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Sure. If I own a newspaper I can demand how it's run. But your original analogy was that of a consumer. I'm just not seeing it.
January 11, 2021 at 15:37
The common denominator in all those interactions is you.
January 11, 2021 at 15:30
What is Trump doing with his new found free time?
January 11, 2021 at 15:14
Yes, but that's libel law. If my car doesn't start as a purchaser I have rights. If I buy a paper and it's filled with lies, what exactly is the actio...
January 11, 2021 at 15:10
So, we should sue Fox News for pretending to offer fair and balanced news? Aren't they going to say "free speech" and tell you to fuck off?
January 11, 2021 at 14:00
https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/journals/opis/3/1/article-p115.pdf Information Apocalypse is here and it's here to stay. Private companies, than...
January 11, 2021 at 13:20
It's refreshing to see another view. My personal take is that for Democrats it's probably best if they wouldn't impeach and leave this problem festeri...
January 10, 2021 at 14:19
Why don't you tell me what it is and what's wrong with it?
January 09, 2021 at 15:46
Probably because neither fascism and nazism have anything useful to say about the dominant economic system, whereas communism does. Marx Das Capital i...
January 09, 2021 at 12:02
There will definitely be some convictions of regular folks soon and those fucking charlatans in Congress and the White House won't notice a thing, whe...
January 09, 2021 at 10:32
Well, that didn't take long. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-biden-cites-goebbels-and-nazi-propaganda-techniques-when-asked-about-hawley-and-...
January 09, 2021 at 10:29
Also Giuliani needs to be prosecuted with his "trial by combat" comment.
January 09, 2021 at 07:26
Likely. Nevertheless, I do think it would be the smart move for Republicans to support impeachment of Trump and convict him not to every hold picnic o...
January 09, 2021 at 07:23
So what's the likelihood of a second impeachment with a conviction that prohibits Trump from ever holding a public office again to ensure he's removed...
January 08, 2021 at 21:48
It's disgusting to suggest there's moral equivalence here with BLM protesters. There's evidence of police brutality of minorities, at the very least a...
January 08, 2021 at 21:26
Glad to know someone is safe.
January 08, 2021 at 19:23
In reaction to Trump his denouncement of the violence last Wednesday. :rofl:
January 08, 2021 at 13:33
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/democracy-countries https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/03/20/ranked-20-happiest-cou...
January 08, 2021 at 13:30
For the time being the plurality of political parties means any extreme view probably won't garner more than 20% support and ensures a broader spectru...
January 08, 2021 at 13:07
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch (or Norwegian, Swedish, Finish, Danish or German). All these countries have far superior, functional democracies, we...
January 08, 2021 at 12:23
Don't waste your time on the Trumptard.
January 07, 2021 at 17:41
Let's not.
January 07, 2021 at 11:38
Cool. Thanks for the clarification. Why is the definition there if it's not part of an actual crime?
January 07, 2021 at 10:23
If anyone cares about why defining terrorism is such a shitty pursuit I wrote an article on it in 2005 already but it never got published by the magaz...
January 07, 2021 at 10:21
I think "terrorism" in general is a pretty shitty term that no criminal code should have. It's a political term to paint opponents in a certain light....
January 07, 2021 at 09:56
No, this was certainly not a terrorist. And quite frankly if people honestly believe the election was stolen, this reaction would be totally understan...
January 07, 2021 at 08:45
The USA has, politically speaking, been marching along the edge of the abyss of insanity for four years now, widely supported by almost all politician...
January 07, 2021 at 08:34
I heard Trump is a liar and raped minors! I wouldn't doubt it! Where's the investigation? Some of the comments here. I feel like banning the shit out ...
January 07, 2021 at 06:35
:chin:
January 06, 2021 at 19:55
So, can we blame these losses on Trump? Loeffler's apparent insider trading? Perdue's anti-semitic gaffs and ridicule of Harris? Or is it thanks to De...
January 06, 2021 at 08:47
It's just interesting already to read through the press releases of the World Food Programme and compare December 2019 and December 2020: https://www....
January 04, 2021 at 15:26
But he doesn't need to "find" them, he can just "recalculate" it. Because 1 +1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1n can easily be recalculated as \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{...
January 04, 2021 at 15:15
Bad metaphysics which they handwave at as "semantics" is my experience.
December 31, 2020 at 10:09
Lindsey Graham said it and we all know he's totally legit.
December 30, 2020 at 18:49
That the strain is not particularly more infectious but mostly the result of lax lock down rules in the UK. I just realised my earlier comment in this...
December 30, 2020 at 18:06
I'm really curious what's up with the UK strain now. There's news it's popping up in different parts of the world. At the same time we see it also pop...
December 30, 2020 at 12:35
I must've missed it but where did he suggest he'd go around beheading people or advising it?
December 25, 2020 at 07:18
Just ignore Hippyhead. He thinks he knows what he talks about but I've never seen a post of his containing any level of analysis.
December 25, 2020 at 07:13
Who actually writes the bills then if Congress had no clue what's in it? Aren't they supposed to be the legislative branch? Hint hint. The US is even ...
December 23, 2020 at 21:44
Thanks for that. Looks pretty bad and a bit predictable.
December 23, 2020 at 11:05
In: Brexit  — view comment
I consider it unlikely as well because they couldn't time this but I'm wondering why you think it is so. Certainly not because it would be irresponsib...
December 23, 2020 at 03:18
We can be short about this one. Banno is applying the common linguistic meaning of proposition and creative soul is talking about the philosophical te...
December 22, 2020 at 22:27
Ok ok, so according to US law it isn't bribery... Or here's a ton of money and next time I'm an ambassador. That's isn't bribery either and certainly ...
December 22, 2020 at 19:23
In: Brexit  — view comment
The genomes of the various varieties have been tracked from the beginning across the globe. The variant now being blamed in the UK has been around sin...
December 22, 2020 at 12:41
The policy question to ask here is whether the long term damage to life expectancy and health as a result of the lock down, which inevitably will resu...
December 22, 2020 at 11:13
Although I have only read Cicero via second hand accounts in relation to the just war theory, I see in my notes from 16 years ago (eek!) that he disti...
December 22, 2020 at 10:22
In: Brexit  — view comment
Oh, that new strain that we've had in the Netherlands back in September exactly once? I think the fact pubs and stores were open is much more likely t...
December 21, 2020 at 16:28
In: Brexit  — view comment
There will be a deal, whether one will be reached before Brexit takes effect is another matter.
December 19, 2020 at 09:13
:up:
December 19, 2020 at 06:57
I get the part about the lack of testing etc. and the lack of information wrt long term effects and whether it will even stop the pandemic. I was unde...
December 18, 2020 at 19:40