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Javier Milei's "Crazy" Reforms Result in Three Straight Months of Growth and a Much-Reduced Inflation Rate
Real capitalism has never been tried.
Nazi leader Merz attacked Milei and falsely claimed his policies were ruining Argentina. The current German Nazis may no longer be nationalist -- indeed, they are determined to give their country away -- but they remain anti-freedom and very pro-socialism.
Just months ago, Argentina seemed destined for another economic collapse: soaring poverty, runaway inflation and dire warnings from economists that President Javier Milei's radical austerity measures would choke growth. Instead, the economy is expanding at a pace few thought possible -- leaving Milei's legions of critics scrambling for explanations. In a stunning reversal, Argentina's economy posted a 7.6 percent year-over-year growth rate in the second quarter of 2025 -- its strongest in nearly two decades -- fueled by deregulation, sharp cuts to public spending and the loosening of currency controls. Retail sales, manufacturing and finance all surged, helping consumer spending jump nearly 3 percent from the previous quarter. Since assuming office in December 2023, the firebrand libertarian economist has slashed government expenditures and secured a $20 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His administration promised to dismantle decades of state intervention in favor of free markets -- policies that many observers warned would deepen recession and spark social unrest. ... Milei also ripped up Argentina's rent-control law in late 2024, removing limits on lease terms and rent increases that had discouraged landlords from renting. Within months, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires jumped by 195 percent, according to the city's real estate observatory, and median asking prices fell by about 10 percent as more apartments returned to the market. ...
"We have the best president in the world," Argentina's economy minister, Luis Caputo, wrote on X as he shared the recent growth figure. ... The strongest case for optimism has been Milei's success in driving down inflation. In May, consumer prices rose just 1.5 percent -- the lowest monthly figure in five years, according to Argentina's national statistics agency. That decline is widely seen as a political and economic turning point. ...
Even Milei's allies acknowledge the precariousness of the moment. José De Gregorio, a former central bank governor in Chile, said at the Peterson Institute panel: "I have to admit they are doing the right things. They have a very good chance to succeed. But we know how hard it is here." ... Yet despite warnings about volatility ahead, Milei appears convinced that the economy is firmly on the path to recovery. On television, he keeps repeating his now-familiar refrain: "Instead of talking about growth at Chinese rates, the world will soon be talking about growth at Argentine rates."
German Chancellor Merz Insulted Javier Milei. He Needs to Apologize.
Rainer Zitelmann
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly accused Javier Milei of ruining his country and "trampling people underfoot." The leading German historian Rainer Zitelmann has now called on Merz to apologize to Milei.
Dear Chancellor Merz, I used to be one of your fans. You can check. I was a long-standing member of the Facebook group "Friedrich Merz must become Germany's Chancellor." I even enjoyed your book, mehr Kapitalismus wagen (Daring More Capitalism), back in 2008. However, I must admit that I began to have my doubts when -- even though you were clearly in the right -- you kept apologizing and modifying your positions in response to criticism from left-wing parties and the media. And then came a statement that I would not have thought possible. Following a -- somewhat belated -- suggestion from the then-leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, to "dare to be more like Milei," you said on German television: "To be honest, I was completely dismayed that Christian Lindner made this comparison. What is currently happening in Argentina -- I don't follow it every day -- but what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot, and to take that as an example for Germany, I have to say I was somewhat speechless, and that doesn't happen all that often for me." Milei has curbed inflation and poverty To the facts: 100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world, comparable to the United States today. Argentina did not become poor as a result of Milei's libertarian agenda, but because of the failed policies of socialists, Peronists, and statists. The country was in decline for decades. Since 1945, there has hardly been a year -- with the exception of a brief respite during the 1990s -- in which the country has not suffered double-digit inflation. All of the surveys conducted prior to Milei's election consistently identified inflation as the Argentine population's main concern. Upon taking office, Milei inherited an inflation rate of 25.5 percent per month (not per year!); today, inflation is down to 1.5 percent per month.
