Retired college prof, introvert, married 51 yrs & living in north woods of WI. Democrat since 1972.
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How is “economic productivity” measured, that is quantified in order to determine whether or not a person is treated or left to die? So children, infants, or ppl who have cancer or chronic disease of any sort go into the circular file? Chronic disease is not always a choice. Period.
It must be easy to find a body double: old, decrepit, wears hat, & no closeup photos/videos allowed. The lack of orange bronzer is also apparent. The fact that he doesn’t face the audience waving is another tell. Probably not Trump, usually photographed waving to a nonexistent crowd for PR.
The overall damage from these 3=greater than the sum. A destructive self-reinforcing system. It’s called synergism. One strategy reinforces another strategy & here there are 3 mutually supporting each other. So my answer is all 3, taken together=synergy in the worst way. Removing 1 doesn’t stop it
So does this mean he is in hospice care?
Citizens United made excessive lobbying legal. No more under the table bribery, it’s all in plain sight. Because corporations=ppl, but some ppl can pay more to their Congress persons or regime to get what they want. Voters not so much.
I remember the days when women were fired for getting pregnant. (I’m 77). HIPAA says medical info is confidential, so how would an employer know a woman had an abortion? Or is the suspicion of abortion cause enough for firing? It’s all about control. Always has been, same words, different tune.
It’s called wyt meritocracy where the most important criterion is integumentary pigmentation, or lack thereof. Wyt has a score of 50, everything else 0.5.
Most ppl have no idea of economic policy, cause/effects, statistics. Heck they don’t even know how to file their taxes! So, rather than rely on scholarly experts who are knowledgeable, let’s just have ppl with high school diplomas provide input! Economics has no from for conspiracy theories.
Ms. Leavitt, sorry to say, prayer doesn’t have the power to bring back lives of those kids. You’re a fool if you think only prayer does that when we humans have the free will & power to change our gun laws to protect these innocents. To say that all we can offer is prayer is cruel & insensitive.
Does he mean a wearable that records everywhere you go, menstrual periods, body temp, sleep tracking, sexual activity, mood, etc. Nope. I have a fitbit (owned by Google) which I will ditch in a heartbeat if I don’t have control over my data & who is accessing it. Deleted 23&Me data for same reason.
Someone should tell Trump his golf courses in Scotland will be cold & dry if the Gulf Stream slows/shuts down. No one can play golf in parkas on bare ground. Climates world-wide will be worse than they are now. There will be few places where the wealthy can locate save enclaves & be able to eat.
What gives? Disney vacations, hyped on family TV (ABC especially), sets up expectations for children that see the ‘magic’ & disappointments when parents say ‘too expensive, we can’t afford it.’ Wonder if cruelty is the point. Expect more of this as the ‘elites’ make this a thing.
Private Corporations’ first priority is PROFIT. Profit for the investors, shareholders, CEOs & other administrators (who get salaries up in the ozone). That’s why costs are higher w/ fewer services, the customer is the lowest rung on the ladder who gets trickled on…
As the playground taunt goes… DJT, who died and made you king? Just like George III, only worse.
It’s useful, tho, not addicted to an adrenaline rush. Maybe a survival behavioral strategy. And it eliminates the need to visit certain tourist destinations: Space Needle, CN Tower, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Gateway Arch… And sky-diving, bungee jumping, kite-surfing, Ferris wheel…
You can expect the destruction of middle class. There will be only elites($$) & the rest of us. Gilded Age 2.0
My idea of hell. On a traditional fire escape, w/ steel bars I can see thru to the ground, for some irrational reason, I fear I could slip between them. Like a Wiley coyote standing on one & then going thru it like a paper shredder, strips fluttering on the way down to the bottom of the canyon.
Toxic men will say “fake news.” Never mind that women find men helping out ‘sexy.’ But men, I guess, would rather be toxic than sexy. Wonder why?
Air tram, transparent viewing platforms (Willis Tower in Chicago), are my worst nightmares. My hubs & kids were on the Willis Tower platforms. I stayed back, fingernails digging into the wall behind me. Used to bow hunt from a climbing platform, stopped climbing at 6ft off the ground. Deer laughed.
When I was a kid (I’m 77 now), the neighbor kids took me to the landing (10-12 ft off the ground) of a school fire escape. I could not move. My dad, looking for me bc I was late for supper, found me. Even aerial views on TV makes my tummy lurch. It’s that bad.
