Well unfortunately we live in a democracy, so what the majority of people want doesn’t matter.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a USA to invade the USA and spread some of that sweet sweet democracy I am always hearing about?
The last few weeks isn’t what concerns me. The next 4 years are what concerns me.
He reminds me of my grandparents about 4 years before their respective deaths.
Exactly.
I don’t think Biden has lost control of his mental faculties. I think he is struggling with the power of speech. I think he has a hard time quickly and concisely articulating his thoughts. I would bet that he is still a decent (but slow) writer.
But you can’t do the job of president by email. You must be able to communicate, quickly, accurately, and under pressure.
I don’t know when my grandparents (all four of them) actually transitioned from difficulty speaking to significant cognitive decline, and that’s the problem with Biden. At some point, he will simply be following his caregiver’s prompting rather than actually making a conscious decision, and we won’t know exactly when that has happened.
Trump, on the other hand, is more like my SO’s grandmother. She could form full, complete, mostly angry sentences, but they were lacking coherent direction or intention. She could communicate smugness and anger all the way to the end, but rationality began to disappear years before she passed. Everyone knew she was senile except herself.
Trump is well into his own cognitive decline. He’s been able to mask it pretty well because he’s always been an insufferable, narcissistic prick, but his smug anger has largely become autonomic reflex rather than conscious intent.
Renewable power is the No. 2 source of electricity in the U.S. — and climbing
Why the fuck isn’t it number one yet? We’ve known about climate change for decades now. What’s the holdup? Why is he still opening up more land and sea reserves for drilling? He and the rest of the ghouls in DC still serve oil execs and are never going to make any meaningful actions towards climate change.
Preventing discriminatory mortgage lending
While the update hasn’t taken effect yet
So, nothing.
Forcing Chinese companies to open their books
More warmongering with China. Fuck off.
Preventing another Jan. 6
Uh huh
Building armies of drones to counter China
Shut the fuck up
Biden scraps Trump’s paint scheme for Air Force One
I’m supposed to give a shit about the color of his plane???
Biden recommends loosening federal restrictions on marijuana
“Recommends” He didn’t do shit. It’s not an accomplishment unless he actually does something. And he’s only moving it to Schedule III, not actually legalizing it, so even if it goes through it’s still a half assed solution. Legalize it or fuck off.
A penalty for college programs that trap students in debt
None of my student loan debt has been cancelled.
Biden moves to bring microchip production home
Seriously half this article is diaper pissing about China.
Preventing a cobalt crisis in Congo
More CIA intervention, cool.
Countering China with a new alliance between Japan and South Korea
CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA
Union-busting gets riskier
Remind me again who busted the rail strike.
The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history
Imagine bragging about about fighting climate change then saying this shit.
Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
China again
Seriously half of his “”““accomplishments””“” are just “China bad”. What a garbage ass list, no wonder he’s going to lose.
Also he’s still doing a genocide so he can go fuck himself.
Why the fuck isn’t it number one yet? We’ve known about climate change for decades now. What’s the holdup? Why is he still opening up more land and sea reserves for drilling? He and the rest of the ghouls in DC still serve oil execs and are never going to make any meaningful actions towards climate change.
Because building out additional renewable capacity is becoming increasingly harder. If you look at the countries that presently generate all or most of their electricity from renewables, they generally have some mix of these characteristics:
- Extremely low per capita electricity use, e.g. Global South
- Mostly renewables are hydro and geothermal
- The countries are small enough to just trade with neighbors when needed
The US has largely developed its hydro and geothermal sources, so the options going forward are wind and solar. This is presently a growing mix. Unfortunately, because those are unpredictable, storage is needed. Grid level batteries are not a mature technology, but there is plenty of investment going into the technology. It’ll take some time to build out more wind and solar, and unfortunately Republicans are there the whole way to undermine any meaningful climate action.
Also of note in the US has been the shift from coal, with its higher emissions, to the still bad natural gas. Also less mercury and radioactive material.
China added more solar panels in 2023 than US did in its entire history. If China can expand their renewable infrastructure to such an extent I’m having a hard time believing the US can’t do the same thing.
It’ll take some time to build out more wind and solar, and unfortunately Republicans are there the whole way to undermine any meaningful climate action.
The U.S. is producing more oil than anytime in history right now under Biden. Republicans aren’t the only ones undermining meaningful climate action, this is a fully bipartisan effort.
Both parties serve the same capital interests. Let’s be clear, if they wanted to they absolutely could drastically reduce the amount of oil being drilled and pump billions of dollars into renewable energy research so that the US is no longer reliant on carbon-emitting energies; they just don’t want to.
Drop out? Nah.
I want him to drop dead.
Joe:
can we get a candidate that doesn’t do genocide
Bush and Reagan were able to successfully pressure Israel despite both supporting the occupation.
Biden is a lifelong Zionist ideologue.
Biden has been putting some pressure on them as well, although it’s still too little. Maybe if he wins we’ll see him make real policy changes, but yeah it’s not very likely.
If we could get some kind of ranked-choice voting in place then a 3rd-party candidate would have a legitimate chance here. Unfortunately there’s too much FUD about RCV making your vote “not count”. I’m in Colorado and it looks like we have a real chance of implementing something in the next few years, so I’m crossing my fingers…
Hmm I’ll have to read up on her, I don’t recognize the name. But again, without RCV or some other method, none of these candidates stand an honest chance of being elected. We’re stuck with two-party for now, and all the shit it brings.
