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Acebuckeye13 posted:I feel there's a good chance that Biden has now spent more time negotiating directly with Senate Republicans than Trump did. Depends on whether you count 'holding senators hostage in front of cameras while he complains about his latest Twitter beef' as negotiating.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Depends on whether you count 'holding senators hostage in front of cameras while he complains about his latest Twitter beef' as negotiating. Do you mean literally hostage like the 6th, or societal convention hostage, as in not making a scene at a restaurant? Could go either way with 45.
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There was just a bit of commentary today that campaign/candidate books are just a fancy way to launder PAC/campaign money into spend-on-anything money. Never thought about it that way and it absolutely fits, regardless of party - buy your own books as "gifts" for "constituents" and it's pretty cleanly laundered.
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crazyivan45 posted:The most shocking part of that Ted Cruz book tweet is that books-a-million is still a thing They crept slightly upmarket to fill the niche left by Waldenbooks and B. Dalton.
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's ted cruz so I assume the title was how to serve americans 
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I got curious about what the numbers were for the first-round stimulus payments (the "$1200"). The gov sent out 153 million checks. The payments totaled $269 billion ($281 million eventually). This was an average first-round stimulus check of $1,750. The payment schedule was $1,200 per person, or $2,400 for those filing jointly, plus $500 per qualifying child. Payments phased-out until a maximum income level (from the 2018 AGI?): $99,000 for single taxpayers $136,500 for taxpayers filing as head of household $198,000 for married couples filing jointly There are around 123 million households in the US. The total expected cost for the second round ("$600") is expected to be $166 billion, or about 59% of the first round https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/01/what-to-know-about-the-second-coronavirus-stimulus-checks
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Lake of Methane posted:The total expected cost for the second round ("$600") is expected to be $166 billion, or about 59% of the first round Seems real weird, because wasn't the second round means tested to like 75k while the first round was means tested to about 125k?
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It’s pathetic, but they all do this. Sometimes there are photos of pallets of books in conference rooms looking like the money pile from Breaking Bad.
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Midjack posted:They crept slightly upmarket to fill the niche left by Waldenbooks and B. Dalton. When i was in nashville there was like one B&N all the way in knoxville and then like 4 BAMs within 20 miles. It made me really miss Borders
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I like BAM as far as chains go. I have a lot of fond memories of the place that probably bias my perception
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Biden doesn't go far enough on immigration reform, but don't forget the stuff he is up against. The Texas Attorney General has already submitted a lawsuit against Biden's 100-day deportation pause memo, and a federal judge appointed by Trump has already put in a 14-day nationwide temporary restraining order against Biden's memo. It only took the nativists 6-days to put legal barriers in front of Biden's deportation pause. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2021/Press/TEXAS%20ORDER_.pdf All those damned Federalist society rubber-stamps appointed by Trump will be a plague upon US immigration policy for years to come.
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Oh I see. Yeah, the reason for buying books is usually to pump them up the bestsellers list, not directly enrich the author.
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This might be the last of these Biden-Republican meeting posts, because I'm still seeing absolutely nothing but good news. https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1356417243840712705 https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1356420503079182337 "I was in the Senate Jack, don't piss on my leg and tell me it's malarkey"
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/tomangell/status/1356339098609397764?s=19 I mean honestly if they'd done it years ago they'd be insanely rich from the taxes alone
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Stravag posted:When i was in nashville there was like one B&N all the way in knoxville and then like 4 BAMs within 20 miles. It made me really miss Borders Borders really was the best.
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I once saw a physical Amazon used book store in a mall, and my head just about imploded. I miss Border's, too.
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Midjack posted:Borders really was the best. While this is a complete non sequitur, your post brought it to mind. Border is the first and best episode of Jon Benjamin Has a Van mostly for Cash Stall. https://www.cc.com/video/ioo8ya/jon-benjamin-has-a-van-cash-stall
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There used to be a Borders and a movie theater right next to each other within a short walking distance of my house back in high school, it was great.
