andyburke

andyburke, 3 days ago

The moment enough of us decide this has to change, it will.

Relink productivity and wages!
90% tax rate on all the cash you earn in a year after the first $10M
Close corporate tax loopholes

We can solve this, we just need to decide.

Maybe a general strike is out and we should just start a quiet friday strike, and just start extending that back through the week. Productivity just keeps falling until the wealthy decide they don't want to suffer with the rest of us and take the fucking haircut.

andyburke, 3 days ago

I was being as gracious as I could be to illustrate we could fix this if the wealthy in this country were not being SUCH FUCKERS.

andyburke, 3 days ago

I like the cut of your jib.

andyburke, 3 days ago

If you're a Russian trying to fuck with us, fuck off.

Assuming you're a legit US citizen: try talking to your fucking neighbors before you start to talk about shooting.

Everyone on the Internet seems like they're arguing with strawmen.

Violence only in response to violence. We want to solve this without bloodshed. Only those who wish our country harm wish for a civil war.

andyburke, 3 days ago

This is the one hand, on the other hand, we are now reading about this protest.

Not sure what the right answer is, but these are brave people protesting for peace regardless.

andyburke, 4 days ago

This right here? ☝️

This is how "business" people save money.

STOP HIRING BUSINESSPEOPLE

andyburke, 4 days ago

“If they do it that way, you would have kids who would understand the story of Israel,” she said. “They would understand its miraculous nature.”

And right there we have the issue, tied in a bow at the end of the article.

No country is miraculous or blessed. When we figure that out, our world will become a much more peaceful place.

andyburke, 4 days ago

They write articles for people worried about 300 miles ranges who drive 40 miles a day the vast, vast majority of days.

Is it any wonder the coverage is awful?

andyburke, 7 days ago

How would you expect to recreate them when the models are given random perturbations such that the results usually vary?

andyburke, 7 days ago

Google is well known to do A/B testing, meaning you might not get a particular response (or even whole sets of results generated via different algorithms they are testing) even if your neighbor searches for the same thing.

So again, I ask how your anecdotal evidence somehow invalidates other anecdotal evidence? If your evidence isn't anecdotal, I am very interested in your results.

Otherwise, what you're saying has the same or less value than the example.

andyburke, 7 days ago

So much this.

andyburke, 7 days ago

A jury of 12 found him guilty. Not Democrats, not Biden. A jury of 12 American citizens said he is guilty.

He can still appeal and I hope he avails himself of every protection the law allows, as anyone being prosecuted should, but as of today, 12 American citizens found him guilty.

andyburke, 7 days ago

Could I, an American citizen, not trust you to be impartial on a jury? Your red/blue dichotomy is bullshit. If I can't trust you to do your duty as a citizen, are you behaving like an American? Stop making it about sides. Make it about facts and specifics and individuals and holding everyone responsible for their own decisionmaking.

andyburke, 7 days ago

What about it? It has to happen sometime. Sentencing, as far as I know, often comes a while after a trial is decided, especially if it's a big trial with a lot of arguments.

You can't have it both ways: if they sentenced right now there would be complaints that there wasn't enough time and diligence given. If they wait, it gets close conventions, if they wait too long, that's not speedy due process.

Can we stop with the idea that it's all red vs. all blue conspiracy and realize that it's the real world where there is always some bullshit involved?

andyburke, 8 days ago

How do you propose such a bill be advanced through the GOP controlled house?

andyburke, 11 days ago

Fined less than $40k. Great, problem fixed, everyone!

andyburke, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago)

well, A+ for getting kids into Tears for Fears. - Gen Xer

edit: thank you for your front-line reporting 🤣

andyburke, 13 days ago

Children need the dulcet tones of Jon Anderson.

andyburke, 14 days ago

well, on the plus side, the killer is in jail now. It shouldn't take national protests for that to happen, though.

andyburke, 15 days ago

I was there, too, and I remember and this shit is fucking disgraceful.

andyburke, 16 days ago

.... does this work with the Republican base?

is there a Republican base anymore?

Is it a MAGA base now?

I'm confused about who's who.

andyburke, 16 days ago

Why do journalists grant their fantasies instead of reporting on these people for what they are: conspiracy nuts.

Investigation after investigation in precints all over the country, many controlled by Republican secretaries of state has found no widespread fraud.

These people are conspiracy nuts. What are we doing reporting on them like they're talking about reality? Is everyone afraid to point out the emperor has no clothes or what?

andyburke, 17 days ago

Oh yes, let's do another special loophole kinda bullshit thing instead of restraining capitalism, breaking up monopolies and providing for the social good.

andyburke, 18 days ago

Shhh... nature is taking its course. /s