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1 hour ago, {::'KayCeeS::} said:
Billions of people.
Including you and me.
If even a fraction of us rose up and stormed the gates, the game would be over.
Why don't we?
We all know why. Whether we admit it or not.
Security over Freedom.
The question is:
Is this something we should endeavor to change in humanity, or something we should honor?
You finally found PPP. Welcome home.
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2 hours ago, Foxx said:
i believe he is alluding to @BeginnersMind
10 PRINT "Wrong."
20 PRINT "Again."
30 GOTO 20
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2 minutes ago, GG said:
Funny how when people get called out they fall back on sarcasm.
The sarcasm was in the original post, not your "call out" where I pointed out that I linked to the article in the R. Given that this is a thread about regulating tech companies, it seemed like the right place. Nice that you take no stance on the bill.
Please send me your posting rulebook. (I was serious about you being a poster I admire and still do but that last statement is sarcasm since you seem to want an indicator.)
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1 minute ago, GG said:
You mean the link embedded in the tiny "r" in your post? How about citing the proposed bill in the body of your post?
My "goal" was sarcasm that I would support such nonsense.
1 minute ago, GG said:I'd say the response is disingenuous at best, and slimy in its true form, especially when you know that was your intent. Keep thinking that you are a fair arbiter.
Sarcasm is slimy? I only wish this board operated at such a high level.
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2 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said:
lol wut
All of that nanny-state is the R party at work.
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1 hour ago, GG said:
Were you going to attribute any of these bullet points to a bill that was introduced by Josh Hawley?
Only in the WSJ article link that was in my post, and noting that this was an R proposal in a later reply.
QuoteAnd you continue to wonder why now you have zero respect here.
I value your contributions here. You're probably the most positive contributor to PPP.
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52 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:
....incoming torpedo!!..........
How do you decide how many periods to use?
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57 minutes ago, /dev/null said:
While they're at it, maybe they can regulate loot boxes so all players get a minimum number of sweet l3wtz. And membership of a raid guarantees a minimum number of Epic and Legendary items
Your modern Republican Party at work.
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Here’s what the gov can do to fix social media:
- remove the autoplay feature from YouTube,
- end infinite scrolling on Twitter and Facebook feeds,
- limit scrolling time to three-minute sessions,
- set default limits on the use of platforms to 30 minutes a day,
- outlaw Snapchat streaks (rewards for consecutive days of contact with friends) and most “gamification” (badges, rewards) for any online service,
- require an FTC report to Congress describing how internet companies “interfere with free choices of individuals” by “exploiting human psychology and brain physiology.”
Get r done.
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3 minutes ago, Golden Goat said:
Just admit you guessed on the salaries and move on.https://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/correctional-officers.htm
Your NYC-specific statistics were better (but not by much and certainly not by much in NYC) but in no way undermine the point that they are underpaid.
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35 minutes ago, Golden Goat said:
- Glassdoor.com: Average salary for a NYC corrections officer is $53,312 ($25.63/hour)
- Payscale.com: Average salary for a NYC corrections officer is $60,926 ($29.29/hour)
- Nyc.gov: ENTRY LEVEL NYC corrections officer (Academy) pays $43,333 annually ($20.83/hour) … 5.5+ YEARS EXPERIENCE pays $85,292 annually ($41/hour)
Sooooo… Where’d you get your numbers?
I got mine from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Do you think those salaries in NYC actually counters my point? They don't make a lot of money.
39 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:If Epstein is actually dead (which I highly doubt, and believe him to be in military custody),
Of course you do.
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15 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:
^^^^ bulllllllsht
You think prison guards are generally well paid at $15-$25/hour and dedicated to their craft?
You are welcome to that opinion. Having a fair amount of experience with them, I’ll keep to mine as a general rule of thumb.
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20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Except he was supposed to be under suicide watch,
No, that was lifted weeks ago.
20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:but curiously wasn't monitored.
He was monitored, perhaps negligently. But not according to a suicide watch protocol.
20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:AG Barr was "appalled" that this happened under federal detention. Oopsies.
The truth is that prison guards get paid crap and are not all that diligent in their duty, if they take it seriously at all. This is based on too much exposure to federal prisons over a period of time.
I'd like to think that they would put forth extra effort to watch Epstein given who he is but it wouldn't shock me if they were playing Angry Birds on their phones for 5 hours.
