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  1. have you ever noticed that you post a lot of charts that are sourced from unserious blogs and shit? that are also extremely vague on the details such as what is considered a "government transfer" in this case? and that you are posting about 2013 when responding to someone posting about the impact of the trump tax changes that happened five years later? for example, if one were to look at a chart directly from the CBO instead of "Carpe Diem" for 2018 instead of 2013, it does not support your erroneous declarative statement as it pertains to the middle class...who paid substantially more taxes than they received in transfers. i know you don't care about being wrong and that has never bothered you when engaging in your trolling horseshit, but just so some poor unsuspecting idiot like workswithseed doesn't eat your stupid shit up...
    29 points
  2. hi. for the record, I didn't send imma a message about any of this. I decided to dial back my participation by more than 99% because, well, this world is a shit show and I don't need to find refuge in an online version of it. The primary defense to being a raging asshole here is that we do it to everyone. That worked when I was, well like 28, but cruising toward 50 years old, that shit makes zero sense anymore. You know what make sense to me? Realizing people on this board have real lives, with pressures, hurts, sorrows, unmet expectations, losses, real fucking losses, the kind that could make you wish you were dead. There are people trying to make it in a world where divorce has them reeling, where alcohol calls their name every day, where mental illness is unrelenting, where kids break their hearts with drug abuse and failing grades, where spouses cheat, where parents die, where jobs are lost and dreams are broken. The folks I want to be around now are those that are self-aware, authentic, struggling and trying their best to be kind people. those folks are here, but they are mixed in with people like some on this thread that just aren't my kind anymore. I went on exactly one neg raid in 25 years and decided I'd had enough. I'm not going to nuke my persona here or permaban myself because truthfully there are actually people here that I care deeply about, even if I only know them on line. So without any message to imma I said my peace to my friends, I asked them to stay in touch, told them I would do the same, and I moved into the background where I will stay barring something that truly warrants my input. There's really nothing imma or anyone can do about it, too many people here think it's ok to make fun of others and I'm simply not down for that anymore. So if you think I'm a whiny bitch, have at it. you do you bro. I'm simply not down for hate, whether in the form of a joke or otherwise, not for anyone. be kind, have fun, the rest is background noise.
    18 points
  3. There is a difference between showing “restraint” and a miscalculation of the political and military resistance that Russia faces in Ukraine. Putin’s original war aims were maximalist, however neither the resources he committed or the strategy he used matched those aims. This points to bad calculations— he thought Ukraine would only offer token resistance, and that miscalculation was only amplified with Russia’s failure to have a coherent strategy to use the forces they did deploy. It’s not easy to reset the board, and he now has to choose whether to devote far more resources to this than he ever planned. But this isn’t him showing “restraint.” The “why no retaliation against NATO” is easier to understand. The article doesn’t look at how NATO has communicated with Putin. Just like he expected token Ukraine resistance, he also expected token western condemnation. The extent of sanctions, weapons supplies, intelligence sharing, and more has gone far beyond what Putin thought NATO was willing to do. This has caused them to pause and reassess what the consequences could be if Russia chose to up the ante directly against the Alliance. The lesson here is that Russia will hesitate when it’s met with strength, but is emboldened by appeasement and dialogue— something many Russia and European security types have argued for years now.
    16 points
  4. Let me let you in on a little secret, bud. That is about talent acquisition at a highest level. Women are receiving college degrees at a 33% higher clip these days than men, and you can damn well be sure that a huge chunk of them are either going to go to work in states where they feel safe, or at the least work for companies that they believe will make them feel safe. You want to be able to attract the best talent out of college? You're going to cast the widest net. And right now, that net is young women. Or you could be Oklahoma but refuse to recruit Texas our outside your shitty footprint. Good luck with that.
