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There's definitely no deal for a fifth coronavirus bill - Democrats wanted $3.4T and came down, the White House wanted $1T and won't move, and that's that. Donnie's people are convinced he can executive order unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium extension, so this should be a fun clusterfuck. Democrats actually held out for once! Republicans are absolutely adamant at not helping Donnie get reelected, basically, and Trump is adamant about not funding states/localities/elections. RIP.
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Why are we talking about Kanye West regarding the 2020 election?
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Aug 7, 2020 22:31
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Why are we talking about Kanye West regarding the 2020 election? Because Kanye is scrambling to get on the ballot in key states to try to throw the election to Trump. https://twitter.com/patrickdmarley/status/1291029714950389760
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bengy81 posted:That's kind of the cool thing about bikes, if you aren"t into super expensive race bikes or Harley's, you can have a fleet of bikes for the price of a used Honda Accord. There's also 3 kids that seem to have gotten ATVs from somewhere that go up an down my street a lot, and just today I saw 2 of them on a moped for the first time. Dunno if it's the same family or not. Duzzy Funlop posted:Why are we talking about Kanye West regarding the 2020 election? American politics is irretrievably broken and I fully expect the literal cartoon Mickey Mouse to run in 4 years with campaign ads on Disney+ and in whatever 6 Star Wars movies are released between now and then.
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Aug 7, 2020 23:11
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Lol, Ye is only gonna end up stealing votes from Trump. The only people who are gonna vote for him are old dudes that think his name is KAYNE, and think that "He has some pretty good ideas about religion and politics." The rest of the world sees him as either A. Kim Kardashian's nutjob husband or B. That nutjob that used to be the greatest rapper in like 2008. C. That nutjob that beefed with TayTay. I hope I'm not wrong, but boy that sure is a hell of a hail mary plan B for the GOP.
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Aug 7, 2020 23:44
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Totally writing in Sasquatch/Mothman this year (Biden will carry CO) in hopes of them actually being on the ticket in 2024.
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Aug 7, 2020 23:47
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Since SC singlehandedly chooses the nominee we need to start building momentum behind the Lee County Lizard Man right now. Bonus: Is a Lizard Man, has instant credibility with establishment insiders
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Aug 7, 2020 23:51
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Kanye isn't stealing votes from anybody except the penises that get drawn in the write-in field
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Aug 7, 2020 23:56
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Fallom posted:Kanye isn't stealing votes from anybody except the penises that get drawn in the write-in field ***Wakes up in the morning on January 20, 2021 to watch President West's inauguration***
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Aug 8, 2020 00:40
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sturgis is going to kill more people than a trump rally
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Aug 8, 2020 00:56
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ded posted:sturgis is going to kill more people than a trump rally I dunno - Tulsa smoked Pizza Boss Cain.
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Aug 8, 2020 01:06
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facialimpediment posted:There's definitely no deal for a fifth coronavirus bill - Democrats wanted $3.4T and came down, the White House wanted $1T and won't move, and that's that. Donnie's people are convinced he can executive order unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium extension, so this should be a fun clusterfuck. Trying to keep UI going with remaining FY20 funds is like making a down payment on your house with whatever you shake out of your couch, regardless of legality. Even with Covid-driven underruns there's only so much blood you can squeeze out of that stone. Cross-posting from Doomsday Econ: Terrifying Effigies posted:https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1291847850733830146
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Trying to keep UI going with remaining FY20 funds is like making a down payment on your house with whatever you shake out of your couch, regardless of legality. Even with Covid-driven underruns there's only so much blood you can squeeze out of that stone. It's all a ploy to jam up the mail with another 300 million envelopes with Trump bucks letters to slow down absentee ballots.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Totally writing in Sasquatch/Mothman this year (Biden will carry CO) in hopes of them actually being on the ticket in 2024. 
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Yeahhhhhhh I have every confidence in my own ability to safely operate a motorcycle, but zero confidence in the drivers around me to not kill me. This is a common attitude, but in reality most motorcycle fatalities are single vehicle accidents. A combination of going too fast into corners and target fixation are what we should be most concerned about.
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current event cross-post:Vasukhani posted:thank god my tax dollars are finally going to good use
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bengy81 posted:Lol, Ye is only gonna end up stealing votes from Trump. The only people who are gonna vote for him are old dudes that think his name is KAYNE, and think that "He has some pretty good ideas about religion and politics." Here's general analysis on the "Kanye Vote": https://twitter.com/tbonier/status/1291839237747347456 quote:There is polling data on West from May 2018, when he famously met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office wearing a red Make America Great Again hat. Then, only 23 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him, and 53 percent had an unfavorable opinion. However, among Republicans, West broke even: 35 percent had a favorable opinion of him and 35 percent did not. By contrast, he was deeply unpopular with Democrats, 12 percent of whom had favorable opinion and 67 who did not. And it is unlikely that the events of recent days have improved his standing with Democrats. Veepstakes news! I had no idea about this, so Biden's running a tightass ship. https://twitter.com/DavidEggert00/status/1291898447101153280
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Aug 8, 2020 01:49
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The children of health insurance CEOs are apparently women of color through some transitive property.
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Aug 8, 2020 01:53
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AlexanderCA posted:This is a common attitude, but in reality most motorcycle fatalities are single vehicle accidents. A combination of going too fast into corners and target fixation are what we should be most concerned about. Stats are 2013 but it's definitely cars. When a bike does strike a non car object then it is more likely fatal than a car striking an object. Page 3 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812148
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Fallom posted:Kanye isn't stealing votes from anybody except the penises that get drawn in the write-in field Just in case anyone is tempted to do this, the penis may be considered an “identifying mark” and spoil the whole ballot. Don’t do that if you want your vote for the House or anything else to count.
