What you’re missing, is the fact that one rogue conservative judge (which the SCOTUS declined to challenge) made FTC’s job nearly impossible — they had to demonstrate clear harm. Monopolies, and the corporate mergers that produce them, cause harm by their very existence, but it’s subtle and extremely difficult to…

That’s why studios want to put those terms into background actor contracts. They want to force background actors to surrender their likenesses in perpetuity in order to work in the film industry. Either they’re thinking long term -- once the ‘big names’ have faded away, they’ll have a stable of countless likenesses…

[Something that benefits me] for me, not for thee is emblematic of Conservatives and conservatism Which is perfectly in line with *corporate* unions being perfectly fine to them, while *employee* unions are ‘terrorists’ and ‘unamerican.’ And yes, Conservatives have literally called unions terrorist organizations.…

Except, of course, that the entire industry *CAN* replace studios — the studios don’t have any real connection to or involvement in anything. The industry just has to, you know, decide collectively to be done with studios. Like right now, with the 1/2 to 2/3rds of the industry now on or moving to strike. And what…

What you’re talking about is a nation-wide, multi-industry union. Which would require that the federal government hard-pivot to a 100% pro-union backing. And given the state of the corporate-captured government, you can guess how likely that kind of change in policy would be. Hell, even at the height of America’s…

I’m honestly confused by this whole situation. Because lots of parts don’t make any damned sense. I mean, let’s break down the situation here with a single, simple question: what exactly are studios providing anymore? What is their role?

When someone entrusted with power or authority abuses that power or authority, the penalties for that abuse must be escalated in scope and severity equivalent to that power or authority. For the same reason that we escalate the severity of penalties relative to the severity of a crime — to punitively discourage the…

Amy Comey Barret is a literal cult member. That speaks volumes about her character and her agenda and her ability to be, above all else, impartial. She should never even have been nominated on those grounds alone.

An insipid, pathetic slap fight between two equally pathetic, insipid billionaires over who’s more ‘awesome’ on the ‘interwebz.’

The shuttle launched 135 total times over all vehicles, with two catastrophic failures. That’s a ~98% success rate. On the other hand, it also had a ~1.9 launch attempts per launch too, which isn’t exactly a stellar record. But that number isn’t broken down into how often those scrubs were ‘mechanical’ in nature (ie,…

It’s fascinating how the only people ‘advancing technology’ puts out of work are the average employees. Upper management and execs just keep on coasting on their uselessness.

In Capitalism, the only thing that matters is profits. The. Only. Thing.

“Listen to the people and enact meaningful changes to a broken system. Or just forcefully silence the people until they go away. Choices, choices.” -- Macron

I can’t take credit for it. Neil deGrasse Tyson used it in a climate-change explainer video. But because of its simplicity and clarity, I made a point to remember it.

You’re confusing/conflating weather with climate. Yes, they’re connected, but they’re not the same. Weather is like a dog on the end of the leash, going wherever the leash allows. Climate is the one holding the leash. Climate is heading towards ever increasing atmospheric energy. Weather is a product of that energy.…

So, in other words, she’s accustomed to being an oppressor, and any move towards equality is being ‘oppressed.’ AKA a textbook example of, “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

Counterpoint: since ‘society’ already works so well for the wealthy, they should lose the ability to vote. Since we already know that America is not a meritocracy, and that people’s ‘wealth’ has nothing to do with the value of their contributions to society, the wealthy can get the f*** out of line and let someone…

As if we needed further proof that US tax codes (especially *corporate* tax codes) was a warped and counterproductive clusterf***. As intended by those who want all the benefits of society but don’t want to pay for any of it, especially not their fair share of the burden their lifestyles puts on society.

It doesn’t matter. These laws are unconstitutional no matter what this flagrantly corrupt and illegitimate court ‘decides.’ Neither the state nor the federal government has the power or the authority to remove or restrict anyone’s RIGHT TO VOTE.

The fact that routine ‘daily’ inspections missed damage this catastrophic — and by all accounts, for over a week — would mean that *NONE* of the rides in the park are safe. Because their ‘inspections’ aren’t worth shit. And both the owners of the park *AND* the inspection staff need to be brought up on charges of…