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You think we can solve a big ecological problem without a major change to our economy? Considering how significant are fossil fuels to the economy...

To answer your question, Steve, I suppose the difference is that people who enjoy liquor understand that it's a very personal taste thing. Sure one...

Our household is strictly beer/wine. So for us our liquor cabinet is a room with lots of wine racks and a kegerator. While there's nothing simple...

SO insists that the orange juice that comes in a heavy duty plastic bottle is better than the concentrate that comes in a cardboard tube with metal...

Would they not still be private corporations if the employees owned them? And if the employees owned them would they need to outsource...

How did you arrive at that? The quiz I took had several discreet questions, the correct answers to which didn't change depending on how one answered...

Don't worry. It still exists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBeuzWWKrew

I would agree that gen x'ers are not likely to be idealistic. I mean, geez, I first became politically aware during Reagan. If that won't kill off...

Earlier in this thread the question came up about 'how old is too old'. I don't have an exact number but I do note that Bernie would, on Inauguration...

Exactly. Like leaving concern about how to pay for massive tax cuts for the rich and corporations for later consideration. But back to my...

But back to the topic at hand: ...

If you were actually interested in the answer to the question you'd look to Bernie's platform in the last presidential election for a few clues.

I think the republican plan is to keep saying the scary word socialist over and over and over to distract from the fact that voters actually like a...

I dunno. The middle seemed cool with the rabid left a few months ago. Other than a few more indictments not much has changed since then. With the...

You can also remotely wipe your iphone in the event that you lose it. But make sure you have Find My IPhone turned on on it now. I don't believe...

I suppose some people think the republican environmental plan of burning more coal is awesome.

Sounds like a reasonable plan. Get the R's on the record as hating the planet.

I was going to ask the same thing about the prompt. Does the phone system not do busy signals anymore?

https://thepointmag.com/2018/criticism/whats-left-of-the-gay-left As the author of this piece points out, the queer left isn't' dead, and it's...

It's not the dems keeping the racist angle going. The racists have that under control all on their own.

Admittedly i’m not a lawyer. As an insurance guy my only experience with legalish wording is that in an insurance policy if a word is in bold or...

Peter Alexander‏ sums it up pretty well with this tweet... @PeterAlexander 5h5 hours ago Trump, responding to my question, concedes there’s no...

Someone needs to buy the president (and Alan) a dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency : an unforeseen combination...

and he could have had the whole $25b a year ago but he’s such a sad pathetic negotiator that he wasnt willing to guve up anything in return. The...

It would be curious to look at a variety of theings regarding oreviously declared ‘national emergencies’. (And for the record i think it’s appalling...

As W once said ‘this job would be a lot easier if i was a dictator.’ It’s a shame mitch mcconnell hates the constitution and voiced his support for...

Not sure who's right here but it's interesting that depending on the context some people get offended at being accused of being responsible for the...

I suppose it’s fair to call a poll fake news. That seems to be in fashion these days. I appreciate your posts WS because they remind me that mine...

By virtue of being "not trump" they automatically potentially have appeal to the 57% of the voters who recently were polled and responded definitely...

It's definitely simplified my life. Everything but my credit card is automated.

But more importantly, you bought a speedo for your sweetie... That's awesome. And adorable. Do we get to see pics? :~)

International postage is a weird thing. Basically the country where something is shipped sets the rate and the country it arrives at delivers it for...

If we really want people to stop coming we need to incentivize good behavior by employers. Perhaps a law stating that any employer whose employees...

I had to buy checks about a year ago. THe old ones had my NYC address that I hadn't lived at for 14 years so I guess I don't write many checks! The...

Depending on your age it may not happen before you retire. And if you are a nurse, as opposed to tge surgeon it will probably take even longer before...

There’s certainly precedent in US history of requiring sacrafice. During WWII for instance many goods were rationed so they could ve used in the war...

I look at their past record on the issues, what they plan to focus on if they get elected, etc. I don't particularly care about their gender, etc. ...

Perspective. And you too bae... https://www.vox.com/2019/2/8/18215774/green-new-deal-high-speed-train-air-travel

Good point, although the plan is not that we should all stay home, it's that we should have high speed rail to replace a lot of trips that currently...

It does appear that an agreement has tentatively been reached. Considering how desperately both sides want to avoid a shutdown I'm not surprised. ...

I wish you'd warned me that you were going to make a joke. I just snorted coffee all over my keyboard.

According to the good folks at proflowers.com the best way to preserve cut flowers is to stick them in the fridge every night. The second best is to...

The difficulty, or lack thereof, depends on where one lives. In texas, as jane mentions, quite difficult, especially if one is poor and the...

If the issue is really ‘women need to be fully cognizant of what they are doing’ perhaps we need to add abortion to the comprehensive sex ed...

https://rewire.news/article/2016/08/24/hillary-clinton-played-critical-role-making-emergency-contraception-accessible/

You're the one making the claim. What I've heard has always been along the lines of Hillary Clinton: "Abortion should be safe, legal and rare."

I'm curious about all these democratic statements encouraging people to get abortions. Perhaps i've just missed them. Can you share some links?

I didnt get the impression that yppeg was trying to justify abortion. I think they were just trying to point out that some (maybe a lot) of the...

The other thing i find interesting is that when we elect people to run the government who claim ‘government can’t do anything right’ that often turns...

Polls show people to be more left than they describe themselves. Medicare for all polls really well for example, even with republicans. I’m sure if...

I agree. As Ldahl points out in a later post we have an abundant field of potentially well qualified candidates. While I'm a political news junky...

Indeed. Personally as regards the D side I'm much more concerned with Booker's chummy relationships with pharma and wall street. Maybe if Warren...

I've got the book on reserve at the library. It's not being used so I should have it by this weekend. That said, my first thoughts are 1) most...

While I would agree that legally entangling oneself to another person seems to be the opposite of liberating I think the ability to do so is, in...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-palm-springs-lgbt-council-20171115-story.html%3foutputType=amp

At the end of the day the budget will be bipartisan. Reoublicans control the senate and dems control the house. Since the budget has to get through...

You’re mistaking seattle for palm sorings.

Well, apparently it really IS normal now. No one even bothered to come to this thread and mention the five women that got executed in a bank the...

I agree. Having republican fiscal policies but dropping the creepy moralizing and judginess of republicans doesn't make one a centrist.