All purpose news and politics thread part VII: News & Politics Total Landscaping

[ed2962]

Well, Candy has time now. The right wing propaganda site Daily Wire fired her.

I just now heard about this and was going to post about it

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ry/ar-BB1kmitx

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Well, Candy has time now. The right wing propaganda site Daily Wire fired her.

Only because of her rampant antisemitism, something her boss, Ben Shapiro who's Jewish, didn't like. If Owens only blasted blacks, Hispanics or gays, she'd still be employed there.

Supposedly, this is kinda toothless. The important news is: The House approved a $1.2 trillion spending package Friday, hours before a midnight government shutdown deadline — forcing the Senate up against a ticking clock to take up and pass the measure.

Is this why Madam Howler Monkey wants Johnson out? Or was she just looking for attention on a slow newsday?

[CaptainEurope]

So, Germany legalized recreational cannabis use today. So far, it will be "Grow Your Own" as well as non-commercial growsers' clubs. No commercial pot shops yet.

[Jack Dracula]

Only because of her rampant antisemitism, something her boss, Ben Shapiro who's Jewish, didn't like. If Owens only blasted blacks, Hispanics or gays, she'd still be employed there.



Is this why Madam Howler Monkey wants Johnson out? Or was she just looking for attention on a slow newsday?

Since the Freedom Caucus’ mission is to halt any legislation which may help Biden I assume it’s the former.

[Tami]

Only because of her rampant antisemitism, something her boss, Ben Shapiro who's Jewish, didn't like. If Owens only blasted blacks, Hispanics or gays, she'd still be employed there.



Is this why Madam Howler Monkey wants Johnson out? Or was she just looking for attention on a slow newsday?

She called it a 'warning' not a 'pink slip'. So I guess she wasn't happy about the spending package.....

[Jack Dracula]

https://apnews.com/article/californi...bd02c08416833b

I’ve been thinking for a while that it may be insurance companies who convince the GOP that climate change is a real and present threat. If more companies follow suit we may see a change of heart among that pack of a$$holes.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Since the Freedom Caucus’ mission is to halt any legislation which may help Biden I assume it’s the former.

She called it a 'warning' not a 'pink slip'. So I guess she wasn't happy about the spending package.....

Yeah, heaven forbid government workers like me be allowed to, uh, you know....WORK!

I’ve been thinking for a while that it may be insurance companies who convince the GOP that climate change is a real and present threat. If more companies follow suit we may see a change of heart among that pack of a$$holes.

I think for that to happen, insurance companies would have to take that sort of drastic action in red states like Texas which gets hit routinely by tornadoes, of Florida which is constantly in the bullseye of hurricanes.

[zinderel]

Just saw THIS gem:

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He wants his gay ‘friends’ - who he supports the erasure of, and calls a threat to the future of childhood innocence, and who he provides a platform for (and retweets of) the very worst of humanity to demonize and threaten and call for violence against - to ‘have children for the continuance of civilization’. I’m quite certain we all know exactly what color of civilization he wants.

But I wonder how much the population drop has to do with the things we’re all constantly talking about? Things that (white) right wingers who whine about (white) population decline ignore or deny or mock?

Things like:

- Every reputable, scientific reckoning shows that the planet is on fire, and it’s only getting worse, because no one with money or power takes it seriously. Why would I bring kids into a world on the brink of catastrophe? Why would I want to raise children in a world devastated by ecological disaster, all so that a few greedy men can squeeze every last drop of money out of the earth at any cost?

- Most people are struggling to afford the cost of living alone. In what universe can we seriously expect people to face that struggle AND expect them to take on the costs that come with raising a child? ESPECIALLY in a nation that has proven again and again that it only cares about ‘children’ until they’re born?

- Since fewer women are forced to settle for, or stay with, shitty men? Since abortion (used to be) safe and legal in every state? We have fewer unwanted babies driving up the population density. But more importantly, wealthy (white) men like Elon Musk care about ‘population’ density because a lower number of unwanted babies means less desperate parents. Means there has been a drop in cheap, renewable labor. Means the military has less unwanted young men to throw into the meat grinder of the military industrial ‘profit through human sacrifice’ business model. And that simply won’t do!

As for the so-called ‘male loneliness epidemic’ that Musk and the manosphere are also obsessed with, and it’s role in population decline? That is a DIRECT result of technology and progress providing women with information and options. Women are choosing to disengage from shitty men. Non-toxic men are disengaging from toxic men. And toxic men are lonely. And toxic masculinity has had a splash effect on non-toxic men.

How do I know this? Look at the personalities of the men who whine about their ‘loneliness’ rather than going out and DOING something about it? I was lonely. I had a long battle with depression that nearly wrecked me, years ago, and it made me lash out at people who tried to help, and it drove people away from me. But eventually, I got TIRED of being so bitter and alone, so after getting a diagnosis and therapy and medication, and with the encouragement of the few friends and family I had left, I decided to stop wallowing and TRY to put myself out there. I don’t drink much, but I went with a friend to her favorite dive bar ‘just to see how good people can be’. I was almost immediately adopted into a new circle of friends. And now, nearly ten years later, I still don’t drink. And I am not lonely. I have a partner. I have support network. I have family and friends. Because I chose to face my problems and deal with them.

I GET what it’s like to battle with depression and feel isolated. I understand what it’s like to have a close, personal relationship with the Everything Bagel. But I also understand that to get OUT of those mindsets and situations, you have to make a CHOICE to do so. And it’s not easy, and it’ll hurt, and you’ll have to swallow some bitter pills. But if you do the work, there IS light at the end of the tunnel. Despair is an old friend that still visits me from time to time, but I don’t have to face it alone, and it doesn’t have to win.

