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I won't dispute your figures, but aren't we talking about two different things here? GDP is looking at a state's productivity, the other is looking at how well individuals living in a state share in that productivity. Or am I looking at this incorre…
"Old_Skeet is a Southern Democrat that voted for Trump in the last election and I paln (sic) to vote for him again in the upcoming election."
And Old Skeet should be truly inspired by these folks-
The white St. Louis couple who attracted national at…
Bipartisan Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Shared Campaign Info With Russia
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort passed internal Trump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate …
Wise up! Lowering taxes on the rich and ultra rich is guaranteed to raise production.
Absolutely incontrovertible. Proven time after time. "Trickle Down" works great too.
@Crash: Having watched the entire broadcast (via PBS) I will tell you flatly that the entire powerful theme of the presentation was inclusiveness. I completely disagree with the excessive weight that you are assigning to a common "religious" throw-a…
OK, good point. So how about we rate them on something a little easier to observe: understanding the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic and intelligent response thereto?
Would those be the same "well-run red states" that thought that they were immune from the coronavirus "hoax", and are now paying the price with the dead bodies of their citizens?
It would be helpful if we could confine our reporting sources to those of generally recognized credibility. There's already more than enough phony crap on the web without misusing MFO to generate even more.
@Crash: MikeM is absolutely correct. There is significant history with respect to the term "Southern Democrat", and it has little to do with those in the South who today register as "Democrats". You would need to go back to the days of Lyndon Johnso…
Rono said:
This year, there is a wrinkle called Covid-19. What you're seeing now is the strategic move of genocide of the people that are either of color or political persuasion to vote against the President. By forcing inner city residents to vote …
Hey, it's indisputable that lower taxes = better quality of life.
If, of course, you have enough individual wealth to be able to pay for everything that you might conceivably need in the way of health, housing, education, transportation and food.
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@David_Snowball
Hi David- it looks like the situation in Iowa is finally getting a bit of attention. This, from NPR:
'The Devastation Is Widespread.' Iowans Continue To Struggle Following Deadly Derecho
Thousands of Iowans are still coping with t…
@Old_Skeet: You are no more a Democrat than I am a Republican. As far as the "swamp" goes, you Republicans have had four years to drain it. Instead, you've poured so much filth into the "swamp" that it's now a stinking cesspool. At least swamps have…
I'm very curious as to exactly who in the Post Office is generating these warnings. If it's at the direction of the new Trump appointee, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, it would seem to be counter to Trump's best interests in that the warnings shoul…
"now all complicated by a jerk who cant tell a randomized controlled trial from a bimbo."
Q: In the above quote sma3 is referring to:
a) Putin
b) Trump
c) Both A and B are correct
Seems to me that if "deflection" is the name of the game it's pretty silly, because neither the USPS ball nor the coronavirus ball are at all shiny. Merely lurching from one fiasco to another and then back again doesn't seem like much of a strategy.
"And if you think Hydroxychoroquinine is useless, you re wrong."
Indeed, quite useful- just not for the present coronavirus. I'll put my money on Dr. Fauci and the doctors and scientists who agree with him on that one.
I'm with Anna. Even if Trump is dislodged it is going to take decades to cleanse the "system" of the filth that has been introduced. I'm not at all optimistic that can be accomplished... more likely, given human nature, the perversions that have bee…
The third disruptive trend is the transition from a degree-based talent pipeline to a skills-based talent pipeline. The idea that a college degree singularly prepares students for decades of work has long been outdated; instead, learning is a lifelo…
Crow while you can. Just remember in the back of your mind that those people who won't find new jobs, and won't be able to rent, and will barely be able to eat are the same people who have all of those automatic pistols and rifles. And those are als…
@davfor (and everyone): Note the small gear over at the top right of your posts. If you click on that, then click on "Edit", you can add to, delete from, or otherwise edit your posts. Very handy, as I frequently find that my first version leaves som…
And where exactly are all of our vaunted "checks and balances"? Evidently even the founding fathers, who thought that they had seen it all and tried their best to prevent the future destruction of their work, couldn't imagine all of this.
I really wonder who this "we" is that is having such a NICE recovery.
Would that be all of the people who have lost their employment? The people who are being thrown out of their homes into the streets? The small business owners who have lost their…
@Crash: As you are well aware, the great majority of the MFO posters share your perspective. Lowering yourself to the level of those who make ignorant comments such as the one above accomplishes nothing. If they had the ability to look up the actual…
My best guess is that it will prove out to be somewhat effective but that there will be side issues which will quickly render it relatively insignificant.
@WABAC- Yes, sir- I'd certainly agree with you on all of that also. So far I'm pretty happy with Mayor Breed. She seems competent and reasonably capable of keeping the ship afloat.
@WABAC
Well, since you asked- I believe that you've said it very well- I can't improve on "She didn't impress me when she was the DA in SF, or the AG for California. But it's not like she was a train wreck. She seems amiable, photogenic, and unlikel…
