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Roundy’s manifesto for government excellence is pro-food m-f 8am-2:20pm, save vacation days, days of religious observance, carve outs for teacher meetings/district events, snow days and those days that would have been snow days had it snowed on certain days when it didn’t snow. It’s sort of a long campaign slogan but you’ll get some votes.

Why not just give every child cash and cut the middleman out entirely? That’s got to be way easier and cheaper still.

Thank you, Signor Pavarotti!

When everyone is worried and panicking, scrambling and whispering….is anyone ever really worried, panicking, scrambling and whispering?

First, I don’t think you’re a know-it-all at all, I think you’re an intelligent guy and a good poster on many subjects. I think you’ve had some bad takes, too, and some seemed a bit out of character for you based on your posting history. Second, “flame war” just sounds odd to me. Very Nathan Lane, and while a great actor, a little over the top for me. Third-I’ll read what you shared and now’s a good time to acknowledge (again) that there are precious few heroes in the political class when it comes to illegal immigration. The pain, suffering, death, victimization, cartel enablement etc is a national disgrace on both sides of the border. That’s a shared problem and imo, one of the reasons a guy like John McCain should burn in the firey pit next to a guy like Ted Kennedy. The problem can be addressed, of course, but with power and money comes corruption and this is the result.

I think what Frankish is trying to say is that while gangs may be present in large(r) numbers than decent law abiding citizens might prefer, on some level people probably respect the effort that goes into assimilating into a blood-thirsty gang in a land where you do not speak the language. This is the kind of work that many American kids simply won’t do.

Maybe they believe they weren’t wrong, they were just a different version of correct? Correctly being wrong has to have a place at the table!

This is an interesting take, though it seems rather preposterous. They did their level best to shield Biden and his decline, and Harris partnered with him willingly along the way with the big reveal an implosion on the debate stage? Much more likely that they knew their base would vote for him regardless of his mental acuity, felt he had the skills set to bluster his way through the debate against another blusterer, but Biden didn’t have the horses that night. I think any sensible citizen witnessed the obvious decline of Biden pre-2020. Dems became comfortable with the president by committee approach, and ultimately his agenda matched their needs and they lived with it. As for hypocrisy, that’s the nature of the political condition. Change the facts, change the target, you’ll change who’s outraged about just about anything.

Admittedly, Catholicism is an obscure religion and though Whitmer has been a staunch advocate for freedom of religion for the past 25 years, she may have never actually heard of it or the traditions held dear by Catholics.

Seems like a pretty reasonable take to me.

That sucks. The true nature of people comes out during times like this—the good and the bad. I hope you and yours stay safe and get through this sooner rather than later.

No, they were in it. Weren’t they? Wait. What?

You lean toward a vision of a car-less citizenry, if I recall correctly?

Golfing is a sport of the elites, and a huge contributor to climate change. Typical Kremlin mishmash--accusing another of that which you do. Plus, I think you're projecting. I'm declaring you're projecting.

It was a declaration, but to be fair to you both words end in "tion".

When people tell you who they are--as you have, here, it's best to believe them.

Another Kremlin kid weighs in!

I can read, I read something about your mom just the other day. (Yes, I went full Irv)

I’m a realist, 4th. What I’ve offered on this issue is pretty basic logic and based on sound reasoning. Everything associated with this book is based on generating book sales—subject, cover, press releases, reviews, media appearances, release date…everything. When money is involved, it’s best to be mindful of that. I can understand your absolute belief in the allegations, again, that’s why a book like this will sell. That’s the point. I’m less certain why you’re pushing talking points from the Kremlin. That seems inconsistent with other positions you have held, but I could be wrong.

As I recall, your posting history suggests you’re not even certain on key facts of your life. Still, I have updated my notes to reflect you are not a fan.

Linemen? Sexist af.

I’ll repeat, but expand a bit for clarity. Woodward’s story about what someone told him about someone else might be true, or it might be false. Woodward might believe what he was told, but the person he spoke with might be mistaken or lying. Woodward might be embellishing or making up his version of the facts to sell books. Woodward’s narrative might be true re: Trump, true regarding Biden, true regarding Trump, false regarding Biden, false regarding Trump, true regarding Biden, and false regarding Trump and false regarding Biden. That’s the nature of books, stories, authors and people in general. I shouldn’t have to tell you that, but I’m happy to be your north star here. What we do know for certain is that when the Kremlin tells you what to believe, sometimes you believe.

Question--does the govt cap tax on the fair market value of goods and services, and/or if gouging does occur, refund the ill-gotten gains collected?

She's got some big mitts on her.

A Starr is Born says when he takes 120 million taxpayers, considers 160 million filings and divides by 75% he always gets the same answer: Billions in foreign aid aren't really billions at all, and even if those billions were billions, 1% of anything is way less than 25-30% of the same number. How did you make out with the storm?