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shame on an IGA posted:They kinda have, the republicans have been forcing them them blow a massive hole in their budget by overfunding their pension plan for about a decade as an effort to sabotage the one thing left people can point to and say the government does well so seems like it would be an easy win for congress to unfuck it now. Say only 50 years in advance.
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ASAPI posted:I almost had a "crack ping" moment from that and the drat malaria treatment poo poo. Wasn't dumbshit talking about how great 5G was and how we needed to catch up to China recently
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Elmnt80 posted:I'm in florida. You can not get tested unless you can show you've been in contact with someone that has it, are sick enough to be admitted to the ER or have been out of the country. They're only counting covid deaths as those people that had a confirmed case and died. So if you have it and die in your home without being tested? Sucks to be you, heart attack/pneumonia is your COD. It's going to work. 100%. I've been saying it for a while but this country is finished
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Hell it already did just look at puerto rico after the hurricane
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"The postal service is guaranteed by the constitution!" I continue to scream as the republicans effortlessly dismantle it and sell it's infrastructure to private interests. The dems shrug and look at their feet, paralyzed by a fatal dose of decorum
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Milo and POTUS posted:"The postal service is guaranteed by the constitution!" I continue to scream as the republicans effortlessly dismantle it and sell it's infrastructure to private interests. The dems shrug and look at their feet, paralyzed by a fatal dose of decorum What are the odds on what happens to that pension fund when the services get privatized, anyway? 50/50 for "absorbed into the pork barrel fund" and "goes to whichever pump n' dump hedge firm buys out that part of the service, they declare bankruptcy and pillage it to pay the loans and bonuses they gave themselves"?
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Arrath posted:What are the odds on what happens to that pension fund when the services get privatized, anyway? 50/50 for "absorbed into the pork barrel fund" and "goes to whichever pump n' dump hedge firm buys out that part of the service, they declare bankruptcy and pillage it to pay the loans and bonuses they gave themselves"? The Wall.
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That Works posted:The 1st 2-3 weeks I have a philosophy prof come in and give some basic logic and rhetoric, introduce the class to logical fallacies etc. I give them a brief rundown of stats and how stats can be misused. I give a couple of lectures on immunology and vaccines and the other topics I try to have guest lectures by other professors in those fields. My intro lecture is on the earth being flat and then I work them through a bunch of examples of current flat earthers and explain Eratosthenes measurements. Have you ever had a student feel personally attacked? Like a flat earth dude ends up taking your class and goes "well achtually..."
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Just looked at my bank account and TRUMP BUXXX are posting on Wednesday. e: Added the appropriate extra XXX
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Defenestrategy posted:Have you ever had a student feel personally attacked? Like a flat earth dude ends up taking your class and goes "well achtually..." Thankfully no, but I talk up front about the possibility of going over potentially controversial material and ask them to privately reach out before we go further if they think it'll be an issue. Re that death count https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/s...ingawful.com%2F
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That's some "baptising the dead into the faith to boost your own heaven-planet population" kind of poo poo
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egyptian rat race posted:That's some "baptising the dead into the faith to boost your own heaven-planet population" kind of poo poo I get the feeling the "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation" is just some weird scoreboard for boomers to point to when anyone criticizes capitalism.
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Defenestrategy posted:I get the feeling the "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation" is just some weird scoreboard for boomers to point to when anyone criticizes capitalism. This for sure. But goddamn
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Someone on the forums said that those victims of communism things tended to count people who weren't even born as victims so
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Milo and POTUS posted:Someone on the forums said that those victims of communism things tended to count people who weren't even born as victims so If they were being honest they'd be adding most of them to their "victims of capitalism" website since so much suffering in communist nations was a result of capitalist nations doing everything possible to cause suffering. Feel free to laugh at the idea of those nuts "being honest".
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In a kind of similar vein, known dipshit Marc Thiessen, who used to be GWB and Rumsfeld’s speechwriter and never met someone he didn’t approve of torturing, is arguing that China be held responsible for COVID. quote:
Creating an international incident sure would be a great way to distract from Trump’s mismanagement of the response and is definitely a serious thing by serious people who understand international law!
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This is a surprisingly good article about the rona and the effects it is having here https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120957323/coronavirus-what-is-fortress-new-zealand-going-to-look-like
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What's this I heard about the essential workers getting $25,000 over the next year? A couple of people I work with have said they heard something about it, but weren't sure of the details.
