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At this point, this is kbin’s signature “feature”.

Headline: Thousands traumatized by fire on island.

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Most of the investment books I've ever read indicate for strict financing, the industry expectation for affiliates is around 20% starting. I think you'll find it difficult to find many that subscribe to your line in the sand for affiliation.

that's a close formal association

That is distinctly not what formal means, nor is subsidized disbursement association. If that's the case oil companies are pretty much government property by now.

You're free to disagree with everyone here, but you're not going to find many who do agree. But ultimately it seems you want to play fast and loose with what particular words mean that don't have strong objective standards. And that's fine if you want to approach this subjectively, but don't be surprised if very few support your definitions.

Earthquake, hurricane, I guess locust are going to be a Wednesday thing?

I mean, if someone didn’t ask Donald Trump to pay upfront, that’s kinda on them at this point.

They could break the system from the bottom but for whatever reason aren't.

Comfort. The system as it is, is predictable. Not just the voting public but members of Congress too. Good example the FED rate. At any point Congress could have put forth fiscal policy to address the looming monetary situation that quantitative easing was very clearly bringing. But they didn't because no one wanted to be the group that ended the party. Because what would happen if they implemented policy and then poof, slow down of the economy or inflation?

But of course we know what happened. No fiscal policy got implemented and basically we kept riding that gravy train till it was completely untenable. Then monetary policy had to be implemented. Then came a massive spike in inflation. Congress was so scared to implement any kind of policy that they basically ensured the thing they didn't want happening.

Then you've got folks like Senator Elizabeth Warren trying to blame the FED chairman and it is like, "No, you're inaction Senator is why the FED chairman must do the things he must do. All 100 of you are culpable in this, you all sat there and did nothing."

But of course one brings this up and some folks want to try and hijack it like "See both sides!" Or you get "No the other team is much worse!" And the reality is, most members of Congress are just too sheepish to implement any kind of bold policy. Because what if it doesn't work? There's the obvious bunch that are seen most often in the news, but there's way more members than the ones that seek out face time on the TV. And those are the majority.

The majority of Congress just wants to push the button they're told to push, collect their paycheck, and move on. And that is why we see no motion. The polarization is the visible figureheads battling it out, but the real culprit is indifference and a desire to maintain the comfortable world that has known qualities. Very rarely is actual original thought obtained in the US Congress.

Anecdote: The local high school I see nearly no one using the built in text messaging system. WhatsApp is the thing I see most often. Quite a few use Signal.

I have even heard once that, "You use iMessage to text your parents or your FBI agent."

So you may be on to something. But obvious YMMV in general.

Post a link because SHIT JUST GOT REAL.

I mean... gestures towards the surroundings We've got a pretty large pile of "Oh shit, we're fucked" stacked up here already. I guess add it to the pile?

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Excuse me, I'm going to go vomit and then drink kerosene.

Just FYI. The dismissal isn't to let Hunter Biden off the hook. It's because the plea deal fell apart which was to lesser charges. The lesser charges are being dismissed so that a different set of charges can be brought forth. Likely to be more serious charges, likely criminal tax evasion which could get him five years per count.

They just said that they had no formal filings before the court until they have had a chance to review all of the evidence.

Kind of one of the reasons why they want to push the trial to 2026. So, yeah, they are totally not going to do that any time soon, if ever.

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I assure you, if you've ever inquiry to prices via third party sales channels, they've got your marketing information anyway. This statement is pure bullshit.