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On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2023 @ 12:46pmI’m not pivoting, I’m clarifying to counter your inaccurate claim. You said the capital grounds were closed. They were not.
which is it
was a 100% legal protest rally on the grounds of the capital building following the rally. It was known, and planned for. Clearly inadequately.You would know this if you’d research your claims.
Know, yes, agree, no. A, most took civil trespass agreements. B, more than one felony trespass conviction is being appealed. You would be aware of this if you did some research. https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-capitol-rioters-jailed-sentences-january-6-1826075Your statements were wrong
Apparently I should be more careful in understanding what you are pushing. Ok. I see your point.So you’re admitting that those who voted for it were for the compromise
Yes sensible people compromise regardless of core ideas. Being a progressive doesn’t mean you can’t compromise. Any more than some other hardliners in both parties.Which means you don’t actually agree with one or both of them and your support is confused at best
Not confused, independent. Sanders had economic and social policies for our country that I mostly supported. Much like Obama trying to bring a social base. (Obama also ran supporting a strong border security system and advanced surveillance along it). Trump backed a great reduction to international involvement, a targeted increase in national defence spending while greatly reducing international defence costs. And replacing the disastrous NAFTA. A border wall and surveillance. My vote goes to the person with most agreement to my wishes. Be it a main party or third party.perfect phone call
Which only goes to the democrat’s conspiracy if you make stuff up. The transcript is public. To me, “find the missing votes” means just that. And find they did, for Biden. I believe he truly believes he won and fraud took away votes. His actions consistent with that. Immoral? Probably an “abuse” of power and process. But I don’t think it’s illegal.don’t understand progressivism
I dealt with them 2 years while working for the Obama campaigns. And they always bothered me. They are single minded now or hell thinkers. They target money because they don’t have it. You don’t need salary caps and wealth redistribution. You can have all they seek by cutting wasteful spending and redirecting the funds. Cutting foreign aid and spending it here. Not supporting others’ civil wars. Not paying bounties for actions that will never be abided by.You mean ones that have social programs like you’ve supposedly espoused?
And not creating circular tax Policy that does nothing to help and simply drives the cost of living up. Taxing every penny above (a raised) cost of living at 10% with no further deductions would fund the same social services I support. Far better than ever-increasing sales taxes. Or lopsided taxing of just the 1%This is some great projection from conservatives
Do you know what the difference between socialism and communism is, in practice? Socialism gives everyone a starting point that is liveable. Communism creates a class of controllers who force equality across the board. Always keeping a larger percentage for themselves. Socialism allows everyone the opportunity to achieve. Communism eliminates advancement, dare it challenge the rule. Income caps are a stepping stone to that. Ripping down the top is a stepping stone to not having a top. Once you put a roof on achieving you end the drive to achieve. You create a passive good-enough mentality rather than a do better drive.Again, this isn’t a flat tax
You’re intentionally playing semantics. A flat tax is the application of a single tax across all. Having a minimum starting point doesn’t change the meaning. Clearly some people do support the idea of both, I clearly said I do.that’s a cause most commonly championed by progressives
It’s simply a coincidental shared ideal. They also support income caps, “progressive taxes”, taxing an apparent but unusable “value”. Things I’m against.Often times it requires a lawsuit and a court order
And an already existing general acceptance by a large portion of the populace. Both race and sexuality were already at a point of general (though not universal) acceptance or indifference. Clearly I’m discussing the recent trans identity movement. And I’ll point out it took 100 years and many generations to age out bigots and reach the 99% acceptance of race. The same to get to Obergefell, the vast majority already accepted gay love in general. (Those tests is mentioned, often include marriage. My response when available is always ‘the government has. On business certifying any type of marriage’). This current set of generations will not accept them. If you pulled school integration in 1866 it would have turned out very different. Obergefell in 1915 would have been a disaster.Human rights aren’t subject to veto or approval by bigots
Unfortunately , yes they very much are. If the public whole is against something, the reality is no law will stop violence and hate. Granting a right doesn’t solve the underlying issue. It doesn’t change bigotry. It doesn’t change feelings. And it doesn’t change society. Pushing change is often needed. But remember force creates targeted, often violent, push back. Where waiting can reduce that. There’s more to the topic than just lifestyle choices. And there’s more to the topic than just bigotry. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2023 @ 05:51pmSome defendants have been convicted of trespassing on the grounds who did not enter the building
Yes, they passed the barricades and thus were trespassing. The land outside the barricades was not disallowed that day.Their unauthorized presence
Capital police allowed them in. This they were legally allowed in. The discussion in law ends there. They were allowed entry by persons authorised to allow entry.You’re really bad at lying and using false premises for your calculations
I separate emotional want from legal fact. You want there to be more crimes than occurred so stretch the narrative to include non-crimes as bad actors.Democratic Party in your quote Yes, that’s what I quoted. I’m missing something? It’s just weird for an American who lives in the US to not use American English
Much of the family is from Europe. Most of my acquaintances are there or Asia. It’s simply more common for my usage and most of those here I converse with never complain. The U.S. is a strange outlier in the modification of the language.34 of them voted against it in the House.
