Moiraine

3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

The future is here.  

 

 

I honestly don't understand what the Republicans who didn't put a stop to this when they could were thinking. I mean, maybe fear of revenge was in mind, but there were multiple times they could have easily banded together and prevented that possibility, including by impeaching him in 2021. Let's just say Trump becomes president and then we're a dictatorship by 2028... who in the GOP since 2016 will be better off with that than they would have otherwise been? Maybe like 2-3 people in his inner circle. No one else. So even if Trump wins, the other leaders in the GOP will not win. They had the power to stop this but f#&%ed up at every single turn.

Now let's say he doesn't win. They are going to have s#!t for money for their campaigns because of Trump owning the RNC, from presidential elections all the way downstream. There is no way he is going to do anything that doesn't help him personally, and he's not smart enough to realize some of these lesser elections could help him personally.

2 hours ago, ZRod said:

That's a lot of hyperbole. He was actually provoked and chased, so some form of self defense was justified. Now, he was also a minor in possession of a fire arm across state lines, and the response was disproportionate to the actual threat but the law doesn't really care about that.

In the scenario I shared, the gun wielder is provoked by someone trying to tackle them before they've fired a shot.

My problem is a combination of several factors, one of the main ones being that it's a big Republican thing that gun violence should be solved by random heroes. This is a problem when someone runs around the streets carrying a big gun he should have never brought/should not be showing, and then is treated as a hero after killing people. If the Republicans think heroes should stop mass shootings, they should be against open carry. Someone just carrying around a gun for everyone to see increases the chance of someone trying to be a hero and stopping them before they do any harm.

8 hours ago, Scarlet said:

 

So choked up over killing two people he decided to grift off it.  

 

 

The whole story and the GOP reaction to it is just dumbfounding. What if someone walks into a crowded area acting crazy toting guns and yelling, someone tackles him and gets shot by the person, and they prevented 30 people from dying. Based on what happened with Rittenhouse, the crazy guy would go free and be able to try again later. He basically gave all would-be mass murderers a playbook on how to get as far as you can before crossing that line so you can do the most damage. Just wave your gun around while running around but don't start shooting yet.

3 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Thanks for letting us know that you know about the Babylon Bee. 

I understand that D*ck said that quote. To get the satire, one has to consider the absolute comedy of D*ck saying that about anyone...even Trump.

Well, it was weird having 2 people assume my reply meant I didn’t know what BB was. Nothing about my reply should lead someone to think that. It is funny having Cheney say it. There is nothing complicated to “get” about it. But my reply still stands. It’s telling that even an a$$h@!e like him knows Trump is a threat to the U.S.  

6 hours ago, DevoHusker said:

It's called satire.

And a case could be made for that guy doing way worse.

5 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

I forgot people don't know that Babylon Bee is satire.

Um. I know it’s satire. But this is an actual quote of D.ick Cheney, and satire can be done poorly, and often is by Babylon Bee. 

Also, nothing about the Tweet is satirical. I glanced at the link and the article is. The tweet is using an (almost) actual quote and stating a fact about Cheney (which is funny on its own, so maybe this is just lazy, easy satire. But either way, if this a$$h@!e thinks Trump is bad, that should tell you something).

Here is the actual one:

“There has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,”

On Cheney doing worse, so far, probably. Way worse, I don’t think so. It’s hard to tell how much damage Trump has done at this point, and he can still do a lot more, and wants to. One thing he’s done that’s difficult to measure the consequences of this early is drastically changed the GOP. I already disagreed with most of their policy but now they are much worse than proponents of bad policy. 

On 3/18/2024 at 5:56 PM, DevoHusker said:

 

 

The fact he's saying it should tell you something...

Not out yet but:

1 hour ago, huskerfan333157 said:

How so?  

How so?  

How how so so??

7 hours ago, Scarlet said:

More from the paradigm of democratic principles. 

 

Casting doubt on the validity of our elections with zero proof, threatening to jail political opponents, lobbying the Supreme Court for complete and total immunity so that any action even those that "go over the line" can't be prosecuted, commiting to pardon those who violently interfered with the peaceful transfer of power, and saluting an alternative national anthem sung by the same insurrectionists while they were in prison. 

 

But he doesn't really mean his continual assault on democracy. It's all about the context. 

 

 

 

Why doesn't Trump treat the J6 hostages the same as he treats POWs? I.e. with disdain, because they sucked enough to get caught.

22 hours ago, teachercd said:

Large fry and cheeseburger t McD’s

 

7.54!!!!

 

Good lord

We went to Subway a couple days ago because we had a gift card. $39 for a foot long and 2 6".

24 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Who tips at 5 Guys??? It's always been expensive, but it's also better food than McDonald's. We've got one right next to our place, but we only eat there every 2 years 

 

Last time it was over $30 for 2 burgers and a fry. You bet your sweet a$$ we took peanuts home with us!

Ya that's weird. Tipping is for waiters who make less than minimum wage. And sushi chefs.

56 minutes ago, commando said:

Lincoln signed the declaration?

And they say Biden is too old to be president. 

38 minutes ago, teachercd said:

If I had any friends I would be asking for a friend...BUT

 

Can you be Pro-Ukraine and Pro-Pally?  

 

Hmmmm....

I think you can be pro-innocent civilians. Unfortunately some of those civilians have leadership who are literal terrorists. 

