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Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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Post by bluefirebrand »

hervature wrote: post #97
encoderer wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where I live (California) there are basically no republicans in power. For a long time now. And we have more money and a better economic base than just about anywhere on the planet Earth. So to all the partisans out there who are sure things would be better if "their side" had total control, I ask: what the hell is going on with California then?? We should be modeling the best governance in the country and even the w…

Define "For a long time now". The Republican party controlled California for 75% of the 1900s with the Democrats coming in power in the last quarter of the century. This is well after California established itself as an economic powerhouse which was greatly aided by the wild West attitude and things like Santa Clara being the location of 20 superfund sites due to all of the ground pollution caused by the semiconducto…

> Define "For a long time now". The Republican party controlled California for 75% of the 1900s with the Democrats coming in power in the last quarter of the century.

50 years seems like plenty to justify "a long time now"

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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Post by mrguyorama »

encoderer wrote: post #40
cwal37 wrote: post #19

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What did Republican appointees on the Supreme Court have to say about student loan forgiveness? Who not only fights tooth and nail against healthcare improvements but actively took money from existing programs to fund a national police and detainment apparatus? Which party produced the most meaningful (albeit not far enough) healthcare reform of the 21st century in the US? Those examples in particular are quite rough…

Where I live (California) there are basically no republicans in power. For a long time now. And we have more money and a better economic base than just about anywhere on the planet Earth. So to all the partisans out there who are sure things would be better if "their side" had total control, I ask: what the hell is going on with California then?? We should be modeling the best governance in the country and even the w…

California has an identical problem to Texas: Local big money industry responsible for a large part of the state's GDP, and ample money to take total control of the local Single Party machine. New York was like this once, possibly still is.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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Post by bluefirebrand »

datsci_est_2015 wrote: post #72
encoderer wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where I live (California) there are basically no republicans in power. For a long time now. And we have more money and a better economic base than just about anywhere on the planet Earth. So to all the partisans out there who are sure things would be better if "their side" had total control, I ask: what the hell is going on with California then?? We should be modeling the best governance in the country and even the w…

Bwuh yeah imagine living in a meteorological paradise that happens to be the world’s strongest economy with the nation’s best state school system with a diversity of culture bringing tangible everyday benefits like delicious food. Sounds horrible.

You're so right! Imagine complaining about government inefficiency and corruption when there is all this bread and all these circuses!

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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Post by vel0city »

mandevil wrote: post #66
vel0city wrote: post #56

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> The median American lives in a city and has exposure to Muslims and is most likely not Islamophobic Most Islamophobic people I know live in cities. Is there really that much of a change related to urbanism for Islamophobia, one you adjust for political alignment and religiousness? For reference, this is the America I see every day: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/epic-citys-vision-sp... Collin County is >90…

Over the past 17 years I've lived in three houses (in the suburbs of two different cities in two different states- one East Coast, one land-locked) and an apartment in NYC (obviously also East Coast). In all of the East Coast spots (urban and suburban) there was a mosque closer than the nearest McDonald's. For the land-locked state suburb the mosque was 2 miles away and the nearest McDonald's was 0.75 miles away. I'm…

IRT the "college education", Collin County is statistically higher educated than most of the country demographically-speaking. >56% achieved bachelors or higher compared to NYC at ~42%. For reference, Santa Clara County in California is also at 56%, so about as educated as the area with Apple, Google, and Facebook at least as far as that statistic analyzes.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/collincountytex...

Many people I've heard say extremely Islamophobic things have masters degrees and higher. I'd be interested in seeing real statistics on it.

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Post by fredophile »

owlcompliance wrote: post #16
throw0101a wrote: post #7

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> Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all. Yup. It's the same lie that the GOP cares about deficits and debt… except when they're in power and want to do tax cuts for the rich.

As a former staunch Republican, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that both parties have sold us out. I disagree with a lot of the Left's policies and many on the Right as well, but both parties advocate, in theory, for several things that would benefit all Americans -- yet it never happens. Republicans advocate for fiscal responsibility -- never happens. Democrats advocate for things like healthcare and cancel…

> Democrats advocate for things like healthcare and cancelling student loans -- never happens

Democrats passed the ACA under Obama. Republicans have been trying to get it repealed with only moderate success ever since.

Biden announced student loan forgiveness in 2023. The Supreme Court struck it down in 2023.

Democrats have been able to get done at least some of the things they said they would.

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Post by fredophile »

reactordev wrote: post #87
reducesuffering wrote: post #44

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"Democrats advocate for things like healthcare and cancelling student loans -- never happens." You're blaming Democrats for things they try to do and are blocked by Republicans...

You can not have a for-profit system and a government subsidized one. It needs to either be single payor, or a free-for-all. Anytime you have two markets, one will dominate the other. In our case, the subsidized market was forced to pay to play.

> You can not have a for-profit system and a government subsidized one

Have you told Australia? They seem to think they've been able to do this for a while now.

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Post by tclancy »

owlcompliance wrote: post #16
throw0101a wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all. Yup. It's the same lie that the GOP cares about deficits and debt… except when they're in power and want to do tax cuts for the rich.

As a former staunch Republican, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that both parties have sold us out. I disagree with a lot of the Left's policies and many on the Right as well, but both parties advocate, in theory, for several things that would benefit all Americans -- yet it never happens. Republicans advocate for fiscal responsibility -- never happens. Democrats advocate for things like healthcare and cancel…

I am trying to assume good intent, but this is like a template for when they say "Foreign actors are being paid to sew discord". They always open with "I used to be a big believer in X" about a binary situation but rather than explaining the reason they now believe in Y they return some vague nihilistic viewpoint. Nuts to that. The Democratic Party in the US sucks like an Electrolux and I will still happily vote for them because we are, for better or worse, in a two party system and it's what we've got. Saying it's all the same is misguided at best, a knowing lie at worst.

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Post by LocalH »

BowBun wrote: post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

Because "America First" means "capitalism first" and it's all about the money, that's the true state religion. Economic theory above reality

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Post by Terr_ »

hypeatei wrote: post #67
owlcompliance wrote: post #62

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To quote a classic tweet, on the strategy of hiding details in order to deceive people into thinking one is more-moderate:

> Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views

> Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?

> Con: LOL no...no not those views

> Me: So....deregulation?

> Con: Haha no not those views either

> Me: Which views, exactly?

> Con: Oh, you know the ones

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

#110

Post by LocalH »

toast0 wrote: post #6
BowBun wrote: post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

Yeah, election promises and post-election behavior aren't really correlated in general. I think this administration is worse than the average, but still. Past talking points are not indicative of future behavior.

> Past talking points are not indicative of future behavior.

when will we make it illegal for a politician to lie

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