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6 minutes ago, MrWunderful said:

bury him in the shit hole that is Mar-a-Lago. 

Why does Mar-a-Lago deserve that?

Originally Mar-a-Lago was bequeathed to the National Park Service, but they decided not to keep it (booo) and hence it was put on the market and purchased by he-who-must-not-be-named. Hopefully in all this fallout, he-who-must-not-be-named will have to sell Mar-a-Lago and then it will become once more a visitable historic site - or so I hope!

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

19 minutes ago, avatar! said:

Why does Mar-a-Lago deserve that?

Originally Mar-a-Lago was bequeathed to the National Park Service, but they decided not to keep it (booo) and hence it was put on the market and purchased by he-who-must-not-be-named. Hopefully in all this fallout, he-who-must-not-be-named will have to sell Mar-a-Lago and then it will become once more a visitable historic site - or so I hope!

Its a shit hole, because everything he touches literally turns to gaudy gold plated garbage

He probably defrauded the govt somehow when he bought it too, don’t tell Merrick Garland!

 

edit: Id prefer you didnt disrespect Voldemort by comparing the two!

Edited August 12, 2022 by MrWunderful

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Would you rip up your lawn for $6 a square foot? Welcome to drought-stricken California

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/us/california-drought-lawns/index.html

Grass is the single largest irrigated "crop" in America, surpassing corn and wheat, a frequently-cited study from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found. It noted by the early 2000s, turfgrass, mostly in front lawns, spanned about 63,000 square miles, an area larger than the state of Georgia.

I just let my grass do it's thing. If it dries it dries... never felt the need to get all that fancy treatment and waste all that water to make it look immaculate and artificial!

And there is growing concern the current shortage system is not enough to save the river in the face of a historic, climate change-driven drought. Colorado River stakeholders, including Southern California, are now negotiating drastic cuts which could slash water deliveries by 25%.

Yup. California will be needing to build numerous desalination plants in the near future.

[phart010 | 1,708]

How do I apply to get my $10k refund check since I already paid off all my student loans?

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

Are your loans federal or private funded? 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/politics/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-qualify/index.html

The Biden administration will launch an application in the coming weeks for borrowers to provide their income information or if borrowers are unsure if the department has their income information already. FSA says the application will be available before the federal student loan repayment pause ends on December 31.

 

Borrowers can sign up for updates on when the application is open at the Department of Education's subscriptions page.

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After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Tom Cotton calls ranked-choice voting 'a scam'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-palins-election-loss-sen-142451494.html

After Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Sarah Palin in Alaska's special election Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., discredited the voting system Alaskans chose to implement in their state.

Cotton tweeted that Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system "is a scam to rig elections," casting doubt on the outcome of the process to fill the seat of late GOP Rep. Don Young.

So, this is the Republican way now? Every time a Republican incumbent loses because voters are tired of them, the Republicans will cry wolf?! That's both sad and pathetic. I guess people like that idiot Cotton, do not realize they are just pushing more and more people away from the Republican party.

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Cowboys for Trump founder is 1st politician removed from office over Jan. 6. Could others be next?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cowboys-for-trump-founder-is-1st-politician-removed-from-office-over-jan-6-could-others-be-next-163923500.html

A judge in New Mexico ruled Tuesday that Couy Griffin, an Otero county commissioner and founder of the group Cowboys for Trump, is disqualified from holding public office because of his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The historic ruling marks the first time an elected official has been ordered removed from office because of their participation in, or support of, the Capitol riot. It is also the first time a judge at any level has found that the events leading up to and on Jan. 6 — when a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, temporarily preventing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election — amounted to an “insurrection.”

About time we labeled the insurrection an "insurrection"! This ruling is great, now hopefully we will hold everyone accountable.

[Tulpa | 3,537]

Interesting breakdown.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay close to $1 Billion for defamation.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-nearly-1-billion-in-sandy-hook-trial-in-connecticut/2891324/

 

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24 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

Alex Jones ordered to pay close to $1 Billion for defamation.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-nearly-1-billion-in-sandy-hook-trial-in-connecticut/2891324/

 

I doubt the families will see even 10% of that, but anything that ruins Alex Jones' is good with me!

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

In addition to ruining him financially, someone should break his arms and legs and hold them in awkward positions so they heal wrong and he has to live the rest of his worthless life in pain as a vegetable. And test bio weapons on him, but dont kill him. Make him beg for death. 
 

A miserable shit stain on america. 

[Tulpa | 3,537]

Double whammy day.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-plans-vote-subpoena-trump-sources-say-rcna52146

Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena former President Donald Trump

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-to-void-ruling-in-mar-a-lago-raid-documents-case.html

Supreme Court denies Trump bid to void ruling in Mar-a-Lago raid documents case

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Only in a truly fucked-up world, which we are living in, could anyone massacre 17 innocent children, and then receive "life in prison".

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

1 hour ago, avatar! said:

Only in a truly fucked-up world, which we are living in, could anyone massacre 17 innocent children, and then receive "life in prison".

Its terrible, a 9mm bullet for .31 cents vs 100s of thousands of Taxpayers dollars to pay for his room and board for another 60 years. 
 

