-Before Covid I was a frequent visitor to Vegas.

Hookers?

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That's action.

So, the other branches of the military aren't quite so stubborn?

why marines?

Why would the marines care about Trump?

-I hate to say hindsight is 20/20, but I knew this ---- was going to happen after 9/11

Interesting. I didn't connect this to 9/11 but I have agree with you.

I always associated the current status of local law enforcement with the war on drugs...meaning when law enforcement starting becoming a national priority. When "soft on crime" was to be a label avoided by anybody seeking federal office.

-Why are you now screaming about a problem you never mentioned when the President had an (R) after his name?

What do you say to people who consistently scream about this problem regardless of who occupies the WH?

I wish we had more actual fiscal conservatives and not phony partisan conservatives.

"Nor have dems done anything about the republican terrorists working in the same building as they do.
Why are terrorist insurrectionists going unprosecuted in congress?"

That's more bothsiderism than anything you've tried to blame on me.

"Corporations understand that democracy and capitalism go hand in hand, so if Republicans are going to keep trying to destroy democracy, corporate America will become their powerful enemy."

This is true although not everyone understands that. Rather, they believe what corporations want is usually if not always the opposite of what everyone one else wants.

And by "want" I'm referring to what corporations seek to gain by purchasing influence from folks like McConnell.

But understand corporations have the ability to walk across the hall to talk to the Democratic party. Democrats aren't anti-business and will work with corporations on most issues.

What confuses people is the belief that corporations are just like all other special interest groups such as unions, pro-minority groups, womens issues, abortion, etc...those groups are all pretty much dedicated to 1 party. Corporations are not beholden to 1 party in the same way...again, this confuses people into believing corporations have only 1 party to lobby.

McConnell has been receiving support from the business community his whole career....so I get why he is pushing the envelope with them.

but he'll back off when push comes to shove. He'll have no choice. It's not like the GOP is going to start a relationship with the groups I just mentioned.

-A sign of the coming boom, isn't it?

not necessarily. It's a sign of the current environment but it's a cycle that will reverse.

This has been going on for a while. Once supply catches up, the prices will fall.

Scratch that last sentence. That was way too harsh. My bad

The more I think about this I'm just laughing out loud about it

Over and over and over here I read "corporations are in charge" and " fascism" or "oligarchy". " Money and influence and politics gives all the power to the wealthy and corporations"

And then this happens Georgia and you guys all believe the opposite. The big boys didn't know what was going on or they didn't have time to react, etc. the legislature operated in defiance of them or something. LOL.

If you guys think the C suite of Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines didn't know exactly what was going on from the beginning, then you're just too goddamn dumb to be alive

Maybe things are completely different in Georgia but if the Kansas legislature started up a bill like this then I can assure you the largest employers in our state such as Koch industries and Cerner would have known all about it the minute it originated in committee.

There is simply no way those companies didn't know about this bill from the beginning. These companies have hundreds of people eyeballing everything that goes on at their state government(s).

And state legislators are extremely nervous about the impact of something they support or oppose on the largest employers in their state.

This whole notion of " oh well it happened too fast..." is complete ignorance of how things work or a cop out.

If anything, the recent Georgia thing proves the opposite.

That companies run by conservatives can do nothing while laws restricting voting access are passed, wait until it's law, then announce "bad bad bad.....we disagree" and get away with it.

What does Coca-cola or or Delta Airlines have to actually do now?

answer? nothing.

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You obviously have some education regarding the Civil War I wish I had. The most I've ever learned about it was watching the Ken Burns documentary on it.

The stench and legacy of slavery is not easily put behind us.

In an effort to keep this country unified, we have allowed the South to hold onto their traditions and symbols.

In 1865, did we think we'd still have -------- like this guy running around the Capitol building with that flag in 2021? Hard to imagine.

Even with the passage of civil rights, did we think 50 years later these symbols and rednecks would still be so plentiful?

I have no idea but the reality is that it's still a large presence and as we chip away at this tradition (removal of Confederate statues as an example) the rednecks are upping their game.

They are hell bent on keeping it all alive obviously.

"but everyday you try to paint the picture that Portland is some hell on Earth.... you are spreading lies and propaganda."

sucks, doesn't it?

I can appreciate the unfairness of it all coming from a place that's constantly being painted as hell on earth.

It's not.

They were identified and arrested after turning themselves in back in January. Long time before they indicted them.

I suppose there are good reasons for the wait. Maybe trying to squeeze any and all info out of them.

Good.

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I can't believe it took this long to be reported. I would have wagered that within a couple weeks after arresting most of them this would have happened.

#4

if that's the over/under....I'll take the under.

This is difficult to accept considering myself, my entire household, and 50 other people I can name fairly quickly all tested positive for COVID and I can't imagine a single one of us experiencing these disorders or at least as a result of having tested positive for COVID.

I'm not doubting it because I'm in no position to but I'm having trouble believing 1 in 3.

-More taxes for the government and more men competing for the same jobs, thus lowering their salaries. A win-win for the ultra rich.

I can see they (corporations/wealthy) were in favor of it for that reason.

But.....that's not who those women were listening to.....instead, they listened to the feminists.

Kind of ironic...the corporations and wealthy got the feminists to do their bidding........unknowingly of course.

sorry....I'm sure that wasn't the answer you were looking for.

-if top rates fall, yet the top 1% end up footing an even higher percentage of the overall tax bill, what can you conclude?

that the republicans will continue to complain the rich pay too much?

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Thanks, I appreciate your honesty.

Now...can you appreciate how impossible it is to discuss something with you, twin, gal, danforth, yav, AU, etc when snoofy, speak, and clown are constantly up my butt?

Short of plonking all of them, it's nearly impossible.

They leave you guys alone so you don't see it clearly.

Tell you what...next time this happens....I'll show you what it's like. For every post I make, there are 5 trolling responses from those guys...all lies.

-If your this cynical, then why are you here?

really? are you any less cynical?

Anybody else claim to be any less cynical?

This was in my inbox this morning.....