ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 6 days ago:
We got the lion ass.
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 6 days ago:
University of Chicago I think.
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 1 week ago:
When I was in college the biology department got donated half of a lion for dissection by veterinary students. We got the back half. I feel like that said something significant about the quality of my education.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
There is no material difference between Israel striking Iran with the backing of the US and the US doing it directly.
It is a huge material difference to the American soldiers who would be sent to fight and their families.
Don’t make me laugh.
Perhaps you need to examine yourself for weaknesses to propaganda, because it is 100% true Harris wants peace between Palestine and Israel.
Harris says she won’t give up pushing for end to Israel-Gaza war
Harris says two-state solution, end of Israel-Hamas war is crucial
Kamala Harris vows to end war in Gaza during final Michigan rally
I don’t think that the US should be allowed to hold any more nuclear weapons, the US government is the crazy, out-of-control political power that should not have nukes.
And everyone should have a unicorn and an endless chocolate fountain. No nation should have nukes, but that’s the reality. As long as they exist, mutually assured destruction is the only realistic policy to prevent their use.
The idea that supporting and helping Genocide does not count as fascist is also baffling to me
Fascism is a specific political philosophy.
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
Especially because a see a clear difference in effort between us, I have to provide sources for everything, you can just make up stuff on the spot, no citations, no quotes, no nothing
I’ve done this long enough to know citation is a waste of time in this conversation because either A) you won’t look at it or B) you’ll make up some excuse it’s not valid.
But I guess that’s very common for blue MAGAs.
Imagine saying something so absurd and then calling the other person unserious…
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
Walz supports Israel making a preemptive strike on Iran, not the US. At no point did he or Harris say they would use US troops in an offense against Iran.
The Democratic party was always the fascist party but with "the mask on
Not anywhere close to reality. The democratic party in no way meets the definition of fascism.
"Diplomacy is my preferred path to that end, but ALL OPTIONS are on the table,” she added.
So the same as literally every president ever.
he was not tough enough toward the Iranian threat.
He cozies up to all the dictators because he wants to be one, so yeah he wasn’t tough enough. He let them out of their treaty which was preventing their atomic weapons research. Keeping nukes out of the hands of an authoritarian theocracy is a good thing.
This is why she was never going to end the Genocide in Palestine.
Except she and Biden have been pushing for peace nonstop.
Meanwhile Trump said he would encourage Israel to “finish the job” which means kill them all.
an army should only be defensive
The best defense is to be the most lethal army so nobody wants to fight you. That has been US policy for BOTH parties since WW2. It’s a good policy because it keeps us out of wars.
That policy is getting us closer to nuclear war and you think it’s good that Kamala Harris wanted to follow it !?
The policy for Democrats in past decades has been mutual disarmament of nukes. Trump wants us building more.
Again, she is just being the fascist with the mask on, instead of being mask off like Trump.
Again, you need to look up the definition of fascism because Harris in no way meets it.
And just to remember you, I do not support Donald Trump, I never did and never will.
If you didn’t vote for Harris, you did support Trump.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
Let’s remember K.H. literally said she wanted to start a new war with Iran
Citation fucking needed.
she wanted the “most lethal army in the world”.
That has been the explicit US policy of the US regardless of leadership for 80 years.
If you think Harris and Trump are equally crazy, YOU are the one who needs psychological treatment. Trump literally wanted to nuke a hurricane, pulled us out of our nuclear deal with Iran, encouraged the US to develop and test “low yield” nuclear arms, and encouraged South Korea to build their own nukes. Harris along with Biden has simply continued the standard nuclear deterrent policy the US has followed for decades in spite of the first direct nuclear threat by another country since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 2 weeks ago:
None of those excuses justifies voting for a clearly insane man. You don’t look at a normal person and a guy screaming about eating cats and say “that cat eating guy is who should have the nuclear codes”. It’s fucking moronic.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 2 weeks ago:
We made it through the Recession and COVID-19, but now people are in agony? No fucking way. They chose fascism because they are awful.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 2 weeks ago:
I can’t really blame the Democrats. The public is who failed. The Democrats ran a sane adult. That alone should have been enough to beat Trump.
- Comment on Sea Creature Party 3 weeks ago:
Planaria?
- Comment on The grand prize 3 weeks ago:
Just to be a troublemaker, everyone is assuming this a solid cube, but what if it was something like 1/4 inch tungsten plates and hollow in the middle?
What would it weigh? Would it float in water?
- Comment on Life imitates art? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Cheeky 1 month ago:
They are known as terror birds. Think of a ten foot tall ostrich with a flesh tearing beak like an eagle.
