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Spin Zone / Re: Happy Easter!
« on: April 03, 2024, 09:26:06 AM »
No one said that.  That is what people say when they want to quiet what they do not like hearing.
It was a question seeking clarification, not a statement. That's what the symbol "?" indicates. You were under no obligation to answer it, so you didn't. I have no idea what the specific mistakes you believe were made and it looks like I never will.

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Spin Zone / Re: Happy Easter!
« on: April 02, 2024, 03:46:15 PM »
This will probably hurt some feelings, but the 15th, 19th, and 26th were a mistake.
Voting confined to adult white males only?

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Spin Zone / Re: $DJT
« on: April 01, 2024, 09:22:59 AM »
It might be time to double-down.  ^DJT is around $50 right now, but there is going to be a lot of volatility with this stock.  Disappointing earnings just came out and mot people sell on news.  It'll probably go down more before popping but trying to call the bottom (or top) is a crap shoot. Best bet is to go with your gut for the long term.
In about 6 months the restriction on selling by Trump and other insiders will expire, at which time there would be a sharp drop in price.

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Spin Zone / Re: Solar Eclipse
« on: April 01, 2024, 08:21:56 AM »
Any excuse for a party?

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Spin Zone / Re: Tweet Critical of fjb Got Texas Woman Visit From fbi
« on: March 30, 2024, 07:31:27 PM »
Have they been verified as legit FBI agents? They definitely don't dress the part. Not expecting men in black, but did this happen on casual Friday?

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Spin Zone / Re: Who is Nicole Shanahan?
« on: March 29, 2024, 10:21:23 AM »
That occurred to me too, that RFKJr might actually be doing this to help Trump, because Trump will attempt to dismantle the deep state, and while I don’t trust him, I do feel his animosity about the deep state is genuine.
Why would Shanahan, a self-declared progressive and frequent contributor to Democrat candidates, be a party to such a thing?

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Spin Zone / Re: Key bridge
« on: March 29, 2024, 09:34:07 AM »
I keep hearing that all of the people killed on the bridge are "immigrants that are doing the work no one else wants to do".

Is this a euphemism for "illegal alien"?  One interview said they were "not invaders; they just want a better life".  And another said they work to send money back home to South America.

Not that I have any less sympathy for them or their families, but it sure sounds like a bunch of illegals to me.
These are the people for whom we need a more organized and efficient system for legal entry into the country where everyone that comes in is DOCUMENTED.
Appears probable all were legal immigrants given who they worked for. At least three have been in the US for years:
"Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38, moved from Santa Bárbara in Honduras to the US 18 years ago...."
"Miguel Luna was a husband and father of three from El Salvador who lived in Maryland for over 19 years...."
"Jose Mynor Lopez, 35, was originally from Guatemala. His wife, Isabel Franco, told WJZ he moved to the U.S. 19 years ago...."



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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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