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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/26/a-majority-of-millennials-now-reject-capitalism-poll-shows/
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It's not Gatorade unless you can see the color from the outside
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Guy_Fieri posted...

I never forget to eat.

Username checks out
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You know that feeling?
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Someone with ties to the government was bringing in drugs just as the government was engaging in a massive, violent crackdown on the drug trade? Where have I heard this plot before?
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Related note:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/three-equifax-executives-sold-stock-before-revealing-cyber-hack

Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers.


The credit-reporting service said late Thursday in a statement that it discovered the intrusion on July 29. Regulatory filings show that three days later, Chief Financial Officer John Gamble sold shares worth $946,374 and Joseph Loughran, president of U.S. information solutions, exercised options to dispose of stock worth $584,099. Rodolfo Ploder, president of workforce solutions, sold $250,458 of stock on Aug. 2. None of the filings lists the transactions as being part of 10b5-1 pre-scheduled trading plans.

Equifax said in the statement that intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s-license numbers, as well as credit-card numbers for about 209,000 consumers. The incident ranks among the largest cybersecurity breaches in history.

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Capn Circus posted...

I'm still waiting on who this person is renowned by..

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/29/444221706/journalist-ta-nehisi-coates-among-2015-macarthur-genius-award-winners
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This bit is good, and dovetails with an argument I was having on here a week or two ago.

The tightly intertwined stories of the white working class and black Americans go back to the prehistory of the United States—and the use of one as a cudgel to silence the claims of the other goes back nearly as far. Like the black working class, the white working class originated in bondage—the former in the lifelong bondage of slavery, the latter in the temporary bondage of indenture. In the early 17th century, these two classes were remarkably, though not totally, free of racist enmity. But by the 18th century, the country’s master class had begun etching race into law while phasing out indentured servitude in favor of a more enduring labor solution. From these and other changes of law and economy, a bargain emerged: The descendants of indenture would enjoy the full benefits of whiteness, the most definitional benefit being that they would never sink to the level of the slave. But if the bargain protected white workers from slavery, it did not protect them from near-slave wages or backbreaking labor to attain them, and always there lurked a fear of having their benefits revoked.

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/technology/business/equifax-data-breach/index.html

Equifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans — almost half the country.

Cyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver's licenses.

Additionally, Equifax said that credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. customers were exposed, as was "personal identifying information" on roughly 182,000 U.S. customers involved in credit report disputes. Residents in the U.K. and Canada were also impacted.

The breach occurred between mid-May and July, Equifax said. The company said it discovered the hack on July 29.

"This is clearly a disappointing event for our company, and one that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do," said Equifax chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith.

Equifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that track and rates the financial history of U.S. consumers. The companies are supplied with data about loans, loan payments and credit cards, as well as information on everything from child support payments, credit limits, missed rent and utilities payments, addresses and employer history, which all factor into credit scores.

Unlike other data breaches, not all of the people affected by the Equifax breach may be aware that they're customers of the company. Equifax gets its data from credit card companies, banks, retailers, and lenders who report on the credit activity of individuals to credit reporting agencies, as well as by purchasing public records.

Consumers can check to see if they've potentially been impacted by submitting their last name and the last six digits of their social security number. Those affected will be given a date to enroll in free identity theft protection and credit file monitoring services.

Equifax is also mailing notices to people whose credit cards or dispute documents were affected.

"This is reason Number 10,000 to check your online bank statements and credit card statements on a regular basis, ideally weekly," said Matt Schulz, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com. "Bad guys can be very patient, so it's important to keep an eye out long after this story fades from the headlines."

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I mean, the idea that the best way for a billionaire to help fight crime is as a vigilante dressed as a bat is pretty ludicrous if given more than five seconds' thought.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/texas-chemical-plant-sued-millions-first-responders-charge-gross-negligence

Seven first responders filed a lawsuit Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility exploded after Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit against Arkema and three of the company’s executives is seeking over $1 million in monetary relief, and alleges that the company did not adequately warn law enforcement and public health agencies about hazardous materials at the chemical plant. Those allegations come after Arkema and its lobbying group, the American Chemistry Council, lobbied to kill a federal rule designed to require companies to better coordinate and inform first responders about the toxic compounds at chemical plants. The rule would have taken effect in March.

The EPA’s rule, which included a series of other safety provisions, was ultimately delayed to February 2019 by the Trump administration, with the support of top Texas Republican lawmakers — many of whom received large campaign donations from the chemical industry.

The suit filed in Harris County court asserts that after explosions at the Arkema’s Crosby plant emitted a cloud of gas, company officials “repeatedly denied that the chemicals were toxic or harmful in any manner to the people, and first responders, in the community.” Yet, the complaint says the fumes sickened the first responders, and charges Arkema with “gross negligence” and “malice.”

