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  1. Frozen? Who here would have taken "frozen" at the start of the invasion? History is full of invaded countries that simply maintained continuous resistance eventually resulting in the defeat of a superpower. A stalemate is just another version of a Russian embarrassment. The idea that Ukraine is capable of result cleaner than that is just a testament to how badly Russia fucked up. "Ukrainian counteroffensive liberates Crimea" was not on anyone's bingo card at the start of this shit - certainly not on Putin's nor the average Russian's. Now it's a real possibility.
  2. So, this nefarious plot started after Biden was no longer VP and prior to him running for Presidency. The Chinese are so sneaky.
  3. I mean, to a certain degree, I buy that. She claims she was offered $1M per year as a business development manager. Really? I assume Rudy G is basically a one horse stable at this point. I also assume Rudy doesn't need much help in getting his name out there. Does anyone believe that $1M per year is the going rate for a BD manager in that situation? I like that her website includes her modeling work. Am I being too cynical here?
  4. Yeah, a lynch mob would never gang up on someone.
  5. Stop being a twat. It's a discussion board and you've got probably 50+ posts in this thread. Don't act like you're above it all when your complete bullshit is called out. If you don't want to talk about it, then stop talking about it. It's pretty fucking simple.
  6. Cool. Did you figure out that the role of film "producer" doesn't really exist for commercials? In film, a major element is financing - convincing people to invest in the film because it will sell enough tickets. That just doesn't exist for a commercial. I'm sure there are people with the title "producer", but it is obviously not the same role. I mean, I shot a couple music videos, and there was someone with the title "producer" for those, but her main role was to get the donuts and beer. I'm going to take a wild guess and say Baldwin never brought donuts and beer for the crew. Fucker.
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    The Supremes

    Do you think that statement (the first part) is incorrect? Fuck, the courts have backed up that politicians can profit from their positions as long as they don’t exchange “official acts” for compensation. (See Governor McDonnell.). Acknowledging the fucked up system is a necessary precursor to changing it.
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    The Supremes

    What is amazing to me is we are still talking about disclosure rather than ethics of act itself. Sure, Thomas not disclosing it is a red flag he knew how unethical it was. But disclosing it doesn’t cure the problem.
  9. Either way, her retirement is secured.
  10. Outliers are what drive laws. If you believe we shouldn’t make laws to address outliers, then you don’t understand laws. There should be laws that prevent assholes from carrying guns in the path of children going to school. I don’t give a fuck if most gun owners wouldn’t do so if a significant chunk of gun owners support the assholes exercising their “rights.”
  11. You are assuming that dialing back the crazy will result in the same GOP turnout. The crazies fuel the GOP. If the Wisconsin Republicans had pushed for a 13-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest, and medical, they would have won more swing voters and would not have fired up the Dem turnout. But it would have split their party. There is zero chance that the pro-life warriors would have just said, yeah, that seems like a middle ground we can live with. That's not just about votes, it's about the ability to function as a party.
  12. Comparing Dane County (Madison/UW) and Milwaukee County: Total Population: Dane: 563k; Milwaukee: 940k Total Votes: Dane: 255k, Mil- 260k Protasiewicz %: Dane 82%; Mil 73%
  13. Yep. Ban the sales. Offer buybacks. For anyone saying x or y will not fix the problem, be sure to point out that the problem will absolutely continue to worsen without legislation. Lethal firepower will continue to get more effective and cheaper as time goes on. It is the inevitable conclusion to improving technology in design and production. Every day we do nothing is a day we decide "it's not bad enough yet." It will continue to get worse until we, as a society, decides it's gotten bad enough. If you ban the sales and offer buy backs, two things happen: guns get more expensive and no one invests in improving their lethality, because the is no longer a market.
  14. I suppose it's not worth trying to explain to EmptyG that if this individual was receiving medical treatment, it was almost certainly reducing testosterone levels.
  15. Well, on that basis, I’d have to say the Russian Orthodox Church is up there as worse fucking version of Christianity. American Christianity isn’t a huge outlier.
  16. I saw that when it was on Netlfix. As a runner (mediocre even in my prime) I appreciate the designed cruelty of the rules. Not knowing the start time is just brutal. You can't plan you fueling, hydration, sleep, or even shitting to prep for one of the most grueling events on the planet. Every year, he routes the race through the tunnel with water, which means the runners are in wet socks for hours. He makes the runners take opposing directions on the last loop, which means you can't have a run buddy. And of course, if you don't finish in the extremely challenging time target, it just doesn't count. One second over and you didn't finish. It is pure sadism. It only works because running requires a certain level masochism.
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    homeless

