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by chishaku 11y ago
Why are mortgage debtors referred to as home owners? Edit: I was being a bit facetious. With liar loans, no down payment mortgages, deferred interest, "prices only go up," etc, it's been too easy to sell home "ownership&
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by chishaku 11y ago
Encryption=terrorism, cash=terrorism. Larry Summers: "The fact that... in certain circles the 500 euro note is known as the “Bin Laden” confirms the arguments against it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/
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by chishaku 11y ago
> This is an analysis, not an objective and demonstrable fact. No. You don't have to assume that law enforcement or intelligence agencies are bad faith actors to see they are constantly seeking to expand their powers. http:/&
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by chishaku 11y ago
All the interesting stuff has been [ ].
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by chishaku 11y ago
Disclaimer: Not a political statement, just hypothetical and simplified observations on the use and efficacy of digital technology employed by election campaigns. -- The prevailing narrative has been that data and analytics has powered a mo
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by chishaku 11y ago
Most people supported the invasion of Iraq [0] but I wouldn't say it was the voters that led the US to war. [0]: http://www.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-americans...
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by chishaku 11y ago
> Food for thought for those who think the drug war was/is driven by the "establishment" rather than by the grass roots of ordinary voters. Are you implying that grassroots voters have been dictating drug policy despite th
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D.C. Crime Bill Would Pay People to Avoid Committing Crimes(nytimes.com)
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by chishaku 11y ago
You and other commenters are focusing on lobbying in principle, and I generally agree with your explanations. But what about lobbying in practice? The revolving door, gifts, paid trips, campaign contributions, etc. Wealthier individuals h
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by chishaku 11y ago
It would be great if there was a directory of users. I'd use it if I knew people in my network or people I'd be interested in following were already using it.
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by chishaku 11y ago
Even after reading all the comments, I still wasn't ready for that.
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by chishaku 11y ago
> People in US clamoring for leftist populism should take deep look at Venezuela. Typical political season scaremongering... Single-payer healthcare and free college education will bring the US to the brink of collapse!
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Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People (2014)(foreignaffairs.com)
3 points by chishaku 11y ago|1 comments
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People are worried. Nearly all outlooks are trending down. -- J.P. Morgan Builds Loss Reserves for the First Time in Six Years http://www.wsj.com/articles/turning-point-j-p-morgan-adds-to... More Banks Take Hits on En
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by chishaku 11y ago
For understanding the scope of the political problem, the American Society of Civil Engineers has an infrastructure scorecard. The national scorecard for 2013: Dams D Drinking Water D Hazardous Waste D Levees D- Solid
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by chishaku 11y ago
The story of Kalief Browder is heartbreaking. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-...
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by chishaku 11y ago
> Can anyone really say if there is any proof to this rhetoric. Are these companies really in such bad shape? One thing is for sure, you can't look at companies/startups or VC in a vacuum. You'd be wise to look at financia
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by chishaku 11y ago
Sweet patches with a gigantic octopus devouring the Earth "Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach" "Full Spectrum Dominance" "Total Information Awareness" "Five Eyes" This is the culture of a whole generation of
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by chishaku 11y ago
> The system will improve once we democratize resources more and more. Where do you see evidence of this happening?
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by chishaku 11y ago
> The environment should stabilize by 2016Q2. Don't hold your breath.
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by chishaku 11y ago
I have no idea about causal relationships but there is at least some data on opium production. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, opium production jumped from 74,000 hectares in 2002 to 224,000 hectares in 2014, a ~200% increase
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by chishaku 11y ago
They're using listicles and $200+ million in funding.
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by chishaku 11y ago
> That's not at all how the TPP works. Trade agreements and specifically the investor-state dispute settlements they allow can effectively "override" local laws. Arguably worse, trade agreements can have a chilling effect
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by chishaku 11y ago
Comparing the situation in Iceland to the situation in the U.S. is certainly not an apples to apples comparison. The scale and impact of fraud in US financial markets is far greater. It's hard to know what laws were clearly broken whe
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by chishaku 11y ago
We're talking about Python core development. I just can't see the minor nuances of GitHub-style pull requests being a significant barrier to entry for new contributors. It seems the familiarity of GitHub was actually a primary
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by chishaku 11y ago
I came across this recently: > Barry Warsaw, one of the core Python developers, once said that it frustrated him that "The Zen of Python" (PEP 20) is used as a style guide for Python code, since it was originally written as a p
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by chishaku 11y ago
> According to the latest report, a follow-up to one McCain released in May, military services have dished out $53 million in sports-related marketing and advertising contracts since 2012. Of that, more than $9 million went directly to t
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by chishaku 11y ago
The effect you're describing didn't start and won't end with TPP. Recent examples: > Wednesday’s 300-131 vote repealing the country-of-origin labels for meat follows a series of rulings by the World Trade Organization find
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by chishaku 11y ago
And additional data going back to 2013: http://killedbypolice.net/
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by chishaku 11y ago
Imagination.

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