"China does not want to exist in a trading system, where goods are traded for other goods. China wants to make all the goods, and have other countries pay for those goods with debt."

These two things are about the same size "2nm" transistor gate pitch : 42nm Flagellum motor : 45nm

Tucked away on pages 744-746 of the Farm Bill is language that will allow corporations to continue confining mother pigs to gestation crates. These 2.5' x 7' stalls restrain sows for 114 days of their pregnancy. They can only walk a few steps forward and a few steps backward. It's called the 'Save Our Bacon Act' even though the legislation it would overturn does not address bacon. It would overturn legislation that prevents the sale of whole-pig meat that comes from pigs whose mothers were confined to gestation crates in jurisdictions that voted to ban such products. This is not just an animal welfare issue. It's a public health threat. Research shows that 92.6% of crated sows exhibit abnormal, repetitive behaviors—known as stereotypies—within just one hour of observation. This is a coping mechanisms triggered by stress. Crated sows have markedly higher levels of stress hormones like adrenaline and noradrenaline compared to group-housed sows. This stress response weakens their immune systems and promotes the growth and virulence of foodborne pathogens such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Staphylococcus aureus. These pathogens often infect their piglets—who are born immunosuppressed and frequently remain infected until slaughter. These infections frequently go undetected during inspections. When infected pigs are slaughtered, the resulting pork can transmit disease to consumers. This isn’t hypothetical—it’s happening now. Piglets of group-housed sows show better resistance and resilience and are exposed to fewer pathogens. Pork is a leading source of foodborne illness in the U.S., responsible for an estimated 787,000 illnesses annually. Salmonella alone is responsible for $1.9 billion in annual public health costs, and 60% of sows test positive for it. Ten percent of these strains are multidrug-resistant. Campylobacter from pork causes 37,000 infections in the U.S. annually, and 83% of Campylobacter found on commercial pork chops is resistant to at least one medically important antibiotic. The overuse of antibiotics in pork production worsens this crisis. According to 2022 data from the FDA: -89% of pork producers administer antibiotics through feed or water. -27.1% of all medically important antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in pork production. -This contributes directly to the rise of antimicrobial resistance—a threat the World Health Organization estimates is responsible for 700,000 deaths each year. The language in the Farm Bill says: SEC. 12006. Ensuring the Free Movement of Livestock-Derived Products in Interstate Commerce. (a) Purpose.— The purpose of this section is to— (1) protect the free movement in interstate commerce of products derived from covered livestock; (2) encourage a national market of such products; (3) ensure that producers of covered livestock are not subject to a patchwork of State laws restricting access to a national market; and (4) ensure that the United States continues to uphold its international trade obligations. (b) In General.— Producers of covered livestock have a Federal right to raise and market their covered livestock in interstate commerce and therefore no State or subdivision thereof may enact or enforce, directly or indirectly, a condition or standard on the production of covered livestock other than for covered livestock physically raised in such State or subdivision. (c) Protecting Interstate Commerce.— Producers of covered livestock have a Federal right to raise and market their covered livestock in interstate commerce and therefore no State or subdivision thereof may enact or enforce, directly or indirectly, as a condition for sale or consumption, any condition or standard of production on products derived from covered livestock not physically raised in such State or subdivision that is in addition to, or different from, the conditions or standards of production in the State in which the production occurs. (d) Definitions.— In this section: (1) Covered Livestock.— The term “covered livestock” (A) means any domestic animal raised for the purpose of— (i) slaughter for human consumption; or (ii) producing products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, including fluid milk products; and (B) does not include domestic animals raised for the primary purpose of egg production. (2) Production.— The term “production”— (A) means the raising (including breeding) of covered livestock; and (B) does not include the movement, harvesting, or further processing of covered livestock. Photo courtesy of @WeAnimals.

Look at the regimes that leftists support the most nowadays. Khamenei and the IRGC, who shoot tens of thousands of unarmed protesters in the streets. Maduro, who reduced his people to eating rats and tortured many thousands. Hezbollah, the Houthis... What a fucking disgrace.

This is why the Venezuelan military never rebelled against Maduro:

China is destroying Africa as well as all the oceans and they’re doing it unchecked for some or other reason. I’d like to know why

We can talk about UAE / Singapore versus Australia and the West more broadly as model states in how they deal with Islamist extremism but let's actually look at an example that demonstrates the point. In 2002, Singaporean Zulfikar Shariff fled to Australia after getting charged for his activities organizing and campaigning against a hijab ban in schools, and defending and promoting Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Australia welcomed him with open arms, and provided him with scholarships and a place to further postgraduate study, despite not having an undergraduate degree, even after his work with Al-Qaeda financiers was made public in 2006 by the left leaning ABC. He was granted Australian citizenship in 2011. He continued to receive state grants and unemployment benefits from the Australian government, all the while continuing his activism from there. He made videos posted on various social media sites where he said things like Chinese Singaporeans were colonial settlers, not migrants, and that Singapore's ideology had insulted, degraded and oppressed Muslims. In 2016, he gets arrested when he returned to Singapore and detained under the Internal Security Act. He then renounces his Singaporean citizenship and returned to Australia where he now resides with his family. If this is the kind of immigrant Australia accepts, is the Bondi massacre really such a surprise? Why does Australia grant citizenship to people who are not compatible with the values they claim to embrace? Shariff's case highlights differences in how Singapore and Australia approach these issues. The West embraces high-minded ideals of tolerance and pluralism which is commendable, but has its trade-offs in terms of balancing security and freedom. It's time to have that difficult conversation: which way, Western man?

This is, perhaps, the only thing that really matters. We either beat China, or liberty—and maybe even humanity—dies forever. It cannot be overstated how utterly crucial it is that America shapes up. We cannot allow even the possibility of a Communist victory.

Missing the old days when African tribes would kill the overfed outsider and feed him to the village.

Ironically, if the entire country operated this way esp. wrt to housing and clean energy infrastructure, the US would be in a much better place today and enjoy a higher standard of living.

The measles situation is getting worse, with yet another outbreak. The solution is simple: use the safe, effective MMR vaccine. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer parents care to protect their children.

It's not an 'anti-Israel mob'; it's a Jew-hating, west-hating, human rights despising horde that has been given cover under the legislated freedoms of Liberal democracies.

karma?

America is the only country where a foreigner can insult the national symbolism/mythos without backlash, and even be praised by the locals. NW Euros are the most demoralized people. They hate their history, their forefathers, even their very existence.

no undocumented immigrant ever started living in a car outside your house, because you're not Latino. yet you expect Latinos to live in neighborhoods overwhelmed by migrants in your twisted way of dehumanizing their aspirations and quality of life goals.

Qatar Is Responsible For Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's 2,977 Murders On 9/11 – At The World Trade Center And The Pentagon, And On Two Other Hijacked Flights – That Are Only Some Of 31 Attacks And Plots That He Outlined In His Own Confession memri.org/reports/qatar-resp…

US invaded the Dominican Republic in **1965** Apparently if some third world countries don't get invaded by the US or another regional power to put an end to local idiocy things can deteriorate into canniablism.

Sadly, this was the beat of Chris Hayes- long before the Joy Reid era of MSNBC and the incessant drumbeat of identitarian politics and the crude racial analysis of society.

Yes, the trans cult has always been about transcendence that allows the human spirit to break through the limitations of the physical body and reach a higher state of being, although most of its adherents are consciously unaware of this dynamic

One of the counter-intuitive effects of climate change, and that often fuels denial, is that warmer temperatures (in this case warmer lake water) can fuel more intense winter storms.