Political Posts

[Gregmal]

14 minutes ago, villainx said:

 

Did you feel a liberal art-ish major hinder or helped you professionally?  My thought process has always been let kids choose whatever they want to do, and if they have passion plus aptitude, things will work out.  But all this talk about AI making a lot of education a somewhat costly haphazard stepping point, not sure now.  Though who knows, my kids are still middle school level, so long way to go.

 

Originally I intended to go to law school and the top majors for lawyers were history and English so that’s why I majored in both. I ended up going a different route and the degrees weren’t totally helpful, but the truth is that most jobs nowadays, are more about who you know and at least out of the gate, having a “good enough” college name on your resume. There isn’t much I learned in school that I would say has been useful. Aptitude gets you there and then when you find something you like, ambition and a personal interest take over.

[adventurer]

5 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

Sounds a lot like all those idiots with the Russian/Trump Conspiracy theory or the clowns that bought the Hunter Laptop/CIA story.

 

You fit right in.

 

No worries, I got your back:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Dummies-Zegarelli/dp/0471799416/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RTCGXSM3Y2D1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xnUgzl5TzvKr80OjR1VaJZNKjMGzxlidHoS4b8HtrFIXkED0EHIsxNPRFO2BVf17c9gB3VDGwhgeXXUtg5anne_hCfI31J7tz7bFtW7d30gCYxN1Gyzoyfohggbv2RU_-uCH6GYZ74JZ6MNYnaSPUy2IShw_xBgI8T2CPO1otWM3TeDZIjKWzrhXX8dbHkQ_mvd3LxEDl6pTUnQXdcNjrTi4scHqjHBoJAT4A4aiNVY.wdMG2rsDqdNSrrXbvWnN_tvdELoSh0jQSnkfOCq_OnA&dib_tag=se&keywords=logic+for+dummies&qid=1750082663&sprefix=logic+for+dummies%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1

[cubsfan]

Turns out - shocking things happen with you deport criminal illegal aliens and enforce law and order - crime goes down.

 

Murder rates are plummeting. 

 

The current record low occurred in 2014 when the FBI reported a murder rate of 4.45 per 100,000.

 

The question is: why? Law enforcement matters, but it is probably also that Trump is deporting criminal illegal aliens.

 

Reducing crime isn’t rocket science. If you make it riskier for criminals to commit crime, you will get less crime. 

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/16/as-deportations-rise-the-u-s-is-on-track-for-the-lowest-murder-rate-on-record/

 

 

[cubsfan]

No matter your politics, these new numbers are shocking. Of the 7 million migrants that ICE released while their cases are being processed, 663,000 have criminal histories, 13,000 were convicted of homicide, 16,000 of sexual assault, and 1,845 face homicide charges.

 

[backtothebeach]

40 minutes ago, adventurer said:

No worries, I got your back:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Dummies-Zegarelli/dp/0471799416/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RTCGXSM3Y2D1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xnUgzl5TzvKr80OjR1VaJZNKjMGzxlidHoS4b8HtrFIXkED0EHIsxNPRFO2BVf17c9gB3VDGwhgeXXUtg5anne_hCfI31J7tz7bFtW7d30gCYxN1Gyzoyfohggbv2RU_-uCH6GYZ74JZ6MNYnaSPUy2IShw_xBgI8T2CPO1otWM3TeDZIjKWzrhXX8dbHkQ_mvd3LxEDl6pTUnQXdcNjrTi4scHqjHBoJAT4A4aiNVY.wdMG2rsDqdNSrrXbvWnN_tvdELoSh0jQSnkfOCq_OnA&dib_tag=se&keywords=logic+for+dummies&qid=1750082663&sprefix=logic+for+dummies%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1

 

Is there a book for "Pasting links for Dummies"?

 

Just kidding.

 

Whenever you see a ? in a link, everything after that is bullshit tracking stuff, not necessary. 
https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Dummies-Zegarelli/dp/0471799416/ref=sr_1_1

would have been enough.

