ZoomerCretin

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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   >The Queen can't create legislation, she can restrain it. She is purely a moderating influence in this sense. Assuming the only negative changes that can occur to a person or group's interests are from the government, this make
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   The modern examples of a gay couple being refused service is a poor example. They can’t just go to the other financial institutions, because all of them have black-listed them. An Internet business cannot feasibly operate on cash alone. Jus
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   Feeling that something requires no explanation is a rationalization for not having any explanation.
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   "What does elimination of Israel mean in the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini?" "The only means of bringing Israeli crimes to an end is the elimination of this *regime*. And of course the elimination of Israel *does not mean the ma
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   I can't understand why this newspaper would make such an outrageous claim and cite tweets which very clearly disprove the point just made. Am I missing something, or does the Ayatollah not call for genocide in those tweets? To those do
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   > What do you make of the fact that most Uber drivers advocate for prop 22? That Uber was using their apps to shovel huge volumes of pro-Prop 22 propaganda at their drivers. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/15&#
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   Weren't Uber drivers bombarded with Pro-Prop 22 messaging every time they opened the app or picked up a passenger? It would make sense that they would support it if >95% of the messaging they got about Prop 22 was from their employe
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   by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

   I can’t wait to hear why this is different from China enforcing their new national security law against people who haven’t set foot in their country.
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    In cities and suburbs that are already built out, someone must draw the shortest straw. Desires and wants should always be trumped by need.
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    Then they can move further out. Your desire to not live near denser housing does not trump other's dire need for affordable housing. If you're so concerned about carbon footprint reduction, you should be fighting as hard as you ca
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    What dossier?
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    > a town that gave stand-down orders to its police force so that the local antifa chapter could enact political violence on its opponents Do you have a source for any of this? It seems really far-fetched.
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    What makes you think these protesters blame all gun owners and want to take their guns away? That seems like quite the reach and an over-generalization.
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    https://theintercept.com/2020/07/15/george-floyd-protests-po...
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    > So France is taxing people to give them money back; Yes, that's generally how governments work. You're right. Obviously the better solution is for everyone to remember the dozens of tax credits for which they're eligible
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    >As https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/education_spending points out, from the 1950s to the present, the share of GDP spent by government on universities went from 0.4% to 1.7%. A four-fold increase in funding as a per
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    Universities don't hike prices for the sake of extracting more money from students. They do so because it's the only way to make up for the enormous cuts in funding from states, which have historically provided the bulk of revenue
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    This source does not have any information related to loans availability correlating with tuition prices. Are you making the assumption that tuition hikes can only be caused by loan availability?
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    >It is a way to get a credential that you can use to signal your worth on the job market. What a sad state of affairs we find ourselves in that this attitude is common.
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    by ZoomerCretin 6y ago

    > The bulk of their customers are able to pay thanks to loan guarantees backed by special government rules. Universities are not businesses. Students are not customers. Student tuition was much more heavily subsidized by states, but fund
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    by ZoomerCretin 7y ago

    I'd rather the Fed lose money than people lose their jobs because some CEO decided the C-suite needed bonuses and stock holders needed a dividend.