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Spin Zone / Re: “Angel Flight” for abortion or trans surgeries
« on: March 27, 2024, 06:10:54 PM »
Do you mean that if I want to start a social club of White Christian men, it is ok to exclude blacks and Jews and women?
Ok with me.

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Spin Zone / Re: “Angel Flight” for abortion or trans surgeries
« on: March 27, 2024, 04:03:31 PM »
Does not seem to be associated with regular Angel Flight.

https://www.elevatedaccess.org/

“All of our pilots complete a vetting process to confirm they align with our mission and goals.”

Republicans need not apply!
The right to associate (or not) with others of like interests seems reasonable to me.
What's your position on animal rescue flights?

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Spin Zone / Re: Key bridge
« on: March 26, 2024, 02:24:47 PM »
The majority of stuff posted here should be in green.

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Spin Zone / Re: $DJT
« on: March 26, 2024, 09:54:36 AM »
I want to buy some but I have no idea how to.  I’ve never bought a stock directly.
Buying at an IPO is problematic even for seasoned speculators. As a first time buyer of a stock? Have you studied the prospectus? Or just going with a hunch or emotion? DJT is up over 40% from its opening price as I type this. It could go higher, but check the performance of the last 200 IPOs:
https://stockanalysis.com/ipos/

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Spin Zone / Re: Cheating to win at the polls is good!
« on: March 25, 2024, 07:02:32 AM »
Curious what the subsequent commandments are.
We’ll never know.

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Spin Zone / Re: Cheating to win at the polls is good!
« on: March 24, 2024, 05:12:14 PM »
ok, so 4.5 million have doctorates.  But a masters degree is also a postgraduate degree.
I couldn't get close to his number if I included masters degrees. I did some further searching and found this article:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/24/the_real_story_of_the_two_americas_150371.html#!

In it there is this, which narrows the elite to postgraduates who attended 8 schools, which would make the elite indeed a small number:

A group I helped found, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, just published a study entitled "Them vs. U.S." examining how America's cultural elites (defined as at least one postgraduate degree, $150,000-plus annual income, high-density urban residence and attended an Ivy League school) are hopelessly out of touch with ordinary Americans. Pollster Scott Rasmussen did the research.

EDIT TO ADD link to original report:
https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Them-vs-Us_CTUP-Rasmussen-Study-FINAL.pdf

One more edit: High population density is defined in the report as zip code areas with10,000+ people per square mile.

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Spin Zone / Re: Cheating to win at the polls is good!
« on: March 24, 2024, 02:57:02 PM »
"The elite 1%—individuals who make over $150,000 a year, live in densely populated areas, and have postgraduate degrees"

I'm questioning how only 1% of our population meets that critiera.
In 2019 the Census Bureau said ~4.5 million had doctorates[1].  Out of ~300 million that is about 1.5%. That gets in the ballpark. A doctorate in philosophy or other liberal arts degrees is not likely to yield an individual income of $150k. Only ~8% of individuals earn $150k or more[2]. So between that and an appropriately chosen definition for "densely populated area" can yield a number close enough to ~1% for him to be able to say "elite 1%".

[1] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/02/number-of-people-with-masters-and-phd-degrees-double-since-2000.html
[2] https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/us-income-percentile

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Spin Zone / Re: Cheating to win at the polls is good!
« on: March 24, 2024, 09:43:47 AM »
The mindset is that they have wealth to protect, therefore their vote should count more.  You and I may not completely agree with that, as it flies in the face of fairness, but they may have a point.  If you pay in and participate, you should have a say in how your government is run.  After all, do you think a welfare queen should have the same vote as you?
That is certainly one possible explanation for their view. I didn't quote the whole linked article, but if you read it the transcript of the interview with Rasmussen includes this exchange:

Bluey: What are their views on government compared to the general population?

Rasmussen: Let’s start with a very simple one. Most Americans think we don’t have enough individual freedom. Among the elite 1%, about half say, “No, we’ve got too much freedom.” And among that politically obsessed group, about 7 out of 10 say, “There’s too much individual freedom in America.”

That’s just mindboggling to me, but part of the reason is because they trust government. In America, it’s been 50 years since most voters trusted the government to do the right thing most of the time. But among the elite 1%, 70% trust the government.

When I look at all the data, there’s a sense that most of us believe in government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” And I think they would say, it’s of and by the elites that is what’s best for the people. They really believe that if they could just make the decisions and get us out of the way, we would be a lot better off.

