Nee Lewman
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There are no independent anything in a country where the judicial system is partisan
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Joe Mac
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Perhaps but in going “well geographic boundaries are black and white” you are going to create an even less fair voting system that is even more likely to disenfranchise the poor and non white groups because these are more likely to be living in the most densely populated inner city areas.
Bull Shannon
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Abstractly, this discussion of gerrymandering reminds me of the “greater Idaho” effort occurring in eastern Oregon right now.
Rural, right-leaning Oregonians, feeling their voice is squashed by the populous, left-leaning government of the cities, and thus want to move the state border so they can join Red Idaho. In theory, I get how that would be crazymaking: imagine living in a small town and feeling the concerns of the thousand of your neighbors are being drowned out by the concerns of several million people pushing legislation that benefits their needs.
That said, I’ve seen zero material wishes from this contingent; their grievances start and end at “they get more of a say than we do.” On what matter they’d more of a say, they can’t say. It feels more like they’ve been fed a party line of rural vs urban. Plus, issues like liquor licensing (loads more restrictive in Idaho) and weed sales (legal there, illegal here and there’s a small border economy for Idahoans to come get weed from us).
It’s just the snake of disenfranchisement eating itself.
Rural, right-leaning Oregonians, feeling their voice is squashed by the populous, left-leaning government of the cities, and thus want to move the state border so they can join Red Idaho. In theory, I get how that would be crazymaking: imagine living in a small town and feeling the concerns of the thousand of your neighbors are being drowned out by the concerns of several million people pushing legislation that benefits their needs.
That said, I’ve seen zero material wishes from this contingent; their grievances start and end at “they get more of a say than we do.” On what matter they’d more of a say, they can’t say. It feels more like they’ve been fed a party line of rural vs urban. Plus, issues like liquor licensing (loads more restrictive in Idaho) and weed sales (legal there, illegal here and there’s a small border economy for Idahoans to come get weed from us).
It’s just the snake of disenfranchisement eating itself.
Matt M
Santa Extraordinaire
I'm wondering how there would be any money for services. Seems like they wouldn't get enough tax revenue to support any of that without the big cities. That's a lot of land to maintain if Idaho took it.
Sooooooo, Pascagoula is 81 miles away from me.
The new scrutiny is in response to an earlier investigation by ProPublica and the Guardian that revealed the EPA approved the new chemicals even though its own scientists calculated that pollution from production of one of the plastic-based fuels was so toxic that 1 in 4 people exposed to it over their lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals, and it’s higher than the lifetime risk of cancer for current smokers.
On Friday, a community organization sued the EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., over the agency’s decision to allow a Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to produce the fuels derived from plastic waste, including the one that could subject people nearby to a 1-in-4 lifetime cancer risk. Cherokee Concerned Citizens, which represents residents in a housing subdivision close to that refinery, is asking the court to invalidate the EPA’s approval of the new chemicals.
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The new scrutiny is in response to an earlier investigation by ProPublica and the Guardian that revealed the EPA approved the new chemicals even though its own scientists calculated that pollution from production of one of the plastic-based fuels was so toxic that 1 in 4 people exposed to it over their lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals, and it’s higher than the lifetime risk of cancer for current smokers.
On Friday, a community organization sued the EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., over the agency’s decision to allow a Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to produce the fuels derived from plastic waste, including the one that could subject people nearby to a 1-in-4 lifetime cancer risk. Cherokee Concerned Citizens, which represents residents in a housing subdivision close to that refinery, is asking the court to invalidate the EPA’s approval of the new chemicals.
The EPA Faces Questions About Its Approval of a Plastic-Based Fuel With an Astronomical Cancer Risk
A senator questioned the EPA chief and a group sued the agency after ProPublica and the Guardian revealed that the EPA gave a Chevron refinery approval to make a fuel that could leave people nearby with a 1-in-4 lifetime risk of cancer.
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Gun violence affects half of all US families: Survey
54% of adults say they or family member have experienced gun-related incident, according to survey - Anadolu Agency
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Blue areas always fund red areas. And red areas always object to any funding to blue areas because it doesn't benefit them, therefor the money could be put to better use to benefit everyone in the state as they always say.
