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Qasim Rashid, Esq. | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Wow. Rep @RoKhanna to intro major bill to increase congressional & judicial accountability:
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SleightWryder | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e4576eea I can get behind that, though a lifetime term with probation by the IRS and FBI would work for the Supreme court as well. 

Holding that much power can be offset with constant probes into your interests and activities as well as affiliations.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 As we face yet another Govt shutdown I reflect on these absurdities. In the United States:
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SleightWryder | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e4576eea Our legislature is rife with abuse! WHY HAVE WE NOT CHECKED THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE LAWS? DON'T MOST OF THEM COME FROM CORPORATE LOBBIES?!
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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded COVID shot

Moderna developed its vaccine wi...
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SleightWryder | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 No, I don't think I'll be taking the overpriced vaccine. I'd sooner die of the coof than give these pigs my money. Oh wait, they own the means to my getting fed. FUCK.
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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Oldest Unity game developer group breaks up over lack of trust in the company

Meanwhile, major g...
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SleightWryder | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 Unity can burn. Please just let it burn as an example.

We've been letting this kind of behavior get rewarded for too long.