ChonkyOwlbear

joined 2 years ago
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Their policy on education, media, and the arts seems to be to stop doing it entirely.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

We are just beginning to understand how much the chemical Imbalances that lead to depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders originate in the digestive tract and how microplastics from food may disrupt the processing of these chemicals.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

An elderly relative of mine started getting tickets in the mail for running red lights. She apparently just forgot that you couldn't turn left on a red light. It's a miracle she never hit anyone.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Not if Trump gets his way

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

IIRC, the Democrats used the filibuster more during Trump's first term than the Republicans did during Obama's second term. It is a highly flawed tool, but it does have its uses. Yeah, we are going to be able to pass more things we want, but so will the opposition.

I think we should get rid of the filibuster because it has allowed the Executive to take more power. That doesn't mean it will be entirely positive. It might even be a net negative. Remember that we got rid of the filibuster for supreme court appointments and that is what allowed the Republicans to take a supermajority there.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Little sea raviolis.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The last time the Dems had a filibuster proof trifecta, it was for about 2 months and they passed Obamacare. The Repubs spent the next decade trying to break it. The Democrats have a lot of issues, but they are NOT the major problem here.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Yes, but that would have affected virtually nothing Trump has done since gaining office again.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

That's Lincoln Square. The lot was behind a block long strip of popular restaurants and businesses and served as the collective parking for all of them. Removing it pretty much guarantees the street parking along that block will never be removed, when otherwise that block would be a prime candidate to be made a pedestrian-only block.

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