Yes, poverty rose temporarily, as I had expected before Milei's election victory. But it has since fallen well below the level it was at when Milei took office. From 41.7 percent, poverty initially rose to almost 55 percent and is now at 31.7 percent, ten percentage points below the level at the time of Milei's inauguration and the lowest level since 2018. Interestingly, the left leaning media provided extensive coverage of the initial rise in poverty, yet they have been conspicuously silent regarding its recent fall. The speed at which poverty declined was even faster than I, a self-confessed Milei fan, could have hoped. This is because, when politicians implement comprehensive market reforms designed to dismantle entrenched economic structures, it often results in a short-term reduction in gross domestic product, coupled with increases in poverty and unemployment rates. This was the case, for example, with Maggie Thatcher's market economy reforms in the UK in the early 1980s and Leszek Balcerowicz's capitalist "shock therapy" in Poland in the early 1990s. As you know, Poland has now been one of the fastest growing countries in Europe and the world for several decades -- the foundations were laid by Balcerowicz's capitalist shock therapy. ... Has Argentina overcome all of its problems? Of course not. I still expect many difficulties and setbacks. The promised "dollarization" has yet to happen. But Milei has achieved a great deal in such a short time -- you would have every right to be proud if you could manage a similar feat after one or two years as Chancellor of Germany.
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I like this guy
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:26 PM (VE6XX)
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Afuera!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2025 05:28 PM (O7YUW)
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Until they take the Falklands back... they're posers.
Posted by: Rex Hunt at July 08, 2025 05:29 PM (Q4IgG)
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His hair is cool and weird all at the same time.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2025 05:30 PM (pRpzT)
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>>Real capitalism has never been tried.
...and when it is:
"Women and Children Hardest Hit by Real Capitalism"
...and when it is:
"Women and Children Hardest Hit by Real Capitalism"
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (Bi+MU)
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If the Argentines tried to take the Falklands, the UK would respond with a Trannie dance corps, ala Monty Python
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (JtH6i)
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Every libertarian on Twixxer: SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE LIBERTARIAN??
Um, my brother in Mises, he didn't legalize weed and prostitution to make this happen.
Um, my brother in Mises, he didn't legalize weed and prostitution to make this happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (dfIr7)
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capitalism never works, which is why we need people to get in power and fix everything, like franklin roosevelt did
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (CWTWj)
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The best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
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Deutschland ist am Ende. Die Globalisten haben die Macht übernommen und die Menschen haben keine Lust mehr, für ihr Land zu kämpfen. Der gepriesene deutsche Geist liegt auf dem Sterbebett.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (FwedH)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (gF7Pq)
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Until they take the Falklands back... they're posers.
Posted by: Rex Hunt
During the Falklands War, I was on Maggie's side against the junta.
Now, I'd be on Mlei's side against Starmer and King Chuckie Tampon.
Posted by: Rex Hunt
During the Falklands War, I was on Maggie's side against the junta.
Now, I'd be on Mlei's side against Starmer and King Chuckie Tampon.
Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (77rzZ)
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9 The best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
Ta!
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
Ta!
Posted by: Boris Johnson at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (PiwSw)
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>>100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world, comparable to the United States today.
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Amazing to think of this. I can't even imagine another country that wealthy in this hemisphere.
>>100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world, comparable to the United States today.
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Amazing to think of this. I can't even imagine another country that wealthy in this hemisphere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (nC9OT)
Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (77rzZ)
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if even one child goes to bed hungry then capitalism has failed. (what any good lefty can tell you)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (xcxpd)
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Merz better quit throwing stones because his glass house is looking pretty fragile.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (HFcKg)
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>> 100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world, comparable to the United States today. Argentina did not become poor as a result of Milei's libertarian agenda, but because of the failed policies of socialists, Peronists, and statists. The country was in decline for decades. Since 1945, there has hardly been a year -- with the exception of a brief respite during the 1990s -- in which the country has not suffered double-digit inflation.
