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Unless Shyster is saying he thinks the working class are morons :slug: Educational attainment is highly correlated with IQ, yes. But the social-justice theory view is that IQ is hooey and anyone who mentions it is racist or something, so I didn't want to lead any of you good progressive Dems into a...

Weird that a bunch of white, college educated, upper middle class democrats are mad that you said the Democrat party is the party of white, college educated, upper middle class folks. I know. I was just about to ask why everyone is fighting this so much. I assume it's their pathological need to dis...

nocera wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:42 pm Wells that’s because of the indoctrination and brainwashing that happens at colleges.

It does nicely coincide with the rise of intersectional critical social-justice theory, yes.

And the Teamsters just declined to endorse the Democratic candidate for president for the first time in decades, with internal polls showing that a majority of their members support Trump. That isn't my opinion. Also, pointing out that the Democrats have greatly increased their ranks among the colle...

Continuing to function outside of reality eh? Which party is in favor of abolishing unions again? Which party still supports trickle down economics which leads to more and more tax breaks for their rich buddies? Do you just cook up narratives in your head then do the usual thing of googling for thi...

that’s a very obvious bait post by Shys Not bait. I've said that before. And I'm not the first to notice. See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Party_System. I very much believe we are in the midst of a significant party realignment. The rich white folks are going Democratic, and the poo...

Huh. Google Flights' times are inaccurate. It has United 2122 leaving Newark at like 7 am, but that isn't correct.

Yet more evidence that we are in the midst of a party realignment where the Democrats are abandoning their labor roots to shift to being the party of predominantly urban, white-collar, college-educated workers, while the Republicans are shifting away from representing the wealthy and their business ...

Lulz.

I assume that's United 3688 or 3591 to Newark and then United 1514 to Punta Cana.

Before the posts last Thursday, I was not aware of Billy Strings. I now own the discography. Bought most on Bandcamp Friday, although unfortunately the new album wasn't on there.

Obsolete measurements are fun, like there are four gills to a pint, 10 rods to a furlong, 8 furlongs to a mile, and 7000 grains in a pound. My late grandfather (born in 1905) would still use rods as a measurement, as in "I got a pretty good hit on that deer, and it only walked about a rod befor...

I assume this cover is to celebrate The Hu opening for Iron Maiden on their current tour.

MWB wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 4:03 pm It’s also possible that many acts of charity are hard to monetize and not so easy to put on a tax form.

That's why the studies also looked at volunteering. Lefties do less of that too.

Personally, I think that those of you with the "millions of people would be left to starve/fall through the cracks" view are projecting in that you know that you wouldn't do anything to help other people, and you assume that everyone else would act accordingly. I haven't been able to find ...

I know he's 'not a Trump supporter' but I'm applying the label constructively. A proud single-issue voter with an immediate opinion on every other issue and those opinions align almost perfectly with a particular individual. Hmm... Trump thinks drugs and prostitution should both be legal and that a...

Video:

ULA's Vulcan rocket had its second launch this morning. The Cert-2 mission was supposed to be the second of the two missions required by the fedgov to certify the vehicle for government and national-security launches. The Vulcan was carrying a mass simulator rather than an actual payload. While the ...

Troy Loney wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:09 am Touch grass.

Government is as inefficient as any other social / commercial entity. Mobilizing people to do things is hard, your argument is about campaigning, not governance.

You touch grass. Hell, go roll around in grass. You are being played, and you defend those playing you.

As a Vangelis fan who owns his entire discography, I'm highly biased, but I rank the Blade Runner soundtrack as among the best of all time. Not a typical orchestral score, though.

I would bet that all of those complaints were made about the Bush administration after Katrina hit New Orleans. Remember, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people"? Pepperidge Farm remembers. The government is inefficient and sh*tty regardless of whether a Democrats or Republican is in...

I'm still waiting for them to bring over the Ebi Filet-O from Japan (like a Filet-O-Fish, but shrimp).

NTP66 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:16 pm Student loan forgiveness is back on the menu, boys

And back off.

Tomorrow, October 4 is a Bandcamp Friday, where 100% of the proceeds for sales on bandcamp.com go to the artist. Bandcamp started doing that during Covid when musicians couldn't tour, and they decided to continue to run the promotion every few months. If there's an album you want that's available on...

Pro bono? Who? Never heard of him.