SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
"No senator voted to begin debate on the legislation...
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, called the Green New Deal "ridiculous" and displayed pictures of dinosaurs, cartoon characters and babies on the Senate floor. He said he was treating the plan "with the seriousness it deserves.""
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"Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said Democrats were being hypocritical by refusing to vote for their own plan. "I've never seen a bill sponsored by a dozen people who don't want to vote on it," he said."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/green-new-deal-fails-senate-test-vote-as-dozens-of-democrats
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the fediverse reminds me a lot of how things used to be in the '90s a.k.a. the golden age of computing
back when we all had our own dorky fuckin websites on tripod or angelfire or geocities, all unique, all human
back before the internet was taken over by soulless monolithic corporations bent on forcing spy cameras into their users' every orifice
back before advertisers had built themselves a surveillance empire to dwarf the NSA's
back when we were all genuine and sincere and *ourselves.* even if we were total fuckin dorks
all of a sudden these little grassroots social spaces are popping up, with unique and quirky domains, full of people who aren't such cowards that they spend their lives hiding behind a curtain of ironic detachment. it's like the experimental chaos of the '90s but tempered by experience and improved by new technology
there's a reason IRC and pleroma are the only ways i actually *like* interacting with ppl online
back when we all had our own dorky fuckin websites on tripod or angelfire or geocities, all unique, all human
back before the internet was taken over by soulless monolithic corporations bent on forcing spy cameras into their users' every orifice
back before advertisers had built themselves a surveillance empire to dwarf the NSA's
back when we were all genuine and sincere and *ourselves.* even if we were total fuckin dorks
all of a sudden these little grassroots social spaces are popping up, with unique and quirky domains, full of people who aren't such cowards that they spend their lives hiding behind a curtain of ironic detachment. it's like the experimental chaos of the '90s but tempered by experience and improved by new technology
there's a reason IRC and pleroma are the only ways i actually *like* interacting with ppl online
Every Democrat Who Voted Against the Born Alive Bill Received Money From Planned Parenthood
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/03/25/every-democrat-who-voted-against-the-born-alive-bill-received-money-from-planned-parenthood/
#uspol #infanticide
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I think I expected something from the Mueller report, that Jr or another name we know was actively working with Russians but that POTUS was not personally involved. I expected a lot of allusion to collusion that couldn't be proven in order to justify the counsel, and maybe we'll get that as the redacted report is published later.
I'm relieved to hear that the campaign wasn't (at least to the knowledge of the 2 year investigation) engaged in conspiracy with the Russians in their email phishing that is called "hacking of the election."
A few things I'll wonder about tomorrow :
1. Well anyone change their mind about Trump because of this?
2. Did the Russians win by the constant push by the dems or main (left) media (though I repeat myself), to distrust the election process?
3. Does this justify any of Trump's Fake News and Enemy of the People talk about the media who communicated as if their conspiracy theory about Trump /Russia was proven and concluded?
4. Will this change anyone's perception of the press?
5. Are here a lot of people out there truly disappointed that there is not conclusion of collision, that wish, really wish that Trump had engaged in this conspiracy to fit their narrative?
6. Could there really be stuff that this investigation missed that the other investigations from the far left will uncover?
My sad initial guess is that most are too locked within their echo chambers for anything to change their perspective, and nothing will change much.
But it's getting late and there's tea and backgammon beckoning. No more thinking about politics tonight.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election, according to a letter submitted by Attorney General William Barr to Congress.
https://n.pr/2U8YSOO
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Proponents of the #NationalPopularVote fail to understand the most basic facts about the American presidential electoral system. The principal flaw in the plan is its assumption there will still be only two major parties competing for the presidency in 2020.
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In the end, I think we'll just find that Russia played us and the campaigns to seed chaos That's been my take, we got played Nothing but smoke and mirrors by Russia to make it look like something was going on that wasn't
Sure, people are in jail Only for unrelated crimes
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Our power was out for more than 12 hours with the blizzard that hit Denver metro yesterday. Glad our home has a wood burning fireplace because it's old enough to be grandfathered into the regulations that ban them.
I feel for those in newer homes where the only means of heat in a situation like this are outlawed.
Q: What did socialists use to light their homes before candles?
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A: Electricity!
Employee income stays the same as whole foods raises to $15/hour pay and slashes hours while requiring the same amount of work done in fewer hours.
So employees get paid the same for contributing the same value. They just have to do so faster now.
How is the same pay now a "livable wage"? It's almost like those demanding arbitrary raises to arbitrary dollar amounts per hour don't understand how this works.
“... the overall store budget thus remained about the same despite the wage increase.
The employee also said that workers were directed to complete tasks faster to stay in line with their new hours"
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Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke Endorses Ilhan Omar https://www.infowars.com/former-kkk-grand-wizard-david-duke-endorses-ilhan-omar/ #SpecialReports #Duke #Omar #KKK
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
