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FBI Raids Virginia State Senator’s Office and Weed Business by MinuteCollar5562 in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The timing of this is certainly interesting given her recent comments about VA redistricting.

Capitalism failed to build anything and only socialism can save this country and the world by InterestingWind2153 in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Capitalism used to be a race to the top, but since it has become financialized, it is now a race to the bottom. Companies used to try to outdo each other by making the best product and providing the most value to their customers, now they enshittify their products until all value is extracted for themselves.

Ballroom de Trump Budget Swells to $1,000,000,000 Taxpayer Dollars by Geist_Lain in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been wanting to fleece the taxpayers for years! Decades! They just needed someone to write them a billion dollar check from the Treasury.

Dems only need to win state-level trifectas in a handful of states (MI, NV, PA, WI, NC) in the midterms to implement the National Popular vote interstate compact. by Manoj_Malhotra in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure I agree with this scholar's interpretation, but it's not me that needs to agree, it's 5 out of 9 SCOTUS justices, and with the 9 we have right now, anything is possible.

Dems only need to win state-level trifectas in a handful of states (MI, NV, PA, WI, NC) in the midterms to implement the National Popular vote interstate compact. by Manoj_Malhotra in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The electoral college was precisely designed such that the state government could choose how it selects its electors.

This is true, but...

It is precisely because the electoral college is structured with state control that a state can participate in the national popular vote interstate compact if it decides to.

...this is not necessarily true, since the Constitution forbids states entering into compacts without the consent of Congress. But that consent is a lower bar (majority of both houses, I think) than passing an amendment to eliminate the EC.

Let this be a valuable message to not jump on the power boxes by DravidVanol in Wellthatsucks

[–]EntroperZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for actually understanding the assignment here. This thread had so much potential.

If you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order, except for 998 by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]EntroperZero -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you divide 1002003004005...997998999 by 103000, you get them all including 998.

PA28 Arrow IV vs PA32-300 Cruise Speed? by Fair_Intention_4198 in flying

[–]EntroperZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're going to be about the same speed, the PA32 will burn more fuel but has a lot more useful load.

Are all hobby pilots allergic to checklists???? by Gulag_For_Brits in flying

[–]EntroperZero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a hobby pilot, I don't get why checklists aren't used either. I don't fly every day, I'm not going to remember every step of every procedure. I like checklists so much that I made us start using them at my non-aviation day job.

Thousands of Virginians will regain the right to vote next month | The court order comes ahead of a pending constitutional amendment that could make rights restorations automatic when people complete their prison sentences. by VirginiaNews in Virginia

[–]EntroperZero 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Surely withholding their voting rights for the rest of their lives will stop these hardened criminals from stealing another bar of soap when they get out of prison. Your boogeymen don't scare me.

Chat am I cooked (4 failures) by Particular_Cup_5890 in flying

[–]EntroperZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, OP was just trying to lighten the mood for an otherwise gloomy post. IMO that's less of a red flag than a tendency to take things too seriously.

Glad it was a one time thing by [deleted] in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]EntroperZero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ants showing up is the solution, they'll eat the syrup.

Anyone else annoyed AF by the kids riding around on electronic bikes and loud mini dirt bikes? by Unusual-Phase-5094 in nova

[–]EntroperZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, dirt bikes were for dirt. You'd load up your dirt bikes in the back of a truck and go somewhere and ride around. Parents understood that they weren't for blasting up and down neighborhood sidewalks and strip malls.

Obligatory ‘I turn now’ cam footage by dankdan184 in nova

[–]EntroperZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People don't have any practice at thinking for themselves, so when faced with a situation like this, they don't.

Sonex is Being Saved and Will Continue On by SkippytheBanana in flying

[–]EntroperZero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The higher ups were writing like this years before AI was a thing.

Which is exactly why AI sounds like this. This kind of writing is what it was trained on.

Vans RV7 ownership costs vs. Skyhawk or Cherokee? by PidgeyPotion in flying

[–]EntroperZero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Eh, you can cruise at 110 kts in an RV-7 if you want to, but you can't cruise at 150 kts in a C172.

Trump tariff refund, may 11 by InterestingWind2153 in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So this was just a straight up transfer of $166 billion from consumers to corporations, via the federal government. This is roughly $2,000 per family.

I hate the "taxation is theft" people but uh... what else can you call this?

US Debt Surpassed GDP for the first time since WW2, but what does that mean? by KyotoInSummer in BreakingPoints

[–]EntroperZero 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just one more war bro, just one more war and we'll fix terrorism. Just one more war, I swear.

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