JunkMilesDavis

It was apparent when that Georgia recording came out that he must have been calling all over the place making these unsubtle “suggestions” to various state officials. It was just a matter of who decided to grab a recording and hold onto it to cover their own asses. I think everyone involved knew full well that even having the conversation was crossing all kinds of lines, and impossible to defend.

Maybe the secret ingredient is human empathy. Not that crazies are unique to the right by any means, but the organized effort to dehumanize and attack segments of the population has gone disproportionately mainstream on that side of the spectrum. So many talking points involve a vaguely-defined “enemy” of some kind. It’s unfortunate that people get sucked into it, but you can’t really blame the individuals when the leaders they look up to are actively working to mobilize them in that way as a political strategy.

I guess the ideological space the left fills at the moment just isn’t one that requires that type of anger to support. There are certainly issues to get angry about, but in general it’s just taking that low-hanging fruit of giving your fellow humans the same respect you would want for yourself and your loved ones, even if they seem different or weird to you.

I seriously appreciate all of the points you’re making, but the idea of men and women as cohesive social units here might not be realistic or helpful, especially for issues affecting sub-groups. Sometimes the people actively working to improve something are fighting an uphill battle against societal expectations and/or larger portions of their own group who don’t recognize it as an issue. I’m sure you know that doesn’t make it any less valid.

There’s that and the fact that most people who sell a house will still need new housing afterward. The value can be kind of moot unless you’re in a position to majorly downsize or relocate to a lower cost-of-living area.

As true as it all may be, these guys seem to absolutely thrive on their own hypocrisy. I don’t think they would let the fact that they stink ten times as bad stop them from going after anyone else.

Yeah, this is kind of the issue with walling the workers off from the success of their product and converting it all into poker chips for other people to play with. Imagine how different things could be if everyone’s pay grew with the success of the company.

While I’m fully uncomfortable with the influence donors have over these institutions, I also feel like the handling of some of those hearing questions was catastrophic. Lady got maneuvered into giving them exactly the weak non-answer they were fishing for. It’s bad all around.

While I’m fully uncomfortable with the influence donors can wield against these institutions, I also feel like the handling of some of those hearing questions was catastrophic. Lady got maneuvered into giving them exactly the sort of weak non-answer they were fishing for. It’s bad all around.

I kind of wish everyone who set foot in that room was fitted with a device that electrically zaps them every time they say some disingenuous bullshit. It’s always so uncomfortable to watch, and they know exactly what they’re doing.

It took me like three hours to finish the shading on your upper lip.

Tell us about the infrastructure programs next.

The news outlets do this with every experimental battery tech. Personally, I probably won’t even know when something effectively surpasses Li-ion for consumer applications until it actually hits the market, since I’ve been conditioned to ignore the headlines.

It should be interesting to hear how they plan to make this determination. I just know from the rural side that the burden to serving poorer communities usually is both technical and financial, like building out a few miles of fresh fiber to serve a handful of residences. That’s why they have programs in place to push expansion into those areas, and the telecoms involved there are already bound by progress and reporting requirements. I guess it could be a different situation in areas where the population density is pretty consistent across the board.

So why is political representation so skewed that the “left” party needs to confine itself to the middle of the spectrum? That sounds like something to discuss.

I would guess it’s about as calculated as a fish swimming. The guy has simply always done this in all situations, and it has never not worked, so why would he stop. It’s like the world-record run of playing “Do you know who I am?” with the police officer.

I think he’s already fully aware of the hypocrisy. When you look at how much was invested in anti-cannabis propaganda in the past, it’s probably just a political calculation for him (and so many state leaders) to drop some line about “caution” and kick the can down the road. There’s still a significant chunk of 70+ voters who would be truly upset about legalization, since the alternative would be accepting that they were deliberately misinformed for most of their lives.

I almost had this half-baked thought about the northwestern moose population being separated from the ones in the northeast, but then I remembered that they don’t need passports to get into Canada.