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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

awhile back i wanted a schlotzly meal, soup and a cinnamon roll. $70 door dash shock, and  im in my car to go get it myself. $24

and i am old, because i think $24 for that is shocking.

 

should be $10 - party like it's 1999.

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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

awhile back i wanted a schlotzly meal, soup and a cinnamon roll. $70 door dash shock, and  im in my car to go get it myself. $24

Holy crap, almost triple?  I'm in the wrong business.

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3 minutes ago, troph said:

Not really. It’s a hold over from not wanting to talk about religion or politics with people you don’t know well. I am not fragile, but when I’m playing tennis I’m there to forget politics. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to roll up my sleeves and get after it later. Same for talking business, often times I don’t want to talk work even with a lawyer friend when we are fishing. Some places are for escape some are for engaging. As for born on third base folks, I don’t know I was born with an 0-2 count in terms of somethings, all white Americans were born on third globally speaking. But the generational club types? Yeah I don’t know: plus our club is an upper middle class club not really an exclusive club. Again when I’m there to take a break from the bullshit the last thing I want to do is suffer any bullshit. But keep on with the black and white judgmental talk, it suits you well.  

Yeah, there's just a certain level of privilege where the "team" aspects of politics aren't really in play anymore.  A whole lot of us are there. 

Thankfully, I don't have many magats in my life at least that I'm aware of, because I don't bring it up with clients and business relations, and neither do they.

One of my main clients imports most of their stuff from China (but then again so does most of their competition).  I have made only the gentlest of inquiries as to what this bullshit is doing to their "prospects."  

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10 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

No I just don’t run across people, particularly in a professional setting, who bait people like that.  That’s what she was doing.

 

Having spoken with this person multiple times over the past couple of years, that's not what she was doing.  She assumes that everyone agrees with her.  She is completely brain broken and dear leader can do no wrong.  She's a true believer.  

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Posted (edited)
7 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Having spoken with this person multiple times over the past couple of years, that's not what she was doing.  She assumes that everyone agrees with her.  She is completely brain broken and dear leader can do no wrong.  She's a true believer.  

Yeah, your example seemed quaint to me as a banker in McLennan County. I had someone tell me in the last 5 years that white people shouldn't be marrying black people.

Trump shit is just a normal day.

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10 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

I’m conservative. Not really socially so. So a lot of what I post in CR may seem contrarian, but I’m not trying to be that way. I’ve never liked Trump and would admit if I’d been duped into voting for him. I haven’t and voting against him this time.  Plus I suspect your feelings about me stem from Israel talk and I don’t think we will see eye to eye on that.

I did not grow up the way you did, and some of what you post is hyperbolic to me, but I believe you. I see some of what you’re talking about, both religion and politics wise, but not in every day life. I certainly see it more when I go to midland. I’m the son of a banker. No silver spoon but certainly grew up privileged and I see no difference in the religious and political interactions in my life today than when I grew up. 

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How do you propose to solve the social issues without spending any money? 

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1 hour ago, Nivek said:

 

So now we are going with official hairstyles for gender identification?  Also, that hippie on the cross has long hair.  

 

And the sign said
"Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said, "You look like a fine upstandin' young man
I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat and said, "Imagine that
Huh, me workin' for you"

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26 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How do you propose to solve the social issues without spending any money? 

I tried to be this in my 20s. The general premise for me was help all the people you can without going over budget, and work to increase the budget so that you can help more people. So it wasn’t full fiscal conservatism in that it didn’t pair budget balance with tax reduction, as an inseparable duo. But I’m sure that at the time I would have also been dubious of tax increases. 

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29 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

You cannot be socially liberal and fiscally conservative.

 

24 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's code for "I'm a selfish asshole but please don't call me that".

Meh. It's closer to "I have enough social awareness to know that I can't say the N-word, openly hate on hispanics, or say "faggot"......I just want to make sure that all folks who fall in the "other" bucket are kept in their place by genteel and otherwise polite means, and for my spot in society to be sacrosanct, even at their expense."

I tried out that approach for a while on my journey, out of a naive belief that it could be sincere.  And sure, finite resources are finite resources.....but when we make those resources even MORE finite by slashing taxes on the top 1%, stacking the deck so they reap all the benefits of any economic strength/growth....you realize that it's insincere bullshit.

If you are genuinely "socially liberal," meaning that you give a shit about other human beings who are not part of your immediate cultural circle, then you have a much more open view of resource allocation/hoarding/direction by the government.

I mean, if you have any doubt about the government putting its finger on the scales in favor of one class....don't be looking at the people who are barely getting by.  Look at, oh, just as a CRAZY example, the literal richest man in the world, who has the ACTUAL FUCKING US GOVERNMENT TELLING PEOPLE TO BUY STOCK IN HIS COMPANY.

