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by disgrunt 5y ago
Do you consider someone holding an opinion you find offensive to be a human right?
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Coinbase was about to go public?
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by disgrunt 5y ago
It worked. But I remember Media Temple being slower than their competition. Seemed to have to pay a performance penalty for the "grid".
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> I guess what I'm saying is that it's a bit concerning just how fast people here are willing to jump to conclusions. Well, the CDC/WHO have kind of conditioned them, no? The CDC, at least, is starting to realign their gui
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Domestic commodities seem like a good investment near term.
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Trans-Pacific deteriorating, brace for shipping ‘tsunami’(freightwaves.com)
366 points by disgrunt 5y ago|250 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Meanwhile Californians keep re-electing Democrats who are perpetuating this humanitarian crisis in Skid Row. Those same Democrats have now appealed this order.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Judges aren't kings. In the United States there is a separation of powers for a reason. Skid Row is a failure of the executive and legislative branches in California. California voters have perpetuated this failure by continually re-el
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by disgrunt 5y ago
As they should. This is judiciary overreach.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> To enable that, Judge Carter ordered the city to place $1 billion in escrow; ordered the cessation of all sales or transfers of public lands; ... While I agree that Skid Row is a disaster. If I were a Californian, I don't think I
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by disgrunt 5y ago
There was no rich/poor distinction in your example because you're ignoring the fact that the SALT deduction only comes into effect with itemized tax filings. >90% of the country takes the standard deduction, of which this SALT
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Given your example, the rich local tax payer is a direct beneficiary of the park they helped fund through local taxes. Who is the beneficiary of their uncapped deductions? The rich local tax payer is the obvious primary beneficiary, and ind
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Without Snowden's disclosures, we likely would still not know the global reach and pervasive nature of PRISM. We also would not know that much of the western world is complicit in this global surveillance program. [0] [0]: https:&#x2F
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> “given [redacted] it is conceivable that an individual or group would want to pay for his death.”
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by disgrunt 5y ago
The irony there is I know a lot of native Texans fleeing the state as they see the Californication of Austin spreading and only getting worse.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
The real hypocrisy is Congress only cares when the rich are double taxed. Double taxation happens all the time. Corporate taxes and personal taxes on the same income source, personal income tax and sales tax, etc.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> don't limit state and local governments ability to collect revenue. The cap on SALT deductions does no such thing. All it does is cap how much state and local taxes someone can deduct from their federal taxes. State and local gove
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FBI Releases Documents Regarding 2016 Murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich(documentcloud.org)
23 points by disgrunt 5y ago|13 comments
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The Heroic Congressional Fight to Save the Rich(taibbi.substack.com)
49 points by disgrunt 5y ago|18 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
The establishment got what they wanted out of this lie. The truth will now be buried and go largely unexamined.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Ironically, this submission is now flagged.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Marxism, by definition, opposes private property ownership. So yes?
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Read enough MAD that I can actually visualize Jacobs' signature in my head.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Here's a recent Pelosi options trade with the Microsoft AR contract announcement. [0] [0]: https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/nancy-pelosis-h...
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by disgrunt 5y ago
I've experienced a similar thing on HN. I'm calling it the "insta throttle". I've been met with a "You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks." message after posting just once.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
I have no opinion of Atwood and am unfamiliar with his work. But a single opinion/rant made you lose all respect for a person? I see this sentiment a lot on HN. The fatal opinion minefield.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> It's a ban designed to make it appear to the banned user that they aren't banned. The intent is to allow them to continue to post (so they don't make a new account and avoid the ban) unaware that their posts are unreadab
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by disgrunt 5y ago
For those of us unaware, what is a hellban?
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Can you provide any citations to support your assertion that there was no insider knowledge? Such as all this apparent public information regarding this program?
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Texas nonprofit got border contract after hiring Biden official(axios.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments

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