U.S. Politics

[Johnny English]

This is unilaterally good.

https://www.engadget.com/the-fcc-plans-to-restore-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules-184624637.html

I don't give a excrement what your political leanings are, this was a horrible decision to the detriment of everyone who isn't a billionaire media owner.

[CatoTheElder]

This is unilaterally good.

https://www.engadget.com/the-fcc-plans-to-restore-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules-184624637.html

I don't give a excrement what your political leanings are, this was a horrible decision to the detriment of everyone who isn't a billionaire media owner.

Yes.

[dcm1602]

This is unilaterally good.

https://www.engadget.com/the-fcc-plans-to-restore-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules-184624637.html

I don't give a excrement what your political leanings are, this was a horrible decision to the detriment of everyone who isn't a billionaire media owner.

The regulations themselves are generally good things that I think most people could get behind, but the process could be bad and detrimental.

I was reading up on this and this was one of the more interesting articles on the subject

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/net-neutrality-rules-face-major-questions-buzzsaw-at-high-court

The impression I got from this was basically that trying to push this through might have the unintended effect of making the proposed changes more difficult to actually enact.

Which seems to be a reasonable opinion based on the makeup of the supreme court

And that congress enacting something similar but different would likely be a better strategy, as it would be more likely to stand legal scrutiny

[dcm1602]

On a related note, I had no idea this was a thing  but apparently numerous (mostly red) states across the country have implemented some pretty draconian mandates for internet porn requiring heavier authenticaton of age (ie submitting a government ID) and several major porn sites (ie pornhub) have completely removed access to their websites in those states.

[Badger]

She's the worst

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/26/san-francisco-mayor-drug-testing-00118274

[steves850]

She's the worst

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/26/san-francisco-mayor-drug-testing-00118274

"You did a drug, therefore, you deserve to die."

[dcm1602]

She's the worst

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/26/san-francisco-mayor-drug-testing-00118274

I imagine that in general this practice is financially a big L as it's probably just cheaper to pay it out instead of creating a new program that's probably not feasible.

But San Francisco has one of the worst drug epidemics in the country which has been pretty well documented on. And is on track for the most fentanyl deaths ever this year

If you're a local resident you're probably thrilled with them trying anything that can clean up their streets.

Surely there's worse ways to do that than this?

My assumption is this doesn't actually resolve any problems, it just encourages the problem to go elsewhere

[CatoTheElder]

I imagine that in general this practice is financially a big L as it's probably just cheaper to pay it out instead of creating a new program that's probably not feasible.

But San Francisco has one of the worst drug epidemics in the country which has been pretty well documented on.

If you're a local resident you're probably thrilled with them trying anything that can clean up their streets.

Surely there's worse ways to do that than this?

They could add summary execution for drug offenses, I guess. That'd be worse.

[Badger]

I imagine that in general this practice is financially a big L as it's probably just cheaper to pay it out instead of creating a new program that's probably not feasible.

My assumption is this doesn't actually resolve any problems, it just encourages the problem to go elsewhere

Edited down to the correct parts

[dcm1602]

They could add summary execution for drug offenses, I guess. That'd be worse.

You're right, checking that someone isn't using the money you're gifting to them won't be for heroin is basically the same as executing them.

(again I think it's a not very efficient policy in general as far as utilization of taxpayer money. However if I lived in the city and thought this would keep mobs of homeless people from shooting up in the street, I'd certainly support it)

[dcm1602]

Edited down to the correct parts

Yes those parts are both probably true.

But this is a mayor whose job is to advocate for her constituency. And I assume the locals don't like their streets being littered with homeless drug addicts.

And remember this is San Francisco, so they've tried all the ultra progressive excrement like giving out free crack pipes so people can smoke their drugs and created drug havens for them to have supervised drug use.

This isn't Texas where someone's jsut saying freak the druggies and homeless. This is the beacon of progressiveness that has tried more progressive excrement than probably 99% of the cities in the country

[steves850]

The bitch dead:

Dianne Feinstein dead at 185 years old.

[Badger]

Barbara Lee SZN

[Derek Smalls]

The bitch dead:

Dianne Feinstein dead at 185 years old.

https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1707754008863981980

[Badger]

https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1707754008863981980

"I know what I'm doing"

*Did freak-all on climate for the rest of her life*