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Soban Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#286326: Aug 1st 2019 at 4:10:46 PM

I agree that we should have one, so I've made one, but accidentally misspelled Nuclear.

Listening to some clips of the debate, no one popped out. The Democrats have a problem when the only person who popped out in this whole thing is a literal crazy person. I suspect the real fight is going to be Warren vs Biden with Sanders playing kingmaker. If Sanders stays in, Biden wins, if Sanders gets out Warren wins.

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PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#286328: Aug 1st 2019 at 5:23:08 PM

Have only House Rs been retiring so far?

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#286329: Aug 1st 2019 at 5:37:02 PM

I suppose waiting until there simply aren't enough Republicans is one way of getting a majority Democrat House.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#286330: Aug 1st 2019 at 5:43:17 PM

Jesus Christ, tech bros not even once.

His KIND bar eating ways aren't the only reason I have no desire to see Yang near the WH.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#286331: Aug 1st 2019 at 5:58:25 PM

In fairness to Yang, his plan isn't cutting for the sake of cutting, a la Rick Perry. He wants to reduce jobs he thinks can be handled by computers now as federal employees age out, and then he wants to also hire younger, more tech savvy federal employees.

He doesn't specify which jobs or from where in the government they'd be phased out, so the plan's headline is a gimmick to attract the small government crowd. He's not really planning to reduce the role of the government. The second part practically guarantees he'd expand it.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#286332: Aug 1st 2019 at 6:17:53 PM

Wasn't he the one complaining about automation last night?

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#286333: Aug 1st 2019 at 6:51:12 PM

It's a shame Battlestar Galactica isn't on the air anymore. It occurs to me Elizabeth Warren and Laura Roslin have a lot in common.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#286334: Aug 1st 2019 at 6:54:36 PM

I'd say Roslin has more in common with Nancy Pelosi. What with being stuck trying to keep order on a ship full of people trying to undermine her.

Edited by M84 on Aug 1st 2019 at 9:56:31 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#286335: Aug 1st 2019 at 7:16:38 PM

Also having lost power and regained it.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#286336: Aug 1st 2019 at 8:14:43 PM

As someone who supports the professional federal bureaucracy, Yang can go suck an egg.

MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#286337: Aug 1st 2019 at 9:20:58 PM

So, this has been asked before, but I'm gonna do it again anyway:

What do we think the odds of Trump getting re-elected are, at this point? Better? Worse? Same?

The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#286338: Aug 1st 2019 at 9:25:52 PM

We don't even know who will be running against him in the General yet. It's way too premature to be asking this question.

Disgusted, but not surprised
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#286339: Aug 1st 2019 at 9:28:47 PM

The last 3 days worth of What the Fuck Just Happened Today. I held off on them from a combination of being busy with other things and letting the debate discussion run its course for the most part:

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/07/30/day-922/

    Day 922: An emblem of hate 
1/ Mitch Mc Connell defended his decision to block an election security bill in a speech on the Senate floor, accusing his critics of engaging in "modern-day Mc Carthyism" to "smear" his record. Mc Connell and Senate Republicans blocked Democratic attempts to bring up several bipartisan election security bills for votes, including legislation to require a paper trail for ballots and the disclosure for online political ads. MSNBC host Joe Scarborough dubbed Mc Connell "Moscow Mitch" for the move with opinion columnist Dana Milbank labeling Mc Connell a "Russian asset." Mc Connell has blamed Democrats for politicizing election security. Following Mc Connell's speech, the hashtag #Moscow Mitch Mc Treason began trending on Twitter. (KTLA / Washington Post / New York Times / The Hill)

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455265-moscowmitchmctreason-trends-after-mcconnell-defends-blocking-election-bills

Trump defended Mc Connell and accused the Washington Post of being a "Russian asset." Mc Connell "is a man that knows less about Russia and Russian influence than even Donald Trump, and I know nothing," Trump said. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-makes-unfounded-claim-the-washington-post-is-a-russian-asset/2019/07/30/43498048-b2d5-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html

