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August LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of August?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

4 8.70%

John Kelly

6 13.04%

Jared Kushner

3 6.52%

Wilbur Ross

4 8.70%

Ben Carson

2 4.35%

Rudy Giuliani

11 23.91%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

4 8.70%

Kellyanne Conway

0 0%

Rod Rosenstein

8 17.39%

Write-in

4 8.70%

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08-17-2018 , 04:06 PM

#1051

TrollyWantACracker

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,184

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

I don't think "tunnels" and "longer distance" are compatible here. Also, they have plans for a transit network in LA.

Last year there was some buzz about a tunnel he wanted to build from NYC to DC and claimed he had "government approval" to do it (not really clear which government he thought had authority to give this permission)

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

I mean, even if you want to frame it in this "ew gross keep the dirty plebs out of my eyesight" terms - this is fantastic and should be celebrated! Should we not try to speed up travel for people who have been priced out of San Francisco and have to live in ****ing Stockton because we're worried billionaires don't have the proper amount of respect for them?

To be clear, I think high speed rail transport is plausible and a great idea. There should already be such a connection to Stockton,

08-17-2018 , 04:18 PM

#1052

aoFrantic

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I support Elon Musk up until his feud with Superman gets a city leveled and Superman killed.

08-17-2018 , 04:32 PM

#1053

aoFrantic

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08-17-2018 , 04:43 PM

#1054

goofyballer

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A throwback for wil fans: Before her recent, shocking 6-1 6-0 loss, Serena Williams had learned that her half-sister's killer had been paroled

One of wil's things about why Serena was actually super ghetto and he totally wasn't racist to say that is that she celebrated the gang that killed her sister or something, I don't even know

08-17-2018 , 04:54 PM

#1055

wheatrich

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Musk and Trump are very similar, their fans are like a god damn cult.

Btw, smart people actually don't work for Musk once there they leave as quickly as they can since he runs the place like Trump. They're quite similar approach wise especially with the media, usually full of **** but knows how to get the attention--not sure why he got so much backlash for donating to republicans, he basically is one.

We're praising a shuttle that'll get used by what a handful of people some times a year. He can blow his money all he wants to but man is this lighting money on fire.

08-17-2018 , 04:58 PM

#1056

prana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Not quite. Serena put the hit out.

Quote:

You mean the Serena Williams who had her half-sister killed by Crip gang members in Compton, and then was widely criticized for doing the Crip walk at the Olympics? That Serena Williams? Because, we all know the Crip walk is just so "Palm Beach".

Come on dude. You're really ****ing stretching.

08-17-2018 , 05:05 PM

#1057

All-In Flynn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by prana

Not quite. Serena put the hit out.

Yeah this is the guy I was telling suzzer you could mine his posts for dril tweets. Feel thoroughly vindicated.

08-17-2018 , 05:14 PM

#1058

Trolly McTrollson

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I never could exactly piece together what wil’s theory was about Serena but he did at one point imply she was in on it for some reason.

08-17-2018 , 05:15 PM

#1059

goofyballer

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08-17-2018 , 05:19 PM

#1060

goofyballer

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And here is a thread where a Civil War historian dunks on a Mississippi state senator (and US senate candidate) who said, in a tweet titled "The truth", that Lee opposed secession and slavery:

08-17-2018 , 05:51 PM

#1061

ScreaminAsian

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https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1030565915509878784

08-17-2018 , 06:24 PM

#1062

goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

You'll find this shocking but the brightest Conservative mind and casting call villain, Kevin Williamson, has no clue what he's talking about.

Nathan J. Robinson takes his turn with Williamson

Quote:

Kevin Williamson, in the National Review, called it a “batty” plan to “nationalize every major business in the United States,” which would be “the largest seizure of private property in human history.” It is “nothing less” than “wholesale expropriation.” It is “bonkers,” “daft,” “unethical, immoral, irresponsible,” and even “unconstitutional.” (Current Affairs challenge: find the part of the Constitution that discusses employee codetermination. Note: no creative “interpretation” allowed. It has to be in the text. We’re textualists, after all.)

Quote:

Williamson does not make much of an actual argument about why the Warren proposal would be bad, or how having German-style codetermination will spell the ruin of the American economy. He mostly just throws invective at it, calling Warren names and invoking Hugo Chavez before recommending that corporations relocate overseas to avoid U.S. regulations. But as far as I can tell, Williamson’s theory is that by setting conditions for how corporate boards should be set up, what values they must pursue, and when their stock can be sold, the federal government would effectively “own” the companies.

To which I can only say: if this is the standard for what constitutes “nationalization,” then all American corporations have been “nationalized” since their creation.

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In fact, there are already tons of requirements that the government imposes on corporations, because the corporation is a creation of government. If Kevin Williamson thinks Elizabeth Warren’s proposal is dictatorial, just wait until he sees the Delaware incorporation statute, the law that defines how a corporation works. It tells corporations how their officers are to be selected, who has liability for what, what powers the stockholders have. It even tells them how often they have to have meetings! Dictatorship! Slavery! The road to serfdom!

