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a year ago
Keep an eye on Vivek Ramaswamy. He is the future of the conservative movement. While the geriatrics are fighting it out, he is quickly building a young and diverse group of followers. He will soon be polling in the second spot after Trump. If the Dems manage to knock Trump out with their legal tricks, Vivek will be the nominee.
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a year ago
“Huh, the issue is taking classified documents and obstructing efforts to return them when requested. Only Trump did that as far as I know.”
Only Biden demanded a former President return the documents he legally took for his personal use and future library.
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a year ago
“The prosecutor testified to this under oath to congress”
And, after the whistleblowers came forward, he sent a letter to Congress “ correcting” that testimony.
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a year ago
“^ I don’t know, how many ex presidents have intentionally kept classified documents and refused to return them”
Barack Obama
George W Bush
Bill Clinton ( and his wife )
George H W Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Etc
They all have Presidential Libraries
discussion comment
a year ago
Evidence was given that the DOJ interfered with the prosecutor constantly. Denying his ability to pursue leads, interview witnesses, or pursue cases outside of Delaware.
In spite of those limits, the team of investigators and prosecutors recommended a dozen felony charges of tax evasion. Those were finally ignored with a couple misdemeanor charges negotiated with no jail time.
How many of us could skate on well documented cases of failing to pay taxes on $17 million of undeclared income ?
discussion comment
a year ago
I watched some of the IRS whistleblower hearing today. They had Hunter nailed on $17 million he got from China going back to 2014 and didn’t pay taxes on. Something like a thousand pages of documents proving it.
The DOJ sat on their recommendations until the statute of limitations ran out.
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a year ago
Given their track record, I would never invest in a Hollywood studio. They spend hundreds of millions to make a movie that the average person on the street knows will be failures.
Same with streaming services. The business model worked when it was just Netflix. Now that they’re a half dozen services, none of them can draw the subscribers to make a profit.
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a year ago
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ilbbaicnlKeep it in my pants when I do OTC. If I were a stripper it would stand for I like big bucks and I can not lie.
A friend of ours retired as CEO of a company. He used his free time to help his wife understand how she might more effectively do housework. She did not appreciate his input.
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a year ago
In an attempt to understand how $5 Trillion of CoVid relief funds, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee formed by Congress tracked $2.65 billion of pandemic relief funding to six communities. The report found that "data gaps make it difficult for taxpayers to know how much money their community received and for what purposes."
The federal government spent $5 Trillion of your tax dollars and has no idea how that money was used or who got it.
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a year ago
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ilbbaicnlKeep it in my pants when I do OTC. If I were a stripper it would stand for I like big bucks and I can not lie.
If she took a classes in statistics and logic, she might get a better job.
Some older people at one table in one restaurant didn’t organize their dishes the way I prefer
Therefore, all older people suck and my generation is morally superior.
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a year ago
“Democrats are still pretty riled up by Roe. “
The end of Roe threw the abortion decision back to the states, it didn’t end abortions. Red states put more restrictions on late term abortions, but most didn’t ban it. Blue states didn’t change.
By 2024, abortion won’t be in the top 5 issues for voters.
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a year ago
The one issue that reveals the corruption of both parties is Ukraine. Donors to both parties are making billions off the war. Ukraine and Russia are both corrupt, run by kleptocrats. The battle lines aren’t budging while cities are leveled and thousands are dying. Despite the rhetoric, no one has defined what the mission is, or shown a path to victory.
The American President, no matter who it is, could end the war in 24 hours using the leverage we have. Tell Zelensky and Putin to declare a truce, or else.
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a year ago
In 2020, Joe Biden, campaigning from his basement, got 15,000,000 more votes than Barack Obama got in his two campaigns. That alone should signal something suspicious about the validity of the election.
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a year ago
In Phoenix, we had long lines in Republican precincts in 2022 because a mysterious pair of technicians recalibrated the ballot printers hours before the polls opened, making them unreadable. Huge lines. Ballots not counted. Over 100,000 ballots affected in heavily Republican precincts.
Also, 80,000 mail in ballots were signature checked late at night, in private, at a rate of 2 seconds per ballot. Most of the “signatures” were scribbles looking nothing like a signature.
Democrat Sec of State, who ran the election, refused to cooperate with the investigation. She was elected Governor by 10,000 votes.
Democrat judge refused to hear most of the complaints.
discussion comment
a year ago
Just a guess. The employees know the clubs don’t have much time left before the cartel shuts them down. They are trying to put as much money in their pocket while they still can.
discussion comment
a year ago
The Sopranos showed us the depth of thought used by organized crime:
“ Fuck you. Give me Money”
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a year ago
Tucker interviewed many of the Republican candidates today. Pence, Scott, and Haley all did badly. Especially Pence. Vivek did really well.
discussion comment
a year ago
Stick with favorite clubs and favorite dancers. No surprises. Proven service.
If you do stumble across a dancer who over counts, let her know it’s different than your count, then pay what she says. It’s just the cost of doing business.
Alternatively, just announce how many dances you want before she begins.
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a year ago
The Candy Store ( now Venom ) in Tucson was like that around 2000-2005. Big open VIP where anything goes. Dancers would talk with each other while they “danced”. Waitress would serve drinks no matter what was going on. Good times.
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a year ago
I had an ancestor who was police chief and he had a reputation for doing the same thing. It’s a narcissist/control thing.
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a year ago
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gammanu95My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
I used to have battles with someone I consider a toxic troll. These battles accomplished nothing, other than to raise my blood pressure and waste my time.
When I put that person on ignore/mute, life got more pleasant.
My advice is to disengage.
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a year ago
If I owned one of these clubs, I’d move my operations to Cabo, an area less involved with cartels.
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a year ago
This was inevitable. Businesses making tons of cash in an area controlled by the cartels.
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a year ago
If you think the world has changed in the last 50 years, consider what the next 20 will reveal.
Tesla is building the Optimus humanoid robot. It is already being used on their factory floor for very simple tasks, like stacking parts.
Tesla is also building the most powerful computer in the world, called DOJO. It will be linked to these robots and use Artificial Intelligence to train them to do ever more complex tasks.
At first, these robots will do jobs that are repetitive and/or dangerous. They only cost $10,000-$15,000 to make ( though they will sell for more ) and, unlike humans they replace, they can work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Economically, it will be a no-brainer to replace every human as soon as a robot can do the task.
Eventually, as the AI becomes more powerful, these robots will be in every home. I’m guessing 2040, or thereabouts, when this is commonplace.
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a year ago
I’m not suggesting we
“flooding your country with foreign-born Third Worlders with no connection to the host culture is a justifiable “
As I said earlier
“The solution is to stop illegal immigration and be selective in who we bring in. Engineers. Entrepreneurs with capital. Young people. English speakers. People who are willing to embrace a culture of family and hard work.“