@Heucuva8 @CommonSenseGent @MommaJ @Render Mental health is NOT driving gun violence.

The science says so.

If you want to spend money for MH, that’s great.

But don’t pretend it’s to solve gun violence.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211925/

@CommonSenseGent @Heucuva8 @Render

So, reduction in mag capacity is now a bad thing?

I thought dying from gunshot wounds was bad.

Reducing mag capacity in no way changes your gun. It still works. It will still kill. It just won’t kill as much at one time without reloading.

Here’s the kicker: SCIENCE PROVES IT!

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/policies-that-reduce-gun-violence-restricting-large-capacity-magazines

My sister won’t change. She is just very unhappy (she’s married to a Republican who thinks Republicans are right no matter what… he’s incredibly dumb).

Mom is smart, and I’m hoping she realizes that my sister is feeding her a narrative that is internally inconsistent. But my father is t doing well and she is emotionally and physically exhausted.

It’s just very frustrating.

I want to see Mom, but not at the expense of my own well being (yes, my sister is THAT exhausting).

So, of course, I’ve been obsessing over it all day.

I’m not mad at Mom, my sister lives in the same town and my sister is manipulative as fuck—for example she told my parent there were no Indian restaurants in the town then there are several… in fact we visited with food we bought in town! My sister REGULARLY gaslights but I avoid bring in it up.

Sorry, I just have to vent. There is no solution here. I have attempted to keep communication open with Mom. I’m not angry with her, just saddened.

Well, Mom and I had a fight. It involves my sister who I don’t want to be around because she constantly lies (her son got a medical degree so she now thinks she is a doctor—🙄). For several years Partner and I visited on a different day. Was cool. Now, for some reason, Mom decided there was no friction.

I’m doing my best by offering to bring supper, etc. I just want to be able to talk to my parents (sister makes sure it’s all about her—or something that excludes Partner, “Remember when…”) UGH!

Reactive instead of proactive. Weak sauce.

“You know when a colleague overshares at work? It's awkward at best.
Microsoft's Copilot has been doing an AI version of this behavior, which has unnerved corporate customers so much that some have delayed deploying the product, as… Microsoft released new tools and a guide to help customers mitigate a Copilot security issue that inadvertently let employees access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-copilot-oversharing-problem-fix-customers-2024-11

AI is very dangerous.

I made a pop song with it. It’s not terribly good. But I can’t get the damn thing out of my head.

I hate myself.

Just admit you aren’t protecting women. You aren’t afraid of transgender women.

You’re just an asshole.

What next? Whites only drinking fountains?

"We're not anti-anyone. We're pro-woman. I think it's an important policy for us to continue. It's always been, I guess, an unwritten policy, but now it's in writing,"

I’m sure racists said that as well.

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/20/mike-johnson-trans-women-capitol-bathrooms

Oh, look who said AIDS is caused by a “gay lifestyle” and not HIV?

RFK, Jr.

https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1671161500495646724

“BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management company, faces a complaint at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for allegedly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses around the world through its investments in agribusiness.”

We will have a dead planet, but at least we will be able to retire. 🤦🏻‍♀️

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/20/blackrock-climate-human-rights

“The legislation comes after the lawmaker who wrote one of Texas’ recent abortion bans wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle defending the current exceptions as ‘plenty clear.’”

Yes, it’s clear they want to kill women. The law is written that you MUST be on the edge of death (“to save the life” clause)—it does not allow an abortion UNLESS it’s to save your life. Not potentially, NOW. Otherwise it is a crime.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-exceptions-deaths

BTW, most (if not all) Boomers are immune to monkey pox.

Why? Because smallpox vax were mandatory. Because science was trusted.

We eliminated smallpox.

Monkeypox won’t hurt seniors.

So explain to me why RFK Jr is smart?

… reducing the deficit.

You can’t give tax cuts and maintain or increase spending. Yet this is the very thing Trump has promised.

If you think it will work, feel free to explain it to me.

… expendable income.

These short-term tax cuts are bogus. They do not help the economy and reduce what Congress can spend which results in MORE borrowing.

BTW this is why REPUBLICANS increase the deficit. They want to give tax cuts but keep expenditures high. In other words they use other countries as a credit card while avoiding paying it back. That ALWAYS ends well, right?

Democrats at least WANT to pay (hence taxes). This is why NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN has managed to come close to…

3/

Everything is flat again? Why, because companies adjust to the new normal. If you recall, there was sporadic growth after Trump’s tax cuts but not SUSTAINED growth. This is the same thing we saw under Reagan. Like getting a raise, your salary goes up, you may feel better, but it quickly goes back to sameo-sameo.

In order for businesses to get juiced, you need another tax cut. You should be able to see where this is going.

The REAL solution? Higher wages for workers (which increases

2/

“While some business tax proposals can make the economy grow faster, economists say many of the individual tax cuts being contemplated would do little to expand investment, gross domestic product or tax collections. And they caution against banking on growth fueled by tax cuts to address the nation’s fiscal challenges.”

This actually isn’t true. What it is based on is the following: in the year tax cuts occur, businesses see growth, etc. This is true.

HOWEVER, in the following year…

I didn’t realize that the GOP wanted to save young girls from Boko Haram so they could give them to Matt Gaetz.

It all makes sense now.

“President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly and infamously been accused of sexual assault and misconduct, is now filling his Cabinet with multiple men who have allegedly committed the same type of violence.”

The GOP is the sex slave party.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-is-filling-his-white-house-with-men-accused-of-sexual-misconduct_n_673cb647e4b024dbac5b82c2