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  1. 1 hour ago, 'stache said:

    Housing, education, healthcare, the rise in those has been astronomical for my generation, and crippling. My dad paid his way through college working as a dispatcher for the electric company. The thought of that, even at a state school, is laughable these days.

    I know. Those costs are affecting me as well. My MIL has been bedridden with 24/7 sitters and hospice to the tune of $3500/wk for awhile. We will probably have to sell her house soon to pay for a crappy nursing facility to the tune of 10k a month. Fucking bs, and not what she planned for at this stage. It doesn't just cost too much to live, it costs too much to die as well.

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  2. 8 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Considering that the purchase price of a house then could be paid with a high school diploma type job, I'd say the interest rate wasn't that big a deal. You could offer 0% interest these days and a basic house in a desirable place is out of reach for most middle class people, and is getting worse by the generation.

    True. But we also had that thing called stagflation back then where unemployment rates and inflation were also in the double digits. In around 6- 7 years, everything doubled in price, houses, cars,..even pussy. As for the current housing situation? Yeah, it is truly fucked and ain't getting better anytime soon unless some sort of equilibrium comes along.

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  3. 41 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

    Sarcasm does not appear to be your strong suit.
     

    Respect my elders? Nah, they don’t deserve anything but my scorn and ridicule. A hint: Oklahoma ain’t the only place that’s a piece of shit because of Boomers. And yes, a bowl of fuck is all that will be left when that generation finally kicks for good. History will tell the tale of a brat generation handed a golden ticket that they promptly used to wipe their ass. 

    You seem tense, and fairly ignorant of history. The Boomer Generation covered two decades, and the part that bore me certainly wasn't handed a golden ticket, unless you count recessions every 3-5 years as good times. Hell, the mortgage rate on my 1st house was at 12% and I felt lucky to get that. The so-called "greatest generation" (and the early boomers..to an extent) are the ones who benefited the most from the economic expansion of the fifties and sixties, and they gave us a stupid war/wars and set up an economy that was and is a shit sandwich. Your parents failed you.

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  4. 14 hours ago, Herpa Derpa said:

     

    You're gotdang right, whippersnapper. Why, I remember way back at the turn of the century when everything he said was happening on the regular. Thank the stars we've moved beyond that kind of behavior and now live in an egalitarian utopia where powerbrokers don't do everything they can to crush the plebeians to earn one more wooden nickel for their bottomless souls. Thank the heavens that there's no more racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, political discrimination or gender discrimination. Thank the winds that the government isn't dictating how private companies should care for the health of their employees or tell women how to handle their medical care.

    Young turks like yourself that came up in the era of equanimity sure are lucky life is so good for you. If you squint hard enough you just might see your incredible ignorance.

    Well excuse me for not picking up on that guys' sarcasm. As for my being a "whippersnapper", I would imagine I'm older than most on here. A hint: I managed to participate on the tail end of our skirmish in SE Asia. So in short, eat a bowl of fuck, respect your elders, and stfu.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Foosters said:

    Ah yes, cancel culture. A recent phenomenon, for sure. I remember the good old days when people were simply fired for being gay, or not being the right religion, or having different political beliefs, or believing women should vote, or advocating for equal rights among the races.

    You must be awfully old if you "remember" those days.

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  6. On 10/7/2021 at 3:56 PM, Harrison Bergeron said:

    I cannot imagine what could go wrong ... not to mention pretty racist ...

    https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-austin-police/11079879/

    CHICAGO (WLS) -- There is an outcry from the mayor and some Chicago aldermen after men linked by police to a deadly gang shootout in Austin last week were released from custody. Prosecutors declined to charge each of them with a pair of felonies, including first-degree murder.

    The mid-morning gunfight, which left one shooter dead and two of the suspects wounded, stemmed from an internal dispute between two gang factions, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

    New video from city pod cameras shows what police say is two people pulling up and opening fire at an Austin home. They ducked for cover as the people inside fired back. One person was killed and two others were hurt in the shootout. Three people were arrested.

