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TrueStoryBob @lemmy.world
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Nevermind Democratic Candidate- Who's your preferred Democratic VP Pick?
  • I think Pennsylvania's Governor Shapiro is a good choice, but Michigan's Governor Whitmer is also an excellent idea. Both states are needed to win and have been looking choppy electorially (to say the least). I don't think Sanders would take the call (for various reasons, none of which are bad). AOC is too "east-coast" when you've already got one of the more progressive Democrats on the ticket in Harris. Besides her time as a DA, Harris is fairly progressive. She was originally put on the 2020 Biden ticket as a nod to progressives within the party... so far as VP, she's stayed to the left of Biden on most things.

  • Trump Fumbles Repeatedly in Terrifying Speech at Florida Rally
  • While I would love this to be a reference to The Expanse, they're probably talking about the former president of the Philippines. Rodrigo Duterte had a policy of basically legalized vigilante murder for suspected drug dealers.

  • Why are many people in America so politically unaware?
  • The average American has been convinced that when they are done being a worker for the day, they become something "better" and more important... the consumer. The consumer has no needs other than consumption. The consumer has no wants other than consumption. Their fellows economically simply become their servants as that is the illusion created by the culture of consumption.

    Look at most folks making less than $100k/year and who are voting Republican. Ask them why they are voting and they will give you a myriad of reasons, but (in my experience) it mostly boils down to "they're hurting the other team and I want to be part of the winning team." Some liberals will give you the same type of response, but it's less common (or less enthusiastically so maybe). It's less that our electorate has been dulled to political activity and more that politics has been turned into a participation sport with teams, branding, and merchandise.

    In my experience, the greatest example of this are the folks who've been completely demoralized saying "both sides are the same." It is true that both the Republicans and Democrats are the same... if the only way politics affects you is economically (or if you can convince yourself that that is the case). It's not the politicians or even the parties that are hurting the average American, it's the Consumer Capitalism all sides of our politics back that's hurting us. Now, I'm not going to sit here and tell you a fairytale like "USSR was good actually" or "PRC is good actually." Just as America and it's systems have problems, those countries and their systems had/have their own problems.

    Being the core of the post-WWII Western hegemony, American politics has problems that are uniquely it's own; the old adage of "there are no poor Americans, only temporarily embarrassed millionaires" sadly holds true. It affects every level of our politics, culture, and society to the point where no one needs to propagandize to that effect... it's merely self-reinforces at this point. You work doubles at the Walmart to feed your family and to afford your cell phone plan because you're just one magic algorithm lift away from TikTok stardom... it'll happen -any day now- why worry about politics?

  • Poseidon must be appeased
  • The off the shelf commercial parts (game controller, computer monitors, etc) weren't that bad of an idea... the bad idea was to not get anything that was fire safety rated. That whole submersible was a fire trap.

  • Well?
  • It infuriates me how the narrative goes like this: Hamas (or any Palestinian group with even an ounce of power) is comprised of conscious actors who have agency and can/must be held accountable. Meanwhile, Israel is just this nebulous force of nature that happens and thus cannot be held accountable for it's actions (like a hurricane or earthquake).

  • Have you got any weird questions FROM the opposite gender?
  • As a cis dude who's asexual, I've gotten weird questions from straight dude bros... one asked me if I "had to be super careful" to not get myself pregnant. Honest question coming from a person our country's education system has failed.

  • US says Russia’s advance on Kharkiv is ‘all but over’
  • Yeah, more clean but not completely... this is not to mention the amount of damage caused by the bomb. Striking Kiev or another city would effectively decimate Ukraine's infrastructure and economy for decades. If the goal of the war is to subjugate, you don't want to be in the hook for all those repairs. A nuke on any of Ukraine's cities would make that dam break last year look like nothing.

  • US says Russia’s advance on Kharkiv is ‘all but over’
  • If Russia were to strike Ukraine with a nuclear bomb, first and foremost that puts every nation on a knife's edge globally... someone else with an itchy trigger finger could launch against Russia in the confusing hours afterwards. Next up, the PRC and India would likely abandoned Russia as waves of condemnation would flood the global media. Finally, the whole goal of the war is to take Ukraine, not to make it uninhabitable... why nuke what you want to own?

  • Sears From A Joke Being Torn Down

    American comedian Ron White frequently tells a story about how his van was damaged in a comedic way by the technicians at a Sears Automotive Center in Savannah, GA. This week, that Sears Automotive Center is being torn down. While the shopping mall that former Sears location is a part of is otherwise doing well, the Sears has been closed for years. The department store end-cap building and the car service center in its out-parcel property are being demolished to make way for the development of a new apartment complex.

    A link to Ron preforming the story for a live audience.

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    Someone Stole a 200 ft (60 meters) Tall Radio Antenna in Alabama, USA

    www.actionnews5.com Thieves somehow take 200-foot radio tower

    The station's general manager said he remains hopeful that somebody will share information to help law enforcement find those responsible for the theft.

    Thieves somehow take 200-foot radio tower

    No one’s sure how the ambitious bandits made off with the heavy steel structure, WJLX station general manager Brett Elmore told WBRC.

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    The "Margaritaville" cruise ship is up for sale if anyone wants it.

    All pictures in the listing seem to be from before the ship's "Margaritaville" makeover, but it's definitely the same boat. The rest of that class has been retired and sent to the breakers.

    In 2023, it was featured in YouTuber Bright Sun Travels cruise video "North America's Worst Cruise Ship." The ship, named the "Margaritaville At Sea Paradise" (at the time of that review), had been purchased second hand and operated by a company called Margaritaville At Sea Cruises (formerly Celebration Cruiseline). All of the Margaritaville and Jimmy Buffett branding was a licensing deal the company made with Buffett's food service and vacations empire.

    The ship was originally launched in 1991 as the Costa Classica for the Costa Cruises company of Italy (the same one of the Costa Concordia disaster infamy).

    So, who wants to buy a cruise ship? Not gonna lie to you all... she's got some problems, not least of which is the Jimmy Buffett theming.

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