|
Chomskyan posted:https://twitter.com/PortlandDSA/status/994396788185432064
|
#
?
May 10, 2018 18:16
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 24, 2024 17:12 |
|
|
anthonypants posted:It was revised yesterday to 49 new cops. 49 too many
|
|
#
?
May 10, 2018 19:57
|
|
|
There's nothing wrong with cops as long as they're disarmed and minorities like God herself.
|
|
#
?
May 10, 2018 20:53
|
|
|
Feels like every op-ed from businesses opposing the head tax basically goes "we want to end homelessness but we don't want to do it like this  "
|
|
#
?
May 10, 2018 21:42
|
|
|
There's more poor people than rich people so if they just taxed the poor more then they would have their budget windfall. Simple economics really.
|
|
#
?
May 10, 2018 21:53
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/BetsBarnes/status/994717759987580928
|
|
#
?
May 11, 2018 00:32
|
|
|
We need to do something about these transplants, who are taking are jobs https://twitter.com/ThePortlandTrib/status/994972263878361088
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2018 23:13
|
|
|
Someone needs to give that kid a wedgie.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2018 23:27
|
|
|
Also Chrissy Teigen's husband is on Twitter posting about the Washington County DA race for some reason https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/995030452929871872 Here's an OPB article about the race, written by a good journalist who once worked for the Mercury, and the Oregonian up until recently If you don't know who this guy is he's in a lot of Chrissy Teigen's tweets and instagrams https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/995144154249244673 do you really trust THIS man to give you political advice??????????????? anthonypants fucked around with this message at 00:27 on May 13, 2018 |
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 00:23
|
|
|
Chrissie Teigens husband? Lol.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 00:35
|
|
|
anthonypants posted:We need to do something about these transplants, who are taking are jobs https://twitter.com/ThePortlandTrib/status/994972263878361088 Seeing what Oregon politicians do on a daily basis, it isn't like he could do worse than your local guys.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 00:54
|
|
|
anthonypants posted:We need to do something about these transplants, who are taking are jobs https://twitter.com/ThePortlandTrib/status/994972263878361088 quote:"I am currently in an undisclosed location that is not a normal residence avoiding detection by the New Jersey authorities who want to throw me in jail for political reasons," Hafner said. "So, the last place I am going to show up right now is somewhere that it would be very easy to tie me to. But if I win the primary, and by default the general election, that could change things." gently caress it, sounds like he’ll fit right in
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 01:35
|
|
|
I need all my local office politicians operating out of undisclosed bunkers.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 02:20
|
|
|
He's going up against Earl Blumenauer for not being sufficiently pro-marijuana. It would be impressive if he didn't try to style himself after Tony Soprano.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 10:48
|
|
|
I think "I'm running for local office probably 3000 miles away but an undisclosed location" might be peak internet.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2018 19:07
|
|
|
Seattle City Council votes 9-0 for scaled-down head tax on large employers https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-votes-9-0-for-scaled-down-head-tax-on-large-employers/
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 01:53
|
|
|
Get hosed Bezos
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 02:36
|
|
|
Heh, I jumped on the Seattle Reddit and they are so loving mad about the tax. I'm glad we got something out of Amazon, it can always be dialed up later.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 02:59
|
|
|
Peachfart posted:Heh, I jumped on the Seattle Reddit and they are so loving mad about the tax. I'm glad we got something out of Amazon, it can always be dialed up later. Since Reddit is mad I will assume this tax is a good thing.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:05
|
|
|
I don't think I've witnessed an argument against it that didn't at least implicitly include "poor plucky amazon can't afford a tax that amounts to $0.24 an hour wage increases" The closest I've seen is "this is not the optimal solution to this problem" which if it were the real belief would amount to a sort of half-hearted opposition not full-throated
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:09
|
|
|
Also Amazon's official response is "we're ontinuing the construction which we said we'd stop but maybe we'll still stop after all! who knows!" which I read as it having been an empty threat all along
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:16
|
|
|
If you know someone who believed Amazon's threat, they are either lying or stupid. Amazon won't leave Seattle over a tiny tax such as this.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:18
|
|
|
I mean I'm not convinced I've heard a sincere argument against is that wasn't from amazon itself saying "gently caress you we want money"
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:32
|
|
|
It's like we refused to learn any lessons from Boeing other than "placate big business so they can keep loving us".
