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noimdaveman t1_j3ex6o7 wrote

You mean giving back what was stolen? Cool.

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SirGlenn t1_j3fcpyh wrote

This will only help the tribes, it's a good thing.

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nightcycling t1_j3fyuzi wrote

Biden wants to send MORE water to Saudi Arabia ?

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sploittastic t1_j3g1z43 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,307,107)

You're being downvoted because your comment doesn't contribute to the discussion. This is like when you ask a question about a product on Amazon and a bunch of verified purchasers get the notification and respond with "I don't know".

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PsycoticANUBIS t1_j3g31zd wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,307,656)

Honesty is important, making a pointless reply that does not contribute to anything is not. It is clearly a rhetorical question, meaning it does not require an answer, it was asked for dramatic effect and/or to make a point. So no you don't always need to answer when someone asks.

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Any_Coyote6662 t1_j3g7tk0 wrote

Replying to nightcycling (#1,307,543)

Arizona and Texas are allowing Saudi Arabia to use our water resources for massive agricultural operations to support their cattle industry which can't be sustained by Saudi Arabians desert because growing cattle feed is impossible in the desert. Biden has no control of what Texaw and Arizona do with their farmland.

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holymurphy t1_j3g92qu wrote

Replying to nightcycling (#1,307,543)

Imagine blaming Biden, when it's the states of Texas and Arizona who sells their farmland to whom they choose.

Biden literally has no control over what they use their land for, and frankly, has more urgent matters to attend.

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OfCourse4726 t1_j3ghj4u wrote

i hope this came with a stipulation that they can only use it for tribal people and never sell it to anyone else.

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renasissanceman6 t1_j3gindc wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,308,115)

The guys with a history of it or the guy you just want to try and label “also racist” so trump doesn’t look so bad by comparison.

Gotta bring everyone down to his level because he never ever once got up to anyone else’s level of decency.

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charyoshi t1_j3gjbl0 wrote

Hopefully their aquafers keep water to have rights for.

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redface25nyc t1_j3gnngj wrote

this does sound like good news but Native / American gov history is riddle with caveats. i will not be surprised if this turns out to be the same

read: "an indigenous peoples history of the united states" by roxanne dunbar-ortiz (heartbreaking and infuriating)

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brhp6969 t1_j3gogio wrote

If social security means anything to you or family members do your research republicans are going to try an cut those programs, Medicare also is going under the knife, better wake up too the truth Americans!

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nenzkii t1_j3gx7u6 wrote

Biden seems to do a lot of good without all the unnecessary dramas. (In the eye of a non-US citizen)

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WhiteChocolatey t1_j3h2nwo wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,308,839)

Oh boy! One of you people!

So, the secret service agents both control him, AND leak things about his diaper-wearing tendencies? That’s amazing! I assume some are in on the globalist control scheme, and some aren’t? Please enlighten us all further!

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MrWeasle t1_j3h4hqh wrote

Replying to DaddyPlsSpankMe (#1,309,060)

Yeah he gets told to sign bills for good optics. The fact this is such a big deal to you people just proves how utterly dumb the average person does. Signing a largely unimportant bill that no one was talking about before, does not magically absolve Bidens administration from all the other terrible policies and crimes they're responsible for.

So if I gave back something I stole from someone years ago, does that absolve me from murdering a completely different person? The logic doesn't make sense and really shows democrats will grab onto anything that gives them security in aligning with a mental patient being controlled by strings.

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DaddyPlsSpankMe t1_j3h61ap wrote

Replying to MrWeasle (#1,309,161)

Damn you’re like tight that Biden secured water rights and land for thousands of Native Americans. Just because the bill won’t have an effect on my life or yours does not undermine the importance of it. Maybe no one was really talking about it because a majority of American disregard Native American rights?

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HyruleanFox t1_j3h6ut2 wrote

Replying to MrWeasle (#1,309,161)

Interesting point, I guess you shouldn't have an issue with the BLM movement by that logic?

I mean, slavery and segregation were YEARS ago. But, if you finally give black people some semblance of equality, despite it not being truly equal, that doesn't absolve you from murdering and enslaving a completely different person!

