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holding out judgement on infrastructure bill until someone who believes in decorum and that numbers and words don't mean what they're accepted to mean in the english language can explain why it's good via a twitter thread where they also denigrate minorities who say anything they don't like in the process
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I'm basically just saying that these scenarios are equally likely: - Congress fucks over regular people getting unemployment - Congress is reallocating previously-agreed to UI money that red states are declining (because gently caress regular people) - Congress hunts for the actual waste/fraud/abuse (and fucks over regular people through state action) - Congress popped some bullshit numbers in that don't mean anything, in the classic waste/fraud/abuse hunt that never happens We'll know more once the bill is written about which of these (or a combination) is actually true. We don't know enough yet because Congress loves to do all of the above four things and random times.
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So those terms seem pretty opaque - anyone want to break it down?
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So here’s some grim poo poo about climate changequote:
Unsurprisingly enough, it’s the Global South that will bear the brunt of most of this despite them contributing not very much to the problem.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:So here’s some grim poo poo about climate change Yeah, its not good. We keep closing Nuclear plants too and replacing them with Natural Gas, its a huge problem we keep digging the hole deeper.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:So here’s some grim poo poo about climate change That's by design
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah, its not good. We keep closing Nuclear plants too and replacing them with Natural Gas, its a huge problem we keep digging the hole deeper. The greenwashing of the energy industry especially with respect to public perception of electric and hybrid personal cars is a mega scam
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Jun 25, 2021 03:37
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US Berder Patrol posted:The greenwashing of the energy industry especially with respect to public perception of electric and hybrid personal cars is a mega scam And the money pours in.
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US Berder Patrol posted:The greenwashing of the energy industry especially with respect to public perception of electric and hybrid personal cars is a mega scam Yup. Between Carbon Capture and and Hydrogen stuff, Greenwashing is pretty awful at derailing at actual effective measures. And the posterchild of renewables only isn't doing so hot: https://twitter.com/civilengineer/status/1408251539236392962?s=20
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https://twitter.com/yabutaleb7/status/1408039679862226952quote:The White House wanted Hahn to say yes within hours. Hahn, who still did not know who the application was for, consulted career officials. The FDA needs to go by the book, the officials insisted. Hahn relayed the message back to the White House. They kept pressing him to effectively cut corners. Jesus, it really was a Presidency lifted straight from House of Cards.
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/yabutaleb7/status/1408039679862226952 Thanks for the effort, guys. Really appreciate you going out of your way on that one.
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah, its not good. We keep closing Nuclear plants too and replacing them with Natural Gas, its a huge problem we keep digging the hole deeper. A lot of natural gas production is linked to oil production. While you may have some natural gas only wells, you're often getting both crude and gas from the same well. If you don't have a source for that gas (like a power station and associated infrastructure) it's often flared as most states allow that. Either way, that gas got to the surface, so you can vent it, flare it, or capture it and send it to power plants, fertilizer plants, residential, etc. It sounds like some states are doing re-injection to avoid flaring but if the choice is direct it a power station to close a coal plant, that's a win. Otherwise, you'll be burning the gas for nothing and still using coal for power production. If natural gas is closing other types of powerplants - eh...
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The US has a shitload of natural gas deposits. We produce more farts than any other nation. Therefore, the natural gas lobby has its hands up the asses of politicians on both sides of the aisle working them like puppets because JERBS and this bullshit notion that CNG is the FUEL OF THE FUTURE and they need to be on the ground floor or they're going to have to explain to their constituents why THEY didn't ~get with the program~. It doesn't matter that CNG extraction is acutely poisoning people. It also doesn't matter that it might be worse for the planet than burning oil because the extraction process is imperfect and the methane wastes go directly into the atmosphere and don't pass Go in the process of doing so. The politicians who've bought into the natural gas lobby are pot committed. They hear poo poo like "the United States is the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas" and get all horny because they want board memberships and cushy post-public office jobs. Fusion isn't even a way out anymore because it's almost a 99.9% certainty it'll be cracked by a hyper-corporate entity who will  the gently caress out about it and then fleece us all for recouping of their invested money 10000x over while airing "you're welcome" ads on worldwide television.
