07-26-2022, 06:49 AM | #6001 | |
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The amount of honest-to-goodness Nazis out there is one of the saddest revelations of the last 5-10 years for me. Not "people who disagree with me, so I'll call them Nazis" folks. But the "Jews will not replace us" crowd. |
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07-26-2022, 07:32 AM | #6002 | |
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There's been a number of these the past 10 years where a bunch of us naive folks didn't realize just how much hate was out there. It's staggering how many people think that, say, black people, women, gays, and Jews just aren't human beings. In those minds, they're sub-humans or birthing vessels or brain damaged or mongrels (that somehow still control the world). I just don't get it - where does all that hate come from? I mean, I get that Fox News and that whole ecosystem* is basically pumping out "two minutes hate" on repeat but at least some of that has to be there already, I think - Maybe, maybe not? Maybe it only takes a tiny bit of hate that we all have when you spend 24 hours exposed to just hate over and over. Like some of these people don't have two spare brain cells to rub together so they wouldn't be making some connections about shadowy cabals and replacement theory without it being spoon fed to them but others are genuinely smart people in other walks of life that looked at a number of competing theories for how society functions and somehow landed on "Jewish Space Laser" or "Planned Parenthood is selling dismembered baby parts on the black market" as maybe a little out there but not disqualifying but "Green New Deal" or "affirmative action" or "a right to abortion" as a bridge too far. *CNN and its ilk are more fear based than hate based - it's similar but there's an important distinction. It's unhealthy in a different way. SI
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07-26-2022, 09:21 AM | #6003 | |
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Working in healthcare and in that way having access to people's viewing habits on TV has left me shocked at the percentage of people out there that turn on Fox News in the morning and don't it turn it off until bedtime.
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07-26-2022, 10:02 AM | #6004 |
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I think there are lots of folks that treat it as a fake companion, and leave it on all day long for the familiar voices.
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07-26-2022, 10:07 AM | #6005 | |
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My parents used to do that with the Weather Channel and/or local news. Now they do it with Fox. I think that there's a generation for whom having on the TV is comforting. For me, it is distracting if I am not actually watching it. But I think that if you are used to it in the background, it is weird to not have something on. |
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07-26-2022, 10:13 AM | #6006 |
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Visits to the in-laws were like that. During the day it was either CNBC or Fox Business, then later on it was Fox News, if there wasn't an old movie on that my FIL was interested in.
At home we usually have something on if my wife is home. One time when we didn't -- or we just didn't unmute after a commercial -- younger child's GF commented to them that my wife and I were just sitting there in silence, which seemed a little eerie. When my wife is at work I have more often than not turned the TV off, as I use that time to read. If I happen to be on the computer though and not reading I might have something on in the background. So, to sum up: if it's just me, don't necessarily need TV. If it's not just me, TV is good to avoid the impression of awkward silence.
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07-26-2022, 11:47 AM | #6007 | |
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This is my wife's family. My wife sends me screenshots of the Facebook arguments her step-dad gets into and I tell her I can always tell who he's been listening to based on his talking points. |
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07-26-2022, 01:08 PM | #6008 |
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we usually watch Guy Fieri all day and most of the time I'm not about doom and gloom
but I do have some strong opinions on how Flavortown should be governed. |
07-26-2022, 01:57 PM | #6009 |
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07-26-2022, 02:27 PM | #6010 |
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I almost never have the TV on unless there is a ballgame or something. I do have on music 90% of the time through Alexa
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07-26-2022, 02:56 PM | #6011 |
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I feel like I understand the motivation, and my short attention span needs constant input too, I am just more active about it, rather than putting something on and leaving it on for 12 hours at a time.
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07-26-2022, 06:54 PM | #6012 |
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I am okay that Pelosi has proposed going to Taiwan but am given some pause because Biden is negative towards it. Military confrontation is very unlikely, but can see it messing up any Chinese cooperation on Ukraine (probably no hope anyway) or cooperation on tariff relief (heard that was an option Biden was considering).
Wonder if it's better served visiting other APAC friendly countries (or the Quad countries) vs specifically Taiwan? Lower key visit and another step in building wider alliances vs just specifically antagonizing China. I'm not sure what Pelosi has to gain here especially since Biden is not supportive? Biden administration working behind the scenes to convince Pelosi of the risks of traveling to Taiwan | CNN Politics |
07-26-2022, 07:42 PM | #6013 |
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07-26-2022, 09:18 PM | #6014 |
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She's not visiting Taiwan without WH approval. Anything negative coming from the WH is all for show.
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07-27-2022, 07:01 AM | #6015 | |
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07-27-2022, 07:12 AM | #6016 |
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Congressfolk and their immediate family should be forbidden from owning individual stocks period.
Index funds and/or blind trusts only. Do the thing where, when elected, they can transfer their assets out of individual securities and into index funds/blind trusts without realizing the gains. |
07-27-2022, 07:44 AM | #6017 | |
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07-27-2022, 10:36 AM | #6018 |
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There has been some clammoring on Twitter about this this year, Whitehouse especially from Rhode Island. Would love to see this done to remove one temptation of corruption from Congress. And while they are at it term limits and age limits too
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07-27-2022, 10:38 AM | #6019 |
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This all sounds good to me
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07-27-2022, 03:13 PM | #6020 |
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Senate passes massive package to boost U.S. computer chip production
I still don't know if I support this. What's to keep companies from taking the money and just building new factories in Asia? But hey, we're already 30 trillion in the hole, what's another 80 billion?
