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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#189701: May 18th 2017 at 1:01:57 PM

[up] ... Al Gore's Vice Presidential Pick? Why him?

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#189702: May 18th 2017 at 1:04:44 PM

[up][up]Wasn't he the guy that nuked what's called the "public option" of the ACA?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#189703: May 18th 2017 at 1:04:52 PM

"I tuned it out," said 44-year-old Michele Velardi, a mother of three sons, during a break from her job at a Staten Island hair salon. "I didn't want to be depressed. I don't want to feel that he's not doing what he said, so I just choose to not listen."
This really stood out to me. One of the 300+ million pillars of democracy embracing willful ignorance, to keep feeling good...

[up]x 4 That sounds like it should be true. Before 2016, I would have agreed with that wholeheartedly. I've gotten considerably more risk-averse these days.

edited 18th May '17 1:06:29 PM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#189704: May 18th 2017 at 1:08:29 PM

Yup. Joe Lieberman is literally the reason ACA doesn't have a public option. Had he said "fuck it," and voted for the House version, Obamacare would be literally untouchable.

Not even Ted Cruz would've entertained the idea of fucking with it.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#189705: May 18th 2017 at 1:08:42 PM

[up][up]I mean, I could actually relate to how she feels about that. Not on Trump, of course, but in general. I think a lot of people are like that with politics, because it's so depressing and drawn out.

edited 18th May '17 1:09:01 PM by LSBK

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189706: May 18th 2017 at 1:12:17 PM

Screw Lieberman.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#189709: May 18th 2017 at 1:24:07 PM

Not sure if I like that. Dude is a peddler of the "video games hurt children" bogus argument if memory serves, with that kind of shallow understanding of "scientific evidence" I am wary what his standard for "criminal evidence" might look like.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#189710: May 18th 2017 at 1:30:13 PM

Lieberman at one point had a D by his name (he went I). I mostly remember him taking crotechety old guy positions like the original hearings on violence in video games and other family values crap.

But the big red flag is that Liberman is senior council at the law firm that has been representing Trump in civil cases for the last several years.[1]

He might be hoping that his reputation as (former) Democrat blindsides people/makes him look like he's trying to be reasonable.

(Edit to add: the article also mentions he talked up the De Vos nomination with an anti-establishment bent. Whatever good he might have done in the past (he sponsored the repeal of DADT) he isn't showing himself as trustworthy now.)

edited 18th May '17 2:47:14 PM by Elle

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#189711: May 18th 2017 at 1:49:07 PM

[up]

Oof, yeah, that's a pretty significant reason to say "No, try again", as that's a possible conflict of interests.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189712: May 18th 2017 at 1:57:31 PM

I was happy to receive a reply to my message to my state representative asking them to vote against Republicare. I've never gotten a reply before.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#189713: May 18th 2017 at 2:30:21 PM

I swear each passing day the US political scenario looks like a fucking cartoon.

Brain would be an improvement over Trump anyway.

Inter arma enim silent leges
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#189714: May 18th 2017 at 2:37:50 PM

[up][up]Out of curiosity, what did they reply?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#189715: May 18th 2017 at 2:53:57 PM

So. Net neutrality is dying. How do we minimize the damage from this?

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189716: May 18th 2017 at 3:04:04 PM

[up][up]She said that the AHCA does not meet the needs of people in this state (Alaska), but she seems optimistic that the Senate will adjust the bill. She wants to retain several aspects of Obamacare (funding for Planned Parenthood, coverage for those with preexisting conditions, continued support for Medicaid expansion, and coverage for dependents with no lifetime limits), but she wishes to repeal and reform Obamacare. I'm not remiss to it being improved with fewer costs and broader coverage, TBH.

I'm not sure how much she can do since she's just one person, but I'll support her as long as she still acts in Alaskans' interests.

