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  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.ziptoAOC@lemmy.worldICE will keep getting worse
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    6 days ago

    In terms of pure numbers, yeah, there are plenty of MAGA out there to hire. But they need to be mentally and physically fit in order to join ICE and carry out these raids. I would be genuinely surprised if there were enough MAGA in this country who could pass the physical.

    I could be wrong. But if I’m right they might try hiring literal mercenaries for this, or just embezzle the funds. Or buy stupid militarized vehicles like police departments like to do.


  • I read that it makes ICE bigger than the fucking Chinese army. It’s beyond obscene. One thing that I wonder about is… are there even enough racist sociopaths in this country to fill the ranks? You need a specific type of person to be willing to join ICE. It’s possible that there simply aren’t enough Americans who are willing to brutalize immigrants to use the $200 billion they were given.



  • So, specific terpenes might make people sleepy? Even if that’s the case, it still increases their heart rate. So the people who get stoned before bed have elevated heart rates while sleeping, which could cause adverse effects on sleep quality. I’m no sleep expert so I don’t know if a higher heart rate while sleeping is an issue, though.


  • Well, what else are we supposed to do? Our hands are tied. I live in the Seattle metro and for some insane reason we don’t have a single retail option for graphics cards. I wasn’t able to get one off Newegg on launch day before they were all gone to bots, so my only option was eBay.

    I hate enabling scalpers but it was either that or risk paying 47’s stupid fucking tariffs. I had a narrow window to skip the tariffs upcharge and I took it. I would rather pay the extra $200 to an asshole scalper than to the federal government so they can spend it on their gestapo.












  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.ziptoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldHappy No-more-USA Day
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    8 days ago

    No, they need to be on weekdays. They need to disrupt business and be visible. Weekend protests in front of empty government buildings are worthless.

    Edit: worthless was the wrong word. They’re not worthless, they just seem too easy to ignore for rich politicians who just go to one of their vacation homes every weekend. Or stay at home in their giant homes outside the city.



  • I would think that could work from a structural point of view, but they would have to seal it somehow to prevent more microplastics from being created. Plastics aren’t often used as a building material because of toxic off-gassing, but of course this would be outside which would mitigate the issue.

    Asphalt is one of the most recyclable materials in existence, when they tear up an asphalt road they just melt it down and pour it back on. If there was plastic involved it would probably interrupt this process.

    But I’m not expert. Maybe it would work.