The Frankish Reich
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30 minutes ago, SCBills said:
Fair enough.. screams to me that is a voting group dominated by 75k-150k white corporate libs that live paycheck to paycheck in a tiny NYC apartment, yet still brunch and go out at night, while believing they deserve a better life.Easily susceptible to a slick millennial targeted campaign promising lower rent and food costs while hitting their virtue sweet spot on cops, Israel and illegal migrants.
Comfortable enough to not fear the ramifications but also not wealthy enough to fear them either.
True enough.
If you're in that 75-150K group you aren't buying more than a 1 BR co-op in Manhattan, and that's going to be an enormous financial strain. And given the type of job you're in, you're never going to be able to move up unless you move out (h/t Billy Joel).
One of the things I find intriguing (although I'm not sure how well it is working in practice): limitations on foreign buyers. A ton of prime real estate in a place like NYC or Vancouver or Miami is empty most of the time. I'm not saying it's the solution (or even "a" solution), but it's better than permanent rent freezes that would have the exact opposite effect.
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7 minutes ago, SCBills said:
People are kind of misinterpreting this. If you look at the map, the truly "higher income" areas of Manhattan - the Upper East and Upper Westsides - went for Cuomo. "Middle income" as applied to NYers means struggling to get by in a preposterously expensive city.
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40 minutes ago, AverageAllensSuspensor said:
Very different languages but similar cultures. Finns are alot like northern Swedes. Quiet and reserved att first but very friendly when you get to know them (or after a couple of drinks). Hope you enjoyed it. And if you ever get to Stockholm and want to watch an NFL-game. Send a DM. I am a friendly guy in real life.
My limited experience with Finns agrees. Although my somewhat greater experience with Swedes agrees too!
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New Yorkers are an annoying breed.
They seem to believe that they cannot live anywhere else even though they constantly complain about the quality of life in New York.
They should be able to afford to buy a nice rowhouse in Brooklyn or afford a relatively spacious apartment in Manhattan while working in poorly paid creative fields like "design" or something related to the arts and theater. And so they vote for anyone who sells them the pipe dream that NYC can become, at once, nicer and more affordable for them to pursue the creative lives they choose. And so NYC will become, at once, less nice and less affordable and they will move somewhere else.
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5 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
This is a joke right?
Did you read it? What was wrong in it?
it certainly explains more than anything else I’ve read since it is based on actual reporting - knocking on doors, talking to people, looking up public records, etc. -
2 minutes ago, Wacka said:
Besides, in that pic he looks like a terrorist to me.
Hint: stare at it from a distance of 8 inches for 2 minutes and tell me who jumps out at you.
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32 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:
He's right.
Just like you got over not seeing your $2500 dollars a year in savings from the ACA.
I still haven't gotten over my "no tax on social security" turning into "somewhat higher standard deduction provided that you are 65 and make less than $75,000."
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Just now, JDHillFan said:
No
True.
But I'll try.
If only to prove your point ...
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Cross-posted from another thread:
Just now, The Frankish Reich said:I'm gonna try something here.
You know how Reddit does an Ask Me Anything (AMA)?
I'll start one on immigration and court procedure. I pretend to have expertise on a lot of things, but I really do know this field.
Do you think we can keep it objective and not insulting? I'll try to note what is my opinion vs. what is the established law.
Not optimistic but i'll try.
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9 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:
This liberal judge in Boston is stating his words are the ultimate word on the topic, over the SC, over the president, and regardless of Congress. This is what we are always told to fear but it only seems to come from the left
I'm gonna try something here.
You know how Reddit does an Ask Me Anything (AMA)?
I'll start one on immigration and court procedure. I pretend to have expertise on a lot of things, but I really do know this field.
Do you think we can keep it objective and not insulting? I'll try to note what is my opinion vs. what is the established law.
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I won't try to invade his safe space on that other site. Perhaps he shouldn't invade this open space.
Oh, yeah, a mere 5 years around here. I'm a newbie. (translation: I have a life)
3 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:I don't thrive in an echo chamber, I prefer to argue
I agree with this part.
People should learn how to argue though, not to simply insult or gloat.
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On 10/15/2020 at 5:57 PM, shoshin said:
That gang is gone. They drop in here from time to time but they've reconvened elsewhere.
So ... why did you folks come back?
You had your little club. You didn't invite in dissenting voices. You didn't have to use the "ignore" function because it was an ideal echo chamber.
So ... why?
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RIP guitarist Mick Ralphs. His lost (stolen) six-string razor inspired this classic.
(He went on to make worse but more lucrative music in Bad Co.)
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As far as actual policy goes, look at the farmworkers. An immigration attorney I knew who was active at the time of Reagan's "amnesty" bill used to joke that the way to eliminate a farmworker was to give him legal status. The Reagan "Special Agricultural Worker" path to legal residence applied to those who could show they were working in the fields; as soon as they got legal status, off to the cities they went for better paying/less back-breaking work.
So how do we pick the crops without illegal aliens? Is there some kind of temporary visa that would work? Legalization doesn't. Keeping them illegal just allows them to be abused by their employers. Some say the old "bracero" program, where Mexicans worked seasonally and had money deposited into a Mexican account (to be withdrawn only when they returned) was better, but that program was fraught with abuses too.
All I can say is that the current debate/positions is not productive. It ignores reality. It will never result in good policy, whether it is Biden's "let 'em in/let 'em stay" or Trump's "mass deportations."