But then again we have a duly elected member of Congress (marjorie taylor greene) standing up and advocating for Alex Jones, the human piece of excrement that harassed people whose children were killed in a mass shooting incident so bad his psycho followers desecrated aforementioned childs graves and threatened aforementioned parents with rape and torture. 
 

But yeah Chris pratt as the voice for a new mario movie is equally terrible. 

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

Welp, a Trumper and right wing Q-anon nutbag  tried to murder Nancy Pelosi (and her husband).  I bet there will be more bloodshed before the midterms are over, unfortunately. Too, too bad. 

[Kguillemette | 1,547]

4 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

Welp, a Trumper and right wing Q-anon nutbag  tried to murder Nancy Pelosi (and her husband).  I bet there will be more bloodshed before the midterms are over, unfortunately. Too, too bad. 

This is what we have become. I won't accept that it's too late to turn it around though, but this one gives me some grief though. This is really bad and will likely have some dire consequences for us all. Let us hope not, though!

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In case you needed further confirmation that many things in Cali are shitty

https://slate.com/business/2022/10/san-francisco-toilet-million-noe-valley-design-review.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/san-francisco-1-million-public-toilet

So, how can one toilet cost so much? The construction itself comes in at $1.05m, with the rest going to tasks such as architecture ($300,000), project management ($175,000) and surveying ($40,000), according to the breakdown.

Such a cost isn’t so unusual in San Francisco, a city grappling with vast income inequality and one of the highest rates of homelessness in the US. Two other similar bathrooms in the city cost $1.6m and $1.7m respectively. It’s the world’s most expensive city to build in, with the recreation and parks department pointing to the many departments that must approve construction as one factor.

Indeed, toilets aren’t the only items in the city threatening to give new meaning to the word “waste”. San Francisco is also in the throes of a trash can conundrum as it seeks to put new bins on the streets, with prototypes costing as much as $20,900. The Guardian tried them out – and was not hugely impressed.

 

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17 hours ago, Kguillemette said:

This is what we have become. I won't accept that it's too late to turn it around though, but this one gives me some grief though. This is really bad and will likely have some dire consequences for us all. Let us hope not, though!

Our divide reaching critical mass.  Doesn't look bright at this point.

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Not that long ago, you could purchase a 12-pack of Coca-Cola for $4-5, perhaps less if it was on sale. Now, well...

Food Prices Soar, and So Do Companies’ Profits

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/business/food-prices-profits.html

A two-liter bottle of soda that cost $1.78 will now set you back $2.17.

Something else is also much higher: corporate profits.

In mid-October, PepsiCo, whose prices for its drinks and chips were up 17 percent in the latest quarter from year-earlier levels, reported that its third-quarter profit grew more than 20 percent. Likewise, Coca-Cola reported profit up 14 percent from a year earlier, thanks in large part to price increases.

But amid growing concerns that the economy could be headed for a recession, some food companies and restaurants are continuing to raise prices even if their own inflation-driven costs have been covered. Critics say the moves are all about increasing profits, not covering expenses. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Chipotle did not respond to requests for comment.

Of course these large companies won't respond for comment! If they were honest they would say "Screw everyone, we're raking in all the $$$ we can!!" their lawyers would have them release a statement such as "Coca-Cola cares deeply about it's customers...blah blah...bullshit" which no person with two working brain cells would believe. So, they decide to just keep mum since they don't give one bit unless it affects their profits.

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If the news is crying “inflation” while corporations are boasting about sky high record profits, the former is a damn lie.

And this isn’t even a Democrat vs. Republican thing. It’s the working class (you and me) vs. the ruling class (them). The latter is the real struggle that matters but they want to distract you from it with the former.

Edited November 2, 2022 by Strange

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Sad, funny, and crazy, all at the same time...

 

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Candidates who backed overturning Trump loss are rebuffed

https://www.yahoo.com/news/candidates-backed-overturning-trump-loss-231931150.html

Republicans made a striking decision earlier this year to nominate candidates for top statewide posts in swing states who backed overturning President Donald Trump's loss in 2020. Most of those candidates lost in the midterm election.

On Tuesday, Trump lost bids to install supporters in three more of those pivotal states. In Pennsylvania, Mastriano would have had the power to appoint a secretary of state to oversee voting, but he was routed in the governors race by Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro. In Wisconsin, Trump’s pick for governor, Tim Michels, lost to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, dooming Republican dreams of disbanding or significantly overhauling the state’s bipartisan election commission.

“Without a doubt, election denial is alive and well, and this is a continuing threat,” said Joanna Lydgate of States United, which has sought to publicize the danger of election conspiracy theorists. But she took solace in Tuesday's results.

“It was a really good night for democracy,” Lydgate said.

Trump is gangrene... he needs to be cut-off and tossed! or burned. And any Republicans backing him to this day, well, glad  you lost!!

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Good news!

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

https://news.yahoo.com/alex-jones-ordered-pay-473m-184657882.html

Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, bringing the total judgment against him in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families to a staggering $1.44 billion.

On Wednesday, Bellis, the Connecticut judge, ordered Jones to not move any of his assets out of the country, as the families seek to attach his holdings to secure money for the damages. Jones, meanwhile, has asked the judge to order a new trial or at least reduce the compensatory damages to a “nominal” amount.