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5 minutes ago, safe sex said:

Tahoe would never narc on a fellow racist.

We all knew that.  But it was what he pretended he would do. 

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18 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Meh. It's closer to "I have enough social awareness to know that I can't say the N-word, openly hate on hispanics, or say "faggot"......I just want to make sure that all folks who fall in the "other" bucket are kept in their place by genteel and otherwise polite means, and for my spot in society to be sacrosanct, even at their expense."

I tried out that approach for a while on my journey, out of a naive belief that it could be sincere.  And sure, finite resources are finite resources.....but when we make those resources even MORE finite by slashing taxes on the top 1%, stacking the deck so they reap all the benefits of any economic strength/growth....you realize that it's insincere bullshit.

If you are genuinely "socially liberal," meaning that you give a shit about other human beings who are not part of your immediate cultural circle, then you have a much more open view of resource allocation/hoarding/direction by the government.

I mean, if you have any doubt about the government putting its finger on the scales in favor of one class....don't be looking at the people who are barely getting by.  Look at, oh, just as a CRAZY example, the literal richest man in the world, who has the ACTUAL FUCKING US GOVERNMENT TELLING PEOPLE TO BUY STOCK IN HIS COMPANY.

Never did the thought occur to me that we would turn on the tv and see The President Of The United States of America hawking cars on the property at 1600 Pennsylvania.

Oh and another thing, I wonder if Elon is figuring out what everyone else in the Trump orbit eventually does. Trump is the only one who is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene. Everyone else around him that engages in the same activities suffers bigly.

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Fiscally conservative means balancing the budget.  A government that spends 100 trillion and taxes 101 trillion is more fiscally conservative than a government that spends 10 trillion and taxes 9 trillion.

Hence, I can be the most generous provider of benefits for the people in the world and still be fiscally conservative.

Depends on how you define socially liberal.  I've always thought of that as liberal in the sense of providing freedoms to people.  I don't really think of it as one who necessarily thinks government should only be about "charity".

I think government should be involved in charity (assisting people) when it benefits the common good.  Hence, hefty government spending for education, social security, health.   

I'm fiscally conservative and favor a real, actual progressive tax system.

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Da Fino said:

So you just gave up on the animal-tobacco theme?

Don't be a stupid idiot and put that on me. It's just funny satire that pokes fun at bankers and the finance world, nothing christofascist or magat about it.

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20 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Oh and another thing, I wonder if Elon is figuring out what everyone else in the Trump orbit eventually does. Trump is the only one who is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene. Everyone else around him that engages in the same activities suffers bigly.

 

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

Being in the Utilities & Transmission business I saw this and said "oooh, an announcment on power-- this might be market moving, what is Trump going to screw up now!" 

But then I realized they are talking about political power. Boring.

Follow-up: they announced that they were going forward with the Next Generation Air Dominance 6th Gen fighter.  Boeing won the account and it will be called the “F-47”.  At one point Hegseth listed all the other numbered “F” fighters in the inventory (this will be more Fs).  It’s also named after Trump (“47”) but he said the generals picked the name. 
 

Trump said it will “go higher than 2, which you rarely see” (he means Mach 2) and also said that it will be a “Level 6, not Level 5.” 

Actually this is a slap at Elon who has loudly demanded an end to manned fighters. 

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11 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Follow-up: they announced that they were going forward with the Next Generation Air Dominance 6th Gen fighter.  Boeing won the account and it will be called the “F-47”.  At one point Hegseth listed all the other numbered “F” fighters in the inventory (this will be more Fs).  It’s also named after Trump (“47”) but he said the generals picked the name. 
 

Trump said it will “go higher than 2, which you rarely see” (he means Mach 2) and also said that it will be a “Level 6, not Level 5.” 

Actually this is a slap at Elon who has loudly demanded an end to manned fighters. 

honestly don't know if you are fucking around or not

Posted
2 minutes ago, immamac said:

honestly don't know if you are fucking around or not

Based on Boeing up 5% today, I’m saying real. 

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Actually this is a slap at Elon who has loudly demanded an end to manned fighters. 


One thing I agree with Elon on. We can get more performance and serviceability with unmanned fighters.
Posted
18 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

And Americans can now get fatter and deeper in debt all at the same time

Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
 
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And the straw boss said, "Well a-bless my soul!"
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
 
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
 
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin' better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha, then the left one will
 
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
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2 minutes ago, Bullneck said:
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
 
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And the straw boss said, "Well a-bless my soul!"
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
 
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
 
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin' better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha, then the left one will
 
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

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2 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

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woody guthrie would have written a hell of a song about this 

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To give you an idea of just how completely fucked the maga/Q brain is, I flipped over to Glen beck radio show because I hate myself. 

