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by clipsy 1y ago
> noticed Sheridan's name as an actor or director or writer or producer on seemingly damn near every major US TV and movie production in the past five to ten years. He's credited on 9 movies total with a tenth to be released, a
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> A lot of them are basically, "your religious teachings or cultural upbringing aren't welcome here" Could you point out a code of conduct -- preferably from a large, well known project -- that reads this way in your opini
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Republicans doing what they could easily have done since day one: eliminate the filibuster and pass their bill. The entire reason for this shutdown is that Republicans want to call this bill "bipartisan" despite refusing to involv
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They can do two things, literally any time they choose: eliminate the filibuster, or negotiate with Democrats.
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To me it seems like a fair and increasingly important question to ask people: is there any amount of contrary empirical evidence that would cause you to reevaluate your reasoning?
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Do you invite random untrained strangers to audit your job performance?
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by clipsy 1y ago
> Let me play a devil's advocate. No. Either stand by your opinion or don't waste our time on it.
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You're assuming that the thing they're "serious" about is ending illegal immigration.
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Perhaps some of his administration consider Argentina a back-up in the event that things go poorly for them in America. I've heard of something like that happening before.
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> I dont know why “bail out” is the headline term, it’s closer to a “currency backstop” AFAIK. The us is effectively extending hard dollars in exchange for pesos, allowing the argentine govt to not be destroyed in the open currency marke
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(Unless the supreme court says otherwise)
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> But I notice that we are talking not about murder, not about rape and not about theft. I noticed that you literally began your argument with the claim that legislation is aggression ("Legislation is aggression") and ended it
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Really great to see the right just openly defends nazis now.
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> Legislation is agression Does that apply to laws against murder, rape, theft, etc? Why or why not?
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I don't think the author is some mustache-twirling villain, but I do think the tweet is a case study in creating vague, subjective rules that will -- assuming a project lasts long enough and attracts enough contributors -- end up being
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Republicans control the white house, both houses of congress, and the supreme court; the fact that you're whining about Democrats is an implicit admission that Republican "governance" is - as usual - a failure.
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> It doesn't matter what I think. Then do us a favor and stop sharing it.
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> If you have proof, let's see it. Weird demand to make considering you're defending a person (Trump) who could release the Epstein files and end this entire discussion at any time.
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> Yet I can only imagine what would happen to Qatar if Bean Laden was taking shelter in it You don’t have to imagine; Bin Laden took shelter in Pakistan and all that happened was a single commando raid.
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This post could have actually been informative if you'd bothered to elaborate on what that reason is, precisely.
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It’d be hectomillionaire, unless you’re referring to people with $10k.
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Say what you actually mean: A lot of women spent money to have control over their own lives.
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Trump DOJ erases report showing far-right violence outpaces 'all other types'(alternet.org)
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(Title abbreviated due to HN's character limit, full title is: "Trump DOJ erases report showing far-right violence outpaces 'all other types of terrorism'")
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So now all of us on the left must police our speech for fear of what some lunatic might do? Why? Charlie Kirk himself said that gay people should be stoned to death -- do you think perhaps that might have incited a few deranged people? Wh
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Until tomorrow, when he says something completely different.
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If public school is essentially daycare, why did the pandemic set a generation of kids back?
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I think the signal will more likely be received as: "if you're a foreign company, don't invest in the US."
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People in power bought the press.
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No one's stopping you -- or anyone else -- from talking about this. That's why there's public research available.

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