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georgetakei , to Random
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I'll admit this took me a second...

JaredPBostic ,
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@georgetakei I immediately thought of my grandpa's older terminology: "Do you want a cold drink?" (and sometimes "...from the ice box?")

TomShafShafer ,
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@georgetakei Georgian: Cokes collar.

rbreich , to Random
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The Supreme Court's far-right justices did Trump's bidding in Trump v. United States.

By willfully delaying Trump's federal Jan 6 trial, they have made it virtually impossible to have a verdict before the election.

Here's what I have to say about that.

bouriquet ,
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@rbreich An accessory-after-the-fact is someone who assists 1) someone who has committed a crime, 2) after the person has committed the crime, 3) with knowledge that the person committed the crime, and 4) with the intent to help the person avoid arrest or punishment. An accessory after the fact may be held liable for, among other things, obstruction of justice.

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CerebralHawks ,
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@georgetakei Random thought, maybe let’s normalize buying our own drinks. Also helps avoid drink spiking. I never dated though. That whole scene is foreign to me. But I don’t like the concept of women being “bought” things to imply dependence. I think singles should be independent until committed, but maybe that’s too idealistic, maybe a little naive?

billyjoebowers ,
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@georgetakei

Hard to believe this a real person.
Not much of one.

georgetakei , to Random
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You're hired!

cqd_sos ,
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@georgetakei
The positive attitude is what counts.

chessert ,
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@georgetakei
Team player: bring him right in! Pay that man!

rbreich , to Random
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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”

But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.

Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

aadriasola ,
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@rbreich growth like the crypto scammer space, jobs like online trolls payed with crypto

davidhaynz ,
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@rbreich
The economist Warren J Samuels argued the lack of regulation, or deregulation, was in itself a form of regulation.

Because regulation controls the distribution of sacrifice. E.g. if you deregulate air pollution you shift costs from polluters to people who breathe.

I suppose there could be Kafkaesque regulations that don't affect the distribution of sacrifice, or do anything useful. But I would need convincing.

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