Journal Journal: After 19 years I have come to the conclusion that LinkedIn was a waste of time. 1
I had my suspicions, but I didn't want to jump to any conclusions. So for any of you out there wondering how this journal worked out, Web 2.0 is garbage.
https://slashdot.org/journal/161630/web-20-business-networking-is-it-useful-at-all
Comment Re:US Military are disciplined professionals (Score 2) 92
Good thing the guy who wants to eliminate the Constitution just admitted it on a public forum for all to see, so our Armed Forces know who the threat is.
Comment Re:Didn't need to bribe the fake GOP? (Score 5, Informative) 147
From TFA:
Reps. Tom Emmer (MN), Warren Davidson (OH), Byron Donalds (FL), and Ted Budd (NC) from the Republican side of the aisle;
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Jake Auchincloss (MA), Ritchie Torres (NY), and Darren Soto (FL) for the Democrats
Comment Re: And inteh Mean time the SEC is ignoring ... (Score 1) 94
"It's not a conspiracy theory" -Dude claiming 9/11 was a controlled demolition
Alright grandpa let's get you back to The Villages and set parental controls on your tv to block tucker carlson.
Comment Re:Voting strategy from Scott Adams (Score 1) 138
The right to abortion is a downstream right of bodily autonomy, granted by the constitution under the word "liberty". It's right there in the preamble, not even an amendment. You don't have to get deep into the document to find it.
You have a right, as a citizen, to do what you want with your body, so long as it doesn't violate the rights of another citizen. The unborn are not citizens. They're not even people, as they have no long term memory capability or ability of rational thought.
It's pretty clear. It's the same reason you can't be forced to donate a kidney even though you have two, even to save the life of the President.
I guess I'm just real confused as to why you think it's not covered by the constitution. Do you really believe the only rights granted by the constitution are those specifically named? Because, oh buddy, you'd have a real bad time if that were truly the case.
Comment Re:Can we just skip to the end? (Score 1) 41
If it's not yet 3 years old, the proper way to say that is "year and year"
Comment Re: COVID, has revealed lies. (Score 1) 32
Honestly, and based on the merits of the product.
I know, I know. An alien concept.
Comment Re:New Tax Consensus (Score 1) 95
The end result is that it raised the price of foreign goods beyond the point at which people buy it without second thought.
The intent of tariffs is to promote the purchase of domestic product by making foreign product more expensive. This is sometimes necessary to prevent a foreign government dumping product so cheap that the domestic companies shut down, then the foreign governments stop subsidizing the product because there's no longer competition.
Tariffs are a defensive tactic to protect domestic industry, and in that regard that's what they're being used for here. You just have to do some serious mental gymnastics to justify this defense because it's pretty shitty. Our domestic companies should pay their fair share of taxes in the nations they operate, as well as here in the US.
Comment Re:Meanwhile in NY (Score 1, Insightful) 138
Ah fudge, I was looking at comment numbers. I'm an idiot who hasn't used
Comment Re:Meanwhile in NY (Score 1, Insightful) 138
Your troll accounts have the UIDs a bit too close together. You should wait longer in between making troll accounts in the future so it's not so obvious.
Comment Re:Wow super interesting (Score 1) 374
That would be the state of Pennsylvania, comrade
Comment Re:As much as I don't like Trump (Score 2) 546
Are you daft? We do have voter registration, and if you're not registered, you don't get to vote. Purging voter registration is one way the republicans are trying to suppress the ability to vote in low income and minority neighborhoods.
Comment Re:If you don't like the law, tell them to change (Score 1) 106
Poor thing, must have UID envy. Tell me, how does 7 digits feel?
Comment Re:If you don't like the law, tell them to change (Score 0) 106
Oh! I know the plot to this one!
1) Get judicial precedent for your interpretation of the law by installing a sycophant as the head of the regulating body who then stops defending the topic in an active court battle (Source: TFA)
2) Raise prices because "the markets will correct it if it becomes a problem" (Source: Libertarian wet dreams) and there's no competition
3) Sell it to the public as a statement of how criminals shouldn't get a break, blatantly ignoring the fact that police are arresting people on BS charges (Source: I dunno, most of the USA for the last month?) as a power move and judges are getting locked up for taking bribes from jail builders to send kids to jail (Source: Kids for Cash program)
4) Use the judicial precedent from step 1 to justify the lack of regulation (Source: OP)