Pegajace

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[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Notice also how their go-to response is to talk about their right to vote for third-party candidates, which is a strawman of the criticism they typically receive. They can’t and don’t engage the actual substance of criticism, which is that voting third-party under our first-past-the-post system is a bad plan that has a proven track record of accomplishing absolutely nothing.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The first movie I remember seeing in theaters was the Special Edition of A New Hope.

I loved Episodes I & II as a kid, but by the time Episode III rolled around I had developed enough appreciation for good screenwriting that I left the theater mildly disappointed.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hey, you left out the part where you vocally advocate for voters to abandon the Dems, thereby making a Trump victory more likely—an outcome which would be a setback for all the causes you’re allegedly championing.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This seems like an opportunity for you to explain why the points being made are invalid, rather than just mocking them via meme.

It’s a brute fact that either Harris or Trump is going to be inaugurated as POTUS next January, and it’s also a fact that Trump would be worse for Gaza’s cause than maintaining the status quo. If I’m guaranteed an evil outcome in both cases, why shouldn’t I try to sway the course of history towards the lesser of the two possible evils?

 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters on Tuesday rejected Republican-authored ballot questions that would have limited the governor’s power to spend federal money that comes to the state for disaster relief or any other crisis, unless it’s already earmarked.

The constitutional amendments were placed on the ballot by the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Democrats, including Gov. Tony Evers, and a host of liberal groups and others organized against the amendments. They had argued adopting them would slow down the distribution of money when it needs to be spent quickly.

But Republican backers argued the measures would have added more oversight and serve as a check on the governor’s powers.

Republicans pushed the amendments after taking issue with Evers having the power to distribute billions of dollars in COVID-19 federal relief money without legislative approval.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good thing we always have old faithful- racism and sexism. That’ll swing those undecideds.

At work, both the resident Gen-X divorced-dad asshole and the luddite boomer have taken to complaining that “We’re all going to be called racists and misogynists for not voting for Kamala” while grousing about hating her more than Biden, never once mentioning a single point of policy that they dislike.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, Mike Pence debated Harris in the previous election cycle. It’s tradition for the Vice-Presidential nominees to debate each other.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Both lawsuits argue that Tennessee law does not account for evolving science on the transmission of HIV or precautions that prevent its spread, like use of condoms. Both lawsuits also argue that labeling a person as a sex offender because of HIV unfairly limits where they can live and work and stops them from being alone with grandchildren or minor relatives.

“Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute is the only law in the nation that treats people living with HIV who engage in any sex work, even risk-free encounters, as ‘violent sex offenders’ subjected to lifetime registration,” the ACLU lawsuit states.

“That individuals living with HIV are treated so differently can only be understood as a remnant of the profoundly prejudiced early response to the AIDS epidemic.”

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

You’re thinking of Tesla headquarters, which he moved from Cali to Texas back in 2021.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Exactly, the same mindset that takes you to “The entire geophysical establishment is wrong/lying about the shape of the Earth, so I’ll listen to this Youtube crank who says it’s a disc instead” will also lead you to things like “The entire medical establishment is wrong/lying about the effectiveness of masks & vaccines, so I’ll listen to this podcast crank hawking horse dewormer instead.”