Hopefully we stop wasting this limited resource on fucking balloons.

Edit: well this kicked off a fun and respectful conversation. The information I can find from actual scientists says wasting helium on balloons is bad. The balloon lobby says it is just a waste byproduct. The balloon lobby brings nothing of value to the world in terms of plastic or helium use, so I'm going to go with the science opinion on this one.

Key point not in the article headline but in the article itself: they unionized 2 weeks earlier.

What fight? Google is making money, and nearly everyone is playing Google's game following their tune. Google is definitely not losing.

The comments from the article were surprisingly not bad. One made a good point:

The POTUS started his SotU speech with:

“Now it is we who face an unprecedented moment in the history of the Union. And yes, my purpose tonight is to both wake up this Congress, and alert the American people that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.”

I have watched a lot of state of the union addresses and I cannot remember one that began with this stark of warning.

Yet, all the articles being posted are about MTG and whether Biden looked/didn’t look old and who clapped and who didn’t.

That’s a 5-alarm fire bell he just rang, broadcasted out to the entire country and world, pay attention to what’s important

Drop everything

... and? Panic? Die?

Huh, the quote with context is actually much worse than the headline. I'm impressed.

But don't you know, you can't tax the wealthy, they'll just leave! It'll never work, and you'll never get more income.

It's ridiculous how effective "Republicans = economy" propaganda has been.

If she was rich, the response would be, "congratulations!", and if she was an LLC it would be a fine of... 5 percent?

These kind of favors are never about paying something back, it's always a perverse version of paying it forward; this bond is only posted because there's an expected future return on investment.

Was there not a whole team? It's not a solo procedure.

I agree donating to instances and to things you believe in is a good idea.

But declaring that paying for things means they aren't going to be controlled by shitty corporations is just ignoring every other aspect of the global economy.

It's sad that this article reads like advertising for a shit head to attract other shit heads (how many times did they call out his show?). He'll come out of this better off financially.

They identify with protagonists.

Also, Divergent should not be on the same list as the others.

More seriously though, it is frustrating.

Not really

Conservative 'protesters' get treated with kid gloves, or pardoned by the governor of Texas. They usually don't get charged. They have friends in the forces.

Progressive protestors get maced, shot, beat to shit, locked up, maybe charged but probably not since they are more frequently non violent, and then they maybe get a settlement.

E.g., how will this help those protesting cop city? The cops are already ignoring the law.

The article showing a (sanitized) picture of the consulate with police standing around is something of a disservice to the man who sacrificed himself to make a statement.

Quietly?

In what way have they been subtle about loudly and proudly proclaiming what everyone else can or cannot do with their body?

Doesn't look like it's driving him crazy. He just lies about it, half of his supporters believe him, and the other half believe "in spirit". Seems pretty normal.

Silly academics and the limits to their tolerance for debt servitude.

Pence and Giuliani didn't have money.