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Finally decided to learn some information about my state representative and, well, we're off to a great start. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/no-felony-charge-brooklyn-pol-accused-beating-son-article-1.2942525
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get that OUT of my face posted:there's a reason why i called her "Bad Momma Richardson" in a previous post, also i hinted at that in the OP Thanks for clearing that up.
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Feb 15, 2017 04:38
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mrmcd posted:Just wait for the fracking chemicals to slowly poison you to death. We banned fracking, but that doesn't mean we can't have pipelines going throught the state. Not even within throwing distance of a rundown nuclear power facility.
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Feb 25, 2017 21:50
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goose willis posted:The DNC just picked Tom Perez so there goes the DNC
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Feb 25, 2017 22:19
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I'm starting to think New York Dems aren't actually good. https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/836271832185593856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Feb 27, 2017 23:30
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goose willis posted:What if the state Republicans could be pushed into being less lovely and then the state Democrats will have to face real competition for once  The centrist Republicans have been steadily defecting to the Democrats since at least the 90s.
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Feb 28, 2017 02:08
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It would work as a way to sneak in a means to regulate and track guns, but since we have a Republican majority it's going lead to a national stand your ground law. Edit: Should note that Panzeh posted:I think guns are good because they can help in a revolutionary struggle.
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Mar 3, 2017 00:25
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We really need to up our fash bashing game. https://twitter.com/splcenter/status/837674796959875073
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Mar 3, 2017 16:10
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CaptainPsyko posted:No charges for deblasio. Mayoral race gonna be boring now. IDK, there's still a non-zero chance of Hillary running.
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Mar 16, 2017 16:06
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Absurd Alhazred posted:https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/847880701223608328 The president couldn't close a prison with less than 250 prisoners, there's no chance in hell that de Blasio will be able to close one with about 10,000. That said, I hope I'm proven wrong.
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Apr 2, 2017 06:08
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I'm currently working with Greenpeace on a campaign to get a plastic bag ban in New York City, and the wider state if possible. We're trying to figure out the best means to implement it (outright ban, a tax on it's use, etc.) and I'd love to get y'alls thoughts on what it should be and how it could be done. I know it's a bit more of a vanity initiative compared to other issues, but it's meant to get a local victory under our belt. Plus, the city alone uses 10 billion plastic bags anually, compared to 100 billion nationwide. I'm personally torn between the tax and outright ban. The ban would be easier to sell and harder revoke, though the revenue from the tax could be directed towards a seperate initiative that directly benefits the population. Just to put it out there: Paper bags will still be in use. This is really only directed towards the single use plastic bags you get at stores.
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Apr 11, 2017 19:23
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theflyingexecutive posted:don't call it a ban and don't call it a tax, especially while plastic bags are still ubiquitous. ffs, don't even call it a tax internally. incentivize reusable bags and plastic bag return and get people used to the alternative. Spend the thousands of dollars you would loving lobbying and give out reusable bags (a dime apiece in bulk) and/or have plastic bag return/recycling so the can collectors can take care of it We really don't have much of a budget to work with. Everyone's paying out of pocket for anything that we do since the national office is focused on getting state attorney generals to open a case against Exxon for burying evidence about climate change, which New York has already joined. We have been giving out reuseable bags the sanitation department have donated to us (they're in favor of the ban since plastic bags are one of the most difficult forms of waste to manage, including when they're recycled). Besides, both the tax and ban have been effective when implemented, so I don't see a reason to shy away from it. Greenpeace really isn't a slow reform type organization anyway. You are right about plastic bags being reused is a major misconception. If you keep track of how many of them are just floating in the breeze when you walk around, you can see how obscenely common they are. New York may be a liberal city, but it sure as poo poo isn't for enviromental reasons. Edit: Also, we do recognize that paper and cotton tote are less enviromentally friendly to produce, but the forner is far easier to recycle while the latter is reused enough to offset the difference. MizPiz has issued a correction as of 20:20 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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Apr 11, 2017 20:17
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GlyphGryph posted:I've never understood plastic bag bans. It just means I have to buy my plastic bags separately instead. I guess it prevents the assholes letting their bags go flying outside though so in that way it's not bad. That's some pretty crazy numbers for NYC though, how do they actually use 10% of the nations plastic bags? Apart from the population size, consider the amount of times people here order delivery or are given a plastic bag when buying one or two items.
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Apr 11, 2017 20:29
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theflyingexecutive posted:they cost more (an unbearable burden on every single retail outlet, they will say), are weaker, feel different/are louder (remember biodegradable sunchips bags?), people won't actually know to recycle them (we switched to single stream because people don't know/care how to separate recyclables, they can't biodegrade in normal compost. they're basically the clean coal of biodegradables I legitimately did not know that, learn something knew eveyday. Anyways, even assuming there were good biodegradable psuedo-plastic bags, the best way to insentivise businesses to switch would be to implement a tax on plastic bags. Given that, as it'a been pointed out, plastic bags are ubiquitous in New York, the only way we can change that behavior is either by making it too much of an inconvience or just getting rid of them outright.
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Apr 12, 2017 05:20
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Ol Standard Retard posted:A friend's coworkers found a body in the Hudson today. So what case was this retaliation for?
