Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[BDKJMU]

Joe Manchin…champion of the working class!

Agreed. And who wouldn’t want to be champion of the working class ie everyone who works. That’s the majority of the adults in this country.

[CID1990]

Joe Manchin…champion of the working class!

LAWL

The oppo research by Dems against a Dem is awesome

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

Guess not


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[AZGrizFan]

Lol. “Drives a Maserati”…..you can pick one of those up for about $75k.

[Ivytalk]

Joe Manchin…champion of the working class!

LAWL

The oppo research by Dems against a Dem is awesome

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

Guess not


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Klam’s no moderate. He just plays one on CS.com.

But the Oscar for Best Actor on the CS Poli Board goes, once again, to JSO for his gritty performance as “conservative.”

[kalm]

Joe Manchin…champion of the working class!

LAWL

The oppo research by Dems against a Dem is awesome

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

Guess not


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Other famous moderates: Hillary, Biden, Trump, Bush, Obama, Bill Clinton.



Slowest rising tide, ever!

[kalm]

Lol. “Drives a Maserati”…..you can pick one of those up for about $75k.

Damn! I guess our ‘15 Yukon makes us one of them. Please don’t tell anyone in the Palouse Chapter of Socialists of America!

[CID1990]

LAWL

The oppo research by Dems against a Dem is awesome

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

Guess not


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Other famous moderates: Hillary, Biden, Trump, Bush, Obama, Bill Clinton.



Slowest rising tide, ever!

You start out with a strawman meme and finish with your trademark vague deflection

I get the toaster oven if I can troll a “post-partisan” out of you


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[kalm]

Other famous moderates: Hillary, Biden, Trump, Bush, Obama, Bill Clinton.



Slowest rising tide, ever!

You start out with a strawman meme and finish with your trademark vague deflection

I get the toaster oven if I can troll a “post-partisan” out of you


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Manchin is corrupt like most of them are. It’s simply legalized corruption and he’s in a position to determine the outcome.

The US continues to fall behind other advanced countries in regards to things like healthcare costs, family leave, etc.

More capitalism isn’t going to save capitalism. A more balanced mixed market economy might.

Our system is broken.

So speaketh the thoughtful, post-partisan, moderate.

Toaster on its way!

[CID1990]

You start out with a strawman meme and finish with your trademark vague deflection

I get the toaster oven if I can troll a “post-partisan” out of you


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Manchin is corrupt like most of them are. It’s simply legalized corruption and he’s in a position to determine the outcome.

The US continues to fall behind other advanced countries in regards to things like healthcare costs, family leave, etc.

More capitalism isn’t going to save capitalism. A more balanced mixed market economy might.

Our system is broken.

So speaketh the thoughtful, post-partisan, moderate.

Toaster on its way!

I was unaware that capitalism needed saving.

MAGA extremists treat Romney poorly because he’s a moderate

Progressive extremists treat Manchin poorly because he’s a moderate

BBB is an extremist bill and the inflation it will cause will be a regressive tax on those it purports to help. Thank goodness there are at least one or two non-extremists like Manchin left in the Democratic Party.


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[kalm]

Manchin is corrupt like most of them are. It’s simply legalized corruption and he’s in a position to determine the outcome.

The US continues to fall behind other advanced countries in regards to things like healthcare costs, family leave, etc.

More capitalism isn’t going to save capitalism. A more balanced mixed market economy might.

Our system is broken.

So speaketh the thoughtful, post-partisan, moderate.

Toaster on its way!

I was unaware that capitalism needed saving.

MAGA extremists treat Romney poorly because he’s a moderate

Progressive extremists treat Manchin poorly because he’s a moderate

BBB is an extremist bill and the inflation it will cause will be a regressive tax on those it purports to help. Thank goodness there are at least one or two non-extremists like Manchin left in the Democratic Party.


