About 30 min to launch

The only CPAC speech that looked worth listening to was the one by Michele Malkin

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-07/leaked-audio-google-wants-steer-conservative-movement-away-nationalism

Sufi's are ok. Sort of the concepts/practices of Buddhism bolted onto Shia

Mystic Islam

Well, you find that kind of thing with Catholics in the Philipines

Chances of postal banking in US = zero

Btw, they have that in Japan as well

You are going against one of the most powerful lobby groups in the US. You have a better chance of forcing them to accept Elizabeth Warren style banking regulations

I don't think they get a pass next time, but to actually create a nationalized competitor, I don't think so

I do think they get squeezed in a lot of different ways

You seem pretty sure a postal bank won't deplatform you, I don't share your optimism

Especially since the only way IMO to get such a thing is if the political left take more power and they tend to use power against their enemies

* that dirty feeling defending banksters *

I would have more faith in such a coalition if it came from the right. I agree there will be a more redistribution type policies and taxes in the future either way

I don't think the left is in any mood for coalition

Matt I agree there needs to be realignment between the parties. The Trump election was just the first salvo of that. I don't think it is over yet

Agree CiC

But things are still fluid

So far, agree with that Matt

I am less certain it there is an ultimate failure to reform though, especially when the opposing party is in such disarray

Regardless of which party aegis it is under, the next stable government in the US will have policies that swing to favoring workers and in general have higher taxes.

I favor things that raise wages, employment, etc, over gibs

lol

I like getting rid of income taxes and going to sales type taxes. A VAT isn't my first choice but can live with it. Even better the CiC style vat

Agree CiC, now we need more of that type of thing

Agree CiC but I'm being pragmatic and am ok with a mixture of things if we can get rid of income taxes. Income taxes unfairly target what is left of the middle class

Only working and middle really have income. The top brackets make their money on their ownership/stock/options

@ian, it is like a sales tax but takes place all through the supply chain, not just at retail

I agree that is likely what happens Immune to Coochie, which is why I favor the sales tax, but because of that, they are essentially the same thing. Probably easier to sell VAT as it is 'going after the corporations'

Matt I think there are other factors to pricing in the depression. The Youtuber Academic Agent made some vids on that recently

I don't think VATs lead to inflation

Inflation is more a monetary phenomenon

Again though, I don't really have a big problem with VAT

I don't see companies as evil and don't want the US to turn into like doing business in Europe which is a pain in the ass, and in general then favors big companies

Yes

And instagram and whatsapp

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/facebook-suffers-outage-related-to-core-whatsapp-and-instagram.html

These things can be region specific. Might even be fixed by now

https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/map/

https://downdetector.com/status/facebook

Reports are falling off, so might be fixed

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-20/ill-carry-out-massacre-bus-full-italian-children-set-fire-senegalese-born-driver

Yep, I'm watching it too

We are just getting heavy launch vehicles back so maybe they can get the moon base built

@Eritrean MGTOW I thought he was supposed to be on with Halsey tonight but I don't know at what time the stream is scheduled

You got the same answer in TFM's discord that I did....none

@mattforney Did you decide to do anything on the Dem debates this week?