Many of who are on record being against the compromise., the mythical unicorn or the misguided fool who switched from Bernie to Trump
I’m not a party partisan. I vote for the person with the most beliefs I care about. Even if I strongly disagree on other issues.Failing doesn’t mean he didn’t attempt it.
He went through the proper legal process to challenge the election results. Then left. There’s nothing illegal there.You repeat right wing talking points that are verifiably false
You’ll need to elaborate there. “denigrating language for poor people” Where, Etceven though you don’t seem to understand what progressivism
Progressives attempt to rip down the rich, rather than bring up the poor. The push long failed tax ideas that create circular economic inequality. They seek a top down ruling elite that dictate to the masses in a two class society: the rulers and the people. And hide it under utopian ideals. All while pushing a forced rather than adapted acceptance of their ideas.You claim to support a flat tax with social programs, but that’s not a flat tax
I support an end to pointless foreign spending. Which would drastically change the budget. I support a social base for every citizen funded with that new budgetary surplus. And maintained with a flat tax of 10% on earnings above that base rate. It’s called a “social base” a socialist base for capitalism. Rather than a limit (cap), you create a starting point. That’s the opposite of the progressive mindset.That’s the minimum
Not according to many on both the left and the right who denigrate speech they disagree with and look to ban the speech and the individual from society.Voting works
Has nothing to do with what you are quoting. You can not force compliance. It does not work. It never has and never will. 12000 years of modern-ish human history shows the collapse of any society that forces. Gradual chipping away at ingrained beliefs takes longer, but gets eventual willing compliance. Force creates a large resistance. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2023 @ 01:11pmThe software is a part of the product
Software can be replaced. Or have you never heard of alternative firmware? Etc.I didn’t bring up voiding warranties
The pushback by (many) companies is repair requirements after people botch repairs. If you break your phone or brick your tractor doing your own tinkering companies don’t want to be (and I don’t think they should be) responsible for free repair of consumer ignorance.The companies are often freeloading and taking unearned profit and value from users
Freeloading? Companies make money. Money pays for further development. Unearned? Only from people who don’t read what they agree to. You had the text in front of you. You agreed to it.That would kill
Clearly you require exact text so I will add “beyond the confines of criminal investigation with a proper warrant or court order”.Users wouldn’t have to gain access anyway if the company released the access in the first place
We can argue about selling support vs software. I’d generally be in agree with you. But if a company does not want to make their software open access, they have that right. And you have other choices. You can violate your agreement and (rightfully) lose support, or use a different company.per se
It would likely need to be modified to fit the requirements of the bill.And Mastodon is already in compliance because it already provides access to its API.
I did say “like”. A comparison.We’re talking about API access, not just information provided in a report to users.
That’s my point. Most, if not all, of this information is already available to users. Why should the company be forced to further grant access to proprietary methods of gathering what they already have access to? Access that immediately creates a new security concern?Apparently you can’t understand it even if you do try to read it.
They likely have to modify the code to grant external access. They then need to monitor that access to watch for bad actors who previously were not a concern before new forced internal access was forced upon them. -
On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2023 @ 12:42pmStandard supporter Sanders supporter
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On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2023 @ 12:39pmYou’ve done this several times where you bring up non sequiturs and then strawman people on topics they haven’t taken a stance on
GPL is reciprocal. You can’t create anything new from it under a different license. Meaning both commercial, and truly free, licenses are not usable.mass trespassing of the capitol building
No: there was a protest rally on the grounds of the capital building following the rally that was 100% legal. There was a small group of people who trespassed into the building without permission. Those trespassers were separate from those who were allowed in by congressional members (3 I believe) or police officers (a few hundred). Of the thousands on the capital grounds that day (legally) protesting peacefully, less than 1% violated the law. There were 120,000 protesters according to the Secret Service. Less than 200 broke into the building. A few hundred more were allowed in by police. That’s less than 1%. Math isn’t your forte is it. Also of note: “The Secret Service added: "There are approximately fifty nine (59) groups identified as potentially participating in First Amendment activities on January 6, 2021” not the single mob progressives try to claim. Over 800 people were charged with criminal acts that day. Still well below 1%. I may have mis typed the coal post. It’s apx 34% of source. One third. According to statista.Democrat Party” is a term used by conservatives
You may want to inform the Democrats then! https://democrats.org “We are the Democratic Party”British spellings
Born and raised in Chicago. I use international English. What’s your point here.The ACA would have been single payer instead of a compromise
It wouldn’t have passed at the time without compromise. As for your idea of nominee, Sanders had more party support. Clinton had more money and ties. Democrats as a block didn’t vote for Clinton as president,they voted against Trump. I remind you many Democrats screamed bloody murder over the borderline, if not criminal, acts that got Clinton in the top spot. I was a standard supporter.He attempted to remain in power after losing an election in violation of his oath of office.
