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Hey so for folks like Vital Signs who said "Democrats should come out against CRT in schools because it's already not taught there, free win".... ....congrats you have the political instincts of Beto https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1502451273647341569
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:DST is good actually and should remain as it is Are you including switching the clocks as "remain as it is"? And if so, then explain yourself you monster.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Are you including switching the clocks as "remain as it is"? And if so, then explain yourself you monster. Finally we in the US get to choose between "clexit" and "remain"
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I remember when Bill Gates was held up as a saint by many liberals a decade ago. Good podcast about his foundation focused on feeding Africa from Al Jazeera.
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Jaxyon posted:Hey so for folks like Vital Signs who said "Democrats should come out against CRT in schools because it's already not taught there, free win".... Considering how the dem response to being accused of defunding the police is to say that they want to fund the police, I guess I'm not that surprised at this outcome.
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Attract the boomer demographic to eliminating DST by promising you will no longer have to figure out how to change the time on your microwave twice a year
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punk rebel ecks posted:I remember when Bill Gates was held up as a saint by many liberals a decade ago. Nearly all the major philanthropy stuff is tax scams, if not outright bait and switch.
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CommieGIR posted:Nearly all the major philanthropy stuff is tax scams, if not outright bait and switch. The episode also mentions it is enticing to Bill and his ilk in that (in an exact quote) “having a green revolution in these areas will prevent a red revolution.”
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punk rebel ecks posted:The episode also mentions it is enticing to Bill and his ilk in that (in an exact quote) “having a green revolution in these areas will prevent a red revolution.” Given that a lot of the philanthropy green revolution stuff has largely fallen flat on its face: I'll count that as bait and switch.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The House is considering a bill that would just abolish DST and make standard time permanent Oh gently caress, this is the worst option by far. DST all the time is obviously the right way to go! I want more sunshine AFTER work. What kind of loving freak wants more sunshine before work? That sunshine is wasted by sleeping.
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Jaxyon posted:Hey so for folks like Vital Signs who said "Democrats should come out against CRT in schools because it's already not taught there, free win".... To be fair to Beto, "collegiate history/sociology material should not be taught in K-12 schools" is a very reasonable position as well as the status quo, and if that's how you have to phrase it to get more votes, I say "whatevs."
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Are you including switching the clocks as "remain as it is"? And if so, then explain yourself you monster. It's the optimal setup for maximizing effective use of daylight, plus in the fall you get an extra hour of sleep and in the spring you get an excuse for being an hour late to work No downsides Basically ben franklin was right Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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Mellow Seas posted:To be fair to Beto, "collegiate history/sociology material should not be taught in K-12 schools" is a very reasonable position as well as the status quo, and if that's how you have to phrase it to get more votes, I say "whatevs." He tried to explain and then they asked again and they made him just say no to CRT in schools without the qualifiers. Because they know what CRT means. They don't care about what it really is. They don't want white kids learning real history, and that's what it's about, not the actual academic term. The smart move here was not to fall into this trap but instead ignore it and pivot to something positive.
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punk rebel ecks posted:I remember when Bill Gates was held up as a saint by many liberals a decade ago. I don't remember when Bill Gates was declared a saint, but the main points of the author they interview are: - AGRA set a goal of doubling corn production. There is no official data, but some unofficial estimates say that it only increased 29% on average and 66% in the best performing country - Rwanda. - Income and food security increased, but small-time farmers saw a smaller increase than the general population. - That AGRA set a goal of increasing the number of women farmers, but there weren't many new women farmers and most of the aid went to male farmers. - That AGRA's public data doesn't get down into incredibly granular results that would be useful for researchers. That sounds like they did some good, but less than promised, and were not as efficient at producing results per dollar as estimated. Seems like they fell short, but it's not especially damning on Bill Gates as a person?
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https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1503410638923644935?s=20 Her position on climate change sank her. Manchin has voted to confirm her twice before this.
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It makes me feel really super loving skeptical (instead of just regular loving skeptical) about Manchin's assertion that he's totally ready to support substantial climate change measures in a party-line reconciliation bill.
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Mar 14, 2022 19:26
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I’m imagining the people shepherding the KJB Supreme Court nomination are not super comfortable right now. They have not one but two maverick wildcards to contend with.
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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1503410638923644935?s=20 Her position was one of denial and that sank her. Right? Right? 
