Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

Indiana ended federal unemployment benefits. Now, that decision is being challenged in court [IndyStar]
 
Indiana Sued For Cutting Off Federal Unemployment Benefits [HuffPost]
 
TL;DR: Two legal organization are going to sue the state of Indiana to prevent Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb from cutting federal unemployment benefits that is set to expire by September. In other words, pretty much our Governor is trying to appease big corporations.

@NitroFury
 
Ultimate mid-west showdown: who do we destroy first when the time comes: Indiana the Land Of Burning Crosses or Ohio the Land Of Opiates

It’s official, Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday.

@CaptainXtra
 
And maybe once the population is low enough, the corpos will be gone and we could rebuild the world?
 
@NitroFury
 
If this will help the African Americans improve their conditions, then it is good.
 
So far, the most I knew about Juneteenth celebrations tend to be about barbecues and memorials to slavery.

@NitroFury  
What the hell is “Juneteenth?”

@Goku Black  
A celebration of the end of slavery, apparently. Wiki knows more.

@Goku Black  
June 19th aka Emancipation Day, the day the Emancipation Proclamation was officially enforced in Texas 156 years ago (minus a couple of days), which has subsequently grown to become a nationwide day of celebration for the black community.

@HorsesandMuchMOAR  
@CaptainXtra  
Yeah, don’t get your hopes up.
 
It could bounce back, just so you know. Sorry if i’m being cynical.
 
 
@CaptainXtra  
If this was the US, it would definitely be unconstitutional.

So a Conservative lead US Supreme Court decided to uphold Obamacare, which is surprising to see.

Fox News Destroys Trump’s Putin Summit Performance | The Daily Show
 
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. Trevor Noah is a step down from John Stewart, but man does he not earn his keep whenever he humiliates Fox News by doing nothing but airing their own words.

@Background Pony #A429  

 
Any possible bounce back made will be due to sheer ignorance or possibly through manufactured consent.

@CaptainXtra  
Yeah, though it’s likely the latter.
 
 
@NitroFury  
Surprising, yes. Expected, also yes.
 
 
@AaronMk  
More likely both.

@Background Pony #A429  
And what makes it more surprising is that two people that Trump appointed, supports Obamacare. Talk about backfiring.

This comes from the New Action Plan by WHO:
 

 
As you can imagine, it’s getting some criticism.

@CaptainXtra  
yeah could have worded that a lot better, “Women who have a high chance of becoming pregnant” would have done better because i assume the idea is to avoid heavy drinking during the period before they find out they are pregnant, but the way it’s worded now comes off as superstitious and condescending,

Tbf, we all should avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
 
 
And I’m typing this while tipsy for added irony.

It’s true (I think) that no amount of male drinking can cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Just countless other health and social issues.

 
I mean, sure. But how else are we going to afford to drone strike poor and children in foreign countries?

@Dustcan  
We stop having kids here in the states, then the militaries for hire and the corporations who employ them will lose future wage slaves and soldier fodder.
 
#NOMOREKIDSUNDERCAPITALISM

@Dustcan  
Yeah, it’s pretty clear our government keeps sending money to our military, just so we can keep bombing countries full of brown people. Cause that’s the one thing that the American Government is only good at.

@Dustcan  
Without that fancy military someone else with a fancy military shows up. What do you do then?
 
@CaptainXtra  
Your alternative?
 
@NitroFury  
This is just not true at all.

@silbasa  
Then tell us, what is the American Government good at aside from bombing brown people?

@NitroFury  
Hmm. Keeping one of the world’s largest countries governed and maintaining world stability by keeping some very scary actors at bay?

@silbasa  
And they need to spend three times as much money as China does for that (as much as the next twelve largest defense budgets put together, really)? Seems terribly inefficient.

@Ereiam  
If they want to be the ones in charge they do. China is ramping up its military spending and ambitions.
 
“The lavish spending increases of years past have given China the second-largest defense budget in the world behind the U.S. With 3 million troops, the world’s largest standing military has been steadily adding aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines and stealth fighters to its arsenal.
 
The government says most of the spending increases go toward improving pay and other conditions for troops while observers say the budget omits much of China’s spending on weaponry, most of it developed domestically. China’s military is largely designed to maintain its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, although it has also grown more assertive in the South China Sea, the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and elsewhere.”
 
https://apnews.com/article/world-news-china-national-budgets-coronavirus-pandemic-c31cc5ca83d77506264006a5d155e299
 
If they stop being the big guy in the playground someone else comes along.