During the segment he rails on about keeping our money here to help us not to go to Ukraine where it winds up missing anyhow. Playing the hits of course. 

TIME FOR AN AD BREAK

leading into the break he talks about how he can only pitch companies or products he can vouch for, that he knows will help enrich or ease his listeners lives. 
 

Then he goes into the actual ad… for the IFCJ. The international fellowship of Christians and Jews, begging for donations to help war torn Israeli families and children who don’t have a morsel to eat or pillow to lay their heads. 

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4 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

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Um, you know that's not real, right? That was first on social media about 3 years ago and the screenshot/article is from a satire site.

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Previously, I'd never read WIRED magazine for their political reporting or op/eds, but with Elmo Mush in the White House, they've really found their calling.

"Chaos is a ladder" strategy

Elon Musk and Donald Trump Have Chosen Chaos
Elon Musk secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. Along with Donald Trump, he has already standardized chaos across the US.

Two months into the second Trump administration, the United States is in pure chaos mode. Tens of thousands of workers are fired one week and forcibly rehired the next. Tariffs rise and fall based not on strategy but on one man’s ire. Deportations fly in the face of judicial orders, careening the country toward a constitutional crisis. The only constant is the volatility itself.

On paper, that may be surprising. A central premise of Donald Trump’s appeal is that he is an apex businessman. Same with Elon Musk. The elevator pitch: Through the sheer force of their combined savvy, America will be saved from “bankruptcy”—or worse. There aren’t many Harvard Business School case studies, though, that suggest maximum instability is the path to success.

There’s plenty of Occam’s razor at work here: The US is wobbling wildly because its president and de facto CEO are some combination of self-serving and inept. But in between and among the absurdities, something darker takes shape. Inherent in every chaotic act is a challenge. Every outrage is a test.

In the meantime, the uncertainty has international consequences. Tourism has plummeted, as potential visitors cancel their trips to a country increasingly, openly hostile to noncitizens. Europe is rearming itself in the face of a heightened potential for conflict, as Ukraine becomes the fulcrum on which decades of solidarity between the US and Europe may pivot. Allies have considered sharing less intelligence with their US counterparts, given the Trump administration’s increasingly cozy relationship with Vladimir Putin.

It’s a heel turn worthy of a WWE Monday Night RAW plotline. But the US is not in the business of selling spectacle. Its value lies in its reliability. Instead it is now erratic, unpredictable. It’s messy. International politics is a relationship business; Donald Trump seems intent on undermining America’s relationships at every turn. (Well, except toward Moscow.)

There’s the slash-and-burn approach to budgeting, a seeming race to create a minimally viable government. The operative part of a turnaround plan is the “plan” part. Firing as many people as possible as quickly as possible—without apparent consideration for actual skills or value that they bring to the role—does not qualify as a plan. It’s just more instability.

The good news is that many of those employees are being reinstated, as the gears of the judiciary have slowly begun to turn. But that reinstatement itself may prove temporary, depending on what higher courts say. And even if those workers do come back, how motivated will they be to stay now that they know how their employer views their worth?

More to the point, who would go work for the US government in its current state? Civil service doesn’t pay great, but at least you get to feel like you’re serving a higher calling with a side order of job security. The only callings being served right now are Donald Trump’s retribution tour and Elon Musk’s amateur hour AI jamboree. Eventually they’ll run out of SpaceX interns to hire.

(A quick side note: Donald Trump reportedly told transportation secretary and Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons champion Sean Duffy that he should hire Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates to work as air traffic controllers. The average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate is $126,438. The starting salary out of ATC school is $43,727. Business savvy!)

As for Musk, he secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. But the installation of Starlink terminals at the White House, his repeated attacks against federal judges on X, his open dismissal of Congress—none of these are normal. The longer they go on, though, the more they feel like they might be.

That’s the point, really. The standardization of chaos. The steady insistence that no matter how outlandish, how dangerous, this tilt away from democracy gets, it’s actually nothing to get upset about. Attempt to remake the US government as quickly and radically as possible, because otherwise how will you know how far you can push it? Shoot for the moon; even if you miss, you’ll land among the kakistocracy.

The good news is that there is a way out of this. The courts have already stopped DOGE at various turns and reversed some of its most extreme activities. Congress could wake up tomorrow and remember that it’s a coequal branch of government. Public pressure can remind politicians that elections aren’t decided only by whose corner the world’s richest man is in. Boundaries do exist, even if they need to be reinforced with rebar.

And then there’s the bad news, which is the likelihood that Trump and Musk will at some point stop pretending to care about any official checks on their power. Or that they already have.

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