Is Dell from family money though? I thought he was self-made. Granted I don’t know much about him.

Stalinists are genocidal.

ha ha! Love this.

From what I remember (being in the same circles at that time) is that people were excited about him when he first came out as a whistleblower. It was apparent before the sexual assault charges that he was far more interested in his own personal fame. By the time the charges happened, he was just super disappointing.

They do bicker immensely. But they fall in line and vote every single election because they are well aware that it is easier to drive a movement under a friendly party with whom they disagree than a party that is opposed to them.

They are using the term to mean the new (mostly millennial) branch of the left, represented by far left online bloggers, twitterers and podcast creators who are concerned primarily with class politics, intersectional politics and the destruction of neoliberalism. It’s a movement that I’m very happy to see begin to…

Has there been any real evidence of that though? Granted I have not dug into it deeply which is why I’m asking. But to me, it sounds like a conspiracy theory.

Exactly the point I’ve been trying to make.

In the context of the Snowden leaks, then yes it is problematic though not at all surprising. The US and UK are spying on their own citizens and companies and politicians, and sometimes they use international servers and differing laws to get around restrictions in their own countries. It’s not surprising that the US…

Look, I don’t trust Assange one bit, but Wikileaks is under no obligation to sit on information on anyone. The Snowden leaks are super important, and I want to know what the fuck the NSA is sharing with European powers, etc.

Until this moment, I had no idea that this woman was a separate human from Kellyanne Conway.

Nope, not Glenn Beck. The fact that he’s come out and said he has a change of heart is useless pandering for attention. Unless he sits down and actually talks with self-reflection about cognitive dissonance, gives an honest account of his motivations, talks about the inner world of right wing propaganda news and Tea…

Good point. I haven’t thought of that given my general rage induced blindness.

It’s really weird how frequently I find myself siding with the Satanists, ha ha.

Yeah there’s a huge difference between millions and billions. I think Americans generally don’t get this because when numbers get that big, they are hard to visualize and understand. Likewise, the way Americans talk about trillions (when discussing debt or war costs) without seeming to really grasp HOW FUCKING BIG…

Thanks.

Also, it doesn’t make you smart at anything else. This is the thing that the silicone valley tech billionaires who want to run the government just cannot accept. The fact that you know a lot about venture capital and IT doesn’t mean you know jack shit about public education or health care. This goes for Bill Gates…

Soros also interferes in democratically elected governments and personally affects national economies when he wants to. He is usually on the right side of history here and cares about human rights so he is often excused for that, but it still bothers me to see a gazillionaire use his capital to undemocratically…

Warren Buffett. Depending on how you define d, Bill Gates.

Can’t we give the billionaires a break already? Sheesh. They just want a little understanding. I mean, they are soooo oppressed and bullied! And they didn’t do nuthin wrong!