All true. It's pretty wild how quickly a country can go to shit and how hard it is to unfuck those situations.
All true. It's pretty wild how quickly a country can go to shit and how hard it is to unfuck those situations.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (uCjyK)
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13 9 The best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
And the worst leaders have the best hair ?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
And the worst leaders have the best hair ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (VE6XX)
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9 The best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
I think so.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
I think so.
Posted by: Zombie James Traficant at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (PiwSw)
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For that kraut to say "-- but what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot,..." is rich, coming from a country who is trampling the German people with socialism and unlimited Islamic immigration.
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (144I4)
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Joe Blogs on YouTube has regularly attacked him, as has Peter Zeihan.
Economic reporting there is on a par with Jim Cramer stock picks.
Joe Blogs on YouTube has regularly attacked him, as has Peter Zeihan.
Economic reporting there is on a par with Jim Cramer stock picks.
Posted by: Auspex at July 08, 2025 05:34 PM (j4U/Z)
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>>he best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
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The opposite is true, too.
Mitt Romney
Gavin Newsome
Kim Jong-un (awesome for a North Korean)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
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The opposite is true, too.
Mitt Romney
Gavin Newsome
Kim Jong-un (awesome for a North Korean)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:35 PM (bNf8H)
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re 10: damn, i understood that.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 08, 2025 05:35 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Sifty at July 08, 2025 05:35 PM (oP8HB)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (YEinm)
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As long as the sky has been blue communist and socialists suck. Their ideas suck, they suck, their countries suck, they just fucking suck.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (snZF9)
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24 >>he best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
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The opposite is true, too.
Mitt Romney
Gavin Newsome
Kim Jong-un (awesome for a North Korean)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:35 PM (bNf8H)
Your words are hurtful.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
___
The opposite is true, too.
Mitt Romney
Gavin Newsome
Kim Jong-un (awesome for a North Korean)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:35 PM (bNf8H)
Your words are hurtful.
Posted by: Senator John Edwards, with a comb at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (PiwSw)
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I hope we have a good trade agreement with them.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (VofaG)
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7 Every libertarian on Twixxer: SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE LIBERTARIAN??
Um, my brother in Mises, he didn't legalize weed and prostitution to make this happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (dfIr7)
lol. Well, I think "libertarian" means a lot of different things to different people.
For some it means open borders and lots of drugs, for others it means a maximalist view of the free market.
I don't think Argentina is anywhere near a path to an Reason Magazine-style libertarian utopia.
Um, my brother in Mises, he didn't legalize weed and prostitution to make this happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (dfIr7)
lol. Well, I think "libertarian" means a lot of different things to different people.
For some it means open borders and lots of drugs, for others it means a maximalist view of the free market.
I don't think Argentina is anywhere near a path to an Reason Magazine-style libertarian utopia.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (uCjyK)
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Joe Blogs on YouTube has regularly attacked him, as has Peter Zeihan.
Economic reporting there is on a par with Jim Cramer stock picks.
Posted by: Auspex
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Re YT influencers
Basically if you don't pay for information, expect those influencers to report whatever who is paying them wants them to say.
Joe Blogs on YouTube has regularly attacked him, as has Peter Zeihan.
Economic reporting there is on a par with Jim Cramer stock picks.
Posted by: Auspex
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Re YT influencers
Basically if you don't pay for information, expect those influencers to report whatever who is paying them wants them to say.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)
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How many of the transplanted Nazis advised the Argentinian government about statism, either socialism or Peronism? Bet there was an influence
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (JtH6i)
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Q: When was the system of capitalism invented?
A: When Marx needed a cartoon villain to make his absurdly magical economic theories look good.
There has never been, and never will be, an economic system that is capitalism--it simply cannot exist.
Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
A: When Marx needed a cartoon villain to make his absurdly magical economic theories look good.
