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This "triangulation" strategy that Bill Clinton popularized where he meets in the middle with Republicans has made the party move further and further right every time they go to the table. I wonder if it is by design or if the party is really so weak willed.
I thought this satirical Hillary t-shirt got her logo right - the arrow swing back around the H (and points right again, kind of like her campaign now that she's back to courting righties that fear Trump). https://teespring.com/ithinkistandwithher#pid=2&cid=576&sid=front
Yeah I've heard Republicans try to argue that Romney isn't in favor implementing the plan nationally and that he's for states rights. The huge problem with this is that Romney has suggested multiple times that his plan should be used as a national model.
it shows that he was a neonazi white supremacist that publically flaunted it.
do you know where to get access to his record? it would be an interesting look to see what it showed.
I'm giving him the same benefit of the doubt that they give the murdered black folks. He had a history as a white supremacist so he obviously deserved it, just like those black men that had minor criminal records deserved it
Look - I think the "Obama Economy" gets alot of undue criticism and many of his detractors wouldn't be happy if you hung them with a new rope - but calling the American economy "booming" and talking up how great things are is exactly why Donald Trump made it as far as he did this election.
Wages have been stagnant since the 70's.
It's fine to defend Obama's record on jobs and hit back at the lies from the right - but we shouldn't at all be satisfied with where we are. If Progressives don't get just as mad as Trump-supporters are about these systemic issues then we'll never take back the state houses and we'll never get out of political gridlock. And we'll damn sure never see our wages increase with the nation's productivity.
Rand's philosophy was an application of the "Great Man" theory of history to economics: Great Men carry the economy on their shoulders, but the government prevents Great Men from doing Great Things. Rand's philosophy was verbosely outlined in Atlas Shrugged. Here's a fairly detailed criticism of that book.
Study highlights Luxembourg, but fails to mention that the entire population of the country would fit inside one of the suburbs of San Francisco.
I used a Mailinator account and they didn't flinch. Did not have to validate my vote, they just sent the link to the results page to it. The "informed" part is the one that is troublesome. The talking heads treat these things as legitimate and use them to twist public opinion. I like the idea of throwing a monkey wrench into their machine.
The scariest and most illuminating book I ever read was The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I recommend it, not to scare you, but because it lays out the last thirty to fifty years of conservative politics very well--it's purpose and effect. It's very 'readable' even if it is also disquieting.
Additionally almost anything by Thom Hartmann is a good choice.
ok, I went to the source of the article:
>The budget blueprint instructs House and Senate committees to come up with repeal legislation by Jan. 27.
So, my best guess after reading both articles is that nothing in the laws changed yet. Republicans are just admitting that they have no plan and that the better come up with one quickly.
According to the NY Times the majority of women are repulsed by Trump.
>The data indicate how deeply divided Americans are by race and gender: 94 percent of black women who voted and 68 percent of Hispanic or Latino female voters chose Hillary Clinton, but 53 percent of all white female voters picked Mr. Trump.
>The data can be broken down further: 51 percent of white women with college degrees voted for Mrs. Clinton, while 62 percent of women without one voted for Mr. Trump, a reflection of his success with working-class whites.
It appears white women with high school diplomas voted for Trump.
I am a white woman with an advanced degree who did not vote for Trump. I live in a conservative area. The white women I know voted for Trump for these reasons: He's going to bring back jobs, he isn't Hillary and/or he's a republican. This is anecdotal evidence. I can't say this is true for all white women.
Some Pro-life groups in Mississippi like the Catholic Diocese are withholding support for the initiative and just telling members to vote what they feel. State Democratic and Republican politicians are all supporting it to keep the conservative vote locked down. Gov. Haley Barbour expressed his concerns about the ambiguity of the measure on Wednesday and then voted for it on Thursday by absentee ballot. None of the legislators at the state capital want anything to do with it; that's why an initiative like this didn't originate in Jackson. Most conservative voters I know of back home are dead set against it because they see it for the overreaching piece of government intrusion that it is. Read this piece written by the brother of a friend to get an idea about how level headed some Mississippi conservatives can be when considering how political grandstanding like this affects real people.
My thinking now is that it will not pass, but if it does it will be struck down in state court. This is a voter initiative to redefine personhood. The state constitution states clearly that the bill of rights contained therein cannot be amended by voter initiative; those amendments require a bill originating in the state house of reps and passed by both houses with a 2/3's majority. Mississippi's legislature has enough trouble just trying to pass a budget each year without having to deal with that sort of political goat rodeo.
