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Inequality rising in US

According to the Congressional Budget office from 1990 to 2019 wealth held by the bottom 50% of the US population decreased from 4% to 2.%. The wealth those in the 50% to 90% range also decreased, while the wealth of the top 10% increased to nearly 70% of US wealth. The top 1% owns 34% of total US wealth. This data is consistent with slightly older data from the Fed.

Wealth inequality undermines faith in democracy and fuels the appeal of authoritarianism and populism which promise results based on their personal power. Our elections are driven increasingly by money resulting in legislators who are responsive to those who can financially support them. Unless we get money out of our electoral system, we will continue down this path.

Reposting on the free board, about watching the Oregon St v Tulsa game.

My apologies if this question has already been answered. Where can we watch the TU basketball game next week? Cheers.
Hopefully, however you receive(?) the PAC network will be your route.

Question to ask:
Do you have tv through vidgo or fubo?
If the answer is yes, then smooth sailing no matter what.
If you have one of these two subscription services, then it doesn't matter whether it's on the live broadcast on the service you get. If it isn't on the national broadcast with either fubo or vidgo, then you can download the Pac12 now app and watch the Pac12 Oregon broadcast free of charge on the app. The cost of signing up for vidgo or fubo, just for this game are slightly prohibitive.($60/$70 per month) Fubo tv presently offers a free 7 day trial, which is what I might do, if the national broadcast is not us.

I believe Spectrum, Cox, Dish, and Infinity have access to the Pac12 now app because they were listed as providers on the Pac12 now app's page. But I did not see anything addressing this issue directly with them, so don't quote me on this.

The bad:
If you have sling, then I believe you are out of luck if it's not on the national broadcast. Sling does not have access to the Pac12 now app. (To get the national broadcast, I believe you have to get orange. Not sure though since I'm not resigning up until later on.)

They did not mention youtubetv's access, and I don't even think they offer Pac12 network on Youtube. If they do though, I have a feeling it is in the same boat as sling.

At the moment they are not acting as if the live network will be playing anything on the 7th(at that time) but a bunch of old football bs. They say they will be rebroadcasting the game at midnight Teu/Wed(8th/9th) So Fubo might be getting a lot of free trials out of us that night.

These are the games we will be competing with for the national broadcast that night.

California v UC Davis
Stanford v Pacific
Ucla v Sacramento St
Usc v FGCU
Washington v Weber St
WSU v Texas St.
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The right to privacy

Looks like it's only a short while before we are thrust back into a theocratic society that disallows things like gay marriage, contraceptives, etc... today is a dark day in American History.

I distinctly recall in 2016 getting in an argument with some person upset that Bernie didn't get the Democratic nod. I tried to tell him that the supreme court picks were the really important reason why withholding your vote was really a vote for Trump and a vote for conservative anti-privacy law and an undoing of the protections given to people via a broad interpretation of the 14th amendment over the past 60+ years. Looks like I was correct, unfortunately.

"Libertarians" and "Democratic Socialists" alike should be ashamed of themselves for allowing events to take place leading to Roe being overturned and the similar rulings that are going to follow (and were already mentioned as targets in the proposed Roe ruling)
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