MerryJaneDoe [none/use name]

Debt ballooning. Economy crashing. War erupting. Nazis policing. Epstein files epsteining.

“WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE ALEINS!”

I swear, Joe Rogan is more like Trump than any of Trump’s progeny.

This seems like either bullshit or REALLY bad judgement on the part of OP.

Why would you tie your personal Google account to your business?

I think it’s for the international community as much as it is for the American people.

Alas, it’s lost on the people who most need to read it.

If this annoys you, there are clamps available. Masking tape works too.

Seconded! The first shitpost was good for a giggle, but now I smell a coverup! Let Yuri speak!

Sensationalist headline. The bullet fragmented, so - USING BALLISTICS there’s no way to conclusively prove that it was fired from that particular gun. This is because ballistics uses rifling marks on the bullet to identify the gun from whence it was shot. This is not a new or unexpected development. Same thing happens with a shotgun.

The case doesn’t hinge on ballistic evidence, though. There’s still a mountain of other evidence.

The expert will testify that the bullet fragments are a match for the shell casing type (same caliber, manufacturer, etc). The expert will then testify that the strike marks on the casing match the firing pin from the gun. If the gun was registered, then the registration will be submitted as further evidence. Then witnesses will testify that they saw the defendant with the gun, etc, etc, etc.

Hijack the bus. Take the kids to a park.

^Fucking legal disclaimer and shit. It’s a joke.^

It’s not a Hitler bunker.

I promise you, someone on his staff got the idea from Rick and Morty. I bet it has levels with a bar and a McDonald’s and some other unmentionable rooms where the screams linger in the walls.

JFC. He really does want the entire world to hate us.

I don’t want to deny being American while I’m abroad, but maybe I’ll just act a little stupid.

“Trump who? Oh, THAT guy is the president again?! Whoa, that IS crazy, had no idea!”

I know the writer of the article isn’t the subject matter expert, but he seems to put a LOT of faith in one man’s analysis of the situation.

Farmers are very much used to supply chain disruption and rolling with the punches. (Weather, fluctuating market prices, broken equipment, etc, etc.)

Many alternative fertilization methods exist. (Some might say better alternatives, since they can be domestically sourced.)

I think there’s some really good information here, but I’m not sure that the author fully supported his claim that a worldwide crop disaster is imminent. I guess we get to find out shortly, though!

Wow, I just went down a rabbit hole and read a bunch of her stuff.

I’m left to wonder why her ideas gained any traction at all? But I’ve had enough of Dworkin for one day, so maybe I’ll just stay morbidly curious and move on with my life. I feel like I need some chocolate and a fuzzy blanket now…safety…security…sanity.

Two days later, the alchemist is found dead in her lab. Police say she shot herself 8 times in the back before throwing herself out the window and running over herself with an SUV.

Headline: “Disgraced alchemist kills herself in shame after being exposed as fraud”

(This response is about general fuckery and has nothing to do with diamonds. I just hate to see a story without a proper ending.)

I don’t understand why she feels so bad about taking the settlement money. I get why she’s angry about the situation, and I get why she’s worried about the future. But the money itself?

I mean, it is blood money, but to read the article, it’s her blood. Her sweat. Her tears. Why would she feel bad about being compensated for her work?

OP would also get the discounted rate if, instead of wasting the electricity, they used it to charge batteries.

The same way that buying 3 sixpacks of Coke (18) is slightly more expensive than buying a full case (24). If you buy the “extra” six cans, you get a discount. But you wouldn’t then walk outside and dump the extra sixpack in the dirt - you’d drink them.

Thank you for posting this!

One the one hand, I’d love to see Rowling drop off the face of the earth. I don’t think she’s a great writer and, while I love the visuals in the Wizarding World, the story is absolute drivel. In short, I don’t think she’s a top-tier artist worthy of earning either the admiration or the hard-earned cash of her adoring fans. Her stance on transwomen is especially infuriating, because I came out as trans about the same time that she started her anti-trans campaign.

On the other hand, Rowling’s involvement in anti-trans organizations started after her long involvement with other charitable organizations, most of them dedicated to helping women and children.

