" Dems are now: against removing taxes on tips an OT"

Why should one kind of work be taxed, while another worker's labor is mostly tax-free?

In a related set of questions ...

Is every hour I bill after 8 in a day, or 40 in a week tax-free? Because that means A LOT of tax free income, especially in March and April.

Also ... can I charge minimum wage for tax prep, solicit tips, and keep only the clients who are my best tippers?

" God can appoint a flawed leader if that's what He wants."

So God wanted Hitler?!?

If so ... that certainly explains Stephen Miller.

" Gaslighter, you are a math illiterate."

Pal, you just made a math claim where you were off by 100%. You showed you didn't even understand the concept.

Maybe you should educate yourself before denigrating others.

" But a 200% increase? Not likely."

Well, yes, VERY likely ... if he bought 3 instead of one.

So instead of 1 chance in ~14,000,000, it's three chances in 14 million.

Still not good, but ... .

"If you buy two lottery tickets your chances of winning are 200% higher than if you buy only one"

Sorry, math moron, but your chances of winning are only 100% higher. You'd have to buy three for it to be 200% higher.

But, take comfort: you were only off by 100%.

"Deliberately snubbing someone to send a message"

What if "the message" is: to date, no one can name three commandments Trump FOLLOWS.

Heck, no one can name TWO.

Subtle enough for you? Or should we post the 10 Cs, and you tell us which ones Trump embodies?

" Deliberately snubbing someone to send a message risks looking petty or self-righteous"

A Pope being righteous?!?

Stop the Presses!!!

" all she needed to do was touch the officers, and it would be assault."

That's incorrect, based on wording YOU posted.

Why did you leave out the salient word?!?

I did a stage show with George about a half-dozen years ago. He was a good guy, and funny, but felt he was a bit trapped by family members (offspring)) expecting similar income to Cheers.

He also HATED people calling him "Norm". Every night at curtain call, yells of "Noorrrrm" would ring out ...

... and George would wince. Every time.

"It's poison that needs an outlet."

If that's true, there would clearly be multiple studies showing higher mortality rates and shortened life spans in fluoridated areas.

Link away; as it stands, the claim doesn't pass the smell test.

"in 2010 (non-Kubrick sequel) its revealed that none of it was HAL's fault."

"That's exactly what I wanted you to believe, Dave..."

"...presents to take home to his children."

Unfortunately, it was individual copies of The Ten Commandments, which America IMMEDIATELY condemned as an insult to President Trump!

"Didn't the Pope hold a private 45-minute meeting with Vance and Marco Rubio the next day?"

Sure. The next day.

BTW, is ranking the order of visitors important, like in America? You know, how it's symbolic WHERE the President visits first...?

Or does it not matter, for (R)easons?

Our future ...

"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

And then Hal will eliminate Dave.

Because HE'S SEEN THE MOVIE!!!

This tax bill has $7.7 TRILLION of either new or renewed tax cuts. Plus interest, of course.

All while running a deficit budget.

The reason it ONLY increases the debt by $5.3 trillion (plus interest, of course), are the trillions of dollars of services slashed.

Life will be made harder for the poorest and least powerful. All so we can borrow more trillions and trillions to mostly give away in tax cuts to the world's wealthiest 1%.

I'll also note the one thing I DO like, and that's the ability for business owners to expense more, quicker. If the goal is to encourage and strengthen domestic manufacturing, that's at least consistent.

"If that was a snub, it says more about the Pope"

Yes, it says he has taste and discretion. And America is, once again, looking like a fool. Other countries sent their leaders: "Leo met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra".

America sent the second team. Rather insulting to the Pope.

"Remember when Bellringer posted Censorship threads every other day under Biden? He's awfully quiet now"

You can add Corruption to that list.

And Free Speech.

And the Constitution, including Rights and Limitations..

And the Weaponization of the DOJ.

And Profligate Spending.

And the Competence of the Current President.

Awfully quiet.

" It's hard to take moral advice on sex and reproduction from someone who's never experienced either."

Or, as the locals put it:

You no a-playin' da game, you no make-a da rules.

"Liberals are quick to defend the US Constitutional rights"

True.

While Republicans just pretend, until they can find some group to cheerfully deny.

" I want tariffs. Countries should pay for access to our consumer market"

Countries don't pay tariffs.

Americans pay the tariffs. That's why folks like Walmart will HAVE TO raise their prices.

Anyone who believes China is paying the tariffs is a moron, including Trump.

Tariffs are taxes. Period, full stop.

" Along with the emotional toll, Smith's relatives are dealing with the financial burden of keeping their daughter on life support."

You've gotta be kidding me.

I'd send all bills to those responsible. If the State is making the decisions, the state should foot the bill.

With Authority comes Responsibility.

"Trump ... said the company, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, should sacrifice its profits for the sake of his economic agenda"

Every single Republican head would've EXPLODED had Obama or Biden made this statement.

Meanwhile, folks like Pam Bondi and EmptyG are engaged in insider trading, in plain sight, and every Republican here is dead silent.

"Maybe so, but it was Musk and Vance who spouted that 40% figure. Read the article."

And that's what scares me more: this doesn't pass the smell test, and they either have horrible advisors who don't know better, or are afraid to speak truth to power. It's more likely Trump and Vance know the truth, but choose to lie.

None of those options are good for America.

Since they both repeated the "eating the dogs, eating the cats" lie after it was debunked, I'd guess the latter.

"YOU voted for a corpse."

Unless Kamala Harris is dead, you're lying. Must be a day ending in "Y".

Why are so afraid of sticking to the truth???

"As long as he's assigning positions to me that I haven't taken"

You crapped on the guy denied Due Process.

I'm not assigning ANYTHING you haven't done. Misrepresentation, Obfuscation, and Lying to lie is ALL YOU.