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'cause what's being done right now is helping people in the U.S. how?
Something something not "bailing out" Europe, something something we have to "help" our people at home.
Great! Help people at home! If I started listing all the ways things could change to help people at home I'd be here all night, but what's happening now at so many political levels is not on that list.
He's actually more or less making the Talmudic argument here. Even if "being transgender" were explicitly impermissible in the Torah (it isn't, though I'm sure some would try to argue it is), the statistics on suicide rates are undeniable, and any commandment can be, and must be, suspended to save human life. Pikuach Nefesh. You don't fast on Yom Kippur if it will kill you. You don't rest from your work on the sabbath if your work is necessary for someone else to live. This is a very straightforward application of the principle. And you can take that to any Jewish transphobe you ever meet.
Forgive my gentile ass but my tired brain initially read ‘Pikuach Nefesh’ as Pikachu Nefesh
We have a Pikachu Nefesh icon on my game server lol
Good for so many reasons.
Bring it on.
From the "This is why the federal government does things" files: Class III recall issued for liquid egg products from Cargill.
Rachel Treisman reports for NPR:
Breakfast eaters beware: Thousands of pounds of liquid egg substitutes from two popular brands have been recalled over contamination concerns.
The Michigan-based company Cargill Kitchen Solutions is recalling some 212,268 pounds of products under the Egg Beaters and Bob Evans labels because they may contain a cleaning solution, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced last week
It said the four kinds of liquid egg products were shipped for distribution in Ohio and Texas and for food service use in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Iowa — though that may not be an exhaustive list.
"There is a possibility that the products were distributed nationwide," it added.
Cargill spokesperson Kristen Saunders told NPR on Friday that the company had no updates about the scope of the distribution. Cargill said in a statement that the products "do not pose a health concern if consumed" and had been recalled "out of an abundance of caution."
FSIS said it had acted on a tip about the products' potential contamination with sodium hypochlorite, the active ingredient in bleach.
Ingesting concentrated bleach products could lead to permanent gastrointestinal problems or even death, while lower-concentration household bleach can cause irritation, according to Poison Control. But FSIS says the health risks for consumers are relatively low.
The recalled products, which were produced on March 12 and 13, bear the establishment number "G1804" on their cartons. Here's the full list:
You can view images of their labels here. Cargill has also set up a consumer hotline to address questions about the recall at 1-844-419-1574.
Full story (though the most applicable portion was blatantly copied to this post, with apologies to NPR).
And THIS is why so many people work for so many U.S. governmental agencies. Could there be better oversight? Probably. Could some things have more "efficiency?" It's possible; anything's possible. But with less regulation and far far fewer people monitoring what's going on with things like consumer products, people could--or will--die. This time it's a Class III recall; what if it had been a Class I, with contamination enough to actually kill someone?
And don't turn it over to a machine: if machines can't be held accountable, there should be no machine decision making.
"Crypt-City of the Deathless One" by Henry Kuttner Planet Stories, Winter 1943 Cover by George Gross
1943! And they have light, um, daggers! Bet Lucas liked this one!
men lose their masculinity (the social reward for correctly performed manhood) through advocating for, sympathizing with, or doing labor that is allocated to women.
(and I'm not talking about some innate, spiritual, or psychological masculinity. I mean social masculinity--being regarded by higher ranking men as masculine.)
you genuinely do lose your current standing if you meaningfully and consistently object to the economic, legal, and interpersonal status of women, especially in ways that implicate men around you.
many men believe that if they are willing to do this, occasionally, then they are owed a recuperation of their masculinity through some other means.
if they are sacrificing masculinity through advocating for women politically, then they expect to bolster their masculinity through receiving expressions of gratitude and adoration by women ("feminist men are so hot" "consent is sexy" "pro-choice men get laid more" etc.) or they expect to bolster their masculinity through emasculating other men by asserting the standards of masculinity they adhere to are the "real" masculinity ("real men support women" "sexists are immature boys, I'm a man" "I'm secure in my masculinity and they're insecure" etc.)
to dismantle patriarchy, you need to be able to advocate for women even when it means losing gendered status. other men mostly will not respect you, and many misogynist women will not respect you either. it might not get you laid or praised or validated. in fact, it will probably subject you to increased scrutiny and criticism (because feminized subjects are always subject to such, and if you lose social masculinity, you too will experience this to some degree).
will you still advocate for women even if there is no social benefit and only social cost? do you have principles, or do you just want the fantasy of being a benevolent ruler?
Say whatever about the woke mind virus, MAGA is braindead, groomed, and proud. They simply don't care about facts/truth/humanity.
If you don't/can't care about Bill of Rights, what else are you willing to forego?
Fifth Amendment:
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
If I remember correctly, person has been adjudicated to apply to anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Also, Fourteenth Amendment:
"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Not just citizen, which this amendment defines, but person; the authors would have written it that way otherwise.
'cause building a new factory facility will involve the best automation that money can buy.
So tariffs on any imports are supposed to bring American production "roaring back?" The old images of U.S. factories filled with toiling workers are just that: old. Every generation since factories became a "thing" saw new machines reducing the number of employees, and automation is far beyond what it was even a decade or so back, so while employers will need to hire, they'll only hire a fraction of the workers they would have at the end of the 20th Century.
Factory workers on assembly line for bearings; Detroit Publishing Co., 1924 (Library of Congress).
Jack Welch became (in)famous for dumping GE employees: in businesses, personnel take the biggest bites of gross income, so even if/when factory work returns stateside, a factory or mill owner is going to look for ways to do it with the minimum number of people. Plus, even if someone is hired at only minimum wage, that wage will still likely be twice or more as much as an overseas employee makes, plus health care and a 401K, giving further incentive for an owner to keep payroll down. If a union is involved then the wage will be substantially higher.
MRS Bearings in Gujarat, India: a modern bearing factory (web).
Sure, in 2 or 5 or 10 years factories might "be back" here, but they're not going to spur the so-called middle class like they did in the wake of the Second World War. Pretty sure those days are gone.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe getting a biopic from Amazon, with Lizzo in the lead role:
“'There were no auditions for Sister Rosetta Tharpe,' wrote Lizzo in an impassioned Instagram post. 'Because this is a film I’ve been producing for years, fighting for her story to get told … This is my baby, my passion – because Rosetta deserves. The Godmother of Rock n Roll is in good hands.'"
Zandaya also set to produce and star as Ronnie Spector for A24.
Full story from The Guardian
So I was walking by a corner unit in the local mall the other day (I know, the mall, right?) and I saw that the Fun Zone was closed -- y'know the Fun Zone? Big video games n'whatnot? Anyway, the doors were down, the big sign was missing: Fun Zone was gone?!
I said to myself "Why, that's no Fun at all!"
(Comedians around the country tryin' to make it and I'm crackin' jokes on the internet)
"...in our hetero-male-centric culture, we are taught to attribute 'magical properties' to penises..." -- Julia Serano.
