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I'm old enough to remember when identifying with Queer had more to do with a general political stance and identification for both gay men and lesbians. It was also about reclaiming a word.quote:Why Queer http://www.actupny.org/documents/QueersReadThis.pdf The term has evolved though to be a umbrella term for outside heteronormativity which is perfectly fine. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:The reason medical companies charge so much in America is because they can. No other reason. In poorer nations they'll take whatever profit they can get based on what people can afford. In richer nations with functional governments they'll accept the arm twisting to not gouge people because their options are "a little profit but nothing too insane" and "make no profit because you aren't selling anything at all." The reason they detest the idea of UHC coming to America is because they can turbo gently caress Americans as hard as they want right now. They really can't get away with that anywhere else. Yep. The Pharma lobby managed to bribe a law into place that the powerful country in the world is legally barred from negotiating drug prices which is pretty stunning.
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Jun 2, 2017 07:31
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The biggest problem with California's universal healthcare bill is that it's fucken expensive. Funding just the healthcare itself is estimated to cost $400 billion per year. Cali's ENTIRE current state budget is about $180 billion per year. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article151960182.html
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Krispy Kareem posted:There are country songs that glamorize farming. Western songs that beautify cattle ranching. Bluegrass songs that romanize moonshining. I have never heard a happy song about coal mining. Literally every one is, "work hard, get screwed, maybe die today, definitely black lung later". What about Sixteen Tons? Chain Gang? Black Lung Bugaloo? There's also some amazing movies like Coal Miner's Daughter and Weird Science.
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Jun 2, 2017 08:04
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Grimdude posted:Did he really just tweet "Make American great again!"? Voltaire posted:I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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OldMold posted:The biggest problem with California's universal healthcare bill is that it's fucken expensive. It is expensive, yes. It's also less expensive than healthcare in the state is right now; in total, money, and quite a lot of it, would be saved by single-payer. The issue is making a good way to collect that money, and one that people will find palatable; while, for example, some people spend 20% or more of their income on health insurance, they might not like the idea of a 15% payroll tax or whatever even though they actually save money as a result because, you know, they aren't buying health insurance now. Also the Republicans and some Democrats are trying to muddy the waters, making it even harder to sell. Also, Macron had a response to Trump pulling out of Paris, on the above topic: https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/870407981044834304
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Jun 2, 2017 08:06
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Looking forward to the Supreme Court decision where they decide no malice can be inferred from things Trump has said on his road to the Whitehouse including things that he planned to do when he got to the Whitehouse.
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Not sure if this has been hashed out itt already. I'm not totally convinced but it's an interesting angle https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/870436143887777792
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Evil Fluffy posted:Also IIRC, after that tournament a bunch of changes were made because, unsurprisingly, not as many people wanted to watch their favorite fishermen catch the occasional drum or carp. I love that this sentence exists.
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Jun 2, 2017 08:23
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Mendrian posted:Looking forward to the Supreme Court decision where they decide no malice can be inferred from things Trump has said on his road to the Whitehouse including things that he planned to do when he got to the Whitehouse. 5-4 against the Muslim ban, all the liberals plus Thomas who writes a concurring statement that the ruling doesn't go far enough because it doesn't recognize that immigration should be wholly up to state governments without any interference from the President or Congress and furthermore maybe the federal government shouldn't exist. Roberts' dissent: we can never really know whether the thing the president called "The Muslim Ban" could be motivated by unconstitutional religious animus, because the president makes up new words all the time so for all we know "Themuslimban" is a new word that sounds illegal purely by coincidence. And even if not, can we ever really know things. Really. Makes u think E. Gorsuch's dissent: has anyone tried reading the law? What if we all just read the law, that would clear things right up I bet. Hey has anyone read the constitution, might try that too. What are we even doing arguing in this courtroom, why do we even have this when everyone could just go read the law. VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 08:36 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 08:25
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Roland Jones posted:
First the Scandanavians, now this. I'm excited to watch every European leader dunk on Trump for the next four years.
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Jun 2, 2017 08:27
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voltroon posted:First the Scandanavians, now this. I'm excited to watch every European leader dunk on Trump for the next four years. Watch all of the EU leaders get a Nobel prize for not being Trump.
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Jun 2, 2017 08:29
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Iron Lung posted:Please don't clink shame. 
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Jun 2, 2017 08:37
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voltroon posted:First the Scandanavians, now this. I'm excited to watch every European leader dunk on Trump for the next four years. I would not be surprised in the slightest if within the next two years we actually go from a G7 partnership to a G6 as Europe, Japan and Canada kick the United States out of the G7 ala Russia and the G8. Or, gently caress, even swap in China for America because China is literally a better faith actor and on its way to having a stronger economy than the United States is/does for the foreseeable future.
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Jun 2, 2017 09:02
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voltroon posted:First the Scandanavians, now this. I'm excited to watch every European leader dunk on Trump for the next four years. What did the Scandinavians do?
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Jun 2, 2017 09:31
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Boris Galerkin posted:What did the Scandinavians do? Their PMs all got together and recreated the Orb photo with them all holding a soccer ball ominously. E: This https://www.twitter.com/nordenen/status/869480526905782272 
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Jun 2, 2017 09:34
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nine-gear crow posted:Their PMs all got together and recreated the Orb photo with them all holding a soccer ball ominously. Omg, this was REAL? I saw it and assumed it was a good photoshop. Löfven just got a whole lot more awesome.
