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Brisketexan started following Gun to your head: name your favorite book ever
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All of them. At this point, the only rational presumption about a man who supports the GQP is that he is a pedophile himself.
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Lemme translate. “We believed in the CONCEPT of a less racist society, but when we see that the result of that was white men losing their outsized role and presence, which mathematically means a reduction in our percentage chance of success, well…fuck that. We want that Don Draper Mad Men shit back.” Y’all can keep running from that unavoidable conclusion, but you’ll just die tired.
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God, that's fucking adorable.
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All the big. We have a regime that is interested only in pouring as much coal as possible into the engine, damn the consequences. The biggest consequence being all the damage done when a massively overinflated bubble bursts. It ain't just about how big it gets. It's about how much damage that ginormous bubble will do when it bursts. Nobody at the wheel seems to care, not even a little bit.
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"Any information that would make The Lord God Almighty, Donald J. Trump, Peace Be Upon Him, look bad, are fake news." I mean...it really is that simple. If they cast him in a negative light, they are false.
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Become a pragmatic progressive, and maybe we'll start to get somewhere. Seriously, we all need to start from a standpoint of "presume that everything that everyone else is doing is driven by pure malevolence and greed," then you can come up with some good policy options. But stop even pretending that in this late-stage capitalism world, we're dealing with good-faith counterparties. They want to bleed you of every dollar, and leave your empty husk on the side of the road. Understand that and their motivation, and then you can make educated and intelligent choices.
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The man confessed to - BRAGGED ABOUT - sexually assaulting women. On fucking video, in his own voice. Not only does it not matter, the truth is that a sizable portion of our country fucking likes it. They think that committing sexual assault is an emblem of power, and they want a strong man. A weak man gets consent, a strong man just takes what he wants and by god, that's the kinda leader we want. You live in a country where committing rape is not only not a negative, it's a positive attribute.
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"Subsidize good and healthy food for the poor." Further line the pockets of the oligarch class with the maximum amount of dollars that can be hoovered out of the pockets of literally everyone else? Jesus. Come the fuck on. When your premise is "if we lived in a fantasy world where the common good even figured into the equation, instead of being characterized as the greatest evil mankind has ever faced," it's not a fucking premise at all. GTFO of here with that stupid shit.
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Two things about that data. First, this POTUS has told us quite plainly that he believes that data from such agencies is manipulated. He has fired people at such entities who released numbers that he did not like. The only rational implication of that course and messaging is that the data, going forward, IS manipulated to yield results the POTUS wants. Not accurate results, but rather those that are pleasing to the King, such that the minions do not get fired/beheaded. THUS, the only rational conclusion is that no data coming out under this administration can be trusted. Instead, it should all be rejected as inherently and purposefully subjective and biased. Second, most INDPENDENT analysis I've seen indicates that functionally all of our positive GDP thus far this year is tied to AI and data center construction. Take that out of the mix, and we're flat. And, when you take into account that AI and data centers are just a fucking bubble, that's really important.
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That's awesome. Know how y'all should celebrate? Make the pitch.
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I am quite happy that I am among the group of people to whom the following applies: "your name never came up in correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Nassar wherein a love for fucking underage girls was discussed." Donald Trump, the President of the United States, is NOT in that group of people. What a time to be alive.
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And as has been discussed around here before, (1) confidence is an aphrodisiac, and (2) desperation is the worst cologne. I am no better looking than I was as a yute, and I was no calendar boy back then. BUT, I have the confidence of a successful man of my age, AND I have no pressure when talking to women because I'm already locked down. So, do I chat up and flirt with women? Absolutely, it's fun as hell. I do it at the grocery store, the bar when I'm traveling, all the usual places. And my casual I-don't-really-care confidence works wonders. On more than a few occasions, I've hit the "oh shit, I better wrap this up, because it's working" point. Which made me realize it is actually remarkably easy to pick up a woman in public. If average old me can do it, anyone can. It just takes some social and emotional intelligence, and unbroken confidence. The problem is, confidence is gained through experience. And these guys don't have any. Which makes them mousy cowards, which keeps them from getting the experience needed to become confident. Step one is "stop being a pussy, put yourself out there, and man up and don't worry about rejection or falling on your ass. Just get up and do it again and again and again. She just rolled her eyes and walked away? Cool. Go up to the next gal. And then the next one.
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And I’ve practiced for three decades and know plenty of firms that hire good numbers of associates (including mine) that do not have a broad-spectrum practice. For example, we have several practice groups/disciplines, but all in the same “space.” That space tends to draw more women, decent numbers of minorities, and in several practice groups, people with a technical background. I know other firms where the practice is more “corporate” in nature. The poop of candidates interested in that is whiter and more male. None of these are “exclusive” to one demographic or another, but the practice and firm type often skew things.
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Dude…have you been spying on the drawings of naval battles I did when I was 8? Because that’s EXACTLY how they looked. Tactically sound, I’m 100% confident, because I was surely a genius prodigy.
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Ignore the reply where I noted that it very much depends on what the firm does/specializes in. Different practices often have different ethnic mixes of the candidates who are interested in that practice. Zero racism by the hiring firm necessary, the pool of M&A candidates is gonna be a lot whiter than the pool of family law or even litigation candidates.
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