Caesura109 posted:not even the fucking ttrump people are doing this. big win for civilityJohn McCain’s legacy represents an unparalleled example of human decency and American service.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) August 26, 2018
As an intern, I learned a lot about the power of humanity in government through his deep friendship with Sen. Kennedy.
He meant so much, to so many. My prayers are with his family. https://t.co/iu28V3snDm
"Why is this DSA member acting like a liberal... oh *galaxy brain* "
getfiscal posted:a $600,000 trust fund while claiming to be working class.
i'm more scared of finding out someone i trust is one of these than finding out they're CIA
Ruzbihan posted:I’ve made it this far without ever finding out exactly what a trust fund is or how it works. No one tell me please
the name comes from the fact that they trust you won't figure it out
Ruzbihan posted:I’ve made it this far without ever finding out exactly what a trust fund is or how it works. No one tell me please
its like a swear jar for when you expropriate surplus value from workers
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Today East Bay DSA voted 88 - 65 to NOT endorse Cat Brooks for Oakland Mayor.
As it became clear that Cat was losing the vote, knots of young white men smiled ear to ear, clapped, cheered, exchanged high-fives and fist bumps.
One speaker after another had repeated the bizarre accusation that she is a secret crusader for privatization of schools and healthcare.
Several of the 88 dismissed Cat’s years of work fighting against police terror as empty, ineffectual, rhetoric.
Cat was intentionally disparaged, misrepresented, and disrespected.
It was a palpably racist attack that can’t be tolerated.
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JohnBeige posted:Scuttlebutt
Today East Bay DSA voted 88 - 65 to NOT endorse Cat Brooks for Oakland Mayor.
As it became clear that Cat was losing the vote, knots of young white men smiled ear to ear, clapped, cheered, exchanged high-fives and fist bumps.
One speaker after another had repeated the bizarre accusation that she is a secret crusader for privatization of schools and healthcare.
Several of the 88 dismissed Cat’s years of work fighting against police terror as empty, ineffectual, rhetoric.
Cat was intentionally disparaged, misrepresented, and disrespected.
It was a palpably racist attack that can’t be tolerated.
oh ffs lol
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JohnBeige posted:Scuttlebutt
Today East Bay DSA voted 88 - 65 to NOT endorse Cat Brooks for Oakland Mayor.
As it became clear that Cat was losing the vote, knots of young white men smiled ear to ear, clapped, cheered, exchanged high-fives and fist bumps.
One speaker after another had repeated the bizarre accusation that she is a secret crusader for privatization of schools and healthcare.
Several of the 88 dismissed Cat’s years of work fighting against police terror as empty, ineffectual, rhetoric.
Cat was intentionally disparaged, misrepresented, and disrespected.
It was a palpably racist attack that can’t be tolerated.
East Bay DSA outraged at attempt to tax millionaire homeowners because they are almost certainly composed of millionaire homeowners pic.twitter.com/ZPV8JhcCfs
— Alex Forrest 🚉 (@380kmh) September 7, 2018
Petrol posted:(Is china imperialist?) ...I think a good way to approach this question would be to refer to the links article about Russian 'imperialism' and research the same data points it relies upon (financial capital and GDP per capita, capital export destinations, etc). I leave this as an exercise for any motivated reader as I honestly don't have the time to devote to this right now, but I'd be keen to see the results.
A month later and i am pleased to report someone took this idea and ran with it. Kind of. Uh https://www.wsj.com/articles/imperialism-will-be-dangerous-for-china-1537225875
sovnarkoman posted:mr gorbachev, tear down this paywall
its really not worth it, but okay.
Imperialism Will Be Dangerous for China
By Walter Russell Mead
Sept. 17, 2018 7:11 p.m. ET
Spoiler!
Caesura109 posted:the mark of a hack. just make your point without these cliches
Revelation ch 13
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a hack rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten twitter accounts, and upon his accounts ten verified checkmarks, and upon his heads the name of NATO.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a manchild, and his feet were as the feet of a clown, and his mouth as the mouth of a parrot: and the eagle gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were owned to death; and the deadly own was disavowed: and all the world wondered after the hack.
4 And they worshipped the eagle which gave power unto the hack: and they worshipped the hack, saying, Who is like unto the hack? who is able to make flamewar with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against the Lion, to blaspheme his name, and his people, and them that dwell in Mesopotamia.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the posters, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Bear slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the drone must be killed with the drone. Here is the patience and the faith of the posters.
...
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the hack, that the image of the hack should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the hack should be banned.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a checkmark after their screen name, or in their profile:
17 And that no man might post or tweet, save he that had the mark, or the name of the hack, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the hack: for it is the number of a manbaby; and his number is 5. Just 5.
shriekingviolet posted:Revelation ch 13
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a hack rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten twitter accounts, and upon his accounts ten verified checkmarks, and upon his heads the name of NATO.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a manchild, and his feet were as the feet of a clown, and his mouth as the mouth of a parrot: and the eagle gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were owned to death; and the deadly own was disavowed: and all the world wondered after the hack.
4 And they worshipped the eagle which gave power unto the hack: and they worshipped the hack, saying, Who is like unto the hack? who is able to make flamewar with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against the Lion, to blaspheme his name, and his people, and them that dwell in Mesopotamia.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the posters, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Bear slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the drone must be killed with the drone. Here is the patience and the faith of the posters.
...
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the hack, that the image of the hack should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the hack should be banned.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a checkmark after their screen name, or in their profile:
17 And that no man might post or tweet, save he that had the mark, or the name of the hack, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the hack: for it is the number of a manbaby; and his number is 5. Just 5.
Workers say that Sunkara promised that if workers took a settlement of only 70% of the back wages that they were owed that he would bring them back as staffers after taking over the publication. However, Sunkara in a statement to Payday confirmed that he would not bring the staffers back.
The workers in a series of open letters have accused Sunkara of lying to them and simply taking over the publication to expand Jacobin’s content reach into European markets under the Tribune’s prestigious name.
“In the capitalist world someone who buys an ailing company and dumps its committed workers is known as an asset-stripper or robber baron, but at least they don’t claim to be socialists,” said former Tribune employee Ian Hernon.
idk how to upload my screengrabs and the twitter posts have gone now, but NYC DSA has been having a meltdown for the last couple of days about sex work and it culminated today with them saying trafficking is nbd, all work is racist, the word "pimp" as a description of a man whose job is to sell women is a dog whistle, and handjobs on the clock are liberating for people with mental health problems and disabilities because no other industry will accomodate them.
anyway here is a good post by don
I think the Ayn Rand “arbeit macht frei” approach to sex work that is popular in the DSA has a lot of merit but it is a bit unfortunate it is sold in an annoying way because it is trendy.
— Don Hughes (@getfiscal) November 8, 2019
ghostpinballer posted:handjobs on the clock
well hey wait just a second here. next thing you're gonna say is that drinking on the job is a problem!