[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

IIRC before these changes take affect, Mexico’s President appoints (at least supreme) court judges who have tenure for 15 years. The ruling party is arguing for these changes to combat corruption. Rumor is that the Mexican legal system is corrupt af, and I haven’t seen any alternatives proposed by the opposition in (English) coverage of the protests, but we’ll see how electing judges goes I guess.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I agree with Blue. #SetGoldshireFree

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 74 points 3 months ago

Almost 40% of South Dakotans are trash.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 95 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Agreed. I find the people in my life who blindly support Israel know nothing of the history of Zionism prior to 1948 and think Palestine was given to Israel just because of the holocaust, almost universally omitting that there were already people there and the responsibility of all western governments (I’m considering Russia “west” here) in the oppression of Jews in the years leading up to, and after, the holocaust.

The Behind the Bastards episode on Bibi Netanyahu talked about how he really got his start in the US as a lobbyist for the state of Israel and the media blitz Israel utilized to get both American parties to unconditionally support Israel. Most Americans are just propagandized af.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 84 points 8 months ago

The stream isn’t always consistent and I ain’t got the patience to clean that shit up. Sittings easier.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 122 points 8 months ago

Why not use both? I still use Reddit for game communities that haven’t developed on lemmy. Right now Lemmy is useful for different things, though I hope it continues to grow.

I deleted the Reddit app so I’m forced to use the browser version of Reddit which is fucking awful and keeps my Reddit time to a minimum.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 197 points 9 months ago

The half crop at the bottom really makes this meme

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 79 points 9 months ago

I feel like the biggest reason he won’t be effective is that he’s against pure obstructionists in the GOP. They have no desire to govern and somehow won the House.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago

I get better responses here on Lemmy with my longer replies, which is great. Reddit feels overall dumber now where people will try and argue that your comment with sources is somehow less compelling than someone else’s sourceless opinion (true story).

I’m having far better interactions on Lemmy.

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 120 points 11 months ago

Israel basically created the monster that is Hamas today because they funded the radical islamists to take away support for the more leftist PLO.

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/

[-] Jaderick@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

Just fucking die already Christ.

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