Back during the first months of the Trump presidency, then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich made a prescient—if not entirely original—observation about his one-time rival for the Republican nomination: “You don’t put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, [and] you don’t put a politician in the corner …...
Except that’s not really true. Western nations donate millions of tons of wheat and other food to poor nations and those hit by drought and other natural disasters.
Are you the least bit aware of what caused the egg shortage? There was a super virulent strain of avian influenza (bird flu) that has the potential to infect wild birds and to jump to mammals. You know, like people. The same thing triggered the pandemic in 1918 that killed anywhere from 1% - 5% of the world population.
So to avoid that happening again, they had to destroy (slaughter) millions and millions of egg laying hens, which yes, caused a shortage of eggs relative to normal.
There are real issues that need to be addressed with capitalism and workers rights. This isn’t one of them and you hurt the real arguments by not educating yourself.
It’s not a debt to society. You have to “chip in” to take care of yourself and what you consume & throw away.
You’re free to go live in the backwoods, build a rudimentary cabin, and hunt or fish to survive. That might be harder work than what you’ve got now though.
There’s lots of wide open spaces and cheap land in the American West. They’re just remote and devoid of many modern conveniences. Source - I live in the Rocky Mountains.
What I hear is somebody bitching about having to work and pay taxes and having not asked to be born, who still demands access to all the modern conveniences that work and taxes pay for.
My dog has different barks for foxes, mooses, and bears.
And actually he’s got multiple fox barks - one when he’s barking for them to come into the yard below the balcony, and then the one to tell them to get out of his yard!
In reading the rules and pinned posts, it doesn’t seem to me that my question is out of line with the intention of the community. However, if I am mistaken, please remove the post and accept my sincere apologies....
Trump Is Spooked and His 2024 Rivals Know It (time.com)
Back during the first months of the Trump presidency, then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich made a prescient—if not entirely original—observation about his one-time rival for the Republican nomination: “You don’t put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, [and] you don’t put a politician in the corner …...
Joe Rogan Praises ‘No-Nonsense’ Tucker Carlson, Predicts ‘He Could Win’ The Presidency in 2028 (www.mediaite.com)
What a meathead asshole Rogan is. Tucker too.
Under capitalism (i.imgur.com)
100, here I cum (lemmus.org)
[Homemade] Chicken fried chicken and black pepper gravy (lemmy.world)
Dogs know several human words, but we don’t understand any dog barks. They may be smarter than us...
Dog supremacy 💪
The Philadelphia Eagles reveal their Kelly green throwback uniforms (lemmy.world)
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
Besides Teddit, which is being severely limited by the API debacle and has instances shutting down, what Reddit front-ends still work? (tedd.it)
In reading the rules and pinned posts, it doesn’t seem to me that my question is out of line with the intention of the community. However, if I am mistaken, please remove the post and accept my sincere apologies....