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azflyboy posted:I just found out that Charlie Kirk has a radio show. He's always coked out of his gourd from the clips I've seen.
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Invalid Validation posted:It’s only socialism when it’s something they don’t like. My dad got on Medicaid and says it’s not socialism because he paid into it. *I* am just getting a little back of what I've paid into the system with all my years of hard work; everyone else is a lazy entitled moocher. My favorite variant of this is when a red area gets hit with a natural disaster and they ask for relief - they always make it very clear that they aren't asking for handouts, oh no, they just need a little help to get back on their feet, y'know?
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Piell posted:The solution is antitrust but that ain't gonna happen OneEightHundred fucked around with this message at 02:59 on May 12, 2022 |
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OneEightHundred posted:IIRC the market consolidation is mainly due to FDA safety standards that are way out of line with how difficult it is to produce safely. (Same as the insulin problem basically, except with way more "IT MIGHT HURT MY BABY" panic.) Two babies just died from contaminated formula, so it's a hell of a time to break out the "safety standards too rigorous" line
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We also make it insanely difficult to import formula too, even from countries with safety standards that meet/exceed our own.
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OneEightHundred posted:IIRC the market consolidation is mainly due to FDA safety standards that are way out of line with how difficult it is to produce safely. (Same as the insulin problem basically, except with way more "IT MIGHT HURT MY BABY" panic.) Yeah the problem isn't regulation. Is that its all consolidated under a monopoly.
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Xakura posted:Two babies just died from contaminated formula, so it's a hell of a time to break out the "safety standards too rigorous" line At the same time, babies die from not having formula too. Contamination is going to happen eventually, I believe the arguement is that having extreme rules means that the market is so limited that when a contamination does happen the entire national stock is obliterated. Whether that's true or not I'm not sure, I am unfamiliar with the standards, but high standards don't prevent issues on their own.
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CuddleCryptid posted:At the same time, babies die from not having formula too. The 4 companies that make formula are all extremely profitable and just don't spend the money on maintenance, equipment, and safety. it's a cartel in all but name. The safety standards are in no way related to the shortages. it's greed and profit.
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NPR did a nice segment just now with a hard take down of Tucker Carlson that dove into how a guy like him reinforces white supremacist rhetoric. I don't subject myself to Carlson but they played some clips and holy poo poo. If I can track down a link I will but it just aired.
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BiggerBoat posted:NPR did a nice segment just now with a hard take down of Tucker Carlson that dove into how a guy like him reinforces white supremacist rhetoric. I don't subject myself to Carlson but they played some clips and holy poo poo. I read a poll not too long ago that close to a majority of Republican voters believes in replacement theory. https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1524746626090344449 it turns out they're all just fascist white supremacists. Heck Yes! Loam! fucked around with this message at 18:10 on May 12, 2022 |
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Xakura posted:Two babies just died from contaminated formula, so it's a hell of a time to break out the "safety standards too rigorous" line CommieGIR posted:Yeah the problem isn't regulation. Is that its all consolidated under a monopoly. If the idea is "well we need that enormous cost to ensure that the products are safe" then well you've justified their current price.
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Yeah, uhhh...turns out that "Replacing Native Born Americans" is bad, huh?
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OneEightHundred posted:Right, and why is it a monopoly? It's a cheap-to-produce interchangeable product, so the existing players have very little leverage to keep competitors out of the market without some sort of artificial barrier jacking up the capital cost of forming one. Yes but you are ignoring that a regional monopoly is ALSO a problem that needs to be solved, and not just by importing competitors from overseas. And to that end, don't put it above manufacturers to make up shortages to drive up cost.
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It's a market sector that is massively profitable because of volume, not margins. Getting distribution set up and shelf space in stores is expensive, especially when there's only a relatively small number of retailers that control most of that shelf space as well.
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Here's a good article on the situation: https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/monopolies-and-the-baby-formula-shortage/ Also here's what the GOP is doing about it https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/1524804377994743809
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BiggerBoat posted:NPR did a nice segment just now with a hard take down of Tucker Carlson that dove into how a guy like him reinforces white supremacist rhetoric. I don't subject myself to Carlson but they played some clips and holy poo poo. is it this? https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098488908/has-tucker-carlson-created-the-most-racist-show-in-the-history-of-cable-news
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^^^That was it^^^ PRO CLICK BTW for anyone interested in this thread I didn't hear the whole segment but what the half hour I did hear was compelling and filled me with rage. Thanks! re: BABY FORMULA: I was gonna say, there's gotta be a RWM article or TV segment explaining why all this baby formula shortage is the result of democrats wanting to starve them to ramp up the adrenochrome supply chain. Or it's because of some burdensome "safety" regulations where old fashioned american factories can't make the poo poo. Or it's because of NAFTA. Whatever it is or why it's happening, the answer has to be "Biden and the Democrats" and probably some "democrats hate babies anyway/abortion so what do they care?" poo poo sprinkled in there so that the message is dems are causing this to increase support for abortions because "see? We can't feed them" Soros probably has a hand in it somehow. Haven't heard him mentioned in a month or two. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 19:42 on May 12, 2022 |
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:Here's a good article on the situation: All lives matter though, right guys? Guys?
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Levantine posted:All lives matter though, right guys? Guys? Surprising nobody, Nehls is a cop who was so bad he actually got fired from a suburban PD. Shockingly that made him the slightly less batshit crazy option over his primary opponent Kathaleen Wall.
