PadreWil

gerrymcgovern, 2 days ago to random

Since 1970, there has been a:

49% decline in marine life

50% decline in insects

66% decline in wildlife

69% decline in vertebrates

83% decline in freshwater species

Birds: 60% decline in Ireland in 50 years

Lions: 90% decline in Ghana in 40 years

Forest elephant: 60% decline in 12 years

Leatherback turtle: 95% decline in 20 years

SEI whale: 50% decline in 20 years (47 left)

Earthworms: 33% decline in UK in 20 years

Mammals:

3% wildlife

97% humans and livestock

Is this progress?

cherold, 1 day ago to random

Justice Alito can apparently make decisions for every single woman in the country except his wife.

juglugs, 1 day ago to random

Jury braver than 98% of elected Republicans.

rbreich, 1 day ago to random

By refusing to recuse himself from Jan 6 cases, Alito is violating the court's code of ethics, which call for recusal when “the Justice’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned…”

If flying 2 pro-insurrection flags doesn't call his impartiality into question, what does?

waldoj, 1 day ago to random

I always keep champagne in the fridge. You never know when you’ll have something to celebrate.

Karoli, 2 days ago to random

If Alito thinks he has no right or ability to control his wife’s biased flag-flying at his house, why does he think he has the right and ability to tell other women what they can and cannot do with their own bodies?

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/alito-refuses-recuse-himself-j6-cases

PadreWil, 1 day ago to random

FLIP that fking fat ass bird OVER …… YOU’RE DONE BABY DONALD !! You LYING, FAT ASS CRIMINAL !! GUILTY …… as I have always stated. This lying, arrogant PUNK belongs IN JAIL and you MORONS, Rep. party included, are DONE as well. You’re so stupid to have continually back this LYING CON MAN, NOW FELON !!! WAKE-UP you morons !!! Now let’s put the damn car in DRIVE and END this phony, archaic BULLSHIT America !! 💙👍💙👍💙👍💙👍

ai6yr, 1 day ago to random

Eh, crap, re-implementing stricter personal COVID-19 measures after just relaxing them, an (entire) family I know with COVID or recovering, after catching it from an older relative who was hospitalized--they later figured out, COVID-19. (ie Once again, moving back to "all indoor interaction in public N95" -- pondering where I'll go with outdoor in crowds.). #covid19

StillIRise1963, 1 day ago to random

"Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for new legislation to solidify fetal personhood ideology into law, define abortion care as homicide and criminalize in vitro fertilization, first reported by feminist writer Jessica Valenti.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-gop-appears-to-put-death-penalty-for-abortion-patients-on-2024-wish-list_n_665765b4e4b05212274abd0b

sludge, 2 days ago to random

Big Oil is getting even bigger, and members of Congress are among those profiting.

ConocoPhillips is acquiring Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth $17 billion.

Members of Congress who own Marathon Oil stock saw its price jump today by more than 8%...🧵

ai6yr, 5 days ago to random

OODA Loop reminder: you need to constantly re-evaluate the situation and READJUST your assessment of a situation to fit; if you make a decision at one point in time, that is not a "philosophy" but a decision point at that point in time. #oodaloop #situationalawareness

dworkin, 1 day ago to random

Update: Biden will be on Ohio Ballot, GOP fails to block. Thanks to everyone for calling out the un-American Republican attempt to block him from the ballot.

Read the exclusive here: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/gop-exposed-for-plan-to-block-biden

fatsam, 2 days ago to random

The Right hates blacks.

And Latinos, Asians, Muslims. Thugs (black men.) Indigenous peoples. LGBTQ. Young people with blue hair. The poor. Educated people. Women who aren't doormats -- or are but won't be raped or beaten. Jews, at least those who don't hate Arabs. Feminists. Liberal men. Atheists. Women who've had an abortion. Witches. Goths.

Liberals just hate conservatives (and that's fairly recent.) It's much more efficient. You don't have to memorize the various lists of people to hate.

Ricardus, 2 days ago to cooking

Today has already been a busy day. I had to get a haircut, grocery shop, do some cleaning, do the laundry, make home made mac & cheese, make an improvised gluten-free "shortcake" by modifying the Pamelas Banana Bread recipe (making some guesses there), and prepping the strawberries.

I will end up doing all of the cooking and everything else, but I won't get to as much cleaning as I wanted.

Really happy with the haircut though.

#Cooking #Cleaning #GlutenFree #Baking

mcnado, 4 days ago to random

Burning down a refugee camp is not a tragic mishap, especially if you first burned down the refugees original homes, their hospitals, their water pumps and treatment plants, and their fields. No, it is not a mishap. It is an intentional act of violence against people who have lost everything.

Vittoria, 4 days ago to Israel

After an Israeli strike on a Rafah camp kills at least 45 people, Dr H.A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, tells FRANCE24's Mark Owen that Joe Biden's red line on Rafah 'has been crossed multiple times to the point that it's rather pointless to speak of a red line'. He adds that the White House is unwilling to admit that a line has been crossed as doing so would mean having to stop providing weapons to Israel.
#Israel #Rafah #Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCRUiejgso

mekkaokereke, 4 days ago to random

The irony of a holiday called "Memorial Day," where people don't even remember how it started. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Anti-Blackness is so powerful.

https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/

This isn't forgetting. It's intentional history erasure, to justify present day racism.

Waterloosunset, 3 days ago to random

It america was attacked today the Republican party would stop any defense of our country

whitehouse, 4 days ago to random

Since our nation’s founding, members of our Armed Forces have been willing to lay down their lives for the idea of the United States of America.

On Memorial Day, we honor their memories by carrying on their work to forge a more perfect union.

binaryequation, 4 days ago to random

"On this Memorial Day, we must understand that the sacrifice of 1.1 million Americans had deeper meaning. Since that skirmish on Lexington Common 249 years ago, they died giving life to the words of our Constitution. That work is unfinished. It is up to those of us who remain to ensure that the radical ideas of our founding survive and flourish."

IndyStar: Memorial Day requires more from us than flags and ceremonies

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/05/27/memorial-day-is-dishonored-by-candidates-who-reject-the-constitution/73824365007/

yogeshshettys, 8 days ago to random

Life is good. No matter how we see it, there is always something good happening. The magic is in our perception. Infact, A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst & it sparks extraordinary results.
Stay Optimistic and Stay Positive.
GoD Bless Us.!!!