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I was just telling my girlfriend that Borders was my favorite as a kid because the children's section had that rocketship pattern carpet.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/tomangell/status/1356339098609397764?s=19 This should be an early/mid 2022 bill, not Feb 2021. Edit: VVV I wonder if a person like that spends this time worrying that they'll ID her, dreading the FBI showing up on the doorstep, or just not giving a poo poo. Or some other option I can't fathom. Godholio fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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So the FBI has been extremely interested in Bullhorn Lady, as she very clearly was ordering people around at the Insurrection. https://twitter.com/FranPannie/status/1349447894420611074 Ronan Farrow identified her, profiled her, and interviewed her. https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1356430585120522241
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/tomangell/status/1356339098609397764?s=19 I read a book by former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper who is quite progressive especially for a cop. He argued for legalization of every drug except PCP as people on that were uncontrollable. Dunno if that’s in the cards but would be good to make pot legal federally. Regarding Cruz’s book buys when I was younger and dumber I went to a mega church where the pastor got caught doing the same thing. If he had given up a little power and accepted oversight his churches might be creeping on Olsteen levels by now, but that combined with a few other scandals led him to give up and leave town and the many fast growing church campuses were gone in less than half a year.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/tomangell/status/1356339098609397764?s=19 I was looking into work that required security clearances and was disappointed to learn that (from what I understand) even if it's legal in the state you can still get in hot water regarding your clearance? Hopefully this will fix that. May as well fix more than just that while they're at it but I don't make the rules.
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yes currently uncle sam doesn't give a gently caress what your state says, if you get baked they bake you
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Iain posted:I was looking into work that required security clearances and was disappointed to learn that (from what I understand) even if it's legal in the state you can still get in hot water regarding your clearance? Hopefully this will fix that. May as well fix more than just that while they're at it but I don't make the rules. Because security clearances are a federal thing, so it doesn't matter what state you live in. Even in legal states, plenty of people can't smoke. Anyone with a CDL comes to mind.
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Iain posted:I was looking into work that required security clearances and was disappointed to learn that (from what I understand) even if it's legal in the state you can still get in hot water regarding your clearance? Hopefully this will fix that. May as well fix more than just that while they're at it but I don't make the rules. It is very important to remember that marijuana is still technically illegal everywhere in the US, even in states that are licensing and collecting tax revenue on it. That had a lot of implications for federal work and interstate commerce.
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Long thread/video from AOC: bottom line, an insurrectionist got into her office, with her in it, and there was later a very shady "Capitol Police" officer that wouldn't identify himself to her legislative director. Or: the shady person in her office was that "Capitol Police" officer. It's unclear in the telling/transcription. https://twitter.com/ChelseaCirruzzo/status/1356434553586540545 https://twitter.com/justicedems/status/1356439260002410497 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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Iain posted:I was looking into work that required security clearances and was disappointed to learn that (from what I understand) even if it's legal in the state you can still get in hot water regarding your clearance? Hopefully this will fix that. May as well fix more than just that while they're at it but I don't make the rules. Federal legalization may not even address clearance issues, especially if the marijuana use happened before legalization or if they just plain don't update employment standards. Plenty of companies in states where it's legal still drug test.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Federal legalization would be nice. Hopeful that it would also get rid of the dumb "If you have a medical card, you are prohibited from purchasing or owning fire arms" rule too. I don't think the current background check runs through state weed card databases. There are overzealous, conservative run shops that will definitely check any public facing rolls for your name, but those are the kind of shops that probably run off anyone darker than eggshell white, at least here. There are those kinds of shops in Colorado blatantly ignoring the magazine capacity ban and selling mags over the 15rd capacity limit without pinning them. I get that mag caps are bullshit, but it's the current law, it hasn't been struck down yet. Besides, I've not heard of anyone here losing their guns over having a medical card, unless they were already involved in the shady side of weed. As far as the state seems to be concerned, don't grow over your limit and they don't really care. Or just buy your guns before you get your medical card, or after your current one expires. Unless they've changed the background check recently to include medical cards, no one really gives a poo poo unless you're getting attention for something else already from cops/feds. If you have their attention, you're already hosed.
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