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SeattleGriz wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:24 pm

This is a huge reason why I think the global warming solutions need to turn away from punishment and towards rewarding innovations to solve the perceived problems.

Stop saying, "you're a piece of shit because" and taxing them, to rewarding them for innovative solutions.
Governments do not reward. They only take.

Well unless you are a politician.
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kalm wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:31 am
UNI88 wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:57 am

Late 90's? Damn Clinton, the great deregulator! :lol:

Deregulation and tax reductions started much earlier and created a wave of innovation (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Tesla, etc.) that has greatly improved our lives and made lots of regular people wealthy. If people chose to invest in 80" TVs, brand new Escalades and the latest iPhone or Samsung every 2 years rather than the market then they have no one to blame but themselves. So yes, it has gone swimmingly.

High school students would benefit from being taught financial management and investing much more than they would CRT.
Yep…Clinton was a neoliberal and master deregulator. It was just a relatively recent and significant example. :thumb:

Agree with the rest but two questions…

1). Can we apply the 80” TV example to financial institutions?

2). Does anyone else benefit from the working class’s materialism fetish?
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BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:44 pm
kalm wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:31 am

Yep…Clinton was a neoliberal and master deregulator. It was just a relatively recent and significant example. :thumb:

Agree with the rest but two questions…

1). Can we apply the 80” TV example to financial institutions?

2). Does anyone else benefit from the working class’s materialism fetish?
China.
Anyone else?
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Dictator Inslee wants to make lying about election results illegal.

I’m guessing this won’t go over well here… :lol:

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kalm wrote:Dictator Inslee wants to make lying about election results illegal.

I’m guessing this won’t go over well here… Image

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Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:21 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:24 pm

This is a huge reason why I think the global warming solutions need to turn away from punishment and towards rewarding innovations to solve the perceived problems.

Stop saying, "you're a piece of shit because" and taxing them, to rewarding them for innovative solutions.
Governments do not reward. They only take.

Well unless you are a politician.
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SDHornet wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:37 am
Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:21 pm

Governments do not reward. They only take.

Well unless you are a politician.
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Cover your ass when traveling to South Africa…

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Good thing Sotomayor isn't on Twitter, or else she'd maybe be banned just like MTG. :roll:

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manhat ... -criminals

Yes, yes. Because it’s worked SO well for San Francisco, LA, Philadelphia, etc. I swear, sometimes I think the GOAL is to destroy these cities….
"Gun crime is on the rise. Domestic violence is on the rise. We've got sexual assault. That's what was going on with the status quo. So we know we need a change to address that," Bragg explained. "And the way to do that is partner with traditional public safety methods, is to invest in our communities. Racial disparity’s rife in our system. We criminalize poverty every day of the week."

Bragg expressed confusion at the pushback his lesser-sentencing plan has received from the public, saying, "This is going to make us safer. It's intuitive. It's common sense. I don't understand the pushback."

Bragg leaned on his own experiences with crime as proof of his authenticity, recounting being threatened with a gun and walking into a crime scene.

"I've had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at my head. I've been shot. And just late last year I had walked to a crime scene with more than 20 shell casings on the ground with my two young children just to get home," Bragg told the audience Saturday. "So don't tell me about guns. I know about guns, and I know from my work to you all day."

"I'm new to politics, but I'm steadfast. We're going to stay the course. As the Good Book says, 'We're going to keep fighting the good fight.'"

Exceptions to Bragg's no-jail rule include murder, a crime that involves someone's death and felonies. Several serious crimes, such as some cases of armed robbery, are being reduced to misdemeanors. Bragg also vows to limit sentences to 20 years, even for murder convictions.

Bragg's office will largely no longer prosecute trespass offenses, resisting arrest, subway and bus fare dodging and sex work. He is also reducing charges for stealing from stores or from home storage areas and drug dealing.
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Must be global warmings fault (at least 2 dead)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-dead-at ... onto-boats
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BDKJMU wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:30 pm Must be global warmings fault (at least 2 dead)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-dead-at ... onto-boats
Holy shit.
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Feds! Feds! Feds!

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SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:17 pm Feds! Feds! Feds!

Well, considering matching outfits, matching shields, didn’t see a single fat body, marching in formation, they sure looked that way..
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AZGrizFan wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:01 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:30 pm Must be global warmings fault (at least 2 dead)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-dead-at ... onto-boats
Holy shit.
Apparently 6 dead. Looks like the red boat barely missed getting crushed. As afar as the other boat, well at least it was probably quick for those folks..
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BDKJMU wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:40 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:01 pm

Holy shit.
Apparently 6 dead. Looks like the red boat barely missed getting crushed. As afar as the other boat, well at least it was probably quick for those folks..
6 is a lot less than a brazilan.
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89Hen wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:44 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:40 pm
Apparently 6 dead. Looks like the red boat barely missed getting crushed. As afar as the other boat, well at least it was probably quick for those folks..
6 is a lot less than a brazilan.
Full brazilan or brazilan strip?
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89Hen wrote:
BDKJMU wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:40 pm Apparently 6 dead. Looks like the red boat barely missed getting crushed. As afar as the other boat, well at least it was probably quick for those folks..
6 is a lot less than a brazilan.
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89Hen wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:44 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:40 pm
Apparently 6 dead. Looks like the red boat barely missed getting crushed. As afar as the other boat, well at least it was probably quick for those folks..
6 is a lot less than a brazilan.
6.93. A 7th victim is on life support.

Actually, I just totally made that up.
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BDKJMU wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:02 pm So when does the shooting start?
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Winterborn wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:21 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:24 pm

This is a huge reason why I think the global warming solutions need to turn away from punishment and towards rewarding innovations to solve the perceived problems.

Stop saying, "you're a piece of shit because" and taxing them, to rewarding them for innovative solutions.
Governments do not reward. They only take.

Well unless you are a politician.
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