jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
these guys are not nearly afraid enough of what it means that new york is finally voting for guys like mamdani in a citywide contest. Their days are numbered
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
these guys are not nearly afraid enough of what it means that new york is finally voting for guys like mamdani in a citywide contest. Their days are numbered
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps he shouldn’t have let OFA get gutted by rahm Emanuel and other conservative dems who saw it as a threat to what they knew they’d want to do to protect bankers after the ‘08 crash
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
by definition it can only come from one side of the spectrum, it's just that that side includes rightwing 'liberals'
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
He knows what he's doing when he says "voter" instead of "democratic party leaders and elite opinion makers who actually wield influence" because he knows it's not the *voters* who are being criticized by bluesky posters
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
If “functionally equivalent” is defined as all the rules text being the same with a different name— this is not a functionally equivalent card. I can’t imagine it would have matter practically speaking, but the card type is different.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
check the typing-- not the same card!
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
This works but only if you change the way local schools are funded by zip code
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Online-only*
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Years ago I made the decision to never support only-only cards with the assumption that it would only involve dumb alchemy formats, and here we are with me no longer being able to play standard. Oh well, guess it was a good run
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
oh I hate this.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
UB prices are higher because they are collectors items, but don't worry they will never be in standard so you don't have to get them. Okay, now they are in standard but we're making them even more expensive for some reason. Okay now they are 75% of all standard sets, and still more expensive
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
this guy is obviously a paid operative who is responded to every single comment in this thread with the same link, lol the kind of half hearted shilling you get on the friday afternoon before a long weekend, I guess
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Does cauldron have a role or just another cool +1/+1 card?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
This has to be a bit right
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
“I tHiNk dEprIvinG tRuMp of PoLitIcaL PowEr is GoOd” give me a fucking break, lmao
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
A question I ask myself every day on here is to what degree are you pretending to be stupid to win an argument that doesn’t matter, and to what degree are you actually stupid enough to think what you say is true? I’m sure it’s a mix, but which way does it tilt, on balance?
Look at Friedland's face when Torres "rejects the notion" of Israel having the policy of killing civilians seeking aid.
Unquestionably a war crime. I know we all have fatigue about this, but we have to keep saying it where we can until enough people get it.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
I suspect it's a bunch of rancid idiots straight up lying
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Gavin (though I fucking despise the man) has a plan that has a genuine path to boosting power for the Democratic party as a structured organization. Getting dark money billionaires to bankroll and coopt youtubers is not a direct path to power. I'm baffled at the analysis I'm seeing on bsky today
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Sanguine bond and exquisite blood is not a two card combo— you need something else to gain life or make an opponent lose life to start the chain. 3+ card combos are fine for b3
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
honestly MORE embarrassing to not have been paid. woof
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn't make a moral judgment, I was critiquing it from a practical point of view-- giving money to the parents won't solve anything, and it won't. It's frankly silly to think that they will bankrupt 'every penny' of a corporation valued in the billions
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
That's the side of the argument I'm on-- we should talk about lawsuits not in terms of giving money to people, but how companies can be held accountable. Even in this case where the lawsuit seeks other punishments, the person I'm responding to only referenced money
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they are missing most of the important consequences the lawsuit is seeking. It's about a lot more than monetary awards and that's extremely relevant.
I was this man’s business staffer. He knows nothing about business and he’s actually rather stupid about the private sector altogether. All he knows is how to curry favor with private sector leaders to fund his campaigns. By “pro-corporate” he means pro grift.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Then maybe say you hope it does something other than give money to his parents? I dunno dude, I'm just reacting to your actual words
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Giving money to his parents doesn't solve anything-- this wasn't a crime against his parents, it's a crime against humanity. The only appropriate punishment is disbandment of the company, destruction of the product, and personal criminal liability for the executives
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Cycle after cycle after cycle of "I agree with the fascists on nearly every problem in society but instead of voting for them you should vote for me, a person who will do nothing to solve any of those problems"
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
uh erm well ackshully this aint it chief erm
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
and giving up every battle before it starts is how you to war?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
just because you don't care about trans people doesn't mean they don't matter. That's not something you get to decide-- it just means you're as shitty of a person as he is
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
bro if you were right about any of this there wouldn't be a problem-- you're literally advocating for a status quo that doesn't work
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
a fascist government taking over a private company isn't communism. fuck's sake the level of political education in this country is embarrassing
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
*after three years Let’s not forgive those loans too hastily!
the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together” show some damn pride in the places you want to govern
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
oh wow thank you for this new information
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
wow sounds great
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
ok
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
your claim was that only 1000 people in america live off their investments, so let's not act too smug about dubious factual statements
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
not interested in pedantic debate shit, sorry
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
probably 6 or 1837% if I had to guess
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s just not true, many many people live off their investments
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
This gets very tricky because wealthy people don’t necessarily have income the same way you or I do
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
What he is saying about trans people matters because trans people matter. It’s not about something else. It’s disqualifying, period.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
I need all the people who think they are being helpful to stop saying this is bad because of what it means for other things that you care about more. This matters because THIS MATTERS
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
No, it actually is a “purity” thing— it wouldn’t be okay to hold his positions if they were “effective politics”. It’s a moral question, and that’s important to understand
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
If you support this you deserve to lose
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
If democrats can’t protect trans people then we all deserve to die. It’s that simple, and yes I will sacrifice everything if they capitulate on this (and not only this, mind you)
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
How’d this argument work last year, idiot?
