I’m not so sure. Nobody is claiming the Bible ordains noncompetes, so we might be in the clear here.

The propaganda in Southern exploitative shithole states runs deep. Exploitative labor relationships with a touch of Stockholm syndrome are truly “Southern heritage.”

I watched several minutes of this when it first aired. It felt like a transmission from aliens who are really bad at the whole mind control thing.

I’m not certain it was. He is indeed well known for abstaining from alcohol because of his brother, Fred Jr.

What? He shits himself because his bowel control is destroyed from all the coke he used to do.

This is an excellent article. Thank you for posting this. It’s refreshing to see a nuanced take that does justice to the complexity of this situation.

On the FTC side, Lina Khan is on a roll. Every little bit of the tide turning creates momentum, and thank god we have the EU setting an example, too.

Yeah. If the alternative is Spirit’s death, good; it is deserved. It will create an actual market opening for a newcomer. Anyone who complains this won’t happen doesn’t truly believe in capitalism after all.

Are republicans stupid or disingenuous? It’s so hard to tell sometimes; it certainly seems like the ones peddling the lies have themselves been sucked into believing them.

If they build the infra, I’m sure some idiots will just start shooting at the HVDC lines and converter station thinking they’re for mind control. We don’t need no stinkin’ voltage and frequency support from the devil’s evil liberal Eastern and Western Interconnections!

He was just letting him use the RV! He paid it back!

Someone got a visit offering lots of money to keep quiet on the CCP’s data collection engine.

Kleptographic trash needs to be banned 4 years ago.

Again, international relations isn’t your made-for-social-media bullshit. Things take time, and he cannot come out swinging against a very strategic ally in a very volatile region of the world. I never said he was powerless, I said he was not solely responsible, and that it takes time to effect change in the sphere of international relations. Continue to live in your fantasy world, you will continue to be disappointed. My only worry is that you are going to help really screw the pooch for the rest of us. Take your head out of your ass.

What are you going to do in November? You said you’re not staying home. Are you going to vote for Biden, vote for Trump, or vote for Trump with more steps?

You’re acting like Biden is unilaterally responsible for the Israeli government’s actions. He’s not fucking God, it would behoove everyone to stop pretending he is. Bibi is hell-bent on an apparent Israeli imperative to avenge genocide with genocide. The US cannot stop it. Only Israel can. International relations (thank dog) is not like the flashy whizbang news-friendly soundbite discourse of domestic politics. You need to step lightly. The recent ICJ ruling is a good first step, and will put the US in a better position to oppose the atrocities in Gaza more forcefully.

Because not presenting a unified front is how you actually lose. Feeding into the apathy that (if you are to be believed) already exists, is going to help guarantee the worst possible outcome, not instantly transform the political landscape shitshow into your utopia. It’s going to be February of the election year and nobody else has emerged, neither DNC nor third party. What the hell are you or anyone else going to do about this that won’t simply throw the match and let the fascists win?

Refuse to listen to what? What if I agree with what you say? You saying it changes nothing. It is a stupid, strategic misstep where we all lose because all it succeeds in doing is to get people to stay home.

Again, all I hear is bitching. Do something about it, or stfu. You’re not helping.

Run the candidate, then you can say these things without merely bloviating. I don’t see anyone running against Biden who isn’t a complete looney tune with zero chance of defeating the very real threat of fascism that again darkens our doorstep. I know it feels good to post the wall of text about how we need an alternative, but absent an alternative, complaining and refusing to participate helps nobody but the fascists.

Idiots. Idealism is fine when it doesn’t endanger any and all future chances of actual progress. “Not being worried” about Trump makes clear that these people are whiny babies who can’t possibly come up with a real solution or demand.