2/ Trump's pick for director of national intelligence promoted the now-debunked conspiracy theory of an anti-Trump "secret society" operating within the FBI. John Ratcliffe claimed that the text messages between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok before the 2016 election were proof that the FBI was working against Trump, which fell apart when the exchange became public. Ratcliffe also misrepresented his role in an anti-terrorism case, claiming he had been appointed as a "special prosecutor" in 2008 to secure convictions for funneling money to Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organization. Court records and lawyers involved in the case suggest he had no direct role in the prosecution. (Daily Beast / ABC News)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-pick-inteligence-director-misrepresented-role-anti-terror/story?id=64646682

3/ One of Trump's billionaire friends tried to buy the only U.S. manufacturer of large nuclear reactors while he was lobbying Trump to become a special envoy and promote his company's nuclear work in Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional report. Thomas Barrack failed in both efforts, but his attempts raised "serious questions about whether the White House is willing to place the potential profits of the President's friends above the national security of the American people and the universal objective of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons." The report shows Barrack negotiated with Trump and other White House officials to seek "powerful positions" like special Middle East envoy while he was also attempting to purchase Westinghouse Electric Company, the sole American manufacturer of large-scale nuclear reactors — partly with capital from Saudi Arabia or its close ally, the United Arab Emirates. (The Guardian / New York Times)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/29/tom-barrack-saudi-arabia-nuclear-deal-envoy

4/ Barrack also provided a draft of Trump's energy speeches in 2016 to senior officials from the United Arab Emirates for edits, according to emails and text messages uncovered by a House Oversight Committee investigation. Two weeks before Trump was scheduled to give the speech, Barrack provided a former business associate inside the UAE with an advance copy of the speech, which the associate then shared with UAE and Saudi government officials. Later, Barrack arranged for the edits requested by the UAE officials to be added to the speech with the help of Paul Manafort. "This is the most likely final version of the speech. It has the language you want," Manafort confirmed in an email to Barrack on the day of the speech. (ABC News)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aide-submitted-drafts-2016-america-energy-speech/story?id=64634140

5/ The Senate failed to override Trump's veto of three resolutions to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The resolutions were passed by Congress with bipartisan support in June, but the three votes to override Trump's vetoes failed, 45-40, 45-39 and 46-41. A two-thirds vote was needed in each case. (Politico / CBS News / CNN)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/senate-trump-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-1439593

6/ White House adviser Stephen Miller wants to use Border Patrol agents as asylum screeners in order to reduce asylum approvals. Miller believes Border Patrol agents would be tougher critics of asylum seekers and is interested in the rate of approval for migrants interviewed by Border Patrol agents versus asylum officers. On average, asylum officers approve about 90% of "credible fear" screenings – the first thing migrants must do when seeking asylum is to convince officers that they have a credible fear for their safety in their home country. (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/stephen-miller-wants-use-border-agents-screen-migrants-cut-number-n1035831

7/ California now requires all presidential candidates to submit five years of income tax filings in order to be on the state's presidential primary ballot. Trump will be ineligible for California's primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns. (Los Angeles Times / New York Times)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-30/trump-tax-returns-california-ballot-gavin-newsom-law

8/ More than half of the Trump administration's trade-war aid for farmers went to just one-tenth of the recipients in the program. The Trump administration announced a $16 billion round of trade aid for farmers this year as the trade dispute with China continues. (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/majority-of-trump-s-trade-aid-went-to-biggest-farms-study-finds

9/ For the fourth consecutive day, Trump attacked Elijah Cummings and asserted – without evidence – that black Baltimoreans "really appreciate what I'm doing." Trump added that "Cummings should take his oversight committee and start doing oversight on Baltimore." Hours later, Trump marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of democracy in America in a speech at the Jamestown Settlement Museum. Virginia's African-American state lawmakers boycotted the speech, calling Trump an "emblem of hate" and accused those who chose to attend and remain silent of being complicit in Trump's racism. During his speech, Trump made no reference to his attacks on Cummings and his majority black, Baltimore-based district, which Trump previously called "rat and rodent infested" where "no human being would want to live," nor mentioned the four congresswomen of color he recently told to "go back" to where they came from. Instead, Trump highlighted that this year is also the 400th anniversary of the first slaves brought to America. (Politico / Washington Post / New York Times / USA Today)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/trump-baltimore-elijah-cummings-1440793

