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Has there ever been a peaceful revolution? I can’t think of any.

Well, yes there has been. It was so peaceful its historically even called the "Velvet Revolution" where the people of Czechoslovakia decided equally and peacefull to split into two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (Slovakia). source

Jan 26 2024

"For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time. The International Space Station (ISS) hosted 11 of them — seven long-term crewmembers and four visitors on the private Ax-3 mission — and three occupied China's Tiangong space station.

The other six were aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane, which reached suborbital space on the company's Galactic 06 mission. Four of those six were passengers, while two were piloting Unity on Galactic 06, which lasted about an hour from liftoff to touchdown. "

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As you can see on the site right now, the number of people in space right now is ten. For those of us that follow spaceflight, the most exciting day was when, for a few minutes, there were TWENTY. That is a record for all of humanity. We've never had that many in space at once ever.

I’d also add that companies/government offices should not be permitted to pay any employee more than 100x the annual income of their lowest paid employee.

Sadly this wouldn't be difficult to loophole. Today's corporations would simply create nested contracting companies. As in, top execs would be one company where the lowest paid employee is a highly compensated Executive VP and the highest the CEO. The next step down being Senior VP that reports to that Executive VP would be the highest paid employee in a separate company that is contracted to the first company housing the high execs. Repeat until you get to the person that waters the flowers in the lobby.

Here's a visual to show the relationships between these companies and the contract linkage:

Needs a Danny Glover cameo that can give a visual response when that line is said like "oh really?!".

Here's the extra insidious part. While there is absolutely a racial component in the initial request that gave them this power, there's an added dimension beyond even race.

This action doesn't just enable immigration enforcement. It can be used and an intimidation tactic. It can be used for reprisals against citizens completely unconnected with anything to do with immigration. Do you show up at a rally protesting trump's actions? You can now be forced to show ID and have your name collected. Do you trust the current administration to not use those lists of "disloyal" citizens to enact revenge in denial of services or even worse? It may not even have to be at the federal level. There are those in local groups looking to harass and intimidate opposition voices. Embolden by trump, they'll now have a list of their neighbors to target.

Headline is inaccurate"

ICE lets local officials stop ~~immigrants~~ anyone on the streets as task force program is back.

Fixed.

Immigrants don't have a specific uniform or identifying mark. So this doesn't just apply to immigrants. It will apply to everyone and the "local officials" will simply claim they have to identify your immigration status and can take you away if they don't feel you've proven your citizenship.

It seems like if Honda has any interest left in in Nissan, they'll just buy it out of bankruptcy when that occurs. The only other chance Nissan seems to have is if there is a non-automotive company that wants to become one.

This is a true face of the russia that trump is so eager to hand Ukraine over to.

trump controls the justice department in the executive, and GOP has firm control over the Judicial branch at the Supreme Court. Musk hasn't made friends of the GOP Washington power brokers. So trump could vindictively railroad musk through whatever remains of the justice system, and there would be no one that would stand and fight for Musk (except maybe Putin).

It might descend into one of those bizzaro world scenarios where "free market" Republicans call for and get the nationalization of SpaceX as a strategic asset (with its tight control of US military launch capabilities and Starlink network). Lefties would be uncomfortably cheering on the GOP for "seizing the means of production" in the form of Musk's companies.

Some people are not capable of empathy. They cannot or will not put themselves in the shoes of others and imagine what it would be like to be without healthcare or be hungry.

Others are worse, they can imagine it, and they delight in the suffering of others.

The House Republicans’ budget plan would give major tax cuts to high-income, wealthy households. Extending the expiring individual income and estate tax provisions for households with incomes in the top 5 percent of the income distribution (households with incomes over $321,000) costs around $1.8 trillion through 2034, accounting for 49 percent of the total $3.6 trillion cost of extension through 2034. That $1.8 trillion for wealthy and high-income households is close to the amount of the spending cuts House Republicans have outlined — including at least $880 billion primarily from Medicaid, $230 billion primarily from SNAP benefits, and $330 billion primarily from making student loans more expensive. Of the tax cuts for wealthy households, nearly $200 billion is for an estate tax giveaway that showers some $6 million per estate on the 1 in 1,000 wealthiest estates. In contrast, the average SNAP benefit is $6.20 per person per day, which helps struggling families put food on the table.

Reverse Robin Hood. Stealing from the millions of poor to give to the few rich. Sickening.