May 16
Timrrr commented on US Military Grants Itself the Power to Police American Streets and "Quell" "Civil Disturbances".
Timrrr commented on US Military Grants Itself the Power to Police American Streets and "Quell" "Civil Disturbances".
May 9
Timrrr commented on The Fight Against Small Apartments.
Timrrr commented on The Fight Against Small Apartments.
I just have to call attention to these three sentences:
Look...
What would you say if some corporate mouthpiece told you that, "Every time we have to submit our designs for this-here new power plant (coal shipping facility, etc) to review for design or be subject to "spurious environmental appeals" it only means that the cost of building the plant goes up and that means the price for the consumer will be higher"?
You'd call total bullshit on that ass-backwards, 1%-er, trickle-down-Reaganomics argument wouldn't you?
Cuz you're no fucking idiot and you know that the price to the consumer is determined by what the market will bear, and NOT by the costs of the production facility built for it.
So why treat us like we're idiots right here in the middle of the article, Dom?
The aPodment developers will rent the units for whatever price the market will bear. If their costs in construction are higher that DOES NOT mean that they will rent the units for more than people will pay for them -- it just means that the developer's profit margins will be slightly slimmer and their ROI will take longer to realize.
Those 1%-ers perhaps won't get richer quite as fast if we make them act responsibly. Oh. Well. Boo-fucking-hoo!!!
And if you really did believe that if developers didn't have to undergo full design review they'd magically "pass the savings on to renters"... well, you'd be a complete and total fucking moronic idiot, Dominic, simple as that.
And I honestly don't think you're an idiot. (At least not a complete and fucking total one.) So don't treat us like we are. Okay?
More...
Every time developers must redesign the buildings to satisfy the neighbors, every time the project is delayed for further review, every time a spurious appeal is filed, the more it costs to build that project. And that has one predictable outcome: It will make them more expensive to rent, i.e., fewer people will be able to afford them. In other words, whether deliberate or not, the effect of neighborhood advocacy and its input on development projects will make living in these places more expensive and push out workers with less money.What unbelievably huge pile of steaming bullshit, Dom!
Look...
What would you say if some corporate mouthpiece told you that, "Every time we have to submit our designs for this-here new power plant (coal shipping facility, etc) to review for design or be subject to "spurious environmental appeals" it only means that the cost of building the plant goes up and that means the price for the consumer will be higher"?
You'd call total bullshit on that ass-backwards, 1%-er, trickle-down-Reaganomics argument wouldn't you?
Cuz you're no fucking idiot and you know that the price to the consumer is determined by what the market will bear, and NOT by the costs of the production facility built for it.
So why treat us like we're idiots right here in the middle of the article, Dom?
The aPodment developers will rent the units for whatever price the market will bear. If their costs in construction are higher that DOES NOT mean that they will rent the units for more than people will pay for them -- it just means that the developer's profit margins will be slightly slimmer and their ROI will take longer to realize.
Those 1%-ers perhaps won't get richer quite as fast if we make them act responsibly. Oh. Well. Boo-fucking-hoo!!!
And if you really did believe that if developers didn't have to undergo full design review they'd magically "pass the savings on to renters"... well, you'd be a complete and total fucking moronic idiot, Dominic, simple as that.
And I honestly don't think you're an idiot. (At least not a complete and fucking total one.) So don't treat us like we are. Okay?
Apr 29
Timrrr commented on The Science Today: On Pesticides, Poisons, and Space Flotsam.
Timrrr commented on The Science Today: On Pesticides, Poisons, and Space Flotsam.
Time to bring in the UGSP!!!
Apr 29
Timrrr commented on Big Government Is Hurting Under Obama.
Timrrr commented on Big Government Is Hurting Under Obama.
I don't understand why the Democrats aren't making more hay with the Sequester Cuts right now. They should be swinging it like a big club to destroy tax breaks for greedy corporations & for the 1% that profit from them.
We're already starting to see movement toward an item-by-item repeal for those areas where the squeaky wheels grind the loudest (like air traffic control), but personally, I think there's actually a lot of real potential hidden in this for eliminating corporate tax breaks right now.
The Dems should be offering up bills that put moneys back into cut programs and pay for them by abolishing an equivalent amount in tax breaks. As long as the spending is paid for by cuts, the GOP can't oppose it on "budget control" grounds -- they'd have to actually make an argument on the merits alone. (And good luck with that!)
For example:
Offer a bill putting back the $406 million cut from HeadStart + the $840 million from Special Ed by revoking $1.25 billion of the $24 billion in tax breaks already currently given to our obscenely over-profitable big oil companies.
Then they can make the Republicans take a public vote --on the record-- over which they truly love more: America's struggling children or well-heeled Big Oil Company execs!
More...
We're already starting to see movement toward an item-by-item repeal for those areas where the squeaky wheels grind the loudest (like air traffic control), but personally, I think there's actually a lot of real potential hidden in this for eliminating corporate tax breaks right now.
The Dems should be offering up bills that put moneys back into cut programs and pay for them by abolishing an equivalent amount in tax breaks. As long as the spending is paid for by cuts, the GOP can't oppose it on "budget control" grounds -- they'd have to actually make an argument on the merits alone. (And good luck with that!)
