Sveniat

36018 pts ยท December 30, 2013


And not other first responders like firefighters or EMS, who can end up as targets.

4 months ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Do be mad at Israel for taking houses from Palestinians though.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Supply and demand aren't specific to capitalism.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

First past the post is a garbage voting system that basically makes it impossible to actually get 3rd party momentum. People have to choose between voting for the party they want and voting against the party they don't, which is a dumb decision to have to make. I don't like the mainstream Dems at all, but I still have to vote against repubs. It's a shitty choice with no room for a 3rd party option.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Insurance for ambulances is pretty high, but it's still a fuckin racket. Medics don't get paid shit, and EMTs get paid even less.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He was bad. This is obviously worse, but that doesn't make Biden innocent.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Something to remember for #5 is that we need to start looking more holistically at the economy. How well the stock market is doing shouldn't be our metric for success, but rather things like average real wage for the bottom 90% of Americans and quality of life indexes that take into account access to nutritious food and preventative healthcare. Unemployment is also not a great metric since just having a job isn't really a good indicator that you're doing well because of how unaffordable shit is.

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Not to mention the risk of mallory-weiss tears (but it's not really a thing in kids)

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Iowa has a lot of light green during the summer, due to the fields and grasses, but that's like super light in color

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah but not dark tree green. I grew up in Iowa and I don't believe in that green for a moment, even at the greenest time of year.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's likely the ER can work with a shelter or local animal control to pick up and hold the dog while the owner is there. Nurses LOVE when dogs show up at the ER. It's a pretty common thing, especially with service dogs.

2 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I wish. Her DNC speech seemed to indicate that we are still gonna spend all our money on our military. Obviously the Republicans are still worse, but I'll believe it when I see it. I got excited for the Walz pick, but that speech fully deflated me on any hope of reasonable progressive policy.

2 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Just because you know people who are bad with money doesn't mean there aren't huge systemic issues that make achieving any kind of social mobility nearly impossible. Just look at real wage over the last 40 years compared to CEO salary or company profit. The rich are getting richer and the working class is getting fucked. That's before you even touch on housing and the fact that most people can't afford homes so they rent which means no equity for long term growth.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

40% of Americans can't afford a $400 emergency. People are being confronted with putting necessities on credit cards on a regular basis. Most people don't get to see debt as an investment.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm talking near 0. It's low enough that their assets will appreciate far faster than the interest accrues on their debt, so it's literally a case of the more debt the better. Obviously there is some risk in that their assets can depreciate suddenly, but generally this is a game plan that is not available to 99% of people. Again, very different types of debt.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Wealthy people debt and average person debt are VERY different. When you have the kind of assets rich people have, you can get CRAZY low interest, and so with wealth you can use that system to spend money and defer having to sell assets, so rich people debt is more of a useful tool for them as opposed to crushing like normal people debt

2 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Time and place. I love runny eggs, but sometimes a crispy golden brown egg is the perfect thing.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Jesus dude, that's a bit much don't ya think?

2 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Where is your evidence that everyone marching were terrorists? Were the 46 murdered children are terrorists in your mind? Thanks for confirming your view on Palestinian humanity.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

What are you talking about?
Only 1 IDF soldier died, compared to 214 Palestinians, 46 of them were CHILDREN. The vast majority of the "violence" was rock throwing and attacking the fence directly. Even the un acknowledges that the vast majority of Palestinians acted in a peaceful manner.

If you think mass murder, 25% of which were children, is an appropriate response to rock throwing during a protest for valid reasons, then you don't see Palestinians as people.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

When the tried peacefully protesting Israeli occupation during the great march of return, they were murdered. It's so fucked up.

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

Do you want people to talk about feudalism or other systems from history? What good would that do for people currently experiencing hardship today? Capitalism is bad and is our current system, that's why it gets the focus.

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Go listen to a local tenant union, if you have one in your area. There's a surprising amount of landlords who skirt the law or ignore it entirely because they know their tenants can't afford to move. The law doesn't always protect the people it's written to protect, believe it or not.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No argument here

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A bad tenant is a headache for a landlord. A bad landlord can make a tenants life miserable. The power balance is not the same.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

Unfortunately, police brutality rarely follows the rules of good vibes.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0