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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 150 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Hmmm... Guess what percentage of the owners who raise cattle voted for the orange moron?

98.5%, 99% or 99.5?

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 92 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100%

Farm people always vote against their own interests - and it shows.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 100 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 83 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI

Favourite scene of all time. I don't think Cleavon Little knew it was coming and was genuinely laughing.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 96 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Conservatives only know how to do one thing while governing which is to close their eyes, turn off their headlights, press the gas pedal and dare the road to swerve as they hurtle ahead into the darkness with no clue what is going to happen.

Ironic we call them "conservatives".

[–] grue@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The only thing "conservatives" ever conserve, ever have conserved, or ever even intended to conserve, is hierarchical power. Conservatism only happens to line up with "preserving that which currently exists" in the sense that, when conservatism was initially developed, the system that currently existed was monarchy.

Make no mistake: under any system but monarchy/dictatorship, "conservatives'" single purpose will always be to transform it into monarchy/dictatorship as switftly, radically, and even recklessly as they can possibly manage.

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[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

They’re called conservatives because they should all be in conservatorships. That being the case, I think they should be called asylumists.

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 91 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And we think beef is expensive now!

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 95 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

It's aways a great time to join team veg!

Membership is open! Join for a single meal, or go hardcore and fully vegan! There's no rules, you're still on the team if you go veggie one meal a year or every single meal for the rest of your life. It's flexible!

We've got tasty daals, chilis, curries, pan-seared mushroom steaks, a million flavors of hummus, tofus, pulled BBQ seitan, juicy vital wheat gluten roasts, and so much more!

It's also cheap! Homemade hummus is incredible and light on the wallet! You'll discover a world of extremely tasty foods!

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

What's your favorite simple and easy vegetarian recipe that's filling?

I'm not vegetarian, I love me a good cheeseburger every once in a blue moon and always will, but I don't eat a lot of red meat and I've been trying to eat less and less meat in general. I'm not going to pretend eating meat in today's world is ethical, but neither will there be a noticeable difference if I stop buying my pound or two of chicken and a filet of fish every month. I grew up on a meat and potatoes diet and while I've learned a lot since then I'm still not great at cooking filling vegetarian meals, I feel like every time I cook completely without meat I end up absolutely starving in an hour, even if I have protein from other sources.

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[–] Mavvik@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love this. Im firmly in team veg but still haven't given up meat. It may come one day, but for now im happy with about half my meals being vegetarian.

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[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In fairness they've been spreading Northward yearly for several years, we knew they were coming and eradication efforts have been underway for a while to try to blunt it. But, with the idiots currently in charge, just assume those efforts have been botched until proven otherwise.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

the eradication program ended in 22-23, they were making headway ever since. likely it wouldve been restored under harris, A GOP wh will never restore something like this. they always end using budget cuts to fund TAX CUTS.

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At no point did the eradication program end. In 23-24 Biden's USDA quadrupled funding to the Panama facility producing sterile flies. The facility had been underfunded for years (/wave Trump1) and at some point during Covid lost contain of the Darian Gap, officially reaching "we fucked up" thresholds in 2022.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the now classic answer to "Why is this happening now?" Trump fucked it up, Biden tried to fix it without any sense of urgency because he just assumed he'd get eight years, and then Trump came back and fucked it up again.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Biden tried to fix it without any sense of urgency

I would say funding it at 4x is pretty urgent

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[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Australia once again vindicated for banning beef from the USA years ago.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We do a fair job at banning some of their people too

I like seeing local losers pay for tickets to the speaking event of some utter cunt who will be refused a visa, and then the pathetic losers whine about losing their money

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

'Murica got exactly what' Murica deserved

There are awful, powerful people in the background pulling the levers of power, but this isn't new

It has always been fucked. It wasn't founded on the ideals of freedom or anything noble

It was stolen, then built with slavery, and that slavery was just rebranded as capitalism so white people would buy into it, so long as they still felt superior to everyone else

The cruelty and greed have always been the defining characteristics

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel sorry for the cows, they did not vote for the MAGA shitheads.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago

They voted for MOOGA.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

COWS, any kind of livestocks, it also include pets and most warm blooded mammals.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Shit, I'm a worm blooded mammal!

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago

Well don't worry, this administration has a tried and true solution. If you stop checking for screwworm, it's not there.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 46 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We Saved MONEY!

-Ranchers whose Taxes INCREASED!

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 22 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. Every one of those fuckers will happily vote R again after their herds all die off, because “RepUbLIcnS er BeTr for du EcoNiMeE!”

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just saw this yesterday, and that article had an estimated yearly impact of how much money farmers/ranchers would lose every year if screwworm comes back to the US, and IIRC, it was something like $900 million.

That's not even enough for a ballroom.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Daily reminder that the US government is a doomsday cult. This is is by design.

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[–] bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is so much more horrifying than I realized. Humans can get it too. Here's a CDC article on it if you dare. https://www.cdc.gov/new-world-screwworm/about/index.html

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Symptoms can include

Feeling maggots (larvae) move or seeing maggots within a skin wound or sore, or in the ears, nose, eyes, or mouth.
Painful skin wounds or sores that worsen within a few days.
A foul-smelling odor from the site of the infestation.
Bleeding from open sores.

Yeah, that doesn't sound fun.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

'Murica is a laughing stock, and rural' Murica somehow managed to be even more stupid

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 24 points 2 weeks ago

Kurzgesagt did a good episode on screworms.

https://youtu.be/zxq60I5RSW8

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 21 points 2 weeks ago

Working as intended.

[–] angband@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

And with climate change, it could possibly spread further north than it used to, before it was eradicated in the US.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

awesome! for a moment i was worried famine wouldn't be one of the things this administration would bring about.

[–] wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 weeks ago

All those little doge twerps deserve the absolute worst.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks like they are screwed.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Big brain billionaire syndrome

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

When something is eradicated, but comes back, how does that work? Was it only eradicated because of ongoing efforts from this agency?

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Basically. We had previously driven the screw worm south of the darian gap and we had been keeping it there by continuously dropping sterile flys across the region to prevent them from breeding. But the mitigation measures were cut to save money so now we're back to having screw worm in the US.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

This comment needs to be at the top. This was an intentional choice made in the first trump administration to just…stop doing the cheap thing that had been working for a generation. Now the exact expected outcome has come to fruition.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was stuck in South America, and eradicated from North America, with the Darian Gap as the barrier IIRC.

But it’s been spreading north since like 2023. There’s been a kind of inescapable dread that it would come to the US eventually, but it happened faster than was expected.

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[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

If you don't know about the parasite, I really like this Kurzgesagt video explaining it (YouTube link)

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