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Comment Re:Nothing authoritarian about deleting history... (Score 5, Funny) 71

They've deleted information about the Navajo Code Talkers.

It was obviously a DEI program choosing ethnicity over merit, and the deliberate policy of excluding Anglo-Saxon Code Talkers is just another example of woke gone mad and white American replacement in action.

Comment Re:Enshittification (Score 1) 153

I’m surprised Bezos hasn’t been asked to play Lex Luthor in a Superman film, since he’d need no makeup or acting ability. He probably even has a stash of kryptonite.

I’m slightly less surprised that nobody has asked to use one of his rockets in a remake of Flesh Gordon (it wasn’t a particularly successful franchise).

Comment Times Change (Score 1) 348

And with changing times business models must adapt. Much the same as “influencers” and independent media producers providing content for free and speculating on attracting paid subscribers to generate a revenue stream, the modern day assassin must now speculate on the most lucrative target and work for free in the hope of attracting subscribers. This model is, of course, an attractive proposition for the patrons since the cost-sharing makes the individual contributions more affordable and it avoids inconvenient words like “conspiracy” and “inducement”, however the results could be somewhat less precise or timely than desired, and anyone considering adopting this strategy should note that the necessary involvement of the police to launder the money through a “defence fund” may prove deleterious to future projects.

Submission + - Fifteen Years Later, Citizens United Defined the 2024 Election (brennancenter.org)

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: The influence of wealthy donors and dark money was unprecedented. Much of it would have been illegal before the Supreme Court swept away long-established campaign finance rules. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 decision that swept away more than a century’s worth of campaign finance safeguards, turns 15 this month. The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called it the worst ruling of her time on the Court. Overwhelming majorities of Americans have consistently expressed disapproval of the ruling, with at least 22 states and hundreds of cities voting to support a constitutional amendment to overturn it. Citizens United reshaped political campaigns in profound ways, giving corporations and billionaire-funded super PACs a central role in U.S. elections and making untraceable dark money a major force in politics. And yet it may only be now, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, that we can begin to understand the full impact of the decision.

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