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Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don't approve funding, there are dangers to the future of Social Security and Medicare.

Trump said at a press conference that when he asked Democrats for feedback on the funding bills, one said, "It means death."

"There's nothing about death," Trump said. "Theirs is death because they're going to lose Medicaid, they're going to lose Social Security, they're going to lose Medicare, all of those things are going to be gone because the whole country would be bankrupt, and you're not going to have any kind of medical insurance."

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[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

25 million staving homeless men with a purpose

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Some cuts may be necessary in these trying times

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are YouTube videos on how to build one of these.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure a few people could just figure one out from memory. Thats like early game minecraft type shit.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The trick is to put a weight on the blade. I watched multiple videos.

The weight helps the blade stay on the track with out straying, which causes friction and less force.

A straight blade is more likely to have issues coming down off track. But cuts best if weighted.

The angled blade was not the best choice based on the videos I saw that tested a bunch of different blade designs.

But weight. Add like 20lbs to the blade. Or make a hydraulics one. There is also a video where some one made one. But the simple one will do the job.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We can always just try again if it fails, not like they are free to go if they somehow survive.