Wallowing in the manosphere and diving deeper into Alpha/Beta/Sigma male nonsense drives people away. Being a racist drives people away. Being a misogynist drives people away. Poor personal hygiene drives people away. These choices make it less and less likely as time goes on that a man like that will ever find love or have kids.

Nor should they.

They are abhorrent, toxic people no one in their right minds would WANT to be friends with/have sex with/raise children with. We USED to have to make room for abusive, toxic men. We learned we don’t have to. And those men (like Musk and…MOST of the GOP, it seems…) are FREAKING OUT about it.

Want populations to rise? Making abortion illegal and erasing queer folx and stifling creativity and regulating joy and restricting access to information won’t do it.

Not being awful to the people around you?

Addressing the ecological destruction of the planet - and the onrushing and growing disasters that come with it - and our role in it?

Working together to make the act of ‘being alive’ less of an exhausting, exorbitantly over-costed venture with a rapidly approaching expiration date?

That might help people see a point in having kids again.

[Kirby101]

The world is facing cataclysmic over population. The 10% of the population that is Gay doesn't have to do anything they don't want to. What a Maroon.

[AnakinFlair]

Moscow concert attack live updates: Dozens reported dead after shooting

What we know about the Moscow concert attack

* Men in camouflage broke into a Moscow concert hall and opened fire, shooting an unknown number of people, Russia’s prosecutor general said.

* Russia officials said that more than 40 people are dead and more than 100 injured after the attack at Crocus City Hall.

* A fire also started inside Crocus City Hall, a large concert venue northwest of central Moscow. Firefighters have evacuated about 100 people from the basement of the building and efforts are underway to rescue people from the roof, Russian emergency officials said.

* Russia officials said they were investigating the attack as a terrorist act.

* A popular rock band was scheduled to play what appeared to be a sold-out show at the venue, which has a maximum capacity of more than 9,000 people.

[Robotman]

John Steinbeck is said to have once said that ‘socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires’.

That’s why the rich can so easily get the poor to vote against their own self interest. The right wing propaganda machine has convinced them of a version of the American Dream that’s an abject lie: that all anyone needs is hard work and gumption, or one good day, and they too can be millionaires like Henry Ford and Prescott Bush (never mind that a lot of their money came from their support for the Nazis and their genocidal practices ‘freeing up’ works of art and historically significant documents and artifacts and - most importantly - gold…)

Americans worship of wealth and the wealthy class can also be linked to the country’s Protestant/Calvinist roots. Calvinists view wealth as an outcome of great faith in god. It’s a simplification but if you’re wealthy it’s because god is rewarding you for being a good Christian. Basically the ultimate capitalist scam.

[Panfoot]

She called it a 'warning' not a 'pink slip'. So I guess she wasn't happy about the spending package.....

She's specifically very mad over these transphobic riders that are attached to the bill getting shot down(along with the usual not wanting the government to function at all)

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/m...anti-trans-and

One policy rider proposed for the Food and Drug Administration would have defunded any hospital that “distributes, sells, or otherwise uses drugs that disrupt the onset of puberty or sexual development for those under 18,” a measure targeting not only transgender youth but also those experiencing precocious puberty. Another rider sought to bar any government funding toward “surgical procedures or hormone therapy for the purposes of gender-affirming care” in the Department of Health and Human Services. This move would have significantly impacted private and subsidized insurance in the Healthcare Marketplace. It also aimed to bar the enforcement of President Biden’s executive order titled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity,” which broadened anti-discrimination protections for transgender individuals. Additional riders included bans on funding for any organization that “promotes transgenderism,” Title IX protections for transgender youth, bans on legal challenges against states over anti-LGBTQ+ laws, book bans, DEI bans, and more. In total, over 40 riders were proposed and negotiated in the spending bills. None of these were found in the final bill.

[Gray Lensman]

Americans worship of wealth and the wealthy class can also be linked to the country’s Protestant/Calvinist roots. Calvinists view wealth as an outcome of great faith in god. It’s a simplification but if you’re wealthy it’s because god is rewarding you for being a good Christian. Basically the ultimate capitalist scam.

I was raised for a few years by my grandparents - a pastor and a church elder - and Calvinism to me was, and still is, something I can't wrap my head around. Your fate already being decided, and there being nothing you can do to change that fact, seems to be nihilistic more than anything else.

[Username taken]

I was raised for a few years by my grandparents - a pastor and a church elder - and Calvinism to me was, and still is, something I can't wrap my head around. Your fate already being decided, and there being nothing you can do to change that fact, seems to be nihilistic more than anything else.

Americans worship of wealth and the wealthy class can also be linked to the country’s Protestant/Calvinist roots. Calvinists view wealth as an outcome of great faith in god. It’s a simplification but if you’re wealthy it’s because god is rewarding you for being a good Christian. Basically the ultimate capitalist scam.

I come from a pretty religious family as well (not unusual for PoC) and I can tell you that a good chunk of Christians believes in the "prosperity gospel".

Outside of the traditional denominations, belief is pretty widespread.

I've gotten into some pretty heated arguments over this stuff in the past and now just keep silent in the face of it. I'm still a practicing Christian but even within the Church, there are sharp differences regarding prosperity gospels.

[Kirby101]

Another one bites the dust.

Mike Gallagher to resign from Congress early, cutting House Republican vote margin to one

Will we see Speaker Jeffries soon?