[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 80 points 3 weeks ago

Cool, but we also take Finland's law about tuition: it's illegal to charge it.

No private schools. It's done wonders for their society because the rich people invest in the same schools as everyone else.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 80 points 2 months ago

Since it was a Conservative Republican who shot at him. Would they be retaliating against other republicans?

Or (more likely) would they be like the drunk idiots at the bar who just start swinging at anything that moves in their stupidity and anger?

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 119 points 2 months ago

Based on the GOP approach to school shootings, they should deliver thoughts & prayers then arm the ticket taker event staff.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 102 points 2 months ago

And your God emperor is signalling bloodshed if we let you do it.

You don't negotiate or compromise with Nazis like the Project 2025 people.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 83 points 5 months ago

Ah, so they signed onto the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact!

There's a CGP Grey video on how it generally works for those with short attention space and/or a need for dry government humor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX-frlNBJY

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 113 points 5 months ago

She's decided to get to the stage with a jury, attach jeopardy, and then immediately dismiss the case on BS grounds. Because jeopardy was attached (the case was tried, even if in a perfunctory and illegitimate manner), then you can't charge the defendant with the same crime again. This way, she can essentially discharge the crimes permanently.

That does mean she needs to actually get to the trial stage of things. It also means she can use the trial scheduling to keep tripping up the other trials for his crimes in other jurisdictions as she moves her trial dates around to block progress by other judges. She's actively trying to undermine the judiciary, the rule of law, and protect an enemy of the republic.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 78 points 6 months ago

Add in that id you don't blow it all, you get to count the interest income. A long term investment gets about 6-7% per year. That's actually more than the teaching job pay.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 128 points 6 months ago

Elections have consequences. This is just the latest step in the FAFO process for Idaho.

First, it was the clinics in the North Idaho, and now the rot is moving southward. More and more women and children will be affected by this attitude of anti humanism that focuses on declaring women property of the state.

Women in Idaho should be looking to move somewhere that doesn't consider them owned by the legislature. Good luck to you if you're stuck in Idaho. The scenery is beautiful, but the rights are contracting.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 94 points 7 months ago

That's how a mob organization runs. Just FYI.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 88 points 9 months ago

Such great Exploits of a Mom: https://xkcd.com/327/

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 118 points 10 months ago

... because my purchasing power is much lower than two years ago and my wages aren't remotely keeping up with profiteering inflation? Because I have to be very careful around Christmas to not overspend and I get to explain to the kids why there's only a few presents under the tree? They'll be okay with it, but as a person who has children to take care of it, it's crushing to go backwards year to year in what you're able to provide? Because a 3/4 full shopping cart today (not much meat) was $179 today? And we have a fixed rate mortgage! I can't envision the pressures people who are renting or trying to buy a home right now are going through. Anyone saying "it's all good out there!" can get fucked.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 81 points 10 months ago

That I've had to turn down some really cool overseas job opportunities. I couldn't tell my kids that I even got the job offers because their mother (my ex wife) refuses to consider the move and how we'd need to share the kids time with them overseas.

If I told the kids (now late teens) that their dream of living overseas was stymied so far by their mother's recalcitrance they might disown her, at least for a while.

It really sucks because not only don't I get to take the jobs, but I also have to hide my excitement at even getting the offer from my own family so that I can maintain my kids' relationship with their mother.

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