Master-Debater131

I give it 5 weeks before I forget to do this and miss out on this yet again. Its a yearly tradition.

If you are trying to sell me a cabin, you are doing a good job of it. Also, that was a criminally underrated movie.

If you get paid more you have a large amount of your income taxed.

Regarding Wal-mart, I 100% agree with you. There was an idea floated for a while about a corporate welfare tax where if a company over a specific size had a percentage of people on welfare they would be taxed to make up for essentially using welfare to make up for their wages. never went anywhere, but thats an idea I do agree with. I would also argue that the single biggest hurdle people have for living a better life is the theft of their income through taxes. Its not just income tax people pay. You are taxed at every single step of your life. You have a paycheck that is taxed. Then you go to the store, which is taxed. Own a house or rent something, which is taxed. Utilities, also taxed. Have a phone, taxed. Participate in the economy by going to a movie, taxed. Sports event, taxed. Ever single thing we do is taxed. Its insidious how much we truly pay in taxes. If we truly wanted people to get ahead we would simplify taxes by eliminating huge chunks of them, crack down on companies like wal-mart, and reign in government spending. We wont because its way more convenient for the ruling class to have everyone bickering all the time, but thats the simply way to get people ahead in life.

I did say further in that post that I understand the point of taxes. You dont have those things without taxes, unless you go back to lotteries paying for everything like we used to. Just because I understand how it works and the point of them doesnt mean I have to like it or think its OK that other people think they are entitled to the fruits of my labor.

It should be well established by now that I think taxes are just the legalized theft of my labor. I do understand the point of taxes, I just will never not believe they are anything but the theft of my labor.

I do get bonuses. Its written into our company policy, and its a clear performance bonus for individuals, teams, and the company as a whole. We hit a profit goal, we get profit shares. Ive had entire an entire month worth of paychecks in a single profit share before. So yea, I do get bonuses. And if those are not taxed? Ohhhhh boy, that would make me so happy.

Really? Well damn, I like his position more then. We get bonuses on work if we hit targets or have profit. Would be awesome if that wasnt taxed.

Great moment when Netanyhu called the recently rescued hostage in the hospital. He was rescued a few days ago in an underground raid. Israel isnt going to stop until they get all the hostages back.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Ohhhhhh man is this hilarious. After spending years saying the wall was racist and a waste of money shes now on board with the idea of a wall. She even still has her tweet up saying its stupid and she will block it. Its just amazing how bad at this she is. No wonder Tulsi Gabbard took her out before she was able to collect a single vote in the 2020 primary. First she tole Trumps no tax on tips, then the child tax credit, now the border wall, give it a week and shes going to dye her hair blonde and talk about real estate deals shes made while in DC. Oh, and JD Vance called it.

Well, shes finally going to do an interview, and in the process of setting it up she confirms, yet again, just how fucking stupid she is. First off she is going to go with Dana Bash, the single easiest interview she possibly could have. Its the cupcake of cupcake interviewers, and even with that she isnt capable of doing it alone and has to bring her dad along so he can help when she gets in trouble. Bringing Waltz along is a clear sign that she is incapable of doing an interview on her own. Throw this in with her insane demands for the debate and its beyond clear at this point that shes an absolute moron who is incapable of doing even the most basic activities required to campaign.

This is just an amazing piece of journalisming. Trying to tie Harris to Biden? Bitch, she is the VP. Its the Biden-Harris administration. Community Notes hit this one with an amazing note with just how absurd this piece of propaganda is. Politico is outright campaigning for Harris at this point.

Damn those greedy grocery stores and their *checks notes* 1.6% profit margins https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-price-gouging-groceries/ If only they would refuse to have any profit at all! Then things would be better. Ya know, as long as it goes different than literally every single other time price controls and communism are implemented.

"Were going full communist!" Komrad Kamabla "The fuck we are" - Sane Democrats https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/25/harris-grocery-price-gouging-backlash-00176266 "Under pressure to defend Kamala Harris’ grocery price gouging plan, some Democratic lawmakers are delivering a quiet message to anxious allies: Don’t worry about the details. It’s never going to pass Congress. The Harris campaign’s proposal, unveiled as part of her first big economic policy speech, has become a focal point for her presidential rival, Donald Trump, and fellow Republicans, who claim she’s pushing “communist price controls.” It has also alarmed food industry officials and even some left-of-center economists, who’ve warned such policies can hurt more than they help." Some Democrats are smart enough to realize just how disastrous of an idea that is and are running from it. Price controls never work, and they always lead to rationing and scarcity. Economists across the country panned the idea as the exact opposite of what we need to do to bring prices down, but that wont stop Komrad Kamabla. Shes just going to charge right ahead with the dumbest possible policy positions, you know, when she actually gives us one.