No, they just had the most pictures of Trayvon. There are over 211 articles about what happened to Trayvon on the web including the Washington Post and CBS news
Before Trayvon's Dad went to the news 2 weeks after his son was shot there was only 2 newspaper articles about the shooting and they were pro shooter.
As I was reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, I was struck by how much of the System 1 type of thinking applied to conservatives and Fox News. System 1 equates cognitively easy with "correct". Repetition eases cognition. It is no small wonder that Fox News watchers think and believe what they do.
>Someone needs to make a documentary film about this phenomenon.
I backed this documentary on kickstarter like a year ago because I felt the same way
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jensenko/the-brainwashing-of-my-dad-documentary
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Fire him? I'm still waiting for him to stand up like a man and get waterboarded to prove it's not torture.
Mancow Muller took it on and changed his mind in six seconds.
Hannity, not a man to be dissuaded by facts or reality, and literally without the balls to do it himself DID have false balls enough to <em>call</em> mancow and tell him it was still not torture.
Too bad that hannity dosen't have the intestinal fortitude to back up his own words. I'd love to see him skip around completely unaffected after a 30 min waterboarding session.
I am sorry if it hurts the progressive cause in the near term but my vote must be earned, it is not given to any lesser evil.
Here are ideas for two solutions:
Remove the legal ability for wealthy companies to control our government.
Make all laws passed by congress apply to everyone in congress.
Here is a possible vehicle for solutions.
https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/
If you pick up a gun you will lose and lose badly.
Read this article from 2000 Pay attention especially to the middle column and the last column.
It should be noted that when Bush went down to Miami-Dade which is the most liberal and pro-Democrat county in the state, he promised the Cuban American community that he would be tougher on Castro than Clinton had been, and as we all know now, those few extra thousand votes made a big difference in the ultimate course in human history.
This is why it is SO important to use a VPN or proxy to access sensitive sites.
TIP: You can search for the website disruptj20.org privately at StartPage.com and then visit the site privately using the free StartPage.com proxy link option.
When you search with StartPage, you are protected. StartPage does not log any personal information, and your searches remain private. Even Edward Snowden has recommended StartPage no-logging privacy.
When you visit the disruptj20.org site through the free StartPage proxy, StartPage doesn't "see" you and neither does the website or host. All they would see is StartPage. This also prevents you from getting any tracking devices, adware or malware on your browser while you visit through the proxy.
Obviously on this board its going to be Democrats but to add a new dimension you should look at the Naomi Klien and The Shock Doctrine. There is something far more sinister then just mere incompetence of Republicans.
No prob, I'm always babbling about something and ideas are fun.
I'd like to see a political group that is progressive but is not directly affiliated with the Democratic Party but is still not seen as extremist. I'm not sure what social clubs that the Left could assemble in the same way that the Moral Majority assembled churches across the country while still maintaining "respectability". Also, it would be cool if we could focus more money on the local races. Not even with just money.
Here in St. Pete, Florida, we had a ballot initiative about a public transit system. Lots of people supported it but then it was hated by other groups. One thing that I noticed though, is that I started getting lots of emails from the anti-transit side. Like weekly with talking points. They had gotten my email through the public records search with the voters registration. At the same time I didn't get one email from the pro-transit people. Not one. Cheapest way of communicating and I didn't get anything. They gathered all the emails for free and sent out free messages. Constantly. And it worked. Which sucks, but it hopefully gives ideas for a response.
Of course I'd also love to pick the brain of a cognitive scientist and learn the secrets to undermining people's rational responses. Basically figure out how Fox news works. :)
After reading "Predictably Irrational" and hearing about the The Mere Exposure Effect, I'd like to know what else can be used.
As the joke goes, it’s cheaper to get a round trip flight to Europe, stay in a hotel for a week, and have surgery there. I did an ER visit in France for $20 without insurance. This useless American allergist spent 10 minutes talking about OTC meds and charged me over $400.
America has the dumbest health system because of Reagan’s 1982 change to fee-for-service.
So you think its just a coincidence that Saudi Arabia and the arms manufacturer that it was buying from both gave millions to the Clinton Foundation while she was head of the State Department that oversaw the arms transfer?
So you don't see a conflict of interest in that money going to her friends and family to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars?
