Spud Demon

If Bernie didn’t work with various species of asshole to accomplish whatever goals he could find in common with them, he wouldn’t be Bernie.

“The most common form of suicide in the area is, tragically, to drink pesticide.”

Monsanto owns that too, fuck!

If somebody splices in mouse DNA to make a better corn crop, and they do the right food/environment safety checks and label it honestly, I’m fine with it.

My problem with Monsanto is they must own everything.  Farmers can’t just buy their first seeds and then grow their own for free thereafter.  The company owns the patent/copyright on the s…[Read more]

Bernie is following Trump’s manipulation of his supporters and is rightly worried that a coup is in the works if Biden wins.

And it really is just a tidbit, considering Clinton signed the funding bill which had the problematic rider in the first place.

Don’t ask, don’t tell.

That policy allowed gays into the military as long as they didn’t speak out about it.  It prohibited the military from trying to find out if its members were gay (by asking).  Many later came to r…[Read more]

So many people here don’t seem to mind if professional Russian trolls are manipulating the masses.  I think it sucks.  It sucked when Clinton did it too, but at least Correct The Record employed American trolls (which is what made it business as usual rather than “foreign interference”).

p.s.  Russia also murders people they don’t like.  They are…[Read more]

The national emergency only has to last 5-6 weeks until the EC vote.  Without the EC, the national emergency would have to last 2.5 months.

Founding Fathers created the EC because it was impractical at the time to negotiate a compromise over long distances.  Yes, there were elitists among them that thought the common man wasn’t intelligent e…[Read more]

(That was a rhetorical question I’m about to answer)  This is why:

https://www.newsweek.com/total-f-russian-mercenaries-syria-lament-us-strike-killed-dozens-818073

The incident in question occurred on the night of February 7 and early morning of February 8, when Syrian government forces—backed by Russian mercenaries employed by CHVK Wa…

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I think it’s a question worth examining. If it turns out to be real (as in, money managers are subconsciously letting high profile tragedy influence their buying and selling), the first ones to correct it will get a leg up on the competition.

To add another anecdote to the list, the S&P 500 went down the week after OJ was acquitted. In the…[Read more]

Not in the legal sense, as in signing an order and sending it down the chain of command.

Sensationalist headline.

Yes, the Fairness Doctrine was the old solution to “political bias”. If the FCC really wanted to end bias, they’d bring it back.

But what Trump wants is the opposite. He wants the power to speak without being contradicted.

I think the Benghazi lies would probably come up during “vetting”. Not that I fault the State Department for lying immediately after the attack, when maybe there was still a chance to catch the perps; but they should have admitted later that it was a lie.

Libya and Syria are still fighting their respective civil wars. The one thing she did…[Read more]

And if you don’t think a black man should be involved in the Audubon Society’s efforts to make bird habitats in NYC, and you’re going to argue vigilante use of dog-biscuits and a phone is morally equivalent to vigilante shooting, maybe you’re logged in to the wrong community?

A lot of people seem to think “pedophilia” means rape of a child. It doesn’t. It’s not a crime to be a pedophile. It simply means a person is sexually attracted to children. Pedophilia is considered a psychiatric disorder, and citizens who have it have a responsibility to resist their desires or check in to a child-free mental health facility…[Read more]

So the prisons are privately run until something unexpected happens.  Then the government has to deal with it.  Nice contract!

Lemon socialism.

Most of these changes are simply rolling back what Ken Cuccinelli and crew did when they were in power.  Back in the 90s, there was a 1-handgun/month limit unless you had a concealed carry permit.  Maybe the new restriction applies to rifles and permit-holders too?  And those abortion restrictions were new, glad they’re gone.

@ohiobarbarian I ag…[Read more]

The headline demeans the word whistleblower. Tripp was a backstabber, a partisan operative who took advantage of a young woman’s trust.

I think it would be great if there were some distance between US and Saudi forces, but I don’t see it happening as a result of this.

Saudi oil is the cheapest oil in the world to extract.  It makes economic and environmental sense for the world to use it first.  When it’s gone, we can go back to fracking if we still don’t have our renewables in order.