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BiggerBoat posted:Yeah, uhhh...turns out that "Replacing Native Born Americans" is bad, huh? We are seeing white evangelical christians turning their religion into a weird kind of animism crossed with ancestral worship so it really does fit.
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BiggerBoat posted:Yeah, uhhh...turns out that "Replacing Native Born Americans" is bad, huh? I feel like I've seen this show already, I remember something about smallpox????
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We kiiinda had an infant formula shortage here because of safety regulations. In that the regulations meant that the formula was good and safe, and when the baby formula in China turned out to not be safe we had a lot of people buying it off the shelf here to send to their relatives in China, meaning shops had trouble keeping it in stock and had to limit the quantity-per-purchaser.
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BiggerBoat posted:Soros probably has a hand in it somehow. Haven't heard him mentioned in a month or two.
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Murgos posted:It's because Soros is fighting in Ukraine. On which side? My newsletters and emails have dried up. Along with all those checks he sent me to protest poo poo.
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BiggerBoat posted:^^^That was it^^^ Actually according to Kevin McCarthy it's because they subpoenaed him and others in regards to committing literal Sedition. But that other stuff might be involved
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BiggerBoat posted:On which side? My newsletters and emails have dried up. Oh contact your Area Ringleader for sure. The COL adjustment was great this quarter, everything's going according to plan.
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BiggerBoat posted:^^^That was it^^^ Oh you didn't hear? It's Bill Gates https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1524561573020327938?s=20&t=b3tM8Ws6a4qOOVvJJ2CLyg
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If artificial breast milk is approved for widespread consumption within even a decade of today then forget toxxing, one of you can just come to my house and shoot me.
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CuddleCryptid posted:If artificial breast milk is approved for widespread consumption within even a decade of today then forget toxxing, one of you can just come to my house and shoot me. Isn't that what formula is? You don't need to have a baby to buy it, you can just drink it if you want. Make white baby russians or something.
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Sekhmnet posted:Isn't that what formula is? You don't need to have a baby to buy it, you can just drink it if you want. Make white baby russians or something. the real meaning of the 14 words
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Tucker: “Russians aren’t white!”
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CuddleCryptid posted:If artificial breast milk is approved for widespread consumption within even a decade of today then forget toxxing, one of you can just come to my house and shoot me. Plot twist: the artificial breastmilk just ends up being thousands of poor women in India being milked like cows like in Fury Road.
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Panfilo posted:Plot twist: the artificial breastmilk just ends up being thousands of poor women in India being milked like cows like in Fury Road. Desi-cola! I wonder if nestle already has a patent
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Tangentially related to RWM, I enjoyed this op-ed about the gradual but consistent movement rightward of the Overton Window and what it means now to be a repbulican https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/opinions/gop-extremists-kathy-barnette-trump-zelizer/index.html It goes into Goldwater, Reagan, Gingrich, Palin and touches on RWM a bit. quote:While Democrats keep coming back to their center with politicians such as President Biden or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Republicans are continuing to go all in with the newest crop of extremists. The dynamic is almost inevitable as this is the history of the modern GOP.
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Sekhmnet posted:Desi-cola! I wonder if nestle already has a patent Nestle would just fund the spiky car raiders to kill them instead.
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Not a great sign that right-wing media personalities are saying "the mass shooter was right" https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1525869457435807744 https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1525869976544071681?s=20&t=MfMLucLgTpk-4LHJ_nqyIw
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Groovelord Neato posted:Not a great sign that right-wing media personalities are saying "the mass shooter was right" Some people say stuff about America being some kinda land of freedom and opportunity where people historically have come to find a new way of life. Others mention weird stuff about our foreign policy creating refugees whose well-being we're morally obligated to look after. But these are nonsense, vicious smokescreens. Democrats just be stealin' elections.
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You have to realize that probably 1/5 of the population looks at this shooting and concludes "it's about loving time" This country is rapidly embracing fascism and all of our problems as a nation create a very fertile and ripe environment for it to fully happen. Trump's win in 2024 is going to be seen as a redemption for the right and a conclusive repudiation of "socialism", even though Biden is pretty far from a radical left wing socialist. Doesn't matter. They're TOLD he is and they believe it. His abject failure on every conceivable level is all they're going to need for the great Double Down. It's like Carter ---> Reagan all over again except that at least Jimmy Carter was/is a decent human being. Who's going to stop this? And how? poo poo feels real ugly to me right now and the mood is very toxic, tense and angry here in the 904 of Florida. All this Tucker and talk radio poo poo certainly isn't helping and one can't tell teh difference between this shooter's manifesto and Carlson transcript. I increasingly feel like we are in big, BIG trouble. I think we can give it about 24 hours before the RWM starts calling this guy a left wing looney and points to his owning a copy of Mein Kampf as evidence. Because Hitler was a socialist you see. Roe v Wade is dead and gay marriage and contraception are next. Vote by mail. Gerrymandering out the rear end. We're hosed.
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BiggerBoat posted:You have to realize that probably 1/5 of the population looks at this shooting and concludes "it's about loving time" So, I don't know if this is helpful or not, but it helps me to remember that we aren't becoming horrible... we've been horrible for forever and are just becoming increasingly bad at hiding it. We have been in big trouble, so we are not currently in some worse situation, we're just more aware. Do your best to survive in a hostile world and look for opportunities to make it better. Helps me, anyhow. That, and a metric ton of privilege.
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