There has never been, and never will be, an economic system that is capitalism--it simply cannot exist.
Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (SLYtL)
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what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot
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What is the basis for this charge? Is he dismantling an overly generous social safety net? Jailing criminals? Taking down unions? Shrinking the government bureaucracy? I know he's doing that last, but is this part of his supposed villainy?
what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot
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What is the basis for this charge? Is he dismantling an overly generous social safety net? Jailing criminals? Taking down unions? Shrinking the government bureaucracy? I know he's doing that last, but is this part of his supposed villainy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (nC9OT)
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Big Government? Afuera!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (q/UWX)
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22 For that kraut to say "-- but what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot,..." is rich, coming from a country who is trampling the German people with socialism and unlimited Islamic immigration.
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (144I4)
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They are about to outlaw the single most popular political party in Germany.
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (144I4)
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They are about to outlaw the single most popular political party in Germany.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (+pRFM)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (YEinm)
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"Milei also ripped up Argentina's rent-control law in late 2024, removing limits on lease terms and rent increases that had discouraged landlords from renting. Within months, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires jumped by 195 percent, according to the city's real estate observatory, and median asking prices fell by about 10 percent as more apartments returned to the market."
That's just crazy talk right there.
Imagine what Trump could do for NYC if he was the dictator the left claims he is.
That's just crazy talk right there.
Imagine what Trump could do for NYC if he was the dictator the left claims he is.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (e5NfL)
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Amazing to think of this. I can't even imagine another country that wealthy in this hemisphere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (nC9OT)
Different hemisphere, but I get your point.
But yeah, up until the early - mid part of the 20th century, Argentina was an economic powerhouse.
Then, thanks to a lot of both internal and external (ahem) factors, it, well, went to shit. And has stayed there for quite a while.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (nC9OT)
Different hemisphere, but I get your point.
But yeah, up until the early - mid part of the 20th century, Argentina was an economic powerhouse.
Then, thanks to a lot of both internal and external (ahem) factors, it, well, went to shit. And has stayed there for quite a while.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (uCjyK)
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polynikes, if I remember correctly the trade deal with Argentina was the first one signed.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (HFcKg)
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Since 1945, there has hardly been a year -- with the exception of a brief respite during the 1990s -- in which the country has not suffered double-digit inflation.
So you're saying an infusion of National Socialists did not help the economy...
So you're saying an infusion of National Socialists did not help the economy...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (dfIr7)
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I don't think Argentina is anywhere near a path to an Reason Magazine-style libertarian utopia.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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More like a hellhole. I wouldn't trust Libertarian Fonzi and his crew at Reason with a butter knife, let alone running a country. They are far more Globo Homo than taking Mises (or even Rothbard) seriously.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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More like a hellhole. I wouldn't trust Libertarian Fonzi and his crew at Reason with a butter knife, let alone running a country. They are far more Globo Homo than taking Mises (or even Rothbard) seriously.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (ctrM5)
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Rocky 4 settled this a long time ago.
It's settled science.
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The Rocky Rankings (Best to Worst)
1. Rocky III
2. Rocky IV
3. Rocky II
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Rocky
There is no "V", Stallone himself states that Rocky V isn't "canon" and that he shouldn't have done that one.
It's settled science.
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The Rocky Rankings (Best to Worst)
1. Rocky III
2. Rocky IV
3. Rocky II
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Rocky
There is no "V", Stallone himself states that Rocky V isn't "canon" and that he shouldn't have done that one.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (TN0g+)
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Germany is still a thing?
Posted by: Sifty at July 08, 2025 05:39 PM (oP8HB)
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43 Since 1945, there has hardly been a year -- with the exception of a brief respite during the 1990s -- in which the country has not suffered double-digit inflation.
So you're saying an infusion of National Socialists did not help the economy...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Peronism is akin to a country having ass cancer.
