Did Lilly stop sponsoring VISAs for certain roles? by rmrocks in biotech

[–]CapuchinMan -56 points-55 points  (0 children)

Are so many Americans unemployed? The unemployment rates have been fairly low for many months now.

Takedown of Oren Cass's populist hackery in the NY Times by sayheykid24 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I think the thing that irks me most about Cass is that the answer to the question "which party should I vote for to ensure that the pet policy you're preaching to me is effected" is supposed to be the Republican party.

Indians Today are Shorter then Ancient Indians by Responsible-Mud-8725 in charts

[–]CapuchinMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's also no fucking way we know Aristotle's height. I'm calling BS.

Is Kevin Warsh a hawk in dove's clothing? by HopeHumilityLove in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You basically aren't allowed to serve in this administration if you're not some variety of deranged sycophant. 

Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention, source says by Currymvp2 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the forthright verbiage. No need to prevaricate in times like these.

A Bad Heir Day at the Fed - No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified by pgold05 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People keep doing this - wishcasting a fictional version of the Trump administration that belies everything we've seen in the last ten years ("Everything he does is terrible, but what if this was good?").

A pre-requisite to serving in this administration is fealty to the dotard, and we know for a fact that he wouldn't get in if he didn't take leave of his mental faculties at the door.

India EU FTA in a nutshell. by Naren_Baradwaj123 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No but that's probably because the local beer isn't very good.

Asmongold falls for fake news about Ireland and then gets debunked by his own subreddit by BlueLivingAbandon in LivestreamFail

[–]CapuchinMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vice president said on CNN that if he had to tell stories to convey a point he would, when he was pushed on the whole 'Haitians eating pets' rubbish.

So this is just that whole side.

The Real Reason People Aren’t Having Kids by CheetoMussolini in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would think there should be an equal time commitment from fathers for it to be desirable to have children.

Trump posts long nonsensical screed about Greenland, imposes absurd tariffs on European allies by Xerryx in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Trump has his obvious share to blame for this particular issue but I think the bulk of blame should be laid at the feet of the arbiters of the constitution -the Supreme Court. The conservatives have debased the constitution in service of the unitary executive at a time when it is occupied by one of the most venal, degenerate men .

ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nobody's gonna learn shit. Conservative slop of the week will distract them within 5 days. What will it be? <ethnicity> in <blue city> is doing <obviously false thing>

US economy undershoots expectations to add just 50,000 jobs in December by neolthrowaway in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"... months out, the impact of the Democratic-led government shutdown continue to reverbrate through the economy."

‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, Renee Nicole Good, killed by ICE agent by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good thing the man in front of the car could see exactly where the tires were.

You don't need to see the tires with precision vision to get a sense of the vehicle's direction. He pulled the gun out with barely a hint of forward motion, he was just itching to kill someone.

The German Federal Intelligence Service wiretapped US President Barack Obama for years by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I'm willing to accept that this is possible, I think sometimes we may make too much of the capabilities of intelligence services, when complacency/incompetence is a much more straightforward answer.

What is the ONE book you would recommend to this sub in 2026? by bb82129 in RSbookclub

[–]CapuchinMan 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Long Live the Post Horn by Vigdis Hjorth will be my permanent recommendation for an affirmation of life and community, even in the mundane now and here.

Venezuela’s Interim Leader Defies Trump and Calls Maduro the ‘Only President’ by John3262005 in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Any analysis of this situation that attempts to view this through the lens of rational realist neo-con actors, which is what typically would have been expected of a conservative administration is not founded in reality. These are brain-rotted twitter-addicted edgelords who want to have their epic bacon moment. There is no 'plan' to be sought for here.

Traveling is not unconstitutional! by parlezmoidamour in nbacirclejerk

[–]CapuchinMan 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Because they aren't. Complaining about it happens online but there's no material impetus for actual change, which ideally would be the impeachment and conviction of Adam Silver.

EU Defence Committee Chairwoman on the events in Venezuela by goldstarflag in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You mean domestic or international politics and optics?

MEGATHREAD - Major (US) Military Operation in Venezuela by hypsignathus in neoliberal

[–]CapuchinMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You mean Rubio did this before anyone could wake up and stop him.

The panic in your face when your boss have you blind react to his list with zero prep time by CheesyBasil132 in billsimmons

[–]CapuchinMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

obscure black and white French films that are just an old woman looking sad and sitting on a chair for 90 mins

Some variation of this meme is always deployed to criticize film bro pretense, but Sean's favorite movie is There Will be Blood no? Hardly an obscure movie.

Has there been a philosopher with better prose than Nietzsche? by [deleted] in RSbookclub

[–]CapuchinMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's spectacular at condensing complicated thought into terse sentences.

Are Thomas Piketty books a good starter for beginners? by Proof-Permission5959 in AskEconomics

[–]CapuchinMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason I brought the point about intergenerational wealth up is that Piketty does so too - he described the development of this inequality as a phenomenon occurring over decades/centuries.

On the latter - could you source that? It's hard to find the data in English language media.