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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I was posting in the GBS George Floyd protests thread a few hours ago and said that American Exceptionalism and "Rugged Individualism" were toxic at their core and were major contributors to everything that the BLM movement was fighting against and some random chud poster immediately accused me of loving the Soviet Union, LOL 
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Finally watched this weeks episode. Interesting topic, but surprised they didn't bring up the tearing down of monuments of these racist historical figures as part of it.
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Astro7x posted:Finally watched this weeks episode. Interesting topic, but surprised they didn't bring up the tearing down of monuments of these racist historical figures as part of it. He has covered it previously.
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https://twitter.com/ACLUMN/status/1291142532848656394?s=19 Change is going well
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tarlibone posted:For me, Daryl Hannah is and will always be Splash. Also that one movie where she's topless (it's set in Africa). I think that was her. But I also remember High Spirits. I wonder how badly it's held up.
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Chris Knight posted:Summer Lovers was in Greece if that's the one you mean. ... No, that sounds like a "fun" movie that's "enjoyable" to watch. The one I'm talking about, and I had to look it up, is At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
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I feel like this belongs here: What if armando Iannucci directed the trump interview?
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Azhais posted:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/07/friday-night-massacre-us-postal-service-postmaster-general-major-trump-donor-ousts Friendly reminder that the USPS was profitable for sixteen straight years until the GOP passed legislation in 2007 requiring it to fund pensions for 50 years. Even with that bullshit, the USPS has generated a profit in twenty out of the last forty years: https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/pieces-of-mail-since-1789.htm
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Aug 10, 2020 04:24
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Well yeah, we can't have a publicly funded program that functions well. Bad for business.
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whos that broooown posted:Well yeah, we can't have a publicly funded program that functions well. Which is why it's no surprise that the appointee that did the "Friday night massacre" is heavily involved in commercial carriers
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Friendly reminder that the USPS was profitable for sixteen straight years until the GOP passed legislation in 2007 requiring it to fund pensions for 50 years. Even with that bullshit, the USPS has generated a profit in twenty out of the last forty years:
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Friendly reminder that the USPS was profitable for sixteen straight years until the GOP passed legislation in 2007 requiring it to fund pensions for 50 years. Even with that bullshit, the USPS has generated a profit in twenty out of the last forty years: The Postal Service is facing a number of issues, chief among them being that mail volume has dropped off a cliff. I think the prefunding storyline has gained a lot of traction because it puts forth an easy to follow story with a clear enemy, but it’s definitely not the whole story. If nothing else besides prefunding healthcare had been done differently, the postal service would still be underwater right now.
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achillesforever6 posted:What is even more awful how that bullshit legislation was passed unanimously For a very long time now, dismantling government programs that serve some positive purpose for society has been one of the tentpoles of the Republican party platform. They're so used to it, that I don't think they even wait for some lobbyist to figure out a way to profit off of the human suffering, they just reflexively demolish it and expect a reward. And for also a long time now, it seems like the galaxy brain strategy the Democratic leadership has for countering that has been...ceding ground on all of it in some attempt to rob Republicans of the fundamental basis of their opposition? I don't really get it. I remember reading somewhere that the last of the old New Deal progressive democrats got killed off under Clinton in order to accomplish...something. Maybe balancing the budget? That'd be the sort of totally pointless sacrifice of the public good that the party leadership has really centered itself on.
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Baronash posted:The Postal Service is facing a number of issues, chief among them being that mail volume has dropped off a cliff. I think the prefunding storyline has gained a lot of traction because it puts forth an easy to follow story with a clear enemy, but it’s definitely not the whole story. If nothing else besides prefunding healthcare had been done differently, the postal service would still be underwater right now. It was still profitable, even after years of declines post-  . Subtract the required-by-law additional payments from the P&L and the books balance. The USPS was basically one of the most profitable companies of the 2000's AND employs >600,000 people with stable careers. Now, one can also argue that it provides a critical public infrastructure service and it shouldn't matter if it does cost money (I would), but that point is moot. For now, there is more than enough margin to continue service for decades to come, and I would posit that volume will stabilize, or even increase, with mail-order shipping becoming common.