“Immediately upon being exposed to the fumes from the explosion, and one by one, the police officers and first responders began to fall ill in the middle of the road,” says the lawsuit, which was filed by members of local agencies including law enforcement and the fire department. “Calls for medics were made, but still no one from Arkema warned of the toxic fumes in the air. Emergency medical personnel arrived on scene, and even before exiting their vehicle, they became overcome by the fumes as well. The scene was nothing less than chaos. Police officers were doubled over vomiting, unable to breathe. Medical personnel, in their attempts to provide assistance to the officers, became overwhelmed and they too began to vomit and gasp for air.”

Arkema did not respond immediately respond to International Business Times’ request for comment.

The American Chemistry Council, which counts Arkema as a member, said in a statement to IBT that “industry had significant concerns with many of the modifications because it was not clear that they would improve the safety and security of chemical facilities or neighboring communities.”

The first responders’ complaint concludes that the company did not properly store its chemicals, did not “have adequate procedures in place to protect the safety and welfare of the community in the event of a catastrophe” and failed “to provide the public and first responders accurate information on the chemicals at risk of exploding.”

The allegations about information are particularly relevant to Arkema and its lobbying group’s successful effort to kill the EPA’s chemical plant safety rule, just months before the disaster in Texas.

Under that rule, which was originally proposed by the Obama administration in 2013 in response to a deadly explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant, owners of chemical plants would have had to increase coordination with local first responders. In particular, the rule stated companies would have to ensure that “local response organizations are aware of the regulated substances” at plants covered by EPA rules once a year.

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I feel like something with that sort of power would raise as many problems as it solves
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Hell yeah
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The police union has written a letter to Roger Goodell urging him to investigate Bennett. Definitely a good use of both their powers, and not just a shitty crybaby tantrum
https://twitter.com/vanessa_murphy/status/905845854128529408
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darkphoenix181 posted...

what if he does start acting like the centrist he has claimed to be?

It wouldn't erase the shit he's done in the first seven months. And "independent" is not the same as "centrist" or "moderate."
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Is there a hole all the way through the house, or is that just an awkward place to put a mirror?

Looks more like a pavillion than a house
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Hillary won among Democratic voters, but I think it's fair to say that she was horribly unsuited for a 2016 general electorate. Arguments from the primary about her "electability" really misread the situation.
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This is good
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Steep
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WD2 is good, as someone who never played WD1. The techy stuff makes it more enjoyable as a sandbox than like GTA, being able to toy around with people/police is fun. There are some neat platforming puzzles, too, which is not something I expected. But there's something off about car handling, and I haven't gotten around to actually beating the game.
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Deals are his art form
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Caution999 posted...

Because they have taken our tax dollars

How
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Dark Mice
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Ah, hell, I'll bump this
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Dying

https://twitter.com/thetomzone/status/905628277938819072
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Not every Democrat is thrilled with this deal

https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/905592886942507008
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DoomSwell posted...

Four:

Katia, Jose, Irma

where's the fourth?
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/09/04/a-2020-democratic-agenda-is-emerging/?utm_term=.66c2af869d95

With no clear front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, several prospective candidates are beginning to stir. The process of touching donors and activists has begun, and a Democratic Party message that is beyond simply being anti-Trump is becoming increasingly clear.

The Post’s Paul Waldman recently confirmed the consensus that is forming among 2020 Democratic candidates in support of a single-payer health-care system. I have worried for some time that while Democrats were falling in line with a deceptively simple health-care message, Republicans were stumbling into maintaining a broken Obamacare that they don’t support but cannot generate the political will to replace. Not good.

Beyond the call for a single-payer health-care system, the Democratic candidates appear to be coalescing around a core set of issues that constitute a dangerous lurch to the left.

As I see it, the ante to be in the game as a serious contender for the Democratic nomination will include uniform positions on at least five issues. Specifically, any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously must support a single-payer health-care system, a $15 minimum wage, free college tuition, affirmative support for sanctuary cities along with minimal immigration controls and, finally, a contender must completely embrace Black Lives Matter and engage in a probing courtship with the radical pseudo-group the “antifa.”

The race to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 will be a race to the left. The Bernie Sanders agenda has taken root. By the time the Democrats’ nominating process was complete in 2016, Hillary Clinton had become Bernie Sanders-lite. I see the next Democratic nominee as likely to be Sanders on steroids.

Economic polices will consist of government giveaways and anti-business crusades. Social causes will give no quarter to moderate positions, and LGBT special interests, labor unions, global warming fanatics and factions such as Black Lives Matter, along with other grievance industry groups, will face no moderating counterforce. (Disclosure: My firm represents interests in the fossil fuel industry.)

