If you think the left being seen as the people going crazy over an innocuous tweet about SNL is a good look then we have to disagree.
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Democratic Presidential Primaries & Caucuses |March OT| Last Tuesday was 1000 years ago, old news no one cares about (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
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If you think the left being seen as the people going crazy over an innocuous tweet about SNL is a good look then we have to disagree.
So is it ok if I call out your weaponizing of the language of social justice that was popularized as a way to fight for the marginalized in order to make sure no one says anything mean about Patrick Bateman
feminazi isn't an inferential trope, it's a direct comparison to nazism
there are amoral (or deeply morally compromised) gay men as a matter of normal distribution and some of them will run for office
how ought that sentiment be expressed apart from don't misuse actual pathologies like sociopathy?
like i agree with that but that's a broader discursive failure
I hope people realize this.
Even in the best case scenario where the filibuster is nuked, it's hard to imagine 51 votes in the Senate for a lot of Bernie's plans.
We haven't had the Democratic trifecta in a while but let's not forget what happened when the "Freedom Caucus" ironically tanked some Republican legislation for not being extreme enough. We have to hope that Democrats in Congress don't tank good legislation for not being extreme enough or for being too extreme and I think that's something that isn't discussed enough when considering the feasibility of these plans. A whole lot of people were elected in 2018 on moderate platforms via white suburban voters and that will factor into whatever legislation gets passed.
Twitter is a bubble. Any type of extrapolation over twitter post's reactions via twitter is not a serious look at the left's state.
Given that Biden isn't pushing for even half of the policies that Sanders/Warren are for, it probably wouldn't matter who has the Senate at that point because the policies that may or may not pass aren't even on the table to begin with. At least Sanders or Warren would fight for them.
Those things are not going to pass in the form Bernie proposed them regardless of who occupies the White House. All will be a compromise.
No, renewables are. But throwing away nuclear for renewables when we don't have viable storage solutions right now is going to make emissions reduction a nightmare and be stupid expensive for no good reason.
The order of goals needs to be
1) Kill coal
2) Replace coal with renewables, do not replace them with natural gas until you start hitting critical renewable saturation.
3) Keep our nuclear fleet steady at ~20%
4) As storage solutions increase in cost viability, replace natural gas with more renewables.
We can easily have a 40% non-hydro renewable, 20% nuclear, ~6% Hydro, ~30% natural gas energy mix by near the end of the decade with no technological breakthroughs or further advancements in storage or cost reductions.
And that's just really, ground level stuff. And if we actually make an attempt to reduce rogue natural gas emissions, we can make amazing headway in curbing methane emissions as well and actually make natural gas a shit ton better than coal.
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I'm honestly surprised that many people were upset over the SNL thing. SNL has been terrible for years for many different reasons, including giving folks like Trump or Dan fucking Crenshaw airtime and a platform, but them having Warren on isn't exactly anywhere close to that degree of tone-deafness. I think a lot of criticism came from the fact that Warren hadn't officially endorsed anyone while "busy" on SNL, but I don't think the two issues are related in any way to begin with.
Not necessarily, Jessie is a smart person who I think hits the nail on the head when it comes to energy production.
Solar and Wind (especially offshore wind) will be the stars and will be supplemented/supported by other sources like Hydro, Nuclear, battery storage, etc.
Big Nuclear projects here in the states are most likely dead, but the future of nuclear are smaller more modular design the ones that can just fit in a truck.
Hey, it's most important to beat Trump and do minimal progress than doing actual progress to stop climate doom.
Hard to pass anything that isn't actually being fought for. Usually compromise starts with two sides meeting in the middle, not one side constantly placating the other while being fucked over on multiple major occasions in the past few decades by said side.
Disagree. Coulter trades in many sexist tropes, that just being one of them.
10 Tropes About Women That Women Should Stop Laughing About
Stereotypes are powerful because they're easy, which is why we see them standing in again and again for "real" human qualities and characters. But they are also insidious, demonstrating so many ways to go wrong, and so few to go right.
www.theatlantic.com
Again, find nuanced ways to critique, there is a universe of possibilities without resorting to comparisons to a serial killer.
I'm curious, has the environmental impact of offshore wind turbines on migratory or sea birds been studied?