So, like, black people have a reason to feel dejected and untrustworthy of our modern society that had done so much and continues to do so much wrong.

Thank you! The logic of your words makes complete sense and really shows that the Republicans will always always fail to see the irony of equivalencies in their own words that have been spoon fed like to them through Facebook groups led by nutcases and foreign government entities (theres actual proof on this); and they eat that shit up like a little bit of chicken fried. 😄 Takes one to know one I guess!

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useless169 t1_j3hd5vb wrote

This is really important as chipmakers plan to build in AZ

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OfCourse4726 t1_j3hf84p wrote

Replying to Papercut_Sandwich (#1,308,131)

that's not how it works. the reason they're given water is it's a human right. it's water. they werent suddenly given 1 billion dollars. it makes no sense to give them water just so they can sell it. just like how they use indian land to house casinos.

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Netxgmr t1_j3hjmjm wrote

“But that was our water…” -Nestlé

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Zomgirlxoxo t1_j3hn4zw wrote

Replying to WhiteChocolatey (#1,309,067)

Hey I’m as blue as they get, but even I can admit Biden has dementia. He was better than the alternative and I’m happy he won… and I think all that other stuff sad in the above post was a stretch also… but it’s def no secret he has dementia.

As somebody who has lived in Arizona, northern and southern…. I appreciate this bill. I think he does a lot better than people give him credit for.

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Eswift33 t1_j3ia0xc wrote

Replying to nightcycling (#1,307,543)

Imagine all of the research and advancements in technology to bring us to where we are today with the internet and mobile devices capable of virtually anything we need day-to-day, and then making the choice to use that technology to broadcast to the world that you're an idiot...

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DaSwayza t1_j3ik2ta wrote

Replying to nenzkii (#1,308,815)

I've been really impressed by Biden's administration and the steps they've been taking. It hasn't been perfect, but many of these decisions seem targeted to help those who need it and set right some wrongs. It could also be some severe juxtaposition, too lol

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jms_nh t1_j3ip9x6 wrote

Replying to useless169 (#1,309,564)

So it's kind of complicated. Intel and TSMC are going to be major water users as they build their new fabs in the Phoenix area. (To a lesser extent ON Semi, NXP, Microchip, and I think a few others have existing fabs and are water users too.) They recycle water through their systems, so one gallon goes around in circles, effectively like 5-10 times before it goes out as effluent. Still use a lot of water. But they get their water from the cities of Phoenix and Chandler, which already have sustainable water supplies from Central Arizona Project (CAP = aqueduct from the Colorado River) and SRP's water source (Theodore Roosevelt Dam from the Verde and Salt Rivers). Part of TSMC's project approval & purchase of land came with certain water rights transferred from the State of Arizona for CAP water. There are different levels of priority for access to CAP water, and the ones at the bottom are agricultural use (cotton/alfalfa/citrus etc.), if I remember correctly. So if there's a water shortage from the Colorado River, ag users give up their water before city water supplies have to reduce even one gallon. Tribal rights to Colorado River water are in the highest class of priority, if I remember correctly. I can't see the tribes selling their water outright. They could lease their share to other users... I'm not sure how that would work in practice, though. No one in their right mind would plan development that depends on water in perpetuity coming from a lease --- what happens if the lease runs out and is not renewed? But there's ways of "banking" water by letting it percolate underground to an aquifer, which then allows you to use ground water later if/when you need it. So that's still valuable even if it's not an outright sale of water rights.

It's important to the tribes to be able to manage their natural resources to the fullest extent --- so this is a good thing for them.

I wouldn't worry about the chip fabs, though.

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SilverNicktail t1_j3ldved wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,308,839)

This dude's post history is Extra Fucking Yikes. Full-on Q-Anon crazy-hole bullshit. Believes the bullshit about soy, which then goes hand-in-hand with screeching about trans people, and then all the "I'm not, you are" lies about Biden to try and deflect from what an utter looney their chosen fascist saviour is.

Put it this way: he's an Andrew Tate defender.

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