- Comment on Cheeky 1 month ago:
Large predatory flightless birds didn’t help either.
- Comment on All the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics 1 month ago:
You are right that jobs figures and the stock market don’t necessarily translate to the working class. What does are things like union activity and membership which have increased. Labor is striking for better wages and winning. Office workers are pushing for work-from-home options and winning.
Energy cost have dropped significantly. Gas prices are down to $3.26 from $3.93 this time last year. Food inflation is down to 2.1% this year, which is comparable to what it was before the pandemic. Yeah, meat prices are still high, but fruits, vegetables, and grains are down. All significant improvements for the average person.
- Comment on All the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics 1 month ago:
No, I’m saying things are getting better but it’s happening slowly and we have to be patient.
- Comment on All the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics 1 month ago:
You know how a freight train can take miles to stop after the brakes are applied? The economy is like a big ass train, so any changes are going to take a long time to take effect. The train is slowing down, but expecting it to stop on a dime is just unrealistic.
- Comment on Comparative anatomy 1 month ago:
Skull weight alone would make hopping difficult. Their heads are huge.
- Comment on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing the Palworld developers for "infringement of patent rights" 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why Kamala Harris Will Not Bring Prices Down. Her Plan Needs Inflation | dlacalle.com 2 months ago:
Bringing prices down means deflation and that is terrible for the economy. It means the real value of debt increases which does incentives investment. It also risks a deflationary spiral which is a situation where decreases in the price level lead to lower production, which in turn leads to lower wages and demand, which leads to further decreases in the price level.
- Comment on Anon tries to flirt 2 months ago:
“Cool. Got a hit friend you can hook me up with?”
- Comment on I hate people like this 2 months ago:
The locked door told them the store is closed.
- Comment on How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year 2 months ago:
Many immigrants come with children.
I wasn’t complaining about the inclusion of those children. I was complaining of the inclusion of children of immigrants born in the US which constitutionally makes them American citizens.
Law enforcement costs money and pulled away from normal operation.
Which is a choice we make. It is not inherent to immigration. For half the existence of this country we spent zero on regulating immigration.
if migrants didn’t generate net revenues positively in their country of origin, what makes you think they generate a net positive in the new host country?
Failure of productivity results from a corrupt and inefficient government in places like Venezuela. It has little to do with the capability of people. Go to any construction site or kitchen in the US and you will find them staffed with mostly immigrants. Labor created value and anyone can do labor if managed effectively.
Furthermore, why do municipalities like NYC have to cut services? Why do they have to evict migrants from shelters?
Because they don’t have sufficient funds to do so which could easily be fixed if xenophobes in government didn’t block taking action.
Using their logic, we should take in all the people in poverty in the world, and boost the GDP to astronomical levels by funding all of it.
Correct. Labor is the most valuable natural resource on Earth.
- Comment on How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year 2 months ago:
Services like education, medical expenses, law enforcement, legal costs and welfare were prominent factors FAIR looked at in its study.
Costs for law enforcement and legal expenses would not need to be included if immigration was not illegal, so I don’t see why they should be factored in.
FAIR also included the costs of US-born children of illegal immigrants — something many reports don’t factor in.
Including American citizens in the cost of illegal immigrants is dishonest.
- Comment on Anon casts a healing spell 2 months ago:
It would depend on the god. A god of strength or perfection would see anything that makes you stronger as a good thing.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
Can you imagine a woman or a black man (let alone a black woman) running for president while being three-times divorced with kids from multiple partners and having cheated multiple times on top of that? Even if they were rich like Trump, it would never fly.
- Comment on Sloths 🦥 2 months ago:
To protect their young would be my guess.
- Comment on Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control. 3 months ago:
That a group of people should be killed because of their religion is not a political opinion.
- Comment on The food delivery bubble is bursting — and maybe that's not a bad thing 3 months ago:
I know quite a few food delivery drivers and most work for multiple companies (even if several are subsidiaries of the same parent company). This is by design so labor can be denied the benefits required of a full time job. It’s not only inefficient, it’s exploitive.
Which history has shown that monopolies (government-run or otherwise) tend to get less efficient because of the lack of competition.
Companies that compete do get more efficient, but only at making money. They do not get more efficient at providing service to customers or supporting their laborers. They usually get worse in fact. That is why we have regulations.
- Comment on The food delivery bubble is bursting — and maybe that's not a bad thing 3 months ago:
The post office delivering things makes it a dictatorship?
