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Brannock posted:I'm not saying that anyone in this thread has been doing that, but it's always bothered me that people so easily forget that there are people in this world that occupy a position so far in the stratosphere that their privilege and influence are practically invisible to us peasants down here (including to those "HENRY" people). What is HENRY? My searches are just turning up dead Europeans.
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TasogareNoKagi posted:What is HENRY? My searches are just turning up dead Europeans. High Earner, Not Rich Yet.
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De Nomolos posted:It reeks of a cartoonist that came from Stamford, went to Columbia, lives in Manhattan, and who never associated outside their peer group. From The illustrator's blog: quote:As usual with these assignments, I'm given a bare outline of what is needed (ie: single mom with two kids, retired couple, etc) and little, if any of the actual copy that will accompany them... and when I eventually saw the article, my jaw dropped at the salaries assigned to each of these people. They obviously didn't base them on illustrator's salaries.
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TasogareNoKagi posted:What is HENRY? My searches are just turning up dead Europeans. "High Earning, Not Rich Yet" I actually know one such HENRY who works for BoA. He whines about how he's overtaxed and how he doesn't have enough money to spend despite living in San Francisco and vacationing in Napa or Tahoe every other weekend.
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FMguru posted:That was always my sense of the man. Not dumb, just not willing to put my intellectual effort into anything and preferring to rely on his gut instinct. To be fair, you really don't need to get into the habit of intellectual curiosity when yo come from that sort of family.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:"High Earning, Not Rich Yet"
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FMguru posted:IIRC Indiana still has a fair amount of auto manufacturing, doesn't it? That kind of talk must've gone over real well with that state's voters. Oh, for sure. Outside of a handful of finance and insurance companies, a couple biotech/pharmaceutical companies, and the things that show up on every state's largest employers list, (Walmart 'n Pals, federal government, etc) Indiana's largest employers consist entirely of the Big 3, companies that supply the Big 3, and Japanese auto makers that depend on the supply chain that the disappearance of the Big 3 would seriously disrupt. The Big 3 going under would wholly and utterly destroy Indiana's economy. Voters here know that, and it absolutely played a huge role in Obama winning it in 2008. That also led to my favorite Republicans-cutting-off-their-nose-to-spite their-face moment: When our AG filed suit to stop the bailout because it meant that the state employee pension fund would lose whatever small percentage of its total holdings were in Chrysler stock. 
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Joementum posted:Explosive, if true. ...Oh wait, that's not what you mean.
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Trump, doubling down on making the GOP subtext into plain text
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fade5 posted:I agree Huckabee, we shouldn't bomb Iran, it would be a very bad idea. All we would end up doing is killing thousands if not hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranians and leaving the country a destabilized hellhole like Iraq is, possibly making it more likely for extremists to take over. I was just guessing he was not a fan of John Mccains singing voice http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
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Jul 7, 2015 18:10
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I was hoping for more crazy funny than crazy scary, either way: the GOP delivers.
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WSJ editorialists were visualizing something like this, weren't they?
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Jul 7, 2015 18:12
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Book sales, ranked: One Nation, by Ben Carson: 362,813 (this is more than the rest combined) God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, by Mike Huckabee: 65,939 An American Son, by Marco Rubio: 36,786 Fed Up!, by Rick Perry: 27,264 Midas Touch, by Donald Trump: 21,424 Leadership and Crisis, by Bobby Jindal: 20,080 Unintimidated, by Scott Walker: 19,096 Government Bullies, by Rand Paul: 10,818 The Tea Party Goes To Washington, by Rand Paul: 10,778 American Dreams, by Marco Rubio: 7,807 hardcover copies sold Taking a Stand, by Rand Paul: 7,795 American Patriots, by Rick Santorum: 6,831 Bella’s Gift, by Rick Santorum: 6,112 Immigration Wars, by Jeb Bush: 4,905 Blue Collar Conservatives, by Rick Santorum: 3,919 Rising to the Challenge, by Carly Fiorina: 2,620
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Link doesn't appear to work for me. Still, I hope Trump succeeds, such that even when he's a distant memory the overt racism he's injected (well, revealed) in the GOP's image sticks around and haunts them. I'm almost disappointed that the Democrats haven't really jumped on this, I understand not wanting to distract Trump from brawling with the other Republicans but it seems like this'd be the perfect time to start pushing immigration points. The Republicans would be hamstrung in their response by trying to refute immigration reform without being lumped in with Trump's racist screeds.