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I don't remember when Bill Gates was declared a saint, but the main points of the author they interview are: I was referring to the idea that billionaire philanthropist will help save the world, something that was very common amongst liberal circles (well even more than now) during the 2000s and early 2010s. There was also the fact that the foundation pushed the “go big or go home” with crops that used the model India used of high fertilizer and mono crops, but has recently been devastating for the country and will become further devastating as food shortages become more common due to the Ukraine-Russian war. punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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selec posted:I’m imagining the people shepherding the KJB Supreme Court nomination are not super comfortable right now. They have not one but two maverick wildcards to contend with. Sinema hasn't said anything yet, but Manchin actually had positive things to say about her after she met with him last week. He said that she was more liberal than he was personally, but very smart/qualified/personal and he thinks the first black woman supreme court justice would be a big deal. https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1501944161833943042
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selec posted:I’m imagining the people shepherding the KJB Supreme Court nomination are not super comfortable right now. They have not one but two maverick wildcards to contend with. Gotta bring back earmarks so these senators can just be bribed like the olden days.
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Mar 14, 2022 19:44
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PeterCat posted:I believe in Medicare for All as a practical matter. It would provide the best amount of coverage in the most efficient manner. It would cost less than the amount of money already being spent on healthcare. Owes and deserves doesn't really factor into it. What do you think about providing everyone housing and food and water and heat etc as a practical matter. Would that be OK, is it just cutting people checks that you object to? I mean you could exclude unemployed people from Medicare, that wouldn't make it less efficient for the rest of us, those unemployed people would just die. It's just that we don't think getting laid off should mean if you get cancer you just have to die of it right?
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Mar 14, 2022 19:45
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PostNouveau posted:Gotta bring back earmarks so these senators can just be bribed like the olden days. Aren’t earmarks back now? Except it’s not helping because to modern republicans, bringing in federal funding is now nearly as bad as siding with democrats
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White House says they aren't withdrawing Raskin's nomination and will try to find one Republican Senator who will support her. Seems pretty unlikely. Murkowski is almost certainly a "No" and Collins hasn't specified yet, but I doubt she bucks all 49 other Republican Senators. https://twitter.com/chrismeagher46/status/1503411232304476170 https://twitter.com/chrismeagher46/status/1503411235072712705 haveblue posted:Aren’t earmarks back now? Except it’s not helping because to modern republicans, bringing in federal funding is now nearly as bad as siding with democrats Yeah, Democrats brought back earmarks in a limited form. All earmarks combined can't be more than 1% of the bill. It's not how they used to be, but up to 1% of the discretionary funding in any budget or bill can be directed to specific projects.
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Jaxyon posted:Hey so for folks like Vital Signs who said "Democrats should come out against CRT in schools because it's already not taught there, free win"....
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VitalSigns posted:This is a hilariously dishonest misinterpretation of what I said about CRT, but it's a good burn so I'll let it slide Honestly I think that clip is just a great example of how it doesn't matter what you say and charisma is really what matters. Anything Beto could say in that voice to that crowd would come off like they're bullying him into it. He sounds like a nerd who's trying to convince them not to beat him up, not like someone who's going to help them. He's not taking ownership of the issue or anything it's just an aww jeez guys I also don't want CRT which comes off as pathetic.
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Mellow Seas posted:It makes me feel really super loving skeptical (instead of just regular loving skeptical) about Manchin's assertion that he's totally ready to support substantial climate change measures in a party-line reconciliation bill. You should be, I don't know why anybody would believe him. He straight up admitted to spending 2021 loving around and stringing everyone along with no intention of following through(which was obvious at the time too but a lot of people wouldn't let themselves see it for whatever reason). Personally I would not believe anything he says, since it has little bearing on what he's actually going to do
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When we were talking about Garcetti's nomination not yet having gone through a while back I didn't know why it was being withheld from a floor vote, but it looks like Grassley is investigating Garcetti having turned a blind eye to his serial sexual harasser aide, Rick Jacobs:quote:Senate Democrats can confirm Garcetti without GOP support provided they have all 50 members in attendance as well as Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. But if Grassley delays the vote, it would use up valuable floor time. Having worked with both Jacobs & Garcetti back in the day as a campaign volunteer, and having heard first-hand how Jacobs harassed a fellow volunteer & friend of mine, I totally believe the allegations, as well as Garcetti's complicity. It's a rare instance of Grassley doing a good thing; I hope his investigation kills the nomination.