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facialimpediment posted:Veepstakes news! I had no idea about this, so Biden's running a tightass ship. I will never stop laughing if Whitmer is the veep pick and I get to watch Khive twitter and the rest of twitter melt the gently caress down over it.
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AlexanderCA posted:This is a common attitude, but in reality most motorcycle fatalities are single vehicle accidents. A combination of going too fast into corners and target fixation are what we should be most concerned about. quote:When I was growing up in rural Colorado, my family had a classic work truck: a 1980 F-150 with the famous 300 cubic inch inline six-cylinder engine. It was often my task to fetch a load of sand for mixing concrete, or landscaping soil, or lumber for some project... That sort of truck is hard to come by in the consumer market these days. Trucks have gotten bigger, taller, gotten larger blind spots, and become much more powerful, luxurious, and expensive. Almost nobody even makes small pickups anymore, like the 1986 Toyota Hilux that I drove in college. The Toyota Tacoma, which used to be in that segment, is now almost as big as my old F-150. Cugel the Clever fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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Cugel the Clever posted:I can't speak to motorcycles, but there is a clear trend toward drastically increased deaths as car companies increasingly bloat trucks and SUVs past any practical purpose to serve as penis substitutes for the insecure. America's car culture has very much emerged as part of its culture wars and its no coincidence that CHUDs gravitate toward deliberately ostentatious vehicles (that some of them go on to murder protesters with). One of these days I'll take video around my neighborhood and post it up. If I were to guess, I would say that 7 out of 10 houses have a big new or newish truck in the driveway, I know of at least three houses that have multiple trucks, most of them are diesel too. The guy across the street from me spent 70k on his Dodge, and probably another 20k in mods. The guy next to him has a Toyota tundra, a 4 door Jeep, and a Harley, probably close to 150k when he purchased them new. I've been kind of half rear end looking for an older beat up Chevy/GMC 1500, but anything new enough to have fuel injection is gonna cost 3k and have 250,000 miles on it, trucks really seem to be holding their value, makes me wish I would have held on to my old Ford...
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Joe Arpaio is a three-time loser now. https://apnews.com/7ee55d22b1ad5910bb42b64a78f714bf quote:Joe Arpaio on Friday was narrowly defeated in his bid to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years before being voted out in 2016 amid voter frustrations over his taxpayer-funded legal bills, his penchant for self-promotion and a defiant streak that led to his now-pardoned criminal conviction.
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"Vote for me because I'll break the law" is quite a gutsy campaign strategy. ... Or, maybe it isn't...
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I agree with the tweet here, this is a very good interview with Bill Gates and there's quite a bit of positives in it (though plenty of the government being idiots too). https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1291972489233408000
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Laranzu posted:Stats are 2013 but it's definitely cars. Huh thanks, color me surprised. I got my perception from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDmYhuLqJc&t=128s
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Good breakdown of a very specific bit of misinformation that's started making the rounds. This kind is the worst. e: 1st of a thread detailing what they are doing. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1291837801512595457
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Hey remember guyger? I guess we're gonna see if 2020 gets even worse https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-...Id=96463576#app
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facialimpediment posted:I agree with the tweet here, this is a very good interview with Bill Gates and there's quite a bit of positives in it (though plenty of the government being idiots too). How about he spends even half his money trying to help
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Hot Karl Marx posted:How about he spends even half his money trying to help He did donate 1.5 billion for it already. Of all the tech billionaires, at least Gates is trying to help fund good causes around the world (that will still need funding after COVID*). If you lump in his foundation, the dude has already given away something like 50 billion. I knew a friend that was working in Africa on improving rural public health due to his foundation. Assuming successful vaccines.
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He's still worth over 100 billion dollars, hell give away 90 billion and he's still richer than 99% of the world
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Hot Karl Marx posted:he's still richer than 99% of the world And this is still understating it by more than 3 orders of magnitude, if my morning napkin math is right. The average wealth of the top 0.01% of Americans sits around $371 million. So even at 10 billion, he'd be at ~27 times wealthier than the average wealth of the top 0.01% American, much less persons worldwide, given how wealthy America is as a nation.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:How about he spends even half his money trying to help Isn't he richer now than he ever was when he was "working for profit"? Yup... Vox posted:[Bill] Gates was worth $54 billion in 2010, the year the Giving Pledge debuted; he’s worth $97 billion today. [Warren] Buffett’s wealth has also nearly doubled, to $90 billion, despite annual transfers of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Gates Foundation and the four foundations controlled by his three children E: I know he's an intelligent man and he's spending on good causes, but the dude is richer than god and anyone else besides Jeff Bezos. He is uniquely positioned to upend industry/society/whatever and try some real big idea poo poo, so forgive me if I'm bitter that he's content to read in a shack while taking a break from micromanaging efforts to create a composting toilet or whatever the pet project is this week. The dude could snag the levers of power in any collection of countries he chose and do any number of really impactful projects, but he's content to prop up current systems. It's gonna sound petty, but it all just seems like he's designing innovative ways to sop up blood rather than stopping the cause of the hemorrhaging egyptian rat race fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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Seems like he’s good at making money then giving it away.
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He’s not actively doing anything to make money. That’s just how much microsoft stock has gained since then.
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Billionaires become 2x billionaires just by sitting still. Great system.
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That Works posted:Billionaires become 2x billionaires just by sitting still. Great system. If only someone wrote about this, perhaps proposed a new economic system. How well, dead money is gonna choke the system to death
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