    13 points
  5. Aggrieved white man contingent struggling to find their footing on this thread.
    13 points
  6. Putin dies from Parkancer and goes to hell, but due to his lifetime achievement and hard work, he is given a day off for good behavior. So he goes to Moscow, enters a bar, and orders a drink. The bartender asks him for his ID and while Putin fumbles around for identification, he asks the bartender: -Is Crimea ours? -Da - Yes, it is. -And the Donbas? -Da. -And Kyiv? -Da. We got that too. Putin smiles, transitions to a huge grin and with his shaklng hands shows the bartender his ID. -The bartender stops pouring Putin's drink and stares at the ID. Sorry, I’m not familiar with that one. You need to show me an EU ID.
    13 points
  7. What a piece of shit.
    12 points
  8. Did you pass a single math class past pre algebra?
    12 points
  9. I mean, we eventually found out the identify of Deep Throat (it wasn't my mom). So this is bound to come out, probably at a time when the leaker is comfortable with the fact that it won't hurt his or her career and/or he or she can financially benefit from telling the story.
    11 points
  10. I dunno, have you heard of something called The Soviet Union and what happened to them over time when forced to keep up with the United States and NATO? It was sort of a big deal in the last 50 years of geopolitics.
    11 points
  11. It's exactly what they want. Because what they want is to criminalize something that's going to happen anyway in order to turn everyone they don't like into an underclass that they can direct state power against. They did this with the war on drugs, to continue to oppress black people when they couldn't maintain explicit segregation any more. Now it's women, next it'll be gay people, then probably everyone else who disagrees with them.
    10 points
  12. Meanwhile, have you donated to WCK lately? WTF not?
    10 points
  13. Yeah I’m no historian but I think we got the nukes moved out of Cuba, got the Wall torn down, “won” the Cold War, and absorbed a bunch of the USSR into NATO, so I think we’ve done ok going head to head with Russia. Proxy wars, etc are more mixed.
    10 points
  14. I think we’re kind of talking past each other as to what restraint means. Clearly, Putin has not used every tool in his toolbox against Ukraine. I would expect nothing else in a war of choice against an opponent that shows no threat to you. I am not sure that a failure to commit the resources needed to achieve his maximalist goals due to miscalculation is restraint, nor do I think that operational constraints imposed on him are restraint, nor do I think “let’s save this shit so we can steal it later” constitutes restraint. I think to speak of restraint in the context of an armed conflict, it has to include at a minimum care to avoid excess civilian casualties, avoidance of war crimes and atrocities, and carefully selected targets intended to communicate a message along the lines of “this stops if you stop doing what we don’t like.”
    10 points
  15. Is that old fat dude from Austin who was posting vids of himself cheerleading for the orcs at the start of this shit still around? Hopefully he FAFO and is pushing up sunflowers now.
    9 points
  16. And that person at the front of that queue is either the speed-governed semi or a guy who thinks it’s his right to go up to the speed limit and no more, in the passing lane. The result is a massively unsafe jam behind the offender. It turns into a swarming hive, with people zooming up on the right, and the left closing ranks to avoid people cutting the line. All of whom are way too close to each other for ~80 mph. One wrong move or mechanical problem with any of those vehicles and it’s a horrendous multi-vehicle crash. All caused by someone who doesn’t understand or respect basic rules of human behavior. Texas has codified it. If you’re not passing, get out of the way. That statute doesn’t mention the speed limit. If you’re not passing, get out of the way. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
    9 points
  17. It was short post designed to have the author reconsider the idea of taxing income due to the tax sheltering opportunities that are offered and exploited by the elites not an essay on the matter. Naturally this discussion would then warrant a more thoughtful write up that would exceed the attention span of most and shift the conversation away from the horror that is the SC. Remember when these assholes stopped the manual recount of an election in Florida which was ordered by the Florida's Supreme Court? I have not forgotten how corrupt they are. <20 years later they are doing nothing to stop the recounts that are well above the margin of error because their side was losing. Only a naive lawyer looks at them with some reverence. I see them as corrupt politicians. They punted on gerrymandering because they couldn't even spin that bullshit. They are trying to shift the message to the leak, not to their corruption, shroedingering the impact of their decision or the bullshit excuse for doing so. When the people wanted net neutrality the right wingers ignored it. When the people wanted felons to get voting rights restored they ignored it. When sanctions were enacted against Russia they ignored it. When they lost an election in wisconsin they tried to limit all of the powers of that office. they are all corrupt at the gqp. /rant off.