So you're saying an infusion of National Socialists did not help the economy...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Peronism is akin to a country having ass cancer.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (ctrM5)
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Rocky is one of the best movies of all time.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (xcxpd)
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>>Q: When was the system of capitalism invented?
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (Bi+MU)
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They are about to outlaw the single most popular political party in Germany.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 08, 2025
To save democracy! *trumpets blare*
They are about to outlaw the single most popular political party in Germany.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 08, 2025
To save democracy! *trumpets blare*
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (pRpzT)
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It's a shame to see two countries that have a friendship going back nearly 100 years have a falling out like this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (uWKK8)
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What is the basis for this charge? Is he dismantling an overly generous social safety net? Jailing criminals? Taking down unions? Shrinking the government bureaucracy? I know he's doing that last, but is this part of his supposed villainy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (nC9OT)
I think he's talking about the clawback of subsidies. Argentina had / has all kinds of subsidies, and they're rolling them back. The big one is a fuel subsidy, which includes electricity and other utilities.
The argument is that poor people will die because they wont be able to afford electricity.
Of course, we all know the counter argument, which is bearing out as we speak (ie: energy is getting cheaper, competition is back, people are making economically rational decisions, and the economy overall is improving so fewer people are so poor they cant afford electricity anyways)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (nC9OT)
I think he's talking about the clawback of subsidies. Argentina had / has all kinds of subsidies, and they're rolling them back. The big one is a fuel subsidy, which includes electricity and other utilities.
The argument is that poor people will die because they wont be able to afford electricity.
Of course, we all know the counter argument, which is bearing out as we speak (ie: energy is getting cheaper, competition is back, people are making economically rational decisions, and the economy overall is improving so fewer people are so poor they cant afford electricity anyways)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (uCjyK)
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Sadly at some point Argentina will elect another leftist who will bring them back to where they were. It may be a while but it will happen. People have short memories. I mean shit Poland lived under communism for 45 years and then elected a far left government last year.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (ImXfC)
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Posted by: Senator John Edwards, with a comb at July 08, 2025 05:36 PM (PiwSw)
AKA Silky pony
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)
AAKA the Breck Girl.
AKA Silky pony
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)
AAKA the Breck Girl.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 08, 2025 05:41 PM (0aYVJ)
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Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (SLYtL)
Why can’t we co-opt it and make our own definition? Capitalism is Free Market System to me. Fuck what Marx said over a hundred years ago. It’s my word now.
The Left does it all the time.
Why can’t we co-opt it and make our own definition? Capitalism is Free Market System to me. Fuck what Marx said over a hundred years ago. It’s my word now.
The Left does it all the time.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:41 PM (VofaG)
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Peter Zeihan?
You mean the guy that has predicted Russia will collapse?
The guy that claims Bitcoin will go to zero?
The guy that promised Trump would lose in 2024?
He had some interesting--even if easily deduced--thoughts on China.
But he has, since, proved himself a crowd-following dolt.
You mean the guy that has predicted Russia will collapse?
The guy that claims Bitcoin will go to zero?
The guy that promised Trump would lose in 2024?
He had some interesting--even if easily deduced--thoughts on China.
But he has, since, proved himself a crowd-following dolt.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:41 PM (SLYtL)
Posted by: That chick on the insurance commercial at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (TN0g+)
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Sometime I must read a book about the decline of Argentina. Why were they so susceptible to those stupid socialist ideas? Did they have corrupt leaders who made the socialists an attractive alternative? What was their legal/judicial system missing that allowed such a takeover? It might all be a useful lesson.
Sometime I must read a book about the decline of Argentina. Why were they so susceptible to those stupid socialist ideas? Did they have corrupt leaders who made the socialists an attractive alternative? What was their legal/judicial system missing that allowed such a takeover? It might all be a useful lesson.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (nC9OT)
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More like a hellhole. I wouldn't trust Libertarian Fonzi and his crew at Reason with a butter knife, let alone running a country. They are far more Globo Homo than taking Mises (or even Rothbard) seriously.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (ctrM5)
Admittedly, I haven't read Reason since the Obama administration, so I have no idea what their stances are now.