Not surprisingly at all, Komrad Kamabla is trying to back out of the debates by forcing the already agreed upon rules to change. This really shouldnt be a surprise. Shes a fucking moron, and will do absolutely anything she can to avoid a live microphone. Shes trying to change the rules to allow notes and other fundamental changes to the already agreed upon rules. Give it a week and if they dont agree to the rules she will come up with some other excuse to not debate. She already runs scared from even marginal questioning, so it really isnt a surprise that shes going to do the same here. Shes a coward and to stupid to hold up to a live debate without the use of notes. I guess on the plus side she shows just enough mental ability to learn from her disastrous 2020 run where Tulsi Gabbard ended her before any voting started. Thats a looooowwwwww bar, but at least its a bar.

From the beginning the "quiet part" has been that there may not be any hostage deal. Publicly there has always been talk, and effort, to have some sort of hostage deal. They even had the one earlier where there was a pause and release of some hostages. Now that he is openly saying that there may not be a deal it represents a shift in tone, and a clear shift in public expectations for this war.

Netanyahu: Israel won't pay any price for hostage deal, won’t give up Philadelphi "Israel won’t make a hostage deal at any price Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday in advance of high-level negotiations slated for later this week. He made his comments to victims groups, just after the IDF was able to retrieve six bodies of Israelis killed in captivity in the enclave. "I am not sure that there will be a [hostage] deal," Netanyahu said according to a statement put out by both groups he met with. These were the Valor Forum representing victims of the Israel-Hamas war and the Tikva Forum composed of relatives of hostages in Gaza. "If there is a deal, it will be one that safeguards those [Israeli] interests which I have repeatedly stressed, which is preserving Israel's strategic assets," Netanyahu told the two groups, both of whom support a firm stand with regard to a deal. He met with them a day after speaking for three hours with US Secretary Antony Blinken who is in the region in an attempt to finalize a deal." Netanyhu is saying the quiet part out loud now. The odds of a hostage deal are pretty small at this point. Israel cant afford to allow Hamas to continue to exist, so they will do what is needed to end the war. They also are not going to give up the Philadelphi corridor anytime soon, which is a non starter for Hamas who needs that corridor to smuggle in more supplies for their terrorism. October 7th fundamentally changed the calculus in the region. Israel can no longer allow Hamas to exist, and they are now publicly stating so.

Is it directly related to this? Nope, but this is the best thread for this magical piece of news.

Yea, keeps failing, which is annoying. I was able to get it to draw Mouse Lawyers Menacing People

Wasnt quite what I was going for, but that also works.

Ive been trying to get a generative image AI to do this for 5 hours and it keeps failing Im trying again tomorrow

We had a Halloween game once. It was so fun. Dress up in costumes for the game, then go out after and just really go for it.

Is that hyperbole? Yea, a bit, but thats basically what the Disney lawyers are currently arguing in court. Disney is currently arguing that because someone who died at one of their properties agreed to the Disney+ terms and conditions they cannot bring a lawsuit against Disney and must instead go through binding arbitration. No, Im not kidding. Disney argues wrongful death suit should be tossed because plaintiff signed up for a Disney+ trial https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-nyu-doctor-florida-4bdaf74e2c889882b23b319ec720680a "Disney is asking a Florida court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by Jeffrey Piccolo, the husband of Kanokporn Tangsuan, a family medicine specialist with NYU Langone’s office in Carle Place, on Long Island. The company argues Piccolo had agreed to settle any lawsuits against Disney out of court through the arbitration process when he signed up for a one-month trial of Disney+ in 2019 and acknowledged that he had reviewed the fine print. “The Terms of Use, which were provided with the Subscriber Agreement, include a binding arbitration clause,” the company wrote in its motion. “The first page of the Subscriber Agreement states, in all capital letters, that ‘any dispute between You and Us, Except for Small Claims, is subject to a class action waiver and must be resolved by individual binding arbitration’.”" This is absurd on its face and should be thrown out. If not we are even more fucked that we currently are. On the plus side, the Human-CentiPad might be real

This has been one of the greatest gifts to memes in a very long time