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Semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition
by jim bell 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition https://share.newsbreak.com/1hx0vuzi WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has managed to do nearly the unthinkable — unite the democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and the fiscally conservative right. The bill making its way through the Senate is a top priority of the Biden administration. It would add about $79 billion to the deficit over 10 years, mostly as a result of new grants and tax breaks that would subsidize the cost that computer chip manufacturers incur when building or expanding chip plants in the United States.Supporters say that countries all over the world are spending billons of dollars to lure chipmakers. The U.S. must do the same or risk losing a secure supply of the semiconductors that power the nation’s automobiles, computers, appliances and some of the military’s most advanced weapons systems. Sanders, I-Vt., and a wide range of conservative lawmakers, think tanks and media outlets have a different take. To them, it’s “corporate welfare.” It’s just the latest example of how spending taxpayer dollars to help the private sector can scramble the usual partisan lines, creating allies on the left and right who agree on little else. They are positioning themselves as defenders of the little guy against powerful interest groups lining up at the public trough. Sanders said he doesn’t hear from people about the need to help the semiconductor industry. Voters talk to him about climate change, gun safety, preserving a woman’s right to an abortion and boosting Social Security benefits, to name just a few.

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Graymail works on the corpse-media in any large Military-Entertainment-Complex
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Direct violation of the jury charge alleged in CIA frameup of Josh Shulte Some of the jury reportedly took detailed notes that they shared during deliberations! https://twitter.com/empiricalerror/status/1552092932706033664/photo/1 Fuck the CIA and all the journalist-jackass's they rode in on.

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Conde Nast airbrush out the Crypto Wars
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

They must have got bored laying about themselves with the cod-Freudian analysis so went in for some historical revisionism as well. Like the CIA and similar might have gotten more unpopular AFTER 2006! " The Gulf War never happened " , Baudrillard eat your heart out. https://twitter.com/empiricalerror/status/1552092932706033664/photo/1

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Semiconductor bill unites Sanders, the right — in opposition
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Sanders and the Lunar Right are both on a losing streak and this will probably continue since its becoming more and more obvious that the US needs a combined Monroe and Carter doctrine announcement stating the net is must be free from attack by all colonialist, Monarchist & Theocratic powers. Don't forget how often Keynesian policies helped the anarchy-of-markets. Woke corporations extending and defending the anarchic internet would not be the worst thing in the world right now. Anarchists can defend govt policies they favor - national health, for example - quite easily and ethically so long as they openly state their conditional nature up-front. When the overall size and power of the state is decreasing rapidly this is a snack. The last time anyone needed a red-brown alliance was two decades ago when we had to stop the invasion of SW Asia. Since then we don't need either statist Lefties OR Paultards. Such is anarchist political life. We're young - they're old - and that's that.

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If you honestly think science is organized crime
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Here is one really simple way to fight it. GET OFF the INTERNET.

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Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
by jim bell 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you https://share.newsbreak.com/1h6myng5 Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you By Peter Krapp, Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine, 5 hrs agoMost Americans are aware of video surveillance of public spaces. Likewise, most people know about online tracking – andwant Congress to do something about it . But as a researcher who studies digital culture and secret communications , I believe that to understand how pervasive surveillance is, it’s important to recognize how physical and digital tracking work together. Databases can correlate location data from smartphones , the growing number of private cameras, license plate readers on police cruisers and toll roads, and facial recognition technology , so if law enforcement wants to track where you are and where you’ve been, they can. They need a warrant to use cellphone search equipment: Connecting your device to a mobile device forensic tool lets them extract and analyze all your data if they have a warrant . However, private data brokers also track this kind of data and help surveil citizens – without a warrant. There is a large market for personal data, compiled from information people volunteer, information people unwittingly yield – for example, via mobile apps – and information that is stolen in data breaches. Among the customers for this largely unregulated data are federal, state and local law enforcement agencies .

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Jeff Berwick needs killing ( My 200 sats )
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

The series follows the growth of, and conflict within, the annual “Anarchapulco” conference in Acapulco, Mexico. Founded by entrepreneur and long-winded YouTuber Jeff Berwick in 2015, Anarchapulco caters to middle-to-upper class mostly white American expats who promote “free market” libertarian capitalism, as theorized by far-right thinkers like Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard. https://anarchistnews.org/content/real-anarchists-react-%E2%80%98-anarchist… Reposts etc

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science is organized crime
by punk 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/23/alzheimers-study-fraudulent "drug, sold under the brand name Aduhelm and developed by Biogen, was the subject of its own controversy last year. As it was being considered for approval in 2021, multiple FDA officials said there was not enough evidence of its benefit to support approval. Nevertheless, the agency approved the drug, which Biogen priced at $56,000. That prompted the resignation of three FDA officials, one of whom said there was “no good evidence the drug works”." Imagine that. The corruption is so insane that even turds from the FDA don't want to promote this poison. Poor, senile, fascist turds like jim bell and the thing <pro2rat(a)yahoo.com.au> won't have any 'medicine' to 'cure' their rotten brains. What a tragedy!!!

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Calls for the nuclear option
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Freeing Brittany Griner and Paul Whelan is as simple as kidnapping a couple of KGB agents and shoving them across a bridge. Why is that POTUS shitheel Biden his time? https://twitter.com/praddenkeefe/status/1552055105138180108 The manifesto of the Communist Party is a fascist document - Grigory Maximoff

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Argentina news - families rely on a huge landfill site for food.
by professor rat 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

In one of the poorest slums in Argentina, families rely on a huge landfill site for food. In one of the poorest slums in Argentina, hundreds of families rely on a huge landfill site to feed their children. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-62311622 And in related news . . . " A general prohibition of child labor is incompatible with the existence of large-scale industry and hence an empty, pious wish. Its realization -- if it were possible -- would be reactionary. " Karl

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