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coyo7e posted:I'm down with legal, codified fat shaming, but then we need to be consistent with applying it to every junk food and fat food company's products. Which would probably destroy a good chunk of the economy and also not work. Yeah, I think it's pretty lovely to make fun of people for being poor or not otherwise meeting your standards for sexual attractiveness.
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xrunner posted:Is it because of the milk? I know that's why a lot of the prepackaged Starbucks drinks don't get sales taxed while other prepackaged sweetened drinks do. Maybe it's targeted more at HFCS specifically or something? I don't drink a lot of store-bought sweetened beverages though so I don't even know if starbucks bottled coffees use corn syrup or some other, more politically correct, version of sugar such as beet or cane sugar etc. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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DevNull posted:I think at this point we have to move forward and push as hard as we can for a good income tax in the city. Yes. I argued with people in this thread a few months ago about this and some guy had a breakdown about how an income tax only affecting income over like 50k would bankrupt him or something. It is time to make the upper middle class and rich pay their fair share.
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Maybe if those people in the $200k+ bracket ought to stop wasting their money on iPhones and wine and steak, and just live reasonably
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coyo7e posted:Maybe if those people in the $200k+ bracket ought to stop wasting their money on iPhones and wine and steak, and just live reasonably But you don't understand, my million dollar mortgage and 3 car loans means I'm actually worse off than someone making 20k/year!
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I'd still like to see an income tax linked to a revocation or reduction of the sales tax, but mostly I just want a more progressive tax structure of any kind so gently caress yeah let's do this.
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ElCondemn posted:But you don't understand, my million dollar mortgage and 3 car loans means I'm actually worse off than someone making 20k/year! The only difference would be that the plasma would come from wealthy (white) people and go to extend the lives of (wealthy) white people - so isn't that like, civic service for a white nationalist?
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So Lisa Herbold endorsed Jon Grant today. She was on the board that hired him for his housing work before. She knows him and trusts his work. More interesting I think, is that Mike O'Brien make a $250 contribution to Nikkita Oliver's campaign. Not an official endorsement, but still important.
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anthonypants posted:Portland police are looking for a man who stole the backpack and possibly wedding ring belonging to one of last week's nazi murder victims
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anthonypants posted:Capitalism makes vultures of us all https://twitter.com/Oregonian/status/873903211555557377 Yeah, if anything, it isn't that surprising when you actually see how desperate things are for people on the bottom in Portland (this includes both homeless people and people living in very marginal conditions), addiction (especially opioid addiction) is rampant in part because social services are so minimal in the first place. When you "fall" in Portland there honestly isn't really a bottom. It is the endless irony that for all the activism in Portland (much of it well meaning), the reality is it has become even more of a twisted libertarian nightmare for thousands of people (tens of thousands?) on the bottom. It does that long when you walk around the Eastside (outside the bubble) it is very very easy see what the result of Afgani imports and small government has been. Ardennes fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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So I know at least one other person from this thread made it out to the Muslim Solidarity event on Saturday. It went pretty well considering how aggressive the proud boys where being. The General Defense Committee, which is part of IWW, organized security for the protest against the fascists. They did a pretty job. There was once incident in front of city hall when a few proud boys rushed through and started throwing punches. The GDC broke them up, and then the cops showed up. The cops of course let the proud boys go, which let them cause more trouble later. On the march back to Occidental Square, the fascist march tried to intercept us but where blocked by black bloc and then the cops. We got back to the square, and there were a few groups of fascists that were probing the perimeter to find a place where they could get in. After about a half an hour, they made their way though on Main, headed east. GDC tried to deescalate, but the proud boys started throwing punches. The cops broke it up and dumped a bunch of pepper spray on black bloc and GDC coordinators. The cops arrested 3 GDC organizers, and the the proud boys go. Alex Garland followed them after the march, and posted this: https://www.facebook.com/JAlexanderGarland/videos/vb.23905336/10105968170545420/?type=2&theater
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coyo7e posted:I agree, Portland is not racist but if you try to not be racist then it makes you racist
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anthonypants posted:Would you say that you are the "Portland 4 Trump!!!!" sticky notes, or the "Yes, but not me!" sticky note
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Ardennes posted:it isn't that surprising when you actually see how desperate things are for people on the bottom in Portland (this includes both homeless people and people living in very marginal conditions), addiction (especially opioid addiction) is rampant in part because social services are so minimal in the first place. When you "fall" in Portland there honestly isn't really a bottom. this is true for almost everywhere in the US
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So what in the gently caress is going on here? The last thing I want to do is point to someone who is accusing someone in power of sexual assault or rape of making it all up, but given this and previous bad behavior of the lawyer in question, the whole thing feels sketchy as gently caress. You just don't see these sorts of shenanigans with other prominent cases, such as the Cosby case going on now.
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DevNull posted:Sorry dude, but cops have long been horrible fuckers in the Seattle area.
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Solkanar512 posted:So what in the gently caress is going on here? The last thing I want to do is point to someone who is accusing someone in power of sexual assault or rape of making it all up, but given this and previous bad behavior of the lawyer in question, the whole thing feels sketchy as gently caress. You just don't see these sorts of shenanigans with other prominent cases, such as the Cosby case going on now. I've kept quiet about it because I err on the side of alleged victims but the lawyer (and his law partner) are scum of the earth. Also: quote:The prospect of a new judge, Beauregard said, is “a nice benefit of refiling,” but he added, “my public comment on that would be no comment.”
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Man I heard a Murray supporter on KUOW when the news broke go on about the difference between pedophilia and ephebophilia and wanted to call in to scream at them. "Ephebophile" might be my most-hated word of all time. There are reasons to squint hard at these allegations but don't be such a party man that you go on record about how some pedophilia is actually okay.
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George posted:Man I heard a Murray supporter on KUOW when the news broke go on about the difference between pedophilia and ephebophilia and wanted to call in to scream at them. loving gross.
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Man Evergreen is taking the white supremacist/counter protest rally pretty serious. I guess it makes sense after that threat, but they're limiting bus service and 'closing' the campus at like 2:15
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Doorknob Slobber posted:Man Evergreen is taking the white supremacist/counter protest rally pretty serious. I guess it makes sense after that threat, but they're limiting bus service and 'closing' the campus at like 2:15 Well given we had a fairly recent incident at the UW they should be applauded for actually taking it seriously before someone gets loving shot.
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Steve Ballmer is upset about income tax  http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/kshama-sawant-calls-out-steve-ballmer-over-income-tax/533757541
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Doorknob Slobber posted:this is true for almost everywhere in the US Portland is certainly of the more grim side of the fence, especially considering its considerable wealth and supposedly "liberal" politics otherwise. I think Oregon overall has some of the most classical libertarian politics in the country.
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anthonypants posted:Steve Ballmer is upset about income tax Ballmer is the worst. At least Bill Gates supported the income tax, Ballmer is a bad CEO and has bad opinions.
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Mr. Lobe posted:I didn't know a dang thing about the guy and this was the first article I found. How does anyone believe in meritocracy in capitalism when such a pathetic person can become so wealthy?
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Developers, developers, developers, developers.
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Ardennes posted:Portland is certainly of the more grim side of the fence, especially considering its considerable wealth and supposedly "liberal" politics otherwise. I think Oregon overall has some of the most classical libertarian politics in the country.
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