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/07/31/day-923/

    Day 923: Animosity 
1/ The Trump administration separated more than 900 migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border after a judge ordered the government to stop the practice in June 2018 except in cases where a parent is unfit or presents a danger to the child. One man lost his daughter because a Border Patrol agent claimed he had failed to change the girl's diaper and another had his child taken from him because of a property damage conviction allegedly worth $5. Another man who has a speech impediment had his 4-year-old son taken from him because he couldn't clearly answer Border Patrol agent's questions. Attorneys for the ACLU asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate migrant children from their parents. (Washington Post / CNN / NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/aclu-says-more-900-migrant-children-separated-parents-last-year-n1036436

2/ The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point – the first rate cut in more than a decade. The move is meant to protect the U.S. economy against the effects of an economic slowdown in China and Europe and the uncertainty from Trump's trade war. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the rate cut was a precautionary, "midcycle adjustment" to provide "insurance" against "downside risks." Trump, who has called in recent months for the Fed to cut interest rates by a full percentage point, tweeted that the interest rate cut was "not enough" and that Powell had "let us down" "as usual."(New York Times / Politico / CNBC / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / Washington Post)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/fed-chief-powell-says-rate-cut-was-a-mid-cycle-adjustment.html

💡What the interest rate cut means for you. (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/your-money/fed-interest-rates.html

3/ Two of Mitch Mc Connell's former staffers lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a $200 million investment in a Kentucky aluminum mill backed by a Russian aluminum company. Rusal could only make the investment after winning sanctions relief from the Treasury Department initially imposed in April 2018 on Rusal and other companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and Putin ally. (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/mcconnell-staffers-lobbied-russian-backed-kentucky-project-1442550

4/ A former congressional staffer who tried to discredit Robert Mueller's investigation has been promoted on the National Security Council staff. Kash Patel spearheaded the efforts with Devin Nunes to call the court-approved surveillance of former Trump adviser Carter Page into question. Now, Patel has been promoted to a leadership position focused on counterterrorism at the NSC's Directorate of International Organizations and Alliances. (Daily Beast)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patel-devin-nunes-ally-who-fought-russia-probe-gets-senior-white-house-national-security-job

5/ A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee against Trump's presidential campaign related to Russian hacking of Democratic party computers and the release of material stolen by the hackers. The ruling terminated the DNC's claims against the Trump campaign, individual members of the campaign, including Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner, Wiki Leaks and Julian Assange. (CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/judge-tosses-democratic-case-against-trump-campaign-russia-wikileaks.html

6/ Osama bin Laden's son is reportedly dead. U.S. officials did not provide details of where or when Hamza bin Laden died, or the role the U.S. played in his death. (NBC News / New York Times)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-has-intel-osama-bin-laden-s-son-heir-n1037236

7/ The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran's top diplomat, following Tehran's recent missile-test launch, seizure of a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and the downing of a U.S. military drone. The sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were delayed after State Department officials argued that would close the door to diplomacy. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-sanctions-irans-foreign-minister-amid-escalating-tensions/2019/07/31/1d4f3780-7eaf-47cc-8c55-569f6ede7615_story.html

🐊 Swamp things.

A church in Baltimore kicked Ben Carson off of their property after the Housing and Urban Development secretary attempted to hold a press conference without first asking for permission. HUD officials moved the news conference to an adjacent alley, where Carson compared Baltimore to a patient with cancer and that the "cancer is going to have a devastating effect" that "we can't sweep them under the rug." Carson, who was in Baltimore to talk about opportunity zones and federal programs, said the Morning Star Baptist Church of Christ kicked him off because of "animosity." (Baltimore Sun / CBS Baltimore / CNN)

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-ben-carson-visit-20190731-20190731-zk22qwmp4fhvjklv3wxlbvxfkm-story.html

The Department of Justice is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke used personal email accounts for official government business. The investigation is part of a larger probe into Zinke, who has been criticized for mixing his personal, political, and official business while in Trump's cabinet. Zinke resigned in 2018 following scrutiny of his participation in a land deal with the chairman of Halliburton. (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/30/zinke-email-justice-energy-1627744

