US Politics

Weird that the US is tried to get a ceasefire in the UN and at the same day arming israel for free with 3.8 B worth of armament

And by weird I mean fecking hypocrites with a shitty resolution
 
Morty_ said:
So, dems caved on Israel, and got nothing for Ukraine? Shame on them.
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Yes and no. This $3.8 billion is just what Israel gets in a standard year. There is another bill for extraordinary expenditure which includes both Israeli and Ukrainian aid. I think that has something like $14bn earmarked for Israel.
 
Ekkie Thump said:
Yes and no. This $3.8 billion is just what Israel gets in a standard year. There is another bill for extraordinary expenditure which includes both Israeli and Ukrainian aid. I think that has something like $14bn earmarked for Israel.
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You are correct. But if US would be truthful wanting a ceasefire, would not approve the 14bn nor the 3.8bn. US had been funding UNRWA for years and they stop at the minimal accusation to have a few people working by Hamas
 
calodo2003 said:
They now have a majority of only one.
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I think they've got a majority of 4 once he leaves (217-213). There's also a special election that Dems are favoured to win. So 217-214. This means GOP can only afford to lose one vote when trying to pass legislation (assuming a united Democratic caucus)..
 
WI_Red said:
Here we go again.

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That face... I've seen it before... trying to locate in what... a dream, a movie, a commercial... ah!

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This Leonard Leo fella seems influential.

The largely unknown man behind the U.S. judiciary’s shift to the right

And one of the things that was really an insight of our ProPublica colleagues who've been writing these series of stories that I'm sure many of your listeners have heard about trips that Supreme Court justices have taken. And what they have uncovered is that Leonard Leo has connected these very conservative, wealthy individuals to Supreme Court justices, and then they give money to his causes.
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https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/20/man-behind-the-u-s-judiciarys-shift-right-leonard-leo
 
VorZakone said:
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As RFK Jr.’s running mate I am sure her reasoning is bonkers, but I do think that discussions around IVF would be valuable to raise awareness. We’ve come leaps and bounds but there is still an increased rate of developmental and cognitive issues in babies conceived via IVF. This is not to argue in any way against IVF, just to point out the importance of genetic counseling as part of a wholistic process.
 
Talk about being a double traitor to her country and to her own blood, you cannot find a worse case than this woman.

 
RedDevilQuebecois said:
Talk about being a double traitor to her country and to her own blood, you cannot find a worse case than this woman.

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What a disgrace she is, bowing down to MAGA forces in her district just to get reelected. Fortunately, her vote won't matter as if Johnson brings the bill to the floor there are more than enough Democrats and Republicans who will vote for it.
 




can't believe it. will need to throw all my kyle rittenhouse fan merch away. never meet your heroes :( :( :(
 
WI_Red said:
As RFK Jr.’s running mate I am sure her reasoning is bonkers, but I do think that discussions around IVF would be valuable to raise awareness. We’ve come leaps and bounds but there is still an increased rate of developmental and cognitive issues in babies conceived via IVF. This is not to argue in any way against IVF, just to point out the importance of genetic counseling as part of a wholistic process.
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Can you elaborate
 
NotChatGPT said:
Can you elaborate
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In brief, the main factors in IVF success are egg quantity and quality, both of which decrease with age. There are not really any tests to monitor egg quality, but there are ways to monitor embryo viability and maturation once fertilization occurs. This is why I mention the importance of genetic counseling as part of the IVF process. I think the last bit I read placed children conceived via IVF having around a one percent increase in potential genetic disorders. Preimplantation screening is almost certainly the reason for this. Some of the papers from the early days talk about 3-4x increases in some disorders.

Anecdotally I can say that a family member has had 3 children via IVF, 2 of which have severe genetic conditions and the third has minor cognitive issues. They did not get genetic counseling (“leave it up to God”), which would have flagged those embryos.
 
Going scorched earth here. :eek: :eek: :eek:



Someone please tell me that federal law enforcement agencies are reopening the investigation on Gaetz after this.
 
