Why are you so angry at them? If their path is foolish, a bunch of them will die off; won't you get some smug sense of self-satisfaction from that? Isn't the consequence of disobeying the establishment and departing from your plainly superior intellect- the disease culling the 'vax-afraiders'- doesn't this prospect set your heart at peace?

But cryptic discoveries often mean that species once considered common and widespread are actually several, some of which may be endangered and require immediate protection.

Sounds like a bullshit basis for a power grab. Redefine 'species' in an attempt to grab more power over land and resources by abuse of existing laws. Screw activists. You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. Don't let them pull off this end run around power grab.

It's no secret that the vast majority of the plastic in the oceans comes from about 10 rivers in Africa and Asia that the locals use as dumps. Specifically, the Yangtze; Indus; Yellow; Hai He; Ganges; Pearl; Amur; Mekong, Nile and the Niger.

In the US, we greatly reduced litter with public campaigns to encourage people- individuals- to put their trash where it belongs. This was a combination of advertising, law enforcement, and infrastructure- specifically, common placement of public trash cans. We've also made huge strides in the engineering of landfills.

By blaming western corporations, Emma Priestland and the 'Break Free From Plastic' organization are all but plainly stating that they think the locals around those 10 rivers are incapable of modifying their behavior and infrastructure.

And that, my friends, is the most racist BS I've seen so far today.

Not the person you're responding to, but I'm pretty sure their less-than-polite phrasing meant "biological female who has ever been involved in jetpack development or *jetpack* flying".

Everyone knows Amelia Earhart was a big part of aviation history in that era, but I strongly suspect that she didn't moonlight as the Rocketeer.

When the Marxists get in power, not only is there far more 'want', but there's a lot of straight-up murder too. Not sure how you missed the 20th century entirely in your history classes.

Oh everyone else covered the necessary response to your spin just fine, I don't feel the need to add on. A good day to you sir!

I just want to say your username is lovely for this kind of post!

San Onofre botched their Steam Generators to be sure, but they could have safely run them at a lower power level (80%) for decades. The hostile political environment resulted in a requirement to re-license at this lower power level. That process- given the aforementioned hostile environment- would have been prohibitively expensive.
The Fukushima comparison... well I'll say that's a unique charge against the site. The coastal location of the damaged Japanese plants was not the sole factor that lead to their disaster, and I don't believe those other factors were present for San Onofre in this slightest. But if you have some material I've missed, please share.

What they broadcast doesn't appear to have a significant bias, but the dirty secret is that any topic that can't be spinned to neutral or right leaning, Fox doesn't air, or they bury it 25 stories down.

How, pray tell, do you determine that your favorite news outlet isn't doing the same thing, but in service of a view point you favor?

They're usually racist against blacks as well, in a condescending, low-expectations fashion.
The Smithsonian just put out- and then memory-holed- a graphic saying that "thinking about the future" and "being on time" are oppressive aspects of 'white cultural supremacy'.
These people are insane retrogrades, and will take us straight back to raw tribalism if we let them. They are openly rejecting objectivity, rationalism, and every personal / behavioural trait that lead to our modern world.

Would you silence people outside of Reddit or any territory you rightfully control if you could? Because a lot of your fellow travelers sure would. But maybe you're different. Tell me, do you value discourse? Or is all disagreement 'hate speech'?

Considering that in the USA we had essentially full employment before the COVID-10 'response', I'd say we'll accept it as soon as it starts actually happening. We seem to keep finding more things for people to do.

As for the 'government handouts' you talk about, I think you've got your causes and effects mixed up. A Walmart employee on public assistance raises their standard of living above living on government assistance alone, or living on their wages alone. You seem to imply that in the absence of government assistance, that Walmart employee would not get that job at all. I suggest the individual would still choose to seek employment, and would rather living on Walmart wages than beggar's receipts.