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I wonder how many people realize the US founding fathers had real disdain for the average voter. When you look at our system critically, it was designed for rule by the elite. The situation was different then. Today, though while vital we vote, the voter is still structurally a minimized actor.

So what's your astute recommendation? Ukraine surrender to Russia? The US dissolve so Russia or China can dominate? Honestly curious. What's your solution to peace? Bitching just to bitch is worse than useless - though maybe makes the bitcher happy. If you have reasonable solutions, please provide.

The US has never been perfect. No country ever has. But we can do our best and continue to improve. We just have to clean house. Throw out the trash. They've self identified so won't be hard to find them. I could be wrong, but I'll go down fighting.

CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yeah, nope. Whatever you call home (true home) may not. But Ukraine has right to exist and will continue. Regardless of what Putin propagandists/MAGA think and try. And the true patriots in the US will throw out this cancer that has been festering for decades and restore the US as a world partner.

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And I'll take the chance that all the great researchers and companies will leave if taxed too much. Do you think the billionaires really drive the economy? They are vampires for the most part. The Nosferatu version not Gary Oldman 😀. The brilliance in the US doesn't get the riches. The leaches do.

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Seems to me, the federal government should tax the "crap" out of drug development companies and then fund the research efforts. Not be extremely restrictive as to what to research. But then the companies can't bitch they have to charge so much to develop the drugs in the first place.

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This cat came to eat Friskies and kick ass. And he’s all outta Friskies…

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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Can he ban states from having international observers? Though I guess he could just not let them in the country.

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Just ordered! We can't wait to receive the book!

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pot market, it will be legalized asap. They probably have teams ready when rescheduled to get a federal recreational law passed. Money is all that matters to them. Still, maybe we'll get legal choices. Yet, how long before they find ways to screw it up, add things, make pot bad like alcohol can be.

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There are so many things people can get addicted too. And often the same people would be fine with alternates. Again, like pot vs alcohol. But the morality police and the corporate interests don't care. That's a long post in itself. Bet if the alcohol and tobacco companies find a way to get into the

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Yep, they'll do anything to protect their golden goose. Alcohol to many people destroys their lives and those around them. Some people though are fine drinking. Just like pot is a literal god send to many - though to some they do wind up screwing up with harder drugs. Gambling, sex, shopping, etc.

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I don't think it meant to imply anything like a rape victim should be forced to carry the rapists baby to term. Just my reading of it. But I do know in some backwards (being nice) places it would be forced.

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I don't think that was what the post meant. At least I just read it to mean that men should be held responsible to the mother legally during pregnancy - and that there is no law on the books for that even though paternity can be determined at 6 weeks.

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What happened to Alan Turing was a crime in itself. As for part of a punishment for a rapist though - I can agree with it. It's a lot better for the rapist than what I would do to him if he raped my wife or daughter.

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This f'ing administration and all their lackeys and best buds think the world is a James Bond and Call of Duty video game mix with a Book of Revelations mod. It is pure insanity.

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Love that expression!!!!!!

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sadly, some people are stuck there at least temporarily. Some parts do have slightly more redeeming qualities, but the last few years even the best areas have been infected with the mind rot.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Have you ever seen a alpaca without its wool? Original post

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She nailed it Original post

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From now on, any time I interview anyone, I'm bringing an iced coffee. Bonus points for anyone that gives me a funny look because they read this conversation. 😁

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kitten ear-cleaning service: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lionesses keep the male lions in check out in the wild. I’d love to see women doing similar things here in society.

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I find it self-promoting and self-aggrandizing of the super rich to say if they are taxed more, they'll leave and innovation and business growth will go with them. Super rich stifle innovation, limit progress. They are so full of themselves. I'm happy to take a chance they are right. 😏Let's see!

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CatScar @catscar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In no way are they victims. Giving up and just going along does not absolve someone of their actions. I apologize that it came across that way.

My respect for Lee de Forest has gone down significantly. I am glad she was able to find someone who respected her. As the spouse of an engineer and with a daughter engineer, I am sickened by the misogynistic attitudes. And when it was doesn't excuse it.

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Right now, with Citizens United and Super PACs, it is not one person one vote. It is a few voting blocs propagandized into submission. Get money out of our elections. The corporations and super rich don't have the right to control things. It is time to take our rights back.

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We the people, the real patriots, the real Americans, have to come together to win. It's not too late - yet.

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The patient's not dead yet. Time to destroy the cancer that has been growing these last years. If there are enough real Americans left, then maybe the surgery to remove and destroy every bit of the cancer will be a success and the patient will survive and even be stronger.

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Of course, I know this was somewhat sarcastic. We all know what they care about.

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If you want energy security, energy indepedence, you work to maximize multiple sources of energy. And reduce the more volatile or risky ones. That is simply being intelligent. I don't get why that is so hard for policy makers to understand - unless they care more about kickbacks and personal power.

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as we are, and I wonder how we want to deal with them collectively as a society. One caveat. I am not talking about people who don't try, who expect things to be given to them. That feel they deserve this or that. And they are everywhere from the poor to the rich. I mean deserving people.

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simply more complex and difficult than can be addressed by a fairly straightforward position. I know I can do well no matter what. I have proven it more times than I wish you think about. And I imagine you are the same way. But there are people who for whatever reason aren't as lucky or blessed

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You just pack up, start a new company and move on scott free. I know you realize I don't mean you when I say you. But I also know you are more than smart enough to know what I mean. You may not agree, which is your right. And again, I apologize for my earlier assumptions. I just think things are

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then and now. The entire system across the board is setup or being setup to put all the responsibility and risk on the individual. Companies have less and less risk on everything. Unless you are stupid, if you have a company and if fails, the shareholders or other investors take the hit - not you.

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) to the individual students. So, unless wealthy, or smart and resourceful already, you are fighting an uphill battle from the start. And the people most against you are the ones saying, well I did it 30 years ago, why can't you. Or 40 plus years ago. Well, look at state and federal school funding

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very difficult to get the value you used to and should be able to now. Just like businesses want the entire retirement risk for workers to be on individuals, while knowing they will always be at a disadvantage to corporate money manipulators, the education costs have been shifted entirely (or close

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Maybe skills training or other education can fix that for many - though not all. Do we just consider them collateral damage? That is not a snide or rude statement - really what does society do? And just as an aside, the post secondary education system has been setup over the last decades to make it

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because the federal minumum wage has in no way kept up with the cost to simply survive. In general, employers will pay the smallest amount they can - workers are just another resource to them after all. So spend as little as you can on resources. And so, the only limit is the required floor.

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The minimum wage was established to be a floor, a base established so employers couldn't take advantage of workers. Yes, it wasn't to be what most people lived on for their whole lives. But again, people have different situations. And the only way employers are able to pay below livable wages is

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