A Democratic senator temporarily blocked a Trump nominee from serving as the top lawyer for the Interior over concerns that Daniel Jorjani possibly lied to lawmakers during his confirmation hearing about his role in reviewing public information requests submitted to the agency. (The Hill / Huff Post)

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455519-dem-senator-vows-to-fight-trump-interior-nominee-after-requesting

The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, despite allegations of sexual assault by a former subordinate. (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/31/senate-john-hyten-joint-chiefs-1629781

Energy Secretary Rick Perry contradicted Trump on climate change, saying "The climate is changing. Are we part of the reason? Yeah, it is." Trump has repeatedly expressed skepticism about the role humans play in climate change. (CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/energy-secretary-rick-perry-humans-play-a-role-in-climate-change.html

Trump sent the U.S. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to Sweden to monitor the court proceedings for rapper A$AP Rocky. The Harlem rapper is accused of beating a 19-year-old man in Stockholm on June 30th. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Robert O'Brien's job is to advise the government on hostage issues. (The Independent)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-asap-rocky-trial-sweden-stockholm-assault-hostage-robert-obrien-a9029091.html

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/08/01/day-924/

    Day 924: Dramatic impact 
1/ Trump unexpectedly announced that he will impose a new 10% tariff on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese imports – effectively taxing every product that Americans buy from China – after China failed to begin buying more American agricultural products as they had promised. The new tariffs would go into effect on Sept. 1st and would be in addition to the 25% tariff that has already been imposed on $250 billion of imports. The announcement came a day after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrapped up talks in Shanghai on a comprehensive trade deal. The negotiations reportedly ended early and without a deal. A new meeting is set up for September. (Washington Post / New York Times / NBC News / CNN / Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/431f4cf54078434f81d5af519ac82c44

Trump's former chief economic adviser said the trade war with China is backfiring and having a "dramatic impact" on the U.S. economy. Gary Cohn served as director of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration from January 2017 to April 2018, resigning after Trump decided to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminium. (BBC / CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/01/gary-cohn-trumps-trade-war-with-china-is-hurting-the-us-economy-more.html

2/ The Senate passed a two-year bipartisan budget deal that raises spending $320 billion over current levels and lifts the debt ceiling until after the 2020 election. The legislation now goes to Trump, who is expected to sign it despite complaints from conservatives that it would fuel the nation's debt. Under the Trump administration, the annual federal deficit is set to reach $1 trillion a year. (Politico / Associated Press / CNBC / Axios / Washington Post / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg)

https://apnews.com/9a70f20290db4bd593d4051c84c547e5

3/ The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community won't investigate how the White House handled the security clearances for Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and other officials unless Trump asks him. Michael Atkinson declined the request to investigate the security clearance process by four top Senate Democrats, saying "The authority over access to classified information ultimately rests with the President of the United States." In response, the senators wrote a letter to Trump, asking him to order the investigation. The White House did not respond to a request for comment and has previously declined to comment on the security clearances. (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/watchdog-tells-democrats-he-can-t-probe-white-house-security-n1037486

4/ Justice Department won't prosecute James Comey over the leak of his memos that the FBI later determined contained classified information. The inspector general's office had referred Comey for prosecution. After Trump fired Comey, the former FBI Director asked a friend to leak the memos, which detailed his conversations with Trump about the FBI's probe of Russian election interference. The Justice Department prosecutors declined to prosecute Comey, because they didn't believe there was evidence to show Comey knew and intended to violate laws regarding the handling of classified information. (NBC News / CNN)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-won-t-prosecute-comey-over-leak-his-memos-n1038326

5/ The White House instructed Trump's newly appointed Secretary of Defense to reexamine the military's $10 billion cloud computing contract because of concerns it would be awarded to Amazon. The Pentagon planned to award the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract to either Amazon or Microsoft this month. Mark Esper, who assumed his post on July 23rd, is now reviewing accusations of unfairness that pre-dates Trump's involvement, including allegations by rival companies that the competition unfairly favored Amazon because of perceived conflicts of interest. Despite a court ruling that the competition was fair, Trump asked officials to review the contracting process after companies competing against Amazon lodged "tremendous complaints." Trump has often made false and misleading attacks against Amazon and the Washington Post, conflating the two as the "Amazon Washington Post" because they're both owned by Jeff Bezos. (Washington Post / Politico / CNBC)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/pentagon-amazon-contract-1630381

