jordanlund
31 minutes ago
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100%
You want your kids to learn the Bible? Man, if only we had a tax free organization dedicated to that purpose...
Vexillology
In defense of the state flags | Premodernist
jordanlund
2 hours ago
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100%
"Flag snobs". LOL.
For reference, the two-sided Oregon flag, proper, is $19 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPCZ8L3
Cheap Chinese single sided flag? $5.
https://www.united-states-flag.com/oregon-3ftx5ft-printed-polyester-flag.html
News
jordanlund
2 hours ago
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100%
Even if you agree... how do you pay for it? What are the logistics for rounding up, housing, and deporting that many people? How do you determine where to deport them to?
Part of the problem, that could be fixed almost immediately, is to allow people to apply for asylum status from their home countries, as of right now they can't claim asylum until they're already (illegally) in the US.
If they could claim asylum from their home countries THEN come here, they wouldn't be here illegally.
jordanlund
3 hours ago
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71%
Because the Teamsters, like many blue collar workers, are racist and sexist Trump supporters. It really doesn't need to go farther than that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/teamsters-racial-discrimination-lawsuit
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teamsters-hurled-sexist-anti-muslim-154544490.html
Games
jordanlund
3 hours ago
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93%
Only surprise here is "Why did it take so long?"
World News
Lebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blasts
jordanlund
4 hours ago
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50%
If you have a better solution involving an API we can use for free, I'm open.
I see no issue with the MBFC assessment on this source.
jordanlund
4 hours ago
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100%
The formation of our country as a Presidential Republic as opposed to a parliamentary system is very much set out in the Constitution.
See articles 1-3 here:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript
jordanlund
5 hours ago
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100%
MAGA - "Deep State!!! REEEEEEEEE!!!"
jordanlund
5 hours ago
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100%
MAGA - "Deep State! REEEEEEEEE!!!!!"
jordanlund
6 hours ago
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100%
No, our Constitution made sure of that 236 years ago. Changing it CAN be done, but not in our current political environment.
jordanlund
6 hours ago
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100%
Here are the states where abortion is on the ballot:
MT, NV, AZ, CO, SD, NB, MO, FL, MD, NY.
CO, MD, and NY are all voting Harris anyway.
MT, SD, NB, MO are all heavy Trump states.
While I'd like to say it could make a difference in NV, AZ, or FL, everything is looking like it won't.
People can support abortion and still vote Trump.
Florida: Trump +2, +3, +6
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/florida/
Florida Abortion Amendment: +38
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4801375-florida-abortion-ballot-initiative/
So abortion leads Harris in Florida by a lot.
jordanlund
9 hours ago
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100%
The United States doesn't have the same system as other countries.
Gaming
In your opinion, what games released in the 2020s decade (the current one) will be forgotten (i.e. no longer talked about, or known) 20 years from now?
jordanlund
9 hours ago
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100%
Live Service games. They'll be shut down, inaccessible, and forgotten.
Think like Tabula Rasa from 2007. Shut down in 2009. Poof! Gone!
Political Discussion and Commentary
Presidential Poll Numbers as of 8/28:
jordanlund
9 hours ago
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100%
The popular vote isn't going to be close, Trump hasn't won a popular vote yet.
The electoral college vote looks like it's going to be a squeaker.
My #1 prediction is that voting will be down from 2020 because Covid increased voting by mail and we don't have that this time around. Generally Republicans do better when fewer people vote.
But let's run the numbers and check the map:
Arizona: Toss Up, Trump +1, Tie
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/arizona/
Nevada: Toss Up, Harris +1, Trump +1
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/nevada/
New Mexico: Harris +5, +10
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/new-mexico/
Georgia: Trump +1, +2
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/georgia/
North Carolina: Toss Up, Harris +1, +3, Trump +1, +2, +3
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/north-carolina/
Pennsylvania: Harris +3, +5, +6, Trump +2
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/pennsylvania/
Michigan: Harris +1, +3, +5, Tie, Trump +1
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/michigan/
Wisconsin: Harris +1, +2, +3
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/wisconsin/
Minnesota: Harris +4, +5, +7, +9
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/minnesota/
Overall, Harris looks a lot stronger than last week. Even losing Georgia, clawing back PA from Trump and moving Wisconsin fron toss-up to Harris gives her EXACTLY 270.
