Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
5hr ago
Is real Chinese food as good as the MSG slop they serve at Chinese restaurants in the US? I love that shit.
Quantumfreakonomics
5hr ago
The Dark Knight. It’s not particularly close.
Quantumfreakonomics
6hr ago
What's the best evidence that Renee Good's vehicle actually made contact with Jonathan Ross?
In one video you see Ross lean forward, then the car drives forward, then he suddenly moves backwards. Biomechanically, a person can’t step back that fast from that position. Some other object must have provided the backwards force.
Also, listening closely to the cellphone video, you hear four pops, but only three shots were fired. The additional pop is the impact.
Quantumfreakonomics
9hr ago
It looks to me like she wanted to do an intimidating bad ass peel out like you'd see in a movie.
I couldn't quite put my finger on what was happening, but I think this is it. No idea about the Lesbian stuff, but you can practically see her think, "This is gonna be so fucking sick. I hope somebody is filming."
Quantumfreakonomics
9hr ago
I don't think it's a good idea to publicly question the authenticity of people who post opinions that appear to be quite common. It drives me absolutely insane that mods on Reddit accuse me of being inauthentic or "trolling" for posting opinions held by the median Republican. Don't fall into the same trap.
Quantumfreakonomics
9hr ago
Fiery but mostly peaceful protests in Iran.
I don't quite want to take the position that the current unrest in Iran is bad, but I do want to consider it. There is a lot of discussion downthread about the insidious effects of pervasive and assertive civil disobedience on the legitimate exersize of state power, and I wonder why that same logic doesn't apply here. It's common in the American conciousness to assume that Iran = bad, but I get the impression that a lot of Iran's badness is exaggerated by Western media. Is the current government of Iran illegitimate? If so, why? Is it because Iran isn't a full democracy? The United States props up lots of countries that are less democratic than Iran. Is democracy in Middle Eastern countries even desirable? It doesn't quite feel right to categorically rule-out theocracy as a legitimate form of governance, even if most of us would find living under one alienating.
The elephant in the room is geopolitics. Iran is aligned with Russia and opposed to many US allies. It would be good for US geopolitical intrests for the current regime to fall. Does this somehow make angry mobs torching government buildings okay, another form of spooky moral action at a distance?
I am not an expert on Iran, so feel free to tell me if the Khamenei Regime is actually the second coming of the Khmer Rouge or Third Reich.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
The central problem with Jan6th is that the Capital Police consistently failed to do their job, and those failures were the cause that escalated the protest into a riot
I had thought that riots are caused by the rioters rioting. I can kind-of see one making the argument that undercover agents incited the crowd, but I can't see how the police failing to prevent people from entering a building is what causes people to enter a building, as if this particular crowd of people is just a force of nature with no agency or responsibility.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
Yes. The Ashley Babbitt shooting was justified. Waco was justified. Arguably Kent State was justified. It is okay to use force against people resisting law-enforcement activity.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
I have read that her wife was outside the car when this all happened. Presumably the wife was there for the protests.
I suppose it’s possible that Renee was coming to pick her wife up, which would explain why she might stop in a weird spot in the middle of the action.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
That was my first thought too, but I think now that it means “person observing the legality (or lack thereof) of the officers.”
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
Props to Tenobrus on Twitter for admitting the crux.
”idk man. still just kinda feel sick. i think for whatever reason this is my final lib out moment. i don't really care if there was an agent kind of in front of her car. they shouldn't have fucking been there. they shouldn't fucking exist. deport every goddamn ice agent”
A lot of people don’t consider ICE a legitimate law-enforcement agency. They don’t consider arresting and deporting illegal immigrants who are not otherwise criminal to be a legitimate government policy. They think that random citizens should be able to block public roadways in order to obstruct federal agents, then run away and go “NA NA NA I’M NOT TOUCHING YOU” the moment the agents try to do anything about it. That it is actually ICE who is breaching the social contract here. If anything, citizens should be able to shoot ICE agents who get in their way.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
NO! People will actually turn out to LOVE Somalians because of this. They will be taking money from the socialized commons (which includes substantial federal funds by the way) and bringing it to the specific places where Somali fraudsters live. I would bet that the local Cadillac dealerships in Minneapolis can’t get enough of the Somalis.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
[NormanRockwellFreedomOfSpeech.jpg] I think it is okay for law enforcement officers to shoot people who are willing to run them over.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
When you turn the wheel and press the accelerator at the same time, the car doesn't go in a straight line.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
She backs-up with the wheels turned to the left, stops, turns the wheels to the right, and then accelerates forward. The officer is in front of the car, so via the intermediate value theorem, there is indeed a point where the wheels are pointed directly at the cop.
This doesn't really mean much, because she keeps turning the wheels, and this is also exactly the technique one would use to execute a two-point turn.
If Tim Walz uses the Minnesota National Guard to remove federal agents then Trump will have full legal and ethical justification to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in literal tanks.
EDIT: I am watching the clips where people say that Tim Walz is threatening to use the National Guard against federal agents. He does not seem to be actually saying that.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
30 years is a bit much. Are there any websites from 30 years ago still active? I think there's a good chance we're still here in 10 though.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
What percentage of federal workers with a clearance are actually underpaid these days?
The people responsible for the successful execution of the Maduro capture added at least $100 billion in value to the US Equity market. There is no way they are being fairly compensated.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Why isn't everyone doing this, if they aren't already?
The reason, which becomes clear if one looks at the fine print, is that these markets have absolutely pathetic volume. One and a half million dollars on whether Trump will take Greenland. This is probably for the best. If I had a Polymarket account, I would have bet against Maduro being removed from power, and I would have lost my money.
Despite the hype, the smart money on Wall Street is not getting involved.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Have you ever heard the song, “You Belong With Me”?
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me, you belong with me
Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
"Hey, isn't this easy?"
It’s hardly even subtext. It’s just text.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
Everyone remembers Metternich. Nobody remembers Ferdinand.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
I've seen speculation that the polygamous habits of Somalians are why this particular grift is so lucrative for them. One man with four wives worth of children could be raking in a middle-class lifestyle just watching the kids.
I don't know about the in-actuality familial habits of American Somalis to evaluate whether this is a good explaination or just made-up.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
It’s almost scarier if it turns out these are all technically legit businesses and the government was just this bad at not getting Dutch Booked.
Sure, you could take care of your own baby like a chump, or you could let your buddy take care of your baby and do him a $3000/month solid.
Demographically Minnesota is a Midwestern state with a 75% white population. In theory it should be winnable by Republicans. The right deciding to fight back in Minneapolis specifically is the kind of high-variance strategy that could flip the state red. If Minnesota white people become as
racistdemographically aware as white people in Ohio, then Democrats are screwed.More options
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