Andy1
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Love me some Rush, anytime, any song. Sad they are done.-
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Hamas is just fine with Palestinians dying. Palestinians support Hamas. The left wants Biden to stop the war. Nothing is logical about any of this mess. What a SNAFU. Applying logic from our western perspective is probably doomed to fail.
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8 hours ago, Gregg said:
I am happy and I don't live in NY or CA. You didn't answer the question. If NY and CA are so great, then why are so many people leaving?
Because the question is dumb. If you ask 10 people you might get 10 different answers. I know people who left for sunshine and warmer weather, others to be near their kids, etc. People come and go. Many people leave NY for CA and vice versa. Many go south to FL or TX. I know people who have moved from the south to NYS too. Many leave NYC and CA due to high rents because of high housing demand.
There are advantages and disadvantages to wherever you choose to live. MAGA likes to paint Dem states as unlivable hell holes. Anything that isn’t Trump/MAGA approved is the worst thing imaginable. It’s all part of the cult mentality. I know plenty of people in NYS who would never move to TX or FL if you paid them. If people don’t like where they live, they should run for office or move.
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6 hours ago, Gregg said:
If they are so happy then how come so many are leaving both places.
If you are unhappy, then move or go get therapy. It’s a free country. We are allowed to be happy even if it goes against the MAGA narrative.
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17 hours ago, Tommy Callahan said:
gotta get out of them enclaves more.
There is a real and valid reason taxpayers have been and are fleeing that state.
The discussion isn’t about tax policies. My comment was about Blitzy was calling CA & NY the top two dictatorships. I wish our government could go back to the days when they had real serious debates about tax policy.
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2 hours ago, 4th&long said:
Really? I think of America as one country. “United States “ what states are women losing their freedom in?
I don’t support abortion but if you idiots think they are going to stop there? Now they are going after contraception.
gun rights, religious rights, they will all be on the table in the future. in my lifetime? I’m not sure? and you are advocating for it!
The MAGA crowd loves to hate on America and fly their flags upside down if they don’t get their way. I see a lot of happy people in NY and CA. MAGA wants you to think they are the worst places on earth.
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29 minutes ago, BillStime said:
This day reminds us all that freedom isn’t free. Democracy isn’t guaranteed and requires sacrifice to stand against tyranny. Today, that tyranny is Russia.
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Neither side wants peace. The war will continue until one of them says enough. Hamas views their people as expendable. They are willing to sacrifice every civilian so long as it hurts the international standing of Israel. So the question is, when will Hamas say enough, let’s agree to peace, or when will Israel say enough?
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Trump is a Loser again today in court. Every time he goes to court, he winds up losing. He lost 34 times today. Multiple juries, multiple judges, multiple cases. Everyone around Trump loses and spends time in the clink. Republicans would be so far ahead if they turned the page on him and moved on to someone else to lead their flock of sheep.
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If there is a tech solution to spot marking the ball I’m for it. Remove the subjective parts to eliminate ref bias or ineptitude and opportunity to fix game results. One less thing to argue about.
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The legend of Josh Allen keeps growing… even in the off season. Decades from now stories will be told about him to young Bills fans.
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1 minute ago, JDHillFan said:
How do you feel about the hysterical people on your ideological side that label Butker as a hate-filled misogynist and believe he should lose his job over his comments? Do you laugh over the psychology of it all in that instance?
They a bit koo-koo too. These mass petitions for people to be ousted from their jobs when they have an opinion that differs from yours is stupid. It’s happening now to these university presidents who are enforcing civility on their campuses.
America is the most diverse nation on this planet. All sides of every spectrum of every issue are present here. This is all a grand experiment by the founders of this nation. If this nation is going to survive, we all need to figure out how to live with each other. That begins with tolerating others who might think a bit different on an issue than you do. Everyone needs a bit thicker skin and calmer mind and not be so offended by others. Social media is the worst triggering people to be offended at stupid stuff.
It’s a free country. We have choices. If you don’t like the kicker, don’t watch the team. If you don’t like the colleges investments, pick a different school to go to. But people shouldn’t be calling for others to lose their job just because of their opinion. That doesn’t mean that you can’t lose your job if you say something stupid.
