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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#54628: May 15th 2013 at 8:56:35 AM

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes in Alaska, which will pose a lot of problems for flights passing over the region.

edited 15th May '13 8:57:08 AM by MarqFJA

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#54629: May 15th 2013 at 9:05:38 AM

[up][up]Sounds like a bunch of things Republicans aren't supposed to like, such as *gasp* regulation and anything that could be perceived as propping up any business (such as local dealerships). Hypocrites.

edited 15th May '13 9:06:09 AM by Balmung

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#54630: May 15th 2013 at 9:11:55 AM

What in the world does banning direct sales of cars accomplish in a purported "free market"?

edited 15th May '13 9:12:05 AM by Fighteer

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#54631: May 15th 2013 at 9:15:02 AM

Keeps out the dirty commiemobiles from Commiefornia, which will subvert good 'Murican capitalism.

edited 15th May '13 9:15:58 AM by Balmung

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#54632: May 15th 2013 at 9:15:41 AM

Commieolina you mean.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54633: May 15th 2013 at 9:15:49 AM

[up][up][up]

Keeps dealerships and big auto companies in a better position to sell cars than the startups.

edited 15th May '13 9:15:59 AM by Midgetsnowman

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Lost in Space
#54634: May 15th 2013 at 9:22:23 AM

And again, I ask, how is this "free market"? Can they go two minutes without being hypocrites?

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Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54635: May 15th 2013 at 9:27:24 AM

[up]

No.

Theyre doing exactly what their base elected them to do. Favor the living fuck out of their home state and bring home jobs while railing at the rest of the US for wasteful spending

edited 15th May '13 9:28:30 AM by Midgetsnowman

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#54636: May 15th 2013 at 9:43:12 AM

Don't you know?

The only time a free market is good is when regulations are hurting you.

When regulations are helping you, then you don't talk about the free market unless people forget those regulations exist.

(Protip: in real life, there's no such thing as a truly free market.)

edited 15th May '13 9:43:41 AM by GlennMagusHarvey

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#54637: May 15th 2013 at 10:05:25 AM

In other news, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 has passed the Senate.

edited 15th May '13 10:06:04 AM by SeptimusHeap

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Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#54638: May 15th 2013 at 12:58:51 PM

Heard a good report on NPR about why the IRS thing is an issue. From the sound of things, the initial information that the IRS asked for was about things that would be completely appropriate for determining the amount of "politics" the organizations participated in—things like how much time/money is spent on different activities and who was in charge of the activities (for confirmation/cross-reference purposes). The problem comes from things like the IRS starting to ask for "reviews" of books that are handed out or the names of everyone who comes to a rally/meeting.

NPR also mentioned that there have been other, similar accusations in the past and that they were ignored.

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#54639: May 15th 2013 at 2:22:01 PM

Can't find a decent article at the moment, but members of the local sheriff's office are saying that the North Carolina Gov. is looking to cut a significant portion of State Trooper force and reign in funding of the county Sheriffs Offices, thanks to some inane idea that police=government=bad. Even a bunch of the local 9/12'ers are pretty pissed over this one, as it would leave a good portion of the rural areas in western NC even more lawless than they already are.

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Lost in Space
#54640: May 15th 2013 at 2:46:55 PM

Yes, police are government, and government is bad, therefore police are bad. Let's get rid of them! Everyone just gets a bunch of guns and protects themselves. That can't possibly go wrong.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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A procrastination in of itself
#54642: May 15th 2013 at 2:57:29 PM

You guys are starting to look like the Soviet Union when it comes to health and safety.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#54643: May 15th 2013 at 3:03:10 PM

No, again?.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54644: May 15th 2013 at 3:03:51 PM

Remember. regulation is for libruls.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#54645: May 15th 2013 at 3:05:50 PM

[up][up][up]Or Bangladesh... Too Soon? Probably but all these incidents have the same root causes: under regulation and negligence. The developed world just hides it better and it isn't quite as endemic.

edited 15th May '13 3:06:02 PM by Rationalinsanity

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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#54647: May 15th 2013 at 3:16:56 PM

The need for powerful labor unions and proper industrial democracy seems ever more urgent.

edited 15th May '13 3:17:12 PM by Achaemenid

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Mars444 Since: May, 2013
#54648: May 15th 2013 at 3:22:29 PM

And you know the Republicans are never going to let increased funding for OSHA to pay more inspectors pass through Congress.

"It'll hurt businesses!" they'll say. Like friggin explosions, I suppose.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#54649: May 15th 2013 at 3:24:00 PM

No OSHA Compliance: the Reality Ensues Show... <head-desk>

Watch it now on Cable News... tongue

edited 15th May '13 3:27:18 PM by Euodiachloris

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#54650: May 15th 2013 at 5:06:32 PM

Forget progressives, let's just advertise as the "Pay For Shit We've Let Slide For Far Too Damn Long" party. When was the last time we invested more money in:

  • Federal funding for public education
  • Social Security and related social safety net programs
  • Federal infrastructure maintenance
  • OSHA and similar safety regulations at the federal level

at a rate faster than that of inflation? Hell, when was the last time we spent more on them than we took out?

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.

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