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Should be a wild four years.

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Who could have ever predicted this
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I don’t even know where they get nylons that size.. this is beyond Walmart sizes
Any attractive girl these days who wants to objectify herself for money doesn't have to waitress. That's actual work.

Instead, they can just be an e-thot or escort for way less effort.

Plus, the novelty of hot waitresses wears off over time with overpriced and undercooked chain food.

Either way, you shouldn't be supporting hoes.

But one tips waitresses, you say?

"I don't tip."

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tbh that's not bad, we got, what, $2k a mo?

Insurance is probably high, and no health care, but $2k a month is quite respectable, $10/hr should cover that no problem. Get to the quickymart!
What is personal maintenance I wonder? Hair and nails?
But yeah 2k/month isn't bad. Shouldn't be too hard to find something quickly that can cover it.
 
It's a steal wtf kinda deal is this bitch getting.
Food is also suspiciously low, so I'm thinking section 8 and WIC at a minimum. Still, should be quite doable.
What is personal maintenance I wonder? Hair and nails?
Probably, as she's missing a bunch of stuff a budget "should" have like toiletries, supplies, etc.

I bet it's her monthly hairdresser, etc.
 
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Calling them out for trying to incite a military coup and pushing the conspiracy that Butler PA was a hoax is “trolling” apparently.
I really hope one day Elon buys reddit and all he does is ban all moderators. Will burst the redditors echo chamber bubble instantly
 
From what I’ve heard, they have 80 million surplus apartments, though that number could include a shit ton of uninhabitable ones from bad concrete pours. Also, their population is wildly over counted and is closer to 1 billion flat, which would make India almost 40% higher than them

The real estate shit that is imploding accounted for something north of 30% of GDP
I don't know the exact number of empty units, but the issue is both the sheer volume of units, and the fact that the population relied on them massively as an investment vehicle. I've heard various reasonings and explanations for why the population is so reluctant to invest in the proper stock market, but at the end of the day, they are, and instead preferred to buy property, hedging on it always going up. For many families, its quite literally their life savings. And for the local governments, development and construction was a huge portion of their revenue base - as I understand it, the central government collects ALL the 'traditional' tax revenues, so the local governments fund themselves via those development projects, selling lands to build more empty apartments on.

So now the average person had their life savings implode, and local governments just lost their money printer and now have to find new and inventive ways to make up that fiscal shortfall, which all target those previously hurt average people. This goes beyond headline GDP damage, this is a killshot to the fundamentals of their economy. They can't simply lick the wound and keep going, they have to build up something new and different. When I say this, I don't mean communism vs capitalism, but the foundations of growth and savings and wealth for the people and state.
 
this is such a massive drop that federal agents now outnumber migrants in some areas.
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Someone please steelman this for me. What's the reason to NOT designate them as terror organizations? US overreach into another country makes sense. What else?
 
Food is also suspiciously low, so I'm thinking section 8 and WIC at a minimum. Still, should be quite doable.

Probably, as she's missing a bunch of stuff a budget "should" have like toiletries, supplies, etc.

I bet it's her monthly hairdresser, etc.
I mean salaries for the IRS can go down to like 45 grand so that makes more sense she would be on a welfare program but still wtf.
 
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Trump is going to moscow to meet with putin soon. I don't like that. That's not a secure area at all. Just talk over the damned phone or something dudes.
he's so much safer here in the US, with people taking shots at him that almost kill him because the secret service has labeled a roof 'too steep'.

Catherine gets it, though:
wow, catherine is kind of knocking it out there. that is really good. i am impressed by that. you can tell this lady has been a taxpayer her whole life, because her final point is that she's tired of paying for shit and not getting anything in return, and her whole point is a private business could NEVER do that.

people really are waking up, because with that visage you'd expect her to be an ardent leftist, but she was speaking very much truth to power in her corner of the world there.
 
Speaking of declassified files, weren't the JFK files etc. supposed to be out by now?

EDIT: Looks like they're still sifting/declassifying, public hearing slated for end of March.
Oh yes, a hearing.

Why? Why do we need a hearing?

He said "Declassify and release ALL files.

ALL

EACH

EVERY

Why do we have to have a Congressional hearing to do this. Just send Wikileaks in there, we'd have them to read this weekend.
 
Catherine gets it, though:
even though a lot of the restrictions during covid came from state health departments, bureaucrats in general fucked themselves more than they could ever realize with their authoritarianism during covid. feds whining about losing their jobs and work from home privileges only reminds people who aren't still true covid believers that the people that forcefully locked them away from their livelihoods and families during covid are the same ones who are super shocked and mad now that it's their turn
 
Oh yes, a hearing.

Why? Why do we need a hearing?

He said "Declassify and release ALL files.

ALL

EACH

EVERY

Why do we have to have a Congressional hearing to do this. Just send Wikileaks in there, we'd have them to read this weekend.
If they're declassifying then whatever is declassified should be requestable by FOIA right?
The hearing might just be to publicize/review what they found since FOIAs are a bitch to actually get a response on.
 
Someone please steelman this for me. What's the reason to NOT designate them as terror organizations? US overreach into another country makes sense. What else?
For the sake of providing an argument it could potentially hurt individuals not directly involved with cartel operations. If something like drone strikes occur it could result in injury or death of people that are collateral damage to anti-organized crime activity and this may include women and children. The designation also worsens relations with Mexico and can raise fears of American "interventionism" in the country.

Do be aware I fully agree with what Trump is doing on the matter and the previous sentences are an exercise in playing the devil's advocate.
 
Oh yes, a hearing.

Why? Why do we need a hearing?

He said "Declassify and release ALL files.

ALL

EACH

EVERY

Why do we have to have a Congressional hearing to do this. Just send Wikileaks in there, we'd have them to read this weekend.
The magic bullet is a lie the glowies did it. With multiple shooters, the babooshka lady was actually a robot and it was a ploy to keep Vietnam going. Jack Ruby shot Oswald cause he knew that Oswald was gonna spill the beans on there love affair. And that's what's gonna be in the files just saved you guys a month.
 
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