No, he did not. He challenged the election. He left office when Biden was sworn in of his own accord.repetition of right wing talking points
Ie what? Literally 99% of my daily (political) news comes from the NYT; one of the oldest and most respected news companies in the country. That I disagree on some things doesn’t make me any more left or right. If you think I’m to one side or the other, maybe I am. For that particular topic. On some issues I’m far left, on some far right. And for many, I simply don’t care or consider it unimportant. You can go back and see my links I posted when asked to take compass tests. But here’s the most recent: PC called me libertarian https://www.politicalcompass.org/pdfcertificate?pname=Lostinlodos&ec=-1.63&soc=-5.95 Pew calls me “Ambivalent right”; Fiscally conservative and Socially liberal. Idr puts me liberal left and not far from the policies of Obama (whose campaigns I was a volunteer for). More liberal but not as “left”. Mapmy called me “Based on your quiz answers, you are a Social Libertarian. In addition, you are a Military Dove, Environmentally Protective and a Strong Deficit Hawk. In other words, I’m more worried about life today and tomorrow, than 500 years from now. I’m more worried about my immediate surroundings than life on the other side of the country. I care more for those I know than those I don’t. And I believe you have the right to your own thoughts and beliefs. Unlike progressives I fully understand the reality that generally beating someone over the head doesn’t change their view, it makes them angry. You can’t force change or acceptance. You need to guide it. Many users here are clearly now now now type activists. That doesn’t work in the real world. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2023 @ 05:31pmStill don’t understand one aspect.
And most age verification tools actually put children at more risk
I’ve heard this before and elsewhere but haven’t seen anyone explain this premise. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2023 @ 02:05pmI think you’re mad I don’t support the GPL. Which takes away rights of future code contributors by forcing they comply with the previous license. The numbers and video show visually what occurred on Jan 6. Literally less than 2% of those there committed any crime at all. Those that did have been prosecuted.
You pretend to know about politics, but you don’t even know the name of one of the biggest political parties
There are only two large parties today. The Democrat party and the Republican Party. Both are factions of a former party that broke on policy issues, the Democrat-Republican party. Which itself (in majority) is a split of the Federalist party. Those parties developed from the political nature of leadership based on prior parties in the British Empire; despite our early country attempting to dodge such political camping. The US, like the UK, sees a major party break roughly every 100 years. Rather than point to the official election history, I’ll point viewers to a well documented, provably accurate, easy to read chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election#Electoral_college_results Both parties have been on the edge of a break for some time. Despite temporary handshaking to tackle an issue every few years. The Carter era split the democrats along financial policy lines. The Progressives who have risen to dominate the party and the personal liberty branch that was previously the bedrock of the party. The republicans have also seen a split with the Reagan era. Where a now-controlling group pushed the religious idealism to the core of action. Overtaking the fiscal core of the party. Obama ran as a Liberty democrat and had been one in Illinois. One I strongly supported. Sadly he shifted into the progressive camp over his 8 years. Firmly abandoning personal freedom by his 6th year for progressive policy. Trump was a wealthy businessman. One who believed in, and ran on, expense reduction and non-involvement. Side note: there’s a large difference between non-involvement (which I support) and isolationism (which I don’t). That in his later time he failed to condemn certain far right groups, didn’t bother me. Any more than Obama ignoring the militant fringe anarchist trend in the far left. Mind you the eco movement reached its height in this country directly under Obama policy. When the country was founded it was, quite literally, the same as the EU today. Or the UAE. 13 individual states, a direct and literal synonym for country. 13 self governing countries bound by a democratically elected set of representatives to a guiding Union. Each state setting its own laws, rules, and regulations within the confines of the Union mandate. I have a far better grasp of the reality of our political existence than most in this forum, if not most in general. Even if I don’t dive into political nuance in modern practice as thoroughly. That doesn’t change factual reality. The two party system is dying. The nation is bleeding. And no prime candidate put forth by either main party for 24, main line or sideline, is worthy of the office of president. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2023 @ 05:52pmIt still doesn’t account for the utility issue
I’m not understanding what you are trying to say.AOC’s psychiatrist now
Nope. Just as I’ve stated many a time over Biden’s condition, there are a lot of medical specialists in my extended family. And I like to read.right now
You missed the big climate summit then. As it was suggested (and ignored).GOP has largely bent over backwards
You apparently missed the Republican debates as well.kill Roe v. Wade
The decision at the time was a violation of the constitution that was rectified. Blame the democrats for ignoring medical rights.target trans athletes
Biological men decimating women’s sports? “demanding immediate acceptance” is exactly what progressives are pushing. It took half a century to not look over your shoulder for a knife or gun when two people of the same gender hold hands. The bull headed, pig headed, rapid demand to force an unwilling society to change never works. What it did do and is doing is undoing the progress that was made to this point. “you’re not going to convince me that queer people need to give Trumpist fuckwits any more time than they’ve already had” is where you fail to understand the situation. Many Democrats are against misgendering as well. The country isn’t ready and like it or not you aren’t going to stop bigotry by law. You simply painted an even larger target on the people you claim to want to protect. In doing so you have destroyed what progress we’ve made for LGBT rights in the last half century.Hundreds, maybe even thousands of people marched onto the Capitol grounds
Thousands. Marched peacefully in protest. A tiny minority committed criminal acts that day. There is zero difference in actions compared to every other major protest in the last few years. “Hang Mike pence is free speech”. Hanging Mike pence is a crime. Or did you miss all those signs of crosshairs on the image of Trump since 2016? Or “the only good cop is a dead cop” ?fraud happened at levels that could’ve affected the outcome
Despite my stating it didn’t change the results? You imagined something that wasn’t said. You don’t care because your candidate won, like most Democrats. I’ve called out election issues for over two decades. This time, it blew up. If there was a tighter more controlled system there wouldn’t be a debate. Results would have been confirmed by poll watchers. Governors wouldn’t have committed “interference”. Ballots wouldn’t have been abandoned. I aware your response in December of 24 if Trump wins. When democrats get up in arms over it. Swing that you forgot about the protests and demands for recounts and even a new election in 2016. Even after Clinton conceded.You can know revenge won’t bring someone back and still want revenge.
