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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.
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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.
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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.
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Charlie Kirk got ded, Erika Kirk grifts in place
UpperWestside replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
I love Defector. Not just for recaps like that, but overall. Best site I read each day. -
I’ll bet you know the family.
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Melania Trump -- Not a Fan of Christmas
UpperWestside replied to Patrick Bateman's topic in Cloak Room
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. -
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
UpperWestside replied to UpperWestside's topic in Movies and TV
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. -
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
UpperWestside replied to UpperWestside's topic in Movies and TV
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. -
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
UpperWestside replied to UpperWestside's topic in Movies and TV
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. -
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
UpperWestside replied to UpperWestside's topic in Movies and TV
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. -
I would guess you’ll be hitting up the portal if the roster is this mismatched.
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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.
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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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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
That might be one of the best things to happen in the sport in years. Would be plenty of Lulz on that Finebaum show for sure. -
Eternity is one of the best movies I have seen this year. Just a beautiful movie like this one. We need more films like each of them.
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Deion Sanders "Coach Prime" Now At Colorado
UpperWestside replied to Don Johnson's topic in Football
I would think the team he is on is absolutely his biggest detriment to being successful. He pulls off bei go good there long-term that’s awesome. That place has been a QB graveyard since their return to the NFL. I do not watch much pro football, but I hope he can break the trend there and make Cleveland good enough to at least contend for a playoff spot if they give him enough time to grow into the role as well as give him some good linemen up front. His line will probably tell the tale of whether he succeeds or not. -
Over the last decade he has said some truly vile things. The comment about Mexican immigrants, the making fun of a disabled reporter, every single flattering thing he says about Russia’s dictator, the comments that led directly to several thousand people storming Congress on January 6th, his recent Thanksgiving trash, but this one is the one that will stick with me. A couple is brutally murdered and this is what he says. To hell with him. I sincerely hope that when TFG keels over that the line to piss on his grave stretches from sea to shining sea and that we give immigrants citizenship if they’ll take a piss on his grave. Let foreigners get an all expenses paid trip to do the same to really drive home the point what a piece of human trash TFG is. He deserves no less than that from all of those he vilified with hateful words and actions. Also if you support this monster or have family members that do to hell with you and them. I have family members that are Teumpers so to hell with them. I consider myself fairly even keeled and I enjoy helping people do better. I show kindness to everyone I possibly can, but I would not care one iota if my cousin who went off the deep end because of this idiot kicked the bucket tomorrow. I am so sick and tired of the hate he stokes and the horrible things he says and does. If Pam Bondi wants to put me on their anti-American list call me directly and I’ll gladly get put on something opposing these fascist clowns. I am tired of the entire American fascist experience and while all we can do is claw our way through it until it ends it doesn’t mean we just have to sit here and take it. Screw this guy and the apparatus supporting him.
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The whole thing just sucks. Getting all of the details will take time and it will probably make it more heart-wrenching for the family to see what led to this. Senseless violence like this is, well, don’t have the words to say how sad it is.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
No, just do not find OSU to be relevant right now. I say exactly what I think. I always have. OSU football is now on one of the bottom rungs. Again I find that people do not like what they are emotionally invested in to hear someone say something they do not like. I have just never cared about things like this. We’re good right now and five years from now we might not have Dillingham and we might get to go back to being everyone’s homecoming opponent like you are at the moment. You have a deeper emotional and likely monetary investment than I do on this stuff. You look at the current landscape and see it differently than me and that’s okay. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
Okie State is now just a team on the schedule. Just how it goes. You had your turn at being good. It doesn’t last forever. ASU will be well-positioned for a good while, but not forever. I have found people do not like when you say things as straightforward as that about something they are emotionally invested in, but it is what it is. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
I loved watching him. I wish he had a better line in front of him. I know this era is dominated by QB’s and WR’s, but a good back doing their thing is still cool to witness no matter who they suit up for. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
Playing six of the top nine in a conference where basketball is the thing does not really matter. They had two games against an elite team. They put up 14 points combined in two games. They are not good at football. They’re a school that will surprise you sometimes, but not all the time. The conference is just not good overall at football and that’s something ASU can take advantage of. Maybe not to Tech’s extent, but being below 3rd would be a disappointing season. I’d put that label on this season, but I’ll qualify that getting 8 wins from a team with no one playing QB for half the year made 8 or possibly 9 wins fine this year. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
UpperWestside replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
Past performance is no longer indicative of what should be expected. If past performance or reputation played a role in whether you SHOULD be good or not the we should be down there with Coach Prime in the gutter. Pre-NIL is what it is. ASU was a non-factor. ASU has benefitted most from Dillingham being an alum, but, and this is important, there is no UT or OU standing there to beat you up. It’s now just Tech. I hope they spend a ton of money and one day win the whole thing. I think in an era where money is out in the open that ASU should never be below 2nd or 3rd. If we were in the SEC we’re toast, but we’re not. This is a conference we can and should be good in football-wise. It’d be nice if basketball could be good, but not so much with Hurley and also because this is a basketball-driven league and there are schools who put their money on that sport instead which is fine. I’m all for handing as much money to the players as possible at every school.
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