Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

The fallacy at the heart of trickle-down economics is the notion that making the rich richer will somehow benefit everyone else.

But when so much wealth is concentrated at the top, that simply doesn't happen.

The rising tide does not, in fact, lift all boats.

Instead, yachts rise while many other boats spring leaks or sink.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/trickle-down-economics-were-always-bullshit

So, my spouse sent me a lengthy article about detransitioning earlier today, and it:

1. Irritated me.
2. Made me want to get some stats of my own.

So, the question is: "As a trans person, what are your opinions about detransitioning (DT)?"

Please select any and all options that apply.

Please only answer if consider yourself to be trans, nonbinary, or formerly trans or nonbinary.

Please boost for reach. I want like every trans person on Mastodon in this poll.

Thank you! 🩵 🩷

Here's the article in question: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-outcomes/

#LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary #Transition #Detransition #Poll #Boost #PleaseBoost

To all the people mad for me reminding them how much more miserable they'll be if Trump wins, here's a very small list of some of the things that Orange Thug will do and that Biden WON'T do:

1) establish internment camps for undocumented immigrants

2) abuse his power as retribution against anybody who has previously challenged him

3) appoint more judges and justices who think there should be no Constitutional protection for abortion and specifically appoint judges in the mold of Clarence Thomas

4) require federal employees to take a patriotism exam and be terminated if they refuse or fail

5) take legal action to have local district attorneys and their staff removed from office if they don't perform to his satisfaction

6) fire staff and disband college accreditation boards and pursue civil rights cases against schools that have affirmative action policies in place

6) withhold US aid to Ukraine to pressure Zelenskyy to make a deal with Putin

7) require that school principals be elected by parents each year

8) push for legislation that sentences any person convicted of selling drugs to be executed

9) pardon all defendants charged with participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots

10) investigate Comcast, NBC and MSNBC for treason

I could go on, but I won't.

Not thrilled with how Biden is handling the crisis in the Middle East? Think you might not vote for him in “protest.” Well…

PLEASE CONSIDER THE FUCKING ALTERNATIVE (while you still can)⏵

“Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators.”

Gift article: https://wapo.st/4bywzh1

@nixCraft
1994: you have to be an hacker to find stuff on the Internet
2004: every information on the Internet is there, easily findable with few clicks
2024: you have to be an hacker to find stuff on the Internet

Perhaps it’s important to say, for those of you not in the same loop I’m in, that my friends & colleagues in Israel are in the streets demonstrating against the war and the corrupt Netanyahu government every day. The families of the hostages are also out in the streets demanding new elections. Every death - Palestinian and Israeli - is heartbreaking.

And for anyone thinking that trump is going to be a great friend to Israel, he’s not. Netanyahu and trump are bit from the same cloth. Both are dangerous.

[With the link this time]

In which the #NYTimes comes to the astonishing conclusion that the guy who tried to ban people from entering the country based on their religion, who put children in cages, and who conspired with our enemies, may actually not be very nice.

Welcome to the party, gray lady.

#VoteBlue

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/us/politics/trump-trial-verdict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.zue8.NM3pmtf6-20C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.

We are working on it & will post updates in comments.

It's Memorial Day, when we honor all those who gave their lives in battle to defend and preserve our country and democracy.

Or as the Republican Party's candidate for president calls it...Suckers and Losers Day.

Note:
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Texas all had their warmest spring night on records !
While Georgia and South Carolina missed it by 1F.
Why are records of high minimums so widespread and overnumber the records of high maxes ?
RECORD WARM WATER is KEY.
The Atlantic-Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico area anomaly is outstanding and records are a direct consequence, specially of high minimums.

Joe Biden gave an inspiring commencement speech at West Point, then shook hands with all 1032 graduates.

Donald Trump gave a rambling incoherent tirade in the Bronx, then shared the stage with some gangbangers facing attempted murder & gun charges.

Big difference.

Vote Blue.

This #MemorialDay, we remember that 46 million Americans have served. One of them was Joe Biden’s son, who fought in Iraq, while Donald Trump’s sons preferred to steal money from charities for veterans, dogs, and children with cancer.

GOOGLE 2004: Don’t be evil

GOOGLE 2024: Don’t be useful

Palestinians haven't voted since 2006. While Palestinians have been prevented from any semblance of self-rule, Netanyahu has given Hamas literal suitcases full of money to keep them in power. Netanyahu wants Hamas in power because with Hamas there will never be a two-state solution. And now, because of the Hamas attack, Israel has been able to wholesales slaughter Palestinians, steal more of their land and imprison more than 8000 people in the West Bank. All of this is because Netanyahu's deal with Hamas.

If you're mad at Biden for his policies toward Israel/Gaza, you will be absolutely apoplectic if Trump retakes the White House.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/

@RealJournalism The Groveling Process

Step 1: Announce your vote.

Step 2: Bargain your endorsement for a key introduction role at the convention.

Step 3: Get in the plane and go home. [See Christie, 2016]

Step 4: Dine on overcooked meatloaf with the nominee. [See Romney, 2016]

Step 5: Spend the next 4 years convincing yourself that you weren't played.

She has reached Step 1.

https://apnews.com/article/nikki-haley-endorses-trump-election-2024-president-72cd80b03d0cd6f69601a0c6166194a5

I've said it before but I'll say it again.
It's not that everyone I know who had Covid has developed terrible new medical issues.
It's that everyone I know who has developed terrible new medical issues recently had Covid.
And in every case I'm thinking of, it's become a health crisis within about three months of their most Covid bout. (Usually not a bad bout, either.)

The cops who tortured a bogus murder "confession" out of a man -- even threatening to kill his dog along the way -- are still employed by the Fontana, Calif., police department. The city's taxpayers paid for the $900,000 lawsuit settlement.

https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/

This tells you everything you need to know about police impunity.

#Senate #Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [ #bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS #Biden’s #climate #regulations.

#VoteBlue #BidrnHarris2024 #ClimateCrisis #environment #FossilFuels #BigOil #CorporateTaxBreaks
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/climate/trump-oil-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb