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- Representative Jim Jordan stated, "The weaponization of the federal government against individuals and entities is the antithesis of the principles of our democracy. It is a direct threat to the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association."
- Representative Debbie Lesko stated, "I believe this is a threat to free speech and our First Amendment rights."
- Witness Vivek Ramaswamy stated, "The most pernicious threat to American democracy today is not any foreign adversary but the power of Big Tech to influence and manipulate the way we think and speak."
- Witness Heather Mac Donald stated, "The rise of censorship and cancel culture, enabled by Big Tech, is the greatest threat to free expression in the United States today."
- Representative Tom McClintock stated, "The Constitution exists to protect us from government coercion and violence, and its guarantees of free speech and assembly have never been more important than when we confront an existential threat."
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A poignant Freudian slip from one of the politicians in that Congressional hearing is the charge of those 2 journalists representing a direct threat to those that oppose them. Truer words have never been said by any politician, even by accident.
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Only a substantial democracy can uphold a free market.
Fundamentally wrong. In fact, the reverse maxim is uniquely true. A free market allows for and is necessary for free speech, not the other way around. A free market uniquely allows a world where an individual's ideas are manifested in the invented product and the individual consumers vote with their dollars. America has lived under the thumb of corporate media and crony censorship for decades in defiance of the principles of a free market. Therefore; America is not very far behind that list of top 10 Democracies that have both no free market, nor free speech.
Without free speech, there is little that separates a Democracy from an oligarchic corporate Dictatorship.
In a crony market where the government colludes with media monopolies to prohibit speech, free competition may indeed be the only way to ensure that ideas the government does not like are still able to be heard. In such a market, the government and media monopolies may use their power to limit the speech of individuals and groups that do not align with their interests, effectively creating a censorship regime. In such a society, America is doomed to join the list of 10 failed Orwellian Democracies as the majority of the people simply vote the way they are told to vote.
The current attacks from both the left and the right over the Twitter files proves this is currently the case.
Ultimately, a truly free and open society is one where free competition and free speech are allowed to thrive, and where all individuals are able to participate in the marketplace of ideas.
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@zedvictor4
Successful self-hating whites also have status anxiety.
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Biden breaks another promise.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
The basic tenet of a pure leftist is that any individual worker is not allowed to own what they produce.
There is no doubt democracy allows for more freedom than any other form of government.
Many people in:
Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Philippines, Venezuela, Belarus, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Thailand, and Ethiopia would disagree.
People there have objectively had more freedom and civil rights under other forms of rule.
Milton Friedman, the renowned economist and Nobel laureate, argued that a free market is necessary for liberty, not Democracy. He believed that a free market system, where individuals and businesses are free to engage in voluntary transactions without government interference, is the most efficient and effective way to allocate resources and promote economic growth. True choice, opportunity, and individual freedom can only be realized in a free market.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
It's clear the Democrat party has no plans for actual equality and integration. Diversity is just another excuse for segregating whites.
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@ebuc
The far left does not believe in the superiority of merit either.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Was the republican party far left in 1860?
No, the Republican Party was not far left in 1860. The Republican Party was actually formed in the mid-1850s as a center-right political party that was opposed to the expansion of slavery into new territories in the United States. At the time, the dominant political party was the Democratic Party, which was split into factions that were divided over the issue of slavery.
The Republican Party's platform in 1860 emphasized economic growth, protectionism, and infrastructure development, while also opposing the expansion of slavery into new territories. Many Republicans also supported temperance and public education, which were popular causes at the time.
It's worth noting, however, that political labels and ideologies have evolved and changed over time, so it's not entirely accurate to apply modern political labels to historical parties and movements. The political context of the 1860s was very different from today, and it's important to understand the historical context and nuances of the time.
The Republican Party's platform in 1860 emphasized economic growth, protectionism, and infrastructure development, while also opposing the expansion of slavery into new territories. Many Republicans also supported temperance and public education, which were popular causes at the time.
It's worth noting, however, that political labels and ideologies have evolved and changed over time, so it's not entirely accurate to apply modern political labels to historical parties and movements. The political context of the 1860s was very different from today, and it's important to understand the historical context and nuances of the time.
Was the Democrat party far left in 1860?
No, the Democratic Party was not far left in 1860. Like the Republican Party, the Democratic Party of the mid-19th century was a center-right political party that was divided over the issue of slavery. The party was primarily focused on maintaining the status quo of the country and protecting the interests of white southern slave owners.