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Apr 13, 2017 04:33
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get that OUT of my face posted:so is alex jones or some other crank declaring war on judges? like, more than there's been over the past couple decades? Alex Jones is too busy trying to legally prove he doesn't really believe lizardpeople are trying to make everyone into gay autists.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:31
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CaptainPsyko posted:Do you mean the city or the governmental goings on? But who has more criminals that are still in the state legislator? All I know is that the answer won't surprise me.
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May 3, 2017 00:22
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Badger of Basra posted:when i read the first clause i thought this was going to be about michael bloomberg's wife pushing charter schools or something  Yeah, a rich white lady pushing for charter schools is going to get in trouble.
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May 6, 2017 03:24
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May 20, 2017 15:27
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GalacticAcid posted:Is there an acceptable candidate in the NJ Democratic primary for governor? Don't know who's running, but no.
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May 31, 2017 21:14
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KomradeX posted:Exactly and for "some reason" he pushes a very Right Wing Agenda. This is why the left needs to just embrace death
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Jun 12, 2017 05:42
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get that OUT of my face posted:cuomo probably thinks that disgusting degenerates use the subways and that's why he doesn't give a poo poo about them. he has the worst case of westchester mentality i've ever seen. ironic given that his greasy rear end is from queens, though probably the part that's basically nassau I'm 100% certain he thinks of the subway as a fun novelty for tourists and "adventurous" rich assholes; that's why they don't have consistent service outside of Manhattan and the first couple of stops in Brooklyn.
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Jun 13, 2017 07:39
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Jun 14, 2017 20:01
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Grondoth posted:I know you guys in the capital of finance think that Cuomo is the governor of the Rest of the State, but don't worry. He hasn't done dogshit for us either. There is no New York outside of the metro area, hth
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Jun 18, 2017 22:42
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Jun 22, 2017 23:00
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Further proof New York deserves to lose it's progressive identity https://twitter.com/iskandrah/status/879131447906508801
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Jun 26, 2017 06:11
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Cuomo is refusing to comply with the White House Un-American Voters Committee. So what fresh hell is going to be unleashed on us thanks to him?
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Jul 1, 2017 07:38
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LegionAreI posted:Considering most states are telling Kris "Voter Supression" Kobach to get bent, likely nothing. Mississippi told them to drown themselves in the Gulf, too! I was more going for that since he did something actually good, we're going to find out he plans on selling off subway stops for commercial or private use.
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Jul 1, 2017 14:01
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logikv9 posted:Cuomo is going to run as a berniecrat, there was no other reason for his FREE COLLEGE press conference with Bernie attending for some loving stupid reason He's going to run as the center between the Berniecrats and Neoliberals
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Jul 7, 2017 18:10
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@NYCAntifa is apparently doxxing local nazis. Kind of hesitant to post the actual tweets for rules reasons.
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Jul 10, 2017 19:10
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:What do you think would happen if someone that was doxxed by the, no doubt ethical and fact-checked, "antifa" account wasn't actually a nazi? 
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Jul 10, 2017 20:15
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KomradeX posted:So Cuomo takes a billion dollars earmarked for signal infrastructure upgrades and wastes it on other poo poo I'm sure this is de Blasio's vault, somehow
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Jul 13, 2017 21:05
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get that OUT of my face posted:don't empty buildings, by the very nature of them having no tenants, bring in no money whatsoever? i guess slumlords and real estate developers have a lot of gently caress you money that they can afford to lose some of it while waiting for a bank or whatever to move in when the price is right and the neighborhood is ready Could be wrong, but I think it's one of those Producers loopholes where having something that, at least on the books, loses money enables you to make even more of a profit.
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Jul 19, 2017 19:16
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Matt Zerella posted:https://twitter.com/NassauDSA/status/887744044943716354 You sometimes have to wonder if zionists are intentionally trying to spread anti-Semitism.
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Jul 20, 2017 05:12
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Absurd Alhazred posted:So I'm reading the bill summary, and I can't find where it would ban Roger Waters: Don't know how this will affect Roger Waters (didn't know who he was before this), but the last paragraph effectively allows the government to deny someone access to the international market because they support BDS.
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Jul 20, 2017 17:00
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KomradeX posted:So did anyone hear about this I stopped by the protest yesterday for like 15 minutes, it was pretty heated and they roped in other gentrification issues that are affecting the community. I actually think I can hear them from my apartment.
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Jul 23, 2017 22:27
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Did they mention landlords or real estate holding companies? The mentioned the issues with housing, but they were fairly lay speeches. Mind you, I wasn't there for long and missed most of it.
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Jul 23, 2017 23:19
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Of loving course he does https://twitter.com/VICE/status/891871053722660864
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Jul 31, 2017 06:57
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KomradeX posted:So The Atlantic has a really tone deaf article about how multiple million dollar condos and luxury apartments are actually good for poor people The exact moment I read "luxury apartments are actually good for poor people" I knew the article was going to be "You can get affordable housing when we're sick of living in the new complexes."
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I have this nagging feeling that Cuomo and his camp are going to try to make a connection between Cynthia and Richard Nixon. It's an extremely stupid idea and would require a complete detachment from reality to think it could work, which is exactly why I think the Dems would try it.
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