[Buckeye]

2 hours ago, cubsfan said:

No matter your politics, these new numbers are shocking. Of the 7 million migrants that ICE released while their cases are being processed, 663,000 have criminal histories, 13,000 were convicted of homicide, 16,000 of sexual assault, and 1,845 face homicide charges.

 

Seeing as though most of the stuff you have recently posted in the politics section has turned out to be completely incorrect, why should  anyone believe this post? 

[Blake Hampton]

I saw somewhere that immigrants coming to the United States have, on average, higher rates of college education than Americans.

 

Anyone who labels a large group of humans as inherently evil should be completely ignored.

[Blake Hampton]

I feel like labeling a large group of humans as inherently evil is almost evil itself.

[RichardGibbons]

1 minute ago, Blake Hampton said:

I feel like labeling a large group of humans as inherently evil is almost evil itself.

 

I mean, yeah. No doubt.

[Red Lion]

3 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

I saw somewhere that immigrants coming to the United States have, on average, higher rates of college education than Americans.

 

If this is for legal immigration this would make total sense. I would be shocked if that includes undocumented immigrants, although I think it would be impossible to get accurate numbers on this. 

[RichardGibbons]

1 minute ago, RichardGibbons said:

 

I mean, yeah. No doubt.

 

Well, I should add "unless that group is all humans." If you think all humans are evil, then that's just a statement on the humanity. The issue is when you label a subgroup of humans.

[Blake Hampton]

2 minutes ago, Red Lion said:

If this is for legal immigration this would make total sense. I would be shocked if that includes undocumented immigrants, although I think it would be impossible to get accurate numbers on this. 

I don't want to find the source but I believe it was indeed for undocumented immigrants from Mexico. It was also in either the WSJ, NYT, or The Economist.

 

I think surveys for these people is generally easier than the whole court process. I don't think it would be crazy if the numbers were accurate.

[Blake Hampton]

I'm looking it up and can't find any good data on it.

So take it with a grain of salt; I might be wrong.

[John Hjorth]

6 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

I don't want to find the source but I believe it was indeed for undocumented immigrants from Mexico. It was also in either the WSJ, NYT, or The Economist. ... 

 

Blake [ @Blake Hampton ],

 

Or perhaps a YouTube video presentation by Steve Balmer?

[dwy000]

1 hour ago, Buckeye said:

Seeing as though most of the stuff you have recently posted in the politics section has turned out to be completely incorrect, why should  anyone believe this post? 

Posted from his new phone?

[Blake Hampton]

43 minutes ago, John Hjorth said:

Blake [ @Blake Hampton ],

 

Or perhaps a YouTube video presentation by Steve Balmer?

I haven't watched much of Steve Ballmer. I probably should though.

[John Hjorth]

9 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

I haven't watched much of Steve Ballmer. I probably should though.

 

Blake [ @Blake Hampton ],

 

YouTube : USAFacts [August 1^st 2024] : Just the Facts About US Immigration: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Numbers

 

 

Edited June 16, 2025 by John Hjorth

[changegonnacome]

Trump now getting into the mobile cell service and phone handset business

 

Seriously my Trump defenders on here - wtf?

 

 

Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone

https://www.theverge.com/news/687418/trump-mobile-network-t1-trademark-application

 

Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/687492/trump-mobile-phone-t1

 

I'll say one thing - Eric and Don are extremely busy young boys these days plundering the Presidency. I hope Donald is proud of them and tells them they are doing a "great job" everyday. 

 

[Marco Van Basten]

1 hour ago, Blake Hampton said:

I saw somewhere that immigrants coming to the United States have, on average, higher rates of college education than Americans.

 

Anyone who labels a large group of humans as inherently evil should be completely ignored.

Education does not necessarily mean anything.  I know dozens of immigrants from former USSR who came to this country with masters and PhD degrees, and yet never worked a day in their lives, all content to sit on the dole (welfare, Medicaid, section 8, food stamps, et all).  Why?  Because many came in their 50s, without knowing English, and the only jobs they could get would be menial jobs, and hence they felt they were better off on the dole. 