It's a very common argument against basic funding for public transportation here. People in the rural part of the state don't use it. Therefor the money should be spent on things like roads and bridges.
I'm sort of going to call bs on this though. The reason that blue areas fund red areas is because of the gutting of American factory and farming towns by big finance in the name of optimization. Wall Street robbed working, rural Americans through brutal globalization schemes to move good paying jobs away from these areas into poorer countries where they could pay workers a lot less and didn't have to worry about safety regulations or pollution regulations. Then they gave these same Americans almost no opportunity to make a living wage while getting them hooked on pay day loans in order for them to pay basic bills and medical expenses.
ETA: also, I hate the whole us vs them mentality when most people are politically centrists.
Speaking of manufacturing going away. What little manufacturing that was left in the Boston suburbs is vanishing at an alarming rate post covid.
A lot of these small companies were acquired by larger companies and holding companies during the pandemic. And guess what, the manufacturing sites in the Boston area are considered too old, too small an too expensive to operate so they they are consolidating everything that is made at these facilities to other, much larger facilities in other states or countries.
One of their biggest reasons to do this is the land these facilities are on is the greatest asset. They are looking for short term profits, and they are flipping the land to developers who are building high end luxury housing as part of the gentrification going on in this area, that seems to be ever picking up pace.
There is a huge issue with minorities being priced out of the communities they grew up in and it's only getting worse.
A lot of these small companies were acquired by larger companies and holding companies during the pandemic. And guess what, the manufacturing sites in the Boston area are considered too old, too small an too expensive to operate so they they are consolidating everything that is made at these facilities to other, much larger facilities in other states or countries.
One of their biggest reasons to do this is the land these facilities are on is the greatest asset. They are looking for short term profits, and they are flipping the land to developers who are building high end luxury housing as part of the gentrification going on in this area, that seems to be ever picking up pace.
There is a huge issue with minorities being priced out of the communities they grew up in and it's only getting worse.
Nee Lewman
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Well if they would make the gun rally a national holiday, they wouldn’t have to make the calls to close the schools so the kids can go arm themselves. This is liberals fault. If we would just be reasonable.
Top French court backs unpopular plans to raise retirement age to 64 | CNN
France's top court on Friday approved the government's unpopular plans to raise the age of retirement by two years to 64, a huge win for President Emmanuel Macron in the face of mass protests across the country.
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France's top court sided with the government on raising the retirement age. Will we see protests?
As costs go up, countries are looking to raise retirement ages. France had one of the youngest ages still around at 62.
BazookaTooth
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100% sure
threesunrises
Well-Known Member
WTAF? I just don't get it, and I never will.
, not the news I was expecting. Wouldn’t be surprised if there is some shadow lobbying from big pharma occurring here.
Montana Lawmakers Approve Statewide Ban on TikTok — The Wall Street Journal
Supporters of the bill expect legal challenges if the governor signs the legislation
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Biden's Dangerous Two-Step on Climate — Rolling Stone
If the Biden administration is so gung ho about climate, why did it approve a big-ass oil-drilling project in Alaska a few weeks ago?
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That picture though
avecigrec
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Biden's Dangerous Two-Step on Climate — Rolling Stone
If the Biden administration is so gung ho about climate, why did it approve a big-ass oil-drilling project in Alaska a few weeks ago?
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That picture though
He looks ready to run over some protesters.
Joe Mac
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Yeah it’s France. They love an ole protest. And this time they’re actually angry and have cause.
Walmart has announced they are closing 4 of their 8 locations in Chicago. The 4 locations are in predominantly Black and low-income neighborhoods. Walmart is citing financial losses to due high theft rates at these locations.
The closure of these stores means citizens who are elderly or don't have reliable transportation wont have direct access to a store to buy groceries via public transportation or within walking distance as these neighborhoods will now become food deserts. These people will have to travel farther and take multiple different buses to get a grocery store.
The closure of these stores means citizens who are elderly or don't have reliable transportation wont have direct access to a store to buy groceries via public transportation or within walking distance as these neighborhoods will now become food deserts. These people will have to travel farther and take multiple different buses to get a grocery store.
debianlinux
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One could argue that a hostile presence has been removed making space for more local and diverse business since Walmart is historically anti competitive.