aelwero

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection

I'd say that it's not a good path to tread to have courts deciding who can and can't be on the ballot, however, in this particular case, it was put to the voters, and these guys knew the rule when they broke it, so c'est la vie

As for their argument, I'd say go with it... Let them run, let them get elected, then bar them for the term... That's actually how the wording works out... Theyre correct that they can technically run, but it's pretty specific about being unable to seve the term.

Fuck around and let a district go unrepresented for a term because legislators wanna play the "well ackshually" game, and the voters will sort that shit right out.

aelwero , 5 months ago to News in New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

The risk of anything whatsoever happening to any given individual from nuclear is miniscule compared to the very real risk to literally everyone everywhere posed by coal and gas power...

We're all on a runaway train barreling towards catastrophe, and you're essentially saying the bathroom needs a floor mat so someone doesn't slip and fall. That's about how the risks compare

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Trump must still cough up at least $90M in E. Jean Carroll verdict — and soon — even though an appeal means she has to wait for it

Fuckin bullshit... If you or I, any normal citizen, wins a punitive judgement, the courts will do absolutely fuck all to collect it for you.

This should be the standard for ALL damages imposed by ALL courts for * everyone*, not just a special case because it's everyone's favorite fucking oompah loompah.

aelwero , 5 months ago to Asklemmy in Do you believe in meritocracy? Why or why not?

Wildly untenable concept in modern society...

I'm sure it would work great in a video game or something, but In the real world, this shit goes crony AF guaranteed.

We don't measure aptitude or ability in our society, we absolutely suck at it. A person's ability is measured by what pedigree they purchased at degrees R us, or worse, by how articulate and verbose they were when typing a resume. Occasionally, ability is measured by how well someone likes a person even...

Competence is valued in a very select few enterprises. Trades, IT, and at higher echelons, math nerds... That's about it...

aelwero , 5 months ago to Interesting Global News in Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster

A punitive assessment for the emotional damage from deaths and destruction of personal property on a grand scale, including the environment the damaged parties live in, is entirely appropriate.

Levying it under that pretense, but putting it in a discretionary fund under purview of government is essentially a 100% tax on the damages done to the victims.

Claiming it will be used to benefit those victims is a whitewash... It never goes to the victims unless it's awarded to them.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with the punitive assessment, my objection is purely to the recipient.

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Bidencare Is a Really Big Deal

They aren't actually doing much... This is something they did a while ago, they're just trotting it out and showing it off because there isn't anything current going on.

aelwero , 5 months ago to Interesting Global News in Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster

Or maybe give it to the people who were actually affected by it? The ones in who's names the judgement was made?

It literally says it's a punitive assessment for emotional damages... I don't think the government got its feelings hurt...

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Bidencare Is a Really Big Deal

Biden deserves some political reward for this good news, given that Donald Trump and many in his party...

Fucking election year, everybody fire up the spin. I hate politics :/

This is wildly better than whatever shit the repub propaganda machine is gonna fart out though, so I reckon I'll be avoiding Facebook and YouTube for a bit ;)

aelwero , 5 months ago to Interesting Global News in Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster

the money, which will be adjusted for inflation since 2015, will be put into a state fund and used for projects and initiatives in the area impacted by the dam collapse.

Lol... That won't get abused at all.

aelwero , 5 months ago to China in China's Alarming Experiment With a 100% Fatal Covid-Like Pangolin CoronaVirus

And if a novel virus outbreak occurs and the genesis is near a facility fucking around with this stuff, it's totally a coincidence and you should never even think about suggesting otherwise, because reasons.

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Chaos engulfs Michigan Republicans after election-denying chair’s removal

It's "we" if I'm a Republican...

I'm not, but I'm not a Democrat either

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Utah House passes transgender bathroom ban

Fair point...

Ya know, in '94 I was stationed in Korea, they had bars off base that catered to us military, and they had "juicy girls", which were basically just women who went around looking for simps to buy them an orange juice for $20 (and they were pretty successful at it).

Anyways, most of the bars had one bathroom. You'd go in there and use the urinal and occasionally one of the girls would walk right in and use the stall.

It was weird as hell, but only once... After the initial "wtf" time, it was just meh, whatever, the OB beer's cheap enough :)

It's not actually that serious...

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Utah House passes transgender bathroom ban

while existing ones must be studied to assess “the feasibility of retrofitting or remodeling” facilities to improve privacy.

Well that's a nice silver lining...

aelwero , 5 months ago to politics in Chaos engulfs Michigan Republicans after election-denying chair’s removal

"we voted, you lost"

"No I didn't"

Thanks trump, now we got this stupid ass kindergarten playground political strat we get to deal with.

aelwero , 5 months ago to Hacker News in The Movement to 'Make America Rake Again'

These small devices also leak formaldehyde

Anytime I see this cited, I summarily dismiss the entirety of the article in question.

Why? Because you know what produces formaldehyde? Humans do.

So does a leaf blower produce less formaldehyde than the mouth breather in the break room at work? More than a Taylor Swift concert? Can't tell without numbers... If you're just gonna say that leaf blowers should be banned because formaldehyde, are you also suggesting genocide?