I’m not leading up to anything here, I just wanted to educate everyone on how fucked we are.

Definitely, but your argument is unfortunately what keeps us from ever doing anything about it. Thinking that it can’t be done is just not good enough.

GiddyGap ,

I appreciate your honesty and perspective from where you sit. But this is also exactly why things never change and we experienced massacre after massacre. That “it can’t be done” attitude. It can be done if you vote for people who want to do something about this. The reality is that, in general, Republicans don’t want anything to change, so they will never get my vote. Whenever I can, I vote for candidates who want to press a full repeal of the 2nd amendment. No guns = no gun violence.

GiddyGap ,

Sure, we can start with the police:

What the U.S Can Learn from Countries Where Cops Are Unarmed

GiddyGap ,

Very surprised 42 percent of Coloradans and 25 percent of Idahoans would say they live in the Midwest.

GiddyGap ,

wtf Florida

You seem surprised…?

GiddyGap ,

Yes. I think what he wants to do instead is where the chain falls off.

GiddyGap ,

Nothing worse than seeing a house you failed to buy have a For Lease sign on it the next week.

And it’s not only companies. Lots of homeowners with low-interest mortgages from 2020-21 rent out their home instead of selling when they move, which in turn depresses inventory and puts upward pressure on prices.

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    "Make no mistake, radical environmentalists want to stop Americans from using natural gas. The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s proposed ban on gas stoves is the latest egregious scaremongering by the Far Left and their Biden administration allies. I am pleased to partner with Senator Manchin in this bipartisan effort to stop the federal government from issuing regulations that put the interests of the Green New Deal before the well-being of American families,” said Senator Cruz.

    GiddyGap ,

    I have family members like this. Try showing them a picture of galaxies from James Webb and argue that the universe might be more than 6,000 years old…off the rails immediately.

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