As usual, barely any mention of it in the news. Standard procedure for Republicans, just like Nixon and Reagan.
That's essentially what happened here. She wasn't at risk any longer and the murder was premeditated. The prosecutor did their job here as they are supposed to, and it was sentenced as it should have been according to the law.
That being said, this is really why we have pardons, and I hope one is granted in this case.
I think of JK Rowling the same way as Orson Scott Card. They have opinions that differ from mine, but I still like their work. Am I missing something? I get that Rowling's opinions suck, but I don't really understand the extent people go in the disdain for her. She's allowed to have opinions on things we don't agree with. She's not out there stabbing babies.
I have owned an Anova sous vide cooker for probably 6+ years. I use it probably at least once a week. The hardware is great. I have never once used their stupid app, though. It's totally pointless. If I want to cook anything for 90min I just set an alarm from my phone.
A couple of those things "everyone should know" are downright wrong and hateful.
Yeah dude I don't get it. They really are. There's so many people in this thread egging on this evil shit too. What is wrong with people?
It's fair that you'd perceive it this way, but that's not exactly what I mean. The missing word is "regulated". Again, I'll break it down more tomorrow (I am going to bed) but my ideal structure is one that publicly govern, supports, and maintains all of the "means of production" (e.g. highways, police, fire, healthcare, retirement funds, labor law, etc.) so that an actual free market economy can operate, but also do so without monopolistic consolidation. Another way I have referred to it when I was trying to make this case as part of my thesis 20 years ago in college is a "Guided free market economy".
I think we're on the same page with the "frictions", and I think you're fair in saying there are likely solutions to those frictions and the concerns I've posed. Honestly, that's what I focus on with regard to most forms of government. It is a very hard problem to solve, no matter what system you employ. I think the discussion is around which are more/less vulnerable to these forms of "decay".
Let me put some more thought into this overnight and happy to keep this conversation going in a more thoughtful reply. Consider this a placeholder for now, but I sincerely appreciate you taking the time and having a civil conversation. Sometimes I forget I'm not on Reddit and not everyone is A) A bot or B) Already angry.
I don't think it's all that easy to break down communism truly in a comment, but at it's core I would envision a system where all property and means of production are publicly held and workers are paid for their labor either equally across the system, or devised equally by job or job type. Obviously, it's not as simple as that but I'm trying to not turn this into a full blown political theory conversation at midnight on a Wednesday.
For what it's worth, I don't hate communism conceptually. I understand and respect its intended purpose. I believe it's prone to failure, not unlike most systems, over time. I think my biggest concern boils down to how these systems are governed. I may be wrong with respect to this, and you may have something to share that I haven't considered before or may be thinking about the wrong way.
My concern in governance is communist systems typically fall to two ends of a broader spectrum. Either the system is entirely disparate and localized in authority and governance, or it is overly centralized. Both are prone to corruption and challenges in effective decision making to varying degrees. I think either end of this becomes problematic quickly when local governing structures are incapable of making decisions that are critical to wider areas (bottom up), or when an overly centralized system is only able to govern at the macro level (top down) and unable to see the minutiae of what is happening locally, or what impacts macro policy decisions may have down the chain.
I'd say I am reasonably well versed on what communism actually is, and it's not my version of an ideal system. No argument to anyone who feels otherwise, just saying you can be perfectly well educated on what it is and still not think it's a terrific idea. Some form of well regulated socialized capitalism is more in line with what I'd envision as an ideal system. In all cases, though, it's really hard to prevent even the most idealized systems from going to shit given enough time. Greed and power are like the rust of political ideology.
Lemmy has a lot of old schoolers. Lots of folks who have been involved in tech for ages. Would actually love to see some user stats, but I am not sure we're big enough for that kinda data.
It's getting so bad for Trump that he's out there fanning conspiracy theories during his monthly rally (singular) that Biden is going to put himself back on the ballot at the DNC. This all just sounds like a bunch of wishful thinking from a loser who wishes he were still competing against another old guy. Trump can't even keep up with Harris and Walz, which is why he has Peter Thiel's blood boy out there doing most of the campaigning. Sad and weird.
The best badminton player isn't going to make a living the way the best football players in England can. That's just how sports work, and it isn't even capitalism. This is how it works everywhere. I say that as someone who used to be a nationally ranked competitive bocce player. I never made enough money to quit my day job, but I did make the qualifying team for the US in 2008 if Beijing ended up picking us up. I have been to the world championships twice though. Didn't make a penny unless I melt down my medals. It's frustrating, but that's just how sports work if they aren't among the few that really make money.
You promise me? Oh well then, guess I better trust you. Nobody is this dumb dude...
He originally said he'd be a one term president. He only changed that stance when he believed staying in the race was necessary to beat Trump. Once it was clear that he wasn't the best candidate to defeat Trump, he stepped aside and immediately and publicly backed Kamala. How hard is this to understand? Not hard at all, which is why I think you're full of shit.
Whoa what a throwback
Most of the sports in the Olympics aren't really money makers. That's more or less always been the case. Many athletes train while working fulltime. Maybe it's good OF and things like it provide another outlet. Some countries fund their athletes, and others don't. If anyone is upset about people making a fortune off of it, you can always stop supporting it.