I was blocked. Why? Somebody tell me what rules I broke?
Windows 3.1, released April 1992. We ran Word, Excel PowerPoint, & Access on W3.1, replication workaround involved simply copying installed files from one computer to another. W95 & W98 ended that, something something about a license.
So, the south-facing side stays cooler (not black) and then there’s the desert nights when both sides cool off. Performative pseudoscience with Noem cosplaying a vertical linear graffiti artist.
His only cardio is getting upstairs from Mom’s basement, where he lives. Pizza roll delivery courtesy of his caretaker (Mom) who also does his laundry.
How about 58x30? 52x30 is being kind, not real.
Knowing donnie, it will be fake, like his assassination attempt in Butler PA.
Uh, Hitler committed suicide once he knew the end was near. Soviets came from the east & allies from the west & south. Japan surrendered only after 2 nuclear bombs dropped on major cities. No major negotiations that I know of except between the victors of these wars, not the losers. JD lies.
I just saw the Sept/Oct issue of Discover Magazine. There is quite an article about the Neanderthal adaptations persisting in modern humans today.
Wonder if Dr Oz has anything to do with those Medicare spam calls from India using spoofed caller IDs in our area code? We get at least 8-10 a day. /s/
She should have been asked to define “behaving inappropriately.” Given her line of work, not behaving inappropriately carries a lot of water under the bridge… After all, she worked very hard at all of that grooming & unspoken nuances matter.
Fascinating! Are you unafraid of heights? 23andMe says not, but I am. LOL.
I don’t know, but that looks like a skull belonging to an ape, not Neanderthal. Disclaimer: According to 23andMe, only about 25% of their clients have more Neanderthal genes than me.
EmptyG, how many bridges have you bought recently? Asking for someone who wants to sell one….
The answer is: ding ding ding… Slaves could not ‘just leave’ bc they were not free to leave. They were property of their enslaver; if they left, they were committing the crime of stealing themselves. Grand Theft Auto…er Auto Grand Theft, if it were.
40 yrs ago & for 17 yrs, I worked at a small private college w/ the dubious distinction of having the lowest paid assistant professors in the US, according to USA News. Being place-bound, I sucked it up & worked for insurance, & tuition exchange benefit for our kids when they would go to college.
I save *all* of my receipts from grocery stores. Not only are the prices higher now, there has been shrinkflation. So for the higher price, you get less… Buying only the essentials & recipes are getting much simpler. Also eating out less, those costs have not come down…at all.
Oklahoma will soon seem like Afghanistan after the Taliban took over, only in OK, yt girls are allowed to attend school so that they too can be indoctrinated…to marry young & have a baby every year. Why would any teacher w/a brain want to go to Oklahoma? The pay can’t be that good…
And we all know that the Nobel Prize in Economics is so far out of reach for him…. I think the Committee will outrightly reject his paper, “Tariffs Make Us Rich” as fake economics.
The republican politicians can try to ‘sell’ the BBB, But the ppl aren’t buying what they’re trying to sell… Read the room…maybe that’s why ppl are booing them off the stage…
It’s amazing that Trump said he graduated from business school yet be so clueless about economics. His theories of tariffs…unbelievable! But that’s what happens when surrounded by syncopates rather than experts.
And especially if you control when to stop counting…
Agree entirely. The Apprentice was performative fantasy. I wish this program had never aired because many ppl based their perceptions on the fictional brand that he promoted. Like who could possibly bankrupt a casino?
Culling the herd is not the same as letting disease run rampant thru the population & only those that survive=superior immune systems. Trouble is, immunity to specific pathogens isn’t transferred genetically. Also sequela may weaken those who survive a devastating epidemic, wh/ is counterproductive.
Lysenko was able to rise to the head of science in Stalin’s USSR because Lysenko’s theories based on acquired inheritance was consistent with soviet ideals that wheat could be made stronger by planting in less than ideal conditions. The seeds rotted. Ppl starved.
*bolted, not booted. Predictive text fail…
The only thing this POTUS understands is commercial real estate and deal-making on said real estate…of course in the self-interest of Trump Org.
License Plate??! He doesn’t know the difference between a Driver’s License (photo ID) and that metal rectangle booted to the bumper of his car called a License Plate? Try and sanewash this one, MAGAts.
So Putin is giving Trump helpful hints about how to rig an election. After all, Putin & other autocrats are experts at manipulating the ballot box.
