Posts by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
(DIR) Post #AQApzFw5yKQiyrAI9A by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2022-12-01T20:26:55Z
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@Rasp Welcome to Night Vale? Or just a general eldritch aesthetic?
(DIR) Post #AS4mEGGm4RnSWsgCwq by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-01-27T17:11:44Z
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@mrvapor Yet non-violent protests can be surprisingly effective, even against literal Nazishttps://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/german-wives-win-release-their-jewish-husbands-rosenstrasse-protest-1943
(DIR) Post #AS4mEHXpKX20U3fLAO by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-01-27T18:00:15Z
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@mrvapor yep. I'm not a pacifist myself. But if it worked against Nazis in 1943, probably has more power than we expect. The Nazis did not exactly have a shortage of tanks and rifles at that point. But even they were a bit reluctant to use them against German women.
(DIR) Post #ASHxPZyjksSkPAB4Pw by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-03T02:36:35Z
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@Tengrain @TonyStark @DontMindMe @GeorgeCarlinWasRight @Npars01 @TheTraveler @KentNelson Um, on a related note, are there any Mastodon instances on the TOR Network by any chance? Asking for a friend...
(DIR) Post #ASW3YZa5vD6niTlIdk by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-09T21:52:01Z
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@stopgopfox A Missourian here. Kids with guns on public lands? Okay. *Unsupervised* kids on public lands? Wtf?
(DIR) Post #ASW4BExMXOyb2m5EC8 by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-09T21:59:08Z
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@stopgopfox White trash usually at least has the excuse of being poor and often uneducated. This was like a Confederate flag flying on a truck parked in the country club.
(DIR) Post #ASeLIHZ4chTdm2EjQG by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-13T18:00:03Z
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@patrickstewart @bookstodon It might be easier to discover a book through a retailer, but it would be good to have the option to buy it directly from the author.
(DIR) Post #AT760BwytWqjQ7Am4e by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-27T18:43:09Z
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@fuggy If you live in the US, you can dial 988
(DIR) Post #ATM7OgVackJahFG91E by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-06T22:44:19Z
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@TonyStark Know what would pay off the national debt real quick? A wealth tax. What do the Republicans not want to talk about? A wealth tax.
(DIR) Post #ATMAqOvFtxlO7pAjaK by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T01:18:50Z
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@BarrenPlanet @TonyStark Don't make me throw my copy of Piketty at you, that tome could kill an ox.By "national debt," I mean Treasury bonds, about 60% of which are owned by Americans, mostly small investors. Taxing the wealth of billionaires to pay off US small investors wouldn't change how much the US as a whole owns, it would just change which individual owns what. For the 40% foreign owned, it'd be like tapping our savings to pay off our credit cards.
(DIR) Post #ATMBCtcMSSXBhC3qJE by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T01:22:54Z
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@BarrenPlanet @TonyStark I agree that most of the holdings of the Federal Reserve are Treasury bonds, so while there is truth to the idea that governments destroy money through taxation, that is a gross oversimplification. Since Congress has delegated its authority to create currency to the Federal Reserve, money wouldn't be destroyed when it's returned to the federal gov't via taxes, but when the gov't uses it to pay off what it "owes" to the Fed.
(DIR) Post #ATMCTna2G5Plqcb3rc by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T01:37:10Z
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@BarrenPlanet @TonyStark I have a lot of books too. I also have a brain ;)
(DIR) Post #ATMCW2syKA9ZtbWeB6 by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T01:37:35Z
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@BarrenPlanet I have a lot of books too. I also have a brain ;)
(DIR) Post #ATME0FED6DUOojQJrU by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T01:54:13Z
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@BarrenPlanet If you were using yours, you might realize I might not be advocating paying off *all* the debt. Money being a useful thing to have.I am aware of about three different versions of MMT. One version was actually in a utopian sf novel Heinlein wrote back during the Great Depression, when he was a "socialist." Require all banks to have full reserves. Have an agency that creates new money, use it to fund infrastructure and blue sky r&d.
(DIR) Post #ATMJltXjWiVbEV60oa by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-03-07T02:58:53Z
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@BarrenPlanet If you didn't tell me what your actual proposal was, I was going to mute you. Have a good night.
(DIR) Post #AXK8psz74vZvxiMD9k by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-03T17:14:50Z
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@Shameless Didn't the Republicans declare Budweiser gay and woke or something?
(DIR) Post #AbTxy150P6F7Smsok4 by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-11-05T02:28:58Z
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@itnewsbot The Musk Distraction Team must have been doing their job!
(DIR) Post #AdHCkVmDYeQHAVaECG by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-12-28T18:27:39Z
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@furgar .... Wouldn't HRT be a pretty good preventative for male pattern baldness?
(DIR) Post #AdHH5tTx15qaaTUTXk by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-12-28T19:16:20Z
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@istvan @furgar ... Are you implying that being trans is socially profitable now? :sweat smile: Ironically, being that sensitive about being bald might be the result of testosterone poisoning. Men are way too damn emotional and sensitive.
(DIR) Post #AdHcpHzapfyYfomJqS by DrDanMarshall@mastodon.cloud
2023-12-28T23:19:51Z
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@istvan @furgar <stares in suicide rates>