"I assert that the Confederate flag only changed to meaning 'racist' recently. I will not elaborate further."
That's kind of what I was saying. Recreational cannabis would be appropriately handled just like that, while preserving the right of all Americans to receive certain kinds of medical care (Roe) should be federally guaranteed, regardless of what state you live in.
Journalistically, I think "lying" implies willfullness, and a reporter cannot 100% prove that a false statement was made willfully, with knowledge that the statement was false.
What the reporter can do is point out that the statement was false, with evidence that demonstrates that, even including statements to the contrary by the person making the false statement before and after. But you can't know for sure in the moment a false statement is being made that the person believed it was false as they were making it.
This journalistic concept is part of the reason the couch fucker meme took off. AP (was it AP?) published a story about how "No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch," and then retracted it. Why? Because while there's no evidence that JD Vance did have sex with a couch, and there's plenty of evidence that JD Vance having sex with a couch was just a joke, there isn't any proof that JD Vance didn't have sex with a couch.
Oh I didn't say it made sense, especially in comparison to other legally produced intoxicants. If things made sense, we wouldn't have gestures widely.
But in the nonsensical paradigm, relegating the legal status of a recreational drug to the state level would be appropriate, and most certainly a step in the right direction. More to the point, I don't see it being possible for the federal government to command nationwide legality of recreational cannabis. This is why I made a separate statement about medical use.
... the officer used his department-issued phone ...
They're not sending their best and brightest.
TBF, "Leave it up to the states" in the context of recreational use is appropriate here. Extending that concept would necessarily include having extremely limited federal regulation, if any at all.
Medical use, in my opinion, should be federally protected, such that you can acquire medical use cannabis for a uniform set of medical purposes in all states.
Minors as young as nine at the time of the alleged abuse.
I'm pretty sure - wait, hear me out - that Taylor Swift is still able to sign her name, and that - you won't believe this - other guitars exist.
I promise a whale head on the roof of every car!
Declassified 1980s CIA jokes about Soviets
Apologies if this doesn't really fit here, I'm at a loss to think of where it would fit.
Possible federation issues?
I'm noticing that my comments are not getting federated to (at least) lemmy.world, wondering if there's something going on with federation.
Edit: I'm guessing someone kicked something, because I'm seeing them over there now!
The less racist a country is, the harder it is to detect enemy spies. #showerthoughts
The less racist a country is, the harder it is to detect enemy spies. #showerthoughts
The 81-year-old president said he's bowing out after remaining defiant for weeks in the face of calls to withdraw from the 2024 race.
Hot take: The song Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves is about a woman who has a delusion about someone who wants nothing to do with her. #music
Hot take: The song Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves is about a woman who has a delusion about someone who wants nothing to do with her. #music
Who wants to comes over and motivate me to get a couple of bikes started for the season? #motorcycles
Who wants to comes over and motivate me to get a couple of bikes started for the season? #motorcycles
Dogs are great!
For the sake of clarity, my opinion that dogs are great is not in any way meant to compare them to any other animals. I am not suggesting that other compainion animals are in any way "worse" than dogs.