I need Democratic online types to understand that because of this, Newsom is dead to me. Dead. I'd sooner vote for an actual corpse. There is no hope, none, that he'll win me over, *because he has established he is a bad person*. There's no coming back from this. Take my advice and move the fuck on.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you so much for saying this, ten million idiots haven’t already said this in every single discussion about politics on every single website every single day for the last ten years Inspiring, bold, and uniquely refreshing take about the future of politics!
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Harris lost because she alienated millions of voters.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck off, we don’t want the same society at the end of this and we don’t need you
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Just make sure not to complain when they are halfway done murdering you, because that will just give them license to finish the job
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
I hope you’re treated exactly how Israel Is treating them
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe start with the premise that you want to do right by the community that allows you to exist, and not the idea that you should try to get away with anything shady that might go unnoticed. This is a kid reading from an apology note his mommy wrote
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
What’s with the passive voice? Your workers tripped and fell and used the AI Tool? You’re going to pretend it wasn’t a deliberate business choice? Probably nothing would have been satisfactory, but this half ass dogshit response doesn’t even come close
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah clearly I was very wrong about that, look how dynamic and progressive America has gotten!
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
alright man, yeah sure that's why she lost every swing state. good christ this is tiring
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
The tent is supposed to be voters, not warmongering elites who speak for moneyed interests. Let these five guys into the tent and you lose 5 million votes. Kamala Harris literally JUST lost trying to do your strategy, how do you still think it could work???
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
On the contrary, listening to those grifters is a big part of why trump got re elected in the first place. They earn zero votes and alienate the voters who actually would matter. Keeping them in the tent is not only immoral but strategically incompetent
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
They are republicans who simply don’t want trump in power. They are still very much an evil group with evil goals
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
And who are they?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
here's a hint, the guy I responded to is a republican who believes in the republican party but without trump. Does the republican party without trump sound like a good group to have in charge?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
who do you think I'm supporting
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you understand who I'm responding to?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
The world is going to be a fascinating place for you once you learn how to read
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Hi yes I am responding to the lincoln project account. They want you to die-- maybe reconsider allying with them.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
you guys are so excited to get rid of trump so you can get back to your main political project-- producing a sclerotic, backwards, status-quo worshipping system of governance that produces nothing but misery and inevitable fascism. And I'm sure you'll act offended next time it happens too
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
What does “need” mean if it was a perfectly successful logo for almost 50 years?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard to think of an example of "moderating" one's views that doesn't involve changing one's position on issues. But I get that it's important to your ego to imagine you're making some unique point while also correcting a woman, so have at it bud
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
20th century including FDR, the most successful president in history who didn't do this? I don't think this has ever worked in any campaign. "Moderating" in an unprincipled way just angers everyone and convinces no one. People like sincere, credible candidates even if they disagree on some issues
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
"you don't betray the constituency that won you the primary" is exactly the argument you're responding to, so it's a bit weird to frame it as if you're somehow correcting her
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Did Joy ever figure out which time traveling hackers made it look like she posted a bunch of homophobic shit under her name?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
Totally unrelated observation: propagandists were hanged during Nuremberg
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
In the context of this conversation, conservative=rightwing=capitalist ideology. Does that clarify things for you? Or do the millions and millions of marxists living in those countries not count?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you're very confused by what "the left" means
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
“The rest of the world” to these people is like half a dozen white European former colonial states
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Shouldn't he be doing all this because.. it's the right thing to do? Or is he motivated by something else?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Newsom can fight trump all he wants, I'll cheer him on. Why would that earn him my vote in a primary 3 years away?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Takes a deeply guilty conscience to see phantom agents of punishment hiding in every shadow
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
man, guess that chef should have stopped murdering children then
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social)
I mean.. no. JK Rowling is undoubtedly a piece of shit but epstein was a foreign intelligence asset running a child raping ring for blackmail purposes on behalf of the israeli government
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
capitalism sounds great in theory but sadly it can never work in the real world :(
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you name any of these mysterious Hamas that are starving children?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Propagandists were hanged at Nuremberg, btw
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re starving children intentionally to exterminate them.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
“The babe with the power” Might want to rebrand a bit
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
can't imagine someone whose opinion I care less about than an unnamed biden official
They want Cuomo to win because they like him and hate Mamdani. Never forget that the editors of the New York Times know how to run coverage to hurt or help politicians. They are experts at it! The reason they don't do it to Trump is because they like him.
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
means testing is a failed, idiotic policy tool that absolutely never works. It preys on extremely misguided thoughts of "fairness" to introduce administrative and regulatory hurdles for people who need help and makes it harder for them to get it. Cuomo knows this is stupid, don't be stupid with him
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
lmao google ai search result citing ADL. Deeply, deeply unserious, would be hilarious if you weren't using it to justify genocide
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
Strong words for a statistical blip, but obviously if you had numbers of any kind to back up these claims we'd be reading them in your post. Do you condemn the IDF?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
what?
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
they'll up the budget and say it's for training and "actual" policing. The evil in the system can only increase over time, never decrease
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
only surprising detail is they took him alive. Another year of this and they probably wouldn't have
jpango.bsky.social (@jpango.bsky.social) reply parent
wtf are you even talking about