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Bozo_Casanova

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  1. Fair point, but it’s not just about blood money. The LIV thing is like when Tony George split IRL from CART. Tony George didn't sponsor murder and terrorism on American soil, and it still slowly destroyed the sport.
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  3. Gonna have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there Bob. But I do think is that it’s deflationary in the aggregate. Either way, however, none of that is really relevant to the point. Way back on the ca. 2020 Covid threads I said somewhere that I anticipated a rather rapid U shaped recovery, driven by the same thing driving spending now, despite everything: income inequality. The top 3-4% of income earners have achieved exit velocity relative to the gravity that economic uncertainty and rising costs impacts everyone else. And that’s true for businesses as well.
  4. It’s a function of where the data comes from and who is in the top 20%. First, a lot of these data come from reports organized into quintiles. So it’s no surprise that the people who are spending are in the top 20%, even if some or a lot of the top 20% isn’t spending much, like you. Second- the top 20% contains a large number of baby boomers, who carry a lower debt load and pay less for housing than younger earners in the top quintile. The people who are spending at your income level may be older, life in a cheaper location, have a laid off house, etc. Third, it matters a lot where you are in the top 20%, because spending is increasingly concentrated through the top of the top quintile. The top 20% does about 63% of the spendinG, but the top 10% accounts for 49% of the spending. Those are both historic highs.
  5. Weird he was so awesome otherwise, what with putting his tone-deaf, politically ham-handed wife in charge of the push for universal healthcare and the repeal of Glass Steagal and taking advantage of interns and mass incarceration and his relationship with Epstein and whatnot.
  6. This. Going into the weekend I wouldn’t have imagined that President Trump would be the least embarrassing part of the Ryder Cup, but here we are. Next time I hear some dipshit in a visor run his mouth about the WNBA or the National Women’s Soccer team being too woke I’m going to reflect back on just how poorly this team and the fans at Bethpage Black reflected on our country.
  7. As a strategic choice I basically agree with you, but what I would add is that every historical example I can think of tells us that those who accept soft autocracy end up living with hard autocracy.
  8. I’m sure they will come up with some new way to fuck this up. For the record, if I was driving the bus, I think simplicity works best here. If I was Hakeem Jeffries and Schumer I would give my caucuses an edict: β€œThe Republican caucus has taken itself hostage and we will neither negotiate nor beg for mercy. We will vote for a suitable funding bill when one is brought before us. From this point forward and until either the end of a shutdown or specifically instructed otherwise you are not to bring up the shutdown or engage in any substantive discussion of how it might end. Accept any and all media opportunities you wish but do not engage in discussion about the shutdown, particularly when appearing on Fox News. If asked, all questions about the shutdown, public and private, are to be answered with three words: β€˜ask Mike Johnson.’ Follow up questions should be answered the same way until the end of the interview or the line of questioning changes. β€˜Ask Mike Johnson’ is the only message you need.”
  9. As an aside, this board has a bad case of Democrat brain, a combination of internalized victimhood and a massive excess of fucks given. The only way Democrats and co-belligerents like me will get off the back foot is if we all stop worrying so much about our what they do and start making our own weather.
  10. He was elected by a majority voting coalition that intensely distrusts and dislikes each other and β€œRepublican voters” are not the plurality. It does not matter who they blame. Like, at all. What matters is who everyone else blames, and what matters even more than that is subset the people who have real agency and stroke, and who they worry about pleasing. If a shutdown happens this is going to get uncomfortable for them.
  11. Shutdown-ready Trump expects Democrats to blink It seems like everyone expects this to happen, and I agree. @Bateshorn I’m curious what the vibe is on the ground I hate this game. As a matter of principle I don’t think the Government should ever shut down. The debt ceiling should be eliminated, for the simply reason that it has totally failed in its ostensible purpose and incentivizes playing chicken with people’s lives. a few points on the politics: 1) For the first time I can remember, there is *zero* reason for the minority party to help the majority with this. 2) For once, I think the President’s usually excellent political instincts have failed him on two points: First, If a prolonged shutdown happens, the GOP will wear it, and he’ll wear more of it than the Senate and House leadership. He has successfully convinced the public that he’s fully in control. He’ll actually take the blame here on the Republican side, and it will surprise him. Second, I don’t think the Democrats will cave this time. Of course it’s a lose-lose situation, but I *think* they have realized that the price of weakness is higher than the price of a shutdown, both long-term and short-term. The GOP will have to fix this themselves. 3) Of course, there are any number of ways the Democrats could cock this up. This is the party of Elizabeth Warren, after all. But all they really need to do here is play possum because the public doesn’t seem to expect the Government to actually shut down, and if it does, and a couple weeks go by, there’s going to be considerable heat and GOP reps and senators are going to wind up with the hot potato when the president throws it in their direction if the Dems don’t fold.
  12. AH YES! CHICKEN P!
  13. Wrong again, libtard
  14. What does the bot say? This feels like long par 4 Wordle 1,560 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  15. Considering your sub-@Helobious performance on this thread, I now have a reason to think he may go down.
  16. FT: Accenture to β€˜exit’ staff that cannot be retrained for age of AI
  17. The dream of the 90s is alive in Palm Beach: IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME
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  19. What bible is this dude reading it sounds wild as fuck!
  20. We had that at my school in β€˜92. The Sophomore girl who bought me, a very talented dancer who ended up on Broadway, absolutely loathed the senior girl I had been dating on and off. I have to say it was a good day.
  21. Until I read Karen Armstrong’s History of God I never fully understood how much foundational Roman Catholic theology and Christology was shaped by the effort to conform their understanding of God with the pagan Greek philosophical tradition. Which is … very strange and produces some very weird and frankly pointless debates.
  22. That song is such a banger. Ironically, Joni Mitchell was not at Woodstock, because her manager thought it would be better for her career to go on Dick Cavett that day.
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  24. 2024 was going to be a long shot due to Biden’s insistence on seeking a second term no matter how it went. However, I’ll always believe that once Biden withdrew, the spectacle, narrative drama and attention of a contested convention (even kayfabe!) would have presented whoever secured the nomination with the best opportunity to win the general election.
  25. quite right.
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