This is great for Pennsylvania, but just in case anyone gets the wrong idea about the voters becoming more progressive, her opponent was named Bizzaro. I guarantee there are more voters in PA that didn’t think he was a serious candidate because of his name than there are voters who looked at pamphlet that says who the party was supporting.
I’m from the Philadelphia suburbs, and I’ve heard of him because I have been following the race. But I have talked with several people who commented about his name being weird, and it’s why they didn’t vote for him. There were lot’s of jokes about the Superman character, either from comic book readers or Seinfeld fans.
Erie county is home to 270,000 people. Add the surrounding counties, and you get close to 400,000.
Pennsylvania county is 1,500,000 and there’s another 2.4 million in the surrounding suburbs. Mr. Bizzaro would have done well to introduce himself to the opposite corner, because everybody here lumped him in with Vermin Supreme.
It’s not sexism or racism, it’s just that the computer models for building a lifelike automaton to replace powerful people is exponentially harder with each gender and skin tone you add to the master mold.
I was in a ska band in high school, and we played this song at the school twice. After the first time, the school administration requested we censor a few lines, notably “I’ll even cut my lyrics off for you.”
Close, but sadly no. The fedora was green, and the shoes were black converse with white-out checkers.
The administration was actually fairly reasonable about it. It was being broadcast on the school’s TV station, and they had fcc concerns so they cut the end our performance of that one song. For future performances they asked for playlists in advance. We thought they would object to the song because it is about lesbians, but it was just the line about cutting off your penis that they felt was about self-harm. So we changed it to “lyrics” for the next show. They didn’t cut the broadcast for How’s My Driving, Doug Hastings, or Stuff, but asked us not to play either one again. I think we snuck Doug Hastings in as an encore once, but didn’t face any repercussions.
Honestly, it was a long time ago so I might have the details wrong.
Right, but none of those are metaphorical punishments. They’re just literal things that seem funny. And it’s a folk song, so the variations and intended meanings are as ephemeral as a game of telephone. Having one line about sleeping with the captain’s daughter might have been even more amusing (and thus more catchy) because of the double meaning.
I’m not saying that it’s not possible that your interpretation is correct, but I would imagine that your average deck hand singing sea shanties isn’t thinking metaphorically when he’s singing about getting drunk and laid. And insisting that the one line in the song isn’t about fucking is feels like wishful thinking rather than a devotion to historical accuracy.
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government’s proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
That’s just bad craftsmanship. The company you hired was bad at their job. There are many problems with permitting and inspections, and the current state of the solar market is a mess. However, I wouldn’t necessarily blame permitting and inspections processes, or the current state of the market for the problems you experienced. It’s more like, in the chaos of what is going on, shitty companies are able to keep finding work despite being bad at what they do.
IF the government hired competent contractors, it wouldn’t cost nearly as much as it does. Unfortunately, the government is run by corrupt individuals who steer money to their colleagues for their own personal benefit.
I know it seems like I’m nitpicking, but it’s a critical distinction. From your original comment, where you begin by saying local permitting is a nightmare, one might conclude that fewer regulations would grease the wheels of commerce and allow free markets to install solar panels faster and cheaper. In fact, what we need is tighter regulation, more transparency in the processes, and central citizen oversight into the processes.
I make seitan deli meat loaves in two flavors: Turkey and ham. This is the ham variety. Sliced thin, and lightly toasted in a pan with a dash of oil. Let the edges get crispy, pile it up, and slap a piece of fake cheese on it. Cover the pan and let melt....
A helium balloon does not invalidate the law of gravity.
The law of supply and demand describes market forces, but these are not the only forces that act on prices. Perceived value, fomo, FArtS, and even your basic fraud, all of these are also forces that act on pricing. Economics, like physics, does not happen in a frictionless vacuum.
Except those regular events aren’t ignored, and they don’t invalidate economic laws any more than helium balloons. When regular events are found to be non-compliant, the laws of economics are rewritten to make it make sense with the knowledge at hand. Those statements are equally true of economics and physics.
I do feel bad for anyone stuck in a desperate situation. Some people might enjoy working in fast food, but I didn’t. I’ve never worked as a prostitute, but I cannot imagine being so desperate for money that I’d be willing to do that. I’m sure there are some prostitutes who enjoy their work, but there’s a big difference between cleaning the grease trap and… well, actually now that you mention it…
I’m not projecting or generalizing, I’m saying the legalization of sex work doesn’t protect desperate people from degrading themselves for money. Only proper regulation and social safety nets will do that. I have no problem with sex workers (and I apologize for using an outdated term) on a moral basis as long as all the workers are not forced into it. Legalized prostitution protects the sex capitalist from prosecution, but it does not protect the sex worker from the sex capitalist who would leverage their position of power to abuse them. You can point to on documentary as an example of how it should work, but you cannot say that it is how it always works.
I’m not sure you understand what a non-newtonian fluid is. A toothpick would float on jello, but if you stick it down into the jello, its buoyancy doesn’t factor in. Quicksand compresses and becomes solid under force, and if you try to walk out, you’re more likely to pull yourself deeper. The force of you floating is weaker than the force of compressed quicksand keeping you down.
And I didn’t say that anyone drowns, I said it gets hard to breathe if you manage to sink up to your chest. You’re right about the dehydration and fatigue, but it is due to panic. If you can float, then you could just lie on your back and roll your way to the edge. But once you’re in deep, it would take a tow truck to drag your legs out against the force of the gelled quicksand.
She beat the party-backed candidate for Pa. treasurer. Donations are starting to roll in. (www.spotlightpa.org)
Meta’s new AI council is composed entirely of white men (techcrunch.com)
Meanwhile, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by irresponsible AI.
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Girlfriend still
Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
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Oil and gas lobby group says emissions cap could cost sector $75B in lost investment (www.cbc.ca)
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government’s proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
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