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10 minutes ago, row_33 said:
One of the most important but forgotten men of the 20th century was Richard Russell of Georgia, the most vital Senator during civil rights and Vietnam.
his career is best written in the brilliant bio of LBJ by Caro, hopefully he lives long enough to get the second term years printed and bound...
That bio is long and incredible. LBJ was not an admirable person in most ways, but he was the right man in a few key moments. An extremist could not have gotten the Civil Rights bills passed. They needed a kind of strong armed man of limited moral code and huge ambition. Enter LBJ.
I too hope Caro can finish it. I would hate to see it fall off in the way Manchester’s Last Lion third volume seemed to (no offense to Reid, it just didn’t seem to have the same weight as the other two).
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8 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:
...far FAR too many lawyers within in the 535........probably unemployable in the private sector so ANY idea of term limits is quashed BY BOTH SIDES so they can milk it...."career politicians" hanging on into their 80's and 90's?......seriously?....Strom Thurmond until age 98?...Bob Byrd until age 90?......effective legislators?......SMH........
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2 minutes ago, row_33 said:
All part of distracting us with nonsense, helping people gleefully piss their life away on this stiff
Stop making sense.
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4 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said:
The same source who insisted Trump is a Russian asset.
The same source who insisted Kavanaugh gang raped college girls.
The same source who insisted Trump and Epstein raped a girl.
Same source.
I assumed it was the usual Twitter-based junk. Thanks for spreading it.
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1 minute ago, IDBillzFan said:
It's funny to me that the minute Epstein was taken to prison, virtually the entire world starting placing bets on how long he'd be there before the Clintons had him killed.
He is put on suicide watch, tells his family someone is trying to kill him, he's removed from suicide watch, the jailers suddenly break protocol they have followed for years, the cameras suddenly don't work, Epstein ends up dead, and an entire political party that spent two years pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories about Trump and Russia suddenly are upset that Trump tweeted what the rest of the world is thinking?
Yeah, okay. Have a nice 2020 election Dems. Your message is so tight and on point, it's going to be a landslide for you.
Link to camera malfunction source?
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4 minutes ago, B-Man said:
With Epstein Gone, Will Focus Turn to Ghislaine Maxwell?
New York Magazine, by Matthew Schneier
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This is my hope. She seemingly knew what Epstein knew. I hope she talks.
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20 minutes ago, bilzfancy said:
Well one president flew with Epstein on his jet to Pedophile Island 27 times another never went there, and the president who never went there was Trump
I’ve seen that log. I’d want more verification than the handwritten codes on there but if he flew on the plane (or to the island) 27 times, it would not look good for Clinton. Not for a role in killing Epstein and that theory, just his proximity to a pedophile.
2 minutes ago, B-Man said:With Epstein Gone, Will Focus Turn to Ghislaine Maxwell?
New York Magazine, by Matthew Schneier
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This is my hope. She seemingly knew what Epstein knew. I hope she talks.
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10 minutes ago, row_33 said:
Good luck, about 2 seconds after I’m introduced to someone under 40, they are again buried in their iPhone
It won’t be easy but it’s important: We live in the best time to be alive ever.
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49 minutes ago, MILFHUNTER#518 said:
Interesting....
There's 'no way' Epstein killed himself: Former MCC inmate
https://nypost.com/2019/08/10/former-mcc-inmate-theres-no-way-jeffrey-epstein-killed-himself/
Fox and NY Post reading comprehension test. “Get ‘em with the headline. “
But when you read the “story,” you see that their source was assuming he was on suicide watch.
“When you’re on suicide watch, they put you in this white smock, a straight jacket. They know a person cannot be injurious to themselves.”
FoxNews, for the undiscerning reader of headlines.
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20 minutes ago, Foxx said:
you really are a douche bag.
For calling someone out on posting nonsense.
It is billsChan though, so you have a point. Yay
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On 8/6/2019 at 8:12 AM, GG said:
Absolutely.
Make no mistake, having access to the guns with high capacity stock makes it much easier to perpetuate a mass shooting. What it doesn't do is address the urge by these individuals to perpetuate mass killings.
See the answer above. Having an easier access to the gun is not the motivation to go out and start shooting people.
I agree. As I’ve been saying, making it harder to access the weapons only prevents some of the killings and we need other steps in addition. In particular the hard steps of helping all people feel like they are part of a community and not divided apart from others.
What is better, no guns, or more guns?
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It can be much more, especially depending on other circumstances.