@MKSinSA @violetmadder@kolektiva.social Bunkers for the rich- That will work great until a mob appears, normally I’d say with pitchforks, but thinking of #TheDirtyDozen, pours gasoline down the air vents followed by a grenade. 🤔
Disclaimer, this is not a suggestion, incitement, or instigation, just a fictional projection into the possibilities and probabilities of a post-armageddon future, with the wealthy trying to avoid the consequences of a really bad day on Earth.
Great article and sitting at the helm are our billionaires who believe this supercharged tech will save them as they and their cronies blast into space.
"Another election night, another resounding victory for abortion rights in a red state. It is yet another confirmation that the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has created a revolution in American politics, the scope of which is even today only dimly perceived in most national political debates."
~ Josh Marshall
#Ohio #abortion #Republicans #SupremeCourt #Dobbs
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-revolution-in-politics
"Literally preaching to the choir served them poorly when it came to properly understanding the state of American popular opinion. And by arguing for over 50 years that abortion is 'murder,' Republican politicians have zero room to try and sell a 'compromise' that might soften voter anger. If abortion is murder at 38 weeks, it’s murder at 16 weeks, and it’s murder at one week."
#Republicans #abortion #SupremeCourt #theocracy #Ohio #Dobbs #democracy
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"By actually delivering what Republican politicians had long promised their voters, the Supreme Court ensured Republican electoral losses in the 2022 midterm elections, and the repercussions continue.
It must’ve been quite the shock to the theocrats in states like Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana to so handily lose the abortion issue at the ballot box."
~ kos
#Republicans #abortion #SupremeCourt #theocracy #Ohio #Dobbs #democracy
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@obtener
Hurrah! ⚡️🥳
@HistoPol @realTuckFrumper Hurrah! ⚡️🥳
Courtesy of MSNBC Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, "#Ohio voters rejected the power grab politicians were making."
#Dobbs revisited
#Abortion rights are set to be constitutionally enshrined in #Ohio in the fall
"The big news this morning comes out of #Ohio, “Voter opposition to the proposal was widespread, even spreading into traditionally #Republican territory... Fifty-seven percent of voters said nuh-uh. "
@MKSinSA @violetmadder@kolektiva.social This has been pushed ever since I was a teen 1970 and it’s always been regarded as a nuisance warning “what, you expect us to interrupt our good times for this hogwash? It’s Party time, Baby!! We can worry about that later.” So now, is later…and “hey, this is going to cost money! Let’s wait a while. It’s not our fault. Que sera.” ☀️☀️ Exhibit No.1: https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox/
As a teen, let's say 50 years ago, my parents had a Time, Life or National Geo, with a pullout section on #ClimateChange (or global warming back then). It had world maps showing uninhabitable region predictions that now prove eerily accurate. I remember the green, livable part of N. America was Canada. That's probably their big miss, since that's on fire and on the way to being unlivable, too.
A powerful explosion in the area where an optical mechanical plant is located in Moscow region. The plant also produces military equipment.
Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant has been operating for 86 years. Its website reports that "the favorite sight of Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev" was produced there. The plant is part of the Rostech and is a leading developer and manufacturer of military optics. In 2022, they bragged about developing a new binocular for the Russian Navy.
#Russia
@violetmadder@kolektiva.social @MKSinSA Heard a report on the radio today that most of Iran may not be habitable by 2050. I imagine this could be true for much of the lower latitude desert regions.
The human species does not appear wired to make the necessary choices to beat this. Our economies (humans) will fight this tooth and nail.
If we ever cut back emissions, some of this could be dialed back if we don’t wait for all the forests to burn.
@Huntn00
Had a really nice lantana that this past winter proved its last leg 😕
How are your roses doing in this heat?
@MKSinSA Lantana are setting new buds, and the Zinna are quite happy as long as they get enough water. We are watering our flower beds 3 times a week. Some plants Ike the dahlias are struggling. 🌻
@MKSinSA It’s only been inside for a few days, it will take some time to see. Before we put it outside back in March, it flourished sitting in the East facing kitchen window, happy as can be. 🙂
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.