"(BillJohnson), you're legit the dumbest person on this site and that's impressive."

George Carlin had many memorable, brutal lines. One of my favorites was "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

And yes, A LOT of people fall into that group. Others fall into the 40th percentile. Others 30th, etc.

Still, there has to be a group in the bottom 10%...no matter how everything else works out.

BillJohnson is in that group. He was once told he was smart, but that was by the Navy Recruiter, who told EVERYONE WHO EVER APPLIED they were "smaaaaaart".

"He's probably never shopped at that kind of store."

But still. he knows what it feels like.

" Ok...fine. If one sales rep is working another area, another will gladly follow Trump around."

Now do one sales rep in two different areas at the same time.

Just admit: your own theory allows a sales rep to follow a potential commission into another area WITHOUT knowing a big spender was on his way.

Do you really believe the crap you post? No one else does, that's for sure.

" This was a high end dept store where it is common for sales people to get paid commission on top of a base salary."

Which doesn't change anything the former worker stated.

" Does that sound reasonable to believe it is true?"

That a worker responsible for multiple areas might've been following a large commission in a different area? Sure it does.

" The detail that immediately damaged her credibility with me many years ago when first read about this was her claim that they reached the lingerie floor of a major department store and "no one is present."

I heard a former worker at that store say sales folks had responsibilities for more than one area; it didn't surprise him at all.

But BillJohnson "feels" like that's not right, which (as we know) is all it takes.

"The agents involved in the shooting were not wearing body cameras..."

How convenient.

" that still leaves open the question of why Florida seems to be relying upon the old population growth rate?"

Easy answer: Politicians get to spend more.

"the 17 years of baby-boomer retirements"

Correction: 19 years. Baby boomers were born between 1946-1964. The youngest of them is eligible for Social Security this year.

"But recent data suggests that population growth may be slowing. ..."

That's because we're on the downslope of the 17 years of baby-boomer retirements. Hello?

"If Dems gain a majority in fhe House, I predict Mike Johnson will refuse to seat them"

RIP, America...I knew ye well.

Or at least thought I did.

"see? I don't know isn't acceptable. I'm a chump for saying I don't know."

The entity didn't exist...yesterday.

If that doesn't ring clear alarm bells, check your hearing; maybe too much sand in the ears.

" but is he really behind this business? Maybe. The only honest answer is I don't know."

The entity who got the contract didn't exist two months ago. Nobody ever heard of them until just now.

You'd have to be a chump not to see the fix is in.

You'd also have to believe there's a grift in this world Trump is willing to pass up.

"you can't look at this and say its normal Democrat politics, unless you can point to a time this has occurred before."

Thomas Eagleton on Line #1 for you.

Some military guy (Sargent?) on Line #2.

" ... in this term Trump had approved just 23 percent of disaster requests from states whose governor and two senators are Democrats, compared to approving 89 percent of requests from states with Republicans in those positions."

See? Everything's equal!
~Vernon (R), Spokesman for Republican Math

"Aid was denied (in Kansas) as well."

Your Governor has the wrong letter after her name.

Beshear never should've offered those two options.

Clearly, Mitch chose Shut Up.

"If you ask any son or daughter of the confederacy they will tell you just that. Them slaves were happy slaves."

About 20 years ago, the bride and I were at the Hermitage near Nashville. While in the welcoming center, the docent stated The Hermitage was "self-sustaining". The bride and I looked at each other with a Did you hear what I just heard? look.

It wasn't until we got to the furthest point away during our stroll around the property they even mentIoned the oh, say, 150 SLAVES.

"Memento Mori. Death is always just a breath away"

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
~Charles DeGaulle

Here's something I've never understood.

The bride and I were in NYC for Hurricane Sandy. Our host, who lived right off Columbus Circle, insisted we get a decent lunch (at Jean-George) before it hit. As we were headed there, I noticed a crane at, what I guessed was the 80-90th floor of a building under construction.

How TF was that going to survive the upcoming winds, I thought?

Sure enough, the front end of the storm hit while we were lunching, represented by winds where small things were flying by horizontally. As we were leaving, I looked up, and realized the crane was now broken and dangling on the OTHER side. I hoped neither my wife nor our host would notice. No luck. It scared TF out of my wife and, the moment we began to cross Columbus Circle to get back to his apartment, all hell kind of alarms broke loose. Multiple first-responders, all headed for the crane area...which was about 6 blocks over, and 4 blocks down.

We went out immediately afterward to stock up at a nearby grocery store, and by the time we got back, our street was blocked off. We talked our way in, because our host had ID he lived and taught there.

But that led me to wonder...

As of Tuesday evening, the prep work and staging have been completed and the installation of the temporary shoring is expected to begin soon, according to a city official.

I'll take Buildings I'll Never Live In for $1,600, Kenny.

" It would be a big assumption to think there may not be more to why they tracked him down"

Clearly, you're not paying enough attention. OF COURSE there's more to why. You just don't want to admit why.

Why?

" The full email. www.fire.org
Not even a hint of a threat"

If the guy had made a threat, that would've been in ICE's press release.

LHT will be making omelets for us all.

" Do you believe you saw the entirety of the email in question in this article posted?"

Probably not.

Is that the extent? Because it was not the entire email, whatever is missing somehow changes the central point?!?

What, exactly, do you believe is missing?

"I might agree if NPR hadn't cherry-picked the parts of his email they wanted us to read."

Huh?

What was left out that changes everything?

" Do government-run grocery stores fall under a rubric of Socialism/Communism?"

No more or less than a lending library or a park.

What about a food pantry? Socialism? Communism? Or just plain old humanity???