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22 minutes ago, joshuatxuk said:
The amount of enabling the mainstream media in the US does for Trump is incredible.
Of course they do. I'll bet this divisiveness has greatly increased viewership, and the media doesn't want to lose out on that. Everyone is tuning in either to see what boneheaded thing Trump said this time or to get upset about the latest things the "libtards" want to take from them.
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My trappist / Belgian cap holder is almost full:
Also, I have an Orval in my basement that will turn 5 years old this month, I am gonna try to have it next to a young Orval to see how different they are.
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On 12/6/2018 at 2:05 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:
I bought a NM Revised complete set a few years back for a few grand, now the value has almost doubled thanks to the reserved list.
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1 hour ago, Nebraska said:
i don't know if it's just me, but i can't stand biden
Same.
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When you try to tax corporations more, they will just find ways to get around it, like having an office in Ireland with 1 person and having all the money go through there. Big companies have entire departments dedicated to decreasing their tax liability. At the site where I work (for a very large company), they keep a certain percentage of the site as grassland and they pay local farmers to harvest the hay so that the site can be classified as a farm and pay much less property tax. Point is, it would be extremely difficult to close all of the loopholes that are out there right now.
I heard someone say something interesting, forget where I heard it, that it would be nice if we were able to have different tax schemes for corporations depending on what they produced. For example, lower taxes on businesses that actually manufacture goods for people, and highest taxes on companies that only make money off of money, like banks and investing firms. I have no idea if that could even make a difference, I'm not an economist, but it seems that we should reward beneficial goods and services over just increasing wealth which is I guess the result of our capitalist system.
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Oh, Sleepy Joe...
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Love this thread.
Hakobune is probably my favorite drone artist, although you might say he borders on drone / ambient. This track is so beautiful:
Some more Hakobune:
This is prob. bordering on not drone but I don't care, it's great:
He used to collaborate a lot with Nobuto Suda, who also released some great drone / ambient:
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The coaster is a set, I posted a link to it earlier in the thread.
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Here are most of my big Lego sets. I really like the super cars, and the larger sets in general.
There are a bunch of Technic sets from the 90's that I have but are disassembled because I need to wash and clean the pieces; they got super dirty from sitting in my parent's basement for 20 years.
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3 minutes ago, Joyrex said:
So, is it still happening? I just went to the page and all seems normal...
Happened to me just now on my phone (android). I had to quickly hit the menu button then the "X" to tell it to stop the page loading so that I could scroll down and click "Agree".
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4 hours ago, goDel said:
I'm not sure what you mean with status quo. I mean, to a large extent, democracy *is* about maintaining some kind of status quo. Simply by being dependent on a majority. Ideally, it should be near impossible to push through policies with no broad support or mandate.
Other than that, it is a vague umbrella term you'd need to specify, I believe. If you're talking about the power of money in politics, for instance, you have a specific issue which you can use as an argument to support one candidate over the other. You can talk about potential policies and have a debate about whats best. There is no policy for or against "status quo" as far as I'm concerned.
I might be wrong, but I suspect you have issues with the way Bernie was pushed aside in the 2016 cycle to push HRC on the ticket. Which I think is fair (to have issues with). And would also explain your attitude towards the "status quo", or "party line". As this "rigging the system" to maintain the balance of power is very much something to vote against.
If this time around, the outcome does give a good reflection of the democratic platform, or the actual party line if you will, I'm simply opposed to your position on this. Not that it really matters, btw. But whether or not the Dems win matters a lot on issues like birth control and planned parenthood, putting kids in cages after they illegally crossed the US border, and healthcare. (And it remains to be seen what Dems could do in issues like climate change. I personally think options are limited and fairly ineffective at this point in time. But that's just me. You can ignore this as well) Anyways, putting personal principles above these issues is not my idea of voting with your conscience. If not voting your first choice is a waste, then so are those kids in cages. And I really have to disagree on this one.
