Zorral Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Quote Has the Telecom Industry Just Been Busted for a Secret Lobbying Campaign to Kill Net Neutrality? New York State's attorney general said FCC was targeted by fake lobbying, but it is obstructing his investigation. https://www.alternet.org/activism/fcc-moves-end-net-neutrality-did-telecom-lobby-forge-tens-thousands-pro-industry-public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Unless You're a Telecom Lawyer Working For Comcast, The FCC Isn't Interested On Your Opinion Regarding Net Neutrality https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16689838/fcc-net-neutrality-comments-were-largely-ignored?ICID=ref_fark /You can't have a public process and then decide who gets to be part of the public process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGimletEye Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 23 hours ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: Unless You're a Telecom Lawyer Working For Comcast, The FCC Isn't Interested On Your Opinion Regarding Net Neutrality https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/22/16689838/fcc-net-neutrality-comments-were-largely-ignored?ICID=ref_fark /You can't have a public process and then decide who gets to be part of the public process Here is my legal analysis: I think Pai is full of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, OldGimletEye said: Here is my legal analysis: I think Pai is full of crap. I think he's getting paid. Like a lot. Or he will be shortly after he pushes this through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Being a veritable shit fountain is a bare minimum requirement to be part of Trumpland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnot OG Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 https://amp.thedailybeast.com/accused-nazi-war-criminal-is-a-lifelong-republican-who-gave-thousands-to-gop Nazi war criminal that has given donations to the GOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denstorebog Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Let's talk a bit about the judicial branch, as prompted by this gloomy WP article which contains nuggets: Quote If conservatives get their way, President Trump will add twice as many lifetime members to the federal judiciary in the next 12 months (650) as Barack Obama named in eight years (325). American law will never be the same. and Quote As a result, by sometime next year, 1 in 8 cases filed in federal court will be heard by a judge picked by Trump. Many of these judges will likely still be serving in 2050. and Quote Calabresi proposes to pack the federal courts with a “minimum” of 260 — and possibly as many as 447 — newly created judicial positions. Under this plan, the 228-year-old federal judiciary would increase — in a single year — by 30 to 50 percent. Apparently all of these proposals (plus a few extra goodies) are packed into the tax bill, which will potentially fail, but even so, this scheme is not going anywhere. It's pretty ominous that this doesn't seem to be discussed much at all. I'm wondering how an initiative will be fought in a legal sense, especially now that the blue slip is gone. Is the only counter-move an escalation of the number of judgeships every time a new party comes into power? And what it will mean for the legitimacy of the judicial branch? It sounds like there's going to be a head-on collision between the rule of law and the progress made in the area civil liberties over the last century. Both of these are pretty formidable forces in a country like the US. So which will win out iin the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 1 hour ago, denstorebog said: And what it will mean for the legitimacy of the judicial branch? It sounds like there's going to be a head-on collision between the rule of law and the progress made in the area civil liberties over the last century. Both of these are pretty formidable forces in a country like the US. So which will win out iin the end? Rule of law will trump (pardon the pun) civil liberties, based on previous history. At the moment, voting rights are hardly well protected and the judiciary is already stacked in favour of private-prisons. The First Amendment only applies to the government, so once net-neutrality is ditched you can also expect a lot of censorship. As the Internet is splintered behind pay walls for certain sites (and rival sites are blocked altogether by cable companies), the average American within ten years would be hard-pressed to see in the news that, just a few states away, judges are metering out unjust sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 If Republicans Succeed in Changing This One Word in the Tax Code, Millennials Are Screwed https://slate.com/business/2017/11/how-one-word-change-to-the-tax-code-could-screw-millennials.html Out of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economy But all of them think it will increase the debt. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/22/16691016/economists-gop-tax-plan-igm-poll The theory behind Trump’s tax cuts is exactly what gave us the failed Bush economy An influx of foreign hot money isn’t what we need. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/22/16683462/trump-tax-is-bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGimletEye Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 23 hours ago, Martell Spy said: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/22/16691016/economists-gop-tax-plan-igm-poll Out of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economy But all of them think it will increase the debt. Good to see supply siders getting horse laughed right of a room these days. Couldn't happen to a finer group of knuckle heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 NYers knew and have continued to know what the country was in for if it allowed the orange thing to run things: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/trump-organization-soho-hotel.html? