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In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
I'm very excited
December 31, 2021 at 05:31
In: A CEO deserves his rewards if workers can survive off his salary  — view comment
2/3rds of "net new jobs" means nothing outside of an absolute number of new jobs relative to total jobs and time period, neither of which you offered....
December 31, 2021 at 05:20
In: A CEO deserves his rewards if workers can survive off his salary  — view comment
Right, so this is where my "a number of issues by premising your argument on this arrangement" comes into play. What you are describing is not veridic...
December 31, 2021 at 04:40
In: A CEO deserves his rewards if workers can survive off his salary  — view comment
There are a number of issues by premising your argument on this arrangement, but I'll cut to the chase. The socialist issue contra Capitalism isn't un...
December 31, 2021 at 04:27
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Nice list, never ceases to impress and perplex me on how you manage to read over 40 books a year, each year. Loved Family Values; the chapter on Infla...
December 29, 2021 at 23:57
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
About 1/3 through Theories of Ideology by Jan Rehmann (excellent btw), which will likely be the last book I start in this year, so time for another an...
December 27, 2021 at 05:40
In: The Inflation Reduction Act  — view comment
Holy fuck batten down the hatches inflation has hit everyone. Inflation. The dreaded "I-word". I'm crying and screaming. Inflation. I'm in fetal posit...
December 21, 2021 at 06:45
In: Civil War 2024  — view comment
Why would anyone listen to a US military general who has served in the last 30 years
December 21, 2021 at 06:35
In: The Inflation Reduction Act  — view comment
Lol
December 19, 2021 at 16:33
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
None So Fit to Break the Chains: Marx’s Ethics of Self-Emancipation by Dan Swain
December 13, 2021 at 03:30
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krt4Kn6LV0w
December 06, 2021 at 23:48
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
:up: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
December 01, 2021 at 00:16
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
these sound interesting
November 29, 2021 at 15:58
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Comments on the Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord
November 28, 2021 at 21:37
In: Rittenhouse verdict  — view comment
Dog brain
November 26, 2021 at 00:50
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
:gasp:
November 23, 2021 at 02:07
In: Randian Philosophy  — view comment
lol just going to throw my hands up at this one
November 18, 2021 at 17:48
In: Randian Philosophy  — view comment
Objectivism is useless, especially as a starting point for a "philosophically journey", as Ayn Rand had an exceptionally naïve grasp on philosophical ...
November 18, 2021 at 16:56
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism by Melinda Cooper
November 18, 2021 at 16:38
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Just got the Covid Booster
November 17, 2021 at 02:17
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai
November 15, 2021 at 19:06
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Thanks for reminding me this was coming out in English, just picked it up. Interesting concept.
November 13, 2021 at 00:43
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Sunset at 4:42, not great for the psyche!
November 10, 2021 at 18:33
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQ5iQ-NbFA
November 10, 2021 at 06:31
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
I admittedly don't read a lot of novels but I do love me some Krasnahorkai.
November 10, 2021 at 01:53
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Krasznahorkai is shaking right now.
November 09, 2021 at 23:38
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Let me know what you pick up. I have a list but want to be a bit selective since I want to get an order from Haymarket too.
November 09, 2021 at 23:36
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean @"StreetlightX" looks like the Verso end of year sale has started. Could have...
November 08, 2021 at 15:27
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1455730582130806785 Yeah so read this book
November 03, 2021 at 03:06
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Two months ago is cute, try two years ago.
October 31, 2021 at 00:08
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Yeah Quinn Slobodian's book is excellent! Was going to recommend Wendy Brown's In The Ruins of Neoliberalism, but looks like I was beat to the punch. ...
October 30, 2021 at 23:30
In: What Are You Watching Right Now?  — view comment
I enjoyed Dune @"180 Proof" did you see Dune yet?
October 30, 2021 at 04:08
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Faust by Goethe Monsters of the Market was interesting. Some of the analogies are a bit ham-fisted and awkwardly argued, but I really appreciated his ...
October 30, 2021 at 04:06
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Canada sucks too
October 27, 2021 at 23:20
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Someone get me out of this shit country
October 27, 2021 at 23:12
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
If you're mourning the death of Colin Powell you might as well take a piss on the grave of every Iraqi killed as a consequence of the war he sold to t...
October 18, 2021 at 18:00
In: Socialism or families?  — view comment
Ironic that Tucker Carlson had a recent segment on Fox criticizing the concept of paternity leave that many conservatives jumped on board to agree wit...
October 16, 2021 at 18:48
In: What Are You Watching Right Now?  — view comment
Has anyone else watched Satantango?
October 16, 2021 at 06:22
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Will do! Loved loved How Revolutionary. One of my favorite reads of the year. Intellectually dense, and with acerbic wit and confidence that I admire.
October 15, 2021 at 23:40
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Monsters of the Market Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism by David McNally
October 15, 2021 at 03:32
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Bela Tarr, the Time After by Jacques Rancière
October 12, 2021 at 23:13
In: Socialism or families?  — view comment
Funny how people can dress up paying over $1000 per month for formal child care as "Family Rights"
October 10, 2021 at 17:04
In: Why Black-on-Black Crime isn't a Racist Deflection.  — view comment
lol
October 10, 2021 at 16:57
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai
September 26, 2021 at 04:04
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
That's very sad to hear, he was quite young to pass too, I very much enjoyed Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism several year...
September 23, 2021 at 23:02
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins.
September 17, 2021 at 21:05
In: Madness is rolling over Afghanistan  — view comment
The Other Afghan Women
September 11, 2021 at 23:45
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
Biden Unveils Vaccine Mandate Plan Covering Two-Thirds of U.S. Workers
September 09, 2021 at 23:44
In: What Are You Watching Right Now?  — view comment
It tackled the themes from the original from different perspectives and angles, not necessarily as successfully as Blade Runner did (and I prefer the ...
September 09, 2021 at 23:40
In: What Are You Watching Right Now?  — view comment
:brow: :down: ........ :love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix7TUGVYIo
September 09, 2021 at 23:03
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