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  1. 9 hours ago, Incredulity said:

    It is a chicken and egg situation.  

    I would argue that in the majority of cases it is not a conscious business decision to utilize government assistance as a tool to further a business. 

    Why would you argue that?  

  2. 12 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Hey fuck you too. There's this thing called the economy and inflation learn what they are.

    Can you describe what an economy is?  How about inflation?  

     

    Here's a bonus question: what's one thing worse than inflation?

  3. 12 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Mc Donalds should pay a living wage to fry cooks and burger flippers ?  Grocery store chains should pay a living wage to bag boys, stock workers ?

    Oh, God no.  Those people don't deserve a living wage.  They deserve On Board's version of the Iron Law of Wages.

  4. 3 minutes ago, DaysOff said:
    52 minutes ago, RandomIdoit said:
    The thing that is shitty is that a lot of companies want to hire mostly part timers so they won't have to provide insurance. So these people work, but not enough to cover their expenses. 

    Thanks Obama(care).

    It wasn't Obamacare that did that.  

  5. 5 hours ago, bernorange said:

    When I was younger, I read about Nikola Tesla and how he was working on his vision for a deployment of his inventions that would make free energy available to everyone.  He envisioned flying machines powered by wireless electricity transmitted from towers that generated or transmitted energy at zero cost.  I remember reading about how JP Morgan, his financial backer at the time, learned about his plans and cut off his funding - dooming his plans to failure.  I think about that now in light of the USA's hegemony predicated upon the dependence of the world on oil and the economic structure of the petrodollar system.  If there were a modern day Tesla who was genius enough and had the means to see it through in realizing Tesla's dream, it would mean the end of the petrodollar and completely upend geopolitical power.  Do you think the folks who are invested in American hegemony would let such an individual be successful?

    There was an article on the New Yorker about the myth of the individual inventor (I searched for it but couldn't find it just now).  The guy they highlighted was Philo T. Farnsworth (what a fucking name).  

     

    Edit:  Welp, nothing like the word "Philo" to narrow down your search results.  Happy Reading:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/27/the-televisionary

    Has it been 16 years?  Damn.

  6. On 6/2/2018 at 1:17 AM, 6th Street said:

    I told my wife not to get me anything, that way I don't have to get her anything on mother's day.

    She was not pleased. 

    It's funny because it's true!

     

    My kids have to play tennis with me.  After that, everyone leave me alone.  

  7. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Maybe one day they'll offer comprehension course, you'd really benefit.

    You know, one thing I've noticed about the far right is that there is always an easy explanation for everything.  Seriously, everything is easy.  Just x+y=z.  Nothing is complicated.  Quick and simple answers for everything.  

  8. 14 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    If you’re healthy but poor in the USA, you’ve made some really bad choices.  

    Perfect answer.  You get to feel good because you can point to other people and say, "They failed.  They failed ONLY because of something they did to themselves.  There are no other explanations."  You're off the hook.  No thinking required.  Just blame.  And you get to feel good and smug. 

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  9. 36 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    If you're employed and still need food stamps you need a better job, more education, something other than food stamps or higher wages for a job that pays what kids in HS make.  As wages increase for those jobs so will inflation.  A vicious cycle where the real solution the person with the low paying job needs to work towards is finding  better work or more skills to get a better job.

    Part of that could be gov't assistance/ loans for actual employable trade skills.  That won't fly with some folks. Accountability is a nasty racist word to some

    Damn, Fox News University is offering Economics courses. Who knew?

  10. 45 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    Wonder how much the bottom half make but don’t report?  There is a huge underground economy.  

    Plenty are on the government tit based on their declared income. And plenty of “disabled” work for the side  

    Plenty don’t get officially married but are effectively married so they can get welfare.  

    If we want to tell the truth. 

    Yes, Johnny, the poor are taking you to the cleaners.  They might drive crappy old cars around YOU but let me let you in on a little secret: that waitress at Waffle House just bought a new Camaro with under the table tip money.  And she don't got to pay for them new teef, either. She got her some Obama dentures!  It's a damn shame how people get those motorized wheelchairs now.  Back in the good old days they had to roll it themselves.  Now they got ramps everywhere, because of ADA.  It's almost like being in Europe under the socialist.  But we don't have Muslim no go zones.  Only Mexicans.  You tell me, who got the better deal?!?!?!?!

