Touché but you know what I mean. It’s the most logical to have absolute zero be zero.

Kelvin is objectively the most accurate. Celsius fans cope.

I appreciate you sharing your experience. But it does seem to me that for a party to be effective there does need to be some vague consensus on a broad political strategy. From the outside it does seem like running candidates in democratic primaries has been the most successful activity the DSA engages in, so it’s kind of weird to have whole caucuses that fundamentally disagree with that strategy. Wouldn’t it be better for everyone if they were separate organizations? What’s the advantage of trying to do all of this different stuff under the DSA banner?

Also, I’m very surprised to hear that the ML factions (I assume that’s what you mean by left but people have a lot of different ideas about that) are the most democratic because my understanding is that their organizational structure is usually very undemocratic. It makes me wonder if their participation in DSA is just a ploy to seize control of the brand and turn it into another ML party. Of which we have several, and none of which have been particularly effective at anything. But I really know nothing about these internal caucuses and maybe they’re different from what I’ve seen in other orgs. But that’s essentially how the Bolsheviks came into power, so it certainly should raise questions.

What I meant was, what is the mechanism that supposedly connects facial features to job performance?

Care to elaborate?

Anyone who thinks this underestimates Trump’s sinophobia.

George Glass, U.S. ambassador to Japan, wrote on X: “The mask slips again. Just a few months ago, [Xue] compared Israel with Nazi Germany. Now, he threatens Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and the Japanese people.”

Disturbing. What is the proposed mechanism here? Or is it unknown?

That really has nothing to do with the comparison at hand between the refusal to pay snap benefits and the massive famines of the 20th centuries that the Stalinist governments created.

But sure, American imperialism bad. It’s a bit harder to measure all of these separate factors though, and it doesn’t make this campist meme any less dumb.

Call me naive if you want but I think we might want to aim for slightly more than another flavor of illusory democracy.

Although I have to say that the primary selection process in the US, while deeply flawed, is far more open for insurgent candidates than the Chinese system. See Mamdani for a recent example of how democratic elites don’t have total control of the outcomes.

Well, when millions die from starvation then you can argue the economy here is worse. Until then I think this comparison is a bit silly. Stupid as this whole debacle is, it’s nowhere near as stupid as the Holodomor or Great Leap Forward.

Severe famines require more than just incompetence. They require active, violent repression of the people’s ability to solve their own problems—which they usually have. This is what makes these kinds of famines so horrific. Yes, they are partially natural, but they could have easily been solved if aid or freedom of movement had been permitted by the ruling tyrants.

Overall safer yes but do they have more murders? I was not under that impression.

Someone needs to be willing to prosecute it. And since it is a federal court I believe it would need to be a federal prosecutor. That should answer your question.

What about the other 80%? Are they still pending or how many led to convictions? I’d like to get that down to zero.

Because I hate unnecessary fences.

Definitely Eucalyptus. Species ID won’t be easy on a young plant. There are hundreds of species, and many look quite similar.

Losing a tiny amount of money from the federal budget is irreparable harm. But starvation? Just fine.

This Supreme Court is a joke. I just heard they’ve ruled with the fascists over 90% of the time.

And it wasn’t even about it going on the ground or whatever it was about him failing his duty to impregnate his brother’s widow, which was expected of him. Sounds bizarre today but due to the rules of inheritance at that time, it was considered a service to the widow.

There aren’t any.

I’m aware, that’s why it was a question.