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A point you supported by saying melatonin was considered a food, or food additive, which it's not.

It is legally considered a supplement, which are not FDA regulated, and because it's used to alter a persons mind and behavior, it is a psychotropic.

So are you saying it's not, or shouldn't be, illegal for unlicensed daycare workers to secretly dose children's food with unregulated psychotropic supplements?

Hey everyone, I have a tiny violin ready to go.

Does anyone have a good cheese to pair with this cop's whine?

No, they don't. It's considered a dietary supplement, which thanks to the Supplement lobby is notoriously unregulated.

And FWIW I don't think that you pointing out how special interests lobbies have created any entire industry built on the manufacturering and mass marketing of unregulated supplements and chemicals somehow supports the idea that their safe for kids to consume, or to be dosed with by unlicensed daycare workers.

We are only driving in one direction. The GOP keeps their pedal to the floor, while the Democrats have been happy just to ease up the gas a little - but not slam on the brakes.

You're saying that it's better to support the Democrats and delay the inevitable arrival at destination Facism.

I'm saying if ever want to hope to flip a bitch, or even just find an off-ramp, the Democratic party has to be retrained on who they respond to. The only way to do that is to make them more responsive to their voters, then to their donors.

When facing down the barrel of the unlimited donations and super PACS of their donor class, the only weapon we have is solidarity in not supporting them, until they learn.

Taking a little medicine now, but with the chance to actually turn this car around, is worth the risk when the other option is just delayed full tilt facism, with occasional letting off the gas for the new Tea Party Democrats, if they aren't already outlawed by that point.

..... providing psychotropic chemicals to children, en masse, and without the knowledge or permission of their parents.

Yeah, you're right, definitely no laws against that and clearly there's no possible risk of harm.

No, the reality is that people like you are helping to craft that very future by refusing to stop supporting the Democrats for even a moment.

Even if stopping for that moment is what is needed to turn the party back into a workers party, and not one that is entirely beholden to it's donor class, because they know the rubes will vote for them no matter what they do.

"Look, I know Biden actively supports genocide. But if you point that out, then really it is you who is the bigger supporter of genocide. By not supporting Genocide Joe, you are actually a Trump voter."

Give me a break. Maybe you're the problem if your satisfied supporting a party who's political leanings are so flexible that the only metric they cling to is remaining slightly to the left of the GOP, no matter how far to the right that keeps pushing them.

The Democrats are already a center right party. At this rate, when the GOP goes full National Socialist Workers Party, the Democrats will adopt the Tea Party's politics.

But hey, at least they'll still be to the left of the GOP, right?

Nah, I respected Thomas for never asking questions.

He was the only one of the nine justices, who for so long, didn't pretend that his mind wasn't already made up, or that there was an answer a lawyer could give that would change his predetermined ruling.

He knew what the assignment was, and fuck if he was going to waste any more time then necessary.

She is basically the Koch brothers, but bigger, dumber, and more evil.

The only reason why the Koch family is probably worse, is because their influence flows through the American state.

All this is to say, it's a good bet that after this story dies down, the gallery will quietly acquiesce and take down the painting. This will either be followed by a carrot, or a removal of whatever stick she used.

Can't speak to the first part, it's definitely possible, but what I'm going to say next makes it less likely.

They were likely never his billions. He was most likey a cutout, used by various intelligence agencies. Both as a source of blackmail material/asset development, as well as a means to move money around, off books.

The guy was a legit idiot and was, ironically, groomed by powerful men to be inserted into his "life" as an "investor".*

*These parts aren't conjecture, or opinion. His lack of intelligence is well documented, as is how he was placed on the path of being an "investor" for the ultra wealthy and powerful.

They know it has. Think of this like when a porn studio uploads their own films to a torrent site, and then goes after people who download them.

Except, in this case, everyone involved are terrible human beings. So... while I will never cheer for Sony Music, I will happily root against all the AI/tech companies they go after for scraping their catalogues.

Awesome. Truly spectacular.

Generative AI is so energy intensive ($$$), that Google is requiring users subscribe to Gemini.

Google is entirely dependent on advertising sales. Ad revenue subsidizes literally everything else, from Android development to whichever 8-12 products and services they launch and subsequently cancel each year.

Now, Google wants to remove web results and just use generative AI instead of search as it's default user interface.

So, like I said: Awesome.

Not applicable to that specific post as they obviously went the extra mile in layering an exaggerated and moronic take with additional hyperbole.

The fact that they had to edit in and add an explicit "/s" is an indictment of the mental capacity of those who down voted it, not OP, and definitely not indicative of Poe's Law.

Wouldn't be the first time I assumed wrong, but I'm going to wait for better sourcing than the Kyiv Post for this particular story.

They have an existential rational for blaming Russia, as well as an obligation to feed the propaganda narrative for their ongoing war. That's not a criticism as that's what is required of them at this moment, but it's an acknowledgement of why I will wait for additional reporting that isn't sourced from Ukraine, or a single Hungarian journalist on Twitter.

Edit: Look, a different article with different sourcing that points in a different direction. Either way, this situation will take time to get an accurate accounting of what actually happened, and why.

They are center left, which yes, does include some neoliberal tendencies. However, they still support Australia's welfare state and have very strong ties to, and support from, the relatively strong unions that still exist in Australia.

That's a fine metric for your own internal political compass, but it's a poor one to use when trying to discuss or describe world events, especially on a forum like this.

Not because it's an indefensible position, but because no one else is going to know your definition of rightwing is literally anything that isn't already a communist utopia.

But I'm to go out on a limb and assume, no offense, that you just weren't aware that Australian Labor regained power after nearly a decade of being the opposition...which is understandable, most people don't follow Australian politics, outside of Australia.

Zero....his electoral platform was basically "stop helping Ukraine".

There's no upside for an independent Russian resident of Slovakia to be a provocateur and potentially kill their ally, and nothing would reinvigorate weakening Western support for Ukraine than the Russian state attempting to assassinate a European head of state.

The previous coalition government started this persecution, but Albo's Labor government drove it home.

So it seems like governments love prosecuting whistleblowers would be the correct take on this situation.

Edit: Just to be extra clear, Australia's current government is Labor (center left party), but the previous government was a coalition of the Liberals (mainstream, yet still far right party) and the Nationals (deep fried crazy far right party).

So the unjust prosecution of David McBride started under the previous rightwing coalition government, but the current left leaning Labor government continued the prosecution and got the conviction.

That's disingenuous, especially with the livestock guardian, rescue, and hunting dogs you listed - precisely because those were the traits selected for when creating those breeds.

Even GSD and Dobermans don't carry the specific risk that Pitbulls do, because their jobs require behavioral traits that are very different than dog fighting.

Yes, all dogs carry some risk, especially large dogs, and exponentially when combined with a irresponsible owner.

Yes, pitbulls can be extremely sweet and affectionate dogs, but that doesn't change the fact that they were intentionally bred to be the best in class breed for dog fighting

Do you believe that pitbulls are the only working dog breed whose characteristics and behavior is completely independent of the selective breeding process used to create them?

Again, I like pitbulls, a lot, but that doesn't mean I can disregard the science of dog breeding.

Did no one read the article?

This was actual legally defined bribery of a state lawmaker and the accused executive is going on trial.

What the article doesn't address is whether the legislation this bribe was paid for, will be repealed or impacted.

FYI it was a bill to remove AT&T's obligations as a Carrier of Last Resort in Illinois.