Harris-Walz / Dems

[MrBlud]

You say this, but think about all the posts you've seen on this very forum (particularly in P&R Funnies) expressing a nihilistic view of the choice between our two parties. All those comics where the donkey is like "I'm not trying to kill you, but I'm going to sit back and watch idly as the other guys do, rather than do anything to stop them." Well, that attitude is even more prevalent among the younger set. One move that majorly pisses them off could be the difference between staving off critical voter apathy for one more election cycle or majorly blowing it and handing the next election to Trump.

Napster dying didn’t throw an election and neither will Tik-Tok.

While a lot of us (myself certainly included) whine and grouse that Biden and most of the established Democratic leadership are worthless neoliberal shills; we also vote because yeah the difference is between being punched in the balls and being fed into a woodchipper so there’s easily a less worse option.

 

[Pocket]

Napster dying didn’t throw an election and neither will Tik-Tok.

Napster also wasn't killed by a bill sponsored and signed by a sitting president who was up for reelection; it was killed by a court ruling and laws that were older than most of its users' parents. Big difference.

 

[MrBlud]

I guess?

Both are programs that were/are easily replaceable.

Even if people *say* that’s why they didn’t vote or thinkpieces opine that’s what will cost Biden the election; both have some big “every pirated copy is a lost sale” energy which we know 100% is not true.

Plus this has bipartisan backing so it’s not like voting Republican meant you could keep your Chinese spy apparatus *and* every birthing age woman in Gilead.

 

[Anonymous X]

The canadian federal government and most provincial governments have banned tiktok on all government issue devices. It's not like there isn't options, but some company or other will replace it and then they'll have to do a new statute for then new one.

Frankly, social media is abused by humans, we're not mature enough to use the technology in this way.

The longer time goes on, the more that I think making the internet a mass-market form of
communication rather than a niche nerd interest was a colossal mistake.

 

[Kup]

The longer time goes on, the more that I think making the internet a mass-market form of
communication rather than a niche nerd interest was a colossal mistake.

Ah, another person like myself longing for the disconnected days of the 90's. Seriously, wish I could transport my entire family back to the mid 90's, to the days of appointment TV, newspapers being the only source of current events, and the internet something you logged on to via dialup. Enough of this 24/7 connected nonsense.

Just gotta figure out how to bring HD gaming and video with me.

 

[Pocket]

Ah yes, back to the halcyon days when the only sources of information were curated by billion-dollar corporations and the only way to connect with likeminded people was to hope some happened to live right next door.

Pass.

 

[Paladin]

Biden is not an ally and never will be.

Biden administration proposal would bar full ban on transgender athletes but allow exceptions

The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward a wave of Republican-led states that have sought to ban trans athletes from competing in school sports that align with their gender identities.

www.cbsnews.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/06/trans-athletes-school-sports-title-ix/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

 

[Plutoniumboss]

"The new proposal doesn't offer examples of acceptable limits that can be placed on school sports, but it clarifies that restrictions can't be directed at trans students only."

 

[Teufel]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1646912512523214849

Once again here to remind you Al Sharpton, noted voice of truth and conscience of America, in the early 90s helped incite a riot against Jews in Crown Heights. Also, after decrying Jewish-owned "white interlopers" at Freddy's Fashion Mart, one of his supporters firebombed the business and shot several people. He refuses to this day to apologize for his role in the Tawana Brawley hoax and is a Tawana-truther to the very end even after losing a defamation lawsuit.

Recalling Al Sharpton’s role in 1991 Crown Heights riots - The Jewish Star

Al Sharpton’s incitement of anger and violence in the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman case recalls what he did in Crown Heights. Twenty-two years ago, a tragic car accident in that Brooklyn neighborhood escalated into a pogrom against the Jewish people. The media gives it a politically correct...

t.co

JewishPost.com - MASSACRE AT FREDDY'S IN HARLEM: FIRE FUELED BY ANTI-SEMITISM KILLS 8

Al Sharpton’s Sordid Past

As a ‘Times’ documentary revives one of the many ugly incidents from the reverend’s past, it’s time NBC accounted for its decision to rehabilitate and promote him, writes Stuart Stevens.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Anonymous X]

“Rev.” Sharpton would get on well with Corbyn and his cult.

 

[Anonymous X]

Anyway, speaking of Biden, it was pretty amazing to see so many parts of the British media in absolute meltdown over the fact Biden visited Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland last week, getting furious about this "anti-British" American president and so on (and still pining for Trump, from the looks of things).

 

[Paladin]

every now and then Twitter's still good for something.

 

[Ungnome]

Yea... Most pro-union is more than a little of a stretch. He might be the most pro-union in the past 40 years, though. I'd have to do some research on that, though.

 

[Paladin]

so they've stopped pretending to care; get back to paying those student loans folks.

Biden admin will resume interest on federal student loans Sept. 1; monthly payments due in October

The difference of a few days when it comes to interest accrual on the massive federal student loan portfolio amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars for borrowers.

www.politico.com

 

[wonko the sane?]

That was going to happen anyway paladin. It was ALWAYS set to expire, even back when they wrote it.

 

[Paladin]

Once again a proud commitment to doing ******* nothing.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674513086584090629

 

[Ungnome]

Well, he's not wrong except that now that the option has been publicly discussed you just KNOW the Republicans will use it even if the Democrats show restraint by NOT using said option. The minute Republicans gain control of congress and the presidency while the court leans left, seats will be added or removed to 'fix' it.....

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Democrats: We shouldn't prosecute Jared Kushner for making hundreds of millions of dollars off the Trump presidency, because that would make us look partisan, and then the Republicans might retaliate by going after Hunter Biden!

Republicans: We're prosecuting Hunter Biden.
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This is why Republicans keep winning. Democrats keep bending over backwards for them, and getting absolutely nothing in return. If this were a negotiation over a car sale, the Democrat would offer to cut the price and throw in a rebuilt engine, a set of patio furniture, and a blowjob from his wife.

 

[Anonymous X]

Well, he's not wrong except that now that the option has been publicly discussed you just KNOW the Republicans will use it even if the Democrats show restraint by NOT using said option. The minute Republicans gain control of congress and the presidency while the court leans left, seats will be added or removed to 'fix' it.....

I’ve said this before, but the temperament of the Democrats is not so much to take a knife to a gun fight, but to take a feather duster to a nuclear war.

 

[Rhinox]

This is what happens when one party has fully divorced themselves from principles. They will stop at nothing, commit any act no matter how treasonous or hypocritical, to retain their power.
Biden is absolutely right that by doing that with the court he opens that door. What he doesn't say is that McConnell already opened that door when he blocked nominees from even being heard so his side could stack the deck.

This is a difficult position to be in. When the other side refuses to act in good faith, there is no bottom to the abyss. Whatever weapons can be brought to bear can be used against you and they won't be afraid to hammer it far past where you'd feel okay about using it.