    Here is the thing many people miss: they assume homelessness is a sign of wide scale economic depression. In some cases, that might be true. But it is much more likely to be associated with economic change and economic disparity that comes with rapid growth. That fucking KOMO (Sinclair Broadcasting) documentary titled "Seattle is Dying" is just so fucking stupid. Amazon employs something like 40,000 people in Seattle. Those are high paying jobs that didn't exist 20 years ago. They attract people from around the world. Microsoft is headquartered across the lake in Redmond. The result is a crazy increase in rents and house prices. That's not "dying." Rent is the free market's version of keeping score. And on that score, Seattle is doing extremely well. Its lower income residents, not so much. They are getting pushed out, which is just the free market distribution of resources. In other, cheaper cities, folks on the margin could survive in shitty housing. There is very little shitty housing out here. I'm not saying there aren't other policies which affect the situation. But financial success is a huge part of it. And that should inform folks on what it will take to solve it. It sure as shit ain't trickle down economics. Unemployment rates are meaningless when they includes jobs that can't pay the rent.
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    homeless

    Be sure to hit Chuminh on Sundays when they feed the community down the hill on Jackson. It’s so fucking Christian of them that I assume they’re Buddhists.
  19. I don't know who else follows GeographyNow, but he's a youtuber who has been doing videos on all of the UN recognized countries in alphabetical order. He made it up to Ukraine. Good primer on the country including current events.
  20. So, the staffer accusing Schlapp of sexual assault went public today after the courts said he needed to in order to move forward with the lawsuit. CNN The most shocking part: What kind of bleeding heart liberal nonsense is that? That's gotta be bullshit, right?
  21. There’s about to be a bunch of downtown Walgreens closing throughout big cities. Forget the red state / blue state thing. The real divide is urban rural. In those locations, it’s never much of a walk to a competitor. And it’s hard to get staff. Downtown retail is already struggling since Covid and remote workers. Those stores are fucked.
  22. Yep. Wealth, even enough wealth for a plane ticket and a hotel stay, is sufficient to insulate them from the worst repercussions of these laws. They can afford to support poorly written, one-sided, virtue signal laws, because they can always buy their way out of it. This isn't about crafting a workable system. Nebraska's heartbeat bill is likely hitting the floor this week. Republicans have a fillibuster-proof majority. Senator Cavanaugh is looking to pull out every delay tactic, on every bill, as she vows to "burn this session to the ground." Activists are talking about civil disobedience to gum up the session and delay it. I really wish it all had a chance of working.
  23. The first thought that comes to mind: Don't walk under a fork lift's load. I may have had too many site safety orientations.
  24. This seems like a really bad way to launder money. Generally, you want to funnel illegal cash into legitimate business in a way that doesn't leave a paper trail. Cash businesses are great for that. But there is all sorts of documentation required for transferring money into a campaign and all sorts of documentation to go from the campaign to the car wash. I know these people are stupid, but that seems overly complicated and stupid. My best bet is that the owner used the same tax-id for the car wash as he did for his aviation company. It could still be a grift, but one that is harder to prove. The other reasonable possibility is that it is just straight-up embezzlement: the owner and a campaign worker cut real checks to a fake company for fake services.
  25. Ok, so pretty obvious embezzlement. Now the question is who helped. —— Edit: one of the responses said the donor also owned an aviation company that has a jet. Might be a case of setting up multiple companies under one entity.
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