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  • Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says - CBS News

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  • I think nicotine has positive affects staving off dementia? I can't recall where I heard that or if it's true so know that I have low confidence in this. But nicotine itself, through patches, "snus", or other "non-cigarette" consumption methods that are less destructive, should be permitted.

    I see no problem with people having a chemical dependency on nicotine if they choose it.

    The method of imbibing is the only part I'm focused on because inhalation of tobacco/menthol products causes so much harm, and the product can still be enjoyed without that method of imbibing.

    If someone wants to assemble their own menthol cigs, like how people brew/distill their own alcohol.. I suppose that is fine also.

    I keep going in circles on this, I'm fairly conflicted and the more I think about it the more I realize how hard this is. In reality we want to ban a method od consumption, not the chemical itself.

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  • True, I actually went to make a comparison between nicotine and thc. I was going to focus on the differences between them, and when I went to write that I realized I mostly viewed them identically in my head, and I am pro-cannabis. So even though I don't like nicotine, in order to be consistent I must change my views to avoid bias, since I am pro-cannabis it stands that I should be pro-nicotine as well.

    Too bad the nicotine industry doesn't extend that grace to the cannabis industry. "Hold on, let me spend a decade attempting to acquire monopolistic rights to the thc industry.. okay done.. now you can legalize it!"

    If we didn't live in extremely corrupt times, it would be legal by now and the market would be rich with competiton. But nope, competiton only applies to new entrants into the market, the old established players will bind the hands of the government as long as possible to avoid any upstarts gaining traction in any industry similar to existing industries.

    It's so transparent. So much for capitalism. Yet another reason to be anti-capitalist, the capitalists at the top redefine the rules once at the top, which waves big red flags that the authors of capitalism warned us about.

    1. Capitalism cannot function where monopolies exist.
    2. Capitalism cannot function as a system if participation is required

    Both are true in our world, so the founders of capitalism would say that our system is not functionally capitalist. More of a plutocracy.

    Open to corrections as I'm not an expert on economic systems.

  • Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says - CBS News

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  • True, the lobby must not want that for some reason?What is the lobby that stops healthcare and student loan stuff? I actually don't know who is behind either.It's so brazenly corrupt how the government ignores democracy when it's inconvenient.

  • Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says - CBS News

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  • I am not a fan of banning things, but I think we all have our exceptions. I guess that makes us all hypocrites.

    Cigs I'm torn on, while I think that if someone wants to do it regardless of if it kills them, I think that's fine. But on the other hand, the chance to spare a new generation of the statistical amount of pain it will cause on seemingly random users.

    (SciFi brain kicks in) And what if a cure for all cancers, heart conditions, etc, a world where most diseases were cured, then this talk would have to be revisited.

    Back to reality, a world where cancer is often terminal. In that world, where we live, I like the idea of a law like, after X year, people under Y age cannot buy cigs. You can insert your own X and Y, I'm not debating that. I just think that eventually, it would be a long term positive thing for humanity to choose values for X and Y.

  • Biden Bans the Use of Fossil Fuels in New Federal Buildings

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  • Shit, we need that Mission Accomplished banner.It's our only hope.

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    Delta flight makes emergency return after exit slide separates from Boeing aircraft

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  • A witch cast a hex on Mr. Boeing.Only explanation.

  • Israel: ‘Investigate what?’ A response to mass graves being found in Gaza.

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  • A, "You stand accused of shooting someone to death."

    B, "That is a serious accusation."

    A, "Yes, we won't stand for it. It is against our values."

    B, "Well whoever told you that I shot someone to death is lying."

    A, "You fool, we can't just take your word for that. We are assigning an investigator to look into this. B, can you please look into this for us."

    B, "Of course!"

    B, "B didn't do it. May the record state that B is innocent, has a huge dong, and is a generous lover."

    A, "Case closed. Justice is served."

    Footnote : What a fucking joke.

  • Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed’s Independence

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  • Spoken like someone who isn't aware of the history that led to the independence of the fed.

    Planet Money, or possibly it was Freakonomics, I listen to both a lot.. did a deep dive on the history of the fed. I recommend it.

    Edit : Sorry if my first sentence came across condescending, I'm working on it. My writing style is needlessly aggressive.

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on UCLA campus

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  • Sure. They can. The issues are separate. And two things can be discretely discussed, or protested, simultaneously.

    1. Murder of civilians
    2. Renouncing Hamas

    But I notice a common behavior among Israeli genocide defenders. When they speak of the conflict, the time between 1947 and 2023 is not to be mentioned, and suddenly 1 and 2 merge into a single issue, they focus on 2 as if their life depends on it. Any mention of 1, just play the antisemitism card.

    They have to do that, play dumb, because 1 is not defensible on its own, but if I merge it with 2 I don't have to have hard thoughts. People just disagree because they hate Jews. Otherwise they'd stand by and let the Jews mass murder Muslims, right? If anyone mentions 1, I'll just mention 2 and ignore their words.

    Anyway, It's a transparent and cowardly psychological defense mechanism. Sad to see that many are incapable of seeing Israel (and its allies) for the genocide sponsors that they are.

  • Biden Bans the Use of Fossil Fuels in New Federal Buildings

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  • My reading is that they mean to say the conservative party has continued to move so far to the right that conservative positions from only 15 years ago are now "radical lib" positions.

    Though I hesitate to frame this as the Overton Window. In society at large, the Overton Window continues to move to the left, being gay is normalized now, cannabis is normalized now, I would frame the conservative movement as a desperate grasping to prevent the Overton Window from continuing on its current path, normalizing a genderless society for example.

    Economically, both American parties are right wing corporate welfare state proponents.

    The united states is a corporate plutocracy, you can buy power and influence, and being poor is being increasingly criminalized. While the system squeezes wealth from the middle class like a sponge. It is engineered to transfer your life savings into the hands of the healthcare owners at the end of your life, instead of to your children.

    The poverty class grows.

  • Boston police forcibly remove pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Emerson College; more than 100 arrested

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  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • Often, yes.

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • Well, the one thing I can say is that democrats aren't abolishing civilian oversight. Wasn't that just passed in Florida, Texas, or some other red stronghold? I feel like I saw a conservative governor who banned civilian oversight.

    That's certainly one difference. If you want oversight, it's hard to get conservative politicians on board.

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • It's bots all the way down 😭

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • I certainly share that sentiment each time I see a new victim of police brutality.

    It's enraging.

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • I did it out of curiosity, but I can see validity in your perspective as well.

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • Fair enough, I agree with you.

  • Body-cam footage shows police left an Ohio man handcuffed and facedown on a bar floor before he died

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  • Are you a bot designed to start inflammatory discussion? Because I see no police apologists.. yet.

    Not that it won't happen, it will, but.. why preemptively cause friction? Makes me suspicious of your account when you are posting "right bad" before they even showed up. Weird.

    That said, your point is valid, but to me it's also shouting, "I'm a bot here to catalyze disagreements and derail into partisan bickering!"

    I suppose there is also a chance a comment was removed? Idk. But I do know 100% that rich folks invest in "division" bots, it makes perfect sense from a chaotic evil PoV.

  • Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump

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  • Exactly what you said. Take the win.

    That faulty line of thinking (shitting on everything) is the same line of thinking that "lets imperfect get in the way of good."

    "Oh, this action was late. Bad!""Oh, this action only solves part of the problem. Stop trying! Bad!""Oh, the rich will just use a loophole to get around this! Bad!"

    If repubs can convince critics that doing nothing is better than doing something, repubs win. A seemingly very effective exploitation of the narcissism of the online critic.

    The term useful idiot comes to mind.