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by jayess 8y ago
Or, you know, people can be genuinely against global centralization and not have anything to do with anti-semitism. In my view, the attempt at linking anti-globalist views to anti-semitism is just an ad hominem attack.
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Sorta how 1 + 1 = 2 is oversimplified for laymen.
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No it doesn't. And you've made my point perfectly.
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Isn't it incredible how many "hot button" political issues go right back to this basic economic law? Healthcare, tuition, minimum wage, housing, etc. Econ 101. Supply and demand. But so many people hate the idea of supply a
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by jayess 8y ago
I think both can be the case: legacy media is actively attacking online media lately. I've seen a rise is poorly-veiled anti-first amendment articles recently from places such as the New York Times and the New Yorker. So I have no doub
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Charting Public Transit’s Decline(cato.org)
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So we have Twitter taking down accounts at the behest of a political party?
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As though it's a binary choice. Washington DC metro, or the boonies.
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Red Hat doesn't "get" $34B, its shareholder do.
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More detail here: https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2018/Q3... edit: Massive increase in headcount too: Headcount – Headcount was 33,606 as of September 30, 2018, an increase of 45% ye
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You are utterly and completely wrong. Edit - As an example: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130304/18411522197/insan...
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> The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances Trolling , insulting/derogatory comments , and personal or political attacks Public or private harassment Publishing others’ private informat
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Maybe we could throw Russia into the mix too.
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Or the pull-down screen "rubbery stretch" effect is also a stupid patent.
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My medium-sized city made its main retail street pedestrian-only in the 80s. It quickly died and nearly all stores went out of business. The road was re-opened to traffic and now the area is booming. One size doesn't fit all. What is y
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He never missed a chance to shill for war.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Hugo_Ch... In short: price controls, nationalization, high taxation, corruption, Cuban economic influence (read socialism/marxism), economic malinvestment, over
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by jayess 8y ago
Looking at Maduro and the clowns he surrounds himself with makes it clear that it's really just a bunch of idiots running things. Chavez was a died in the wool marxist, but the failure of that ideology (as it always does fail) has lea
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It's pretty much a total disaster, so no.
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Agreed. And how do you define racism? Sure, it's discrimination based on race. What if I oppose affirmative action? Then I'm called a racist!
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What if I advocate for old-age pensions, sharing of profits of large enterprises, and the abolition of land rents -- all of which were platform tenants of the National Socialist German Worker's Party?
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So a system of measurement determines whether people are in the "dark ages." I see.
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You're easily infuriated.
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Or just do what the original copyright law did -- you get 14 years with a renewal option for 14 more years. That's it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law_of_th...
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I guess it's sorta like how "architect" has become a verb.
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Call your home/renter's insurance agent and ask them to add a "personal injury" rider. Increase your liability limit to $1m. You'll be insured against suits for libel/slander (assuming you aren't doing so
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That is definitely the case. BBB is a scam.
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> As to the website, the slow adoption of electronic filing has been driven more by the fact that it creates a duplicate set of procedures. You still need a paper system, so that e.g. prisoners can file cert petitions on paper. True, but
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by jayess 8y ago
Nothing. I've been using namesilo for years and no problems at all.
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Same here. I've moved everything to uniregistry from namecheap. It was such a headache moving domains, I wouldn't use namecheap again... even with free whoisguard. And inexplicably some of my domains that were using whoisguard had

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