Trollminator wrote:
formerly present wrote:
So, wait--I agree with GoI on something? WIll wonders never cease.
😂Igy with a strong endorsement of Biden... dude may be racist, but he’s definitely also senile.
Wonderful self own by GoI 😂
Trollminator wrote:
formerly present wrote:
So, wait--I agree with GoI on something? WIll wonders never cease.
😂Igy with a strong endorsement of Biden... dude may be racist, but he’s definitely also senile.
Wonderful self own by GoI 😂
Trollminator wrote:
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
Best of all we will never have to work again. Reparations, stimulus payments, unemployment benefits; our socialist haven of woke America. Merit for advancement, and hard work are things of the past. In its place the skin color, sexual identity of the disadvantaged will determine whether you reach leadership role in The New State. No problem, since those disgusting white people, with nuclear families, respecting the Constitution, will have finally been put in their place.
You reek of white male victimization anxiety. You should get some help with that.
This ^ is very true.
Extraordinary to observe in semi-real time. Very sad.
Quick run for your lives, the libs are coming! LOLz
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/larry-kudlow-plant-based-beer-joe-biden_n_6084b41ae4b0ccb91c24f815
Trollminator wrote:
https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1386413453267505155?s=20
Whatever game Rick Scott plays, he plays it well. He always comes across as incompetent and he's been caught in so much bleep. But somehow he's convinced enough people that he;s the right guy for the job (whatever the job may be).
Covid situation in India looking more bleak, cases and deaths rising quickly and probably grossly under reported. U.S new cases seems relatively static with deaths decreasing, but not as quickly. Brazil seems to have peaked, Chile and Columbia new cases leveling off, trailing deaths still rising. European wave looks to have peaked.
Interesting take on how we got to the current skirmishes between the Republican Party and significant parts of Corporate America. John Quiggin is a liberal Australian economist and blogger.
On the one hand, corporations regularly run afoul of grievance politics, by taking initiatives seen as ‘woke’. On the other hand, the threat posed to constitutional government by the Republican party is now so obvious as to arouse corporate resistance. Corporations with a long-term view of their prospects correctly prefer to risk higher tax rates than to operate in a Trumpist banana republic.
https://johnquiggin.com/2021/04/26/republicans-and-the-end-of-hard-neoliberalism/
Monkeys Skyping wrote:
Interesting take on how we got to the current skirmishes between the Republican Party and significant parts of Corporate America. John Quiggin is a liberal Australian economist and blogger.
On the one hand, corporations regularly run afoul of grievance politics, by taking initiatives seen as ‘woke’. On the other hand, the threat posed to constitutional government by the Republican party is now so obvious as to arouse corporate resistance. Corporations with a long-term view of their prospects correctly prefer to risk higher tax rates than to operate in a Trumpist banana republic.
https://johnquiggin.com/2021/04/26/republicans-and-the-end-of-hard-neoliberalism/
it's also to keep employees on board.
A 401k is one way to keep employees happy
So is a health care plan.
Have to keep employees happy or they walk. This country has a seemingly permanent labor shortage of qualified college grads. (note college grads do not much vote for Trumpists)
So companies don't want to risk losing employees because of pro-Trumpist/seditionist moves by corporate leaders.
That's why Trump will not be asked to speak much at companies. That's why Trump has a lot of trouble finding lawyers. Junior associates will scream and yell.
agip wrote:
This country has a seemingly permanent labor shortage of qualified college grads.
Seems to be a good reason to make post secondary school funding a part of infrastructure.
This country also has a general labor shortage.
Which would be a good reason to encourage immigration and provide documentation to the workers.
That would also contribute to social security and Medicare through more workers and employers contributing to payroll taxes.
(I know Republicans are thinking replacement theory)
The US may be on the verge of a big snap back and overall gain with the economy.
I know unemployment is at 6% but that is trending down and then it's about businesses finding the right workers, which may be scarce for their needs.
On the virus...
Now comes the hard part. We've been getting shots into the easy arms since most states opened up vaccinations to all residents last month. Now we are at 2 weeks of declining vaccinations. and vaccinations have dropped by nearly 20% since that peak. It will continue to decline and at an even faster pace. Biden's mention of a near-normal 4th of July may not come to fruition.
There are two(ish) groups that are reluctant to get vaccinated - White evangelicals and African-Americans. Of course, a significant number (but not all - there are liberals too) of these white evangelicals are Trump supporters as well. A coordinated mass campaign has to be developed to reach these groups. I'm confident African-American vaccinations will increase over time, but doubt that the white evangelicals will ever come around. Logic is not really a strong point with that group.
It is scary what lies and misinformation is being spread in churches. Nothing new really, but now it is costing lives.
When can we get back to a semblence of normal? Theoretically, you would think it is very soon. Over 80% of the most vulnerable groups have been at least partially vaccinated. In another month these and almost anyone who wants a vaccine will have been fully vaccinated. At some point we need to realize that the 70%-80% national vaccination rates are unlikely.