• Lumos: Founded by Rowling in 2005, this charity works to end the systemic institutionalization of children in Europe and elsewhere. She has donated over £63 million to it.

• Volant Trust: Established to support projects that help women and children at risk, as well as fighting social deprivation.

• Beira’s Place: A women’s sexual assault support center in Edinburgh funded by Rowling.

• Gingerbread: She was an Ambassador (and later President) for seven years for this organization, which supports single-parent families.

• Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland: She was a patron for nine years and heavily funded MS research.

The article stops short of sorting out the funding behind The J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund, Rowling’s anti-trans lobbyist group. It’s difficult to tell without knowing how much cash she’s pouring into her anti-trans charity, and how much of that flows to legislators.

In my mind, it comes down to whether she’s trying to be a net good for society or a net bad.

I kind of empathize with Rowling, in a twisted way. She reminds me of my mother. Involved in many solid charities, honestly trying to use her wealth for the greater good, but also misguided in a slightly evil way on certain issues. The good doesn’t wash out the bad, but we can’t ignore her good deeds. She seems to be trying to impact women’s lives in a positive way.

It’s kind of like a carbon tax - yeah, I hate seeing the super-rich climb into private jets and selfishly burn through resources. But I hate them a little bit less when they purchase carbon offsets or donate to environmental causes. So yeah, I hate Rowling, but there’s a lot of anti-trans artists that I hate more.

Is there an error in the “official” record? (The general narrative, I mean, without looking at the minute details or biased analysis.)

As I understand it, Kim Il Sung was a revolutionary before WWII. After the war, Stalin helped Sung solidify his position as a military and political leader. Yada, yada, yada, Korean War and Sung rose as the leader of the new DPRK. In the 90s, he started handing power off to his son, Kim Jong Il.

The DPRK clearly has the makings of dynasty, at least in the modern Western sense of the word (e.g., “The Bush Dynasty”). Kim Jong Un is the third generation to take the reins; he seems to be preparing his daughter for a similar role.

What else do you call a family that uses nepotism to claim authoritarian control over a country and holds power through three generations if not a dynasty?

First, there’s a paywall so thank you but no thank you to reading this article and shame on you for not providing a synopsis. (Don’t worry, I still love you.)

But if we really want to have a discussion about “ethical consumption”, maybe start with listing something “ethical” about Hollywood? Isn’t it all tainted, in one way or another?

It seems to me that people can consume digital content and still do their best to minimize profit for the creator. Organize a large viewing party, for example, so that instead of 10 people streaming the show, only one person has to. Or watch a pirated version. Etc, etc.

Lastly, it might be too little too late. Has Rowling already been paid for the rights? Does she get residuals? How do we know that boycotting the show will actually affect her finances?

Have you seen Westworld, the HBO series? It has a major plotline which revolves around AI consciousness and the bicameral mind theory.

Ain’t no way pluperfect is used like that in a sentence

Talk to Shane Black about it. https://youtu.be/ChrLyuAOu-c?t=74

He’s not just a cameo he’s on the screen so much

My apologies to you. And to all of Lemmy. And most especially to BBT.

Can’t speak for their source, but here’s what I found:

Over 60 percent of 2016 enlistments came from neighborhoods with a median household income between $38,345 and $80,912. The quintiles below and above that band were underrepresented, with the poorest quintile providing 19 percent of the force and the richest Americans enlisting at a rate of 17 percent…Over the last 20 years as civilian wages plateaued, military compensation for the post-9/11 force steadily increased.

A mid-grade enlisted sailor, soldier, or airman (at an E5 paygrade) made 10 percent less than the median American in 2000 and at the time was eligible for food stamps. By 2011, service members of the same rank were making 10 percent more than the median American, even without including benefits.

The article is a bit short on analysis, but it seems like the standards for Army recruits were raised and the pay was also raised. So, these days, an army grunt makes a bit more than the average middle class civilian would make.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-the-u-s-military-became-the-exception-to-americas-wage-stagnation-problem/#%3A~%3Atext=Over+60+percent+of+2016%2Ca+rate+of+17+percent.