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Benjamin Hall, Fox News's Senior Foreign Affairs reporter in Ukraine, was near an office building bombed by Russia and hospitalized with critical injuries. No details beyond the fact that he is hospitalized in Ukraine and has serious injuries. He was the Fox News reporter who got into an argument with Greg Gutfield last week when Gutfield suggested that Russia wasn't really bombing Ukraine that much and the media was hyping up the very limited bombing to get an emotional reaction. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1503445538414514177 Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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It's amazing how liberals have backed themselves into a corner involving CRT.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Benjamin Hall, Fox News's Senior Foreign Affairs reporter in Ukraine, was near an office building bombed by Russia and hospitalized with critical injuries. We live in the dumbest timeline so I won't be the least bit shocked when a Fox News reporter ends up being the thing that kicks off WW3 and the accompanying nuclear inferno
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Bishyaler posted:We live in the dumbest timeline so I won't be the least bit shocked when a Fox News reporter ends up being the thing that kicks off WW3 and the accompanying nuclear war. A different American journalist was killed outside of Kiev yesterday. I don't think this is likely to kick off a war. Ukraine's chief prosecutor said that he doesn't have exact details about the situation, but that he has heard that Hall has shrapnel damage to his torso and two broken legs. "Shrapnel damage to torso" could mean a lot of things, but considering that he was near a building hit by a missile and is hospitalized and not dead, then he probably isn't going to die. Biden also said the other day that there won't be any direct conflict unless Russia invades a NATO country. Putin has done a lot of horrible and dumb things that most people didn't think he would actually do, but I don't think he is dumb enough to invade Poland, Turkey, or Norway. https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1502353759455821833 Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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PostNouveau posted:Oh gently caress, this is the worst option by far. DST all the time is obviously the right way to go! Also, I want to say standard time would also mean super early sun rises in summer? gently caress that noise. Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Mar 14, 2022 |
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punk rebel ecks posted:It's amazing how liberals have backed themselves into a corner involving CRT. The thing is that white folks are uncomfortable with talking about real history and that's bipartisan....obviously it's worse from the conservatives but also liberal whites are a problem on this.
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Jaxyon posted:The thing is that white folks are uncomfortable with talking about real history and that's bipartisan....obviously it's worse from the conservatives but also liberal whites are a problem on this. Yup. It was not an argument you were going to win.
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Jaxyon posted:The thing is that white folks are uncomfortable with talking about real history and that's bipartisan....obviously it's worse from the conservatives but also liberal whites are a problem on this. "CRT" doesn't even really exist. It was just something the right made up to make it sound like there is some type of government crafted policy to teach race in schools. The fact that the Democrats/liberals even accept that CRT is even a thing chalks up to a huge blunder.
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punk rebel ecks posted:I remember when Bill Gates was held up as a saint by many liberals a decade ago. I certainly don't remember him being held up as a saint by anyone, especially in these forums. Who specifically are you talking about? You said many, so I'm certain you must have a lot of different sources. punk rebel ecks posted:It's amazing how liberals have backed themselves into a corner involving CRT. Again, who specifically are you speaking of?
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punk rebel ecks posted:It's amazing how liberals have backed themselves into a corner involving CRT. They didn't "back themselves into a corner;" the outrageous levels of white racism in the US, combined the competent messaging of conservative politicians and activists, backed them into the corner. Democrats don't just lose messaging wars, sometimes Republicans win them. And sometimes - like with racial issues, or things that affect energy prices - they start off with a huge advantage.
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Jaxyon posted:The thing is that white folks are uncomfortable with talking about real history and that's bipartisan....obviously it's worse from the conservatives but also liberal whites are a problem on this. Pretty brilliant GOP response to the Democrat strategy of abandoning the working class and pivoting to appeal to the sensibilities of affluent white suburbanites in 2018 and 2020 All it took was one wedge issue to snap them right back to voting Republican, especially now that the gauche reality TV president is gone and the nice polite sweater vest Republicans are back going "gosh we can't be teaching our sweet boys and girls to hate themselves for their skin color" Of only it had been possible to see this risk coming ahead of time, who could have known that wealthy white PMCs are just conservative??
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