The increase in hospitalization rates of younger people in Michigan may change this progress toward normalcy though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/michigan-covid-younger-people-hospitalized.html
Anyone remember the poster on this thread or another who boasted and boasted that the variants were actually a good thing. Most everyone told him he was wrong, but he insisted that he was right. He had some friends who were "scientists" who told him so. How wrong that guy turned out to be.
Racket, PhD wrote:
Hammering Hank wrote:
How can you say Obamacare was good for the country?? How can any legislation that totally excludes the other party from participating in the drafting of the legislation good for the country? How was Obamacare good for the country when Obama lied about no one would pay more in premiums when instead on average everyone's premium went up $2,500. LL - you are not the typical liberal here, but read much more than what the liberal news groups put out . They are not being honest with you
Alright everyone, listen up, here's the spread for Hammering Hank:
3:1 it's Sally Vix
5:1 it's Hardloper
10:1 it's jamin
25:1 it's rojo (<- darkhorse, could be a huge payout)
15:1 it's Flagpole desperate for any kind of attention.
Bets should be in by midnight. I'll use an open source textual analysis and compare at least 20 HH posts to 20 posts from the above users and let you know who comes up with the highest percent match
Dude, 15:1 that it's me because I'm desperate for attention? What are you talking about? I've hardly posted here at all since Biden won. I could not care less about getting attention.
Racket, PhD wrote:
Racket, PhD wrote:
Why don't you just use one handle and stick with it?
Oh my God wait.
What if Flagpole was Sally Vix this whole time
That is a conspiracy theory nonsense.
WEJO, DO AN IP CHECK, AND IF I AM THE SAME POSTER AS SALLY, BAN ME FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!
Trollminator wrote:
I have to say, I am actually surprised that more than half of Rs think the guilty verdict was right.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1386339603750301698?s=21
I'm not at all surprised. Most Rs are decent folks.
I just find it sad that 46% think Chauvin was innocent. I have yet to hear even the most strained, crazy argument for reasonable doubt. It was cold-blooded murder and it's impossible to see it any other way.
Yet 46% of Republicans think George Floyd's murder was justified.
Fat hurts wrote:
Trollminator wrote:
I have to say, I am actually surprised that more than half of Rs think the guilty verdict was right.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1386339603750301698?s=21I'm not at all surprised. Most Rs are decent folks.
I just find it sad that 46% think Chauvin was innocent. I have yet to hear even the most strained, crazy argument for reasonable doubt. It was cold-blooded murder and it's impossible to see it any other way.
Yet 46% of Republicans think George Floyd's murder was justified.
Oh, and as for the 10% of Democrats and 25% of independents, you are not off the hook either. You are all sick in the head.
We are going to have to live with a certain percent of people that won't get vaccinated.
That's it.
It's shame because that chunk of people will keep the virus going and mutating.
And they will hold the economy back form it's full potential and keep healthcare costs up.
L L wrote:
We are going to have to live with a certain percent of people that won't get vaccinated.
That's it.
It's shame because that chunk of people will keep the virus going and mutating.
And they will hold the economy back form it's full potential and keep healthcare costs up.
But but trump called COVID a hoax and Q said there are nanochips in those vaccines!
Flagpole wrote:
That is a conspiracy theory nonsense.
WEJO, DO AN IP CHECK, AND IF I AM THE SAME POSTER AS SALLY, BAN ME FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!
Well, you're not alone brother. Sally and Igy are convinced that I'm Gina simply because they are still way too butthurt about trump losing and can't take the heat from both of us.
Flagpole wrote:
Racket, PhD wrote:
Oh my God wait.
What if Flagpole was Sally Vix this whole time
That is a conspiracy theory nonsense.
WEJO, DO AN IP CHECK, AND IF I AM THE SAME POSTER AS SALLY, BAN ME FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!
Flagpole - we have had some donnybrooks here but a fair amount of your posts here are fairly well reasoned. Nice job on that.
Trollminator wrote:
L L wrote:
We are going to have to live with a certain percent of people that won't get vaccinated.
That's it.
It's shame because that chunk of people will keep the virus going and mutating.
And they will hold the economy back form it's full potential and keep healthcare costs up.
But but trump called COVID a hoax and Q said there are nanochips in those vaccines!
I've always wondered what, exactly, these nanochips are supposed to do.
Monkeys Skyping wrote:
Interesting take on how we got to the current skirmishes between the Republican Party and significant parts of Corporate America. John Quiggin is a liberal Australian economist and blogger.
On the one hand, corporations regularly run afoul of grievance politics, by taking initiatives seen as ‘woke’. On the other hand, the threat posed to constitutional government by the Republican party is now so obvious as to arouse corporate resistance. Corporations with a long-term view of their prospects correctly prefer to risk higher tax rates than to operate in a Trumpist banana republic.
https://johnquiggin.com/2021/04/26/republicans-and-the-end-of-hard-neoliberalism/
Regarding this quote: "XXX with a long-term view of their prospects correctly prefer to risk higher tax rates than to operate in a Trumpist banana republic."
Maybe I was naive, but pre-Trump, I never would have thought that roughly one-half of the United States WOULDN'T view Trump and Trumpism in this (rather obvious) way. What a sad and distasteful country we turned out to be.