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Jun 2, 2017 09:48
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DIMMs are vital to computing. Volatile memory is awesome in computing and terrifying in politics
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Jun 2, 2017 09:57
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VitalSigns posted:Doesn't the bill have to pass with a veto-proof majority already because California's dumbass Constitution has a supermajority requirement for all revenue? The version that just passed the senate doesn't actually have any mechanism (ie: taxes) to pay for itself, so  The nurses are floating a 2.25% sales tax with the same rate levied on business revenue which would neither pass with a 2/3 majority nor survive moonbeam's veto. Dude doesn't gently caress around with the budget.
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Jun 2, 2017 10:09
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Haha, our prime minister here in Belgium is calling for economic sanctions against the US for abandoning the Paris accords. I'm sure this will amount to nothing cause it'd be economic suicide, but it's very telling of how deep the decision has cut.
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Jun 2, 2017 11:02
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Way to lump them all together you bigot, there are DIMMs of colors, speeds, slot types, bus widths and capacity. Short DIMMs, long DIMMS, double-sided, with and without heat spreaders. The amount of ignorance on display is appalling and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Jun 2, 2017 11:08
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nimby posted:Haha, our prime minister here in Belgium is calling for economic sanctions against the US for abandoning the Paris accords. I'm sure this will amount to nothing cause it'd be economic suicide, but it's very telling of how deep the decision has cut. The U.S. may still be the big dog on the world stage, but everyone else collectively can work around us if they have to.
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So dumb question but where did the anti-recycling/gently caress the environment mindset originate from? what year or group did it start in? I assume it's grounded a bit in a religious mindset because they think God will pick up the trash they throw out the car window on the highway and a bit in the America is a perfect land of endless bounty mindset and if it was possible for america to run out of resources it wouldn't be perfect therefore recycling is blasphemy. Just seems a bit funny for conservatives to get furiously anger at the idea of conservation.
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:So dumb question but where did the anti-recycling/gently caress the environment mindset originate from? what year or group did it start in? I'd assume it is a "We hate the democrats, the democrats like the environment, therefore we hate the environment" and "companies will pay us to tear down environmental protections so they can make more money by polluting everything, so let's pretend we have some beliefs to back that up" combo.
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:So dumb question but where did the anti-recycling/gently caress the environment mindset originate from? what year or group did it start in? It's based upon the standard GOP orthodoxy: - More money for us - gently caress you
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Jun 2, 2017 11:35
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RandomBlue posted:What about Sixteen Tons? Chain Gang? Black Lung Bugaloo? Are you saying these are happy songs? Pretty sure the post you're quoting was explicitly referring to Sixteen Tons at least.
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Yvonmukluk posted:It's based upon the standard GOP orthodoxy: In recent years, I think 'gently caress you' is now top priority, and 'more money for us' is a distant second.
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Ratoslov posted:In recent years, I think 'gently caress you' is now top priority, and 'more money for us' is a distant second. Republicans are anarchists. E: Feudal anarchists! 
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Lars Løkke is a libertarian poo poo bag though.
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nimby posted:Haha, our prime minister here in Belgium is calling for economic sanctions against the US for abandoning the Paris accords. I'm sure this will amount to nothing cause it'd be economic suicide, but it's very telling of how deep the decision has cut. Not finding anything on this, could you provide a link?
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Elon Musk finally realizes Trump really is too dumb to advice: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/870369915894546432
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I suspect even scandinavian libertarian shitbags would be too liberal for the average republican in the US
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evilmiera posted:Elon Musk finally realizes Trump really is too dumb to advice: *Trump cuts off his subsidies*
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Flowers For Algeria posted:Not finding anything on this, could you provide a link? I haven't found an English site, so you'll have to make do with our glorious Dutch language here. It's got a great old-man grampa picture of Trump, as well. Economische sancties translates to economic sanctions, obviously. The gist of it is that the government is considering sanctions due to 'climate dumping'. That'd mean the US would have to pay because its companies would be getting an unfair advantage by abusing the environment.
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Yvonmukluk posted:It's based upon the standard GOP orthodoxy: Well, yeah, but how do they get the regular folks on board with it, are they all longing for the days with lead in everything including the gas exhaust in the air and uranium in the glow-in-the-dark paint or do they just think God would never let them run out of resources so recycling is for none-believers?
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Sarcopenia posted:Lars Løkke is a libertarian poo poo bag though. At least he's just typically villainous for a politician, not worldbreakingly so. Shame that we vote for parties, not candidates, so Løkke will be around 'til he's fed up.
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THE BAR posted:Shame that we vote for parties, not candidates You mean like American elections?
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Well, yeah, but how do they get the regular folks on board with it, are they all longing for the days with lead in everything including the gas exhaust in the air and uranium in the glow-in-the-dark paint or do they just think God would never let them run out of resources so recycling is for none-believers? Regular folks are fine with whatever makes liberals mad
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Well, yeah, but how do they get the regular folks on board with it, are they all longing for the days with lead in everything including the gas exhaust in the air and uranium in the glow-in-the-dark paint or do they just think God would never let them run out of resources so recycling is for none-believers? Boomers already have lead-damaged brains so it's easy to trick them into breathing more lead by telling them it makes race traitors mad.
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Fastest debasement of a superpower on the world scene ever. I live on a coast, motherfuckers, US going all coal roller is going to affect me too! Oh well, there's always the Chinese and Germans. Ni hao mein Führer's, I don't exactly agree with the Party and Mother Europe on everything but terrible swimmers can't be choosers...
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