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  1. Roth would be the guy to read and listen to here. He’s far and away the best political writer we have in America. Not even a close 2nd to his work. I asked him a similar question to this at one of Defector’s birthday parties about how he understands this stuff so well and the answer more/less was rich people are lazy.
  2. I’ll gladly admit that this is not an area I am as well-versed in as others. I’ll gladly listen to others on this and what they think because the economics that undergird a society is always a complex issue. I think this is especially true in a country as multicultural as ours. We have had a dominant race economically (whites) since our inception. Now we HAVE to share that pie. I am in favor of that. We all live once and we should, for the sake of wanting a thriving multicultural society, want to see the wealth spread. Everyone benefits from that. We are hurting as a society monetarily because we have a small percentage hoarding wealth while many of the rest of us are left to fight over scraps. It’s ridiculous on its face that the wealthiest country in the history of the world has so many people either already living in poverty or just a missed check away from the poorhouse. To me this is a sign of when a society will lose its moorings if things do not change. You cannot have a small class of people worth hundreds of millions to several hundred billion and expect that society to be thriving. This should be a shared concern for everyone. I feel the angst needs to be directed there because that old quote comes to mind of a house divided against itself cannot stand. This doesn’t mean I support disenfranchised white men vs. minorities looking for their fair share of the pie. We all, college educated or not, need to look at the cartoon villains holding all the money tha holds our society back from realizing its promise of having an actual American dream instead of the nightmare it has become for millions of people. That sucks to me because we get this one chance at life and a small group of folks want the super majority of it for themselves. We can do better I think.
  3. Feels like a good place to start would be the ultra-wealthy class that has accumulated money to the point where most of the population, college educated or not, are fighting for a smaller and smaller economic pie. That part of the equation never seems to change.
  4. I love Defector. Not just for recaps like that, but overall. Best site I read each day.
  5. I’ll bet you know the family.
  6. She’s trash just like the rest of them. Has a voice like a B movie cartoon villain and has the intellectual abilities of, well, she’s right there with TFG so it’s not much. Anyone who ever feels bad for her needs to remember she signed up for this. I hope when this ends that she gets deported to Slovenia and that they deny her entry. Spend your life in a North Korean prison camp you worthless thief.
  7. I want to get these for my niece and nephew to wear next year. It will mean nothing to them at their age of 7 and 4 next year, but I still will get it and have them take a picture with their Grannie. Think I will get her a shirt I’ve had before. You serious Clark? I say that every single time someone says something ridiculous to me.
  8. That rant was probably the highlight from when I saw him in 2023 in New Jersey. I want to say I was down in Newark at a really big theatre. I remember it was really nice. Like you I remember how cool it was watching the movie with a large audience. Good memories and thank you for sharing your experience.
  9. This is my favorite Christmas movie. She’s also in my 2nd favorite one, Violent Night. She was pretty humorous in that one as well.
  10. That fall in Buffalo in 2023 might have been worse than he let on. Either way it’s cool you were able to see him while he can still get out there. The movie just never gets old.
  11. I would guess you’ll be hitting up the portal if the roster is this mismatched.
  12. I think it would be a good idea if we started our own PAC and donated towards the small amount politicians and organizations out there that actually deserve it.
  13. I feel that some people, not just here but in life in general, think they have to share their opinion on everything. Guess what? YOU DON’T. If you do not like that Derka started this thread then don’t click on it and move on. Throwing in a negative comment about him, or anyone else starting a similar thread, is pointless on the part of the person doing it. This site has quite a few people who post in this manner (talking about thread police or people who ALWAYS have something negative to say about EVERYTHING.) and it’s old and tiresome. I put people on ignore who do this. Maybe a decade ago I’d have antagonized when seeing this thread, but you learn about people and how we are all different and it changes the way you process thoughts. Now I’m glad Derka gets it out. It can be a way to get out frustrations with what he sees from the games and the man entrusted to coach this team. I’d say to keep posting about this Derka. You aren’t hurting anyone by doing so and neither would anyone else if they did something similar. Heck take a look at a football game day here to see how many random posts are started from people venting their anger and frustration.
  14. Tonight in a game no one will willingly watch, UCLA takes on the 5th or 6th best coach in the Hurley family. I am sure @Sbbruin has been anticipating this matchup as little as I have. I at least hope UCLA can win this one. We don’t have many opportunities for wins left once conference play starts. The more losses that pile up the quicker this 12 year long reign of mediocrity can end. @Derka no matter how much a past his prime Sean Miller frustrates you just be glad you don’t have our guy instead.
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