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It’s needed saving before in our history. These things tend to be cyclical. We’re flushing out the Boomers right now who gave us a good chunk of that debt. Btw, don’t know if you’ve looked lately but we ain’t alone when it comes to debt to GDP ratio and inflation.

And where were these concerns when we were bailing out corporations and the investor class?



“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still?” – J. Paul Getty

[AZGrizFan]

Lol. “Drives a Maserati”…..you can pick one of those up for about $75k.

Damn! I guess our ‘15 Yukon makes us one of them. Please don’t tell anyone in the Palouse Chapter of Socialists of America!

It almost does, brother.

Just pointing out...."Maserati" ain't what it used to be.

[AZGrizFan]

I was unaware that capitalism needed saving.

MAGA extremists treat Romney poorly because he’s a moderate

Progressive extremists treat Manchin poorly because he’s a moderate

BBB is an extremist bill and the inflation it will cause will be a regressive tax on those it purports to help. Thank goodness there are at least one or two non-extremists like Manchin left in the Democratic Party.


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It’s needed saving before in our history. These things tend to be cyclical. We’re flushing out the Boomers right now who gave us a good chunk of that debt. Btw, don’t know if you’ve looked lately but we ain’t alone when it comes to debt to GDP ratio and inflation.

And where were these concerns when we were bailing out corporations and the investor class?

Some on here have been VERY consistent in opposing any form of bailouts. Either in 2008-09 or now.

[kalm]

It’s needed saving before in our history. These things tend to be cyclical. We’re flushing out the Boomers right now who gave us a good chunk of that debt. Btw, don’t know if you’ve looked lately but we ain’t alone when it comes to debt to GDP ratio and inflation.

And where were these concerns when we were bailing out corporations and the investor class?

Some on here have been VERY consistent in opposing any form of bailouts. Either in 2008-09 or now.

I know you have Z.

[CID1990]

I was unaware that capitalism needed saving.

MAGA extremists treat Romney poorly because he’s a moderate

Progressive extremists treat Manchin poorly because he’s a moderate

BBB is an extremist bill and the inflation it will cause will be a regressive tax on those it purports to help. Thank goodness there are at least one or two non-extremists like Manchin left in the Democratic Party.


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And where were these concerns when we were bailing out corporations and the investor class?:

The search function is your friend.


Deflection/distraction duly noted—-

I have long been a proponent of letting poorly performing companies fail.

I am not a proponent of allowing strategic industries like steel to be undercut from abroad.

And if the grotesque social pork bill known as the BBB bill had anything at all to do with “saving capitalism” then maybe we could have a discussion about that.

But as it is, if it was something so vital and urgent, one would think you and the rest of the extreme transformational left would be able to put forth something better than deflections, platitudes about saving capitalism, and Maseratis.


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[kalm]

And where were these concerns when we were bailing out corporations and the investor class?:

The search function is your friend.


Deflection/distraction duly noted—-

I have long been a proponent of letting poorly performing companies fail.

I am not a proponent of allowing strategic industries like steel to be undercut from abroad.

And if the grotesque social pork bill known as the BBB bill had anything at all to do with “saving capitalism” then maybe we could have a discussion about that.

But as it is, if it was something so vital and urgent, one would think you and the rest of the extreme transformational left would be able to put forth something better than deflections, platitudes about saving capitalism, and Maseratis.


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Simple…you save capitalism through financial regulation and bottom up economics. These are not new concepts.

BTW, I’m not saying it’s a silver bullet. But even tge joint committee on taxation recognizes the savings and revenue creation.

[GannonFan]

The search function is your friend.


Deflection/distraction duly noted—-

I have long been a proponent of letting poorly performing companies fail.

I am not a proponent of allowing strategic industries like steel to be undercut from abroad.

And if the grotesque social pork bill known as the BBB bill had anything at all to do with “saving capitalism” then maybe we could have a discussion about that.

