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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • the history of Israel and Palestine did not begin on Oct 7. regardless of what you think of Hamas nothing they’ve done could possibly justify the response from Israel. Biden criticizing Bibi is worthless without any action to back it up, especially when the aid and weapons keep flowing regardless.

    as for the NHS, apparently its fine that the ACA is flawed because it helps millions of people, but the NHS doesn’t also get similar deference for doing the same? and for the timeframe: Nancy Pelosi’s original campaign platform included advocacy for universal healthcare, how much more time do they need?

    do democrat presidents not also get to appoint judges? are republicans the only party who can obstruct appointments?

    if they didn’t get their wall, then what is this about?


  • they got their wall, though, and it wasn’t based on some democrat written border bill, though the dems have been more than happy to keep building it for them and even give them more concessions on border policy. they killed roe v. wade and didn’t need congressional approval for that, either. the ACA certainly helped plently of people, the private insurance industry among them. other countries manage to have universal healthcare without all this bullshit so why is it apparently impossible to do that here?

    if you’d like an example of the kind of power the president can wield without support of congress, look no further than Biden’s unflinching support and aid for Israel in the face of the genocide in Gaza. or his circumvention of environmental protections to pave the way for trump’s wall.






  • Yeah I don’t disagree, cans would be better than bottles. I just wanted to point out that plastic is ubiquitous and shows up in a lot of places you don’t expect. It’s extremely difficult to completely eliminate it. I’m not arguing that progress toward that goal is pointless, just that the goalpost is a lot further away than you might expect.