You don't think its suspicious that old political allies get the money as well?
> and? were you a big fan of the libyan government? Are you sad to see a tyrant and a dictator that was threatening mass killings of his people gone?
I never, ever, in a million years expected to see this opinion on r/progressive. Did you support the war in Iraq for the same reasons?
> the same birther movement that your guy trump took and ran with for years and still wont admit he was wrong about? What about it?
You're ok with the birther movement because Trump was? How does that make sense?
> almost? where's your source for these claims? any evidence that anything like that actually happened? Or is this just some more of your propaganda.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/28/sidney-blumenthal-clinton-foundation-payroll-libya
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-sidney-blumenthal-salary-libya-118359
> what video? and how do you know what was in the case?
There was no case. That was just me asking you what would convince you that this stuff is wrong since you seem to be in denial. Sorry I confused you.
I already gave you the source that Chelsea sits on the board of IAC. I gave you the source that the charity pays Hillarys friends and family money. What other source do you want? Be specific. I know you won't believe any source anyway but a later reader might want to know so go ahead and ask.
> drive your vehicle down the street, emitting pollution
the link deals with that - that is aggression if it hurts you
> Not sure how you figure government has the monopoly on violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=T3r0akZgvIA#t=113s
> or that it only attracts sociopaths
who else would want to wield the power to kill masses of people?
> private arbitration proceed in the absence of a moderator?
it has one, but one that is chosen by the parties in conflict, not by the dictate of the community
> local coalition
in context, it's an issue based alliance to deal with a violation of the non-aggression principle
> issues such as civil rights and health care impact on a society-wide level, hence the need for governance of these issues on a federal level
we disagree. my health care is a private matter and can be addressed with my local physician. i don't need the federal gov involved. and civil-rights doesn't need special attention - just equal protection for all under the law, as symbolized by the blindfolded scales of justice
that's a misrepresentation, imo. the constitution is one of the most libertarian gov docs written, so it's a good place to start; but most libertarians who make that argument make it from: there should be no law at the federal level. that does not mean that there would be a law at the state level
but libertarians are divided over abortion because they value life and property (a woman's body). however, some weigh the two values differently. that's why i recommend evictionism
You do not understand the word "subjective."
- "Subjective
- existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought ( opposed to objective ). "
-- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subjective
Since the "proof" for all economic theories (since there are no physical tools to measure such "proof") is in the mind, it's subjective.
In other words, economics is a subjective "field." This is why two people can study the exact same facts & come up with very different logical conclusions.
> bureaucracy!!
Your definition of "bureaucracy" is not a counter argument to my claim. Besides, that is not the whole truth of what the term "bureaucrat" means. To see the truth look at it's root words:
- Bureaucracy from bureau "office," literally "desk" (see bureau) + Greek suffix -kratia denoting "power of"
-- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=bureaucracy&searchmode=none
ie, it's literal meaning relates to people sitting at desks making decisions that rule organizations, states, etc.
ie, the people who sit around at desks running an organization are it's "bureaucrats."
> I was not making a claim
Good.
> I was explaining journalistic standards.
Saying something is normal/tradition/"standard" without argument is the "appeal to tradition logical fallacy."
> When mentioning Paul Krugman in an article you state that he's a Nobel Laureate for the same reason that you would say that Jeff Sessions is a Senator from Alabama
Incorrect. A "prize" for subjective thinking is very different than being an elected senator. Creating a "prize" for subjective political thinking is a way upper class bureaucrats try to control public thought. It is propaganda for the naive.
Idiocracy - one of the finest examples of a comedy over time becoming a documentary.
I have been meaning to transcribe this document for quite a while, ever since I discovered it was the original source for the (paraphrased) quotation of Henry Ford:
> It is perhaps well enough that the people of the Nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
After uploading the source file from Internet Archive to Wikisource, and wrestling with a bug that prevented the rendering of the pages for transcription, I finally managed to complete the proofreading and formatting of the text.
I think you guys will enjoy it :)
Not sure if you are familiar with The Khan Academy but they seem to have some great ideas on the future of education.
TED talk from the founder
Regulating the banks will do absolutely nothing when they have access to literally hundreds of trillions of dollars in credit. There is no amount of regulation that can prevent that type of money from blowing up all over the place. You could have regulated the shit out of the derivatives market, but investors would have just thrown the money into food, education, healthcare, and commodities bubbles (to name a few.)