Congress: do your job. Listen to people who know the field. At least try to fashion sensible policy.
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That graph above is from Krugman's blog.
I've been involved off and on with immigration enforcement and policy ever since I got sworn in as a lawyer.
I'm a realist.
Neither political side has embraced realism for more than a few moments.
Democrats typically think that because most immigrants, legal or illegal, are hardworking and generally law-abiding (save for that illegal entry), it follow that enforcement of immigration laws is bad.
Republicans typically think that illegal entry is an offense to the very concept of a law-abiding nation, and that strenuous enforcement will right that wrong with little or no cost to Americans. In fact, they think it may be a net benefit.
The reality is ... the reality. We have an illegal immigration system in America, and the American economy has come to rely on it. Both Republicans and Democrats need a dose of reality here.
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28 minutes ago, sherpa said:
The evidence is what I laid out.
As to the "why now," I think it is obvious, and it isn't strictly my opinion, it's from listening to countless discussions with Israeli officials, mostly ex ambassadors and others involved in dealing with this while living there and undergoing these relentless attacks.
To respond to the question, I think the Oct 7 2023 inhumane barbarism started it.
Prior to that, things were kind of quiet by local standards.
Hamas and the Palestinians enjoyed employment within Israel and the Israelis mistakenly thought that at long last there could be some kind of coexistence.
Then we witness the most barbaric attack in modern history. Babies killed, families butchhered and filmed, and a host of other unimaginable atrocities.
Israel responds by attempting to finally eliminate Hamas, which is nothing more than a murderous org taking intl relief and converting it into an underground weapons delivery system.
Hezbollah chips in, and hundreds of thousands of Israelis have to leave northern Israel.
The entire country is involved in supporting their defense. The economy is no longer functioning with so many displaced and so many reservists away from their usual careers.
Hamas gets set back and then the brilliance of Hezbollah getting severely castrated by the beeper thing.
Syria collapses, as the Israelis use that to destroy existing air defenses and create a corridor through there to Iran. That was a big deal, and I pointed that out at the time.
Now you have a very reduced capability from Hamas and Hezbollah, and the Iranian weapons program still a major threat.
Not just nuc procurement, but a massive ballistic missile capability.
Guess what?
They've got a clear path to Tehran after decades of threatened and backed up murder.
They've had scores of human assets inside Iran preparing for this moment for years, and the activated them, building drone launchers and other offensive weapons from within.
Air defense eliminated,
The timing was perfect, as was the execution.
It is the dream scenario for the west, the middle east countries wanting to live in peace and anyone else who is sick and tired of the worst regime on earth.
Very well said.
The constant thing gnawing at me: in order to get to this point, the US and even Israel have gone all in on the Saudis as the lesser of two evils. (In reality, it appears the Trump believes there is nothing evil at all about them.) Evil or not, have we overestimated the stability of that regime? Has anyone taken a close look at the ridiculous projects they've been funding while the oil money continues to shower down on them? Granted, the Saudi feudal rulers may well continue in place for long while - maybe even a generation or even two - but when it all ends it won't end pretty.
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Damn fools be damned!
For the record, I have never reported anyone at TBD to the mods for any reason. Ever.
The simple solution would be to ignore a poster you find obnoxious.
But perhaps first look up the meaning of "ignore."
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As usual, the mainstream media has done a far better job than the crackpot right (or left) at explaining the unexplainable. (Paywalled, but you all know how to removepaywall…)
Kind of a lifelong loser, moving between bouts of religious fervor and cockamamie grandiose plans vs. nice guy introversion. I’m no psychiatrist but “bipolar” springs to mind.
Not as sexy as a USAID modern MK-Ultra Manchurian Walzer, but a lot simpler and more credible.
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5 hours ago, njbuff said:
Didn’t Homolander get DR banned or do I have that wrong?
DR got DR banned. Simple as that.
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3 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
I let it slide upon the initial posting but then you had to go off on iceberg. Brought it on yourself at that point.
I am actually an iceberg fan.
I never understood the foodie hate for it. Sometimes a cold/crisp/taste-free vehicle for for dressing and various accoutrements is perfect. Don't hate on iceberg. Hate on curly frisee.
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3 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:
I can't believe what the cost of a home is in Denver, I looked primarily at boulder area, but it is crazy to me. I get that y'all are more land locked due to the mountain but Denver is not a NYC, why is cost so high?
I've asked myself that question many times.
It just got to be a really popular "lifestyle" destination in the 2010s. Lots of newcomers (I've been about 25 years) with the pace increasing straight up thru COVID. Along with the influx of young/educated people came businesses relocating here.
The same phenomenon as Austin, and now SLC.
It is somewhat self-correcting though. Denver clearly now has a rep as a high cost of living location and we're seeing net out-migration.
Watch out Orlando, it's coming for you! If you're a homeowner and don't need to move, you'll be cashing in someday ...
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Just now, JDHillFan said:
Would an actual elitist spell it “whare”? I think not. Stolen elitist valor. SAD!
So embarrassed. Spell check, you let me down!
Your gonna have to stop up you're monitoring.
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2 hours ago, Roundybout said:
I hope this means he’s pulling the bill. He has to know what a universally hated idea it is.
Hunter Nation? Whatever. Just pull it.
NYC Mayoral Race - Ds nominate communist to control the grocery
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Is NYC all our of Bloombergs now? Where's the business-friendly common sense faction going? It ain't Curtis Sliwa. Draft someone, anyone!