Also hard to pass anything that just can't pass. It's not a matter of trying harder, the US government will not currently vote to nuke private insurance no matter what. It's just not gonna happen. Healthcare plans that can realistically pass into law are to the right of both Biden and Sanders.
that makes a ton of sense, thanks everyone
Trumps response to the virus is going to basically hand us the election, and to think we picked Joe fucking Biden is infuriating. Lol
I don't think giving up on something we haven't actually tried is worth the hypothetical assumption that private insurance will continue to fuck over millions of people every day. My dad is literally dead because he couldn't pay his insurance premiums, and I'll do what I can to fight against that until I die as well, because healthcare should not be determined by the amount of money in your bank account. I can't afford to assume the worst every time.
okay if you think that feminazi is strong comparison despite how obviously loaded it is ,then yes that i concede that it all makes senseDisagree. Coulter trades in many sexist tropes, that just being one of them.
10 Tropes About Women That Women Should Stop Laughing About
Stereotypes are powerful because they're easy, which is why we see them standing in again and again for "real" human qualities and characters. But they are also insidious, demonstrating so many ways to go wrong, and so few to go right.
Again, find nuanced ways to critique, there is a universe of possibilities without resorting to comparisons to a serial killer.
i'm just letting you know that in my anecdotal experience that take is not really where queer discourse is at and it might come off as vanguarding to some people
i'll drop it though
Bernie can't get 30 in an election like that, he tops out at like 12
Given how Sanders was expected to be a millstone around the neck of reps/senators in vulnerable districts/states, that's understandable. Heck, just today Joe's position in the race convinced the Democratic Party's best hope for a senate seat in Montana to jump into the race. I can assure you he wouldn't have done that if Sanders had been in the lead.
It really doesn't matter much it seems. Warren was clearly losing for a long time before ST. If she was gonna endorse Sanders, it should have been done before ST to keep momentum.
Starting point does matter, which is what the poster was saying. How much will Biden compromise compared to Sanders in order to pass them?
That's fine, we can continue by PM if you like or just drop it. And as an actual queer person, I can tell you that this is very much part of the conversation.
I wouldnt be that confident about the election just yet. A lot can happen until election :/
I sympathize but Bernie's legislative agenda will not pass into law. That's not a silly assumption, just look at congress. He is unlikely to win the senate if he's at the top of the ticket. How does m4a become law without control of all three? Can you explain a reasonable path at all?
Starting point doesn't matter if both are left of what can pass. Bernie will compromise more than Biden and pass the same thing.
I think so there has been studies that it tends to be better for birds and tends to avoid some of the pitfalls on land wind tends to be stuck with but I wouldn't know where to find them exactly but Europe & the UK are going big into Offshore Wind.
One way would be to look at patterns and avoid placing them in hotspots for migratory birds.
I would ask people like Jenkins and Maddie Stone on twitter if there been any big/notable studies in this field.
right, like our abysmal health care system, lack of tests, and propaganda from the WH causing us to see an Italy like situation. there's no way he comes out of Corona in a good place
People being like "he can't get anything passed so let's jump into the ocean" don't get it. Yeah, it's an uphill battle to get it passed. That's the whole point of going so hard. There's going to have to be compromises. Do you want healthcare to start a compromise from an already compromised position? Or do you want people to get healthcare and be covered and not be bankrupt and not die.
Seriously the right has pushed things so far their way over the last 30 years that people are timid of any kind of reform. Safety, they say. Normalcy.
Seriously the right has pushed things so far their way over the last 30 years that people are timid of any kind of reform. Safety, they say. Normalcy.
Plan to Protect and Build on Obamacare | Joe Biden
Joe Biden will protect and build on Obamacare by giving Americans more choice, reducing health care costs, and making the system less complex to navigate.
joebiden.com
Is this not a workable plan or am I missing something?
It's not ideal but isn't it better than what we have?
As president, Biden will stop this reversal of the progress made by Obamacare. And he won't stop there. He'll also build on the Affordable Care Act with a plan to insure more than an estimated 97% of Americans. Here's how:
- Giving Americans a new choice, a public health insurance option like Medicare. If your insurance company isn't doing right by you, you should have another, better choice. Whether you're covered through your employer, buying your insurance on your own, or going without coverage altogether, the Biden Plan will give you the choice to purchase a public health insurance option like Medicare. As in Medicare, the Biden public option will reduce costs for patients by negotiating lower prices from hospitals and other health care providers. It also will better coordinate among all of a patient's doctors to improve the efficacy and quality of their care, and cover primary care without any co-payments. And it will bring relief to small businesses struggling to afford coverage for their employees.
