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Comment Re:George Bush vetoed Little Timmy's future! (Score 1) 226

This is literally what "Two Santas" refers to. There is a name for it, and it is deliberate and intentional. Republicans don't overspend and undertax when they have power because they are bad at governing, they do it because they are evil, because it puts money in the pockets of their base AND it gives them leverage to harm their opponents when they lose power. It's a NOW and LATER, it is two Santas.

For anyone interested, this is the original article by Wanniski detailing "the Two-Santa Claus Theory of the political economy":

  • Wanniski, Jude. (1976). Taxes and a Two-Santa Theory. National Observer. March 6, 1976.

Original article reposted below on this page and discussed on this page.

Comment Re:Censorship from all sides (Score 1) 151

*cough* *cough*

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F1...

"‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state...
...For years, the Qatari government had been sending millions of dollars a month into the Gaza Strip — money that helped prop up the Hamas government there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel not only tolerated those payments, he had encouraged them."

Comment Re:"free" software "foundation" (Score 1) 69

Linus personal concern was not a factor in any such decision. If it had been, they would never have been able to join. The decision was for legal reasons. Taking a stand against a legal decision to block contributors in a nation from certain things is not always a good way to spend ones limited funds. In fact, it very seldom is.

Are you suggesting that Linus is a racist xenophobe? Re the legal reasons, I'm not sure how collective punishment achieves anything, but it's the American way.

Comment Re:Unclear on the distinction (Score 1) 131

The first paragraph of the first link: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his rejection of Hamas’s demand for an end to Israel’s war against it in exchange for freeing the hostages it holds, saying Sunday that such a move would keep the Palestinian terror organization in power in Gaza and pose a threat to Israel."

Comment Re:Google denies responsibility? (Score 0) 227

That "permanent damage" you refer to is properly termed "vaccine side effects."

That explains why unvaccinated people have more long-COVID and vaccinated people who haven't had COVID don't. I was wondering. Thanks.

Who are these unvaccinated with long covid? I have never met one. I had omicron in January 2022 and never had a recurrence because I have natural immunity. Meanwhile, vaxxed and double boosted are getting covid-19 several times. They are either getting covid again or maybe the vaccinated have long covid that is reemerging. I travelled with my wife to Quebec City during the summer and we walked an average of 16 thousand steps per day over 4 days including climbing to the Citadel and from the lower city to Chateau Frontenac when the Funicular was closed due to maintenance. If we had long covid, we would have been out of breath. Prior to January 2022, I did just fine unvaccinated with no covid-19. Strange. When I did get omicron, I had one night of fever and we just isolated the required 10 days and were fine after that. Unvaccinated who never had covid-19 also do not have long covid.

Comment Define disinformation? (Score 0) 331

Much of what is labeled as disinformation ends up being true in the end. Disinformation would actually be where you make a concerted effort to censor information that might be valid. You can claim that someone is misinformed but to be disinformed would suggest a lack of information rather than information that you disagree with.

Comment Far right extremists believe in less government (Score 0) 197

Libertarians believe in freedom of speech including offensive and ignorant speech from leftists who are trying to censor and silence other voices. I was banned from Twitter in March of 2020 and I am just a regular guy with no political clout.

If you claim to be an old style liberal like Alan Dershowitz, then you should be fighting for people like me. I am no threat to anyone. Libertarians are trying to fight for the right of all of you to speak your mind.

Comment No long term studies of side effects. (Score 0) 247

This would be the first mRNA vaccine offered to all age groups. The previous nRNA vaccine was for shingles and is only given out to people over 50. Do we know if this vaccine might have side effects like sterility? What if it turns the world in a Children of Men scenario?

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