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Missed the debate due to work and volunteer commitments, but got the rundown from my mum as soon as I got home. I gather it was basically everyone including the moderators dog-piling Bernie, except Warren, who kept her attacks on Sanders minimal, backed him up a bit on progressive policy, and mostl...

I'd like to point out that even a direct democracy like Switzerland has the option to redo a referendum if the public is sufficiently misinformed. Why should we hold ourselves to a higher standard by insisting that a redo for a non binding referendum conducted without election rules for a binding re...

Sorry, that's undemocratic. I should have a choice to not decide, because that is still a choice. (Apologies to Rush for mangling their song) You don't have to vote for anyone. You just have to show up. A spoiled ballot is still a ballot. And a pointless waste of time and resources for the sake of ...

The films also make it quite clear that most of the Gotham politicians aren't saints (Dent sure as hell isn't), and that Batman is only necessary because the system has failed. You can certainly see it as promoting unaccountable vigilantism- but Batman is also shown to need people (in Fox and Alfre...

I'd say one problem with TLJ is that it uses typical framing for stuff like Poe of that suicide run to the point that details like how the suicide run was going to fail get lost in cliches like "this dangerous efforts looks like it's going to fail and a bunch of people think it will, but it jus...

Yes, we've had plenty of time to come to any realization in regards to Brexit. Instead, whenever I encounter a radio or see a newspaper, it still often will involve some bit of news where some pro-brexit person is declaring brexit to be the will of people and that anyone who questions it hates the B...

Most likely, yes. I'd also like to think we're not screwed in regards to this here in the UK, but I've seen no sign so far that any of this has changed the minds of anyone who matters.

Trump is demanding the right to view the Mueller report and edit it on the basis of "executive privilege" before it is viewed by Congress or the public: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/03/18/trump-mueller-report-executive-privilege-quigley-sot-ebof-vpx.cnn Wow. I'm rarely incline...

I thought it was very well done, quite true to the manga in many key moments, and generally much better handled than Ghost in the Shell (ugh). Too bad it bombed commercially and it is unlikely the film story would ever get to Barjack Chronicle, which is one of the most interesting class struggle de...

I've tried malwarebytes. It allows both apps on my phone and overrides play protect for the com.android.extensions.hybrid.app

More information about these apps please. There are a million apps named "Smart Note". Also phone make model and provider. Might just be annoying shovelware your phone manufacturer or cellular provider is trying to force on your phone. The phone model is Ulefone S7. My service provider is...

Right, this is an issue I've been trying to deal with for a number of days. There are two apps that keep appearing on my phone, Android Innovation and Smart Note. Trying to remove them on safe mode and clearing the cache does not get rid of them permanently. They keep appearing even on safe mode wit...

I'll see if I can give a bit when I have some money on Friday. I could also share the gofundme link with a small group I run in case any one might be willing to donate, if that's okay.

I never said they were actually reasonable. But they clearly aimed to be a group that a regular right-winger could join while feeling they weren't radicals.

Isn't Brexit a manifestation of the antiglobalisation populism that is spreading throughout the world? Aren't the antiglobalisation forces obsessed with Islam as a rule? Don't they spin the conspiracy theory that the globalist want migration from third world nations because of various reasons, depe...

I know I beat it to death, but FLCL has set a bar so high in "near-incomprehensible anime bullshit, but still manages to be great," Did you know that there's a sequel airing on toonami/adult swim in two weeks? No... no, I did not. Now I'm torn between a bit of excitement... and preparing ...

My understanding is that the writer of the SAO light novels has admitted to having fantasised about being a high level player and having wrote SAO as his own power fantasy. The world of SAO exists so that the author self-insert can be the most amazing uber-player ever. So, the MMO is basically like ...

Well, I have the concern that there are definitely groups, such as the democratic establishment, the Republicans, etc, who don't wan't to face those deep problems and, if forced to do reforms, would prefer it to be as surface deep as possible. My line of thinking is that the path that the US has bee...

I'd say that Trump effectively had significant help via the incompetency/flaws of people who opposed him. It's why I brought up the Republican Party. They certainly did not intend for their party to end up with Trump as their Presidential candidate. However, their decisions as a party were such that...

I'd say the problem is not Trump's ability to manipulate anything. It's wider problems that allowed someone like him to risk. For example, there's the path that the Republican Party was on for a long time, one that ended with someone like Trump being able to become their Presidential candidate. It w...

Is he, though? I don't know that there's a lot of grand strategy involved in the chain of events "do ridiculous thing -> be only interesting soundbite -> have soundbite played a billion times per second -> win via Electoral College nonsense against literally the least popular imaginable plausi...

Hello, I think reintroductions are in order. I'm Ritterin Sophia, you may have known me as General Schatten before, due to recent events and revelations about myself in my life I won't be going by that name or using masculine pronouns anymore. Thus the need for reintroductions. :D I'm still general...

Rest in peace.

Since I won't be here tomorrow, Merry Chistmas, everyone!

I'll add, since its too late to edit that post, that I also believe have discussed alternative approaches to backing Left-wing militias or vigilantes, both here and elsewhere. In brief: -Act through the legal system and the police where possible (small town police forces should coordinate more with...