Abstaining from a thing does not make one a vegan. That's not how any of this works.

With far fewer irs agents, they can't effectively audit tax cheats.

We are funding the complete destruction of Palestine.

Golf is expensive.

He's been sued 220 times for the 100 days he has been in office. Lawyers are really expensive. (Well unless you blackmail them.)

At first I thought this was unrealistic because the comedy portion was so bad. Then I realized it is probably about Joe Rogan, in which case this checks out.

As the hyenas pick at the corpse of the once proud United States, they occasionally snap at each other.

My favorite part is the US government, with its massive intelligence agencies, is trying to shake down its employees to discover their own org chart.

This was kind of how I felt when COVID was taking over the world. There was literally a pandemic where people were dying and our bosses were all scrambling to keep productivity up.

It's like dude, brad, our metrics aren't the most important thing right now.

AIPAC and Citizens United are actually frightening.

https://abcnews.go.com/538/pro-israel-groups-spent-big-oust-squad-members/story?id=113675889

https://apnews.com/article/cori-bush-aipac-house-race-missouri-568c1a84974b8ba176a8d27a8375de42

They are able to change the outcome of races with seemingly unlimited money. A spend of 8.4 million in a Missouri primary is absurd, and likely is a drop in the bucket of what is spent influencing the presidential race.

I don't think there is a way to fix this either, since the people that should be writing laws to prevent it are the ones benefiting the most.

I imagine this is also happening in Republican primaries, so one can't just vote differently to address the root cause. Both republicans and Democrats seem to be tripping over each other to prove what a friend they are to Israel. It's really weird and stressful to be a US citizen right now.

The problem is that companies like Intuit have resources/lobbyists and really want to maintain their position in the market.

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

Your system sounds wonderful though.

I'd love to see her run for President.

Interesting taking the approach of "most important cases first" now. What were they doing, calling them in by last name?

My CEO is starting to get ideas. I work at a startup, and recently they have been floating 60-80 hour work weeks. So far it has been an idle threat and is really just their hail Mary play, but big players doing this shit is really worrying as far as normalizing it.

I'm more productive than ever, and the punishment seems to be piling on even more work in order to chase those short term profits.

I think him wearing an oversized bandage for as long as he did supports your hypothesis.

I get focused on small things, which makes me an inefficient cleaner. Sure that drawer is going to be the most organized it has ever been, but there are bigger fish to fry.

I just need someone following me around to ask questions like "Are you sure deep cleaning the microwave is the most effective use of your time right now?"

This website is super fishy. Misspelled title and reeks of AI.

That's how I treat them. Maybe with a bit more nuance: I'll upvote for something funny, informative things, or general good takes. I'll downvote if someone has a bad take, is unnecessarily mean, or is generally incoherent.

If the comment doesn't spark a reaction I just keep scrolling.

If they joined immediately, NATO would have to directly engage Russia now -- which would be bad, especially with the US being shitty right now.

If they predicate membership on a Russian attack it will defer and potentially remove that risk. Seems like a solid idea to me.

This seems like a sensible consumer protection to not let the ad company control the biggest web browser. I won't hold my breath, but I'm glad they are trying something.

AWS should also be split from Amazon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Tyler#Family_and_relationships

See also Ted Nugents "jail bait".

He literally said, on recorded audio, "grab em by the pussy". So we're all witnesses.

Kiss the ring.