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nimic said:
This is mental illness.

RedCafe won't let me post the link without trying to do something to it that vanishes it from existence completely, so just click this instead.

Edit: What the feck is RedCafe doing to Reddit links? It makes them not work at all?

Oh, it's changing fuck to feck, changing the link and making it useless. Great idea guys. Just copy this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfu ck/comments/1c0kd06/republicans_praying_and_speaking_in_tongues_in/
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I couldn't write "JK" Rowling, had to change it to "J.K". :lol:
 
VorZakone said:
I couldn't write "JK" Rowling, had to change it to "J.K". :lol:
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It's hilarious how there's a hodgepodge of different ways of censoring words on the Caf. There's the hard "no you can't post this word try another", like lol, rofl, jk (and probably more).

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Then there's the "we'll just change this letter for you" like in cnut and feck. And then there's dat, which turns out like ***.

It's all a bit silly, isn't it?
 
nimic said:
It's hilarious how there's a hodgepodge of different ways of censoring words on the Caf. There's the hard "no you can't post this word try another", like lol, rofl, jk (and probably more).

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Then there's the "we'll just change this letter for you" like in cnut and feck. And then there's dat, which turns out like ***.

It's all a bit silly, isn't it?
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Well, they had to censor the profane words because Google was being puritanical and told sites they would kill their ad revenue if they didn't clean up their content so not much choice there.

Personally, I'm glad a lot of text speak is blocked as that would get annoying.

The other ones are kind of funny.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Well, they had to censor the profane words because Google was being puritanical and told sites they would kill their ad revenue if they didn't clean up their content so not much choice there.

Personally, I'm glad a lot of text speak is blocked as that would get annoying.

The other ones are kind of funny.
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Oh is that really why? I never realized. Seems a bit silly that you can freely say much worse stuff than feck, but I guess feck and cnut were the most handy words in the Cafite vocabulary.
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
Well, they had to censor the profane words because Google was being puritanical and told sites they would kill their ad revenue if they didn't clean up their content so not much choice there.

Personally, I'm glad a lot of text speak is blocked as that would get annoying.

The other ones are kind of funny.
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Yeah, I don't mind either. Just found it funny when I encountered it.
 
nimic said:
Oh is that really why? I never realized. Seems a bit silly that you can freely say much worse stuff than feck, but I guess feck and cnut were the most handy words in the Cafite vocabulary.
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Oh yeah it caused a huge uproar at the time and is why the General is hidden.
 
You know it takes something when a Japanese prime minister currently at under 20% of job approval rating takes aim at MAGA as the ones responsible for not backing democratic allies.



Start going to work, Johnson, you dumb cnut.
 
GiddyUp said:
Too fecking right there are concerns. One party will not accept the results unless they win. The only concerns Republicans had about 2020 was how they lost when they themselves are the cheaters.
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Not even when they won in 2016. He didnt accept that he didnt won the electoral vote and he was robbed of 3 million votes
 
It's cute how he doesn't do the grandstanding press signings when it's bills he doesn't want much media coverage and public awareness.

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/d...ing-heat-protection-laws-for-outdoor-workers/
DeSantis signs bill banning heat protection laws for outdoor workers

Rather than sign the bill at a press conference, as DeSantis usually does, the Florida governor opted to quietly sign the controversial bill and announce it during a Thursday night press release alongside nine other bills.

The bill, passed by the Florida Senate in March 2024, makes it so local governments can not require companies to “meet or provide heat exposure requirements beyond those required by law.” Miami-Dade County commissioners took up an ordinance last year that would require employers to provide access to water and breaks in the shade on especially hot days, but it was deferred to this spring.

The ordinance was the culmination of a years-long campaign from local workers’ rights groups in response to heat-related illnesses and deaths in industries such as construction and agriculture.

Currently, there are no federal or state laws ensuring protection from heat exposure for those working outdoors.
 
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