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04 Feb 2016, 7:58 pm

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A lot of what is called 'fiscal conservatism' is really just short-term thinking and/or an excuse to redistribute wealth upwards.


Most rational economists don't believe is trickle down anymore. It is really "middle out".

Some rich people do provide more jobs than others, but it is the middle that is the real powerhouse.



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04 Feb 2016, 7:59 pm

I don't know about a police station or a judge, but she will have a record; yes, assault includes verbal threats and even body language (for example, blocking a person's egress by standing in their way, even if you don't touch them).



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04 Feb 2016, 8:00 pm

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A lot of what is called 'fiscal conservatism' is really just short-term thinking and/or an excuse to redistribute wealth upwards.


Most rational economists don't believe is trickle down anymore. It is really "middle out".

Some rich people do provide more jobs than others, but it is the middle that is the real powerhouse.

That's part of what I mean by the right not being rational. The American right is still pushing what we call "Reaganomics" as hard as it can, talking about the poooor "job creators" as if businesses employ people merely out of the goodness of their hearts.



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04 Feb 2016, 8:07 pm

...Don't do the crime if you can't do the time . :lol:



quote="0_equals_true"]The US concept of misdemeanors are a bit alien to me. Could somebody explain?

Would she have to report to a police station? Does she see a proper judge?

We have somethings like that but assault would on your record. We actually abolished a general distinction from felonies in 1969. We rarely hear either word used in that way.

I understand that assault also includes verbal assault such as making threats.[/quote]



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04 Feb 2016, 8:14 pm

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That's part of what I mean by the right not being rational. The American right is still pushing what we call "Reaganomics" as hard as it can, talking about the poooor "job creators" as if businesses employ people merely out of the goodness of their hearts.


Actually both left and right government are guilty of make a fundmantal mistake time a time again, regenerating deprived areas.

What they do is broker special deals with large multinational companies (example of collusion) to solve jobs issue. These area are very vulnerable because there are few employers, and lack of diversity. So when the rug gets pull from under them the whole local economy collapses.

This comes under short termism, but like I say it is not atypical of either side, they have both done it becuase it is the easy option.

Actually the left were no less enthusiastic about it an promoted the "job for life" idea that became redundant concept many decade ago, if it ever was realisitc.



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04 Feb 2016, 8:30 pm

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For assault? Why is it that we so commonly see women get off so easily for offenses that men would never get a chance with escaping?

motives are taken into account.


And what is the motive in this case that makes her so elusive?


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04 Feb 2016, 8:38 pm

her? or women in general?



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12 Feb 2016, 1:48 pm



This is starting to get cringe worthy.

I wonder if Melissa would even advocates for this "support".

There is no other way of describing these students other than stupid. It is so, so dumb, the fact that they would even associate themselves with the civil rights movement, yet they have trouble grasping basic concept like privacy, public places, the point of a protest, freedom of speech.

What are they learning is school and university, that they can can get this far an not grasp these concepts?

It also shows how intersectionalism can go wrong. Especially if the seed ideology restricts the free flow of ideas. What you end up is a sort of cult of victimhood.

I agree with Sargon, this is just a sad, and I mean that in the traditional sense.



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12 Feb 2016, 2:19 pm

0_equals_true wrote:


This is starting to get cringe worthy.

I wonder if Melissa would even advocates for this "support".

There is no other way of describing these students other than stupid. It is so, so dumb, the fact that they would even associate themselves with the civil rights movement, yet they have trouble grasping basic concept like privacy, public places, the point of a protest, freedom of speech.

What are they learning is school and university, that they can can get this far an not grasp these concepts?

It also shows how intersectionalism can go wrong. Especially if the seed ideology restricts the free flow of ideas. What you end up is a sort of cult of victimhood.

I agree with Sargon, this is just a sad, and I mean that in the traditional sense.


the regressive left is becoming a huge problem



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12 Feb 2016, 2:54 pm

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the regressive left is becoming a huge problem


Well, I was aware of militant far left groups in university. However they were clear about not believing in these rights. I don't agree with them, but at least they are consistent about this. Same for far right nationalists.

In this case they are just clueless about the basics concept of rights, and it is true that they are entitled.

Repressiveness, is not exclusive to one side it just happens to be on the left in this case. Though this it is not that different from fascist ideas.



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14 Feb 2016, 11:55 pm

New video of Melissa Click berating police officers at a completely different public protest last year:



New statement from interim Missouri chancellor about this:

http://munews.missouri.edu/news-release ... ank-foley/

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16 Feb 2016, 4:06 pm

Heh. Click is apparently employing a "reputation management" company called Status Labs to try to salvage her job and repair the damage she's done to herself.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/gra ... new-video/


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25 Feb 2016, 4:29 pm

Melissa Click has been fired:

https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/media ... _statement


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25 Feb 2016, 5:21 pm

In all honestly it was the best possible outcome. I don't like to revel in someone's firing but they need to look at their academic standards.

You would expect someone who was an assistant professor of journalism to know the basics of free speech. For that reason alone they should consider their suitability for that role.



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25 Feb 2016, 5:22 pm

Being fired? Lol needed that!


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25 Feb 2016, 8:01 pm

good thing her education prepared her to be a lovely Starbucks barista