    Police sought to charge all suspects with murder and aggravated battery. By Sunday morning, a Chicago police spokeswoman acknowledged the suspects had "been released without charges."

    The Cook County state's attorney's office explained that prosecutors had "determined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to approve felony charges," a state's attorney's office spokeswoman said, adding that police officials agreed with the decision.

    But a police report framed the state's attorney's office's decision to decline charges in a different light: "Mutual combatants was cited as the reason for the rejection." Mutual combat is a legal term used to define a fight or struggle that two parties willingly engage in.

    Mayor Lori Lightfoot and some West Side aldermen called on Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx to reverse her decision on the case.

    "If they do not feel like the criminal justice system is going to hold them accountable, we're going to see a level of brazenness that will send the city into chaos and we cannot let that happen," the mayor said Monday.

    Foxx said there was not enough evidence to support felony charges, and police said the people arrested refused to tell them anything. But Lightfoot, herself a former prosecutor, believes there's evidence to make a case.

    "I think that there's evidence there. We've got videotape, we have a marked squad of uniformed officers who were on the scene observing it," she said. "At a bare minimum, the individuals who initiated the firefight must be prosecuted."

    "I think it goes beyond frustration, I'm furious about it," said 29th Ward Alderman Chris Taliaferro, who oversees the ward where the shooting took place.
    The Cook County State's Attorney's Office released a statement in response to the mayor's calls, saying: 

    "As a former federal prosecutor, the Mayor knows of the ethical obligation of the prosecutor to only bring forth charges where the facts, evidence, and law support it. She is also fully aware that as a prosecutor we are obligated not to try cases in the media. It is unclear why she has chosen to make such statements, especially absent the full information that was presented to our office by CPD. The detectives reached out to our office on Friday and acknowledged at the outset that given the chaotic nature at the scene they were unable to determine how the events unfolded. We reviewed the evidence that was presented to us in consultation with the detectives and they agreed we were unable to approve charges based on the evidence presented. However, as always, as additional evidence is gathered we stand ready to bring charges when appropriate. Additionally, the facts the mayor presented today simply are not in line with what was presented to us by CPD, and not born out by the evidence we received. The staggering violence that is devastating our communities is horrific, however, we must still adhere to both our ethical and legal standards in evaluating charges. As a former prosecutor, she knows that."

    Last week, Cook County prosecutors came under fire after making a similar argument after a teenager was stabbed to death during a fight in suburban Schaumburg. The family of the victim, 18-year-old Manuel Porties Jr., later told WGN that prosecutors specifically said they weren't charging the 17-year-old suspect with murder because the fatal fight amounted to mutual combat.

    Where do you see the racism in this article? I see two embattled, black, female, elected officials blaming one another for the fucked up crime situation in Chicago. Point out your mysterious racism claim please.

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  7. 37 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    And we have been told, in no uncertain terms, that someone beating you is 100% justification for shooting them.  I presume that the same folks will be consistent if that turns out to be the case here.  Right?

    Why don't you spit it out instead of dancing around? And what about (if true) the other three shooting victims of your pal?

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  8. 21 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    I mean, it depends on the franchise. The ones I've been to in China are basically serving deep fried perfection. The one down the street from my house -- that doubles as a Taco Bell -- is managed as a front by the local meth dealer and staffed by his customers. You don't know where that chicken has been, or how long it's been under the heat lamp. And that's if you're lucky.

    I hate to break the news to you, but that Chinese (improper nomenclature) chicken was likely uh, you know, like something else.

  9. 1 minute ago, pops said:

    I think I'd rather have a ferrit with its teeth clamped around my nuts than try and play a competitive round at this course. It just looks brutal and never lets up. 

    Marmot

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  10. On 9/19/2021 at 6:22 PM, Bill Brasky said:

    people only cared because she was a pretty white girl.  if she was ugly or a minority it would get zero national attention 

    I don't think she was pretty...actually fairly plain looking. No ass, no anything special about her build at all (especially now), likely crazy. He should have just bought her a bus ticket and a bucket of fried chicken and sent her home.

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