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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 11:04:20 GMT -5
Apologies if this isn't the best place but I dont know where else to address it.
Just now, I got a notification when Filled posted in this thread. I wasnt quoted, tagged and I am not following Filled. In fact, I have her blocked. So why am I getting notifications when she posts and can you mods stop that from happening? I don't understand why that would happen.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 4, 2019 11:10:32 GMT -5
idk why that would happen, but I can see it would be annoying. Maybe if you haven’t, try asking at the “Ask the Moderators” section to ensure the right people see your issue. Not sure whether the frequent this thread. endlessharmony.boards.net/board/27/ask-staff
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 11:12:56 GMT -5
idk why that would happen, but I can see it would be annoying. Maybe if you haven’t, try asking at the “Ask the Moderators” section to ensure the right people see your issue. Not sure whether the frequent this thread. endlessharmony.boards.net/board/27/ask-staffThanks, I didnt think of that. Sorry if this is derailing your thread
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 4, 2019 11:13:29 GMT -5
No worries.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 5, 2019 13:10:32 GMT -5
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 5, 2019 13:20:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2019 13:24:36 GMT -5
I wonder what's up with SC and Florida?
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 5, 2019 13:24:58 GMT -5
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 6, 2019 8:57:53 GMT -5
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Post by B.E. on Mar 6, 2019 17:39:54 GMT -5
I wonder what's up with SC and Florida? Initially, I was curious to see if swing states scored higher levels of prejudice. That correlation doesn't appear to be particularly strong. I did notice a stronger correlation, though, of the minority party's higher levels of prejudice (thanks to the secondary maps at the bottom of the article). Democrats were far more prejudiced from west TX through SC. Republicans were more prejudiced from IL through PA. Hawaii is another clear example. In regard to FL, perhaps it's "extra" prejudiced because it's such a popular retirement destination (i.e. transplants from other highly prejudiced counties who happen to be whiter, older, more highly educated, urban, and partisan). In regard to SC, how weird is it that Edgefield County ranks in the 2nd percentile while the rest of the state is so consistently prejudiced?
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 7, 2019 18:34:09 GMT -5
Russia has passed laws banning online speech critical of the government. One bans "disrespect" of the state and government officials; the other bans "fake news" (as defined by the Russian government). My condolences to our Russian friends as that nation further recedes from what at least the western world would see as modern norms for society in general. I'm not the patriotic type and I criticize a lot about this country and its government, but this is a great time to remind myself how lucky I am to live somewhere that won't fine or arrest me for doing so.
Free speech is almost certainly the bedrock right (after life) in my opinion. Too bad the shirtless shit is so afraid of it.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 8, 2019 8:45:20 GMT -5
My own observation of how it's playing out here is sadly predictable: all conservatives are bashing her; traditional Democrats are wary of her; the more progressive/democratic socialists and intersectionalists are defending her. I don't think it's much more nuanced than that--and you could guess that without sending an NYT reporter here, frankly.
EDIT - one other thing I wanted to mention, though it's a brief tangent. The quoted NYT story repeats a common narrative that's just not true. It references this congressional district as having "a bright-blue bastion of independent coffee shops, Somali malls and proudly progressive politics." [Emphasis mine.]
Conservatives eager to show we're some sort of prisoners to Sharia and progressives eager to show we're inclusive make the same overstatement. But estimates of the number of Somalians in Minnesota range from 40,000 to 80,000. Most of these are in the Twin Cities metro area, though there are substantial numbers in St. Cloud, at least. The population of the 5th District is about 710,000. That means that the Somali population in the district is at most 10%, and I'd guess it's closer to half that. There is one neighborhood--the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, or the "West Bank" of the U of MN campus--that is primarily Somali (or more accurately, East African, as there are a lot of Ethiopian immigrants there, too). One neighborhood. And it, littered with college bars, is far from the "Little Mogadishu" it is painted to be. Just had to get that off my chest. It gets old being so consistently misrepresented.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 8, 2019 14:19:01 GMT -5
Jane Mayer wrote an excellent long-form article about the strange (and the article and I would both argue inappropriate) relationship between FoxNews and the president's administration. It is very well sourced, including numerous of them on the record. It is highly critical, but not a blanket "Fox is, was, and ever shall be evil" kind of thing. It defends its points.
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Post by filledeplage on Mar 8, 2019 14:42:54 GMT -5
Jane Mayer wrote an excellent long-form article about the strange (and the article and I would both argue inappropriate) relationship between FoxNews and the president's administration. It is very well sourced, including numerous of them on the record. It is highly critical, but not a blanket "Fox is, was, and ever shall be evil" kind of thing. It defends its points.
