mrbeano

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

And unequal justice is not justice at all

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

And a fantastic, "ask no questions" kind of military force

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

But... why?

Voter fraud isn't an issue that needs solving. Yes, we could (should) make an ID easier to get, but not for this. Conservatives would just move the goalposts again and add more roadblocks for the voters they don't like.

If you give a fascist a cookie...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AND The Leprechaun!

[–] [email protected] 175 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's really hard to see that as an equal issue when one of those sides is literally in charge of creating & enforcing the law.

People proclaiming stupidities is a problem that is magnitudes smaller than an administration with the ability and will to perform stupidities

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Social Security is an investment in the health of our society, it's not a financial instrument. You can't pool risk and get predictable returns without cutting corners & dropping high-risk members (hello health insurance industry).

It's not a Ponzi Scheme by definition.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

It IS a scheme, in that it's a system, plan, or action.

It is NOT a Ponzi Scheme because it does not promise investment returns or exaggerate profitability.

It's there to keep retirees & the disabled out of abject poverty, which does not provide returns you can usually see on a balance sheet. Greater good & all that...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not "all of a sudden", the reason he was even there in the first place was to negotiate minerals AND security

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or “end result” permits – a new term coined by the court.

I also don't know, but get really suspicious if Alito needs to invent a "new term" to frame the case with

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