Not everyone is as violent as you appear to be. Don’t push your reaction probability on me. I’m not you or a cartoon character.She’s dead because she made a bunch of bad decisions
She’s dead because she entered a restricted space illegally and an officer used deadly force She caused her own demise.Yes, that’s a thing I would do
I am solely responsible for my actions.with the absolute and unyielding certainty
No. But I hope my instincts and training would keep me whole to my core. To be aware of my surroundings and not cause others to be risked for my own sake.Notice how you didn’t give a single fuck about women’s sports
Until a failed male swimmer destroyed women’s records. Notice just as many democrats are screaming about it.trans women didn’t take away a woman’s right to have an abortion
There is no right except signed law or the constitution. No right was taken away as no right existed. Again, democrats have had decades to codify that right and failed to do so.No third-party presidential candidate has won a single electoral vote in decades
Glad to see you don’t support democracy. Interesting to note you are a sheep who mindlessly does what you are told. Baahh. 2016 gave us 7 electoral votes for the non-party candidate. Yes the last major pull was 1968. A similar period when the two main parties were fractured. Same in 1960. 1924. 1896. In times of turmoil things are less red and blue. Somehow you’re stuck in Trump being the Republican candidate. Which is far from certain. He has almost guaranteed war with China if elected. Not something a large chunk of the GOP is a fan of. Especially the largest donors. A large population of republicans simply voted against Biden. But are very unlikely to vote for a war destined Trump. The benefits of his national security and America first plan fail to motivate when he would lead us to an almost guaranteed war. And Biden, is dedicated to supporting Isreal and Ukraine despite a large percentage of the population being against spending on both. And you’re an ignorant fool if you can’t see the full blown cracks in the democrat party. So much so that CNN is consistently discussing Harris doing an end run. Both parties have been breaking up for years now. You see that with full support in the EC in 16 for non-principals. 20 gave both parties a strong fear of the other. But the majority of the country dislikes both main names at the moment. I doubt a 3rd party will win in 24. But 24 is not the end of the world (I hope). And a strong play by anyone off main ticket could be the final tremor that gives us a new platform in 26 or 28. Neither Biden nor Trump should be anywhere near the presidency at this point. But one will likely win. The real question is can someone unify the country in the middle coming out of what will be further division of the populace, disgusted at what we are being forced to choose between. The only way that happens is for those of us who believe in options to vote for our choice, not what is forced on us. As a choice has a good chance to rise above the pond scum of the two party system forced on us in the future. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2023 @ 01:37amIl try to be kind and rational in response.
And I still haven’t seen one to this day
Universal payments to every citizen and legal permanent resident of $4000 per month, being $48.000 per year. 10% tax on any and all income. With a $50.000 deduction. Coupled with walk-in-free healthcare. There’s your fair tax and income plan.What, specifically, qualifies AOC for a diagnosis of mental psychosis?
The practicing term is psychotic dedication. Shared psychotic disorder. It’s slightly different than delusion. An irrational dedication to a belief. Such ideas as an immediate end to coal use. Despite clear technological advances that has brought us both Cleaner sorting, better mineral recovery, and carbon capture, AND carbon reuse. Or the fact that an immediate end would leave over two thirds of the world without reliable power.I seriously doubt that.