But as it is, if it was something so vital and urgent, one would think you and the rest of the extreme transformational left would be able to put forth something better than deflections, platitudes about saving capitalism, and Maseratis.


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Simple…you save capitalism through financial regulation and bottom up economics. These are not new concepts.

BTW, I’m not saying it’s a silver bullet. But even tge joint committee on taxation recognizes the savings and revenue creation.

Why are we saving capitalism? I didn't realize we were getting rid of capitalism. The Progressives don't have the votes for that and don't appear to be getting them anytime soon so we're good.

[Winterborn]

Lol. “Drives a Maserati”…..you can pick one of those up for about $75k.

Or a Ferrari and literately any other luxury vehicle with over 40/50k on them.

I have been watching some Aston Martin DB9's on the used market places lately.

[Winterborn]

LAWL

The oppo research by Dems against a Dem is awesome

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

Guess not


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Klam’s no moderate. He just plays one on CS.com.

But the Oscar for Best Actor on the CS Poli Board goes, once again, to JSO for his gritty performance as “conservative.”

Somebody has to pickup the slack for JSO when he goes out fishing.

[89Hen]

Haven’t you decried the lack of moderates, klam? I mean, this guy should be your hero!

[SeattleGriz]

In other news, SeattleGriz just picked up 10 gallons of gas and 30 lbs of propane to run the generator if the power goes off.

We are in "that time of the year" when we get our measley 4-5 inches of snow, but it's enough to break branches and have them fall on power lines.

I'm ready.

[CID1990]

Simple…you save capitalism through financial regulation and bottom up economics. These are not new concepts.

BTW, I’m not saying it’s a silver bullet. But even tge joint committee on taxation recognizes the savings and revenue creation.

Why are we saving capitalism? I didn't realize we were getting rid of capitalism. The Progressives don't have the votes for that and don't appear to be getting them anytime soon so we're good.

They were busy in gender studies when they would have benefitted from studying some math instead


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[Ivytalk]

In other news, SeattleGriz just picked up 10 gallons of vodka and 30 lbs of hashish to run the generator if the power goes off.

We are in "that time of the year" when we get our measley 4-5 inches of snow, but it's enough to break branches and have them fall on power lines.

I'm ready.

You don’t say?

[SeattleGriz]

In other news, SeattleGriz just picked up 10 gallons of vodka and 30 lbs of hashish to run the generator if the power goes off.

We are in "that time of the year" when we get our measley 4-5 inches of snow, but it's enough to break branches and have them fall on power lines.

I'm ready.

You don’t say?

I actually had to read my post to make sure I didn't put in vodka. Stupid autocorrect.

[Winterborn]

You don’t say?

I actually had to read my post to make sure I didn't put in vodka. Stupid autocorrect.

That is a highly interesting auto correct. I am not sure how one goes from propane to hash......

[kalm]

Ebenezer Scrooge…misunderstood wealth creator…

Who then benefited from the accumulated wealth of Scrooge and Marley? First Britain and then all mankind. Since Scrooge and Marley never consumed the wealth they created, its use was a gift to all. It funded the factories and railroads, the tools and jobs that fed and clothed millions of British subjects and then billions around the world. Their unspent wealth was of no use to them, but it was of sublime use to humanity.

Even as Dickens’s Ghost of Christmas Present pulled back his robe to reveal the children who embodied Ignorance and Want, the wealth accumulated by Scrooge was already beginning the long drive that would do more to end ignorance and want than all the governments and charities that ever existed. Scrooge’s wealth accumulation would have benefited far more people than anything he gave to charity after his reclamation, and many times more than government would have helped had they taken his wealth and spent it.

So on Christmas, as we celebrate the promise of human redemption and join in repeating Ebenezer Scrooge’s famous pledge, “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year,” let us also remember the contributions that Scrooge and Marley and the wealth accumulators of our own age have made as “the founders of our feast.”

Mr. Gramm is a former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Mr. Solon is a partner of U.S. Policy Metrics

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