We were warned. Scientists told us this shit would happen, but fucking sheeple just had to believe what Republicans told them because they were white and by denying climate change, they could own the libs.
So now, fuck you. I'm living in a place that's going to be one of the last places to suffer with climate change and the rest of you over in Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Houston, Texas and all the shitholes that are going to suffer the most can eat shit and die. Your lives were forfeit anyway when you started voting Republican and eating oxycontin and KFC gravy bowls like your flabby disgrace of a president. We will all be better off when you're floating face down in the Gulf of Mexico.
I'm confused. Exactly which problem with books do these new high-tech horizontal books solve? Is there someone out there who is having a problem with a normal book?
If publishers want to do something useful, they could start by publishing the regular pocket-book editions of really good books instead of forcing the over-priced, over-sized "trade paperback" onto us for any title that has even a tiny bit of prestige. When I was in college, I could find very nice editions of Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Nabokov, etc etc in pocket book size paperbacks. Now, all those same titles are in a book three times as big and twenty times more expensive. Give me a book I can slip into a pocket when I go to the beach. We had them 30 years ago, so why not now?
These days, Iran Contra would be a two-day story and forgotten about in the absolute deluge of other bullshit. We get the equivalent of those lies 10 times every day before 8am Pacific Time, seasoned with a strong dash of white supremacy and violent rhetoric.
It's stunning how dishonest this administration has been. I mean, all politicians lie, but none have ever done it with such relish and fervor as the Trump administration, and certainly none has ever come close to the sheer volume of falsehoods. It's a daily torrent of horseshit.
"Community broadband is a threat to the First Amendment" is like saying "Republicans are the ones who want to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions," even though they've voted like 60 times to end coverage for pre-existing conditions.
I guess what surprises me most is that there are so many willing participants, like the FCC, and the GOP caucus in congress and members of the cabinet. They lie and then they laugh at you for buying it.
Trump is the most pro-Israel president we've had in quite some time. Of course that sparks reaction.
If you are committed enough to fascism and racism, it is possible to be both an antisemite and pro-Israel. Israel is first and foremost a racist theocratic apartheid state, after all.
Except this isn't "correlation". Using a word that's only used in a certain community is a pretty good reason to believe you have spent time in that community.
Any excuse to de-platform conservatives will be takes. Any. Excuse.
Do you have any evidence that the views on Gab are "conservative"?
The shooter's username was usually a variation of "Based N-word", so yeah, it sounds exactly like he was radicalized on right-wing social media like 4chan and gab.
Have you ever heard anyone use the adjective "based" outside of those places?
Are you seriously saying that the massive inflation of the Carter era was a good thing?
Yes, better than what we have now.
Because that massive inflation had the effect of stripping away the savings of those "middle and lower classes"
No, it did not, because that inflation was more evenly distributed and meant much larger wage growth. Also, the higher interest rates kept housing prices down and allowed people to actually put some money in the bank and get something back.
It was bad for the stock market, which back then was OK for the middle and working classes because their pension funds had not yet been raided by corporate fuckwads.
Sure, people that spent all their cash to buy right before the inflation started made out great. Everyone else got fucked.
This is where you make your error. Higher interest rates mean lower housing prices. Yes, the loans are more expensive, but then as soon as the rates backed off, you could refinance and your house price would go up.
The Carter years were the last years that the middle class and lower actually gained some ground. Since then, it's been a ceaseless downward trajectory.
Recessions can be a good thing. Econ 101: they reduce income inequality.
I absolutely agree with you. In fact, during the previous "stagflation" episode, during the Carter administration, it allowed more people to buy homes at lower prices. They had to pay higher interest rates, but as soon as the rates fell again, they were able to refinance. It was the last era where there were significant gains by the middle and lower classes. Once Reagan took over, it was all "trickle down".
The housing market isn't "in trouble", it's returning to normalcy. Deflating prices are the SOLUTION to the bubble that had been reinflated from 2010 to early 2018.
Yes, but that's also known as a "recession". If the housing market returns to "normalcy", we're going into a second Great Recession and even stagflation.
It will be hard for the administration to explain that one away.
Right now, the housing market is in deep trouble. In fact, in most places, housing prices are going down and houses are staying on the market longer. People are staying in their houses longer, and there are still 2.2 million people who are underwater on their mortgages and can't get out. We're seeing housing as one of the sectors that's dragging the entire economy down, and keeping economic growth below the rate of inflation. And that was before the stock market stagnated (it's down for 2018). When you hear campaign claims that we are in a "strong economy", don't believe it.
These are some articles from the past few days, including from a source with a strong conservative bias:
You'll find the problem in the cost of goods and services, and ultimately the value of a dollar. In other words, inflationary effects and cost of living increases.
That is absolutely, 100% not true. As in false. As in bullshit.
The update to the iPad Pro will be the most significant in the product's history.
The product has been around less than three years. Does that really qualify as "history"? And isn't every Apple products new update the "most significant in the product's history"? How many times can Apple go to the well with that horseshit?
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We were warned. Scientists told us this shit would happen, but fucking sheeple just had to believe what Republicans told them because they were white and by denying climate change, they could own the libs.
