U.S. Warmongering Hits Historic Level as Trump Attacks 3 Continents in 3 Days
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from floofloof@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 17:48
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from floofloof@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 19 Mar 17:48
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cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/205768
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So we are not counting North-America, where the ICE raids continue then?
America is one continent.
North and South America are considered separate continents. They’re not even connected now that the Panama canal was dug.
Damn I didn’t realize we dug into them tectonic plates.
They are separate tectonic plates, the two continents only crashed together relatively recently, the “columbian exchange” that saw wildlife mix between the continents. South America was near Africa at one point, North America more with Europe as I understand it.
I find it really cool that the Appalachian mountains used to be connected with what’s now the Scottish Highlands, if memory serves correctly.
When I was on the Appalachian trail they had a placard that explained it and said it’s also the oldest mountain range in the world, and used to be like 4x the size of the himalayans (which is the youngest.) Others have disputed that, but just internet randos with no sources, I trust the NPS placard.
So crazy to think about because they’re so worn down at this point. Neat!
They’re also not on the same tectonic plate
We did! The canal is tens of meters deep, while bedrock is typically not more than a few meters below the surface anywhere on earth (except where cover naturally collects in places like valleys).
The Panama Canal doesn’t even go all the way down to sea level; it definitely does not make a difference.
If America is one continent, then Afro-Eurasia is also one continent.
Yes, this is true: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number
Are we opening the how many continents are there can of worms? Because it makes me incontinent.
I say 9. India is its own continent(al plate so it totally counts) and I like Oceanía being a continent
Most earthworms are not native to the Americas.
Third grade was a tricky year for all of us
Depends on which third grade. Some countries learn about America as one continent in e.g. a six-continent model. Which I think is silly given the obvious first continental divide to go would be the Eurasian one that only exists for historical reasons.
America makes sense for historical reasons as well. After all it is a massive settlers colony of different European nations. The Spanish influence very much connects both continents, if you want to do that.
4 continents. He called Carney governor again recently.
Remember “terrorist” is an ill defined term trump can apply to anyone who thumbs their nose at him and use as justification for sending our sons overseas to kill them.
Ecuador? Why?
They just elected a right wing guy playing off the fear of crime, they used to be one of the safest but have had a crime wave. Columbia’s president just said they found a score or so of charred bodies on the Columbian side of the border that were bombed too. The US violated their sovereignty just the other day.
Here you go.
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When the Ford lands on Crete it’ll be Europe too. Y’all prepared? I’m not.