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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@ Raven:
And the businesses that do that are the ones with Graduate Schemes — in other words, Big Businesses.
edited 23rd May '16 11:34:12 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnWhich is kind of ridiculous: Obama raised taxes, instituted stimulus efforts, signed the Dodd-Frank reform bill into law, appointed a chair of the CFPB, fought against austerity efforts imposed by Congressional Republicans, and increased minimum wages of federal workers and contractors by executive order, among other things.
I mean, sure, he didn't tear down the banks and mail everyone $10,000 checks, but that was never realistically going to happen.
edited 24th May '16 7:02:51 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It seems like Bernie is smoking out some of his supporters
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Later in the day, though, Chong's initital disappointment seemed to soften. "Hey just heard that there was a scheduling conflict with the Bernie Sanders rally!" he tweeted. "Hope to continue my support, reschedule, and continue activism, political change and promoting peace anywhere possible."
In late January, Chong released a public service announcement in support of Sanders. "There is one candidate who stands head and shoulders above them all who has weathered many storms and is totally ready to be the commander in chief, or the commander in kush, as I like to say," Chong said at the time. Though Sanders has pushed for an end to the federal ban on recreational marijuana use, which would leave the question to the states, he has stopped shy of backing full legalization.
Chong and co-star Cheech Marin, better known as "Cheech and Chong," became stars with their seminal 1978 stoner film "Up in Smoke." They parted ways a few years later, as Marin sought more mainstream work, but Chong's dedication to marijuana — in particular, legalizing it — has remained strong for decades. (Including a nine-month stint in prison for selling bongs and pipes online.)
His attachment to Sanders, whom he admiringly described to CNN in January as being "like the best kind of weed you can get, because he's the answer to all our problems," seems to be at risk of burning out a little faster. The Sanders campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the alleged snub.
As far as the checks go, we were surprisingly close to UBI being implemented back in the 60's under freaking Nixon. He may not have used the most diplomatic terms, but I think he was expressing frustration with his far right the democrats as a whole have moved economically, even if that trend reached its apex under Bill Clinton's unashamed neoliberal administration.
edited 24th May '16 7:18:36 AM by CaptainCapsase
A law about kids was already on the books, I think in all 50 states. Animals are only included in 16 states
but they include California in that oddly.
I can not find the cali story but the same thing happened in Atlanta too, recently.
edited 24th May '16 8:02:12 AM by Memers
@Septimus
Yeah, they used him as an asset, and he was perfectly happy to take that support. By staying close to them without actually joining the party he was able to simultaneously prevent himself from facing any serious liberal challenges, while maintaining the appearance of being an "outsider". Now, I don't begrudge him doing that as a way to win elections—it's simply good politics, and I'll take him over a Republican any day. But the reality is that he has consistently benefited from his ties to the Democratic establishment in Vermont. He has never faced any serious challenges from the left due to said ties to the Democratic establishment in Vermont. Which makes all his complaints about other people benefiting from establishment ties hypocritical at best, disingenuous at worst.
As to the gun issue, the problem is not defective products. The problem is employees of gun manufacturers not obeying the regulations, and suffering no consequences for it. When an employee knowingly sells a gun to someone who they know is planning to sell it again, and that gun is then used to kill someone, and said employee suffers no repercussions from their employer, the family of the victims should have every right to sue the employer—especially if it's not the first time something like this has happened. The bill Sanders voted for makes it that much harder, if not impossible, to do that.
edited 24th May '16 8:46:00 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar
Richard Nixon was an Eisenhower Republican (and his VP, I think). Socially Liberal, Economically Classically Liberal.
@ Fighteer: By the sounds of it, methinks West would probably call Keynes a neo-liberal...
edited 24th May '16 8:59:25 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On![]()
That only seems to apply to manufacturers if they sold their products directly to the consumer. Aren't most of the straw purchased guns in the US purchased from an intermediary (i.e. most gun stores)? And that would run into the issue of whether the employee knew that it was a straw purchase - I don't see a requirement for mandatory background checks for relatives or acquaintances prohibited from firearm ownership going over well...
edited 24th May '16 9:01:09 AM by Krieger22
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotI'm skeptical. Cops already have weapons. The people they arrest often don't. Making it even harder to resist arrest when someone isn't guilty is...suspect.
Of course, you can't cry self-defense when it's the police.
edited 24th May '16 9:26:05 AM by Keybreak
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay

About that Shakesville article, to me it reads very much like the Vermont Democrats used Sanders as an asset. The case of hypocrisy and being part of the Establishment are not overly strong. And the presidential primary at the start was a Hillary coronation complete with rigging, so I am getting - rather strongly - the impression that it's trying to fabricate a case based on cherrypicked evidence.
Also, the gun liability bill Sanders voted for specifically excludes lawsuits based on defective products and the like, which can still be done - there is a six point list
of all lawsuits that are still OK. It also only covers lawsuits based on how weapons were used.
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