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?? hey ghosty

What it do, nephew?

It is insane, but any other situation would be highly suspect. What Warnock has been doing runs against anything the predominantly White and Republican electorate (as opposed to eligible voters) would ever find acceptable, yet the small share for the Libertarian candidate and Other / Undecided taking up a single digit share speaks to how engaged both sides are in this election. It's not that Walker should have less as much as the alternatives should be taking a bigger share of the poll results in an election where one side of the partisan divide would traditionally be less motivated. It also hints as to why McConnell is so pessimistic about the GOPs chances of gains in the Senate. FWIW, some polls have Warnock with a double digit lead.

Why? Because he hasn't gone full OJ Simpson yet? Like it or not, that's the direction he's headed.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

I thought it was just a dad pun, not a horrible example of abuse.

I’m so sorry you had to go through that.

How’d you spend you birthday?

Lol. He’s so fucked I don’t think the deposition is going to make a difference. He could go through most of the trial without making much of a difference. No, Something else is creating a sense of urgency and I think it’s Tesla related.

They might just want the court to abstain so that the issue dies down long enough to get past the midterms, but, realistically, I doubt they do anything. At this point, any damage is done already, and the sideshow might even help divert attention away from the disaster in Florida long enough to buy DeSantis time to look more heroic or, at least, not say something incredibly stupid.

Notaries don't usually verify statements, though. They're mostly to verify the identity of a person signing or executing documents, making affidavits, etc.

Now you know why the lawyer is lawyering up.

I wonder what his game is now. I suspect he's had enough self-owning and he needs a lot of the bad publicity to go away. Also, could mean Tesla stock is about to crater. Always a new adventure with him.

That's kind of what happens when you mortgage your future like that.

That has nothing to do with whether or not SSI can cover even that, which it can’t much longer.

Thanks! Love the googly eyes.

There's such a thing as being too brief, but point taken. It looks like that rats aren't going down with SS Trump.

Not exactly.

Because the underlying malaise in that sector continues to drag the job market. I'm not suggesting it isn't one of the permanent solutions because it very much is; I'm just pointing out that its benefits will decrease over time if we don't do more to replace those all-important semi-skilled jobs. It certainly doesn't replace increasing tax burden on corporations or, even, the highest income earners who benefit through stocks - the best way to refill the SSI coffers is to additionally keep corporations from diverting as much of their earnings to stock holders and execs while also decreasing the need for mid-level wager earners from reliance on the social safety net.

That is an excellent point. Obviously, raising the cap doesn't do much in the long term, but it does act as a great short term bridge while the economy transitions its manufacturing sector into emerging markets.

He's spending so much time tarnishing his already suspect reputation, I wonder how even has time to run his businesses into the ground.

To Pooh's point, all of those problems are self-inflicted. Allowing employers to lowball wages (and, in the service sector, offset some of that SSI burden with tips); generally cutting corporate taxes; and defunding social security for pet projects have all contributed to Social Security being underfunded. Furthermore, a bottom-heavy job market due to the exporting of manufacturing and general replacement of semi-skilled jobs by automation is similarly a direct consequence of both friendly corporate tax regulations and lax corporate oversight. Essentially, the government has a direct hand in defunding social safety nets for the sole purpose of boosting corporate stock value.

You know you're in for a bad time when both of the dudes you whored yourself to disavow you when you're finally getting a divorce. It's like her husband was thinking "Damn, I can't even pawn her off on her toys anymore. Better cut his bitch before she screws me."

I wonder if a true socialist society has ever existed?