Ready for inspection, Mr. President.

Romulans might not be too happy we broke the Treaty of Algeron.

It’s a somewhat more complicated issue than that, unfortunately. I am greatly in favor of the Catalan region’s right to petition for independence, but it is genuinely difficult to claim a democratic mandate from a process that was not at its heart a full democratic reckoning with independence. Without mandatory…

I think we are discussing 2 different issues here. Bank runs were mitigated by the FDIC, in that even if a bank goes under (for example, if you bank at a very small, local bank that goes under), your money is still insured, and you don’t lose it forever.

No joke. Actually taking people’s money (and not from taxes as HamSter said: “Take away half of the assets of each of these millionaires.”) would be a violation of the 4th amendment for starters. You’re not allowed to just take people’s shit because you don’t think they deserve it.

The amazing part about it is that it actually works. Rich people don’t spend money like poor people do, which is why the money multiplier effect is more seen on investments that help poor people rather than ones that help the rich. If you give a millionaire 35k, they don’t spend it.

This is like a first semester freshman econ paper. It’s a very sweet thought but there are so many things not taken into consideration here it ends up being a complete joke. Nice thought though, like Santa Claus.

Yes.

It does indeed!

What is this... a store for humans?!

Damn it! I am vacationing in Japan RIGHT NOW (I am in my room at a Ryokan in Hakone for the night) and that shop will be a short walk from where I stayed for the first 4 nights.

I was just having this exact discussion about “Blazing Saddles” last night. One of the people I was talking to parroted The shopworn, old “ you could never make this movie now, it’s so offensive to everyone , blah-blah the pc people would sink it on Rotten Tomatoes” trope.

Sure, but like in so many other aspects of life, people see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. Whether it’s religion, politics, your spouse, your children or even your favourite hockey player, musician or TV show, people see what they want to see. If you’re the kind of person who by nature…

Likewise, Oscar Wilde’s “As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular”.

You also need to factor in the intense, seething misogyny that goes along with the mindset. You see it in fandom all the time. Male characters who rape, kill, beat people up and commit crimes are often lionized while female characters who dare to have uppity attitudes or cheat on a man are hated to an obsessive…

Yep. Never underestimate the fanboi tendency to totally misunderstand their “most favorite thing evar”. My favorite example: anti-PC “freeze peach” crusaders who fail to notice that Blazing Saddles is obviously and emphatically against bigotry of all kinds.

“You have to bring him down with ridicule, because if you stand on a soapbox and you match him with rhetoric, you’re just as bad as he is, but if you can make people laugh at him, then you’re one up on him. It’s been one of my lifelong jobs - to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler”

I think there is a certain personality type of fairly intelligent and perceptive person who goes through a phase in their life lasting maybe a decade, from about age 15 to age 25 or so, in which they realize that many people and many institutions of society are hypocritical and corrupt. But instead of continuing a…

I’ve always thought that stock options are a great way to go. Get a piece of the company.

Is there any legal way to eliminate the police as we currently endure them, and replace them with a proper constabulary of decent people, well trained and compassionate to other human beings? Because, as it is now, frankly, the blue line is dark burgandy from all of the blood of the innocent.