There sure is a lot of shit out there that seems to expose kids to lead. If there were ever a conspiracy that I could believe almost immediately, it would be that hostile governments (or some other entity that benefits from poisoning our youth, I don’t know, I’m not a conspiracy scientist) are finding ways to put lead in all our products as a way to dumb us all down.

This reminds me of my ex, who stated “I HATE Wikipedia” because “it looks dumb” when I mentioned it in passing.

She really earned that “ex” title…

Right, it was a quintessential FAFO situation there.

However, what now? We’re still staring down a shutdown very soon. I’d just like to know Hakeem’s got a plan, y’know?

What is the better alternative? What if there isnt a speaker by the time the stop gap measure expires?

I have this same question too, and - with all due respect - it would be nice if someone had a response other than blaming Republicans and just leaving it at that (I mean, it’s absolutely their fault, but it doesn’t answer the real question).

It would be nice to know Dems have a plan after taking this action. I’m fairly certain they do, but best I can do now is guess how it might play out. Not reassuring…

I can’t shake the bad feeling that the timing is going to be a real problem once shutdown time rolls around here in less than 40-ish days. What if we don’t even have a fucking speaker at all by then??

There is the possibility that Dems coordinate a vote with the not-Freedom Caucus GOP to elect the least disagreeable candidate, though…

Man, if they were any actual fairness/justice in this world, the “canon into the sun” business would be booming!

(HA, booming! Get it???)

Hell yeah, cheers to consequences! 🍻

I get it though. I want to see him barred from running for president for insurrecting and in cuffs and a jumpsuit for his myriad crimes about as much as anyone. However, if that means death by 1000 cuts rather than an immediate removal from society, I’ll take it.

Noticing a lot of people on Lemmy scoffing at this development, which I suppose is their right. But you know what? I see this as a real win; Trump Org no longer being able to operate in NY is a big fucking deal.

Yes, he’ll likely make up the difference through donations from his rabid base. No, they won’t know about it because the right wing disinfo machine won’t tell them.

So what? It’s a fucking win, nonetheless. It ain’t shooting him and his ill gotten gains into the sun, but it is very well the first of a series of deathblows.

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, and all that.

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Good point!

It hasn’t been all that long since Louie Gohmert was in Congress.

the Georgia Pardon and Parole board can consider a request to commute the sentence immediately, and can choose to reduce or eliminate any sentence handed down.

Thanks, (this is good information to know, but) I hate it.

Research has found that we experience colors differently, depending on gender, national origin, ethnicity, geographical location, and what language we speak.

We will continue to be profit driven until profits arrive.

u/spez

Another commenter advised that I add “English” along with “Undetermined” in the language settings for Lemmy. That seems to have done the trick!

I followed a suggestion from another commenter here and added English to my language settings a long with “Undetermined”. That fixed it!

I think this was the trick! Changed language setting so that “Undetermined” and “English” and comments in this very post appeared that weren’t there before! Thanks so much!

Just did this and your comment appeared in my notifications only after doing so! Looks like I’m good now. 😎

Hmmm. I have blocked two users and two NSFW communities. Hard to imagine that low amount of blocking could be the cause for only seeing 2 out of 20 comments on a given post, but maybe?

Just checked, I left the setting as “Undetermined” as it warns that changing the language will make certain content unavailable.