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If the Democrats get the trifecta in November they NEED to make the Postal Service part of the government and institute postal banking again but I'm not holding my breath.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:It was still profitable, even after years of declines post- Uh no, it's dead. https://t.co/gtCQfLOz1d?amp=1 Even if the Democrats get back in power (which seems unlikely since the primary reason Trump is doing this is to create mass voter suppression and the ancient mummies in charge of the DNC are just letting him do it while clucking their tongues at how uncouth it is), the last 30 years of American history suggests they won't actually undo the damage to the infrastructure, they'll just immediately treat it as a new intractable status quo.
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Groovelord Neato posted:If the Democrats get the trifecta in November they NEED to make the Postal Service part of the government and institute postal banking again but I'm not holding my breath. That would be nice, but it assumes a level of unified vision and a progressive agenda the Democrats do not have. Assuming we're not all in MAGA concentration camps after November, it's going to suck how unambitious and pro-corporate the "radical Leftist" agenda of Biden-Harris is actually going to be. I seriously hope I'm wrong.
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tarlibone posted:... No, that sounds like a "fun" movie that's "enjoyable" to watch. The one I'm talking about, and I had to look it up, is At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
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Ever since I found out Dan O'Brien was writing for the show I can't not hear his stuff in a lot these episodes.
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What does he say after the q rap, or qrap?
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Milo and POTUS posted:What does he say after the q rap, or qrap? I think it was "Boss" but I may have misheard.
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Milo and POTUS posted:What does he say after the q rap, or qrap? Bars
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I somehow feel the need to speak up for Danbury because legally I was born there, although I've only been to the city a few times as a full human that can remember things.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I somehow feel the need to speak up for Danbury because legally I was born there, although I've only been to the city a few times as a full human that can remember things. https://youtu.be/W1fMfPbAgX8 Don't worry, Danbury responded
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Have to say, buying personalized bricks that's to be used in a border wall is a great way of letting future generations know that you were fascists.
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Why not just call it an Unconventional. It sounds marginally more dumb but far less cliche
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Alhazred posted:Have to say, buying personalized bricks that's to be used in a border wall is a great way of letting future generations know that you were fascists. Yeah, John Oliver's point about this being the perfect monument to Trump is apt. Something as stately as a conventional monument would sanitize how hideously crass and racist everything about him is. It makes sense that the literal building blocks of his wall are also the accumulation of all the racism and sexism and sociopathic arrogance of his followers. "Thicc Latinas won't get deported" is pitch perfect, really, in how efficiently it summarizes Trump's brand: he doesn't stand for any specific ideals, just biases. There's no philosophy behind his anti-immigrant stance, really, just a visceral disregard for the lives of anyone different than him, unless there's a way they can be exploited. (In this specific instance, as sex objects...which is *chef's kiss* in how it bridges the racism with sexism in just a few words.)
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I was sorting my work mail today and discovered that someone in my town bought and used the LWT stamps as I came across a Nutterbutter one.
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September 27th. E:  That RNC montage sure was something.
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Stare-Out posted:September 27th. The RNC was something in general. I have only seen some clips here and there but it seems like it was insane. God then being off for a month is going to be nuts, especially with how fast things are going anymore.
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Can I just say that the 3 year old from Dansbury yelling at John Oliver was great?
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One Nut Wonder posted:September 27th. Ohkay, that makes a lot more sense!
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punk rebel ecks posted:For such a passionate segment, they really didn't give that much information on the events. Only the barest of basics. I'm impressed that show wasn't just John Oliver endlessly screaming into the void.
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Djarum posted:The RNC was something in general. I have only seen some clips here and there but it seems like it was insane. I think that's why they're doing it. It's going to be a crazy month leading up to the election and they probably want to have a little time off to rest and get ready.
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