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 03:53
|
|
|
horns.aiff https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-returns-to-wells-fargo-no-other-bank-wants-citys-business/
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2018 15:47
|
|
|
seiferguy posted:horns.aiff Bob Hasegawa may not have had much else going for him in the mayoral race, but his idea for a public bank was not a bad one.
|
|
#
?
May 16, 2018 11:37
|
|
|
Helter Skelter posted:Bob Hasegawa may not have had much else going for him in the mayoral race, but his idea for a public bank was not a bad one.
|
|
#
?
May 16, 2018 17:12
|
|
|
Here are some results from yesterday's election. To me at least, its more about who lost than who won. https://twitter.com/OPB/status/996624170673815555 The Republican lost the race for labor commissioner https://twitter.com/wweek/status/996602448507621377 Landlord Senator Rod Monroe lost his primary to a progressive democrat https://twitter.com/wweek/status/996607123021643781 Noted racist white lady Felicia Willians lost the race for city council (not that anyone expected her to win) Red and Black fucked around with this message at 17:41 on May 16, 2018 |
|
#
?
May 16, 2018 17:38
|
|
|
I was disappointed but not terribly surprised by the outcome for the Washington County DA. There was another race though where I went looking up the candidates and had to spend some extra time thinking about it because they were both formerly public defenders.
|
|
#
?
May 17, 2018 02:04
|
|
|
We're so close, we're SO close. If we can defeat him this time, it should be the end of the curse. http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/opinion/eyman-risks-retirement-funds-on-car-tab-initiative/ quote:Tim Eyman is so convinced his latest initiative attack on car tabs is a winner, he’s tapping the one source of money he can count on these days to finance the effort — his own.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 03:41
|
|
|
I hope he dies poor.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 04:16
|
|
|
I hope he’s walking down the street and an old af Honda Civic rolls by him and the license plate flies off the front of it and wildly spins right by his jugular but misses. Then the glue on the tab gives way and his relief from not getting Kung Lao’d causes him to inhale the tab and he chokes on it.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 04:29
|
|
|
Nah, poor and forgotten would be perfect.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 06:49
|
|
|
I hope the state of Washington names the building that issues car tabs after him in a final 'gently caress you' to him.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 07:51
|
|
|
It costing a million dollars to get an initiative on the ballot feels like it goes against the spirit of initiatives but on the other hand if it keeps Eyman off then good riddance
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 09:09
|
|
|
cheetah7071 posted:It costing a million dollars to get an initiative on the ballot feels like it goes against the spirit of initiatives but on the other hand if it keeps Eyman off then good riddance It doesn't when you don't have to literally pay people to force a ballot initiative on because you are almost universally hated by everyone. Remember this rear end in a top hat is why all our ballets have that stupid "the legislature, funded the government WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE" advisory statemrnts.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 15:43
|
|
|
If getting an initiative on the ballot was trivial you'd have dozens, maybe hundreds on there each time, many of them from whackadoodles. It's just not practical.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 16:44
|
|
|
Yeah I get that it shouldn't be trivial but it also shouldn't be buyable. But, since having money is basically a cheat code in capitalism, money can substitute for effort basically no matter how the rules are written. A problem but not one with an easy solution.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 19:52
|
|
|
I mean, the less popular a potential initiative is, the more expensive it is (and vice-versa). And below a certain level of popularity it becomes impractical or even impossible to get it on the ballot. But yeah ideally there'd be a way less dependent on money. I'm just not sure of what such a method would be that would actually be an all-around improvement on the current setup.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 19:54
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 24, 2024 17:12 |
|
|
Not sure how to crack the nut of making referendums accessible while keeping out the crazies, but I know intuitively what the solution, whatever it may be, will look like:
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2018 20:25
|
|