By "status quo" I mean that I don't think the Democratic party is really interested in serving their constituency. The Republicans are, at least the wealthy ones. You're right that it should be difficult to enact policy without broad support, but I want this country to move in a democratic socialist direction, so that's how I choose to vote, even if that means Trump will be elected again. We can't be bullied into voting for a candidate we don't want because of what may or may not happen. Who knows what might happen if everyone just voted in what they really believe, perhaps we would have politicians who actually serve us first instead of themselves (not saying there aren't any out there right now).
You're right that I'm upset at how Bernie was jobbed in the last election, but I wasn't surprised. The points you make are very valid, and the only argument that I have against them is that I believe strongly in my vote, and I am going to vote like I want to see the country change. If everyone like me did that, perhaps we could really make a larger difference. I have struggled with the things you mention, that many poor and disadvantaged people will fall behind even further the longer the Republicans control the exec. branch and Congress, but sometimes I feel like the Dems use this as an excuse to push through a candidate who will serve them and their interests over those of the people who really need it.
I'm also a realist, and I realize that Bernie will likely never win, and even if he does, it would be very difficult to make significant changes in the direction that I would like to see this country go. But that doesn't mean I'm going to vote for someone just to stop Trump from being re-elected. I believe that both parties right now, as a whole, are only interested in preserving themselves and their donors, be it wealthy individuals or corporations, and I refuse to support that.
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1 hour ago, Zeffolia said:
I'm tired of that line of shit. That is exactly what establishment Dems want and, wait, isn't that what they were saying about HRC, that there's no way she could lose to Trump? How did that work out?
Voting for someone who's not really your first choice, but just there to keep the status quo and keep the party line going is the worst waste of a vote ever.
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1 hour ago, markedone said:
i disagree with the second half of your post. imo any dem is better than this shit and its an ignorant and priveledged position to say "they" deserve what happened if you are relatively well off and insulated from the policy ramifications
Sorry if it was unclear, but by "they" I meant the DNC establishment. I am all for helping as many people as possible, but I also believe that keeping up this charade that the Dems have become will bring more hurt than good. I did what I did because I felt that the only way for the Dems to really change is for me and enough people to no longer buy into their bullshit.
Your other point is spot-on, I am very lucky (and unlucky, it's a long story) to be in a position where I would probably be relatively insulated from bad policy ramifications (up to a point of course, who knows what these crazy policy changes will really do), but my vote was given from my perspective, and I believe that it would ultimately help those less fortunate for the Dems to quit their BS and actually focus on getting back to doing things that can actually help those less fortunate people. It is unlikely that it will happen, IMO, but I'm just doing what I think is best from my point of view. I'm sure my attitude would be different if I wasn't in such a position.
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On 8/1/2019 at 2:09 AM, goDel said:
Btw, I trust on the primaries producing the best candidate to run against Trump. Simply because it's a numbers game. The one who convinced the most people to support him/her, is the best. Biggest support in the primaries will likely lead to the biggest support in the general. Sure, there are always black swan scenarios. But I'm really not interested in getting my head around all possible and unlikely scenarios.
I don't have numbers to back me up here, but the problem I see is that many of the so-called "swing voters" don't vote in primaries, and then complain that they're having to pick between the lesser of two evils. I wonder how many people voting in primaries are just hard-line left or right and are just voting for the most recognizable name in their party. I would like to see numbers of total voter turnout in primaries vs. general elections; I'm sure they're out there I just can't be arsed to look them up. IMO, the primaries are more important than the general election.
I voted Dem in 2016 but not for HRC (wrote-in Sanders). I wanted to give the DNC a "fuck you" for what they were doing and still continue to do in terms of keeping the status quo and satisfying the corporate donors over their actual constituents. They got what they deserved, although I think they didn't learn their lesson or, more likely, they don't care and are being more careful about keeping the status quo while trying to not lose again. At least the Republicans actually serve their constituency (the wealthy ones, they've managed to trick many of the poor into voting Republican). I do not regret my vote, and I will do the same in 2020. I refuse to perpetuate the status quo for the Dems just to get Trump out; in my eyes that's just as bad as if Trump wins again (which I think he will).