In the 1860 presidential election, the Democratic Party split into two factions: the Northern Democrats, who nominated Stephen A. Douglas, and the Southern Democrats, who nominated John C. Breckinridge. Both candidates were conservative by modern standards and did not advocate for any significant progressive policies or reforms.
It's important to note that political labels and ideologies have evolved and changed over time, and it's not entirely accurate to apply modern political labels to historical parties and movements. The political context of the 1860s was very different from today, and it's important to understand the historical context and nuances of the time.
In the 1860 presidential election, the Democratic Party split into two factions: the Northern Democrats, who nominated Stephen A. Douglas, and the Southern Democrats, who nominated John C. Breckinridge. Both candidates were conservative by modern standards and did not advocate for any significant progressive policies or reforms.
It's important to note that political labels and ideologies have evolved and changed over time, and it's not entirely accurate to apply modern political labels to historical parties and movements. The political context of the 1860s was very different from today, and it's important to understand the historical context and nuances of the time.
Labels mean nothing in the context of White Supremacy, or anything else.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I guess he thought you said leftists.
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all men were created equal.
And all men were created women too.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Independent voters will watch the video and wonder. I suppose the deep state loses this round.
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Like most normal people, I haven’t read any bills...
And this is why our modern legislation is thousands of pages long filled with cronyism.
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@Stephen
Its a sure case of attack the messenger- Carlson.The Police officer that got fired should be suing the city. imo
The real clue something is really messed up in Washington DC is that the actual footage being released is being attacked by both the GOP and the DEMS together....the ACTUAL JAN 6 FOOTAGE.
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@Stephen
Here is a good source on the FBI malfeasance.
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Footage shows FEDS destroyed and fabricating evidence regarding Jan 6.
Q Anon Shaman pushes for a mistrial.
GOP Leader McConnel also joins Schumer in censorship campaign.
The fix is in boys.
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blame Democrats for not going back and undoing what the republicans did.
That's not what I am blaming Democrats for. I am blaming them for doing nothing to improve rail safety over 2 years and then pretending they are a party that cares about rail safety regulations.
What the party did do tangentially to this was to tell rail strikers to fuck off and got the approval from rail company lobbies to end a rail strike. Right afterwards, the Democrats then claimed they were the party that wants to help the working people.
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
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@Double_R
No party is uniquely for or against anything. On that we agree.
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@Melcharaz
@ebuc
@FLRW
Whatever any party says they are against, it is to hide what they are actually for.
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@ebuc
Now Mitch McConnel finally jumping ship.
He is a rat :)
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@ebuc
One party is the party of the Devil.
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@FLRW
So Republicans are the party of anti-German Fascism. Good to know.
Gotta love these "all or nothing" takes on political parties. A fun trend and easy to troll don't you think?
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So Democrats are the party that hates God.
What a great thing to brag about.
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@Double_R
It's been 2 years and Biden and his majority Congress did not implement any sort of new safety mandates on rail corporations.
If you have some sort of secret list, I would love to see it.
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@TWS1405_2
Tulsi is the Democrat version of anti-establishment Trump
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There is no chance that taking the proper safety measures to avoid catastrophic train derailments would have shut down the entire rail industry.
You cannot seriously make this statement. Whatever "proper" safety limit you think a company can bear the costs of without going bankrupt, the government can find an additional level beyond that. If the government arbitrarily wants the rail system to have a .01% chance of a derailment, the rail cars would look like something off of a NASA launch pad, and cost just as much.
In any case, arguing that rail companies should get a break the last 2 years from both the Biden administration and the striking rail workers just because New York needs its PVC instead of a recession at the cost of Ohio is one hell of an immoral thing to suggest.
I can show you at least a half dozen sources that show the rail worker unions trying to make safety changes in their strike demands just as Biden slammed the hammer down on their rail strike. Biden does NOT give a flying fuck about safety or striking rail workers. Not if it means an earlier recession that shows just how fucked up his economy policies have been or if it means the loss of his warchest lobby funds from Big Rail.
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“I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule—but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections—such as lowering penalties for carjackings,” Biden tweeted. “If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did—I’ll sign it.”
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1. Neither was elected by a majority.
By that criteria, 5 US presidents were Hitler.
2. Both found direct communication channels to their base
That would make every US president Hitler. God, you are a genius.