    9 points
  18. Definitely Hollywood Bowl Don't judge by the elbow pic, attacker may self-identify as double jointed.
    9 points
  19. Wordle 319 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well looky there
    9 points
  20. I mean- we averaged over 30 with Casey Thompson gimped throwing to 1 receiver that wasn’t dogshit, with abysmal TE play and a really good RB room. I don’t think you have any conception of how bad we were at WR and QB last year because your head is so far up your ass in wailing and gnashing of teeth over the offensive line. it’s not happening bc we are not getting Addison I’m sure, but even without him I fully expect us to average over 40 a game in the non Alabama portion of our schedule. A team like Alabama will capitalize on our poor offensive line and stick it up our ass. They are a one of one on our schedule that can do that with our skill talent.
    8 points
  21. You don't have to answer that, Johnny!
    8 points
  22. I don't have a problem with the leak, regardless who did it. I think it reflects poorly on the court, whose reputation is already tarnished, but there are far bigger reasons to disrespect the court than the leak. Namely, that Gorsuch's appointment is illegitimate because it was stolen from Obama and because the entire nominating process is entirely political and fucked. I also don't have a problem with what is said during the confirmation hearings. They should just do away with the confirmation hearings altogether. It's all just political theater and grandstanding. Utterly pointless. Nothing said during the hearings changes one senator's vote. The biggest problem with the Supreme Court is not that the justices are political hacks, because I really don't think they are. They each have their own judicial philosophies and they hold to those without an eye to politics. I really believe that to be true. The biggest problem is that the nominating process is 100% political. So what happens is that the nominating person and approving entity are acting with 100% political intent trying to install someone on the court who they think will do what they want most of the time. No one, and I mean no one, is asking things like, "Are they a good jurist? Are they intelligent? Are they fit for the position?" And most especially, "Will their nomination be good for the country?" The point in Washington is to win at the game of politics to get more money and power for yourself, not win at the game of governing effectively and for the good of the people. Until masses of voters stop paying attention to the wrong shit, believing shit that is not true and acting against their own self interest this will not change.
    8 points
  23. This can only end in one way: A massive train wreck. And I'm here for it.
    8 points
  24. Anyone on the right claiming that the Republican Party supports religious freedom, free markets, and less government regulation should not be taken seriously.
    8 points
  25. I work in international oil and gas in one of the former USSR states and I have heard some pretty wild stories from my colleagues who have worked in Russia, and many of them have. I have heard stories about everything from prison convicts being pressed into service as labor on projects that are behind schedule, oligarchs flying in to site locations on private jets to demand work is completed on schedule regardless of the safety consequences (critical crane lifts performed in extremely high wind conditions) then flying back out once the work was completed. And many others. One thing they all mention is the standard oil spill clean up response - launch some flare guns at it until it burns off then just carry on. So yea, they have a pretty shit safety culture and don’t care who gets injured or killed along the way.
    8 points
  26. Keef will always be first ballot HOF when it comes to handling buffoons. Uses the ax to pummel the guy. Then returns the ax to its rightful place, seamlessly.
    8 points
  27. That was a marginal tax rate not an effective tax rate. And that was back pre-Reagan when this country believed in paying its debts.
    8 points
  28. You should just stop driving altogether.
    8 points
  29. lol satire is dead because this is balls on dead ass accurate.
    8 points
  30. So you're the asshole semi driver who's truck is governed at 70.1 trying to pass the guy who's truck is governed at 69.9 for 40 miles? The left lane is for passing. If you aren't passing, get the fuck out of the way. It's not my road, but it ain't yours either. I go about 9 over the speed limit. If someone's going faster than me (which is plenty frequent) I get the fuck over and let them pass.
    8 points
  31. Can we fucking beat Kansas first?
    8 points
  32. College football is dead, it just doesn't know it yet.
    8 points
  33. I'm pretty sure the ones who filed all those lawsuits to overturn the 2020 election results were around that age.
    7 points
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