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FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189717: May 18th 2017 at 3:15:52 PM

[up][up] Look up your city's franchise agreements with cable providers. Find out when they're up for renewal. Ask your city to negotiate for customer privacy and equitable access to all legal content. Ask your city council to pass an ordinance, amending their municipal code with a customer bill of rights.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#189718: May 18th 2017 at 3:18:42 PM

@Beary Scary: Ok, Thanks.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#189719: May 18th 2017 at 3:19:23 PM

"Repeal and reform" just sounds inherently contradictory. Like, literally, if they do end up repealing there's no way they'd ever bother reforming. Maybe send your representative the question of what, exactly, will inspire her to reform a thing that's been repealed?

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189720: May 18th 2017 at 3:24:08 PM

Also, they don't care what people think about the Net Neutrality repeal anyways. They dismissed all the comments on the FCC's website which crashed it as "a bombardment of malicious traffic" and said during a live stream "OUR RULEMAKING PROCEEDING IS NOT DECIDED LIKE A "DANCING WITH THE STARS" CONTEST, SINCE COUNTS OF COMMENTS SUBMITTED HAVE ONLY SO MUCH VALUE".

edited 18th May '17 3:26:43 PM by FireCrawler2002

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#189721: May 18th 2017 at 3:25:53 PM

I suspect that some just want Obamacare minus the "Obama" part. In other words, pretty much the exact same thing, but not done by the Democrats.

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FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#189722: May 18th 2017 at 3:31:33 PM

And Pai said "the FCC will not rely on hyperbolic statements about the end of the Internet as we know it, and 140-character argle-bargle, but rather on the data,"...

edited 18th May '17 3:33:03 PM by FireCrawler2002

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189723: May 18th 2017 at 3:32:10 PM

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/james-comey-testify-congress-lindsey-graham-238557

The assignment of a special prosecutor might mean the House committee won't get to hear Comey testify

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#189724: May 18th 2017 at 3:49:12 PM

So. Net neutrality is dying. How do we minimize the damage from this?
Well, barring what Congress does, I'm actually optimistic about this one. Pai is going to be in for alot of fun!
See, when Canada and Mexico are taking us to the cleaners in Trump's incompetant NAFTA renegotiation, we have Rational Insanity (and I don't know which poster if any is Mexican) lobby their governments to let their ISPs break into the US market, ruining Comcast's internet monopoly plans

First
Pai has said he wants to complete the rulemaking process this year.
[lol]That wouldn't happen even with zero internal opposition. There are several reasons regulations take so long. Agencies =/= Congress, so there are several points I can think of, off the top of my head. First:
  • Don't forget the states: Several—even red ones—are considering their own net neutrality rules—so the same write your rep thing applies.
  • And what TAP said about the municipality
Then:
    Admin Hubub 
  • Agencies are obligated not to act arbitrarily (and capriciously).
    • So, Pai has to get a counselor from an agency that probably hates him and his boss to come up with a crackerjack reason why for his reversal of treating IS Ps as utilities—after the issue was settled in court last year. (My boss changed isn't a good enough reason to change a rule you brought before the courts)
    • The 1.6 million+ public comments mean alot more than nothing. The facts of the public's complaints have to be addressed, especially if Pai's FCC goes against the weight of opinion. (Depending on how many comment and what they bring and how many and who threaten to sue, this can take a long time).
  • Not to say a court case would stop this, but it may tie Pai up until well after 2020. (The FDA has taken 7 years plus to pass rules and maybe Indivisible or another group already has someone looking at that).
  • The staff at the FCC are probably already slowwalking this...
What to do with us? (I'm at least too broke to file and pursue a lawsuit). Well, Mozilla already has ads running about this (and probably other similar companies too). Tis where special interests have their upsides. Supporting them in some way will probably keep them in the fight.
And while campaigning on Mozilla's behalf may be odd, consider their reputation compared to Comcast's. That's probably the only argument you'll ever need to make to undecideds. (You want to make the makers of firefox happy or the people who only make appointments to keep you trapped at home waiting all day—and that's just one issue.)

No, I have nothing against Comcast--why?

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189725: May 18th 2017 at 4:11:37 PM

@IFwanderer: You're welcome. smile

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