Yeah, as a stunt, it was too little too late. Israel is a somewhat divisive issue within the Democratic party, and last week Trump might have distracted some of the left-wing elements that really hate American…
The goal is to avert regulation by giving you a vested interest in the company's success. If he wants to pave a wetland, and every single person in the country has a conflict of interest, who's going to prevent him? If…
If it didn't happen to you, then it doesn't exist.
There isn't ever going to be a perfect justice system. An escape hatch is necessary. The chief executive is a good place to put that escape hatch. That's the one that voters pay most attention to. If voters disapprove…
Quoting “All right, take 57" is meaningless if you don't point out that Grothendieck was trying to name a prime number.
Driving isn't the hard part or expensive part of a garbage truck. Sanitation workers have to hoist haphazardly-placed and badly-packed garbage cans. Some municipalities have cans that can be lifted by arms on the truck,…
It doesn't mean it will get passed, but it does mean you can campaign on it. If a majority of voters want something, and can be persuaded to vote for a candidate who is against that, it says rather a lot about the power…
Well, yeah. Ads work. Americans don't spend half a trillion dollars per year on ghosts. We like to tell ourselves that it doesn't work on us. It does. And the advertisers love that we think it doesn't work, because that…
Extremely well. He's getting everything he wanted out of life. If he's having sleep problems, it's because of the ketamine. His conscience, however, is not just clear. He is certain that he's making the world a better…
Mostly, advertising. Radio, TV, Internet, as well as the agencies that create the ads. Americans are utterly blanketed with political advertising during our interminable campaigns. He's extremely limited in how much he…
Some are. Usually on a campaign of "law and order", which makes Flock cameras an easy sell to their voting base. Because they let you keep an eye on the sort of people who are likely to be criminals. You know. Those…
If this works, you will become embarrassingly rich. My fingers are crossed.
More of a temper tantrum. This happened back in July, after he lost the primary to a MAGA Trump supporter. (He has been fighting with Trump for a while, so he was targeted for primarying.) So he introduced this bill,…
People would still downvote. It's just that it would be limited to the people who are really intent on it -- that is, the brigaders. It's not like they're going to have any trouble coming up with an excuse. So you have…
Too bad this is just pre-election grandstanding. It's a really good idea. Usually we don't talk about a bailout until a catastrophe is underway. Then they say "We need to fix this now, because of systemic risk, and…
I hope it doesn't go away. I have a soft spot for Miquelon. It is part of France; they use the euro and have EU citizenship. It's the last bit of France still in North America.
The US used to. They just reversed that: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-announces-w... Deregulation, doncha know.
The other guy didn't win, either. He needs to decide what to do about those Arab parties that Netanyahu claims stole the election. He could turn them into allies, and win the election together, which would piss off a…
Did you read the rest of the article? * real efforts by some Republican-led legislatures to restrict access at the margins* The lies about early voting, the lies about voting machines and efforts in some state…
That's not "unfortunate". It was a deliberate choice. Any term used to describe the problem is treated as if it meant something bad, and then we're told we can't talk about it because it's "politicized". As if the…
A tool like this would have been more useful over the summer, when the primaries were being held. Those are multi-way elections, with candidates holding a diversity of opinions. That is your best opportunity to sway…
Folks forget or underestimate how bitter the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement is. White folks, that is. Black Americans are acutely aware of it. Civil Rights legislation is being rolled back, to enthusiastic…
That opens a can of worms that you're never going to close. Maybe this is such an emergency that it's worth the risk. But the risk is extremely high; if you do it to them, even with the best of reasons, they are going…
Congress is largely impotent. Even if Democrats take both houses, it won't be by a veto-proof majority. Congress was designed to be "deliberative", so it has ceded more and more power to the executive branch just so…
How do I get in on that gig? I showed up because I thought I was protecting democracy from a felon who is taking billions in bribes. Like a chump!
Yeah, as a stunt, it was too little too late. Israel is a somewhat divisive issue within the Democratic party, and last week Trump might have distracted some of the left-wing elements that really hate American…
The goal is to avert regulation by giving you a vested interest in the company's success. If he wants to pave a wetland, and every single person in the country has a conflict of interest, who's going to prevent him? If…
If it didn't happen to you, then it doesn't exist.
There isn't ever going to be a perfect justice system. An escape hatch is necessary. The chief executive is a good place to put that escape hatch. That's the one that voters pay most attention to. If voters disapprove…
Quoting “All right, take 57" is meaningless if you don't point out that Grothendieck was trying to name a prime number.
Driving isn't the hard part or expensive part of a garbage truck. Sanitation workers have to hoist haphazardly-placed and badly-packed garbage cans. Some municipalities have cans that can be lifted by arms on the truck,…
It doesn't mean it will get passed, but it does mean you can campaign on it. If a majority of voters want something, and can be persuaded to vote for a candidate who is against that, it says rather a lot about the power…
Well, yeah. Ads work. Americans don't spend half a trillion dollars per year on ghosts. We like to tell ourselves that it doesn't work on us. It does. And the advertisers love that we think it doesn't work, because that…
Extremely well. He's getting everything he wanted out of life. If he's having sleep problems, it's because of the ketamine. His conscience, however, is not just clear. He is certain that he's making the world a better…
Mostly, advertising. Radio, TV, Internet, as well as the agencies that create the ads. Americans are utterly blanketed with political advertising during our interminable campaigns. He's extremely limited in how much he…
Some are. Usually on a campaign of "law and order", which makes Flock cameras an easy sell to their voting base. Because they let you keep an eye on the sort of people who are likely to be criminals. You know. Those…
If this works, you will become embarrassingly rich. My fingers are crossed.
More of a temper tantrum. This happened back in July, after he lost the primary to a MAGA Trump supporter. (He has been fighting with Trump for a while, so he was targeted for primarying.) So he introduced this bill,…
People would still downvote. It's just that it would be limited to the people who are really intent on it -- that is, the brigaders. It's not like they're going to have any trouble coming up with an excuse. So you have…
Too bad this is just pre-election grandstanding. It's a really good idea. Usually we don't talk about a bailout until a catastrophe is underway. Then they say "We need to fix this now, because of systemic risk, and…
I hope it doesn't go away. I have a soft spot for Miquelon. It is part of France; they use the euro and have EU citizenship. It's the last bit of France still in North America.
The US used to. They just reversed that: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-announces-w... Deregulation, doncha know.
The other guy didn't win, either. He needs to decide what to do about those Arab parties that Netanyahu claims stole the election. He could turn them into allies, and win the election together, which would piss off a…
Did you read the rest of the article? * real efforts by some Republican-led legislatures to restrict access at the margins* The lies about early voting, the lies about voting machines and efforts in some state…
That's not "unfortunate". It was a deliberate choice. Any term used to describe the problem is treated as if it meant something bad, and then we're told we can't talk about it because it's "politicized". As if the…
A tool like this would have been more useful over the summer, when the primaries were being held. Those are multi-way elections, with candidates holding a diversity of opinions. That is your best opportunity to sway…
Folks forget or underestimate how bitter the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement is. White folks, that is. Black Americans are acutely aware of it. Civil Rights legislation is being rolled back, to enthusiastic…
That opens a can of worms that you're never going to close. Maybe this is such an emergency that it's worth the risk. But the risk is extremely high; if you do it to them, even with the best of reasons, they are going…
Congress is largely impotent. Even if Democrats take both houses, it won't be by a veto-proof majority. Congress was designed to be "deliberative", so it has ceded more and more power to the executive branch just so…
How do I get in on that gig? I showed up because I thought I was protecting democracy from a felon who is taking billions in bribes. Like a chump!