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shanen

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Old computerist and amateur philosopher. Achieved obscurity and just gliding towards oblivion.

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georgetakei , to Random
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Oh, sure, now that you got caught... https://www.comicsands.com/mary-morrissey-apologizes-pouring-water-2668596709.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

shanen ,
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@georgetakei

Question to me is the motivation to sink to such vicious and childish behavior. This is how the FAKE Republican Party "works" in today's sick America. But what is the process that led her to this and what worse examples have yet to be discovered?

Ben's is dead. Long live the judicial dictatorship disguised as an with a Christen theocracy on top... Not so much on the "Long live" part, actually.

rbreich , to Random
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50 billionaire families have already poured $600M+ into this year's elections — mostly in support of Trump.

That's only 0.6% of their total wealth. It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in dark money.

shanen ,
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@rbreich

Might does NOT make right. Sometimes it does, but mostly it doesn't.

But whatever might makes, might tries to tell everyone that it's right. Just more loudly and more angrily the more wrong it is.

Don't believe me? Then open your eyes and ears.

georgetakei , to Random
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Nope, nothing rigged about it. https://www.comicsands.com/trump-juror-media-truth-social-2668439621.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

shanen ,
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@georgetakei

Might does NOT make right. Sometimes it does, but mostly it doesn't.

But whatever might makes, might tries to tell everyone that it's right. Just more loudly and more angrily the more wrong it is.

Don't believe me? Then open your eyes and ears.

rbreich , to Random
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The Roberts Supreme Court is the worst since the shameful days of Roger Taney’s Supreme Court.

Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and the three Trump appointees are Republican partisan hacks.

We need radical reform — and we need it the moment Dems regain control of Congress.

shanen ,
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@rbreich

"A nonpartisan Justice may compel up to two junior partisan Justices to recuse."

What's wrong with that idea to reduce the politicization of the Court?

Might does NOT make right. Sometimes it does, but mostly it doesn't.

But whatever might makes, might tries to tell everyone that it's right. Just more loudly and more angrily the more wrong it is.

Don't believe me? Then open your eyes and ears.

rbreich , to Random
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There are so many bad parts of Trump's economic agenda, I can't decide what's worst?

Which of these do you think is the worst?

shanen ,
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@rbreich

Is there supposed to be a link to a list of some sort?

rbreich , to Random
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The true meaning of Memorial Day, and the upcoming election https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-meaning-of-memorial-day?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

shanen ,
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@rbreich

"A nonpartisan Justice may compel up to two junior partisan Justices to recuse themselves."

What is wrong with that approach to removing the politics from the Court?

The record shows that ALL of the Justices used to be nonpartisan, confirmed by majorities of the Senators from BOTH parties.

Now there is NO nonpartisan Justice on the Court, though Roberts only missed by one vote in his confirmation. This negative transition only spans a few decades.

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Two years ago today, the Dobbs decision was leaked.

No matter how hard he tries, Donald Trump can’t sidestep his role in abortion being banned for millions.

In 2016 he pledged to remake the Supreme Court with nominees who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

He is directly responsible.

shanen ,
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@rbreich
And yet the election system is so broken that this election is somehow a close contest? (Hint: It's the money. The rich bums don't want to "overinvest" when they are buying the cheapest politicians.)

By the way, I think someone is impersonating you [Robert Reich] on one of the public chat apps. I think it was Telegraph, but the scammers invitation has already been disappeared. (Did I make a copy? Wouldn't the scammer like to know? Maybe "I think it was..." is just another game?)

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I know that it was overshadowed by Trump's lawyers arguing that presidents should be able to murder political opponents, but I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas hearing a case related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

shanen ,
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@rbreich

Is there any person in the history of the world who has spent more money on lawyers than the orange buffoon?

Only skill is lying a lot. Not well, but a LOT. Terrible liar, but so many lies against so many walls that some of them stick, at least for a while. Bad lies, but even worse is the projection...

rbreich , to Random
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Excuse me but how is Louis DeJoy still postmaster general?

His destructive 10-year plan for the Post Office—slowing mail delivery, hiking prices for consumers, and speeding up privatization—is in full effect.

Hello?

shanen ,
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@rbreich

My two-step solution approach:

(1) Fire the orange puppet's puppet. (Or more like a puppeteer pretending to be a puppet's puppet?)

(2) Create an alias system of email addresses for snail mail. Imagine the convenience of sending snail mail by merely using the email address. That would greatly encourage people to do all kinds of things with physical mail (again).

What's wrong with the idea? Or what's your better one?

rbreich , to Random
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Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

And fewer competitors means higher prices for you.

shanen ,
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@rbreich

Progressive profits tax linked to market share. NOT punishment for success. Incentive to divide company into competing daughter companies.

More choice = more freedom.

Detect excessive market share various ways, but mostly by (1) Asking customers how many choices they had, and (2) Checking complaints from wannabe competitors who were blocked from competing.

What is wrong with the idea? Or what's your better one?

arstechnica , to Random
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18 black holes devour stars in cosmic feeding frenzy

Many cases of black holes destroying stars were hidden behind dust.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/18-black-holes-devour-stars-in-cosmic-feeding-frenzy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

shanen ,
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Surprised that the story didn't involve the JWST.

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