 

[gfp]

2 minutes ago, Marco Van Basten said:

Education does not necessarily mean anything.  I know dozens of immigrants from former USSR who came to this country with masters and PhD degrees, and yet never worked a day in their lives, all content to sit on the dole (welfare, Medicaid, section 8, food stamps, et all).  Why?  Because many came in their 50s, without knowing English, and the only jobs they could get would be menial jobs, and hence they felt they were better off on the dole. 

 

 

Are you @Dinar ?

[Blake Hampton]

27 minutes ago, changegonnacome said:

Trump now getting into the mobile cell service and phone handset business

 

Seriously my Trump defenders on here - wtf?

 

 

Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone

https://www.theverge.com/news/687418/trump-mobile-network-t1-trademark-application

 

Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/687492/trump-mobile-phone-t1

 

I'll say one thing - Eric and Don are extremely busy young boys these days plundering the Presidency. I hope Donald is proud of them and tells them they are doing a "great job" everyday. 

 

Is it bad I sorta want one?

I love the attention to detail: January 20th, 2025

 

Edited June 16, 2025 by Blake Hampton

[Gregmal]

1 hour ago, changegonnacome said:

Trump now getting into the mobile cell service and phone handset business

 

Seriously my Trump defenders on here - wtf?

 

 

Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone

https://www.theverge.com/news/687418/trump-mobile-network-t1-trademark-application

 

Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/687492/trump-mobile-phone-t1

 

I'll say one thing - Eric and Don are extremely busy young boys these days plundering the Presidency. I hope Donald is proud of them and tells them they are doing a "great job" everyday. 

 

Ive been saying for a long time that there should be complete bans on any outside investment or business activity for "public servants". It's the biggest crock of shit how everyone becomes a "public servant" to get rich. AOC was a freakin minimum wage bartender who is now flying in private jets. She is virtually inaccessible to the constituents she serves....and she's hardly an except, just an exceptionally striking example...but that behavior is the norm. If you want to be a public servant, you serve. You make a sacrifice. But until we take an absolute stand, we'll still get these bullshit half measures and work arounds and let our spouses trade stocks and our kids make all the money off the job.

Edited June 16, 2025 by Gregmal

[dwy000]

26 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Ive been saying for a long time that there should be complete bans on any outside investment or business activity for "public servants". It's the biggest crock of shit how everyone becomes a "public servant" to get rich. AOC was a freakin minimum wage bartender who is now flying in private jets. She is virtually inaccessible to the constituents she serves....and she's hardly an except, just an exceptionally striking example...but that behavior is the norm. If you want to be a public servant, you serve. You make a sacrifice. But until we take an absolute stand, we'll still get these bullshit half measures and work arounds and let our spouses trade stocks and our kids make all the money off the job.

AOC disclosures from earlier this year put her net assets at less than $50k with $15k of outstanding student debt.  If she's flying on private jets its someone else's dime because she doesnt seem to be personally getting rich. 

Edited June 16, 2025 by dwy000

[Gregmal]

4 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

AOC disclosures from earlier this year put her net assets at less than $50k with $15k of outstanding student debt.  Not sure where youre seeing her flying on private jets.

My god this stupid need to nitpick just to argue for “my team”…. Are we really going to argue someone like AOC hasn’t used her position to vastly improve her lifestyle and financial positioning? 
 

Anyway, here ya go

 

https://www.aol.com/news/eco-warriors-aoc-bernie-sanders-195259148.html

She obviously would’ve been a Met Gala invitee as well due to her great bartending skills…nothing to do with milking her public servant position!

 

Edited June 16, 2025 by Gregmal

[dwy000]

3 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

My god this stupid need to nitpick just to argue for “my team”…. Are we really going to argue someone like AOC hasn’t used her position to vastly improve her lifestyle and financial positioning? 
 

Anyway, here ya go

 

https://www.aol.com/news/eco-warriors-aoc-bernie-sanders-195259148.html

She obviously would’ve been a Met Gala invitee as well due to her great bartending skills…nothing to do with milking her public servant position!

 

She literally has to post her assets and net worth like every congress person.  Her net worth is under $50k.  There are lots of names you can point to who are milking the system to get personally wealthy but thats not one.