On the map:
I think this is the first time since Biden dropped out that any candidate has hit the magic 270 number.
jordanlund
9 hours ago
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100%
The popular vote isn't going to be close, Trump hasn't won a popular vote yet.
The electoral college vote looks like it's going to be a squeaker.
My #1 prediction is that voting will be down from 2020 because Covid increased voting by mail and we don't have that this time around. Generally Republicans do better when fewer people vote.
But let's run the numbers and check the map:
Arizona: Toss Up, Trump +1, Tie
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/arizona/
Nevada: Toss Up, Harris +1, Trump +1
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/nevada/
New Mexico: Harris +5, +10
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/new-mexico/
Georgia: Trump +1, +2
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/georgia/
North Carolina: Toss Up, Harris +1, +3, Trump +1, +2, +3
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/north-carolina/
Pennsylvania: Harris +3, +5, +6, Trump +2
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/pennsylvania/
Michigan: Harris +1, +3, +5, Tie, Trump +1
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/michigan/
Wisconsin: Harris +1, +2, +3
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/wisconsin/
Minnesota: Harris +4, +5, +7, +9
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/minnesota/
Overall, Harris looks a lot stronger than last week. Even losing Georgia, clawing back PA from Trump and moving Wisconsin fron toss-up to Harris gives her EXACTLY 270.
On the map:
I think this is the first time since Biden dropped out that any candidate has hit the magic 270 number.
THE POLICE PROBLEM
White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement (2006 FBI Report)
jordanlund
10 hours ago
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Infiltrated implies it's done surreptitiously... the white supremacist influence on cops is absolutely overt, nothing hidden about it.
jordanlund
10 hours ago
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100%
You mean this bit speaking of registrations for the Covid vaccine in 2021?
"The other thing we found is — and I’m sorry to go on, but this is really important to me. The other part — portion is, a lot of people don’t know how to register. Not everybody in the community — in the Hispanic and the African American community, particularly in rural areas that are distant and/or inner-city districts — know how to use — know how to get online to determine how to get in line for that COVID vaccination at the Walgreens or at the particular store.
So we’re also — I’ve committed to spend a billion dollars on public education to help people figure out how they can get in there. That’s why we’re also trying to set up mass vaccination centers, like places in stadiums and the like."
Less about the Internet in general and more about the specific vaccine registration process.
World News
Lebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blasts
jordanlund
10 hours ago
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38%
Reported as a biased source and MBFC backs that up... when talking about Turkish issues, they are very pro government.
As this doesn't readily involve the Turkish government, I'll allow it.
jordanlund
10 hours ago
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100%
Removed, not an article.
jordanlund
10 hours ago
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75%
No one party will equally draw from both Democrats and Republicans. Look at the implosion of "No Labels".
What needs to happen is for the progressives to abandon the Democrats and make their own party, and for the rational Republicans who have been leaving the Republican party since 2010 to form their own conservative party.
So from left to right you'd have:
Progressives---Corporate Democrats-Former Republicans---MAGA Republicans
jordanlund
11 hours ago
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60%
🌍👨🚀🔫👨🚀
jordanlund
11 hours ago
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100%
Wouldn't surprise me since they're also saying the serial # was destroyed.
jordanlund
11 hours ago
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57%
I'm sure both of the people voting for that party in your area will be very happy. So will Trump.
jordanlund
11 hours ago
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100%
But, but, he's gonna build a wall and everything... :)
World News
Cisco slams NSA for intercepting packages en route to customers
jordanlund
19 hours ago
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100%
Reported as 10 year old news which exceeds the 30 day limit, also, not really World News either.
science
jordanlund
20 hours ago
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87%
Yup! I love the whole pro life "abortion stops a beating heart!" thing. The heart doesn't really mean much, you can make a heart beat in a petrie dish, that doesn't make it "alive".
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/02/stem-cell-research-heart-disease-long-qt
Asklemmy
If everyone on this list got to debate, how would you structure the presidential debates?
jordanlund
21 hours ago
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Must be on the ballot in enough states to win the election.
That's going to automatically cut out 95% of them.
Must be polling at least 3% in 3 statewide or national polls.