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Two more people came out to HuffPo about Franken grabbing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Zorral said: https://www.alternet.org/activism/fcc-moves-end-net-neutrality-did-telecom-lobby-forge-tens-thousands-pro-industry-public I wonder how the global nature of the internet will affect this? If most other major jurisdictions (EU in particular) enforce net neutrality and regulate the internet as a utility will the decrease the potential for ISPs to screw over US clients? It's still a major question about whether other countries will regulate to maintain net neutrality, but assuming the best case scenario would this help US folks in any way? 1 hour ago, Martell Spy said: If Republicans Succeed in Changing This One Word in the Tax Code, Millennials Are Screwed https://slate.com/business/2017/11/how-one-word-change-to-the-tax-code-could-screw-millennials.html Fascinating. You could argue that C-CPI is the better method for working out inflation adjustments since it reflects actual behaviour better than straight CPI. Though when it comes to tax policy I think "what's fair" is an important question when there are such huge income disparities. And perhaps it's not fair to have tax thresholds rise at the slowest possible rate, especially if the basis for doing so is to give corporations and the wealthiest people more money. One can always advance the argument that people should be able to keep more of their own money, but it's a bit hard to advance a rob the poor to pay the rich argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 minute ago, The Anti-Targ said: I wonder how the global nature of the internet will affect this? If most other major jurisdictions (EU in particular) enforce net neutrality and regulate the internet as a utility will the decrease the potential for ISPs to screw over US clients? It's still a major question about whether other countries will regulate to maintain net neutrality, but assuming the best case scenario would this help US folks in any way? We already know; it looks like China, where some companies play ball, others don't go there at all, and the country fills in for things that work. Russia doesn't bother regulating much, except cracking down on things that they really hate - often through corporations that Putin has leverage on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Quote Screwball radio program I listen too cites polls and weird facts dredged up from all over the internet. Today: the ten top topics most likely to cause a fight on Thanksgiving. Number One was Donald Trump. Most of the other nine were either political or close to it - immigration, the economy, foreign affairs that sort of thing. About the only non political topic likely to cause a fight on T-Day was 'personal debt.' That political discussions must be shunned at the family get-together level says something about the state of the country. How many here agree with the poll? It must be on the net somewhere. Another oddball poll on the program today - which seems to be in keeping with the spirit of this board was 'which holidays are most likely to result in pregnancy?' The big winner was, weirdly, Thanksgiving, though Valentines Day came in a close second. New Years Eve placed like fifth, behind the 4th of July. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Yeah Franken is screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Why is there a pro Russia US congress critter? What California electorate was clamoring to have their pro Russia views represented in the US Congress? Our country is turning into a madhouse. And this is after decades of Republicans warning us about the dangers of Russia and how they have the biggest dicks to handle the situation. So much smells fishy in our country lately, and Trump is only part of it. Quote Kian was also present for a 2016 meeting between Flynn and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a pro-Russia lawmaker, according to emails obtained by the special counsel's office. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/361626-muellers-grand-jury-to-question-flynn-associates-report Mueller grand jury to question Flynn associate: report To Hell With the Witch-Hunt Debate The post-Weinstein moment isn’t a war on sex. It’s a long-overdue revolution. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/to-hell-with-the-witch-hunt-debate/546713/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelticgar Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Reflecting on Thanksgiving. It has actually been a pretty good year here in the US - stock market is up, consumer confidence is up, most of the people I know seem to feel like we are on the right track. The rest of the world is realizing they can't walk all over the US anymore. Even the political elites in Washington, Hollywood and NYC are feeling the pressure. I always thought the Trump presidency would be a chaotic event that could either go terribly wrong or could result in positive chaotic changes. Jury is still out but I'm personally loving the chaos and uncertainty it is creating. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I'll be enjoying the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denstorebog Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, zelticgar said: Reflecting on Thanksgiving. It has actually been a pretty good year here in the US - stock market is up, consumer confidence is up, most of the people I know seem to feel like we are on the right track. (Stephen Colbert voice:) "... I'm just kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ah, yes. Happy Annual Day where white middle and upper middle class folks lie to themselves try to pretend everything is positively sunshine and rainbows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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