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WTF is wrong with the left?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10440 on: October 22, 2026, 11:05:13 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on October 22, 2026, 11:11:24 AM
Tempo is sooooo happy that The FaceTok figured out a way for Zuck to dodge the upcoming CA billionaire tax and stay in CA! Tempo will celebrate by posting more on it to help generate more revenue for Zuck!

You’re the one screaming that we need to leave billionaires alone.
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« Reply #10441 on: Today at 07:39:03 AM »
Quote from: Reacher on October 22, 2026, 11:05:13 PM
You’re the one screaming that we need to leave billionaires alone.

Uh, no, I specifically posted that I agreed with Newsom and the United Airlines CEO that taxation of them needed to be done at rhe narional kevel.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10442 on: Today at 09:00:34 AM »
Judge Henry Wingate had a tough day.

The district judge issued a preliminary injunction barring enforce-
ment of a new state law regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. We vacate
the injunction and remand for reassignment to a different district judge.

The proceedings in the district court were a botch job, to say the least.
Judge Henry Wingate issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) enjoin-
ing enforcement of H.B. 1193 that contained several factual assertions
nowhere to be found in the record, or indeed, in any proceeding of the case.

At oral argument in this court, it was discovered that even the “cor-
rected” TRO—which was incorporated by reference into the preliminary
injunction order—still contained hallucinated information (namely, a cita-
tion to a purported Fourth Circuit case, “Cousins v. School Bd. of City of
Norfolk,” that does not exist).

This district judge carelessly exercised his Article III power by issuing
sloppy edicts based on falsehoods and fabrications.

Moreover, the district court got the law wrong.

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/25/25-60496-CV0.pdf
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10443 on: Today at 09:53:35 AM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on Today at 09:00:34 AM
Judge Henry Wingate had a tough day.

The district judge issued a preliminary injunction barring enforce-
ment of a new state law regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. We vacate
the injunction and remand for reassignment to a different district judge.

It appears the attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case are ok with the appeals court ruling because it addressed some of their concerns by making it clear that public school teachers and students could still discuss issues related to race, sex and civil rights.

At some point, the US courts may want to establish uniform rules for lawyers and judges' use of AI.

One other thing: Wingate is a 1985 Republican appointee.  Maybe you need to start a What the Fuck is Wrong with Ronald Reagan thread.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10444 on: Today at 09:58:24 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on Today at 07:39:03 AM
Uh, no, I specifically posted that I agreed with Newsom and the United Airlines CEO that taxation of them needed to be done at rhe narional kevel.

Whenever I suggest it you get angry!
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« Reply #10445 on: Today at 10:33:45 AM »
Quote from: Reacher on Today at 09:58:24 AM
Whenever I suggest it you get angry!

No, I don't. You obviously don't read the posts of others carefully though!
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« Reply #10446 on: Today at 10:50:21 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on Today at 10:33:45 AM
No, I don't. You obviously don't read the posts of others carefully though!

You get angry and call me a commie! I do remember one time about a month ago, though where you said you were OK with higher taxation on billionaires, but that was the one time!
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10447 on: Today at 10:50:48 AM »
It’s only paper!
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10448 on: Today at 11:15:33 AM »
I am not convinced that Tempo understands that most billionaires don’t just have billions of dollars of cash laying around. And that the vast overwhelming majority of their wealth is tied up in assets and technology and intellectual property.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10449 on: Today at 11:26:33 AM »
Quote from: Reacher on Today at 10:50:21 AM
You get angry and call me a commie! I do remember one time about a month ago, though where you said you were OK with higher taxation on billionaires, but that was the one time!

I have said Newsom is right this needs to be handled nationally. I linked to the United CEO's comments where he said the same thing. You must have missed that too!
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10450 on: Today at 11:26:44 AM »
And you are a Commie!
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10451 on: Today at 11:28:00 AM »
Quote from: Custard on Today at 11:15:33 AM
I am not convinced that Tempo understands that most billionaires don’t just have billions of dollars of cash laying around. And that the vast overwhelming majority of their wealth is tied up in assets and technology and intellectual property.

He is just living in a Justin Fields fantasy world!
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10452 on: Today at 11:40:25 AM »
Quote from: Custard on Today at 11:15:33 AM
I am not convinced that Tempo understands that most billionaires don’t just have billions of dollars of cash laying around. And that the vast overwhelming majority of their wealth is tied up in assets and technology and intellectual property.

So... if I get a paycheck and buy stock, so my assets are tied up in said stocks, I can't be taxed on my income?
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10453 on: Today at 01:46:04 PM »
https://newrepublic.com/article/216304/consulting-class-eating-democratic-party

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Few questions in our academic discipline have been tested as often or as carefully, and the studies have produced one of the most robust sets of findings in the field: Political ads have essentially zero persuasive effect in general elections. The conclusion is among the least controversial statements a political scientist can make, and among the least known outside the profession. A major study conducted 59 randomized experiments on 34,000 voters during the 2016 election cycle, testing 49 real ads from real races. The average effect on vote choice was 0.7 percentage points, and even that was not statistically distinguishable from zero.

The researchers couldn’t rule out that the ads did nothing at all. But the study was designed to test the industry’s fallback claim that ads work under the right conditions. Did it matter if the viewer was a partisan or an independent? If they lived in a battleground state? None of it seemed to matter. Another meta-analysis of 49 field experiments reached the same conclusion that campaign ads and even more personal voter contact had no discernible effect on vote shares. But what about online advertising? A massive 2020 randomized controlled trial involving over 60,000 Facebook and Instagram users found that removing all political ads from users’ feeds had “no measurable impact” on attitudes or voting. If digital ads had meaningful effects, a study this large would have detected them.

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This raises an obvious question. If money doesn’t win elections, why do candidates debase themselves groveling for five-dollar donations? First, it’s a classic collective action problem: Candidates and leaders want to maximize their own fundraising, even if it harms the party’s long-term goals, because it increases their power within the party apparatus. Second, the consultant class is persuasive. Billions in ad buys justify the aggressive fundraising, the aggressive fundraising fuels the ad buys, and both generate fees. It’s a perfect circle of consultant profit.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #10454 on: Today at 02:07:55 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on Today at 01:46:04 PM
https://newrepublic.com/article/216304/consulting-class-eating-democratic-party

I buy it. Who even watches ads? Back in the day we watched the ABC movie of the week every week, and very little cable news. So ads might be our primary exposure. Now, the ads are not, and we are attuned to auto delete or skim past.
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