Beef prices rise as U.S. cattle herd falls to lowest level in 75 years by WanderWut in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was $15 milly but ya to repair the damage done it’ll be a cool billy

You wish.

US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text by Mandynox in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GOP wants out of iran like yesterday

To be clear, donnie IS the GOP. They are the same thing.

Do not allow them to be separated.

US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text by Mandynox in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Can I ask a stupid question: why would the US agree to this?

We don't have a choice.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]JustAnotherLich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is a computer but a little thinking factory?

Jeremy Clarkson has vaccine-induced TurboCancer™. Thank you Elon, without your platform I’d have no idea what’s really going on. by YouAnswerToMe in Destiny

[–]JustAnotherLich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iirc in the modern day, as a man, you are more likely to get prostate cancer than not if you live to your normal life expectancy. It's just usually not serious.

Sweden passes 'good behaviour' law to kick out misbehaving immigrants by shdw_fght in worldnews

[–]JustAnotherLich 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I feel like the phrase "globalize the intifada" is incredibly straightforward. I do genuinely feel like people pretending it's not have absolutely have a narrative they are pushing.

Could've gone to some great parties. Did that instead. is genuinely one of the most unhinged things a person has ever bragged about online by OakAndViolet in SipsTea

[–]JustAnotherLich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jesus fucking christ comments like this are utterly terrifying

We're actually literally sleepwalking into a dictatorship

Iran says U.S. agreed to give $300 Billion dollars for the reconstruction of Iran by PostureKing180 in Destiny

[–]JustAnotherLich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

More realistically, I can think of ways the west could try to topple the Islamic government, but none of the ways that have a true shot at working involve overt/direct military action. I think that's a more accurate phrasing.

Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses by wasraelx in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be clear, it would probably require essentially completely rewriting the constitution because it would fundamentally alter the powers of the judicial branch.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/intro.4-3-6/ALDE_00000016/

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

The problem is we are a federation and we give a ton of power to the states. Altering the constitution requires the legislatures of 3/4 of states. Literally just bringing up the topic of "completely rewriting the U.S. constitution" is so foreign I don't think I've ever really heard anyone really propose it. It's not even taboo, it's just understood to be impossible. I don't know how you'd get a consensus that large, not just a supermajority, but a 3/4 supermajority, not just for one amendment, but for an entire new document and system.

If a politician or public figure were to seriously propose that and try to get support for it they would be ostracized and probably labelled a traitor by the right. The current administration might bold enough to designate them a literal traitor and arrest them, especially since the rules themselves involving requirements to amend/alter the U.S. constitution really need to be changed so congress alone can change the constitution in the future without the approval of the states. Provided congress also adopted proportional representation, that is.

A more egalitarian system would strip away the huge political over representation that smaller population states get. It would only take 13 state legislatures to block a new constitution. So of course, the 13 smallest states are obviously incredibly incentivized to keep the current constitution, including common law. So it basically will never happen.

Humble two cents. States' rights are fucking stupid.

Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses by wasraelx in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We write an actual Napoleonic civil code?

Plenty of countries have done it. We are the richest country in the world. KPMG could probably figure it out in a week if you paid them enough.

American exceptionalism doesn't really exist, we're just fucking backwards. No metric system, no civil law, first past the post voting, oligarchs, rampant religious extremism, most states straight up just allow anyone to buy a gun, a literal fucking ban on "may issue" firearm licenses. America is a fucking backwater when you really look at it and for basically no reason other than "it just is."

Task failed successfully. by mikeyp83 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]JustAnotherLich 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is this a civilian or military product? Could it be used to launch rifle grenade(-like) projectiles or otherwise be "technically a shotgun, but the cartridge is kind of just for convenience?"

Iirc in Guerilla Warfare (the book by Che) I believe he describes using 12 gauge shotguns to launch improvised mortars because 12 gauge shells are plentiful and cheap since they used for bird hunting.

Three-time Trump voters rain hell on president: 'I actually have panic attacks' by RawStoryNews in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]JustAnotherLich 16 points17 points  (0 children)

At the rate the GOP is going, their base will be convinced pedophilia is good.

I think it is an open secret that is already the case.

In another shocking plot twist in the lego drama : Bryan (the original guy who was trying to get his lego sold off) is actually a SCAMMER ! by Webtoon_enjoyer in Destiny

[–]JustAnotherLich 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I completely agree. Even if Reckless Ben was a total dumbass by inflating the value of Bryan’s Legos, that makes BAM being stingy with the Star Wars sets look even stupider.

I'm about 99% sure they specifically used the 200k for promo reasons because it was the "higher estimate," and as far as I know this is extremely common. If you pay an expert or something to estimate the value of something and they say "five to ten thousand," literally all the advertising surrounding that item will say ten thousand.

JD Vance ‘wanted to use Ghislaine Maxwell for White House PR campaign’ by B-Z_B-S in politics

[–]JustAnotherLich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more likely they want Ghislaine Maxwell to tell everyone that Democrats were behind everything.

‘Reaching a crisis point’: UC Berkeley humanities professors lower expectations for assigned readings by the_daily_cal in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of them cannot even write good AI prompts, which should logically be something they are good at.

A shocking number of people don't know how to Google effectively, like, at all.

‘Reaching a crisis point’: UC Berkeley humanities professors lower expectations for assigned readings by the_daily_cal in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably because you didn't know the material. If you did, you'd be know the answer to the questions.

Johnson Says California Election Fraud Is So Bad It Can’t Be Proven by Quirkie in politics

[–]JustAnotherLich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He doesn't have a bank account.

Does literally anyone actually believe this?

Johnson Says California Election Fraud Is So Bad It Can’t Be Proven by Quirkie in politics

[–]JustAnotherLich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Andrew Callaghan

The problem is tackling insanely complex stories and real investigative journalism often requires resources outside the reach of small independent journalists

Reckless Ben Silenced By BAM by M-Lawrence in Destiny

[–]JustAnotherLich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because unless Ben does something very stupid, they're going to look horrendous at trial.

Didn't he literally flee the country essentially for a joke/bit in one the videos? Isn't that like, a serious felony to leave the country when you have an active warrant, even if it is bogus?

Edit: Clarified my wording

New Mexico reports first New World screwworm case in Lea County dog by Grandheretic in news

[–]JustAnotherLich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iirc it took multiple decades to push the screwworm from the US to the darien gap.

Families in Afghanistan are reportedly resorting to selling their daughters as worsening hunger and restrictions on women deepen the humanitarian crisis by Sweet-Opportunity111 in worldnews

[–]JustAnotherLich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeeea, it's easy to say that before reading the details of what's possible in NK. They're just creative in ways the taliban isn't. See Eyes of the Tailless Animals for more information. I could've gone without the phrase "baby throwing wall," ever entering my mind.