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carovee's avatar

Pension manager: Hmmm, if I don't invest in OilSpills, Inc I'll lose 0.6% on my return but all our retirees grandchildren will have drinkable water. Republicans: No, you will poison the water, take the extra 0.6% and like it.

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guzzimike's avatar

Fifty to forty six? Maths are hard, but aren't there 100 senators? Who is missing?

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Ghoti theLinguist's avatar

What exactly is "corporate Marxism?" Asking for a friend.

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John Thorstensen's avatar

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Don Martn cartoons. "breet-breet tood-tood"https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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liberal soap box's avatar

I'm not surprised by Tester he is bought and payed for well and truly . Disappointed yes but not surprised. Asshole!

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guzzimike's avatar

Where's the money in that?

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

The rightwing claim is that ESG investing might actually hurt retirees by reducing the potential growth of pension funds...

OK, financial geniuses, consider this: By forcing them to buy or not to sell off fossil-fuel stock -- and make no mistake, that's what this is about -- you are tethering them to an industry that's dying off long-term and is not being invested in, in any meaningful way, anywhere in the world. That is making them go against their fiduciary duty.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

Ask the people who think Jews can simultaneously be Communists and rapacious global capitalists.

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guzzimike's avatar

The water is gonna be poisoned whether you take the 0.6% or not.

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Crip Dyke, ABOLISH THE POLICE's avatar

Joe Biden will use his veto pen (it is a regular pen)

The FUCK you say???!!!?

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Royal Ugly Dude's avatar

I never understood why the CRA was allowed to stand since legislative vetoes were declared unconstitutional in the Chadha decision.

Also too: If fund managers have a fiduciary duty to maximize returns, why don’t they invest in Congolese cobalt mines and drug cartels?

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BCB's avatar

And babies!

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BCB's avatar

Also what religion you're allowed to practice.

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BCB's avatar

New NYT article:"Biden says he has a Constitutional right to veto bills. Republicans disagree. Both sides are equally valid."

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BCB's avatar

See also: "The liberals want to break up your marriage and force you to marry a black gay trans person!

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Zap's avatar

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse; "The 'woke screen' is a smoke screen."

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