Because you fail to comprehend that the party whole is not your tiny far right nutz. Or that most people in the party, or attached to the party somehow, want nothing to do with the ring right. I prefer gradual change to the ease of betterment in time. You demand immediate acceptance. Did you notice even democrats (eg women’s rights groups) are against mis-gendering in competition? How about the hundreds of cases of abuse by men in women’s restrooms and lockers and showers? I’m all for ‘have an orgy Central Park at noon’! But society is not there. Forced acceptance has never worked. You need to build tolerance to change first. Or you risk serious consequences.Yeah, and the “diehard right”
See above. You have a grossly inaccurate understanding of the actual body politic. Just as there are factions of the voting bloc for the Democrat party (greens, communists, progressives, socialists), there are many factions in the Republican vote as well. You also fail to comprehend how neither party has a national majority. Democrats didn’t elect Biden and Republicans didn’t elect Trump. The nation’s two main parties are both under 50%. Some say low 40/c others mid. That a tiny population of white militant Christian’s exists and votes Republican nationally doesn’t make them republicans. The majority don’t blame the democrat party for anarchic Antifa either. Despite them being likely voters for the party. 100 people making up the, and supporters of, the PB doesn’t 1% make. And a party mover they are not.I’d argue that the insurrectionists could’ve overpowered the entire police force
That it didn’t happen is proof of your misunderstanding of the event. There was no riot. There was a small, by number, criminal scuffle. Much how the BLM protests occasionally broke through boundaries. The small group the invaded by criminal entry are no different than the small group of grand theft looters and arsonists over the par few years. You can’t have it both ways. If you want to blame the tiny percentage of criminals in a peaceful post election protest against the party whole, you must equally condemn BLM for the tiny criminal elements that committed class 1 felonies under the guise of protest. Something I’m unwilling to do.If you don’t think that was
I have never said it wasn’t free (fair is a different issue for a different time). I said there was fraud. More than before. That is a factual statement. I also said Biden still won despite the election despite that. My concern never was about who was elected (clear in my concerns posted since 2011 and about Trump since 2019).How would I not be responsible for murder if you shoot that person in the head to protect, or exact revenge for, your oh-so-precious family despite me not actually telling you to pull the trigger?
A, you wouldn’t be. I pulled the trigger of my own accord. Shooting a threat is a last resort. I’m more likely to arm my family and barricade ourselves while we wait for the police. As for revenge? Revenge killing is not my mentality. I’ve had family die due to stupidity. I don’t pick up a weapon and kill over it. I sue you out of existence. Revenge murder doesn’t bring someone back. That makes you as bad as the assailant. The court and the populace should judge a crime based on unbiased fact. Not the angry retribution of the victims.Prove it.
Prove they committed violence solely in the name of Trump? Feel free to take your time. Those that committed crimes were either part of, or at the time following, known militant groups. I doubt they are loyal to anything but themselves. Known anarchists were spotted on video on the 4th and 5th planting munitions and arms around the area. Many were arrested prior to the rally. Luckily preventing harm to thousands of peaceful protesters and members of the government. What such material does show is that the speeches on the 6th did not motivate those that were planning an assault long before.If you have a disdain for punitive punishment
The punishment should match the crime.narrative of the elections being broken to shit
Broken, no. Damaged? Yes. Potential for actual wide spread fraud, absolutely! The system needs to be shored up and reinforced. Now! Yesterday!that includes any responsibility for things other people do based directly on my words and deeds
Then you’re foolish. You’re accepting blame for action another person did of their own free will.can you really be so sure that you’ll stay true to your word
Yes, absolutely positively sure. A missing mirror, several smashed door, cracked window. and their insurance paid for the damage. Just like it’s supposed to. If it did not I would have pursued a civil filing.for playing sports under the
For killing women’s hard fought rights. Notice your “girls” are destroying women’s records despite never coming close to men’s qualifiers?to vote only in the best interests of yourself
… family, friends, tribe (town) etc. it make me a conscious, sentient, being who recognises one must fight for survival. You have only democrats who failed to enshrine rights in the constitution to blame for the proper restoration of state rifts in the overturning of RvW. You have no right but that enshrined in the signed law of the moment and the constitution.like, say, hungry children.
Wonder if that 70.7 billion euros the US spent to prop up the tyrant in Ukraine was better spent there than in the US for hungry children? https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-aid-to-ukraine/ Guess foreign banks and fighting communism is more important than feeding starving us citizens. personal health care expenditure equaled 10,784 U.S. dollars per resident: 3.7 trillion. You know how we could make that up easily? cut USAID, foreign war expenses, international defence.I guess I can’t say the same for you because you voted for Donald Trump twice
Yes. I did. And for the issues I voted for he did, or tired to do, what he said. Despite near complete democratic opposition, he began building a wall: one that Biden stopped, sold the equipment for, then bought the equipment again at inflated costs to begin again. He reorganise trade, including with Mexico, which created a surplus far beyond the cost of the wall, so Mexico very much did pay for it. He negotiated an end to the war in Afghanistan, which Biden botched in deadly incompetence. He strengthened partnerships across Asia. Something Biden has not yet botched despite his idiocy on policy. He pulled out of the scam and disaster of the Paris accord. He strengthened protections on individual savings and investment accounts. The way the youngest members of our society can afford to go to school since neither party wants to fund education. He recovered the terror bounty from Iran. Money better spent at home, and that Biden quickly gave back to them. That said, unlike you I see a real chance for a third party break in 2024 and will vote the the candidate that most represents my wishes. They don’t belong to either party you consider us enslaved to. Dems are as dishappy with Biden as most Republicans. The party disunity is on display daily in the national leading papers. And a good chance of a republican split. Having 4 competing large candidates offers room for a non-standard choice. It has happened. It can happen. And I hope it does. What I won’t do is vote for a person likely to make most people I know wind up in the front lines of a Pacific war over the military equivalent of a slap or middle finger. The time for the bulldog to bite back was in 2001, not 2025. When the country decided to give us a frail weak old dog with no teeth. protective spending, border defence, national security, don’t ‘trump’ my concerns for my family and friends lives. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 02:53pmKeep in mind?
