so that makes you religious, borracho!

of course im french.

and i was only catholic till i was 11 because that’s when it stopped making sense to me.

today im agnostic.

but i can dance the drunken dance, see:

i hate the forces that are raping the planet and paying for the wost politicians to keep us stuck and killed millions of iraqis: the oil industry and houston.

i never said i will be happy when houston drowns, but sooo much rape in houston!

so much rape

and religion

houston!

if the rothko chapel is swept away by tides, i won’t say i’m happy

but who paid for it?

the oil industry and houston

raping the planet

ssssso, nancy pelosi says no us-uk trade deal if ireland peace process is harmed by brexit lmao

(trade deals need the approval of congress)

Pffff...
French billionaires offer hundreds of millions of euros to save Notre Dame (our good president's said in 5 five years it'll be all brand new - our good liar).
When you donate, over half of what you've paid will not be claimed from you on your income taxes.
Over 20 weeks of protests against the govenrment's decisions and their impact on the biggest part of the population, and millions of euros are being found. How sweet...

didn’t he give them a tax cut just recently? they must be flush

... and a kiss on the cheek too, you're right.

there’s an article on the washington post about tax deductions for donations, and how the public ends up paying for most of those donations. the french deduction is like 66%. i’ll link for you later

at the same time, forbes is saying “ dont hate the rich” who are donating for reconstruction. haaahaaahaa

i’ll try to post both.

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originally came here to say an off duty journalist was shot dead in a northern ireland riot. she was just watching near the cops and caught a bullet. damn...

@bertrand— here is the forbes article
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephen...k-the-wealthy/

the opposing one comes later

i was looking for the article and found this photo instead




yes i am a bad man

ANYWAY, found the article which basically argues that for every euro donated by a billionaire the public coffers have to pony up 2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...nt-thank-them/

in france, where 50% of the population pays no income taxes, that means the middle class has to carry the load

The lesson is that if we are to celebrate the generosity of donors, we should acknowledge that French citizens are in fact paying for the majority of the giving in the form of tax subsidies. It’s not just giving, it’s giving that is underwritten by the public. What’s more, philanthropic tax incentives give power to individual donors, especially ultrawealthy ones, to dictate large amounts of government spending, regardless of other citizens’ spending priorities.

contrast vs. the forbes article above

the forbes guy is a supply sider and takes it too far

im tired of the discourse that infinite tax cuts lead to infinite gains

just does not bear out. we’ve known this for a long time now. and yet they insist. with no evidence.

im afraid to look at news of the sri lanka bombings

Horror.

when religions fight, it is a battle between deluded dipshits which will not end until on or both sides are all dead.

yes

the fucking islamic state just claimed responsibility

right after the srilankan govt said it was some fringe group in retaliation for new zealand

Wasn't sure where to post this but here seems as good a place as any

Debate between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGRC5AA1wF0

Fan of both but ultimately more convinced by Zizek - although lots of valid points from Peterson. Both fundamentally oppose identity politics so at times it felt like they were struggling to find areas they could disagree on. Plus an absolutely horrible audience, treating it like a contest. Still a great watch for anyone into this stuff.

wow i *just* read a mention of this debate maybe 3 hours ago (in a letter of protest for cambridge weaseling out on peterson's invite, published by the nyt today)

thanks for posting it

It's pathetic. Even if people disagree with Peterson he's a credible and relevant voice. I'd like to think Cambridge will lose a lot of academic credibility over this, and outside the university bubble it probably will, but inside it, where group-think is now the law, they'll no doubt be celebrated for it. I'd say it's a joke, except it isn't even remotely funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umShVeDoAR8

Feel like this might be the rare time where we all agree with each other on this one.

No idea how it got to the state where people are so afraid of listening to other people's opinions that they'd rather shut it down than listen. I was arrogant to think that it'd just be confined to American colleges, but the grim reality is that it's hit here just as bad.

man, zizek needs a dentist vacuum to drain that mouth. it's hard to understand at times. i have to retune my ear and even then it's 9/10.

haaaa haaaaa just finished listening to both speeches-- now they're gonna talk

so far, peterson was absolutely no-nonsense whereas zizek was brilliant

i really enjoying this