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Any place they draw the line is going to be arbitrary. Wheels were a modern discovery for half the world just a few hundred years ago. And we went from horse and buggy to airplanes within just a couple decades a bit over 100 years ago, so a lot of their technology is already more advanced than...

Liberals want to make the lives of the poor as easy as possible. Conservatives want to make as many of the poor into middle class as possible. That's because liberals see the poor as pets to be cared for, because liberals are elitist snobs, even if they themselves are barely middle class. And...

They've got a playbook, and they've been running it like clockwork for decades. It's not hidden, they're quite open about it. Long march through the institutions - Wikipedia Long march through the institutions - Wikipedia

Divide and conquer. Without the engineered divides we would have thrown the bums out a long time ago.

A justice system should be deterministic. The same facts should always lead to the same conclusion. Now, that's an ideal system the real world can never measure up to, but that should be the goal. When the result depends heavily on which judges, prosecutors, and lawyers are involved, then you...

Judges following the law don't need to be held accountable, they just need to be given better laws. But there *are* many judges that are twisting the law to serve their personal prejudices. There are plenty of Boasberg and Merchans out there. There's also a lot of prosecutors that need to be...

They need something more extreme. Those places either went down hill slowly, or have been a shithole so long that people just think "that's just the way it is". Sort of like the border. The democrats kept saying "this is as secure as it can reasonably get" until Trump dropped illegal...

Republicans should work hard to help him enact his policies. It's going to suck what happens to NYC, but a fresh example needs to be made.

You mean the rape capital of Europe ? And Sweden isn't even *that* socialist. Debunking the Myth of Swedish Socialism—Again | Cato at Liberty Blog https://share.google/aVRoxiEDMhos4Ica5

You seriously believe Venezuela would be a socialist paradise if the US didn't oppose their murderous dictator ?

And socialism has managed to turn them into one of the biggest shitholes in the western hemisphere. People never learn.

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The true believers will always "that's not real socialism" their way through life. But the moderates who actually decide elections are the ones who need the reminder.

Unfortunately, you don't. As someone who lived in NY for most of his life, I know first hand. You don't get the government *you* deserve, you get the government the average voter deserves. When the average voter is a moron, you get screwed, no matter what you deserve.

They should absolutely give him everything he wants. Give him enough rope. Don't stop him, let him setup his free everything and government grocery stores. We desperately need a local and recent example for people to look at and see why this stuff is a bad idea.

If you continue to pay the Danegeld, you will never get rid of the Dane.

I doubt it. Everyone could see these results a mile away. Democrats don't have to rig elections in NYC, and if a democrat was going to, it would have been Cuomo.

Of the three Silwa would be the best mayor, by far. I don't really know enough about Silwa to say for sure, but he certainly *seems* like he would be the best mayor NYC has had since Guilani. But, the average NYC sewer rat would be a better mayor than Cuomo or Mamdami so that's not saying much.

When you have to choose between Boss Tweed and Mao Zadong, so the deciding factor is "well, Tweed didn't starve half the country to death..."

How badly fucked does your city have to be when that statement actually makes sense.

Tldr; Nobody's actually shifting right. They're just not shifting left as fast as the democrat leaders, so they're recognizing "bat shit crazy" when they read it. So, despite Trump's flaws, they're like "I'll take 2am mean tweets over full on Caligula any day".

I remember when the left would say "if you want to exercise your right to bear arms, then just join the military". We could turn that around. "If you want the government to provide your food, shelter, and healthcare, join the military".

Some of the decisions I've seen about what vendors to select for various projects, my first though was "Those guys must have the best hookers, because they sure as hell don't have the best equipment or even price" "While our competitors spend $1B on R&D last year, we saved a ton by just combing...

Until the people start holding those judges accountable things will continue to get worse. How broken does the system have to get before people abandon it ?

They could issue an arrest warrant. Or at least order another federal court to issue one. It would absolutely be appropriate to charge the NYPD officials with contempt.

You do realize that most of Russia's troops are conscripts too, right ?

I am all in favor of a safety net. I do not think the government should be involved. It fucks up everything it touches.

That's the point. Any time off you take now gets refunded when it's over. So anyone with any time in the bank would be a fool not to use it. That's where the labor shortages comes from, even among "essential" employees who have to keep working.

I am eagerly awaiting my monthly box of government ammo.

You're assuming that everyone that gets SNAP just stops eating. My bet is the vast majority of them will suddenly find out they have the money for food after all. Might be devastating for the nail salons and hair dressers though as people suddenly have to discover what priorities are.

How often can most of the people who are *paying* for those benefits afford to eat there ?

I think they see what way the wind is blowing and they have no real convictions.

Stuff like that is good to keep a couple in the truck. Not so much "emergency" stuff, more like when you're stuck out in the boondocks a lot longer than you expected on some job and you're *really* missing dinner. I.e. not survival rations, more like "keep the grumbling belly at bay so you can...

He's also used to the media covering his ass, and while they aren't exactly holding his feet to the fire, they aren't quite lying with their usual level of enthusiasm. I've seen occasional snippets of actual journalism sneak through on CNN lately. Without the 24/7 propaganda spigot running...

There is no extra pay for it, but if you take that time off during the shutdown it doesn't get debited against your time off. So, if you took a week off in September, it cost you a week of time off. If you take it in October it doesn't.

What I'd rather see is an end to these omnibus spending bills. Make it a requirement that the spending for a bill is authorized in the bill itself. The entire government budget being held hostage bianually for a "must pass" bill is *not* how this is supposed to work.

Some tailor should really start advertising his "Trump special" where he will adjust your pants for "added ballroom". To be fair, Trump is the first republican POTUS since the 80s that even *has* balls, so it's no wonder none of the rest weren't missing a ballroom.

The trick is that the 60 vote override for a filibuster is just a senate procedural rule. It's not a law or a constitutional requirement. So, it takes 60 votes to shut down a filibuster, but it only takes 50 votes to change a procedural rule. The whole thing is basically a gentleman's...

The real problem with these government shut downs is they never shut down enough, and it's always temporary.

If they ever cracked open a history book, they wouldn't be leftists.

For *everyone*.

Ahh, but it's someone *else's* server. That's what makes it the cloud :)

If they're lucky they'll erupt. The alternative is even worse for them.

I really need to make my way north for this in the spring... Big Sandy Shoot – Largest Machine-Gun Shoot In The World Big Sandy Shoot – Largest Machine-Gun Shoot In The World

"The cloud" is just a fancy way of saying "someone else's computer".

The problem there is that there is no way to have vacuum and vapor permeable at the same time. It would be like wearing bubble wrap, you would sweat, then die.

Eh, widespread adoption of electric cars is probably using more power than datacenters.

Maybe Marriage is an inherently religious institution and Government has no business being involved at all. Why should it have any affect on your rights or privileges at all ? Also, FWIW, any sort of nutritional benefits should be along the lines of "here's your box of government cheese...

And 200 years ago many "employers" exercised the simple expedient of owning their employees outright. That really simplified a lot of stuff. Doesn't mean it was right.