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Know your…Logical fallacies

JFC.

"According to the list of guest speakers, the Liberal team is hearing from Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation [and Project 2025 mastermind], a conservative think-tank that has shaped Republican administrations since the 1980s..."

Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kevin-roberts-project-2025-carney-1.7624327?cmp=rss

Project 2025 mastermind invited to Carney's cabinet meeting no longer speaking | CBC News

A prominent conservative figure in American politics and the mastermind behind Project 2025 — the infamous policy blueprint that proposed a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government — was invited to speak to Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet behind closed doors Thursday but is no longer making the trip north.

CBC

"Doctor" Ladapo and his sponsors will soon require Florida medical schools to teach Bodily Humors and bloodletting.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0e485wwwo

Florida plans to become first state to ban all vaccine requirements

Vaccine mandates are immoral and akin to slavery, says Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

In erasing the memorial for the pulse nighclub, DeSantis isn't just saying queer people shouldn't be memorialized. He's saying his administration supports the murder of queer people. 1
gotta give ‘em some credit, microsoft edge’s new “our ai will make a theme for you!” feature didn’t even hesitate here
Why, thank you for asking, AI bot! Just so you know, the British spell it "week-end". Americans don't say "on the weekend".
Well, if that's how Mister Never Put Any Serious Capital On the Line sees it, then California isn't going anywhere as hard as it should.

Many men who were in Parsippany
All at once had a toilet epiphany
Because they did spout
Toilet paper ran out
So they all had to try not to drip any.

https://www.theautopian.com/how-the-annual-saab-owners-meet-turned-into-a-literal-shitshow/

How The Annual Saab Owners Meet Turned Into A Literal Shitshow - The Autopian

Every year for the past 42 years, the Saab Club of North America has gathered to celebrate all things Saab. This year’s owners’ convention was supposed to be no different. Hundreds of cars traveled thousands of miles—sometimes crossing international borders—to be at this year’s venue, a Sheraton hotel in Parsippany, New Jersey. In all, over […]

The Autopian
Kim Davis asking to overturn Obergefell (the federal gay marriage ruling) is ridiculously attenuated; she's saying that "because I refused my duty under settled law, but I disagreed with the law, the law should be overturned years later" which is not a stance that most lawyers would even bother with. That said, there's a solid chance that SCOTUS will take the case anyway, given that they don't really bother with precedent, the Constitution or legal reasoning any longer.

Evergrande, once China's second-largest property company, to be delisted after bankruptcy judge concludes that the debt of 45B US$ is far larger than previous estimates, and a restructuring is out of reach.

The Chinese property market is already in deep trouble. Liquidating Evergrande via price discovery will lead to an industry-wide price reevaluation, possibly cratering already-low property valuations, the primary savings vehicle for millions of China's citizens.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/evergrandes-debt-hits-45-billion-with-restructuring-ruled-out

Evergrande’s Debt Hits $45 Billion With Restructuring Ruled Out

China Evergrande Group’s debt load is far bigger than earlier estimated, amounting to HK$350 billion ($45 billion) as any “holistic” restructuring of the Chinese real estate firm is deemed out of reach, according to the developer’s court-appointed liquidators.

After killing ten people with contaminated meat, you'd think that Boar's Head would have cleaned up their act. Nope. It's not just one plant with inexcusable sanitation problems, it's several, and it's ongoing.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/boars-head-to-reopen-plant-as-mold-and-funky-meat-problems-pop-up-elsewhere/

Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere

Inspection reports of other Boar’s Head plants do not bode well.

Ars Technica