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07-27-2022, 03:27 PM | #6021 | |
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Just more corporate welfare. Imagine if someone proposed giving away $80 billion to help with student loans or medical needs? Fat chance. If you want to know how desperate these companies are for capital, NVIDIA is dumping $15 billion into stock buybacks. |
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07-27-2022, 03:40 PM | #6022 |
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The key to that chip package, is holding American companies to the base tenants of it, which is increasing security and viability.
Of course, the downside is these companies will undoubtedly exploit the money as much as they can to make more money in typical corporate greed fashion, but the ability to use this to limit how much China and other foreign actors can manipulate our technology is still vital. Make no mistake, the most danger to America from foreign actors right now, is on the cyber battlefield. This is an opportunity to mitigate some of that, and the government better take full advantage, though I have little to no trust in our government not finding a way to screw it up completely and have it just turn into another pocket liner for the 1%. |
07-27-2022, 04:40 PM | #6023 |
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Prime Minister Manchin has finally agreed to a reconciliation bill. Medicare drug negotiation and ACA extension included. Those two were the big two for me.
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07-27-2022, 05:12 PM | #6024 |
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Some in my twitter feed are trying to claim that this was the plan all along, to put off a deal with climate factors/Medicare/ACA this long so the Republicans would pass CHIPS+ (rather then passing this and then the Republicans not wanting to give Biden another win)
I find that.. highly unlikely
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07-27-2022, 05:57 PM | #6025 |
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07-27-2022, 06:12 PM | #6026 |
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Yeah. Manchin isn't playing 4D chess with Biden. He "walked away" to get some attention for another news cycle. And I'm sure he squeezed another sweetener or two out of the deal. My guess is that the WH negotiators at this point are having to restrain themselves from punching him in the face. I don't see them working chummy backroom deals with him. |
07-27-2022, 06:17 PM | #6027 |
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Now we wait to see if Vice Chancellor Sinema will sign off.
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07-27-2022, 08:27 PM | #6029 | |
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Also, McConnell may have pissed off Manchin by threatening to torpedo CHIPS in the first place. |
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07-27-2022, 08:32 PM | #6030 |
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Serving McConnell an extra large bag of dicks is quite delightful.
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07-27-2022, 09:07 PM | #6031 | |
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To you or McConnell?
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07-27-2022, 09:12 PM | #6032 |
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Hershel Walker went on FOX today and the sound bites are, something else...
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07-27-2022, 10:25 PM | #6033 |
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Congrats to Biden and Dems in getting 1 win and another likely 2nd win all in a week.
Now if we can only see concrete results from the Infrastructure bill. Mayor Pete needs to get a better press secretary. |
07-27-2022, 11:39 PM | #6034 | |
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It literally sounded like a post game interview, talking about the "fans" Dude is a complete fucking idiot who thankfully, for his sake, could carry a football or his lot in life would not be stellar right now. |
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07-28-2022, 01:11 AM | #6035 | |
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Recent poll has him down 9. Starting to think the Dems might hold on to the Senate after all. Oz looks like a complete mess in Pennsylvania too. Blake Masters just told a group of Seniors we need to abolish Social Security. Haven't heard anything about Wisconsin of late, but Johnson has to be vulnerable. It's a state that should lean D but has a heavy R government due to it being the most gerrymandered in the country. |
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Reading through some snippets of the agreement ...
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07-28-2022, 08:33 AM | #6037 |
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Andrew Yang is announcing his new party today and reports are that it currently has no policy preferences.
Yang should get an achievement badge for number of different ways to collect an insignificant amount of votes.
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07-28-2022, 08:45 AM | #6038 | |
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Third parties cannot survive for long in our system. But the ones who do manage to make a splash either have a charismatic leader (TR) or focus on a policy platform that is being neglected by the two main parties (slavery). So putting up a 3rd party with no policy platform led by Andrew Yang and Christine Whitman is certainly something. Last edited by albionmoonlight : 07-28-2022 at 08:45 AM. |
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07-28-2022, 08:46 AM | #6039 |
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Didn't he create the "Forward" party just last year?
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07-28-2022, 08:57 AM | #6040 |
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I'm assuming Yang will lead with Universal Basic Income.
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07-28-2022, 02:37 PM | #6041 | |
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Vance is screwing up Ohio as well. Dems may come away with more than 50 at this rate.
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07-28-2022, 02:59 PM | #6042 |
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07-28-2022, 03:05 PM | #6043 |
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07-28-2022, 03:13 PM | #6044 | |
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So long as their "not having rights" means there are people that have fewer and their husband their hitched to has a lot compared to others. SI
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07-28-2022, 03:33 PM | #6045 | |
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I think they view it as it's OK for other women to not have rights, but this stuff won't apply to them. There was a fascinating article written years ago by a doctor (or nurse, not sure) for a women's health center. She talked about how many pro-life people would come in for abortions. The one thing they all had in common is they believed their situation was unique and should be treated differently from the others who were getting abortions. So I think that's kind of what it comes down to. And I think that's a staple of right-wing politics in general. I remember reading lungs talk about how farmers didn't view subsidies they received as welfare, but definitely viewed others receiving benefits as being welfare. |
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07-28-2022, 03:42 PM | #6046 | |
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I saw someone right after Dobbs noting that there won't be one Senator's mistress or SEC quarterback's girlfriend that will have any trouble getting an abortion. |
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07-28-2022, 04:02 PM | #6047 |
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Can't find the piece anywhere but did find this. Kind of covers the same topic. Didn't know there was a term for it, the "Me Exception".
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07-28-2022, 04:03 PM | #6048 |
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Reminds me of this too. Shit gets real when it happens to you.
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07-28-2022, 04:27 PM | #6049 | |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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