Everything posted by Pidesco
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
There is no amount of tax and regulation reductions that is going to stop businesses from leaving the US. If there's a qualified workforce available somewhere else that does the work for a tenth of US wages, businesses are going to leave no matter what. I don't see what tax reductions can offset that. In any case, the US plummeted the world's economy through lack of regulation and oversight, so I don't see how dismantling the Fed is going to help overcome that, in any way. An overhaul of the Fed might be in order, as the financial markets continue to do the crap that got the giant recession started. Wholly removing the one financial federal regulatory body the US has seems insane.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Don't you support a guy who wants to kill the Fed?
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Not to anyone who wouldn't vote for either of them. Maybe if they'd actually let a third party candidate into the debates, it'd have been exciting... If you had four bullets in a revolver instead of two, would your sense of excitement change during a game of Russian roulette?
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What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self?
You don't have time to do what you want. Stop procrastinating. Unsurprisingly, this is probably something my older self will want to tell my current self.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Yeah, obviously those things aren't going to happen. My point is more that there seems to be a non trivial percentage of Trump supporters who think Trump might do catastrophic things, and they're happy about it.
- The Funny Things Thread
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
It also depends on what the pseudonym was. "ThanksObama2008" wouldn't indicate that he didn't know, for example. Edit: Interesting survey:
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Supported Devices
It runs fine on a Xiaomi Mipad. It just gets a bit hot.
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[Bug] Cipher's "Pain Link" causes infinite damage
Thread moved to Tech Support.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
These sorts of riots existed before BLM and will actually continue to exist for a long time.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Wait, is that from an example image from a college course on false equivalence? Or are modern millionaire elites participating in some sort of violent riots that I don't know about?
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
I'm still trying to figure out how a candidate who wants to get rid of the fed is considered a viable candidate.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Like Perlmutter wasn't unlikable enough.
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Movies You've Seen Recently Thread
How Wick's character was wholly defined by other characters and the setting rather than almost anything he actually did or said. The undercurrent of dread and understated excitement that permeates the film when Wick is not dispensing ass kicking, was what made the film a cut above other action movies. The length of the action scenes or the depth of the underworld's characterization had little to do with the film's quality. Of course, it's obviously possible to make a great sequel with a completely different focus. I can't help but get PTSD flashes of the Matrix sequels, though.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
They are not all Disney owned actors, whatever that means these days, and it's typical for Hollywood actors to lean Democrat. I'm certain it doesn't take anything to get them to speak against Trump.
- Movies You've Seen Recently Thread
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
I hope Volo doesnt read this....he will have a field day expressing his horror at BLM being racist ...volo is very sensitive about these things Here's the thing and I wanna ask u a question because I can't seem to get an answer from my friends about this. With the cop killing innocents, why is when it happens to a white/Latino/Asian/etc it's viewed as the cops ****ed up badly, but when it happens to a black person its a racist act and not simply a huge **** up with like with the others? Because there is racial bias. This mostly about white vs black but there's some mentions of hispanics as well: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/data-police-racial-bias Also, this doesn't mean that the cop is actively racist, but rather that there is built in prejudice into police behavior. Racist act doesn't necessarily mean the guy who acted is an evil white supremacist. Minorities are actually less likely to be shot by the Police than whites: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/04/27/this-study-found-race-matters-in-police-shootings-but-the-results-may-surprise-you/ Also add into the problem with blacks and hispanics being overpresented in crime to begin with. Where does the racism begin and where does the fact of police just responding to criminal activity end? http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus08.pdf Unless these issues are investigated and measures taken accordingly, nothing will be solved. All the collected statistics on actual shootings seem to disagree with that study of police shooting simulations.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
I hope Volo doesnt read this....he will have a field day expressing his horror at BLM being racist ...volo is very sensitive about these things Here's the thing and I wanna ask u a question because I can't seem to get an answer from my friends about this. With the cop killing innocents, why is when it happens to a white/Latino/Asian/etc it's viewed as the cops ****ed up badly, but when it happens to a black person its a racist act and not simply a huge **** up with like with the others? Because there is racial bias. This mostly about white vs black but there's some mentions of hispanics as well: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/data-police-racial-bias Also, this doesn't mean that the cop is actively racist, but rather that there is built in prejudice into police behavior. Racist act doesn't necessarily mean the guy who acted is an evil white supremacist.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
With Trump the point of him divulging his tax returns is that he made it a positive point of his campaign that he is a sharp businessman who is worth several billion dollars (3? 5? I forget). I assume that his problem with releasing his tax returns is that they would disprove that claim, and Trump is nothing if not a self aggrandizing mook.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-02/nixon-s-failed-effort-to-withhold-his-tax-returns Interesting stuff I didn't know about, regarding the custom of presidential candidates releasing their tax returns.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Autocorrect switched out ahead for rich.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
The story of Trump really is insane. A supposed billionaire who made his fortune through cleverly orchestrated bankruptcies and shady tax breaks runs for President , He has a Tax plan that is essentially a gigantic tax break to himself. Even so, people think this billionaire who was born into money, is their chance to buck the system and get someone in power who cares about them. This guy. The one who has enough money to pay for ten Presidential campaigns at the same time has loads of people sending him their hard earned money for nothing at all. Deplorables or not, they certainly are fools. A drivers license is a privilege. The chance to vote is a right. BOTH require responsibility! I don't know about voting requiring responsibility. It is certainly recommended, but people can vote for whoever they want, even if it's not a responsible choice like, say, Muttley or Trump, What about guns, though?
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
What is a right and what is a privilege? And which ones are accompanied by required responsibility?
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Seems to me Meshugger is saying Trump is a prelude to Idiocracy or something.
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The US Election 2016, Part VII
Wait, what? Where did I say that?