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Back in June, Politifact did a breakdown that I thought was pretty fair. It highlights some small infractions by Iran, but shows that for the most part Iran has been compliant. Bear in mind this article is old.

politifact.com/georgia/statements/201…

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In short, the infractions Iran has committed are so small and technical, that it would be a reach to say they violated the deal.

@Pepperm1nts

Um.... You may be out of date.

But it doesn't really make a difference -- they could've followed the agreement to the T and had nukes by.... what was it 2025? I don't remember what the deal said exactly. It was a shit deal.

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could be worse.

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So apparently the Senate might restore net neutrality.

@POOHEAD189

Rule #1: the senate never does anything useful

Therefore, if they restore net neutrality, then NN must be irrelevant. Is.... is that right?

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I don't think civil is in the cards. Anyway, here's something that's going on in my neck of the woods. It's pretty interesting, though I do not know how to feel about it due to some dubious claims on Thanedar's ethics.

Shri Thanedar leads Democrats in latest Michigan governor's race poll

The latest poll on the race for the Democratic nomination for governor puts Shri Thanedar ahead of Gretchen Whitmer by about three points — 29.6 percent to 26.3 percent. Abdul El-Sayed polled at 6.6 percent, while Bill Cobbs was at 2.5 percent.

Though the Detroit Regional Chamber gubernatorial poll put Thanedar ahead, it's worth noting that it found 34.5 percent of the 400 Democratic voters it polled undecided.

The poll suggests that a series of controversies and attacks from El-Sayed's camp didn't have much of an impact. That includes an article in The Intercept that questioned whether Thanedar is a true progressive.

Prior to that, polls put Thanedar slightly ahead of Whitmer, or vice versa. El-Sayed's polling numbers remain about the same. RELATED Poll shows gov candidates Thanedar and Whitmer neck and neck in Dem primary race. However, the polling was conducted from April 20 to April 22, three days before a story a widely read story about Thanedar abandoning dogs and monkeys at a former pharmaceutical facility he owned. The animals were rescued from the facility after Thanedar's company foreclosed in 2010.

Thanedar is a millionaire who is largely self-funding his campaign and running on a progressive platform. He's offering proposals like legalizing pot and using the money to help fix the roads, implementing a $15 per hour minimum wage, implementing universal health care, eliminating tax subsidies for the rich, and banning for-profit charter schools. He's refusing to take corporate cash to fund his campaign, as is El-Sayed.

El-Sayed supports similar policies, and his campaign bills him as the race's "real progressive." El-Sayed came out of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's administration and picked up endorsements from several progressive groups, like Our Revolution.

Whitmer, the former Michigan Senate minority leader, is seen as the establishment candidate. She's received endorsements from all major unions, and notes that while she is accepting corporate cash, most of her money comes from small donations.

Voters will choose a Democratic candidate on Aug. 7.

@Inkarnate

Oh gosh, polls have El-Sayed ahead? Pack it in, it's over.

I don't really pay attention to out-of-state primaries. How's Michigan handling the economics question? Would be interested to get a manufacturing-heavy/NAFTA-affected democrat take on the issue.

I'm just here to mine salt from the Infinity War premiere.

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Y'mean why the Rob-Liefeld group of Bedlam, Bloodshot, Shatterstar, Deadpool, Cable, and Domino aren't dead?

Um... Rob had problems drawing feet... or drawing anything consistant... making fun of this was and still is cool... so long as ye respect the fact that he near-single-handedly pulled MCU out of a really shitty time... MCU is kinda doing that again.

@Foster

what language is that

I'm just here to mine salt from the Infinity War premiere.

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Not really.

1. The Infity-crisis already happened in comic form. So to the bigger rage-happy fans, this is no bigger spoiler than "Snape kills Dumbledore"... PS: at some point Thor ends up being a girl after this.... long story... Not even gonna hint at what happened to Nick Fury and Captain America...
(those were things that pissed-off fans, although they'll probably retcon the "Captain Hitler" arc... wich was wierd and cringy...)

2. The Vision was powered by an infitiy-stone... the entire plot of the Infinity-gauntlet is that it has ALL the stones... so that means at some point Visions skull is gonna get rekt.

@Foster

Right, but cool people didn't read the comics, we just tagged along with the films when they got popular. And anyone who wasn't watching the sequel schedule has cause for alarm, especially given, um.... more recent, more popular characters who were possibly given specific cultural prominence.

I'm just here to mine salt from the Infinity War premiere.

was it not good or something? havent seen it yet but my friends are all giving me super mixed reviews lol

@PaperCranes

It was a match for the hype, which isn't to say it was great, just big and good and a solid watch. The events within this big, good, solid movie should upset assloads of MCU fans though.

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Presuming I'm "the other guy in the thread," that's not accurate. I know I'm not allowed to quote you, but am I allowed to disagree with you over what my own positions are? Especially since (once again) the misinformation is being used to cast a certain.... let's say 'racial attitude,' which, again, is fabricated by (not me).

At risk of devolving the new thread back into the old thread, I know. So how bout, if you're interested in what I think, feel free to ask, and if not, please just remove that (and/or clarify who you're talking about, if not me) from your previous post and we can go about our lives. I don't wanna ignite some kind of firestorm, but also, I'm not gonna let those kinds of allegations slip. I feel like I've been pretty hands-off, and I'm perfectly fine keeping it that way. I don't wanna get dragged into a whole thing.

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Supply side economics or demand side economics? Discuss. (Because I've been thinking about it, and I can't say for certain which I believe is more valuable/important for the economy.)

@SleepingSilence

Things rarely work out for the best when we try to outsmart the invisible hand.

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Heh. Well.... yeah you got me there, nobody memes Donald Trump.