Keep in mind: the FCC is only taking aim at early termination fees
Keep in mind users agreed to the duration of the contract. Contract rates are usually set. If the rate stays the same for the duration of the contract, and the services offered stay the same (or increase), you have no one to blame but yourself if you agreed to it. Long term contracts (6 months to 24 months on average) offer considerable discounts. Banning the practice doesn’t help consumers, it hurts the majority that likes the discounted rates. Banning the contracting won’t reduce rates or improve service. It will simply make it harder (more expensive) for people to access content they want to access. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 02:46pmIt’s musk
He’ll probably just cut off the EU. He’s threatened to cut off non-accommodating countries before and I don’t doubt that he would.
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On the post: Error 402: Information Wants To Be… Freemium?
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 02:40pmThe problem is a generation learned to abhor bad advertising, and then passed that hatred on to the next generation in the use of ad blocking.
They are often intrusive and not at all helpful
There was a time. Today, for those willing to support sites they use and aren’t as concerned with profiling, advert targeting creates very intuitive and useful advertising. I’ve found companies through page adverts that I had never heard of; and today swear by. Be it black magic or D+. MacPaw. Etc. The sad and sorry state of advertising in the early days had lead to two generations of literal freeloaders. Yet every now and then I STILL come across that buzzing bee advert pop up. What has to be one of the most annoying advertisements in history. -
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LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 02:26pmtheir day is coming. When roughly 10% of your cars literally fall apart in the first 48 hours and the NYT picks up on that, you can kiss the smoke and mirrors goodbye.
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On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 06:30amThat’s a lesser crime.
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On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 25 Dec, 2023 @ 03:36ampayroll tax.
Assuming you pay it in the first place. You have the personal tax deduction and the earned income tax credit with combined make 99% of those under 18000 tax free at the end of the year.poor people to pay more taxes
How does increasing the minimum taxable income to above the minimum standard of living make poor people pay more?Except all a wealthy person has to do is borrow money against their assets and not pay it off until they die
That’s a (semi) secured line. No different than a title loan or mortgage or any other equity loan.eliminate death and estate taxes
The same thing in general and I disagree with that completely. Taxing non-spendable “value” is theft. Your taxing non exchangeable current implied values that can change at any time.If you support her financial policies, then you would oppose a flat tax. She doesn’t propose a flat tax.
Then you really need to look into her writeup on universal income payments. Which specifically includes a flat tax rate for most income brackets. Yes, she still had some progressive appeasement aspects at the time she called for it. Before the Clinton progressive camp illicitly (possibly illegally) blocked her choice for candidacy from the ballot. (I’ll pass on the - name debate).wouldn’t notice if their bank accounts were $10,000
Under the most consistent flat tax proposals of the last 40 years nobody under 25000-50000 would pay taxes at all. To get to a 10,000 tax bill you need to earn 100,000 in a year. At which point the national average family of 3 wouldn’t be any worse off for it. That’s despite that not being the flat tax proposals I support.Republican
Yes, republican plans tend to be lower starting brackets than liberal plans from any other party. So I’ll clarify since you like to read things I didn’t say: I support a national social security for all monthly payment of $2000 and a minimum taxable bracket starting at $24000 and the first 24000 being non-taxable. I’d accept any flat tax proposal that set the minimum rate over 24000. That would put the bottom 1% even with the liveable income level.https://jacobin.com/2019/01/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-redistribution-wealth
Keep in mind it was dems who shut that down. And her response was more or less show me a reasonable flat tax. No, I don’t recall the exact words and can’t find a video recording of the press interaction but it was a late July 2019 press statement. And the point where I went from seeing here as a “psycho-greenie” with some good policies to a reasonable negotiator with some psycho greenie policies.you said
I said, and I quote:. As far as I’m aware, (you can sight a reliable source if I’m wrong)
You happened to go back before I could legally vote. Take the win and acknowledgment with dignity there buddy.What are you talking about?
There is no such thing in fact as an honest polling method in this country. That a liberal university has chosen wording that skirts the legal facts doesn’t make it any more reliable. People tend to answer the questions regardless of the wording when asked. Here the key part of the question is if people thought the criminal actions were pre planned. Most republicans think there was a clandestine group that used the cover of the rally for their own reasons. I’m more surprised that so many dems do. Just like most republicans will admit that the criminal acts during EVERY major BLM protest were conducted by outsiders not involved with or interested in the BLM rally/protest.mediabiasfactcheck.com.
