[-] ira@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Scratch a liberal...

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

The Florida Democratic Party's executive committee voted to cancel their primary at the end of October 2023 and declare Biden the winner

The Tennessee Democratic Party decided to list only Biden as a ballot option for its primary after a November 11 meeting

The North Carolina Democratic Party acknowledged receiving requests for ballot access from Phillips and other candidates, but chose to only include Biden for its primary

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin left Phillips off the ballot; he appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on January 26, 2024. The court unanimously ruled on February 2 that Phillips should be included on the ballot.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Phillips_2024_presidential_campaign

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

MBFC rating for The Telegraph:

Factual Reporting: MIXED

MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

Overall, we rate The Telegraph Right Biased based on story selection that strongly favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing of information and some failed fact checks.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile on the other side of the coin, people have literally been shot and killed for having an extra item in their bag that they didn't pay for.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

How has the rate of U.S. gun deaths changed over time?

While 2021 saw the highest total number of gun deaths in the U.S., this statistic does not take into account the nation’s growing population. On a per capita basis, there were 14.6 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 – the highest rate since the early 1990s, but still well below the peak of 16.3 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 1974.

The gun murder rate in the U.S. remains below its peak level despite rising sharply during the pandemic. There were 6.7 gun murders per 100,000 people in 2021, below the 7.2 recorded in 1974.

The gun suicide rate, on the other hand, is now on par with its historical peak. There were 7.5 gun suicides per 100,000 people in 2021, statistically similar to the 7.7 measured in 1977. (One caveat when considering the 1970s figures: In the CDC’s database, gun murders and gun suicides between 1968 and 1978 are classified as those caused by firearms and explosives. In subsequent years, they are classified as deaths involving firearms only.)

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Sure is. And Hitler is worse than Trump. Would you vote for Trump if he were running against Hitler? I wouldn't.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Who gets the death penalty when it wrongly murders someone?

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A. The 1.5 million people have not "escaped" or been displaced "from Gaza", they've been forced to move to different places in the Gaza Strip: shelters predominantly. There's no ingress/egress from Gaza. It's basically a giant open-air prison.

Israel erected a giant cage around the land boundary of the whole strip in 1993. There's only 3 exits, all of which are closed: the Rafah crossing into Egypt, the Kerem Shalom crossing at the corner where Israel and Egypt touch, and the Erez crossing into Israel in the north.

Israel enforces a blockade of the shoreline, and a no fly zone. They destroyed Gaza's airport in 2001.

B. "More than half" is doing some pretty heavy lifting. 1.5 million is closer to 75%.

C. 10,022 / 2,048,000 = 0.489355%. Since the post yesterday, Israel has killed another 283 people which brings it up to 10,305 / 2,048,000 = 0.503%.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] ira@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Gun manufacturers have special protection, specific legislation at the federal level singling them out to not be liable.

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Interest rates had been historically low for a long time. Loans were cheap and venture capital was flowing freely. Tech companies could focus more on growing their market share with lots and lots of runway before they needed to become profitable.

Then during the pandemic, Congress gave a massive bailout to businesses. Inflation went skyrocketing, and the Fed had to raise interest rates to limit the damage.

Now money isn't flowing nearly as freely for tech companies. Loans are more expensive, and investors are more content to leave their money in high-yield bonds instead. Tech companies are pivoting to stop chasing market share and instead start taking their profits from their current market share, even if it means their market share stops growing.

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