ITT: a lot of "either/or"
I'm not sure that evolution cares one wit about any of our theories. If it means I'm the dad and I'm the dad more often... then it will be favored.
If I enjoy it more, she enjoys it more or it means that my sperm have increased likelihood of winning... that's all that matters.
And when I say "or" above, it can include any of those things. It need not be exclusive.
They have no heart or soul, only brief flickers of "try" followed by "squirrel!"
If everyone who claims that is a loon (and they may be), then the leakers are auto-discredited.
Again and with clear emphasis because it looks like it was missed: I'm not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I'm making a meta-point.
If leakers are almost automatically easily classed as loons, then any inquiry isn't an inquiry. They may be off their rockers.
And even "super-advanced tech" need not have extraterrestrial origin. But UAPs happen. We all seem to have forgotten O'Hare. Whatever happened was in passenger jet airspace.
Regardless of what planetary origin, UAPs deserve inquiry.
This is a thought provoking book. The author was even interviewed by Colbert and presented very cogently. Which is why I bought and read it.
Before anyone knee-jerks, it attempts to only use the most credible UAP encounters and looks at them with skepticism and a scientific mind.
It wouldn't though. I'm not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I'm saying as long as each person who leaks is met with plenty of, "no, you're crazy." It would help contain it.
Both with pressure and delegitimization. Now... proof is the thing that's required. Not simply testimony.
You've done it here, you're doing it in others threads.
Instead of telling them to vote for a candidate they barely believe in, why not recommend they find candidates they like, locally, state, etc and help them. But then in general elections, vote for someone who can win.
It's an entire extra sentence that takes less time than calling them whiny.
You're boiling the options down to a suck ass, "eat your dinner" message and if you want to prevent rightward movement, I think calls to action are better.
We move things to the correct position by having candidates that make a compelling case for why this (waves around) isn't working. Then voting for what we got when we must.
Edit: it is NOT the most effective thing to do. Getting additional people to vote is more effective than standing in line individually like a dumb ass and saying, "this is the best I can do." You can do more than that.
No. It was alpha. If Google approves, look for excitement tomorrow.
I can accept a day or two of delay if I get a functional app for lemmy. I miss Sync so much...
I'm not saying to do something other than voting. I'm saying you keep framing this like that's the only thing when they could do more.
Voting is not the only option. It's a good one, but we have more/additonal.
Let's see where things are in 3 years. China has been economically and politically stable for some time now. If the others hold, too... we may see a bifurcation, where enemies jump over (e.g Iran).
I'm not sure it would grow to include a global euro, although that currency makes more sense to me than BRICS (for now).
BRICS could make it. But if it does, I will be without the R or with a very weekends one.
Needs a far better citations. Than "unnamed soldiers."
Not saying nothing happened, but I'm saying your headline/the story is thin.
There are other options. The Constitution affords us numerous rights, including protest, among others.
They said they're mad that nothing changes for the better and you said, why not spend an hour a year doing something.
I think they're open to more. I'd like to see more doing more. THAT's how things change.
He needs to be primaried, tradition or not.
He's done an assortment of good things. He's also older and sympathetic to economic "centrism."
I'd like to see a credible democratic challenger primary him and force him to maintain a more left leaning posture. If done correctly, he'd re-message and it would help him in the general.
We need to pull people out of their culture war mindset and get them voting for their own best interests. Fanciful notions of "the wrong gender" in a restroom aren't going to matter as much as domestic economic health, global climate change, or a changing geo-economic outlook. We need people voting real-worl issues and someone who can message to that.
I'll add: everyone deserves certain fundamental rights. So when I say culture war, I'm referring to DeSantis types. I have no quarrel with treating LGBTQ+ with respect and decency.
Ad hoc and poison the well while being very wide of the mark, too.
Nicely done.
My politics align more with Sanders than anyone well known politician. Surplus is surplus and the left needs to retain the right to call a spade a spade.
Not all infrastructure spend is good. I'm both envious of what they have and stymied by articles documenting unused cities.
For ease of research, I recommend "China ghost cities." Maybe those cities will make sense and not every idea has to work, but that is surplus, ergo excess.