punkideas

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But what if they hold him in contempt in El Salvador "by accident"?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

There really isn't a legally defined way. Shaming and pressuring resignations are probably the best way that is legally unambiguous, but arguments could be made for things like blockading or other means of coercion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I've been there, it's pretty crazy. There are a bunch of anti-government rants in front of the entrance that you can't see from this picture, so this place has a pretty weird vibe.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

That's self-interest, not self-actualization. Part of self-actualizing is realizing you aren't the center of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's a deeper disillusionment with the economy. Anyone who isn't truly rich is coming to the conclusion that it's becoming increasingly hard to get ahead in the economy over the long term, and the measures they use for economic health are becoming increasingly divorced from this reality. Things getting mildly better for some people over the recent past don't offset people's economic realities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RiNo or somewhere else?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

It shouldn't be allowed for contracts of adhesion (take or leave it contracts for consumers). Mandatory binding arbitration should be limited to business to business negotiated contracts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think the solution for the first issue is fairly straight-forward - make is so that you have to realize capital gains when using stocks and other securities as collateral. The second one would either be applying capital gains taxes before stepping up. Both of these seem fairly common sense fixes to the loopholes, so it's safe to assume they won't happen without a major political shift.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Isinglass is not used very much outside breweries trying to do really traditional British styles, because it's finicky and there are better and cheaper options. I'd say that the most common thing making beer non-vegan is adding adjuncts like lactose in milk stouts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Now we just need a 6 hour hbomberguy video essay about Rajat Khare to really take this to the next level.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

The Great North, if you want to watch a fun and wholesome cartoon.

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