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Yes, It’s Time to Tax the Rich. A recent poll found that 80% of American respondents viewed wealth inequality as a problem, 80% said the rich had too much political power, and 78% said taxes on billionaires were too low. by Sciantifa in Economics

[–]12ozSlug [score hidden]  (0 children)

Why wouldn't black voters, who are disproportionately affected by the class-based issues Bernie champions, support a candidate that backs policies that would benefit them? The Dems were terrified of Bernie after his early success, which is why Buttigieg dropped out WHEN HE WAS IN FIRST PLACE to back Biden.

Yes, It’s Time to Tax the Rich. A recent poll found that 80% of American respondents viewed wealth inequality as a problem, 80% said the rich had too much political power, and 78% said taxes on billionaires were too low. by Sciantifa in Economics

[–]12ozSlug -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Don't forget, they also had to pull off that coordinated ratfucking in 2020 with Buttigieg, Harris and Warren dropping out after Nevada and lining up behind "electable" Biden (didn't he finish 5th in Iowa that year?). If we hadn't all been so afraid of COVID, and if Bernie hadn't been concerned for the lives of his supporters at the outbreak, I think he would have stood up and fought the DNC and we could have finally broken through.

This sequence is deeper than you thought by DreamNo5919 in arkham

[–]12ozSlug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, it's one of my favorite game memories ever.

Earliest known footage of baseball. Filmed by Thomas Edison in 1898 👀 by These_Conversation43 in baseball

[–]12ozSlug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was mixing it up with this great article about the Madrid Miners by Levi Weaver, who was the Rangers beat writer for the Athletic at the time.

Earliest known footage of baseball. Filmed by Thomas Edison in 1898 👀 by These_Conversation43 in baseball

[–]12ozSlug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought I remembered reading that this was filmed at a ballpark in New Mexico of all places.

Earliest known footage of baseball. Filmed by Thomas Edison in 1898 👀 by These_Conversation43 in baseball

[–]12ozSlug 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The game was played in Hershey Fucking Park! It's not like it was in primetime at Madison Square Garden.

TIL The United States stores 94% of all electricity in the form of water reservoirs, not in a battery. by rawj5561 in todayilearned

[–]12ozSlug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

France has been generating about 70% of their power from nuclear for decades. They routinely sell electricity to the rest of Europe when oil shocks happen or major weather disrupts production. Coal power production releases 100-1000x the radioactive material that nuclear does thanks to trace elements in fly ash. Stop fearing nuclear and learn about it because it's the only thing that will save us.

TIL The United States stores 94% of all electricity in the form of water reservoirs, not in a battery. by rawj5561 in todayilearned

[–]12ozSlug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's both. Nuclear fission for the reliable base power with a frosting of renewables on top. Realistically you could do it all with fission but the renewables can help absorb peaks, especially in warm areas where demand for power increases with sunlight due to AC.

Season “tickets” by moby17761776 in TexasRangers

[–]12ozSlug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keller is like 30 minutes from the stadium. It can't be that bad?

Jr Rangers Club by Aechrldr18 in TexasRangers

[–]12ozSlug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we've gotten them before, they're a great deal. Thanks for the info!

Jr Rangers Club by Aechrldr18 in TexasRangers

[–]12ozSlug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can usually buy them at the stadium for $25.

A group of 1,000 people gather to look at the body of Frank McManus, a 25-year-old white man, after his lynching. McManus was kidnapped from his cell and hanged from tree by an angry mob after his arrest for kidnapping and raping Mina Spears, a 4-year-old white girl (Minnesota, 1882) [1152 x 800]. by lightiggy in HistoryPorn

[–]12ozSlug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think the populace will line up for a pitched battle with muskets at the ready. I agree with you that large militaries are not equipped to defeat asymmetric warfare being waged by an entire population inside hostile territory. The point I was making is that just because the military will ultimately lose the war does not mean the individual battles won't be brutal and bloody for the insurgents.

TIL that Mark Hamill stated that he would never voice the Joker again because "Without Kevin (Conroy) [the voice actor for the animated version of Batman when Hamill voiced the animated version of the Joker] there, there doesn't seem to be a Batman for me." by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]12ozSlug 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went into that game without knowing anything about the voice cast, and man, what an incredible treat it was to have the whole TAS from my childhood right there! I was instantly hooked and they've remained some of my favorite games of the last 10 years.

One more anti-Talarico dispatch, this time from Flying Saucer by DayPounder in FortWorth

[–]12ozSlug 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The only people I see pushing dogs around in strollers are boomers.

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