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Spin Zone / Cheating to win at the polls is good!
« on: March 24, 2024, 09:19:52 AM »
Most Terrifying Poll Result I’ve Ever Seen’: Scott Rasmussen Surveys America’s Elite 1%
Quoting:
When veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen surveyed a group of Americans he calls the elite 1% earlier this year, he discovered a startling number who say it’s OK to win an election by cheating.

The elite 1%—individuals who make over $150,000 a year, live in densely populated areas, and have postgraduate degrees—are overwhelmingly liberal. They give President Joe Biden an 82% approval rating, compared to his 40% average from the rest of Americans.

Rasmussen asked these liberal voters: “Suppose that your favorite candidate loses a close election. However, people on the campaign know that they can win by cheating without being caught. Would you rather have your candidate win by cheating or lose by playing fair?”

Among all Americans, just 7% said they would want their candidate to win by cheating. But that number rose to 35% among the elite 1% and skyrocketed to 69% among those who are part of the politically obsessed 1%, meaning they talk about politics every day.

“I’ve been polling for a very long time and the last finding is the most terrifying poll result I’ve ever seen,” Rasmussen told The Daily Signal.

Rasmussen spoke to “The Daily Signal Podcast” about his findings and his upcoming plans for a weekly TV show. Listen to the full interview or read an edited transcript below.

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Spin Zone / Re: The Pathetic State of the Republican Party
« on: March 23, 2024, 08:49:50 PM »
So the chatter inside the beltway is the dims think they can retake the Speakership before November.   Then, they will pass a bill making anyone who is an "insurrectionist" unable to run for President (Trump).

Except their plan is full of flaws.  First, the constitution already states the requirements for President.  Second, the 14th Amendment already discusses Insurrection and who could be charged and how.

Jamie Ratskin is pushing this nonsense.   If they do this, it will go straight to the SC and get tossed.
Constitution states "...no ex post facto law shall be passed..." so the idea is DOA.

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Spin Zone / Re: Joke Thread: Post 'em if ya got 'em
« on: March 23, 2024, 08:22:10 AM »
Dear Jim:

That was painful.

Love, Becky
Now you know why physicists never get invited to parties.

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Spin Zone / Re: Joke Thread: Post 'em if ya got 'em
« on: March 22, 2024, 07:30:15 PM »
The comments to the linked video may be worth scanning for humor. Some attempts by posters:

- What's a polar bear?
- A Cartesian bear after a coordinate transformation.
.....
In school you learned the 3 Rs. Now you are in biology 101, we will be studying the three Fs - feeding, fighting and reproduction.
.....
There's a construction worker who's feeling unfulfilled in his marriage, and he's begun to think about getting a mistress. He realizes this is kind of a big deal, so he decides to ask his friends about it.

First he asks a lawyer friend. The lawyer friend said "Do you have any idea the kind of legal trouble you'd be in if your wife tried to divorce you? The constant litigation, the legal fees, all the problems? Leave well enough alone, I say."

Then he asks an investor friend. The investor friend says "Well, there's always little perks to it in the short term, but I don't see it having the proper return on investment in the long term. Better to reinvest in what works."

Lastly, he asks a physics friend. The physics friend says "Oh yeah, getting a mistress is great. Highly recommend."

He says "Really?"

"Yeah," the physicist replies. "See, when you're not with your wife, she thinks you're with the mistress. When you're not with the mistress, she thinks you're with the wife. You can finally spend some proper time in the lab."




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Spin Zone / Re: More Racism
« on: March 21, 2024, 10:30:50 PM »
To belabor Rush's point:
When a murder is committed in the U.S. and the gender of a murderer is known, 88% of the time it is a male. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/251886/murder-offenders-in-the-us-by-gender/)
I'd hate to be presumed a potential murderer until proven otherwise just because I'm male. I think most men would think it unfair, despite the statistical correlation that males are responsible for most murders. I'd like to be treated on an individual basis and held responsible only for my actions, not those of others with whom I may share physical traits.

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Spin Zone / Re: Haiti....
« on: March 15, 2024, 10:51:25 AM »
Except BILLIONS and BILLIONS in 'redirected' foreign aide...
How does that redirected aide help the CIA? Why rule out Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, or China as suspects?
Anyway, the long bloody history of Haiti troubles predate the existence of the CIA.

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Spin Zone / Re: Haiti....
« on: March 15, 2024, 09:05:01 AM »
So you're saying it's not within the realm of possibility the U.S. is involved in a clandestine manner in any way? You KNOW this how?   ::)
No money or power to gain from the chaos.

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