There is a distinction betw voting machines & ballot tabulating machines. W/ ballot tabulating machines, paper ballots are inserted into the machine wh/ reads & tabulates vote counts. Paper ballots available for audits, paper trail. Many companies, incl/ Dominion, do ballot tabulating machines.
Only $67M?? Punitive damages are supposed to be punitive, supposed to ‘hurt.’ A slap on the wrist doesn’t hurt much…
Make that a teflon criminal…nothing sticks. Make that 3 generations of grifters, teflon must be genetic.
And this week, watch the stock market crater as investors no longer have stats they trust on which they can base decisions. The market has always been a calculated balance between risk & reward. Little Ppl can lose retirement funds, & top 1% won’t feel pain bc they have offshore stashes.
Yeah, like unemployment has gone down 1500% I’d like to know what methodology is unreliable that needs to be changed to generate stats (using this term loosely) that are consistent with Trump’s agenda.
Doesn’t matter, 1st Amendment is 1st Amendment.
SCOTUS has ruled that ppl cannot be forced to participation in the Pledge of Allegiance or religious prayer in pubic places. The 1st Amendment is just as important as the 2nd Amendment, even in Texas.
Just take them to the edge of the flat earth & a giant cat will push them off…
And yet, Daddy campaigned on “Lock Her Up” when Hillary used her own server… How can they be so rich being so dumb…
So, are they bringing guns to a sub fight?
Journalists should follow the $$. Bannon & Rachel Mercer are the usual culprits. In the past they have supported Italy’s populists. Tech bros might also be involved.
77yrs old & just under 5 ft tall. I’ve dealt with this most of my life. Only the last few decades, however, big box stores, expecting the customer to fill their cart, have taller shelving, no ladders, & few associates to assist. Murphy’s Law: what you want is on the top shelf. Always.
The whyt supremacists never left the govt. They just went underground until it was OK to act again. Tried to during Jim Crow, fought segregation tooth & nail, split off Protestant churches in “Southern [insert denomination here]. Yearning for the plantations again… All they needed was racist Trump.
Did Hagerty learn this in Constitutional Law in Law School? I doubt it. Talk about revisionism. Article 1, Section 2 states that all ppl, including non-citizens, are to be counted in the Census. Modified by 14 A, removing the fractional for slaves.
Does anyone have a credible source that Columbus really wrote this, since 1492 didn’t have audio or video media? It would only be in documents written by his own hand in his own language.
Even if they live there? Is this how it works?
Will RFKJr announce that manly men go the the Lake of the Ozark's, swim & ski, for immunity? I just hope he doesn’t take his grandkids there like he did with the sewage filled creek…
Qualified Immunity may shield LEOs but not the military deployed domestically, I would hope. Military trained for urban warfare in other countries, not in the US. Like, who is the enemy? Our own ppl? Some of them exercising their 1st Amendment Rights? Or existing while black or brown?
Modem AT command line? ATDP or ATDT?
Our road had the last copper from the small village 5 miles away. A neighbor & I circulated petition w/32 households signing. Nope. 10+ yrs later we got broadband after $$ from grants.
Until 5 years ago, all we had was dial-up (old copper lines at 24K max) or spendy satellite internet. Rural access means you use what you can afford or get…
Wait a minute…now he is dictating state and local courts to end no-cash bail? How does this fit with Amendment 10?
You can’t sue someone bc of his opinions abt the stock market or other economic issues. The BEST MARKET in HISTOY [sic] always carries a risk wh/ ppl make their own decisions based on doing their research. Ever hear of a stock market bubble? Just bc it’s high now is no guarantee it stays high.
Not to mention those who stayed home and did not vote, just like in 2016.
Wonder if it’s a plan to depopulate the earth… Or forcing the Rapture… Or testing the [flawed] hypothesis that MAGA/MAHA ppl have superior genes to survive this sh*t… That’s what Trump tried to do with Covid-19, withholding PPE from Blue States..
Ok, how much did the Flat Earthers pay Trump for destroying these satellites? Are they in cahoots with the Climate Change deniers who already have Trump’s ear? The ear that wasn’t allegedly shot?
Mending is not relaxing when there is a pile of it. Also, she is using a treadle machine which means she is powering the machine, not the sprockets and chains of her husband and son who, literally and figuratively, are taking her for a ride…
‘Alleged’ is used in speaking/writing because evidence & conviction have not yet occurred. ‘Alleged’ is a legal shield to avoid lawsuits claiming libel or slander. You will see this word often bc in the US a person is innocent until proven guilty.
