A federal court issued an order blocking Florida state officials and in particular Gov. Ron DeSantis' health secretary Joseph Ladapo, from threatening TV stations over ads in support of Amendment 4, the constitutional ballot referendum that seeks to repeal Florida's near-total abortion ban, reported...
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    But he did ban mention of climate change by the state so those pesky hurricanes should stop any day now, right?

    There’s an old Soviet joke.

    Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev are riding a train through Leningrad. They look out the window and see a man begging outside the terminal.

    Stalin pounds his fist and declares, “I cannot believe what I am seeing! The mayor of the town should be shot for allowing such poverty in this wealthy city!”

    Khrushchev thumbs his chin and announces, “I cannot believe what I am seeing. The city clearly needs another round of economic reforms to fix the poverty in this wealthy city.”

    Brezhnev twiddles his thumbs and mutters, “I cannot believe what I am seeing. Someone should shut the window.”

    Liberals like to pretend their Khrushchev. Conservatives like to pretend liberals are Stalin. In reality, liberals are Brezhnev.