Listen to the How Conservatism Won podcast by Behind the bastards. It goes back further, but this is all a part of a grand plan. Melon is just taking advantage of the situation, also for his own personal gain of course.

Probably a good number of people who aren't directly affected by the cuts... Yet. Something us Americans seem to lack a lot of is sympathy/empathy. Unless it strikes close to home, a lot of people are pretty callous to the plight of others.

It is odd that it wasn't the first one that stopped them.

This isn't the first time the US would rather citizens not know their rights. I am sure there are a couple cases, but the US helped Britain keep it's citizens in the dark when the British kicked out the people of the Chagos Islands. From Wikipedia

The Chagos Islands had been home to the Chagossians, a Bourbonnais Creole-speaking people, until the United Kingdom expelled them from the archipelago at the request of the United States between 1967 and 1973 to allow the United States to build Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, a military base on Diego Garcia, on land leased from the UK military in the British Indian Ocean Territories. Since 1971, only the atoll of Diego Garcia has been inhabited, and only by employees of the US military, including American civilian contracted personnel. Since being expelled, Chagossians, like all others not permitted by the UK or US governments, have been prevented from entering the islands.

The British government would find ways to get the locals to leave the very remote islands and then not let them return. It made sure they didn't know they were actually British citizens with rights. The US was also nice enough to exterminate all of the islands pets in a very cruel manner.

Behind the Bastards has a GREAT podcast on the whole situation. Highly recommend a listen

Nah. I wish Felon Husk died in 2012. I still have potential, he has been a waste of star dust.

How was Kamala Harris not the perfect candidate then? Why did so many Democrats stay home, when Harris was supported by Darth Cheney's daughter? It doesn't get more drawn to the "middle" than that. No one I have talked to said they wish Democrats were more conservative, anecdotal at best, but seems pretty suspicious to me.

Colin Davidson has previously received funding from the NIH (USA) and the European Community for projects related to drug abuse. His PhD, on the SSRI paroxetine, was sponsored by GSK. He is currently a consultant on psychoactive substances for the UK Defence Science Technology Labs and is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (UK). The views expressed here are his own.

Italics are mine. So the only reason this dude is a PhD is because a pharmaceutical company bought and paid for it. Seems less than honest to me.

Nazi is as Nazi does

You made a great comment showing some easy ways to join Lemmy, and that's what I appreciates about you!

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...

Uh oh. What an apropos American way to go.

Surprise?