Let’s do a word association game: Extreme Makeover, spray painted kitsch edition Wh*rehouse design Best Little Wh*rehouse in Texas Chicken Ranch TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out)
The so-called warrants for the TX-Dems are CIVIL warrants valid only within the state of Texas. If this is the case why are the FBI and feds getting involved? Pritzker is correct, no federal law to compel legislators of any state to end breaking quorum, legal under their state constitution.
To clarify, I am not impressed until I see results, which if coming, are yet to be realized. In the meanwhile I will just take note of the gesture about first creating a record setting the chronology and narrowing the issues according to relevancy. That is important in creating a coherent narrative.
Growing up in the Cold War, it was called Communinism… HS Class of 1965, victims of the Domino Theory in SE Asia.
And tons of Purell for anything he touched.
This official letter establishes notification & paper trail. Such a public letter also serves to inform a wider audience of the salient issues & outlines the chronology & areas of concern. CJ Roberts can’t claim ignorance w/receipt of this letter. If he ignores this, SCOTUS will appear complicit.
Maybe the big budget increase for ICE/DHS is to pay for all of those future lawsuits for wrongful deaths because of “know or should have known” civilian teens, masked and carrying firearms is a deadly combo.
So ICE is going to be Kyle Rittenhouse clones wearing masks?
Cover-up or strategy session regarding A-25? Why A-25? If Trump is too impaired to serve as POTUS, he is too impaired to stand trial. Either way, cover-up or A-25, Trump is no longer useful idiot & easily discarded now that Project 2025 implementation is advanced far enough. He is unnecessary.
The grin on this guy is creepy as all heck. I would not buy a used car to use in a demolition derby from him.
McD’s has encountered the reality of Price Sensitivity, where consumers no longer pay the going price because it is too high. Ppl not only vote with their feet, they also spend with their feet. I learned this Price Sensitivity/Insensitivity thing in an economics class. Cost too high/don’t buy.
Privatized For-Profits (FP)=rich ppl get their $$ (corporate owners, administrators, & shareholders) before the ppl who need Social Security to live. Already happened w/Medicare. FPs have already taken over Part C. Non-Profit Part C’s are smeared bc of abuses of FPs. FP=Incentives to deny care!
Skip job interviews… …or have no transportation, suitable clothing, or $$ to hire caregivers while absent from home?
Didn’t Loose Cannon rule that the special prosecutor was unconstitutional while slow walking the Mar-a-Largo classified docs case leading up to the election? Now the special prosecutor is opening an investigation against another special prosecutor? Make this make sense…
Most implications from these two explanationcanl be true at the same time. Being crazy and doing crazy things are not mutually exclusive.
The Instant Pot Blenders that cook have been discontinued…because they break down & parts are not available. The first model decorated my kitchen w/foam from making soy milk. The second had teeth that drove the blender part decompose w/use. Haven’t bought anything since.
Hmm…sideways bid for Navarro to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his tome citing a fake expert, an anagram of his own name. Next up: Trump sets up an alternative Noble [sic] Prize Committee that decides to whom its awards should be given. Same ppl who judge all the golf tournaments Trump wins.
What do you expect from a man who has lived only in high rise penthouses or fancy resorts, & plays outside only on manicured golf greens? Has he ever gone barefoot? Stopped & smelled the roses? Is this abt the Kennedy’s that he demeans all they did, gardens & Centers for the Arts, AF1?
Are his upper dentures slipping or are his teeth really that tiny?
What about ppl wearing red hats? Red hats make interestingly easy targets in crowds that claim to be patriots. Also flag-waving pickups blocking the road… What sauce is good for the goose is good for the gander.
What is the long game here? Too awful to comtemplate: No contraceptives—> more babies born into poverty More babies born into poverty—>more poor ppl (incl kids) More ppor ppl—>more ppl to exploit or starve But don’t they dare immigrate to the US!! The future=enslavement overseas?
Let me get this right. Only the government can sue under Section 208? Our current administration would prefer if fewer ppl vote bc they can’t win elections under wider voter participation. First disabilities and language barriers, next voting while not whyt & male. This holds only in the 8th?
First and foremost, he works for himself, #1, grifting and helping himself to 747s, golf weekends on the taxpayers’ $$. He expects 110% loyalty. Putin is a mutual enrichment society, one hand washes the other.