There really needs to be some way for the minority party to step in and do the work if the majority cannot function.

I Frankenstein (2014). Aaron Eckhart as the monster who gets pulled into a centuries long war between demons and gargoyles. It tries to capitalize on the success of the Underworld franchise and goes nuts with CGI effects. It’s objectively bad but it’s also FUN. If you shut off your brain and don’t overanalyze, its a blast.

IIRC this happened in Illinois as well. A female gorilla who had babies in the past picked up the boy, took him to the door to the enclosure, and patiently waited to hand him over to the zookeepers.

I think pansexual should be for people who would fuck an alien who has no corollary on the human gender spectrum.

It kind of is. There is are a lot of people in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s who get easily confused and are aware that they can’t trust their own memory. It’s very easy to see how they could be talked into trusting someone they shouldn’t.

In the last 13 years there have been 2 years where the Republicans weren’t blocking all Democratic legislation and that was at the peak of COVID where passing the American Rescue Plan and other associated pandemic recovery acts took priority. Before that the only other time there was a free path to pass something was when the ACA passed.

Because you need more than half the votes. If none of the Republicans and even 10% of Democrats vote against a bill, it will fail. The ACA is a long way from universal healthcare but even that compromise had Republicans try hundreds of times to repeal it.

Dems have tried many times, but it is always blocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_for_All_Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1655

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3069

Those unpopular things usually have bipartisan support

110% agree. The tough part is that simple appealing lies are so much easier to sell people than messy complex truths.

Someone will give those voices a platform. At least you can guarantee that isn’t the only voice people hear.

Speaking as broadly as possible 90% of Democrats say the government has a responsibility to make sure everyone has healthcare. When you phrase it as “Medicare for all” the support drops to 78%, when you say government run healthcare instead of private healthcare the support is 71%, and when you phrase it as “single payer” it drops to 52%. When you only ever have a slim majority, how a plan is implemented drastically affects the number of votes.

The difference is that each media stream had to show both sides, so you couldn’t have people watching one channel living in a bubble of fiction.

Some people say the world is flat or that Elvis was a space alien, so go for it.

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Many places also use the US military as a deterrent in lieu of having their own defense. Poland just requested a large US base to deter Russian invasion. South Korea would certainly be in trouble if we left.

Seasonal agricultural workers are a whole other set of exploitation, it’s true. It’s got a long racist history predating most of the southwestern US gaining statehood. I was talking more about permanent residents.

Long?

On his podcast, Job Favreau (the former Obama speechwriter) revealed that he was mistakenly invited to the event because they thought he was Jon Favreau the actor. They didn’t realize their mistake until he submitted his ID for a background check. Lol

The Sonic & Knuckles “adapter” was made to have Sonic 2 and 3 cartridges plug into it. It allowed adding knuckles to 2 and created an expanded version of 3 which completed the story. The 32X is an adapter that upgraded the 16 bit console to play 32 bit games. The side of the Sega console had a slot where a Sega CD (cd-rom drive) could plug in. Apparently the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge fits into it, or at least appears to.

They pay undocumented immigrants less. Documented immigrants can’t be paid under the table the same way. It’s also important how much immigrants raise demand. They need houses, clothes, food, etc.