silicone thrills posted:Protesting is about all that's left I guess. :\ Anything short of a human chain blocking the building is going to do gently caress all tho
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whomupclicklike posted:Anything short of a human chain blocking the building is going to do gently caress all tho
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can someone (kirsten harris talley? nikkita?) please run against and replace bruce in 2019? https://twitter.com/dbeekman/status/1006252732817104897?s=21
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:can someone (kirsten harris talley? nikkita?) please run against and replace bruce in 2019? He is the loving worst, and the Stranger endorses him every loving election for some unknown loving reason.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:57
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Thanatosian posted:He is the loving worst, and the Stranger endorses him every loving election for some unknown loving reason. It looks like everyone but Mosqueda and Kshama signed on to a letter saying they will vote to repeal the tax.
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Last week a woman paid in quarters at an Egyptian food cart, and the food cart owner got really upset, used the n-word, and threw things at the woman http://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2018/06/06/owner-of-downtown-food-cart-arrested-for-assaulting-customer-with-gatorade-bottle-and-sriracha/ http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/portland_food_cart_owner_relea.html Since then, people have been harassing a completely different Egyptian food cart http://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2018/06/11/angry-portlanders-are-harassing-the-wrong-egyptian-food-cart/
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DevNull posted:It looks like everyone but Mosqueda and Kshama signed on to a letter saying they will vote to repeal the tax. The paid signature collectors were out in force about this. If we can't get this through, imagine the poo poo fest an income tax would generate. friendlyfire fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 12, 2018 |
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anthonypants posted:Since then, people have been harassing a completely different Egyptian food cart http://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2018/06/11/angry-portlanders-are-harassing-the-wrong-egyptian-food-cart/ Good old trial by media succeeds again.
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Well, I'm sure it was nice while it lasted. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1006647050920976384
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Jun 12, 2018 22:51
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Big business: "Homelessness isn't that bad, we will hire a consultant to prove it!" Consulant: "it will cost $400m to fix homelessness." Big business: "poo poo. We can't afford that..."
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seiferguy posted:Big business: "Homelessness isn't that bad, we will hire a consultant to prove it!" Let's not forget that Amazon et al pulled this off by hiring a bunch of signature gatherers, and the city council didn't even make them fight, just loving gave up.
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I think even if Seattle City Council had held their ground, Amazon would have won just from sheer money, apparent goodwill as being a "job creator" and the Seattle Times constantly  ing about it. That's not to say they shouldn't have held their ground (they absolutely should, spineless cowards), but it's hard to see a winning strategy when Amazon cheats.
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seiferguy posted:I think even if Seattle City Council had held their ground, Amazon would have won just from sheer money, apparent goodwill as being a "job creator" and the Seattle Times constantly I think Amazon probably would have won the battle, but I think it would have been a really bad look for them, PR-wise.
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Jun 13, 2018 00:55
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The cyberpunk dystopia corporate rule we're living in is a hell of a lot more boring than we were promised.
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I don't know. The Trump era is many things but I wouldn't call it boring.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I don't know. The Trump era is many things but I wouldn't call it boring. Sure it is, Trump can’t even hire a proper cyberpunk ninja assassin, you’d just get Mike Flynn Jr. firing rounds out of a knockoff Desert Eagle while wearing stunner shades or whatever
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Aside from the big business opposition, it doesn't seem to be very popular, a poll on the head tax a month ago had people opposed 54-38: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/exclusive-kiro-7-strategies-360-poll-on-seattle-head-tax/749118634
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seiferguy posted:I think even if Seattle City Council had held their ground, Amazon would have won just from sheer money, apparent goodwill as being a "job creator" and the Seattle Times constantly How did Amazon cheat? Paid signature gathering isn't against the law. The anti gun initiative is using them see: http://komonews.com/news/local/gun-measures-face-tight-deadline-to-qualify-for-ballot “A significant portion of that will be accomplished by paid signature gatherers,” said i-1639 campaign chairman Stephen Paolini.
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I thought using paid signature gatherers was pretty standard for initiatives in general.
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If you want to gather enough signatures it is, yeah.
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DrNutt posted:The cyberpunk dystopia corporate rule we're living in is a hell of a lot more boring than we were promised. I used to wonder why people in dystopian fiction just accepted the status quo, and now I'm living in it and accepting the status quo. I am incredibly saddened, and frustrated, and feel without recourse. And then I turn on my teevee and suddenly I don't feel anything anymore.
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Nobody in history ever thought that the enlightened middle could be the cause of our suffering even in fiction.
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Freakazoid_ posted:Nobody in history ever thought that the enlightened middle could be the cause of our suffering even in fiction. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Letter from the Birmingham Jail posted:First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
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KingFisher posted:How did Amazon cheat? It's a figure of speech. Yes I know Amazon didn't do anything illegal. But they have endless amount of cash to throw around more or less amounts to them being able to easily tip the scales in their favor.
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seiferguy posted:It's a figure of speech. Yes I know Amazon didn't do anything illegal. But they have endless amount of cash to throw around more or less amounts to them being able to easily tip the scales in their favor. The day we decided spending money was protected speech, we decided we didn't really want to live in a just and democratic society.
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Unless you're a supreme court member I don't think "we" is appropriate there
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cheetah7071 posted:Unless you're a supreme court member I don't think "we" is appropriate there You're not the justice of me
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What's the best Credit Union for a savings account in Portland?
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punk rebel ecks posted:What's the best Credit Union for a savings account in Portland? Gamestop
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Should I know/care who that random okcupid person is?
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I bet his dilz is all jacked up. Steer clear.
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Javid posted:Should I know/care who that random okcupid person is?
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anthonypants posted:If you aren't going to read the words in the first picture attached to that tweet, then you're probably not going to read the words in this link either https://idioteq.com/true-identity-breaks-up-vocalist-jim-hesketh-ex-champion-accused/ The image preview did not make it immediately apparent that there were words to read.
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Helter Skelter posted:The image preview did not make it immediately apparent that there were words to read. Right.  Twitter is stupid and makes you click through twice to actually pull up the image, which is more effort than tweets are generally worth.
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anthonypants posted:If you aren't going to read the words in the first picture attached to that tweet, then you're probably not going to read the words in this link either https://idioteq.com/true-identity-breaks-up-vocalist-jim-hesketh-ex-champion-accused/
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twodot posted:If you can't be bothered to write more than zero words explaining why anyone should care about what your posting, I don't see why you would expect anyone to bother clicking the links you've offered no reason to read. In other words, Roki B posted:Posting Twitter links instead of content is the modern low effort post.
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twodot posted:If you can't be bothered to write more than zero words explaining why anyone should care about what your posting, I don't see why you would expect anyone to bother clicking the links you've offered no reason to read.
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