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- Comment on Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy. As Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses. 1 week ago:
'first COVID, then inflation" as if that were the start of the experience. Go back to NAFTA, passed by the Dems and Clinton when the party became fully corporate owned, that was the end of the US middle class, and the 90s was when education also died and became a commodity with universities being run by MBAs looking at students like they were cell phone plan subscribers. Education became unaffordable over just a matter of years while good middle class jobs went to Mexico (for those that already weren’t shiped overseas elsewhere).
Reagan’s destruction of the air traffic controller union, along with the introduction of the 401k were watershed moments for greed, financial insecurity and economic instability, and the end of the US’s flirtation with not being run by ultra rich.
- Comment on Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ 2 weeks ago:
Great read, thank you.
- Comment on Nobody wants to work anymore... 3 weeks ago:
All they’re asking is to work at or below the amount they’ve lobbied to let them pay you legally, which at the federal level hasn’t increased a cent since 2009.
Just a matter of showing up to a job without being able to get medical care because the industry is twisted to not address and deny care if you’re lucky enough to pay exorbitant rates for “healthcare”.
Simply show up for that job in a car that you can in no way afford with gas that you can’t afford after eating a breakfast you can’t afford.
Also, for many who do want to enjoy this exploration and are working the Trump government is making it more difficult for them to stay and work by announcing last week more than one million workers will need to leave the US first if they want to stay and work permanently. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrpz4l1klgo
Plebs are so lazy
- Comment on There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This 3 weeks ago:
Zzzz too little too late NYT and who cares about OpEds when that is the only place you have real honest news.
They’ll roll over again and again for fascists, they’ve long excused every kind of horrific action.
- Comment on Knicks sweep Cavs, return to NBA Finals for 1st time since 1999 3 weeks ago:
Flowers are due. They made a huge trade for Bridges after making the huge KAT trade and both have planned out. Bridges trade was treated with due skepticism but GMs are finally starting to trade big for winning basketball as much as big names. Alex Caruso, OKC same deal.
- Comment on Cavs decide they can "fix her" and net Harden by giving up Garland 3 weeks ago:
Narrator: he was not a visionary.
- Comment on THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION 3 weeks ago:
Who could have seen this coming from Harden?
- Comment on Virginia becomes first Southern state to mandate paid family and medical leave for workers 5 weeks ago:
Meaningful. A real win, hard fought. Well done.
- Comment on ‘We Have Always Known’: Sinaloans Say the Reckoning Over Corrupt Leaders Was Overdue 5 weeks ago:
Terrifying to live like that. I’m just glad we don’t have any such problems in the USA.
- Comment on Wizards Get #1 Pick 1 month ago:
Portland has nothing on the board in either round. Wow.
- Comment on Millennials Owe 500% More in Student Debt Than Their Parents Did 2 months ago:
Only the other generations wouldn’t be the unicycle on flat ground, they’d be balancing on a kixed-grade cement wall and the boomer would be on a nice flat paved surface on their two wheels.
- Comment on Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash | The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers. 2 months ago:
Hershey bars can’t even be sold in Europe as chocolate because they have even the menial standard of 10% cocoa to label a product as chocolate. Unfortunately, vegetable oil, rubber, micro plastics and godfuckingknowswhatelse they put into their shit products doesn’t even meet that.
- Comment on Bulls waive guard Jaden Ivey after anti-gay comments 2 months ago:
Or the “my account was hacked” bit that became standard PR move ~10 years ago.
- Comment on Cade to Miss Time with Collapsed Lung 2 months ago:
Damn. Hope he’s ok quickly. The NBA is better when there are more relevant teams and it’s been too long for Detroit especially given the season they’re having. The east needs at least 3 reasonable title contenders or playoffs suck and the finals is a foregone conclusion.
- Comment on THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION 2 months ago:
“If AD is reasonably healthy”
Why would that be a reasonable assumption or hypothesis? He’s played 1 full season (65 games per the NBA all-star inclusion eligibility) since COVID title.
