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Do we really need more kerbal smilies? (yes. Yes we do.)
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readingatwork posted:This is kind of an old post but as someone who works in the industry I want to assure you all that this just isn't true. You'd be shocked at some of the awful practices that have stopped because now there's someone in power that's actually paying attention. I get that it does something. My point is that it's still basically window dressing compared to what would need to change to remove Wall Street's undue influence on American politics, and even this milquetoast regulation is the absolute furthest left stuff we can talk about within the Overton window. Isn't literally everything the CFPB doing already done in Europe?
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Apr 13, 2015 20:49
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My Imaginary GF posted:What level of election? If you ever work political finance, don't grab the tables for Federal contributions from FEC, as that would be a violation of campaign finance law. OpenSecrets is another place to look, and elections.*state*.gov will probably have state-level contribution database.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:51
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JT Jag posted:Would be better if it didn't turn green imo Wanted to push the chameleon aspect, but it can be easily changed.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:55
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ReidRansom posted:OK well this is about as much work as I'm willing to put in on this. It's beautiful and needs to be represented on the new page.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:57
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readingatwork posted:This is kind of an old post but as someone who works in the industry I want to assure you all that this just isn't true. You'd be shocked at some of the awful practices that have stopped because now there's someone in power that's actually paying attention. Can you go into more detail about any of this? I'd love to hear some anecdotes.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:57
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ReidRansom posted:Wanted to push the chameleon aspect, but it can be easily changed.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:59
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JT Jag posted:In that case it should cycle between a few different colors when it sticks out its tongue. First time green, second time pink, and so on. If that doesn't make it too big that is. Like as it's sticking its tongue out? Or pick a few colors and do a different one between each "Love Me"? Amergin posted:It's beautiful and needs to be represented on the new page. I feel like the timing still needs work. May tweak it some more.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:03
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ReidRansom posted:Like as it's sticking its tongue out? Or pick a few colors and do a different one between each "Love Me"?
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Apr 13, 2015 21:04
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Radbot posted:I get that it does something. My point is that it's still basically window dressing compared to what would need to change to remove Wall Street's undue influence on American politics, and even this milquetoast regulation is the absolute furthest left stuff we can talk about within the Overton window. Isn't literally everything the CFPB doing already done in Europe? The CFPB was never intended to remove wall st. money from politics and anything short of public campaign financing won't do poo poo to remove corporate money from politics. CFPB was setup to stop companies from doing a bunch of shady poo poo that made companies millions to billions loving people over on their credit cards, mortgages, and student loans to which it's been good. It's not perfect, but it's a vast improvement to what protections people had from those companies before it was setup.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:13
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Stultus Maximus posted:That's not what he paid for. Touché. 
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Apr 13, 2015 21:16
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I think it's time that we asked the important question: is Hillary Clinton prepared to lead this country or will she just bleed all over Washington DC? In my opinion, our economy can't afford to meno-pause now.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:24
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JT Jag posted:I think it's time that we asked the important question: is Hillary Clinton prepared to lead this country or will she just bleed all over Washington DC? Unbelievably, TIME Magazine answered this question.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:28
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JT Jag posted:I suppose between each Love Me, like it is now, with her reverting to her normal flesh and blood form between each one. 
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Apr 13, 2015 21:34
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JT Jag posted:I think it's time that we asked the important question: is Hillary Clinton prepared to lead this country or will she just bleed all over Washington DC? I read someone making a point about all the "Women can't lead our country! What if she gets on her period and nukes Russia?" misogyny by pointing out that during menstruation, women's hormones are at their closest to the typical male levels. As such, using their logic, post-menopausal women like Hilary Clinton are the only people suitable to govern the United States.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:34
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A Winner is Jew posted:The CFPB was never intended to remove wall st. money from politics and anything short of public campaign financing won't do poo poo to remove corporate money from politics. CFPB was setup to stop companies from doing a bunch of shady poo poo that made companies millions to billions loving people over on their credit cards, mortgages, and student loans to which it's been good. It's not perfect, but it's a vast improvement to what protections people had from those companies before it was setup. I'm not looking to get Wall Street money out of politics - I'm looking for things like HFT taxes, removing the carried interest loophole, etc.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:37
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Radbot posted:I'm not looking to get Wall Street money out of politics - I'm looking for things like HFT taxes, removing the carried interest loophole, etc. How will that get their money outta politics? When there's a priviledge to gain by purchasing an exemption, political spending increases above baseline industry rates. This is why I believe in the spirit of bi-partisanship, because when both parties support a legislative agenda, its so much simpler to peddle access to electeds so that they can hear you out and act without undue haste.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:39
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Joementum posted:Unbelievably, TIME Magazine answered this question. Actually, nothing is more believable than TIME doing a Hillary menopause story.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:39
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My Imaginary GF posted:How will that get their money outta politics? When there's a priviledge to gain by purchasing an exemption, political spending increases above baseline industry rates. Like I said, I'm not interested in getting their money out of politics, I don't think it's possible.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:42
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chitoryu12 posted:I read someone making a point about all the "Women can't lead our country! What if she gets on her period and nukes Russia?" misogyny by pointing out that during menstruation, women's hormones are at their closest to the typical male levels. As such, using their logic, post-menopausal women like Hilary Clinton are the only people suitable to govern the United States. That was Greg Giraldo's bit, and it's amazing. 
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Apr 13, 2015 21:43
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Radbot posted:I'm not looking to get Wall Street money out of politics - I'm looking for things like HFT taxes, removing the carried interest loophole, etc. Carried interest loophole is well within the realm of possibility if congress flips back to being democrat controlled since they've already started to move on it before the 2010 disaster, but good loving luck getting a HFT tax. Best we can really hope for is for it to get regulated... which the SEC is gearing up to do.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:45
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Why can't we get an HFT tax?