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So I made this post last month about legislative language to get rid of the remarriage penalty for surviving spouses:McNally posted:Wow, I think I might have been proven wrong. I decided to look into it to see if there was any movement. There hasn't been, really. The House NDAA isn't expected to be released from committee until July because the priority is on Infrastructure Week, but I was able to finally find a number for the stand-alone bill they released on this. I hate to do all this again, but if you guys wouldn't mind harassing your Congressfuckers about HR 2827 it would be greatly appreciated. It currently has 13 cosponsors: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]* Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]** Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]** Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15] Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2] Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2] Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] Please tell them to support both the bill and the language in the NDAA. Thanks. * denotes sponsor ** denotes original cosponsor
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CommieGIR posted:Yup. Between Carbon Capture and and Hydrogen stuff, Greenwashing is pretty awful at derailing at actual effective measures. Well poo poo, taking that argument out of my arsenal.
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Unfortunate update to the Miami building collapse. 4 dead, 159 unaccounted. https://twitter.com/MiamiHerald/status/1408412288785301506?s=20
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https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1408216383729504257?s=19 loving yikes. That man is a hero. Also lol https://twitter.com/AoDespair/status/1408221203060428805?s=19
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Jun 25, 2021 14:57
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https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1407799795603808258 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/24/us/former-nra-president-tricked-speech-gun-violence/index.html get hosed
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Bored As gently caress posted:https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1408216383729504257?s=19 It's not that clear cut on Milley. He still showed up to Lafayette Park when it was *very* obvious what Trump was doing and tear gas was in the air. Also not a given that the trigger-pullers would pull said triggers either - the military's way more ideologically diverse than VFW halls would make you think. But meanwhile, I don't think they'll be successful here, but it's loving good to see: https://twitter.com/DavidNakamura/status/1408433441985683463
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It'd be great if there was some reconstruction law that gave the federal government over view of elections of former confederate states.
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Defenestrategy posted:It'd be great if there was some reconstruction law that gave the federal government over view of elections of former confederate states. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its pre-clearance requirements were quite effective in that regard. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court killed pre-clearance in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder in a 5-4 decision because the court conservatives decided racism is over.
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facialimpediment posted:The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its pre-clearance requirements were quite effective in that regard. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court killed pre-clearance in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder in a 5-4 decision because the court conservatives decided racism is over. And a strict interpretation of the Constitution says that if Congress unanimously votes for something, it's a secret cry for help.
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facialimpediment posted:The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its pre-clearance requirements were quite effective in that regard. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court killed pre-clearance in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder in a 5-4 decision because the court conservatives decided racism is over. That was the joke.
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GD_American posted:That was the joke. I really wasn't sure, because Reconstruction ended in 1877 when all the southern states decided that black people were good after all. https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1408443888587661314 https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1408444450364342280 Good time to have a non-chud Attorney General.
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Actually I was legit wondering if there was some arcane reconstruction law that's just never been invoked because it would hurt the south feelings.
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Defenestrategy posted:Actually I was legit wondering if there was some arcane reconstruction law that's just never been invoked because it would hurt the south feelings. I'm no history expert (because I'm white and went to a suburban public school), but I'm almost positive all the Reconstruction laws were completely watered down and/or shot to pieces. That's among one of the main reasons why Andrew Johnson has a potential claim to Worst President Ever. There was a lot of "no hard feelings, keep your poo poo" where there should've been "shape the gently caress up immediately or I turn Sherman loose again". Also, Chauvin gets sentenced today. His request for a new trial just got tossed, he has 90 days to appeal. https://twitter.com/OmarJimenez/status/1408442447512932352
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Derek Chauvin is getting sentenced today. I’m betting 20-25 years. Anyone else got a guess?
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Derek Chauvin is getting sentenced today. I’m betting 20-25 years. Anyone else got a guess? 5 year probation.
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FrozenVent posted:5 year probation. With credit for time served, obviously?
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Schadenboner posted:With credit for time served, obviously? As well as credit for the time served of his perps
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A tour full of people who absolutely took the wrong message from the show.
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What's the minimum?
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The Wire was a documentary.
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Hahaha wow, that's like Albuquerque's official tourism page endorsing Breaking Bad tours. https://www.visitalbuquerque.org/about-abq/film-tourism/breaking-bad/ With interesting items for sale: https://www.visitalbuquerque.org/listing/the-candy-lady/168/
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Sacrist65 posted:A tour full of people who absolutely took the wrong message from the show. A bus full of people that are worth less than their belongings...
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Derek Chauvin is getting sentenced today. I’m betting 20-25 years. Anyone else got a guess? 18 months.
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Bored As gently caress posted:
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