From the river to the sea, baby.

This chick MUSTV be a progressive heroine.

"You are seeing a whole team of therapists, aren't you?"

The only thing Earthmuse is seeing is a bottle. This individual seems to relish in their ignorance.

"Trickle down economics. Cutting taxes for the wealthy does NOT increase tax revenues, nor does the increased revenue received by the wealthy reach the lower rungs of society - which is the crux of the trickle down argument in the first place."

You're an adorably ignorant little scamp.

The Reagan Tax cuts did a few significant things. First, it increased the percentage of the tax burden that was being carried by high income earners. It also reduced the burden on lower income earners. It also, literally resulted in increased tax revenues.

If Reagan had had a (D) behind his name, you'd be celebrating him as a champion of progressive economic policy.

...or maybe not. Government control of the distribution of wealth has always been a cornerstone of progressive policy. Just because the distribution was progressive in nature does not mean it was done so under the control of a progressive administration.

Maybe it's not the outcome that is important to progressives, but rather the processes that lead to the outcome.

#54

What does any of that have to do with pricing? If a grocery store is selling a product for $n, but the market value is greater than $n, then someone is going to make money on that delta. Does it piss you off that someone might make money this way, or just the grocery stores?

"If Kroger is only able to maintain a 2% margin, as your current alias asserts without reference (quelle surprise), what does that say about the management of Kroger?"

It's the industry writ large. I posted something on this a few weeks ago IRT Harri's price-gouging control plan.

2% is actually really good. Most grocery stores range ~1.5%. They're basically dealing with commodities, so they don't have much room for product differentiation. The exceptions being chains like Whole Foods or Trader Joes.

"Yup, Kroger can, and apparently did, raise their prices to and even past the point of greedflation. Which is why the FTC is looking out for consumers, and trying to block Kroger from getting even more of a footprint across the Country and subjecting more consumer to their apparent price gouging policies."

Dude, I really like you. I just wish you knew economics.

There is no such thing as "greedflation." Not really. I could "gouge" my employer and tell them that they needed to pay three times my going salary if they wanted my labor. Who knows...maybe they would. But far more likely is they would not buy my labor, and instead buy it from someone who is charging less.

It's the same with grocery stores. And more accurately, it's the same with commodities.

Whole Foods charges far more than Kroger. FAR, FAR more. Should they be regulated under the same concept as well?

"Is that what they call posts that tell people they should use dangerous chemicals to fight of avoid Covid?"

I wouldn't call it that.

Do you think that's what Musk is referring to when he references "humor and satire?"

Smoking and drinking is what one German doctor recommended. Not sure if it was intended as satire or not, but it would seem that if smoking were bad for a human, it would be just as bad for a virus.

And history has already shown us that the responses of many governments to the COVID pandemic was extreme and unnecessary.

"He was ecstatic Musk said what he wanted to hear."

I was glad to hear him admit that A) the government had pressured him on what his media platform should publish, and B), he regretting having been part of it.

"You actually fell for it?!?"

Fell for what?

Zuckerberg's admission that he gave in to government pressure? To censor those things which the government did not want propagated?

Yup.

Fell for it.

Just curious, should Facebook suppress humor and satire focused on the North Korean regime? How about Syria? Russia?

If not, why?

"It's called a global pandemic and was a National Emergency with thousands of Americans dying every day."

Yeah. So you suppress humor and satire.

You'd have a made a great puppet. Too bad you weren't born in somewhere like North Korea or Hoxha's Albania. In those countries, citizens were expected to respect and show deference to the government...and report on those who did not.

Zuckerberg was free to censor whatever he felt like censoring. I'm glad he regrets his decision.

When a government is pressuring an organization to suppress humor and satire, you know it is there is something sinister afoot.

#2

Go to Pope Yes Chicken.

I'm not a cal-counter by any stretch, but 3k+ calories for one meal is a bit excessive even for me.

What a bunch of -------. The DoJ is suing because landlords are using an app to help them determine real market value?

You gotta be ------- -------- me.

I have to wonder, would the DoJ sue someone using Keely Blue Book in order to determine the real market value for their car?

Progressives are so retarded.

"You want to get into it? Bring it with real-life examples."

You already mentioned some of it. DEI? Utter steaming --------. Paying off student loans for those who majored in hobbies? More --------. Tax the rich? more --------. Social Justice-whatever that means? More --------.

A lot of progressives are just left-wing versions of Trump. Simple-minded, authoritarians who want to use the federal government to enforce polices that result in a desired ideological outcome-regardless of the views of the people.

As I said, I won't be voting for Trump. Maybe I'll vote for Harris. So far, her left-leaning positions seem to be so untenable that they could never be implemented. Which is OK...it placates the mouth breathers who want to hear her say those things. And she has vocalized her commitment to Israel over the Islamic Resistance, which definitely scores points with me, although I'm sure team Kaffiyeh is not happy.

"And yes. We are better."

Nope.

You're not.

You're just not the closest wolf to the sled.

More than needed?

Prices are a function of relative demand vs. supply.

If Kroger could double or triple the prices of eggs and milk, it would be well within their rights to do so. Those are commodities. easily replaceable.

#5

But it's cool when your side does it, no?

I don't recall Trumpers taking over college campuses across the country.

I can't stand Trump. I think most of his followers are idiots.

But don't think for a second that you're any better.

RFKJr is just too interesting...

I once found a huge whale vertebra on a middle-of-nowhere beach on the Sea of Cortez. It was the size of a tree stump.

I wanted to bring it home with me, but it smelled awful.

"Lot of theories why people have remained quiet. Mostly peer pressure and the fact you are risking your life."

Peer pressure from whom?

Is there some sort of global cabal dedicated to keeping the existence of extraterrestrial life hidden from the public?

Years ago, there was a SAP covering Russian jets being flown out of Tonapah, and air base out in Nevada. One of the things they used the jets for was basic fighter maneuvering. The students were told that if they mentioned what they encountered during that sortie, they would disappear. Yet, pretty much every student who took off to fly against a MiG sorta knew exactly what they were going to be doing, even before being briefed. And no, they wouldn't have disappeared if they had talked about it, but it probasbly would have resulted in their clearances being permanently revoked.

One of my former instructors was a dude names Gail Peck. He was the commander of the squadron up in Tonopah back in the 1970s and 80s. He wrote a book on the whole thing.

What's going on in the US???

People really want to move to Toldeo, Ohio or St. Louis, Missouri?

Gross.

My $.02...I've worked in Special Access Programs for a long, long time. Most of them require briefing in hundreds, even thousands of people just on the support side. The people who pay for it. The people who do physical security. The on-site secretaries who keep stuff going. In some cases, the people who work at the cafeteria, or gym, or other facilities.

It works because most of the super-secret stuff is also super boring. I have to imagine that being the dude to reveal a UFO or alien corpse would be something that not many people could pass up.

I think Humtake hacked Lamplighter's account:)

Even with the close allies like AUS and GBR, going to work directly for those governments can be a headache. For a while the Aussies were recruiting aviators from the US to operate thier F-18s. Especially WSOs. But you had to become an Aussie citizen, which as a general rule would preclude any additional ability to hold a security clearance in the US higher than Secret.