For example:
Offer a bill putting back the $406 million cut from HeadStart + the $840 million from Special Ed by revoking $1.25 billion of the $24 billion in tax breaks already currently given to our obscenely over-profitable big oil companies.
Then they can make the Republicans take a public vote --on the record-- over which they truly love more: America's struggling children or well-heeled Big Oil Company execs!
Apr 25
Timrrr commented on Why I Oppose Sub-Area Equity for Sound Transit.
Timrrr commented on Why I Oppose Sub-Area Equity for Sound Transit.
Funny... before the jump Murray doesn't even begin to talk about his supposed subject -- sub-area equity!
I couldn't be bothered to follow the jump because this alone told me everything I need to know about Murray's position(s); he's clearly more interested in telling you why he should be mayor than offering solutions and the reasoning behind those solutions. (Other than that he should be mayor)
If his writing style is any indication of his governing style, he's already lost my vote!
I couldn't be bothered to follow the jump because this alone told me everything I need to know about Murray's position(s); he's clearly more interested in telling you why he should be mayor than offering solutions and the reasoning behind those solutions. (Other than that he should be mayor)
If his writing style is any indication of his governing style, he's already lost my vote!
Apr 24
Timrrr commented on Internet Privacy Threatened by the Bastard Offspring of SOPA/PIPA: CISPA.
CISPA has only passed the House , last August (when you were too busy with your capitalist summer fun to pay attention, apparently) the 112th Senate defeated CISPA and there is no indication that Harry Reid is even considering bringing it to the floor for a vote in the113th Senate this year.
The reason people aren't all freaking out about this one is that they're smarter than you.
Timrrr commented on Internet Privacy Threatened by the Bastard Offspring of SOPA/PIPA: CISPA.
The disparity between opposition to SOPA and CISPA comes down to capitalism.No, well meaning but illl-informed intern. The disparity is because the people opposing SOPA remembered their high school civic class and understood what it takes for a bill to become a law.
CISPA has only passed the House , last August (when you were too busy with your capitalist summer fun to pay attention, apparently) the 112th Senate defeated CISPA and there is no indication that Harry Reid is even considering bringing it to the floor for a vote in the113th Senate this year.
The reason people aren't all freaking out about this one is that they're smarter than you.
Apr 11
Timrrr commented on New Seahawk Allegedly Hurled Anti-Gay Slurs.
Timrrr commented on New Seahawk Allegedly Hurled Anti-Gay Slurs.
An alleged drunken profanity on New Years Eve five years ago is your starting place for accusations of anti-gay bigotry? Really, Dominic???
Did you even bother to call him to ask what his current views on gays and/or gay NFL players were before you jumped willy-nilly to your completely unsubstantiated conclusions?
(Remember, in 2008 Obama was against gay marriage too. Thinks have changed since then, in case you haven't noticed.)
I mean really -- what shitty, shitty reporting...
I understand that you're "on a mission" here, Dom, but put it back in your pants, okay? You're in real risk these days of crossing the line from being a purposeful advocate to just being an run-of-the-mill asshole.
Did you even bother to call him to ask what his current views on gays and/or gay NFL players were before you jumped willy-nilly to your completely unsubstantiated conclusions?
(Remember, in 2008 Obama was against gay marriage too. Thinks have changed since then, in case you haven't noticed.)
I mean really -- what shitty, shitty reporting...
I understand that you're "on a mission" here, Dom, but put it back in your pants, okay? You're in real risk these days of crossing the line from being a purposeful advocate to just being an run-of-the-mill asshole.
Apr 9
Timrrr commented on How to Make SLU an Affordable Neighborhood.
Timrrr commented on How to Make SLU an Affordable Neighborhood.
Right off the bat you're wrong, Nick:
It's never going to an affordable neighborhood if the only "local grocery store" is Whole Foods! (aka Whole Paycheck)
It's never going to an affordable neighborhood if the only "local grocery store" is Whole Foods! (aka Whole Paycheck)
Apr 8
Timrrr commented on Rand Paul Thinks He'll Be Able to Destroy Gay Marriage In a "Couple of Decades".
Well, by definition a Christian is someone who's already gettin' played by some joker wearing vestments or a cassock, so...
...no. No, they never will.
Timrrr commented on Rand Paul Thinks He'll Be Able to Destroy Gay Marriage In a "Couple of Decades".
Will Christian voters ever manage to realize they're being played by jokers like this?
Well, by definition a Christian is someone who's already gettin' played by some joker wearing vestments or a cassock, so...
...no. No, they never will.
Apr 7
Timrrr commented on Slog Bible Study: Job 9:23.
Timrrr commented on Slog Bible Study: Job 9:23.
Well... sure it sounds bad outta context, but once you look at the surrounding verses,
See? That's so much better!
20 - Even if I were innocent,
God would prove me wrong.
21 - I am not guilty,
but I no longer care
what happens to me.
22 - What difference does it make?
God destroys the innocent
along with the guilty.
23 - When a good person dies
a sudden death,
God sits back and laughs.
24 - And who else but God
blindfolds the judges,
then lets the wicked
take over the earth?
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So the real question isn't "What constitutes an 'emergency'?" but rather, "What is a 'circumstance where Presidential authorization is impossible'?"
(And we --old fogies that is-- know how Al Haig would answer that question!)