That will leave you with:
Harris
Trump
Stein
Oliver
Debates aren't about "giving everyone a voice", if you can't become a viable candidate without a debate, the debates can't help you.
jordanlund
21 hours ago
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100%
Whether you recognize it or not doesn't change the fact that it's constitutionally mandated.
Several states are trying to fix that, but it's still short of what's needed:
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation
209/270 - 61 to go!
jordanlund
21 hours ago
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71%
Amazing how intact the back half is given, you know, explosive decompression.
jordanlund
21 hours ago
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100%
No joke, I was in the hospital with a heart attack back in January, waiting on my stent.
Woke up at 6 AM and was fiddling on my phone such as you do. Nurse comes in:
"Were you asleep about an hour ago?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Your heart stopped for 8 seconds."
"Um... thank you? I'm not sure what to do with that information..."
politics
GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to 'hide your head in a bag'
jordanlund
21 hours ago
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100%
"Is it true, Senator Kennedy, that you are in fact an idiot? A moron? A rube? A stooge?"
jordanlund
1 day ago
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100%
Bigger danger that it goes to the House.
If enough states fail to certify the election so that neither candidate hits 270, it goes to the House where it's one state, one vote. Red states outnumber blue states.
jordanlund
1 day ago
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For women of childbearing age? It DOES.
https://people.com/georgia-mom-dies-denied-life-saving-abortion-amber-nicole-thurman-8713947
jordanlund
1 day ago
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100%
Yes, anything other than first past the post would help. Ranked choice, instant runoff, however you want to define it.
It would allow people to vote for a 3rd party without disenfranchising themselves.
Until then...
Games
Dragon Age Inquisition sold over 12 million units and "massively oversold the internal EA projections"
jordanlund
1 day ago
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52%
Too bad it wasn't a good game...
jordanlund
1 day ago
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100%
Does that mean we can send him back to Germany? 🤔
jordanlund
1 day ago
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100%
Google docs are not allowed, articles only.
www.editorialboard.com
"Voting for a third party accomplishes one thing. It takes votes away from one of the other major-party candidates. Given that the status quo favors the Republican candidate – think the Electoral College – voting for a third party is probably going to take votes away from Joe Biden. Whatever you think of him, he’s better than the alternative. (The alternative, by the way, likes making jokes about being a dictator.) Actually, it accomplishes another thing. It enriches presidential candidates for third parties that do not work in cooperation with one of the major parties. (It’s called “fusion voting.”) For instance, the Green Party — these people know they can’t win. They know the status quo prevents them from winning. They don’t say that, though. In the space between what they know and what their supporters don’t know is a scam. In the absence of systemic change, third parties that don’t cooperate with one of the major parties are inherently exploitative."
politics
Jill Stein leads Harris, Trump among some Muslim-American swing state voters, report shows
jordanlund
1 day ago
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83%
They are smart enough, they are actively being misled by Russian interests.
politics
Jill Stein leads Harris, Trump among some Muslim-American swing state voters, report shows
jordanlund
1 day ago
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77%
Voting for anyone other than Harris harms their own interests.
Given free rein, Trump will revoke their citizenship, detain them in concentration camps, and deport them.
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/trump-administration-seeks-to-strip-more-people-of-citizenship/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9z0lm48ngo
Nobody but Harris can prevent this because nobody other than Harris or Trump can win. You vote Harris or you support the above.
jordanlund
1 day ago
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50%
"frequently stop pedestrians and pull cars over, searching for illegal guns."
www.oregonlive.com
www.cnn.com
"The complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court said that when people at Home Depot brought an item to checkout, they would be charged more money than was written on the shelf tag or on the item itself."
"The bag could have been there a day or two or maybe just hours, but those salty morsels of processed corn made soft by thick humidity triggered the growth of mold on the cavern floor and on nearby cave formations. “To the ecosystem of the cave it had a huge impact,” the park noted in a social media post, explaining that cave crickets, mites, spiders and flies soon organized to eat and disperse the foreign mess, essentially spreading the contamination."
www.cbsnews.com
web.archive.org
"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that 'some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest' of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called 'social fascists.' After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."