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There's a couple of essential worker benefits or pay type plans in congress at the moment. The one they are probably referring to is a senate democrat plan to include "up to" $25K in premium pay (salary dependent, industry/employer dependent) for certian "essential workers" in the next coronavirus stimulus bill. There is also a house republican plan to give tax holiday status to essential workers, primarily in the medical/nursing, public safety, first responder employee categories, similar to military tax waivers. Which depending on your salary could also be several thousand dollars.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:In a kind of similar vein, known dipshit Marc Thiessen, who used to be GWB and Rumsfeld’s speechwriter and never met someone he didn’t approve of torturing, is arguing that China be held responsible for COVID. Someone do the trump emoji
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BurningChrome posted:Someone do the trump emoji  ,  , or  ?
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Did anybody post this yet? http://www.cpgear.com/create_products/Operation-Enduring-Clusterfuck-COVID-19-Patch?c=3182787&dp=2&n=207607023 What's the policy on morale patches these days?
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Handsome Ralph posted:I'm in a weird situation where I'm relieved my mom died last year and isn't living through this poo poo. My father died in January, and I know how you feel. He passed away peacefully in his sleep, in his own home. Not having to worry about him, on top of everything else that's going on, is some small relief.
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https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1248798780771704839 Jesus that's a thing  Not gonna lie, basically all of this year has felt like the montage for some lovely movie, starting with Trump nearly provoking a regional war with Iran to COVID to what's likely to be an economic depression even if we get clear of this being a stunningly large mass casualty event. Can't say that I really dig the trajectory our collective human experience has taken. pantslesswithwolves fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Apr 11, 2020 |
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shame on an IGA posted:They kinda have, the republicans have been forcing them them blow a massive hole in their budget by overfunding their pension plan for about a decade as an effort to sabotage the one thing left people can point to and say the government does well I tried looking through GAO archives to get a feel of what was going on in 2006. There was a repurchasing restructure then that wouldn't have caused it on its own, but the Comptroller was looking at the numbers saying, "Yo, this poo poo is whack."* I'm guessing he got through to Congress, but only for about thirty minutes--long enough to go overboard on USPS, but nobody else and not long enough to stop 2008. Some claims from comptroller reports that look startling: Expected expenses doubling anticipated revenue by 2040. Debt per capita to exceed GDP per capita by 2030 https://www.gao.gov/assets/80/78143.pdf Percent of income as disposable had dipped below 0 (i.e. debt was required). https://www.gao.gov/assets/80/77527.pdf Things were looking pretty bad then, I wonder how things have gotten since then? https://www.gao.gov/about/press-center/press-releases/government_fiscal_path.htm PBGC who insures private-sector Defined Benefit pensions runs out of money for multi-employer benefits in 2025. Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund runs out in 2026 "Net cost totaled $5.1 trillion in fiscal year 2019" "The 2019 Financial Report also reported total liabilities of $26.9 trillion at the end of fiscal year 2019, an increase from $25.4 trillion at the end of fiscal year 2018" " Publicly held debt as a share of GDP peaked at 106 percent just after World War II (in 1946) but then fell rapidly [...] By the end of fiscal year 2019, the debt had climbed to 79 percent of GDP. By comparison, debt has averaged 46 percent of GDP since 1946. If current trends continue, the debt as a share of GDP in 2050 will be nearly twice its 1946 level and about four times its post-World War II average." Huh.
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ahhhhHHHHhhhHHHhh https://twitter.com/Archivist1000/status/1248820610102218757
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piL posted:Expected expenses doubling anticipated revenue by 2040. Now you see why the best plan for the future is a death cult!
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Michigan's state Senate majority leader The rural areas think they're going to be fine to reopen, but it never occurs to them how we still don't have a loving clue where the virus is, who has had it already, and who can't get it. Not to mention the extreme lack of hospital capacity in those rural areas!
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facialimpediment posted:The rural areas think they're going to be fine to reopen, but it never occurs to them how we still don't have a loving clue where the virus is, who has had it already, and who can't get it. Not to mention the extreme lack of hospital capacity in those rural areas! My parents, brother, and his family are still in rural MI and I am pleased that, although my brother thought it was "just the flu", they all seem to be stopped going anywhere besides home and their property
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