- Comment on The Trump Administration Goes to War, by Any Memes Necessary | A series of White House social-media videos turn the carnage in Iran into gleeful entertainment. 3 months ago:
“why do they hate us?”
- Comment on V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship | A joint effort with the Justice Department creates new authority to compel veterans into institutional or involuntary care. 3 months ago:
Good to know we’re focusing resources on things that matter to vets while cutting doctors and nurses in the VA
- Comment on Bam Scores 83 to Put Up 2nd Highest Scoring Game in NBA HISTORY!! 3 months ago:
Durant’s comment is a backhanded compliment if one ever was made. “It takes a lot of stamina” is what his comment boils down to which points to the volume of the shots rather than talent–which seems pretty clearly supported. When your own team decides to go for it, when the other team is The Wizards who care nothing for the sport, when refs decide to play along, when you’re a has-been playoff threat 6th ranked team in the east…it all has to line up. Some "moment”. Big asterix to me.
- Comment on Get a Dog, Live Longer? 3 months ago:
Have disposable income that allows you to buy a dog, but also medical care. Wonder which one is the causal variable and which one is just correlative?
- Comment on Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless 3 months ago:
Eliza:
Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?
- Comment on I've never seen Joker get this heated before 3 months ago:
Joker’s eyes looking like that? If you don’t know what it looks like when a quiet, calm one gets pushed over the line like that? You do not want any of that noise.
Dort should be suspended. Fucking clown ass clown forever will now be cheap shot dort. Of all the guys you could pull that sophomoric bullshit on, Joker? That’s where punks are too comfortable and don’t fear consequences .
What if joker twists his ankle on that trip attempt and is out for the rest of the season? What if it’s the beginning of career affecting injuries? League should be severe with that punishment, the dude is an all-timer. People will watch his games in 50 years.
- Comment on WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT YAO MING ANYMORE!? 3 months ago:
No one is talking about him because he retired 15 years ago and missed ~4 of his last 6 seasons, which is almost like retiring about 20 years ago.
He didn’t win a ring and retired 20 years ago. Are there other players who get regular love with those rough stats?
Don’t project your obsession as how other people think.
- Comment on Javier Milei pushes through a labor reform that Argentina resisted under previous right‑wing governments 3 months ago:
Was milei democratically elected or? Hope the folks are happy with their and their kids lives with this change
- Comment on John Roberts Is Losing Patience With Trump 3 months ago:
Consistent, as always, the NYT cheerleading a piece where someone who has supported fascism, misogyny, constitutional violations, war, cheating, lying and theft makes the smallest attempt to do something anyone else would be expected to.
The same approach that put them into breathlessly writing articles about Liz Cheney as if that was meaningful to outcome of the presidential election.
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- Comment on CEOs make 281 times of the typical worker 3 months ago:
Look, if you can’t support the absurd concentration of wealth at the organizational level how are you going to keep your head on straight that this is all normal and acceptable at the systemic level? Next you’re going to say that wealth should not be based on whatever the next charlatan shits out at Davos or TedX but actually sustainably improving the world for humans?
Keep the faith, surely those gains will trickle down soon.
- Comment on Class war is the future of American politics 4 months ago:
Zucman puts it more emphatically. “I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century,” he says. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.
What a terribly disappointing conclusion. The author is as naive as he’s under the impression the Democratic party is. Those in control of the Democratic party are absolutely aware where their largest financial backing comes from.
They know it dipshit, it’s why they submarined Bernie and refused to even mention mandamis name until he’d already won. It’s why AOC was passed over for party leadership appointment roles in Congress. They don’t want to win against oligarchy.
- Submitted 4 months ago to nba@lemmy.world | 6 comments
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- Comment on Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country | Under Trump, the DOJ has changed how it brings terrorism cases, and is training them on the opposition 4 months ago:
Maybe don’t pull punches when you still had a free press then NYT?
Fuckkkkkk you NYT