The types of regulations that progressives want on the banks are microregulations. These are specific regulations on what they can and cannot do. The Federal Reserve is a macroregulator, meaning it is designed to steer the ship that is the economy. The crisis in the economy was caused by macroregulations, and was a macro problem. Microregulation cannot solve a macro problem, no matter how well intentioned it is.
All sorts of non-person things get sued, so if we're already on the train to crazy town already, there might as well be no need for corporate personhood. [^more ^info]
Social Structure
>On the macro scale, social structure is the system of socioeconomic stratification (e.g., the class structure), social institutions, or, other patterned relations between large social groups.
Politics
>The art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government
The point of politics is power (I'm feeling kinda cynical right now). Look at Trump's supporters. They are strutting around claiming they won and that the left needs to sit down, shut up, and fall in line behind King Cheeto (or leave). There is no coherent policy, just joy that they won.
This is a widely accepted fact
The US government through state led initiatives in R&D makes basic and theoretical research on certain drugs and medicines possible with state funding, then private biotech and pharmaceutical firms swoop in and patent, capitalize, and monopolize the results of basic/theoretical research after it becomes applied, commercially viable research and production
Yea, this is where the argument about national democrats not doing enough for rural america falls flat. If economic malaise, lack of opportunity, and lack of upward mobility hits a community that community responds by voting for a racist party maybe it's because they are, you know, racist?
I re-watched White Angry and American recently and the guys that the documentary talks to state multiple times that "Obama didn't bring jobs to our community". First, this isn't the president's job and a centrally planed employment system seems even further to the left than modern leftist parties (SDP, PS, and Labor, the Democratic party is a Center or Center Right party by European standards). Second, Republicans are no better at attracting business than Democrats just look at the R dominated state assemblies in the rust belt if you want someone to hold accountable.
The Shock Doctrine got me started, but there are plenty of research papers on the costs of the growth in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Malaysia.
And yes, the way they drove privatization through was terrible in those countries. A lot more villains than heroes in those histories, you know what I mean?
Have you watched of Naomi Klein's new film "The Shock Doctrine?" It's about how the IMF destroyers poor countries right?
Timothy Geithner worked for the Council on Foreign Relations, then the IMF, then the Federal Reserve Bank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_F._Geithner#Early_career
You can see C-Span footage of Dick Cheney former Director of the CFR speaking to the CFR here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVKZi7u9jA
What kind of issues are important to you? Google scholar is good for academic research.
>Debate conservatives
>Facts
Facts aren't going to be that imporatant. What you really need is to learn how conservatives frame issues and how you as a progressive you can too. Otherwise you're going to battle with a bunch of bullets and no rifle.
Thr right wing poltical machine invests tons of money in researching frames that help their cause and it trickles through conservative media to your buddies. Probably one of the most obscene is "Right to Work". Thats hard to ise facts to counter that people have a rifht to work. If you frame it as this a ban on organizing workers to stand up to the power of big buisness though its a lot easier.
Here's a good book on it.
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Think-Elephant-Debate-Progressives/dp/1931498717
The charge that Henry Kissinger is a mass-murderer is an old one dating from the Vietnam war era. Basically that he backed or authored policies - secret wars, illegal/criminal tactics and methods, support for coups & murderous tyrants, etc - that directly led to the killings & torture of thousands of (innocent) people.
A lot of people & sources have made this case vs Kissinger over the years. Noam Chomsky and Christopher Hitchens are two relatively well known ones. See e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Henry-Kissinger-Christopher-Hitchens/dp/145552297X
Hillary Clinton - by analogy to Henry Kissinger. It is known, for instance, that as Secretary or State she was instrumental in convincing Obama to back regime change in Libya. She also supported or abetted a coup in Honduras, that is known to have led to the murder & persecution of democratic activists.
There is of course also her consistent record as an uber-hawk (speaking out in support of the bombing of Serbia, Iraq invasion, etc). Although I think to charge someone as a mass-murderer, one ought to limit it to policies & actions one took while in a position of authority, like Secretary of State or NSA (as Kissinger was).
The book bringing this point to light is Dark Money according to the article. The Koch family is not providing sources for the author and they are critical of the book. Let's all keep in mind that whatever you may think of the Koch family it is completely possibly that this book twists truth and stretches evidence beyond reason. Take that mindset to heart with any such book.