It's been said in this thread, but the Republicans have basically tilted things in their favor due to gerrymandering and voter disenfranchisement etc., while Dems are just not willing to play that dirty, or don't know how to. We'll have to reach a tipping point at some point in time, I just hope it's soon.
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It really depends on your region and how the power is generated there. Somewhere in WV or rural PA, it might actually be worse, although it is much easier to capture / scrub emissions from a few power plants compared to a million point sources (ICE cars). In states which use a lot of hydro, solar, wind, etc. it can be substantially better. Of course, when you take into account what to do with the heavy metals in the battery once it's dead, you open a whole other can of worms.<p>
speaking of Tesla. Do electric cars really improve co2 levels?
source of electricity:
https://www.thebalance.com/sources-of-electricity-1182554
- Fossil fuels 67% (coal 41%), oil (5.1%), natural gas (21%)
- Renewable energy 16% (mainly hydroelectric (92%), wind (6%), geothermal (1%), and solar (1%)
- Nuclear power 13%
- Other sources 3% (i.e., biofuels and biomass)
I own an electric car (Chevy Bolt) and I absolutely love it. Didn't really buy it for the environment, just thought it was a cool, fun car to drive. Going to take it on vacation this year and test out the fast charging infrastructure along the mid-Atlantic.
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^that looks fun but I don't know near enough IDM lore to answer it
Here to post this: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/
Just biked in here to post this but was beaten to it. I wish I understood this stuff but it really seems logical that a math that describes everything should really be more simple than complex...
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drinking a couple more Rochefort 8's today. has been promoted from the nicest beer I've had recently to my favourite beer of all time now I think.
It's definitely one of my favorites of all time.
Now that it's truly summer, I've been getting into my go-to summer beers, victory kirsch gose, rodenbach, and rodenbach fruitage.
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i also love the geuze boon, and i wasn't so sure about orval the first time i had it but i am really coming around on it. i've seen it more down here (in grocery stores even) than i've seen up in the states.
the sierra nevada is there because i wanted to try their geuze and i guess i had to go to brazil to try an american geuze lol.
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i'm down in Brazil for a 3-month work assignment. 1 month in and i'm missing my beer stash at home.
found an awesome little beer store about 1 km away and took a walk there this afternoon. can you tell that i like Belgian beer??
I have one of them Rochefortes, my latest haul:
Nice. Rochefort 8 might be my favorite beer of all time...
I am going to try some Brazilian IPAs while I'm down here. I'm not really a fan of IPAs, but that's what they're going crazy making down here right now and I don't want to miss the opportunity.
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i'm down in Brazil for a 3-month work assignment. 1 month in and i'm missing my beer stash at home.
found an awesome little beer store about 1 km away and took a walk there this afternoon. can you tell that i like Belgian beer??
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Apparently if you keep Orval in the cellar for a year or so from bottling date, it gets even much, much more lusher (the strain of yeast they use in the brew is well known to improve with age)
Good luck with that...
This is true, see my earlier post about trying an Orval that was 3 years old.
Expanding my Trappist adventures with some Achel blonde. Was really surprised, the aroma and taste were both exceptional:
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Got a promotion today, the Mrs was offered a full-time position at her current job, and I'm about to go to Brazil for work for a 90-day assignment.
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nice, i love ambient / drone like this.
for those who like that, try this out. hakobune is one of my favorite ambient / drone artists:
2020 US Election
in General Banter
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Which is why ALL of the sane people who just want a functioning government need to give them all the middle finger by voting but writing in their choice.
It's never gonna happen, but wouldn't it be great if there was a statistically large number of write-in votes? I feel that's the only way to alter the course of where it seems we're headed, because the establishment on both sides would realize they've lost party-line voters and perhaps make some changes to try to get them back. But as it is, the narrative is that if you don't vote your party line, you're throwing your vote away.