What you are saying here (based on a myriad of assumptions not everybody shares) that an action based on the threat of force is “voluntary” because....well, because you say so.

The only form of leave (the FMLA) was passed by the Democratic party. The only states with paid leave programs are controlled by the Democratic party. Clinton proposed a leave bill which would have provided 12 weeks of paid maternity leave. The Democratic house and senate both introduced a paid leave bill in 2016. The…

How is it “giving” and not “earning”? The government is deciding to distribute money based on a legally accepted decision as to what makes one able to receive the money. Do you have a problem with the government giving money to capital owners, or even more shamelessly, owners of intellectual property? Since the…

If you don’t think Helms can be counted among the libertarians, what does it say about libertarianism that Helms so easily “co-opted” their language and principles for his racist, bigoted ends?

I’m a plaintiff side employment lawyer and my boss openly fired a co-worker because she was pregnant. The boss knew our workplace was too small to be covered by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act, or any possible state law which might have protected my co-worker.

America is so fucked up that it is really impossible to tell if you are serious or doing a sarcastic impression of a republican.

Do I want to see a government where the parties can work together? Fuck yes I do.

Yup. I love it soooo much. You don’t like reading a lot?

Are you not familiar with Mitch McConnell, Senator from Kentucky and leader of the Senate? Because it sounds like you just found out who he was 10 minutes ago. He was the guy who implemented the Senate republican strategy of “No” the minute Obama was elected, ring a bell? Or the guy who whipped all of his Senate…

All the decisions by the Democratic party were made under the assumption Clinton would win and therefore they needed to do everything necessary to prevent the gop from being able to piss and moan about her win.

Oh, wow. I went to high school in Clayton (‘02) and I can totally see the Clayton police doing this. Living in Clayton you would see the CPD pulling a driver over for something and it seemed like it was always an African-American for a “DWB” (Driving While Black).

no, I’m agreeing with you that Croatians are particularly racist and horrible. Regardless of where in the world they live/grew up.

Croatians are openly rude and racist everywhere.

When you already have what you want and are trying to make sure that doesn’t change it’s pretty easy to characterize anyone else as whiny and impatient.

You mean the literal campaign strategy of the last election? The one where the Democratic candidate lost to the most unpopular candidate in the modern era?

I don’t have any intrinsic problem with it, no. I’m not sure if it’s good policy. But I don’t think it’s impermissible or illegitimate. It’s much better than the republican policies of “eat shit and die” or “stigmatize anyone who receives government benefits. Except the rich people who receive government benefits.…

The “centrist” doth protest too much, me thinks.

Unless you are just making the facile observation that Nordic countries have some amount of private property and private markets, the idea their socialism is “fueled by capitalism” is ridiculous. And it’s just as true to say American capitalism is “fueled by socialism” with the government being involved in everything…

Great point. And not only will capital do anything they can to protect their wealth and power, they will even be willing to hurt themselves in the short run if they believe it will lead to the status quo being reasserted over the long run.

If they had to admit constitutional law is a crock of shit which justices use as a fig leaf to hide their political machinations, then the con law “scholars’” jobs would be pretty useless. Who needs to pay someone 300k a year to teach a couple of classes and write a few law review articles about something everyone…