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  11. On 6/9/2018 at 12:54 AM, F250 said:

    I didn't say I disagree with her statement. I said I don't care for her, I don't like her politics. She is a liberal Representative from San Francisco, I am a Libertarian from Texas, there are more than a few things about her I disagree with politically. Personally, I dislike Trump, Republicans and conservativism but a Democrat would at least have to be a champion of civil liberties to get my vote.

    There was a time when Pelosi had the power to use her caucus to influence the withdrawal of troops in the war in Iraq. As I recall, Murtha called for a withdrawal around '05/'06 but Pelosi quashed that shit. Instead she took pot shots at Bush administration from the sidelines without ever using her power to stop it. She also had an opportunity to fight warrantless wire taps, Gitmo and the Patriot Act but failed to do so.

    As I said, I am not a fan.

     

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    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Four years to the day after standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier and declaring "major combat operations" in Iraq were over, President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a war-spending bill that calls for the start of a withdrawal of American combat troops from the conflict.

    "It makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing. All the terrorists would have to do is mark their calendars. ... Setting a deadline for withdrawal is setting a date for failure, and that would be irresponsible," Bush said in a televised address after the veto.

    "I recognize that many Democrats saw this bill as an opportunity to make a political statement about their opposition to the war," Bush said. "They've sent their message, and now it is time to put politics behind us and support our troops with the funds they need." (Watch Bush explain why he vetoed the bill Video)

    The president invited the congressional leadership to the White House on Wednesday to discuss a compromise.

    After the speech, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said the ball was now in Bush's court.

    "Now he has an obligation to explain his plan to responsibly end this war," Reid said.

    "If the president thinks [that] by vetoing this bill he'll stop us from working to change the direction of the war in Iraq, he is mistaken," Reid added.

    Standing beside Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said: "The president wants a blank check. The Congress is not going to give it to him."

    Both Democratic leaders said they would discuss a compromise.

    "We look forward to working with the president to find common ground," Pelosi said. "But there is great distance between us right now." (Watch Democratic leaders speak at signing ceremony Video)

    Before sending the bill to the president Tuesday afternoon, Democratic congressional leaders urged Bush to sign the bill and begin winding down the war.

    "A veto means denying our troops the resources and the strategy they need," Reid said earlier in the day. "After more than four years of a failed policy, it's time for Iraq to take responsibility for its own future."

    The spending bill, which Congress passed last week, funds military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it also calls for the withdrawal of U.S. troops beginning in October, with the goal of getting all U.S. combat forces out of Iraq by the end of March 2008.

    Administration officials have said the money is urgently needed -- and that Democrats would be to blame for any hardships suffered by U.S. troops and their families. But the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has concluded that the Pentagon could wage war through July without additional funding.

     

  12. On 3/27/2018 at 3:14 AM, Otter said:

    How can this thread make it 10 posts without pics of his new wife

     

     

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    I bet she does things.

    Really?  In a related story, I'm betting the sun will rise in the east tomorrow.

     

     

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    Hall of Fame voter: I wouldn't have voted for Terrell Owens if I knew he wasn't going to show up

    It took three tries for Owens to be voted into the Hall of Fame -- and now he won't attend the enshrinement ceremony

    I guess this voter thinks it's all about them (the voters0, and not the person they're voting for.  

  14. On 5/25/2018 at 8:06 AM, Ragnarok said:

    Yeah, the nerve of that guy Pruitt.  Did you see his latest outrage?  Insisting that studies that EPA uses publish their data and methodologies.  I mean, people are just going to try to find something wrong with it. Outrageous. That's not how we do things at the EPA.

    What the fuck are you talking about?

  15. 4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

    To be seeded 11, he has to have adjusted, but Rafa on clay is a different animal all-together.

    The kick of the bounce is so extreme, but he's so good, it's not like you just just move up to the baseline. I'm not a Rafa fan, but he's fairly good at the tennis. Especially the clay court tennis.

    I went the Ericsson Open the year after Albert Costa won the French Open.  Costa was playing Oliver Rochus that day.  I watched from the side of the court and was amazed at how the ball cleared the net by four feet, then bit down and landed within two feet of the baseline more often than you'd think was possible.  

  16. On 6/4/2018 at 3:29 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

    I think if Serena was playing any other opponent, she would have given it a shot today. She knew her streak against Masha was in jeopardy not being at her best so she decided to duck her. She hates to lose but she would hate losing to Maria more than anything, and doesn't want to test her comeback form against her just yet. She'll get her pecs massaged and will be back on the court in a couple days preparing for grass season.

    Serena's record is, what, 19-2 against Sharapova?   Can you believe one of those two wins was a Wimbledon final?

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