USA news & politics

[Ddanno]

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

www.thenation.com

Quite a good read on why the US is now a basket case

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah, you can't just stop if you're dependant. There's a risk of seizures and death because the brain starts overproducing a chemical that alcohol suppresses. Look up Delirium Tremens if you're curious

Yeah, that's what got my Dad, seizure during the night

 

[Ddanno]

Yeah, that's what got my Dad, seizure during the night

Sorry dude.

 

[Yulia]

It's the one thing I worry about my kids getting into especially my eldest

Sorry maybe I don't have a right to advise (cause don't have my own children yet), but: can recommend to show your children any video/interview with or about strongly addicted people. I remember when I was a teenager and was laughing at everyone talking about drugs and then, one day, I saw an interview with an addicted person who became disabled because of drugs and this person was describing her life on drugs..it impressed me that much that I told myself to never ever even try a weed or something (not to mention any hard drug)!

 

[Saintjay]

Not sure if you bring in the gradual smoking ban. Yet then making it legal to stick heroin in your veins or coke up your nose in a good idea or not really.

 

[Which Tyler]

Please note. The government having done a bad thing doesn't mean that I think the government should never do a good thing.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Not sure if you bring in the gradual smoking ban. Yet then making it legal to stick heroin in your veins or coke up your nose in a good idea or not really.

I bet heroin feels really good though.

 

[AlRums]

Some people live in alternative reality.

S&P hits a record high today.

That lasted well, still winning with huge trade deal?

 

[dirty harry]

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That lasted well, still winning with huge trade deal?

Im confused by this...

Are you saying the markets arent healthy?

 

[AlRums]

Im confused by this...

Situation normal

 

[dirty harry]

Situation normal

I mean, if you could explain why you think when the markets are cracking, that Trump has negatively affected them...

Or how non EU countries could utilise consumer power of Europe...

Or even why addicts dont deserv empathy....

That would be greeeeaaaattttt.

 

[ncurd]

I bet heroin feels really good though.

I know morphine is lovely. Seriously had it once after surgery on my knee I could immediately tell how people get addicted.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Sorry maybe I don't have a right to advise (cause don't have my own children yet), but: can recommend to show your children any video/interview with or about strongly addicted people. I remember when I was a teenager and was laughing at everyone talking about drugs and then, one day, I saw an interview with an addicted person who became disabled because of drugs and this person was describing her life on drugs..it impressed me that much that I told myself to never ever even try a weed or something (not to mention any hard drug)!

The best thing for kids to watch over here when they're 13 or so is the film Trainspotting. You're not right in the head if you watch that film and come away thinking , I really want some smack.

 

[General Melchett]

I agree with Keir.

 

[AlRums]

Smithsonian removes reference to Trump’s impeachments from presidency exhibit

https://us.cnn.com/2025/08/01/politics/smithsonian-trump-impeachment-exhibit-museum

More history being rewritten

 

[AlRums]

Construction on Trump's $200 million White House ballroom to begin in September

https://us.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/white-house-ballroom-construction

War on government waste

 

[Which Tyler]

Much better thing to spend money on, than children's cancer (amongst many other examples)

 

[Which Tyler]

Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.

apnews.com

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/epstein-files-trump-s-name-was-redacted-by-the-fbi

 

[McTallshort]

Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.

apnews.com

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/epstein-files-trump-s-name-was-redacted-by-the-fbi

"Say Trump had nothing to with it and you get a pardon!"

 

[AlRums]

Trump orders firing of statistics chief after weak jobs report and data revisions - live updates

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.

www.bbc.co.uk

You couldn't make this up, job numbers way down. Revision of may and June numbers shown to me vastly inflated.

So, sack the numbers chief because it doesn't reflect well on the orange-utan.

The president accused her, without evidence, of manipulating the numbers for ‘political purposes’

https://us.cnn.com/2025/08/01/business/trump-job-report-number-fire