"it is not the case that, at some terminal moment, all participants are left with literally nothing of value by definition. [fidelitydigitalassets](www.fidelitydigitalassets.com)"

Except only a limited number can be mined. When that last equation has come to its end...what's the value?

" Don't blame your failures on anyone but yourself."

What a riot.

Who lost the 2020 presidential election?

" People with family coverage in employer group plans saw accelerated rate increases after the ACA years ago."

What are you talking about?!? The ACA LOWERED the trajectory of medical inflation, which was running at FOUR TIMES the rate of inflation in the decade before ACA.

And let's not forget: even if the rates stay exactly the same from year to year ... your cost goes up.

Why? You're a year older and a year more expensive.

Policy ABC-123 doesn't have ONE price, it has 39 prices, depending on your age. A 54 yr old will always pay more than the 53 yr old, and always pay less than the 55 year old.

Rates always go up ... Because you always get older.

" those criticisms do not, by themselves, satisfy the formal definition of a Ponzi scheme"

Correct me if I'm wrong: At the END of the equation, no money is left.

"then blamed a staffer."

Who will never be named, of course.

Much like the "advice" Clearance Thomas got about reporting his "gift" of a ~$250K Recreational Vehicle.

I'd just agree, then name them Mango Mussolini Airport, and------------- Station.

Heck, you can even shorten the second to Rapistation.

"I watched it live and didn't hear any booing."

You realize whistling = Euro-Booing, right?

And you didn't hear the doubling in volume?!? Time for an audiologist, old man.

"Not a good look for Trump."
~Boaz

And what would your reaction be if the head was you?

The same?

"I'm sure Jeff is clutching his pearls over this."

If there's an over/under on how many states they'd find pieces of his exploded head had Obama done this...

I'll take the over.

"So a college football coach would be gone the next day."

Depends: are they located in Texas?

"21 percent aggregate inflation"

When you have to find a new measuring stick, you're using Republican Math.

Also, let's talk REAL numbers: For anyone who believes Biden's stimulus wasn't needed, and contributed to inflation (like I believe), keep in mind Trump campaigned on a 42% HIGHER stimulus.

Inflation would've been WORSE under Trump.

"At this point it feels less shocking..."

That's why they keep having you drink the Kool-Aid in sips.

"Could an employee be fired for this?"

Yes, if they have anything resembling an "actions which reflect upon..." section in the employment contract.

Or...if they're in a Right-To-Work (For-Less) state, where they can be fired for burping too loudly, or not loudly enough.

"All you need to know about Trump is how he treated his mentor, Roy Cohn, after he got AIDS."

Hell, all you have to know about Trump is Roy Cohn was his mentor. The guy is the historical bastard child of Hitler and The Devil.

Any surprise Trump matches all the hallmarks of the Anti-Christ?

"Trump's going to find those 11,781 votes if it kills him."

Let's hope!

Frankly, I've never been so disappointed in cholesterol.

"How do you know 100s of ballots are just sent to an address, and some one just votes with them?"

Because hundreds of ballots sent to one address would be suspect, true voters would report missing ballots, voters would report votes made in their name, and signature matches wouldn't match.

FFS, do you think somebody just shows up and asks for two dozen ballots?!?

"What is a "Universal mail-in" ballot? One without a chain of custody? "

"Of course not. They're serialized, water-marked, and embedded with identifying marks much like a dollar bill.

Only morons believe there is NO chain of custody.

"Hold on to your seat - I agree with you."

Do you also agree forcing in-person voting is easier to control than mail-in ballots?

" to insure only those qualified are voting."

Should it be made easier, or harder, for every qualified voter to cast every qualified vote?

"One who can say we need I.D. verification to vote."

ID verification is required to register.

Registering is required to vote.

Any additional barriers to voting will be additional barriers to voting. And demanding day-of, in-person is the easiest to suppress; more voters than all the vote fraud convictions in the history of the Heritage Foundation website.

" What Danforth was initially proposing is EVERY single voter receives a mail in ballot automatically without being requested."

No, I was pointing out how the mere act of registering is a proactive admission one would like to vote.

My bottom line is every legal voter should be able to cast their legal vote in the manner in which they choose, not the manner in which you choose for them.

And why?

Because the manner "allowed" by you is subject to suppression. A fact you've yet to address, ever.

"every election you need to register "

You're joking, right? Every local, municipal, county-wide, state-wide, and national?!?

Say it with me, suppressionists: An additional barrier to voting, won't be an additional barrier to voting!

"dan, my dear, my intent is to run jeff's troll threads"

Okay.

I'll unplonk, one of these days.

Be Well.

TH-

I usually like the intelligent posts you write.

I never enjoy the Turette's crap. It makes threads unreadable.

Please don't make folks plonk you. Get back to the thoughtful, intelligent stuff.

My two cents. And worth every penny.

"If not, how do you clean the rolls?"

Information on deaths, information on relocation, and periodic postcards of confirmation to non-voters.

And a sensible realization some folks only register to vote in major elections. Remember: a 7-yr cleanse chart means folks who miss ONE Presidential election can be excised, right before November.