silentbob Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Well someone on another political board thought it was worth posting this. You know with the way things keep going and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 That made me look up if Soylent is legal in Canada again (it is). It was banned for not meeting the nutritional requirements of a meal replacement (and Soylent refused to change). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Defund the police? No way, N.J. Dems say as midterms elections near. WWW.NJ.COM Rep. Josh Gottheimer is the lead House sponsor of bipartisan legislation to boost federal support for local police departments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Had a pacemaker put in today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, Jason said: False. My data shows that the following will win the election for Biden by increasing youth turnout to 100%: Biden: "I am not only a peacemaker, I am a deezmaker" Moderator: "Deez?" Biden: "Deez nuts!" Biden: *dabs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: False. My data shows that the following will win the election for Biden by increasing youth turnout to 100%: Biden: "I am not only a peacemaker, I am a deezmaker" Moderator: "Deez?" Biden: "Deez nuts!" Biden: *dabs* We need to get a new LBJ up there to just whip it out and lay in on the table and ask if there are any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 10:08 AM, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Bill deblasio theory of politics And youngkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Jason said: *Something goes wrong in America* A: Hey we should fix that B: It's too late, it's past the deadline A: Yeah, but, it's a big deal. Why can't we just do it now? B: Some rich guys in 1776 won't allow it A: Oh okay yeah that makes sense, never mind, we'll just continue to suffer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: *Something goes wrong in America* A: Hey we should fix that B: It's too late, it's past the deadline A: Yeah, but, it's a big deal. Why can't we just do it now? B: Some rich guys in 1776 won't allow it A: Oh okay yeah that makes sense, never mind, we'll just continue to suffer (Insert Churchil quote about americans doing every wrong option before doing the right option) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Also: $11 million for his family and business combined, from 2013 to 2018. So that's 6 years on the outside, which puts it at $1.83 million/yr. That's...not overwhelming, by business standards. The local Subway might be doing more than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 6 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Also: $11 million for his family and business combined, from 2013 to 2018. So that's 6 years on the outside, which puts it at $1.83 million/yr. That's...not overwhelming, by business standards. The local Subway might be doing more than that. Speaking of subway, maybe we should look into the business and political dealings of Jared…Kushner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 4:18 PM, Jason said: This just made me think of the "ten word answer" bit in The West Wing. I feel like the Republicans are in it to win and the Democrats are stuck trying to make a long dead and increasingly irrelevant TV show real. It was a well done show, but the America in that show was on an alien planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 “Other people voting dilute the votes of conservatives” is the most insane thing to come out of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 34 minutes ago, Jason said: Such a big brain move it could only be run by leadership 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Such a big brain move it could only be run by leadership The actual smart play seems like it would be to try to push regular "boring" Republicans so the chuds have their turnout depressed or launch their own chud candidate who splits the vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 "root for the crazies" worked a few times and then the plane crashed and all the survivors decided there was no plane in the first place and also it was the liberals fault it crashed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Good job spending all your energy defending Cuellar you idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Uaarkson Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Jason said: They deserve to lose. This country deserves to end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: They deserve to lose. This country deserves to end. It would drive inflation higher, probably. But the inflation would be accompanied by growth, courtesy of all the spending power freed up. So something that looks more like what we had in the 50s and 60s, rather than the 70s. Right now it looks like they're just content to have 'meh' inflation and no growth, (or negative growth if a recession hits) like in the 70s. If it were up to me I would forgive the debts but put temporary limits or restrictions on new lending, to slow tuition inflation, and disincentivize lenders from indebting a whole new generation of students. That might mute the inflation a bit, too. It doesn't help that the people advising Biden are, like the people who advised Obama, a product of the politico-financial complex and friends of the banking class. So they're going to be particularly adverse to any sort of debt forgiveness. I really wish the Democrats would make like FDR and kick the banking class out of politics for a generation. Everyone forgets that when they dreamed up Bretton Woods, the one group of people who were not allowed in the building were bankers. Lo and behold, the West had a golden age of growth afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 All student debt forgiveness does is sped up the timeline by which the debt can be forgiven. In the meantime millions are subject to a significantly higher effective tax rate because of their parental income when they were in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: All student debt forgiveness does is sped up the timeline by which the debt can be forgiven. In the meantime millions are subject to a significantly higher effective tax rate because of their parental income when they were in school. Technically your first statement is not really true. Until you can discharge student debt via bankruptcy, it can theoretically stay on the books forever, even if the student and his family go broke. It's so stupid. At the end of the day, there are only two ways to get rid of bad debts: bankruptcy, or a jubilee. The former has worse effects than the latter, but regardless of that, we're creating a system where neither is an option. (or at least in which one is technically an option, but not one our political leaders will consider) It's like economic sadomasochism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: Until you can discharge student debt via bankruptcy, it can theoretically stay on the books forever, even if the student and his family go broke. It's so stupid. At the end of the day, there are only two ways to get rid of bad debts: bankruptcy, or a jubilee. The former has worse effects than the latter, but regardless of that, we're perpetuating a system where neither is an option. It's like economic sadomasochism. If you’re on an income based repayment plan you can get your debt forgiven after 25 years of income based repayment plans. This forgiven amount is treated as taxable income. I believe this came about during the Obama era reforms so I don’t think anyone has yet been eligible for this program. It’s probably just as broken as the public service loan forgiveness was until Biden unfucked it. how’s that for a stupid fucking system?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 If there are two things I know about presidential polls, it’s that they’re super accurate more than two years prior to an election and third party percentages in those polls don’t shrink once Election Day nears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: If there are two things I know about presidential polls, it’s that they’re super accurate more than two years prior to an election and third party percentages in those polls don’t shrink once Election Day nears. Personally I think we should just award the presidency to whoever is winning on 538 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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