1619 project was right all along! George Washington founded the Nazi party!
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@TheUnderdog
Just letting you know, the uniparty of both Dems and Repubs both favor the existing pay to play system that keeps competition down, prices up, and the profits get siphoned off into their campaign warchests.
If you vote for either party, nothing is going to change.
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@TheUnderdog
You are assuming a competitive market. I assure you, the 3 insulin monopolies pay the government enormous sums of money to artificially keep the price high by eliminating competition through pay to play regulations. You cap the prices without subsidies, those companies go on "strike"
Those insulin subsidies is just the government paying the bill with our tax dollars.
Corporate welfare has never been so blatant nor so crony.
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@TheUnderdog
Read the Inflation Reduction Act. It provides subsidies for the drug which goes directly into the pockets of big pharma.
Huge fucking cash giveaway.
Putting a price cap on a drug with no subsidy means massive shortages, so there's no free lunch here.
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@TWS1405_2
Trump's plan didn't pass because it didn't include massive tax payer subsidies into Medicare to subsidize big pharma.
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@TWS1405_2
Imagine an FDR fanboy celebrating corporate welfare...
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No, it proved that Biden wasn't willing to plunge the economy into a deep recession by allowing a critical source of transportation for goods across the country to suddenly by shut down.
You can make the same argument for the safety regulations that would plunge the country into a recession if the rail companies can't meet the safety requirements.
This is quite honestly, the worst take I have seen any Democrat make, that it's OK to have a few people suffer like those in Ohio as long as New York is OK. Dystopian AF.
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@Elliott
No she didn't address it, but she probably didn't need to since it's long been debunked as the PPM required to actually block the the escaping energy from sun is out of bounds for what the Earth could possibly sustain. The major greenhouse gas Earth can sustain at relevant ppm levels is water vapor, which also has mitigating solar reflective properties that make it a poor candidate for an insulating runaway effect.
The video is just nice as a tool to explain to the layman that we really don't live in a greenhouse effect from Co2.
As I said before, if the same energy was exerted to debunk deniers as it was to debunk the wild and unlikely doomsayer predictions, the world would have much saner policies.
Is global warming happening? Yeah. Is it on balance more bad than good? Somewhat. Will we live in an Al Gore dystopia? Absofuckinglutly and categorically NO.
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@Elliott
She also addressed those misgivings in her video.
But it does debunk the idea that the heating effect could have a "runaway" aspect as it is not the same process of a greenhouse at all.
In a sane world, both deniers, and doomsayers should be debunked in equal measure.
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@TheUnderdog
Most people who are serious about living off grid are not going to invest large sums of money for solar and live without central air and heating. In the best circumstances, that means a home uses an average 4 KW per hour. Over 24 hours, the home needs 96 Kw. For most areas, peak sunlight only lasts 5 hours max. So you need solar to generate 20 Kw per hour to supply the demand on its own. That costs around 60k. This translates to a minimum lithium battery of 38 Kw/h to hold the excess needed during the majority of the day that solar cannot be generated. That's around 24,000 dollars.
All of this assumes optimal sun in optimal temperatures and optimal weather. If you are in a cold area, you might have to pay double this. If you have a larger house. double that again. Panels last around 20 years, batteries around 10 years before severe drop-off in performance.
A 20 Kw/hr Fossil backup generator is 8,000 dollars.
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@TheUnderdog
Most people who own solar panels do not own enough battery capacity to keep them fully off the fossil grid.
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@Elliott
which prevents heat from escaping.
I saw a really cool video (no pun intended) explaining that rising CO2 concentrations do not technically prevent heat from escaping; it just forces heat to escape at a higher altitude which rebalances thermodynamic equations to cause surface temperatures to rise. So the actual physics are technically not like a greenhouse at all.
Fascinating stuff.
You can skip ahead to the 10 minute mark (the PhD breakdown) depending on your knowledge.
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@Mharman
These threads are so stupid. By reducing one party to be UNIQUELY, the party of marriage, you are by default claiming the other party is the party of DIVORCE.
***a similar thing was pointed out when it was claimed one party uniquely loves the poorly educated which would necessarily make the opposing party the one that HATES the poorly educated.***
Where is the upside to these sophomoric mental masturbations?
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@fivesix
people get so interested in me instead of what I say
Some things appear as blasphemy to the doctrines of some cultists.
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