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Joementum posted:Book sales, ranked: I recall an article in the 2012 cycle about how campaigns would buy up a lot of the candidates' books to drive up the sales number and give away as gifts/prizes. Do these numbers account for that? Like, has Rick Santorum sold 4,000 books to 4,000 real people, or has he sold 13 books to 13 people and the rest to Foster Friess? pig slut lisa fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Today's most lol-worthy bit of newsquote:Mitt Romney isn’t a presidential a candidate this time, but his schedule is suddenly crammed with those who are — as the 2012 Republican nominee eagerly injects himself into the 2016 race.
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I think they should have a debate where the 2012 clown SUV joins in
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rear end cobra posted:I think they should have a debate where the 2012 clown SUV joins in You mean Thad McCotter's ice cream truck?  If so, 
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Rumors from the Washington Times and Reason.com (lol) that Biden is running next month. I don't buy it, but idiots on the predictive market sure did.
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Aliquid posted:Rumors from the Washington Times and Reason.com yeah sure.
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I don't get why people think Biden is gonna jump in, his kid just died, Hillary still draws breath and Bernie, O'Malley and tbf Jim Webb have already staked out the non-Hillary positions. e: oh and I guess Chaffee has staked out the 'I exist' position
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Shageletic posted:Today's most lol-worthy bit of news Presumably it's actually for an endorsement though (for whatever that's worth)? I can't imagine anyone actually want's Romney's advise on campaigning.
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The only reason Biden would run would be to fill the gap if Hillary's campaign tanks for some reason. There currently isn't a second place candidate (sorry Bernailures) and he'd be perfect, but with all the poo poo he's been going through I'd be amazed if he wanted to torture himself with more time in the Executive. And besides, he wants to be able to drive his old Corvette.
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Joementum posted:You mean Thad McCotter's ice cream truck? What is this monstrosity? Is he really using an ice cream truck to court children (who cant, ya know...vote) and did anyone tell him it's dangerous to drive with all that crap on the windshield?
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Yeah I get the vibe that Biden is pretty close to being done with politics. He's had a hard family life, and still done a pretty good job as VP. The only reason I would even want to see him run is to give another smack-down during the debates like he did with Ryan.
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I've seen rumblings about Biden declaring too, I think on Politico and a couple other places. It does seem a bit unlikely given how rapidly things are developing on the Democratic side of things, but then again that's probably just my perspective as someone who's paying attention to a primary race more than a year before the election. Certainly he's got a lot of structural advantages working for him as a sitting VP, he could probably make a decent run of it if he wanted to. Which might be the more salient question, really: Does he want to? Lord knows he's had to put up with enough suffering in his life. I wouldn't wish the Presidency on him after all that, but maybe he feels differently about it.
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Though they don't align at all on policy, imo Sanders and Biden overlap a lot in demographic support (white retirees and students). The tinfoil on my head says he could run to take some pressure off Clinton.
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Mordiceius posted:How about a Clinton/Biden ticket? Diamond Joe needs a new sidekick now that Worm has gone to that big poker game in the sky, Bill would be a great replacement.
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Supraluminal posted:Which might be the more salient question, really: Does he want to? Lord knows he's had to put up with enough suffering in his life. I wouldn't wish the Presidency on him after all that, but maybe he feels differently about it. If he wanted to I think he would've announced long before now. I'm betting he's either looking at Secretary of Something, returning to the Senate, or a comfy retirement.
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Joementum posted:"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad" ~ Rand, probably. A military exercise where they practice combat tactics?!  Well, I never!But seriously though, what the gently caress do these people expect? The military has to train. To do that, they run exercises. How do you jump from that to "OBAMA IS GOING TO USE THE MILITARY TO BECOME A GODKING"
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The nation is gullible, but not you internet whacko!
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Abner Cadaver II posted:If he wanted to I think he would've announced long before now. I'm betting he's either looking at Secretary of Something, returning to the Senate, or a comfy retirement. He's from PA, it'd be cool if he ran for Toomey's seat.
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Joementum posted:"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad" ~ Rand, probably. He should do a google search of Pineland and maybe do 2 minutes of reading to realize just exactly what Green Beret training is and what exactly they do. Because holy poo poo how are people this dumb.
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Joementum posted:"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad" ~ Rand, probably. The fact that this is a real thing that more than a handful of lunatic crazy whackadoos are worried about is completely insane. God, please let Texas secede already.
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Nonsense posted:The nation is gullible, but not you internet whacko! *is being forcefully removed from press conference* INFOWARS.COM! INFOWARS.COM!!!!!
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Joementum posted:Book sales, ranked: I know he's not running, but I'm really curious how Noted War Criminal and American Ronin Allen West's book sales compare to these.
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Supraluminal posted:The fact that this is a real thing that more than a handful of lunatic crazy whackadoos are worried about is completely insane. God, please let Texas secede already. I just for a moment want to bask in the thought of Texas no longer being part of the United States.... Republicans would never win another presidential election.
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