5 hours ago, Scarlet said:

I watched that three or four times and still can't figure out what they are talking about

Ya… it’s not slow, esp for someone who knows they’re on camera. 

1 hour ago, Archy1221 said:

I don’t think anyone was advocating for lowering their rates further.  
 

People keep forgetting what prompted my entire reason for taking about any of this.  One poster said the entire spending/revenue gap was because we weren’t collecting enough in taxes and the rich needed to pay more, not the US spend less.  
 

On you last paragraph, I’ve asked this to someone else before and really got no answer.  Considering the wealth gap increase has been a function of stock market equity increase, how would you propose closing the wealth gap?  You could certainly tax 100% of income after a certain point ($100 million for example) and all you would do to close that gap is being one side down, not the other side up.   I wouldn’t think that is what people are looking for when talking about closing the wealth gap.   

I should have said income gap. Both are bigger. I haven't thought a whole lot about it. A wealth gap is okay if there are good regulations and safety nets in place to help people, but that's a big part of the spending.

If the Top 1% was paying 70% of taxes and now they’re paying 80% of taxes, with a lower tax rate now than before, that means their piece of the pie increased by a lot. That isn’t a reason to lower their rate further. They are making more money than before. 

And I don’t think BRB is suggesting we increase minimum wage further to address the wealth gap. 

3 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

The 60th percentile average household income is $93,900.  The 50th percentile average household income is $75,000.  
 

i dont think that means people are too poor to pay taxes.   We just choose to lessen the tax burden on those folks and make the top 25% pay the vast majority of it.   Much more accurate than what the other person said.  

That’s 2 people making an avg. of $37,500. That was hard before inflation. Keep in mind this isn’t just for the midwest. 

I should amend would I said and say the statement is disingenuous, and I don't know why they're highlighting what they're highlighting. The top 25% made 72.1% of the income and paid 89.2% of income taxes. When you bring sales tax into play, since sales tax is regressive (and income tax is progressive) what happens to the numbers?

18 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

 

 

 

I get tired of dumb people who end their thoughts with stupid trailing words that don’t mean anything. WTF does “but democracy and everything” mean? Democracy is a form of government. Nowhere in the description/definition does it state how taxes will be done in a democracy. They can be as “fair” or “unfair” as whatever the people or the people they vote in decide.

Also, Devo, do you not see any problem with the stat they’re sharing that makes it stupid? Income tax is progressive, which I believe is your problem, but the numbers they’re sharing make the problem look worse than it is. The proper numbers to share are the income compared to the income taxes, not the # of people vs. the income taxes. 23% of people pay 98% of income taxes. Okay, neat, how much of the income do they make? Here is what someone who’s not a disingenuous  a$$h@!e would Tweet:

The top 5% make 38.1% of income and pay 62.7% of income tax

The top 25% make 71% of income and pay 88% of income tax. 

But sales tax is regressive. 

It's now safe to cancel my Hulu subscription until football season, because the last month of the sub will last through 4/13 which is after Nebraska's last game of the season, which I assume will be on 4/8.

1 minute ago, teachercd said:

I do remember the ending causing some "issues" Ha!

 

20 years earlier fans were like "Oh, guess what, that entire season we just watched of Dallas was just a dream and Bobby is alive, cool"

 

20 years later people didn't wanted answers!  Ha

 

 

It wasn’t a dream. But the creators failed to explain it properly.

1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

Been rewatching Lost on Hulu. I remember hating how it ended so many years ago but I’ll be damned if I can remember anything that is happening. The characters seem familiar but that’s it. I’ve either got a bad case of CRS or dementia is setting in.

A lot of people interpreted the ending to mean none of the stuff on the island ever happened. But it all did happen (and that's been confirmed by the creators). So if that was your take, maybe it'll help. I think I know why it was confusing but I don't want to spoil any of the in between stuff you forgot. If you wanna discuss when you're done, @ me.

22 minutes ago, teachercd said:

I did get to nice T-bones the other day...regular price...34 dollars!!!!  They were on super sale because they were ready to go bad (I could tell it was ready to go bad because it was wearing a ski mask and holding a switchblade) ...so I got it for the low low price of 18 dollars.

How did you get to them? Did you tell them their mama was fat?

On 3/5/2024 at 8:42 AM, DevoHusker said:

 

 

 

I've only gone to a movie theatre like twice in the past 5 years. I don't know why a famous person would go. They sell projectors and theatre seats for normal people now, also you can buy popcorn too.

6 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:

Ummm, if I could take a brief detour from the very serious analysis of old man bad for just a second...

 

Does anybody else have serious concerns about a private company posting almost $100M bond for a presidential candidate so he can continue appealing (and immediately continue defaming) the woman he raped?

 

Once again, louder, for those in the back: A RAPIST is running for president, had his buddy's company post nearly $100M bond so he can appeal his defamation judgment (for attacking the woman he was found to have RAPED) and he lacks the impulse control to not immediately begin attacking her AGAIN.

 

The CEO of the company was a political appointee of Trump's. They have not disclosed any collateral or where these funds are coming from. Isn't having a president that's bought and paid for by his rich buddies kind of an issue? What is this guy or Chubb Limited going to want in return?

 

It's amazing so many Americans are now fine with lowering the bar so low for this piece of trash. 

It's fine don't worry