I wouldn’t know, not a site I use. I use allsides and the media bias survey to know what has been handed to me.That’s included in what I’m saying it says
Fox News reported on Jan 5 that there were people planting materials the night before. Even the most diehard right is in agreement. A tiny faction, and likely cling ons, operates to use the rally and subsequent peaceful protest as cover for illegal actions.I’m not at all curious who you think is a reputable news outlet
Too bad, I’ll say it again anyway. Papers like NYT and WSJ stick to facts in their non-editorial content. They retract mistakes with public acknowledgment. That’s unlike the likes of WaPo and OANN. Who rarely make retractions in the first place.citation needed
a violent uprising against an authority or government~Bing (Microsoft encarta)citation needed 2
Show me a centrist paper using that term in a non-editorial piece in the last 6 months. It’s factually incorrectly. NYT and CNN have both not just stopped using the term but replaced it in earlier reports.Transfer of power isn’t a single act on inauguration day.
Yes it is. It happens when the new president is sworn in. Before that is preparation and verification. But the only aspect of the actual change of leadership happens when the president elect finishes the oath of office, this becoming the president.They did delay the process
I apparently lost a semicolon. government; they were stopping, or delayingThat business being
The crime being “disruption of official government business” regardless of what business it was.Being a part of a mob that trespassed was a criminal act.
Yes it was. Being one of thousands that committed no crime in a peaceful protest was not.This admission just killed your own argument
“intended” is key there. That a few dozen idiots intended to do something doesn’t change the fact that they could not in any way, shape, or form, commit the acts they may or may not have intended.but it was still an insurrection.
By law it is not. Nobody that day intended to overthrow the Trump administration. As Biden was not the president and not yet even confirmed as winning the next presidency, he could not be overthrown, prior to taking office. Insurrection is the overthrow of the current government, not a potential future one. You like Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-capitol-rioters-jailed-sentences-january-6-1826075 Notice the quantity of insurrection convictions?That you think cause requires force is just your lack of imagination again.
Save it. I won’t change your mind and you won’t change mine. I would never hold a 3rd party accountable for the actions of an individual (excepting the legal requirement of parental responsibility and guardian responsibility).He denigrates legal immigrants as well
Where?without targeting racial groups and nationalities
Despite something close to 99% of illegal immigration being from central and South America? It’s a fact. Should he have ignored the fact for ignorance in the population?prefer immigration from a bunch of European countries with predominantly white populations
When?might think you were trying to imply that it was actually peaceful.
It was by the 99.9% of attendees.Admitting that you have a narrow and ignorant approach
People are responsible only, and solely, for the actions they take.Who are you talking about here?
Anyone who takes actions solely based on the words of others are mentally weak.Sure, they weren’t there because Trump held a rally that day
No, apparently based on footage from around the area on the 5th they intended to use the rally and protest as cover. These people were not Trump supporters, they were militant anarchists. I won’t deny they may have convinced a few mentally weak trump supporters, but that’s not the point.Except, again, we had video and the contents of the video were lied about
The cases? No, it was questioned, explained, and dropped. By most anyway. In Huston? No: that was a fact never disproven. Watchers were sent away and the count continued. In Phili? Nope. Clearly watchers were never close enough to do their job. Again I didn’t follow Georgia. It was us thing in non-partisan news till much later and long after it was proven that if these women did what they are accused of, it didn’t change the election, and if they didn’t, it didn’t change the election. I get two newspapers daily in my trader dead. Heather spent any time on Georgia until the recent trial: I never read it because it doesn’t matter. If there’s evidence they would be convicted. If the evidence lacks they would walk free, the actual facts of what happened to remain unproven.You support a lot of proven liars
You misinterpret my dislike (read hatred) of pointless, excessive, punitive damages as support for those who suffer them. A quick gloss of my post history here or anywhere else will show disdain for punitive punishment across the board regardless of politics or action. I despise pirate even more than those who block advertises. But I’ve always been vocal against charging $250.000 for a $5 film shared with one person.Most proven fraud has been on the part of Republican voters.
