cogman

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Not really. It was ok but not great pizza.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

Yup, they deliberately ran it into the ground. They took out loans against Kmart to buy Sears and sold Sears and Kmart properties off to give themselves money via stock buybacks.

And what's worse, because it worked, you can see similar actions happening to other major retail outlets. Target, in particular, seems to be following directly in the footsteps of Kmart.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Agreed, very well done.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Assuming he has a competent lawyer. Very possible she sucks and so does his lawyer.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I lived above a pizza shop at one point. Was not an issue.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 64 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In my state (Idaho) it's because a good number of the legislators are landlords.

They don't give a fuck that half their apartments are Airbnbs, they prefer it that way.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh wow, that's a terrible photo. I didn't know about it, but given the recent tenat media lawsuit I figured russia pumping money into the green party wasn't crazy. They were more than willing to dump $5 mil on idiots like tim pool and dave rubin so why wouldn't they also pump a bunch of money in long shot candidates like Stein.

Heck, they've done it in the past via the NRA.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, if we prove her quotes accurate we can surmise that she may have said yes, with further investigation. But I'll tell you, once we get to the bottom of our deep investigation we will find that she may possibly believe putin might be a war criminal given the current political climate of the UN and the ongoing hostilities in nations. After all, we need to address the issue of tariffs in china.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (7 children)

She's a grifter so it really would not surprise me to learn that she's taken daddy putin's propoganda dollars.

Remember how she raised a bunch of money in 2016 to do a recount and then never did? Yeah. That's what grifting looks like. She had no legal way to actually accomplish the task she was fundraising for which is every bit as bad a selling someone snake oil.

She and the green party exist solely to extract money out of credulous idiots who buy the lie that voting for her does anything.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes, but mini vans aren't lifted 20 ft off the ground with absurdly huge hoods for no apparent reason.

The reason trucks and SUVs are killing kids is because you can see a 4ft tall person that isn't standing 100 yards in front. These are the only vehicles with this problem.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://theconversation.com/nras-path-to-recovery-from-financial-woes-leaves-the-gun-group-vulnerable-to-new-problems-201144

Looks like the bankruptcy was killed. But yeah, the NRA has been bleeding members and is spending it's money on legal flights. They are in a pretty bad state

[–] cogman@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

2A absolutism is a recent invention in modern politics started by the NRA. Restrictions on guns and gun ownership have been in the law books since pretty close to the founding.

There are already restrictions on who can own guns and what guns can be purchased by the public.

When I say 2A insanity, I'm talking about Republicans blocking all common sense gun legislation. I don't think that will stay forever. I don't believe a repeal of 2A needs to happen to make things significantly better. You could, for example, make it illegal to sell/own guns under 30. You could ban magazines. You could limit the caliber of bullets sold. You could make gun manufacturers civilly liable for the advertisements they put out.

Before even addressing if 2A is a good amendment (it isn't) we can do all this

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