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  1. 2 hours ago, troph said:

    Same reasons humans are bad for the environment except the dog per se isn’t the problem - we are and we have too many, we feed them meat and the dog food industry is disgusting. 
     

    dogs or no dogs is not where this battle gets won. It gets won on innovation, mass migration away from carbon based energy (electricity and fuel), new and improved energy storage techniques, carbon capture and sequestration, and elimination of petroleum based plastics.  There is more but if we do that we are well on our way and our dogs keep getting belly rubs and treats.

    we already have the answers for most of this, what we lack is political will. Individual will won’t get it done, as much as we each try, it’s got to be governmental and industry initiatives and mandates.

    coming at people for having dogs is simply barking up the wrong tree.  

    Nobody in this country is going to do any of that until forced to. Most can't even be bothered to read your clear summary made in a digestible paragraph.

    People will choose their dogs over their grandchildren. In fact, they are doing just that as well as choosing hamburgers, needlessly large vehicles, or anything else they believe they're entitled to.

    Frankly, it seems like we've already impacted nature enough that we won't be able to prevent climate disaster. The melting permafrost is a gigantice problem, and there is nothing to be done about it now.

    Discomfort, pain, or fear force change. By the time climate change evokes any of those, it will be too late.

    I like dogs. I just don't like them above everything else. Your statement about the battle not being won by addressing the statistics quoted on the last page is not much different than saying, "Me giving up beef five days a week won't make any difference?"

  2. 47 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    Voting to confirm Clarence Thomas might be the biggest mistake in Joe Biden’s political career. 

    He was a Trojan Horse that the Dems knew was a Trojan Horse, but they were too cowardly to vote against a Black man for fear of losing votes because all Black people are alike and wouldn't recognize a POS Black person.

    Idiot/Coward World

    The Dems should not have needed Anita Hill to cover their chickenshittedness about voting against Thomas.

    Back then, my feeling was that the GOPs are evil and the Dems are weak.

  3. I'm sure all the people living in the climate cataclysm will understand. 

    We should curtail child births, but the DNA won't allow it. That's something nobody can stop.

    We could take bolder steps regarding cars and mass transit, but it's too costly and inconvenient.

    We could make owning a new pet extremely expensive through licensing, but dogs are great.

    We're spoiled. We don't want to do anything that changes our status quo.

    I'm not doing a lot myself. I don't eat nearly as much beef as I did, I'm careful with water (not a climate thing, but I need enough stuff for another comma), and I'm about to buy a car that gets twice as much MPG as our current main vehicle. Electric is impossible where we live.

    We will be hated. Rightfully despised. I cannot be satisfied to shrug my shoulders and do absolutely nothing.

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    We don't listen, either.

  4. Sadly, there is an aspect of meat consumption statistics that nobody seems to want to talk about. People don't want to give up much meat consumption, but they'll want to give up this even less:

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    UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

    We're a pet-crazy nation. I like dogs and cats. The resources going to them and the damage they do is nuts. 

    Stop acquiring new pets. When your beloved dog dies. Mourn it. Don't replace it. You can live without a new one just like you can live without a giant pick up truck and 20% of the meat you now consume. 

    Or, people can keep doing what they're doing and pass some more consequences the the young. 

    It's not a difficult guess about which way the Americans will go. We've been very consistent in our choices.

  5. On 4/24/2024 at 8:34 AM, Horndog said:

    Instead of a fine, how about 10 hours of community service for each violation?  I would love to see the dotard wearing an orange jump suit picking up trash along the Hudson River.

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  6. 1 hour ago, Scholz said:

    I love the guy who says our SEC schedule is going to be cake and it was gift wrapped.  Thought it was a tough conference?  🤣  Those nimrods are scared shitless.

    We should be, too:

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    Yikes! Hockey goons! I guess that's why the Bulldogs are top 15 every year. Mississippi scary.

    The Aggies know how to lose in Mississippi. They're just trying to warn us.

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  7. Not that it matters much, but Trump was sued for defamation. Biden won't worry about that because he will give this video the proper measure of ignoring.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Incredulity said:

    read the thread.

    No, I don't.  As I have stated above I feel incredibly sorry for Alec's situation.  Nobody deserves to be harangued like he is in this video, I was surprised he was holding it together because he has generally demonstrated he has a temper.  Ending didn't shock me, but surprised me a bit.

    I think Alec is generally an asshole and I don't agree with his politics.  He is a very good actor and I have liked a lot of his performances.

    Apologies for not knowing your position better. I agree.

    It's difficult to know what that final second means. Did Baldwin just brush aside the phone or physically slap the asshole persecuting him?

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  9. 1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    This fat fuck (Cheung, not the orange one) has never made a comment that wasn't some bullshit like this. If this is all he can say, the "journalists" need to stop quoting him. 

     

     

    That's a great point.

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  10. 6 minutes ago, NoName said:

    it's such a fucking dumb thing to bring up considering they went 1-9, were lucky nobody died, had their quarterback break 4 bones in his back (he did not go to the hospital), lost to everyone they could even consider a rival and had the only losing season Bear Bryant ever had.

    Bryant himself said he shouldn't have done it, and it was a mistake to do so.

  11. 2 hours ago, BurntOrangeBlooded15 said:

    I hope you’re right. 
     

    I just can’t imagine if he has a big year in 25-26 and is a projected top 10 pick (he will be if he has any type of big year) that he turns that down to come back to Texas for another year.  
     

    But again.  I hope you’re right.  

    VY wished that he had. He only left early because he thought his hometown team was going to draft him. 

    Now that you can make great money playing college ball, why rush into the NFL? The life of a good college player is better than that of an NFL player. 

  12. 21 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Would someone pay off an extorter who was completely lying about an incident? It's possible to create a scenario where this would occur but it's far more likely to believe the opposite. 

    You need to read the brilliant defense opening more closely. Stormy used opportunism. She's an opportunist.

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