What’s your point here. Fraud is fraud. The elections need to be secured further. That a few thousand Trump voters committed fraud? That over 10.000 ballots were mishandled? There should be roughly zero fraud. That can be achieved with a free national id m. and full, complete, license broadcast and cloud recorded video of every ballot count.citation needed
Im guestimating based on the thousands of ballots found in parking lots, road ditches, in homes of postal carriers, backdated postage stamping, and fraudulent ballot harvesting.By whom
Do you deny the bags of ballots found in a California parking lot. Those found in dumpsters. Along the road side in Arizona? The backdating in Pennsylvania? Do you deny your own link showing Trump supporter fraud? Do you deny ballot harvesting that intentionally skipped know Republican homes?That’s bullshit
No, it’s fact. I alone am responsible for my actions.contributing to the decisions of others
Not to me. If any of your list of reasons were to pass, it remains my fault alone. The level of thought and knowledge in my actions does not lessen my sole responsibility for my actions. In reality you and STS and the like. You hold the ideals, consciously or unconsciously, to shield yourself from personal responsibility. I will sue the driver that hit me, not the one that caused them to swerve. And I would sue the drunk, to recover the funds lost for hitting an innocent driver. A loss I incited by hitting them. Then again, I wouldn’t swerve in the first place. If a drunk is going to hit me, they hit me, and I sue them into oblivion. That’s my mentality in life in general. I don’t seek trouble; but I won’t run from it either. And if STS and you and progressives in general want to albums a sociopath for that I will counter with: I’m an ape and like most apes on the planet I will protect my tribe and myself. I believe in survival by instinct. Sometimes I make mistakes and if I do so be it. I learn and move on. What I won’t do is pretend someone else is responsible for my ignorance or errors. -
On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2023 @ 10:43pmbased on his track record with the Mexican border wall
Which he did start building after the obstructionism was passed. And would have been finished in a second term. Compare that to Biden who first sold off wall materials for pennies on the dollar, then purchased more materials to continue building the wall.investigating Hilary
Was a lost cause. She always let others do the less then legal actions. I simply hate her guts.your immediate response was that he was joking
You have me confused with someone else. Mexico did pay for the wall with the modified trade policy. Rational people never expected there to be direct funding from a foreign country. What he did do, and i voted for, was build border defences, reduce international expenditures, end the war in Afghanistan (which Biden couldn’t competently carry out), and modify trade agreements. He pulled out of the Paris accords, he blocked the Iran bounty payment. He did not tax nonexistent value in investments, he did not send money to foreign conflicts. And as a bonus, Brokered a peace treaty in the Middle East that made travel and existence much easier not just for them, but for us as well. Sounds like he accomplished far more in his for years for my family and friends than Biden has managed since he took office. I can’t think of a single thing Biden has done that benefits myself, my family, or my friends. Anyone in my existence. In fact, being just above the poverty level, he has drained my savings through his ridiculous policies that have made life more expensive for the bottom 10% than since the Great Depression. -
On the post: NY Proposes Mandated Open Access To Social Media APIs
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2023 @ 04:25pmWow, worse than I thought
Apparently it’s worse than I thought. I was expecting another post-X interoperability bill. The democrat’s theatre play for the tiny percentage of X users (the near totality of which are us Democrats) that left X and wanting to merge their proprietary x/Twitter data with another competing service. Instead of turning over access to existing software, they are being required to create new software. (Congrats on killing user hosted Mastodon like stuff). Most states have laws that require the majority of this information be made available to users. Now NY is forcing a company to create a new method for accessing this information already made available. I don’t see where the state is going to pay for the creation of a new api to allow access to information that users can already request access to.
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On the post: NY Proposes Mandated Open Access To Social Media APIs
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2023 @ 03:11pmThat’s literally the same thing.
Not at all. Anyone can come along and fashion a replacement piece. What you loose is any proprietary intellectual property (software). As a tinkerer, I’d argue much of that can be bypassed with analogue components anyway. I can rip the seat out of a heater locked BMW and replace it with a custom seat. I can rip the mower deck out of a cub cadet ig and replace it with a manual controlled one. I can remove the screen from the smart fridge and still have a fridge. Or swap it with another company’s tablet and my own code.A repair is less likely to fail if you have access to the software running on the device
I have no experience with this company. But I have bypassed software on CFI (dodge, Chrysler), Ford, and BMW vehicles. Changing compression and gear timings. The owners well aware that it likely voids warranty.Having root may go against the wishes of the owners
And should void the warranty on all software and firmware related issues. Just like I always say Apple should not be responsible for the damage a user makes to their screen when repairing their phone. But generally, I don’t disagree completely on voiding out a warranty for unauthorised access. But I don’t completely agree either.That’s not what we’re debating right now at
You brought it up.It’s significantly different to get root that the owners don’t want you to have than it is
Not really. It’s more difficult, but it’s still part of the OS that two of the three largest platforms today use. Android is Linux and a key part of using Linux is root management. iOS is BSD and root is an inherent part of the platform. They can make it easy, or difficult, but not impossible. If they bar access and you gain access anyway, you did in violation of the warranty. They can ignore, refuse repair, or even cut you off from further service. Just because the law gives you the right doesn’t mean the company is going to bend over for you backwards.rings hollow
Yes, I agree that companies should be bound to ask permission for data use. Despite my tracking on opt in preference to help companies that supply me with services, and my dislike of freeloading (eg advert blockers, piracy), I still agree that customers should have a choice to be scum if they wish. I’ll take the time to read the bill later. It’s possible the inflammatory writeup mislead me as to the intention. But as it stands now I don’t believe a company should be forced to hand over access to anything they don’t wish to hand over access to. And if a user chooses to gain access anyway, the company has the right to cut them off, even completely. From service, from support, from updates. -
On the post: Self-Proclaimed 9/11 Hero Rudy Giuliani Now Owes Election Workers He Defamed $148 Million
LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2023 @ 02:26pmActually autism is a neurological disorder. The various issues go beyond just the brain.
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