It is analogous to George Stephanopoulos and the Clinton/Obama administration with ABC on speed dial and his non-disclosed contributions. But, I do agree with Greta Van Susteren - that Hannity should not be on stage with The President. That is just dumb. Not everyone at FNC likes Trump. Some despise him.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 8, 2019 14:58:36 GMT -5
I agree that some of the actual reporters there are good reporters and are willing to challenge him. But the article, while it also says that much, isn't about that, but rather the leadership and other troubling aspects of the relationship. (Fox and former Fox employees are prominently quoted throughout.) It also points out other networks' issues with other administrations, but draws distinctions as it makes its case.
If you've got the time, I recommend reading it if you haven't.
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Post by filledeplage on Mar 8, 2019 15:05:33 GMT -5
I agree that some of the actual reporters there are good reporters and are willing to challenge him. But the article, while it also says that much, isn't about that, but rather the leadership and other troubling aspects of the relationship. (Fox and former Fox employees are prominently quoted throughout.) It also points out other networks' issues with other administrations, but draws distinctions as it makes its case.
If you've got the time, I recommend reading it if you haven't. Yes - I did read it - I only have a couple of freebies left for that publication. Chris Wallace is as tough as they come and all have been barred by the DNC for their debates.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 8, 2019 15:09:32 GMT -5
Great, I appreciate you using a freebie on it.
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Post by filledeplage on Mar 8, 2019 15:10:20 GMT -5
Great, I appreciate you using a freebie on it. And I would not have it any other way!
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 9, 2019 9:36:52 GMT -5
The Chronicle Review published an interesting article on Steven Pinker and his 2018 book "Enlightenment Now" (which I loved). It addresses the constant criticism he gets, including for being too optimistic.
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Post by filledeplage on Mar 9, 2019 10:48:15 GMT -5
The Chronicle Review published an interesting article on Steven Pinker and his 2018 book "Enlightenment Now" (which I loved). It addresses the constant criticism he gets, including for being too optimistic.
It is interesting - after being involved much of my life in politics - I never heard the term "alt right" - and this new lexicon of political rage. Somehow - there are "stolen political party identities" - either for just elections - for convenience, then reverting back to the original political party as Bernie Sanders has done. By that I mean this "Socialist Democrat" terminology which is sort of a legal fiction in a two-party system. There is no official party called Socialist Democrat. In order to run as a Democrat - you have to file nomination papers with that party. Who knows why people hate this guy? Rousseau from the original 18th Century Enlightenment, wrote the framework for the French Declaration du droits du citoyen (etc) - "Ces droits sort l'égalité, la liberté, la sureté, la propriété." Much of this was "borrowed" by Jefferson for the US Declaration of Independence. It is the stuff from which great political speeches can be written. It had all the politically correct buzzwords to declare independence from England - and we have extracted from Rousseau, in the US, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [Not property - which Rousseau had a problem with, and which Balzac (a lawyer) addresses much later, the vast corruption of passing or conveying property, very subversively (so as not to be killed) in a delightful soap-opera style.] Or some construct for a manifesto or legal scheme. And while Rousseau is said to be brilliant enough for Jefferson to plagiarize, to rebel as a colonist under foreign rule...it is socialist in nature, while the country (both, really) behaved in a capitalist context. In theory it all sounds good. Was it just convenient speech rhetoric and a framework for the US legal system? He wrote on education but seemed to not be great to the 5 kids he fathered. All this came from a rhetorical socialist scheme, but in practice I don't think that is the way it evolved. When you include items in your (US) Constitution, such as a Commerce Clause, and Copyright Protections, you are in capitalist territory. Most of common law property law comes from England anyway, whom they were breaking away from. It just sounds good as fiery, political rhetoric. And, on paper. Interesting, is this...where so-called centrists, (pejoratively called right-wing) are looking at Biden jumping in - to retrieve their stolen political identity. The foreign press is articulating what you don't see much of, in the US. fr.news.yahoo.com/espoir-centristes-biden-fait-attendre-présidentielle-américaine-192959765.html
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 10, 2019 10:51:16 GMT -5
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 11, 2019 12:04:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 2:51:55 GMT -5
Great essay; thanks for sharing. It voices much more eloquently than I could my disquiet at some recent tendencies in public life. (Funny how liberals rather than conservatives have ended up the most strident moralists in America.)
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Post by filledeplage on Mar 12, 2019 7:37:11 GMT -5
One of the largest problems is that there is a culture of non-transparency in the medical industry which is just being peeled back - for example you could get a test in one hospital for $150 and another could be $1,500, so for the same services; either you are paying out of pocket or an insurance company or govt. is picking up the rest. Until there is some price-control that does not affect quality-control, and medical practices, the costs will escalate. Big Med and Big Pharma have just about the most lobbyists in Congress and they help write policy. More than the banks and insurance companies. The med industry charges what they can get away with. That needs to be corrected, before we make policy changes because we don't even know or can predict how much things cost.
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Post by The Cap'n on Mar 12, 2019 12:12:02 GMT -5
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