6/ Trump ordered the military to punish the prosecutors who tried the case of a Navy SEAL charged and acquitted of war crimes in the death of a captured ISIS fighter in Iraq. Trump complained that the prosecutors who tried the case against Eddie Gallagher "were ridiculously given a Navy Achievement Medal" and demanded that the military "immediately withdraw and rescind the awards." (New York Times / Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-orders-lawyers-achievement-awards-revoked-in-navy-seal-murder-case/2019/07/31/11a74d2c-b3cf-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html?utm_term=.978091ebf6c2

7/ More than half of House Democrats support launching impeachment proceedings against Trump with 118 out of 235 members now supporting the effort. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has argued that impeachment would alienate too many voters. (Politico / New York Times / Buzz Feed News)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/01/majority-house-democrats-support-impeachment-1440799


Rep. Elijah Cummings' Baltimore Home Burglarized, Police Say – Baltimore Police are investigating after the home of Rep. Elijah Cummings was broken into early Saturday morning

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/08/01/break-in-reported-at-rep-elijah-cummings-house/

Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 1st 2019 at 11:17:51 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#286340: Aug 1st 2019 at 10:33:28 PM

Every person involved in the taking of those 900 children needs to suffer kidnapping charge and spend the rest of their life in prison.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#286341: Aug 1st 2019 at 11:11:47 PM

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531

I completely missed the exposure of Qanon and its creators (who did it for money, obviously).

Year old info but fascinating to me.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 1st 2019 at 11:12:38 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#286342: Aug 1st 2019 at 11:30:31 PM

[up][up]I agree.

I once saw someone in town wearing a QAnon shirt. It was pretty surreal.

Do not obey in advance.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#286343: Aug 2nd 2019 at 12:03:30 AM

Andrew Yang explains his views:

Soban Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#286344: Aug 2nd 2019 at 5:33:48 AM

In terms of the odds, i've heard it being put at roughly 50-50. With notes that if it's a referendum on Trump, Trump loses. If it's a referendum on the Democrats, the Democrats lose. And me sitting here thinking that if if the party it's about loses for both parties, then perhaps we need new ones.

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Disasturbator
#286345: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:24:42 AM

> Andrew Yang explains his views

and those are?

(it helps to elaborate)

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#286346: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:34:30 AM

[up]Basically he elaborates on his UBI plan, the "Freedom Dividend", where Americans would get one grand every month, explaining that the money would come from big tech giants like Amazon sales and Google searches, and bemoaning the increasing automation, saying that at the current rate, retail workers and truck drivers would be replaced with robots/AI.

Personally, as someone who's scraping by on >$700 a month,I don't see how an extra $300 is supposed to make some big difference.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 2nd 2019 at 9:34:46 AM

i'm tired, my friend
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#286347: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:45:28 AM

So how is he planning to make the tech giants pay?(here's a hint,they won't if their lobbing arm isn't broken)

Also a Luddite argument against automation?Pass

But $1000 though,you've got me interested,never mind its probably not enough,I could have $1000!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#286348: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:52:44 AM

[up]He claims that we only assume so because nobody's asked them, and that "half of them are on board with it".

Whether or not you wanna believe that is up to you.

To be fair, though, he's not against automation per se, he just wants to make sure Americans benefit from said automation (which, good luck with that).

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 2nd 2019 at 9:54:50 AM

i'm tired, my friend
GoldenKaos Captain of the Dead City from Cirith Ungol Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Captain of the Dead City
#286349: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:53:28 AM

The automation problem is only a problem within capitalism.

"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#286350: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:56:25 AM

[up]Which I think is what Yang is trying to address with his "$1000/month to every American" thing.

Which still is barely enough to get by on, but, you know, it's the thought that counts.

i'm tired, my friend

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