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Apr 13, 2015 21:48
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Radbot posted:Why can't we get an HFT tax? Because it makes no sense to have a special tax that occurs only if you do x number of transactions per day.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:51
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Nintendo Kid posted:Because it makes no sense to have a special tax that occurs only if you do x number of transactions per day. Sure it does. http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0113/has-high-frequency-trading-ruined-the-stock-market-for-the-rest-of-us.aspx
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Apr 13, 2015 21:53
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Nintendo Kid posted:Because it makes no sense to have a special tax that occurs only if you do x number of transactions per day. A financial transaction tax wouldn't need to be tied to a specific frequency of trading; as long as it applied to the types of transactions HFT engages in then it would necessarily restrict it more than other financial activity.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:54
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Sentencing just came down on the Blackwater massacre of Nisoor Square. One got life, the other three got 30 years plus one day
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Apr 13, 2015 21:56
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Radbot posted:Why can't we get an HFT tax? To my knowledge only Ellison and Van Hollen have actually come out in support of it while virtually all democrats still in congress along with Obama have supported closing the carried interest loophole. So while I'm optimistic about the latter actually happening I'm really skeptical about the former happening any time soon.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:57
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Quote of the day, "This election is not just about what laws we will pass. It is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be.... Yesterday is over, and we are never going back. We Americans are proud of our history, but our county has always been about the future." ~ Marco Rubio, in about an hour. I think there's a subtle implication here that Hillary and Jeb are super old you guys!
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Apr 13, 2015 21:59
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Radbot posted:Sure it does. http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0113/has-high-frequency-trading-ruined-the-stock-market-for-the-rest-of-us.aspx Nope still doesn't. Why do you want to let other rich people get away with moving huge amounts of stock if they just do it less frequently? UberJew posted:A financial transaction tax wouldn't need to be tied to a specific frequency of trading; as long as it applied to the types of transactions HFT engages in then it would necessarily restrict it more than other financial activity. You're still not giving me a good reason we shouldn't tax all stock activity.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:04
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IL Senator Mark Kirk would like to institute programs to make him less scared of black peoplequote:“I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community,” Kirk said. “With this state and all of its resources, we could sponsor a whole new class of potential innovators like George Washington Carver and eventually have a class of African-American billionaires. That would really adjust income differentials and make the diversity and outcome of the state much better so that the black community is not the one we drive faster through." As Charlie Pierce would say, I do despair of the rebranding.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:05
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Mark Kirk sure knows how to reference the one black scientist your elementary school teaches you about during Black History Month
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Apr 13, 2015 22:06
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“Hillary Clinton on this woman thing, I think, is lacking subtlety. I don’t need her to drown me in estrogen every time she opens her mouth.”
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Apr 13, 2015 22:07
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Ahahahahaha holy gently caress Gentlemen, start your drinking This is worse than "Call me Dave" Cameron's proposal. There is no way to stop someone from running a program that doesn't comply with this proposal. That is the core thing if a general purpose computer, it can run any software. Banning the sale of crypto tools won't do anything, the only way to do it is to do away with general purpose computers and go to ones hard locked to only run "approved" software Jesus gently caress, I need my bourbon
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Apr 13, 2015 22:08
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Joementum posted:Quote of the day, "This election is not just about what laws we will pass. It is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be.... Yesterday is over, and we are never going back. We Americans are proud of our history, but our county has always been about the future." ~ Marco Rubio, in about an hour. Stultus Maximus posted:IL Senator Mark Kirk would like to institute programs to make him less scared of black people
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Apr 13, 2015 22:11
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PupsOfWar posted:Mark Kirk sure knows how to reference the one black scientist your elementary school teaches you about during Black History Month Not to mention that Carver only wanted to help the world and wasn't really looking to make billions" George Washington Carver's loving tombstone posted:He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:11
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Fried Chicken posted:Ahahahahaha holy gently caress Now we don't want people to be at risk to outside threats with their security but gosh darn it makes it really hard to spy on you people whenever we want without a warrant or you knowing. Perhaps we can come to a compromise maybe like we can only spy on you when these other agencies, all set up to spy on you, say it's cool to spy on you?
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Apr 13, 2015 22:15
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gradenko_2000 posted:Carlin flat-out says he expects you to disagree with Common Sense about half the time, and I think it's his sense of self-awareness that's the only thing keeping me from writing off his non-Hardcore History work completely, because some of the time he really come off as sounding like a South Park libertarian. I mean, appending a disclaimer of "I'm a loving idiot" to everything you say doesn't actually improve my opinion of what you're saying. Points for honesty I guess?
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Apr 13, 2015 22:15
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site posted:Reach for the future with us, the Regressive party. Well when we elected a black man President that removed all career barriers to black people so...
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Apr 13, 2015 22:19
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Fried Chicken posted:Sentencing just came down on the Blackwater massacre of Nisoor Square. One got life, the other three got 30 years plus one day So, if we count that CIA guy who blew the whistle on torture, there's now a whopping five people who've been jailed in connection to the Iraq War? Wowww.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:23
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Fried Chicken posted:Sentencing just came down on the Blackwater massacre of Nisoor Square. One got life, the other three got 30 years plus one day Jesus Christ, reading the wikipedia page on this incident a loving judge originally dismissed all charges because some testimony was given in exchange for immunity? Thank loving God that an appeals court overturned that idiot judge. It's just a shame that Blackwater in its entirety won't be sent to prison.
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