So now, fuck you. I'm living in a place that's going to be one of the last places to suffer with climate change and the rest of you over in Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Houston, Texas and all the shitholes that are going to suffer the most can eat shit and die. Your lives were forfeit anyway when you started voting Republican and eating oxycontin and KFC gravy bowls like your flabby disgrace of a president. We will all be better off when you're floating face down in the Gulf of Mexico.
Have a blessed day!
I'm confused. Exactly which problem with books do these new high-tech horizontal books solve? Is there someone out there who is having a problem with a normal book?
If publishers want to do something useful, they could start by publishing the regular pocket-book editions of really good books instead of forcing the over-priced, over-sized "trade paperback" onto us for any title that has even a tiny bit of prestige. When I was in college, I could find very nice editions of Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Nabokov, etc etc in pocket book size paperbacks. Now, all those same titles are in a book three times as big and twenty times more expensive. Give me a book I can slip into a pocket when I go to the beach. We had them 30 years ago, so why not now?
The data tells a different story.
These days, Iran Contra would be a two-day story and forgotten about in the absolute deluge of other bullshit. We get the equivalent of those lies 10 times every day before 8am Pacific Time, seasoned with a strong dash of white supremacy and violent rhetoric.
It's stunning how dishonest this administration has been. I mean, all politicians lie, but none have ever done it with such relish and fervor as the Trump administration, and certainly none has ever come close to the sheer volume of falsehoods. It's a daily torrent of horseshit.
"Community broadband is a threat to the First Amendment" is like saying "Republicans are the ones who want to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions," even though they've voted like 60 times to end coverage for pre-existing conditions.
I guess what surprises me most is that there are so many willing participants, like the FCC, and the GOP caucus in congress and members of the cabinet. They lie and then they laugh at you for buying it.
The guy named, "Angel", that you gives you the fentanyl pills to sell at the Waffle House can hardly be called a Big Pharma employer.
If you are committed enough to fascism and racism, it is possible to be both an antisemite and pro-Israel. Israel is first and foremost a racist theocratic apartheid state, after all.
So, let me get this straight. The foundation that was formed to be public relations for Thomas Jefferson's estate is actually pro-Thomas Jefferson?
Astonishing.
Thomas Jefferson raped his slaves and sold off his own children into slavery. Fuck him.
So, you believe the near-doubling of antisemitic violence since Trump was elected is just some weird coincidence?
https://www.theguardian.com/so...
And is a near-doubling of white supremacist propaganda since Trump was elected also just some weird coincidence.
https://www.adl.org/news/press...
Except this isn't "correlation". Using a word that's only used in a certain community is a pretty good reason to believe you have spent time in that community.
Do you have any evidence that the views on Gab are "conservative"?
Apparently, he's gone by a bunch of user names under different accounts, which is par for the course for these guys.
The shooter's username was usually a variation of "Based N-word", so yeah, it sounds exactly like he was radicalized on right-wing social media like 4chan and gab.
Have you ever heard anyone use the adjective "based" outside of those places?
So, your refutation of peer-reviewed research is that your "suspicions" disagree.
Duly noted, sir, but please understand that your suspicions are not data.
This is the Slashdot equivalent of the first line of a Letter to Penthouse.
Then why is life expectancy in the US going down compared to Europe?
Yes, better than what we have now.
No, it did not, because that inflation was more evenly distributed and meant much larger wage growth. Also, the higher interest rates kept housing prices down and allowed people to actually put some money in the bank and get something back.
It was bad for the stock market, which back then was OK for the middle and working classes because their pension funds had not yet been raided by corporate fuckwads.
This is where you make your error. Higher interest rates mean lower housing prices. Yes, the loans are more expensive, but then as soon as the rates backed off, you could refinance and your house price would go up.
The Carter years were the last years that the middle class and lower actually gained some ground. Since then, it's been a ceaseless downward trajectory.
I absolutely agree with you. In fact, during the previous "stagflation" episode, during the Carter administration, it allowed more people to buy homes at lower prices. They had to pay higher interest rates, but as soon as the rates fell again, they were able to refinance. It was the last era where there were significant gains by the middle and lower classes. Once Reagan took over, it was all "trickle down".
Yes, but that's also known as a "recession". If the housing market returns to "normalcy", we're going into a second Great Recession and even stagflation.
It will be hard for the administration to explain that one away.
Right now, the housing market is in deep trouble. In fact, in most places, housing prices are going down and houses are staying on the market longer. People are staying in their houses longer, and there are still 2.2 million people who are underwater on their mortgages and can't get out. We're seeing housing as one of the sectors that's dragging the entire economy down, and keeping economic growth below the rate of inflation. And that was before the stock market stagnated (it's down for 2018). When you hear campaign claims that we are in a "strong economy", don't believe it.
These are some articles from the past few days, including from a source with a strong conservative bias:
https://www.washingtonexaminer...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news...
https://www.marketwatch.com/st...
Why do you libs have to make everything about Trump?
That is absolutely, 100% not true. As in false. As in bullshit.
https://benjaminstudebaker.com...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4...
The product has been around less than three years. Does that really qualify as "history"? And isn't every Apple products new update the "most significant in the product's history"? How many times can Apple go to the well with that horseshit?
He's still consistently the least popular president in modern times. If that's winning, then I guess so.
They were confirmed to contain explosives. That's bomb enough to get a terror conviction, you know.