Bobby Blaze | Esq.

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Engineer | Attorney | IFR Private Pilot | Hypnotist

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Chicago | Media | Anti-Authoritarian | Anti-Establishment | Permaculture | Homesteading | Anti-Big Pharma | Anti-Big Food | Philosophy | Psychology | Logic | Dogs, Cats, & Capybara
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Nov 20, 2024
@ProPublica

As a lifelong #Chicago resident I could give you a lot of background on this story, but the bottom line is that any issues with the #ChicagoPoliceDepartment fall 100% on #Democrats.

They have controlled Chicago for over 50 years. They control the city, county, and state governments. They control all three branches of government statewide.

Chicago should be a Democrat utopia.
Bobby Blaze | Esq.Nov 7, 2024

I see quite a few #Democrats blaming anyone and everyone except #Harris and her team (of which she is ultimately the leader.)

This is toxic and a path to make sure that #Dems never win another election again.

You cannot constantly berate and degrade people, constantly throw stones at them (sometimes literally) and think they're going to come around to your way of thinking.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.Everyone needs to face the facts and be better.

A little introspection would go a long way.

#Election #Trump #politics

Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Oct 10, 2024
@realTuckFrumper

So you're saying it would be easy to name a bigger broadcast scandal.
Bobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 10, 2024
This guy claims to be a professor but doesn't understand basic statistics.

"Notes on Meth­od­o­logy: We rely on L2’s racial categorizations throughout. In Georgia, L2 uses voters’ self-identified race when available. For the set of Georgia voters who do not self-report race when they register to vote, L2 uses proprietary algorithms to estimate race and ethnicity."

a.k.a. they guessed.

Should also compare midterm to midterm. And you have to consider who was on the ballot. People vote, or don't vote, for dozens (perhaps hundreds) of reasons. Plus, 2020 was such an outlier because of mail-in voting.

– – – And if that was not enough…

"The numer­ator is calcu­lated by summing the number of ballots cast by self-iden­ti­fied white and Black voters, and the denom­in­ator comes from the Census Bureau’s five-year estim­ates of the citizen voting-age popu­la­tion (CVAP) ending with each year. The 2022 denom­in­ator is the CVAP from 2020, the latest year avail­able."

LOL – the number is not even calculated using registered voters!

Whatever Professor.

mastodon.social/@SteveThompson/113110822634664880

@SteveThompson
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 10, 2024
@DavidM_yeg @bloodravenlib @pluralistic

Ha! I was thinking a little bit about this last night. Yeah, maybe Lowe's is not the greatest corporate citizen but it's behavior is far better than that of the banks. That got me thinking however since the Clinton administration Congress (when run by either party) has just rolled over and screwed everybody on banking legislation.

Anyways, I've been involved in a number of startups. There is actually a tremendous amount of "work" to be done before the first employee/worker is hired. Just as a practical matter it's impossible to hire anyone if you don't have money to pay them.

There are exceptions of course. There are salespeople whose compensation is 100% "eat what you kill." Drug dealers work on a similar model.

But traditionally if I walked into a bakery and the owner told me, "you have to make and sell 100 muffins and then I will use that money to pay you" that doesn't sound like a very good deal for me. And who paid for the oven, the utilities, insurance, space, supplies, and all the ingredients?

There are other exceptions of well. When I tell my kid to take out the garbage, that's work without a worker. How about students? Students do a lot of "work" but are not considered workers.

If you want to play linguistic games that's fine.

Perhaps I was a little glib with the "no workers no work". It should be taken a little bit more "reasonably" and a little less "literally".

e.g. should we consider slaves equivalent to workers, or is there a meaningful distinction between the two?

When someone "works" for a company they risk their job.

When someone "invests" in a company they risk their investment.

There are exceptions, but in the traditional business model capital precedes labor.
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 9, 2024
@DavidM_yeg @pluralistic @bloodravenlib

I'd say that's correct.

In an entrepreneurial situation the worker(s) is/are the owner(s). But there's no doubt they are the ones doing the work. No workers; no work.
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 9, 2024
@DavidM_yeg @pluralistic @bloodravenlib

Generally speaking, capital precedes labor.

There are a few entrepreneurial startups were the owners "work for free". However, in those situations, the owners are taking all (literally 100%) the risk.

There is an argument to be made for co-ops and employee owned organizations. There is also an argument to be made that large corporations should pay their workers better.

But like it or not, capital makes things happen.
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 9, 2024
@AnnaKennard

What should we do with Europeans who try to sway the outcome of a US election?
Bobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 9, 2024
Large corporations can be evil in the same way individuals can be.

Most people who scream like this are simply losers who can't compete.

RE: beige.party/users/faraiwe/statuses/113108209164856011
faraiwe (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] it's particularly funny (not in a ha-ha way) that #Lowes is the business in question, here, given the bandwagonning some were putting towards Lowe's away from #HomeDepot, given HD's owner being pro-tRump. As if Lowe's had a conscience and were some nice business. Spoiler: they are not. There are none. Large corporations are soul-less, scruple-less, and will always fuck people over, to boost bottomline, because that is how they are set up. The world will burn because CEOs need bonuses. Learn this, peeps. Don't give in to artificial culture wars. ALL large corporations are evil, no billionaires are good.

beige.party
Show threadBobby Blaze | Esq.Sep 9, 2024
@DavidM_yeg @pluralistic @bloodravenlib

The stock buybacks were a benefit to the shareholders; the people who invested their money – took a risk – in the company. Without the investors, many (most) of the 285,000 employees would be without a job.