- Increasing the value of tax credits to lower premiums and extend coverage to more working Americans. Today, families that make between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level may receive a tax credit to reduce how much they have to pay for health insurance on the individual marketplace. The dollar amount of the financial assistance is calculated to ensure each family does not have to pay more than a certain percentage of their income on a silver (medium generosity) plan. But, these shares of income are too high and silver plans' deductibles are too high. Additionally, many families making more than 400% of the federal poverty level (about $50,000 for a single person and $100,000 for a family of four), and thus not qualifying for financial assistance, still struggle to afford health insurance. The Biden Plan will help middle class families by eliminating the 400% income cap on tax credit eligibility and lowering the limit on the cost of coverage from 9.86% of income to 8.5%. This means that no family buying insurance on the individual marketplace, regardless of income, will have to spend more than 8.5% of their income on health insurance. Additionally, the Biden Plan will increase the size of tax credits by calculating them based on the cost of a more generous gold plan, rather than a silver plan. This will give more families the ability to afford more generous coverage, with lower deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.
- Expanding coverage to low-income Americans. Access to affordable health insurance shouldn't depend on your state's politics. But today, state politics is getting in the way of coverage for millions of low-income Americans. Governors and state legislatures in 14 states have refused to take up the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid eligibility, denying access to Medicaid for an estimated 4.9 million adults. Biden's plan will ensure these individuals get covered by offering premium-free access to the public option for those 4.9 million individuals who would be eligible for Medicaid but for their state's inaction, and making sure their public option covers the full scope of Medicaid benefits. States that have already expanded Medicaid will have the choice of moving the expansion population to the premium-free public option as long as the states continue to pay their current share of the cost of covering those individuals. Additionally, Biden will ensure people making below 138% of the federal poverty level get covered. He'll do this by automatically enrolling these individuals when they interact with certain institutions (such as public schools) or other programs for low-income populations (such as SNAP).Learn more about how Biden's plan for health care benefits communities of color >>
Maybe you don't like the plan, but I think he explains it pretty clearly.
He wants to extend coverage as afforded by the ACA, and offer a 'Medicare program' for people to buy into.
This is magical thinking though. Why will Bernie manage to pass more progressive healthcare than Biden if both are to the left of what can get through? Explain the path.
It's most important to beat Trump and do minimal progress (if we accept that this is what is being offered) -- than to not beat Trump and actively regress whatever progress was made in the past, let alone "doing actual progress"
This paper could help:
Geophysical potential for wind energy over the open oceans
Wind speeds over open ocean areas are often higher than those in the windiest areas over land, which has motivated a quest to develop technologies that could harvest wind energy in deep water environments. However, it remains unclear whether these open ocean wind speeds are higher because of...
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Carbon brief is also a great source but I have no idea if they have a paper about off-shore wind.
Sure, continue fighting for M4A while also voting out those who oppose giving healthcare to every American. Actually attempting to fight for the people as opposed to immediately compromising with Republicans, who have zero interest in actually helping people outside of the rich, would be a good start.
It is not a plan to reduce costs or increase coverage. It's a plan to establish a "public option" with no direction on what it would cost or how it would operate.Plan to Protect and Build on Obamacare | Joe Biden
Joe Biden will protect and build on Obamacare by giving Americans more choice, reducing health care costs, and making the system less complex to navigate.
Is this not a workable plan or am I missing something?
A public option is only as good as its mandate. For example, a public option that is not allowed to be cheaper than private plans is worthless. Since there is no mandate there is no way of estimating program costs. Since there is no mandate or program costs there is no way to determine who it would help, if anyone.
It's a completely hollow proposal with those specifics.
This paper could help:
Geophysical potential for wind energy over the open oceans
Wind speeds over open ocean areas are often higher than those in the windiest areas over land, which has motivated a quest to develop technologies that could harvest wind energy in deep water environments. However, it remains unclear whether these open ocean wind speeds are higher because of...
Carbon brief is also a great source but I have no idea if they have a paper about off-shore wind.
Carbon Brief probably has papers on everything tbh, it's the best source of energy based news and overall breaking down science literature.
Forget compromising with Republicans.
You would have to compromise with Democrats first.
The problem is that Sanders has a pattern of giving up rather than putting his nose down and grinding out the work when it comes to both legislating and campaigning. He's rarely been the guy to put in the work hammering out compromise deals.
Seriously the right has pushed things so far there way over the last 30 years that people are timid of any kind of reform.
how will Biden pass anything when Trump defeats him like every non-moderate news source says he will? Now that's magical thinking
He's also not been president yet so 🤷♀️
have you seen Biden? Does he work?
Yeah believing that Biden will actually address healthcare is ... naive. That's why I'd be so peeved at 8 years of him. We'd be kicking the issue down the line for a decade at least. Likely two given that republican would come in after two terms of any dem.
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