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6 minutes ago, BillStime said:
Remember how quickly they dropped Oliver Anthony?
Yea, I was thinking about Oliver. It just makes me laugh the psychology of it all. But hey, however they want to spend their money is fine by me. Go buy more red hats.
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2 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
Then again…
https://www.nfl.com/news/hot-item-colin-kaepernick-jersey-sales-skyrocket-0ap3000000695751
Sales of Kaepernick's jersey have skyrocketed in the wake of his refusal to stand during the national anthem in protest of perceived wrongdoings against African-Americans and minorities in the U.S.
But those darn conservatives.Good point. I forgot about that one but don’t remember any other examples.
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The other completely predictable thing about this story is some white guy gets publicity for his anti woke opinion and instantly becomes the best selling whatever as all the cultural conservatives rush to buy whatever to show off their support. I think it’s just weird but predictable mass psychology of conservatives. On the opposite side of the political spectrum, no one can agree on anything.
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This story is the dumbest noncontroversy. If drag queens can be celebrated, what’s wrong with Butker expressing his viewpoint? Free speech for all. Personally I think he went a bit too far in his opinions but I defend his right to say them. Diversity of opinion is the American way. As long as he is not promoting violence, we should be supporting tolerance of other opinions, even if we disagree with them.
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5 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:
Should we bookmark this in case Biden wins? Something tells me you’ll be singing a different tune if that’s how it plays out.
Sure. And if Biden doesn’t win, we B word and moan for four years and then vote again in free and fair elections. That’s the American way. Only one party seems committed to that way now though.
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This country is so evenly divided, only a few states are going to decide the election. And in those states, the undecided, uninformed voters, those who don’t pay attention to the issues, those most susceptible to misinformation are going to decide those states and the outcome of the election. That’s where we are at.
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19 hours ago, Tommy Callahan said:
The merger of state and corporate power is not capitalism.
It's funny how you cheer this but railed the orange dudes bad plan to do the same.
Chips act creates inflation and is just a handout to huge companies that fund him. It's a slap in the face to main Street and the working class
And hurting the poor , fixed with insane inflation.
I’m not a fan of the process, I’m just saying it’s been happening forever.
When this country began the government gave huge tracts of land to the wealthy.Counties give tax breaks to developers to corporations to build malls, stadiums, etc. Feds have given billions for decades to oil, gas and agricultural corporations.
The tax code is written to favor the corporations/wealthy.
Republican mantra of tax breaks for the wealthy and Trickle Down economics.
Everything about America favors/helps the wealthy. The working class are there to support them, unless they can be replaced for cheaper labor or robots.
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On 5/12/2024 at 3:17 AM, Tommy Callahan said:
And you wonder why they are not representing us.
From our pockets directly to the investor class via supply side stimulus directly to the companies that are his biggest donors.
Fascism is the merger of state and corporate power.
I believe that’s what America calls capitalism. Government giveaways to the wealthy has been happening here since the beginning of the country. At least the Chips act is to get domestic manufacturing and jobs for an industry critical for national security.
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37 minutes ago, Tommy Callahan said:
Lol, the answer is vanguard/blackrock. That's who owns micron.
Micron Technology, Inc. is a public company, and as of November 2023, its shares are primarily held by large institutions. The top three corporate owners are Vanguard, BlackStreet, and Capital Research Group Investors. The top three individual owners are members of the company's management team: Sanjay Mehrotra, Manish H. Bhatia, and Sumit Sadana
Ok, so should I be concerned? Any big company has shareholders owned by someone. I don’t get your point.
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5 hours ago, Tommy Callahan said:
Who owns that company?
The plant in Genesee is a vaccume company that's actually owned by atlat copco. And they are owned by AB.
Micron is an American company based in Idaho.
The real reason for the gaslighting
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This is good. Let’s have a real discussion of dealing with the growing debt. The politicians should also be doing this instead of making TikTok videos. What real solutions would you support?
Personally I think there needs to be combination of spending cuts and tax increases. I would start with small but increasing cuts to social security, defense and discretionary spending. Increase taxes on wealthy and corporations, increase SS. and Medicare tax. America needs to learn how to and think about living with less to begin to address the debt. Ignoring it and dumping the problem on our kids is irresponsible.