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American presidents usually get reelected. And with the Democratic candidates embracing a radical agenda, it would be easy to believe that 2020 could be a modern replay of the 1972 Nixon vs. McGovern race. But I worry that Trump is so unpopular and shows so little capacity for broadening his appeal to the wider electorate that he could be an exception — a la Jimmy Carter in 1980. (I disclose, once again, that I never thought Trump would win in 2016. But here we are.)

Anyway, the Democrats’ lurch to the left is particularly frightening when you think how a candidate with the aforementioned agenda might actually win and set a divided America on a destructive collision course.

Also I think he's grossly misreading the Democratic Party's current state.
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undermine the politics at hand?

Specifically, I'm talking about the popular image many have of folks like Al Gore, George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio as the biggest voices on the subject of global warming.

Now, I'm not going to criticize anyone for using their platform to speak out on an issue, especially one as important as this. But the common retort, and it ain't wrong, is that wealthy celebrities emit more carbon in a single jet ride than most folks will do in a year. The right wing narrative now often centers on figures like Gore as hypocritical given their personal consumption. (An alternative narrative might draw a connection here about inequality and the climate, but this does not get much play in the public discourse.)

I don't know what point I'm really making here. Discuss.
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nayr626 posted...

Do you have to wait for it to fall and then spin dash and hit it?

Basically. Wait for its electric attack to stop and there's a brief window where it's vulnerable
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The only issues I had with the boss:
- there's a very thin window where you can cause damage without getting hurt
- That one rolling blades thing
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I don't think they've gotten worse per se; I think the prevalence of cellphone cameras and social media have made these tensions harder for some people to ignore.
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For my part: a retired car crossing the apex of turn one, causing me to drop from 1st to 3rd on the 18th and last lap of my F1 2017 race

6/10
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Rate your mad level out of 10.
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This is why I only date N64 girls
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bump
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/349462-mccain-backs-graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal-effort

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that he supports a newer version of an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, throwing some support behind the last-ditch effort.

McCain said he backs a bill from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that would convert ObamaCare spending into block grants for states.

Asked if he supported it, McCain told reporters, "Yes. You think I wouldn't be?"

Graham is one of McCain's closest friends.

McCain was one of three crucial Republican votes that killed the GOP repeal effort in July.

He at the time called repeatedly for the Senate to return to "regular order," meaning a bill would go through a committee first.

"If it's not through regular order than it's a mistake, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't vote for it," McCain said when asked about his previous statements.

The measure faces long odds, despite the boost from McCain. The White House is pushing for it, but Senate GOP leadership has so far not expressed interest publicly.

Republicans face a tight deadline of Sept. 30, when the fast-track process known as reconciliation needed to pass a repeal bill without Democratic votes expires.

Asked if he thinks the bill has legs before Sept. 30, McCain said, "I do."

"I think he's getting a number of governors who are supportive of his approach to weigh in," McCain said of Graham.

Importantly McCain said that his home state's governor, Doug Ducey (R), supports the bill.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday on Fox News that President Trump would sign the Graham-Cassidy bill.

Democrats argue the block grant approach in the bill would lead to harmful cuts, including to Medicaid.

They point to a study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that found that the bill would result in a 34 percent cut in spending compared to ObamaCare over 10 years.

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I'm fucking furious.

Final lap of an 18 lap race, I'm hanging on to the lead...and a damaged, lapped car decides to leave the track by going straight across the apex at turn one. I clip him, damage my front wing, and finish third because I can't manage the loss of downforce.
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https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/905476118375006209
https://twitter.com/jim_newell/status/905481706228117504

Deals are his art form
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Man how dumb do you have to be to think that's a good use of money?
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GunmaN1905 posted...

Was thinking of getting it, but previous versions just seemed sub-par for me.

2016 is the only one I'd played before, but from reviews it definitely seemed like there was a drop in the series from ~2012-2015
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Not just the super in-depth R&D for career mode, but whole new modes and challenges, plus the classic cars. I thought 2016 was really good, but it seems bare-bones in comparison
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Advokaiser posted...

The point is that narrowing it down to two clearly opposite parties makes for an easier vote

The U.S. does not have "clearly opposite" parties.
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Remember that story about Mitt Romney holding a kid down and cutting his hair?
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voldothegr8 posted...

Nikra posted...

Most other real democracies has multiple parties to vote for

Such as?

Name another Democracy
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SSJ-AshKetchum posted...

Abandoning the precedent set by previous presidents,

This is a wild thing to criticize someone for in defense of Donald Trump, who accused his predecessor of wiretapping him.
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Mist_Turnips posted...

Don't they say that shit every year?

1. No. The record it's breaking comes from the 80s
2. If they did, and it were true, that would be more concerning, not less.
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GiftedACIII posted...

With all the news coverage on Harvey I thought that would be the biggest thing.

What made Harvey unique was the way it hovered over the Houston area for days. It'd have been one thing if it had made landfall and passed on through, like many hurricanes do, but it just stopped and had days to dump rain on Houston
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