"The tenure for U.S. retail and packaged goods company CEOs has this year on average been about 7 months shorter than chiefs who were in office in 2024 in the autos, finance, tech and manufacturing industries, data to August 31 from executive compensation research firm Equilar show."
www.cbsnews.com
"The Alberto Gonzales who [authorized torture and war crimes under the George W. Bush administration](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Memos) and then said 'I don't recall' [50+ times under oath](https://www.democracynow.org/2007/4/20/gonzales_grilled_by_gops_and_dems) when questioned about it? THAT Alberto Gonzales?"
www.the-independent.com
Really you don't need to read more than one chart: If you vote for anyone other than Harris, you're voting for Trump: 
www.oregonlive.com
www.oregonlive.com
The candidates who agreed to trade contributions include District 1 candidates Cayle Tern and Thomas Shervey; District 2 candidates William Mespelt and Sam Sachs; District 3 Candidates Kelly Janes, Luke Zak and Harrison Kass; and District 4 candidates Chad Lykins, Michael Trimble, Michael DiNapoli, Eric Zimmerman and Bob Weinstein. Willamette Week reported that District 4 candidate Ben Hufford also agreed to trade contributions. Liv Osthus is the only mayoral candidate that The Oregonian/OregonLive obtained records showing she’d agreed to trade donations.
www.cnn.com
"The 155-year-old Campbell Soup Company plans to drop “soup” from its corporate name, rebranding as The Campbell’s Company. More consumers are reaching for snacks and ditching ready-to-serve soups, and the company has bought up other food lines to grab them."
abcnews.go.com
While this should be obvious to anyone who watched the debate, Trump is out trying to spin it that "all the polls" show he won, when that is clearly not the case.
Was tempted to call this "Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo" but a) A lot of Lemmy won't get [the OG reference.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakin%27_2:_Electric_Boogaloo) and 2) "Boogaloo" has been co-opted and carries an [unfortunate connotation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement) these days. Also, while it's Trump's 2nd debate of the season, it's Harris's first... It's being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That's a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck! Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/10/debate-trump-harris-2024-live-updates/75145043007/ Link to the first debate thread here: https://lemmy.world/post/16973660 That't it! Thanks for hanging with it everbody!
www.cbr.com
Notable for his work on Planetary and the Authority, Cassaday was also largely responsible for the fantastic post-9/11 Captain America run. 
Recipe from Cook's Country:   
katu.com
www.oregonlive.com
www.wweek.com
www.oregonlive.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19494737
www.oregonlive.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19460188
finance.yahoo.com
www.cnn.com
www.oregonlive.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19456259 For those unaware, Portland completely replaced it's form of city government AND added ranked choice balloting at the same time. This is the first election. Nobody is 100% sure how it's all going to work. Previously, we had 5 City Council seats, all elected at large, and each one in charge of certain city bureaus, with the Mayor controlling the police. None of the seats were accountable to any district in the city and the Eastern half of the city was notoriously under represented. Now it's going to be 3 council members each representing one of four districts in the city, voting on issues like the Senate, with the Mayor acting as a tie breaker. Actual bureau management will be turned over to a new City Manager position.
www.oregonlive.com
www.wweek.com
Multnomah County has announced it’s going to open two cooling shelters, at Portland Covenant Church and Cook Plaza in Gresham. They will be open from noon until 9 pm.
www.nytimes.com
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/22599
www.cnn.com
Because Musk did such a good job with that at Twitter... "I don't understand what it is you do, you're fired."
www.cbr.com
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24745649
www.oregonlive.com
www.katu.com
"Four people, who had outstanding charges or were out on probation, were arrested and taken to jail. Two qualified for deflection and accepted services. One was issued a citation in lieu of an arrest." So it's already getting more people into treatment than 110 did... who would have thought? "Get treatment or go to jail" is more effective than "Get treatment or here's a $100 ticket you can safely ignore."
www.oregonlive.com
“Thursday and Friday are going to be the hottest days of the week,” said Noah Alviz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland, on Tuesday morning. “Across the Willamette Valley, we could see temperatures up to 100 degrees or even 102 degrees,” he said.
lawandcrime.com
"“The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the pleading is not correct; the wrong event type was used to file the pleading; Court’s leave has not been granted; the order granting permission to file the pleading was not attached,” the bolded docket entry reads. The court went on to explain how to properly file the request the next time around. Most of the advice — and the mistakes the advice is meant to address — concerns basic filing errors. But the court also advised Trump’s team they needed to refile with the government’s consent or leave of court — and dinged the lawyers for not having leave of court, which means the court’s consent, in the first place."
