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  1. 48 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Makes no sense.  He's allegedly in the oil & gas industry, and crude oil is almost double the price per barrel that it was when Biden took office.  The S&P is up 10% in that timeframe.

    Yeah, those CVX and XOM stocks have been awful under Brandon

  2. 6 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Society’s collective view?  Partial credit.  There’s actually a large part of “society” that doesn’t collectively agree with it (hint: indicated by the laws we have)

    Elections hereabouts are never unanimous.   And, jokes aside, no one here is is undefeated.   Society’s collective view is in fact represented, blunt instrument that it is, via elections, and laws enacted by our collective representatives.  For those that don’t afterward support said laws, there are other elections and other societies. 

    Back to the op topic, society’s collective view is that it is worth the lives of these kids, and all the gun suicides, to keep our eyes on the prize of most guns possible.  Plenty to not like for all when it comes to important stuff.


     

  3. 26 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    I understand that. It was also the cry forever, until it wasn’t enough anymore.  Makes one wonder what’s coming next. 

    Well, to start with, society’s collective view on what is needed next.  Is your forever cry fair game?

  4. 1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:

    Why do you hate equality? 
     

    Cool. 

    Well, it depends, like in consideration of all qualities, the inherent good lies not in the word “equality”, but in the purpose it serves.   Our federal outlays are about 40-45% of gdp. Euro countries around 50%.  A flat tax penalizes almost everyone except for the top tax payers.  So, the problem with your idea of equality is that it does not serve fairness.
     

    It’s not the words, Fattie. It is the purposed served.   Folks have been on this message for awhile now.

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  5. 5 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I'm not missing any point.  You are.

    I confine my explanations to the legal system as it stands, I don't express opinions by and large on whether it's globally the right result or not.  Or whether it enables fascists or not.  You seem to think I do.

    You can't change the legal system on the fly to make what was not illegal suddenly illegal.  Ex post facto clause out front should have told you.

    Executive privilege is at its highest when the executive holds office.  You're going to see that it exists for a good reason for the remaining years of the Biden administration when it's used to fight off Gym Jordan and his merry band of idiots.

    Twice

    Be our guest, go ahead and give your personal views on the right and wrong of things.  In addition to your educational efforts.  You won’t turn to stone.  

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  6. So, Fatty, it is about the money.  The welfare queens.  The dregs.  Your fellow citizens.  Your fellow members of society. 
     

    Also, there’s a technical view that it is not, in fact, your money.   Issuance before redemption, and all that.  But you just don’t want to support societal improvement.  Not with money.  With endless bullshit, you seem yo think.  You are not helping the world.   Get off the bus. 

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  7. On 3/25/2023 at 1:52 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

    Went to Walmart today and bought a pair of size 38 khaki shorts. Was it uncomfortable to get them on? 
    yes- that was the point as they will probably only be good for another month or 6 weeks tops. But felt good to not be in 40’s for first time in a decade. I think I should shop at Goodwill now that I think about it. 

    Christ, man, anything with a 3 handle in jeans is ok!

  8. On 3/21/2023 at 2:15 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

    Damn the federal government, trying to debank (checks notes)….

    Credit card scammers, payday loan fraudsters, Ponzi scheme operators, government grant scammers, debt consolidation scammers, pimps, and pyramid scheme. Why, you can’t even do a little bit of mail and wire fraud or steal tax dollars without the FDIC getting up in your business.

    At least half of the list in that article is just outright criminal behavior. 

    In all seriousness, the sheer amount of daily scam attempts the average American faces is staggering. Unlike anything in history. From extended warranties to precious metal scams to straight fraud and phishing. It’s something the government could do something about, but chooses not to because the gray area between criminal fraud and legal scammery is too blurry for comfort for our large donor class. 
     

    I would argue that the constant— multiple times daily— amount of attempted scams drives more division and breakdown of social trust than Fox News or Rush could dream of. People really are trying to screw you over all the time and that’s no way to have a society that can do shit. 

    But, we really must leave it to the legal system alone. It’s the best we’ve got, better than the rest.  Doesn’t work, but, whatever.

  9. On 3/27/2023 at 12:50 PM, Brian Fantana said:

     

    Well, the facts were pretty hard on Donziger.  He seemed to think anything can be attempted in using courts to extort boogeymen corporations.

  10. 12 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

    So you do not believe in calories in, calories out?  Is that your position?

    Frank

    I used to.  Never morbidly obese, I maxed at 220 for a person who should be 165 or 170.  Was on weight loss efforts 6 or 8 times.  The older I got, the less the prior calorie counting coefficient held.  At about late 50’s I started into biking, 100 mile events, etc.  At peak training I was  burning 2000+ calories just on the bike daily.  And then it took 10 times as many calories to lose a pound as the last time.   Yes, I recorded everything, as I was serious about the bike and the weight was one component.  So, the data was good.

    So I learned, personally, that how hard it is to lose weight, how many calories out versus in, varies with time, varies with exercise regimen, and surely varies among people.  So I became, as a consequence, more aware of this other, broadly held and scientifically informed viewpoint.  Even my biking coaches said the 1 calorie in = 1 out was b.s. 

    I  was surprised to see my view change, I have to admit.  As a former engineer, the energy balance idea just HAD to be right.  Note to self, when something HAS to be right, then that just means it seems obvious, and only merits superficial examination.  And superficial examination yields high error rates.  

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  11. Mac, sooner or later we all think of retirement.  I think she sees this as a nice off ramp. I wonder if she sees risk to the mayor remaining D?  Doesn’t sound reasonable.

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  12. 2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

    I don't believe a body hordes fat cells.  I think calories in and calories out is basically immutable. People who argue otherwise are likely not keeping an accurate count of the calories they consume when they claim it does not work.

    There were not any fat people rescued from Auschwitz.

    Now whether people have mental or head space issues with food is different.  Like alcohol.  But anyone who is morbidly obese, if someone else could control all their access to food and put them in a calorie deficit, would lose weight. 

    Now we have a standard.  The Auschwitz diet.  
     

    Also, the imprisonment diet, generally.  It’s not a surprise that most people would not or could not submit to these approaches.  Or joining the marines.  The list of silly ideas is at least amusing.  
     

    User name checks out. 

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  13. Ok, when I retired we happened to be in Houston, the last of a dozen places.  And we moved to a condo in Austin for “fun” and as a possible place to stay.  And within 7 months were outathere for Seattle.  
     

    What with the Tex legislature trends I wonder if the outbound from Texas numbers will go up.

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