And in conclusion, the right's radicalism on issues like this is driving people to the left:

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If you want to know why so many millennials are socialists, this offers a useful clue: because so many people on the right have come to define “capitalism” as “any set of rules that rich people like.” Shackford even puts the word “stakeholders” in quotes, as if it’s lefty lunacy to suggest that employees suffer meaningful consequences from decisions made by management, and therefore deserve to have their interests considered. This is how radical parts of the right have become: the very idea that a company should care about its workers as well as its profits, or give them a say in management decisions, is treated as a socialistic threat to the American way of life. No wonder that many people who see Warren’s proposal will say: “If that’s socialism, I guess I’m a socialist.”

08-17-2018 , 06:40 PM

#1063

+rep_lol

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Quote:

Originally Posted by prana

Not quite. Serena put the hit out.

hahaha omg, i never bothered to actually read wil's posts but i see them referenced all the time and this one has to take the cake

c walking at the olympics i mean just lol wtf

08-17-2018 , 06:48 PM

#1064

uDevil

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Quote:

Originally Posted by uDevil

I'm a noob at primary voting. I had a choice of mail-in ballot and picked D. Then I thought, dang I could've voted against Biggs by going R. But of course he's unopposed. So it's fine. I think my D choices are mostly big favorites so not like it matters. Still felt good to drop it in the mailbox.

Good news: returned mail-in ballots in the east Phoenix area are 5-10% D over R so far.

Bad news: even if that were sustained and included general election day turn-out, the election here would still be a solid R win.

Last edited by uDevil; 08-17-2018 at 06:49 PM. Reason: General

08-17-2018 , 06:51 PM

#1065

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by +rep_lol

hahaha omg, i never bothered to actually read wil's posts but i see them referenced all the time and this one has to take the cake

c walking at the olympics i mean just lol wtf

I think someone archived the legendary wil prop bet meltdown. Not sure where it is, but if you can find it I guarantee it's worth hunting down.

UPDATE: here's where it starts

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/s...postcount=1444

08-17-2018 , 07:30 PM

#1066

prana

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From what I remember wil was always dumb but that Serena meltdown started his straight up horrible posting until the end.

08-17-2018 , 07:55 PM

#1067

spidercrab

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 3,206

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

Me, a dumb person: I'm not going to read that thread AGAIN. It can't possibly be entertaining after reading it so many times.

Me, 15 minutes later: LLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLL

08-17-2018 , 11:34 PM

#1068

+rep_lol

banned

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14,900

man lol

you linked to where it starts at post #1444- i started at the top of the page and thread is already delivering by #1435, complete with awice cameo where he unsurprisingly is wrong about LITERALLY EVERYTHING IN THAT POST before he walks away with all our money

wil tho. lol. this ****ing guy has to be the dumbest son of a ***** i've ever seen online

Quote:

Originally Posted by LetsGambool

So the smart move would be to walk away, but you aren't smart, so you wont.

and he didn't

08-17-2018 , 11:56 PM

#1069

ChrisV

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The amazing thing about that thread is that LetsGamboool right at the start straight up tells him that he made a 3rd-quarter tax payment of $70,000, which is straightforwardly telling him that his base annual income is high six figs minimum, and wil presses on anyway.

Anyone know why LetsGamboool is banned btw?

08-18-2018 , 12:17 AM

#1070

DudeImBetter

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I'm posting this not so humble brag because like 4 or 6 months ago various regs assured me there was no way I could build a successful business on my own.

I currently own my own practice outright, have a more than full caseload, and am currently looking to hire 2 therapists to deal with the referrals I'm getting...and I'll be taking 40% of their action.

My recurring costs are a little over $1k monthly, it took about $4k in start up funds, and last couple days I've grossed about $1k daily. Will provide evidence to anyone willing to wager $100 on it.

I'm drunk and willing to bet on myself. Id bet my practice grosses north of $350k in 2019. Who wants the under. GET REKT

08-18-2018 , 12:46 AM

#1071

wheatrich

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So Austria raided it's own intelligence service in defense of wait for it

North Korea.

They raided it because they claimed that austria was printing blank North Korean passports. If this sounds logical to you, you'll believe anything.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.a62564380c04

08-18-2018 , 12:50 AM

#1072

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,660

My advice: wait on hiring. Refer overflow to colleagues who may be in a position to return the favor at some point. Keep your overhead low and your life simple.

And clean up after your dog.

08-18-2018 , 12:51 AM

#1073

Johnny Truant

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Congrats on the success!

Better check out what people are saying about Bezos in the trump thread and plan accordingly.

08-18-2018 , 02:40 AM

#1074

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Anyone know why LetsGamboool is banned btw?

lol Mason, with an assist from lol chez. His crime was he dunked too hard on fools.

08-18-2018 , 04:05 AM

#1075

OmgGlutten!

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this was a good example of wil318466 being an idiot:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/3...hlight=tuition

Quote:

For the last 4 hours I've been doing some searching and reading about how to afford it. Yes, the public schools in my area are awful, save for a few. Yes, we can afford Catholic school (6-9k a year). The issue is the "really good" private schools are an outrageous 25-33k. I actually thought they were more like 20k a year but talking to my friend in DC (a lawyer) he said that most people wouldn't send their kids to schools that "only" cost 20k.

Quote:

From what I read, it seems that families that make under 130k can get financial aid, but above that you're pretty much looked upon to sacrifice to pay for their education.

and he does't even know how much $$ he makes:

Quote:

Me and my wife make ok salaries, somewhere between 175-225k.

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