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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • Typically, the upper congressional chamber fast-tracks and confirms military nominations all together at once with bipartisan support, via a process known as unanimous consent.

    But a single senator can prevent it, and Mr Tuberville has done so for eight months in objection to a US Defence Department abortion policy. […] On Wednesday, the Democratic leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, moved to confirm General Charles Brown as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing outgoing General Mark Milley.

    The Senate approved the nomination by 83-11, with Mr Tuberville and a handful of Republican colleagues voting no. […] While Mr Schumer could theoretically confirm nominees on an individual basis, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) concluded that doing so would eat up nearly 700 hours of floor time in the Senate.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66873107

    TL;DR: switch from “quickly grant unanimous approval for groups” to “slowly approve one by one”





  • I pointed out that the fact you refuted wasn’t what the person you replied to was asserting.

    There were two claims asserted:

    • “Not a week goes by in the UK without an attack by this breed.”
    • Some survive, many do not.”

    (Emphasis mine) The first is not something I can find evidence for as there seems to be no break down easily availably by breed. And as for the second, most survive , 0.1% do not.

    The down votes being given for asking for data seems like I’m offending some. 🤷

    as far as info on which breeds are involved, I’m sure it’s out there.

    Does not seem to be as you have also failed to find it. There is aggregate data for all dogs, which yes, is easily found actually refused some of the assertions that the person made.

    Banning based on breed seems like a knee jerk reaction based on anecdotes.






  • Are we sure they actually have nuclear weapons to the level they claim? Given the level of corruption displayed elsewhere in their military and the sheer funds relatively allocated to their nuclear programme, it would not surprise me if their nuclear weapons were just stones with glow in the dark paint on it while the actual money was spent on some oligarch’s house in central London.

    I would of course prefer not to find out by having an ICBM coming my way.