They lost me at "open borders" and "supply and demand of a free flow of labor across the world"
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (ctrM5)
Admittedly, I haven't read Reason since the Obama administration, so I have no idea what their stances are now.
They lost me at "open borders" and "supply and demand of a free flow of labor across the world"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (uCjyK)
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Imagine what Trump could do for NYC if he was the dictator the left claims he is.
Posted by: Mister Scott
Fiorello LaGuardia did a lot for NYC governance but only because Big Daddy FDR in White House fed him a shitload of federal money.
But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: Mister Scott
Fiorello LaGuardia did a lot for NYC governance but only because Big Daddy FDR in White House fed him a shitload of federal money.
But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
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Economics isn't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. Nothing and nobody is going to hit as hard as the Markets. - R. Balboa, economist.
Posted by: Sifty at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (oP8HB)
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Know who else was known for ruining his country and "trampling people underfoot?"
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (M5OtC)
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> Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
I regularly find people who think Marx was a trained economist. He had a PHILOSOPHY Doctorate from U of Jena. He was a trained bullshit artist.
I regularly find people who think Marx was a trained economist. He had a PHILOSOPHY Doctorate from U of Jena. He was a trained bullshit artist.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (lIio7)
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polynikes, if I remember correctly the trade deal with Argentina was the first one signed.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (HFcKg)
Awesome.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 05:38 PM (HFcKg)
Awesome.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (VofaG)
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Sometime I must read a book about the decline of Argentina. Why were they so susceptible to those stupid socialist ideas? Did they have corrupt leaders who made the socialists an attractive alternative? What was their legal/judicial system missing that allowed such a takeover? It might all be a useful lesson.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (nC9OT)
It's a fascinating history from the small amount I know. Let me know if you find a good book on the subject, I really should educate myself more on it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (nC9OT)
It's a fascinating history from the small amount I know. Let me know if you find a good book on the subject, I really should educate myself more on it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uCjyK)
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Q: When was the system of capitalism invented?
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
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Correct. Supply & Demand curves do a great job of explaining human behavior.
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
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Correct. Supply & Demand curves do a great job of explaining human behavior.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (TN0g+)
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Within months, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires jumped by 195 percent, according to the city's real estate observatory, and median asking prices fell by about 10 percent as more apartments returned to the market.
Funny how removing socialist price controls and allowing the free market sway both increased housing AND reduced rents...
Almost seems like socialism's goals are to enslave people to Gov't...
Funny how removing socialist price controls and allowing the free market sway both increased housing AND reduced rents...
Almost seems like socialism's goals are to enslave people to Gov't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (ynpvh)
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"35 Q: When was the system of capitalism invented?
A: When Marx needed a cartoon villain to make his absurdly magical economic theories look good.
There has never been, and never will be, an economic system that is capitalism--it simply cannot exist.
Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (SLYtL) "
Which is why I wince a little every time someone calls our system 'capitalism' ... it's accepting the leftist premise before the discussion starts.
A: When Marx needed a cartoon villain to make his absurdly magical economic theories look good.
There has never been, and never will be, an economic system that is capitalism--it simply cannot exist.
Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:37 PM (SLYtL) "
Which is why I wince a little every time someone calls our system 'capitalism' ... it's accepting the leftist premise before the discussion starts.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (dKEEs)
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Know who else was known for ruining his country and "trampling people underfoot?"
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Jimmy Page?
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Jimmy Page?
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (TN0g+)
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63 > Because it is a made-up term brought to us by the same economic illiterate who coined it, Marx.
I regularly find people who think Marx was a trained economist. He had a PHILOSOPHY Doctorate from U of Jena. He was a trained bullshit artist.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (lIio7)
Marx shoulda stuck with comedy. His economic theories were tragedy.
I regularly find people who think Marx was a trained economist. He had a PHILOSOPHY Doctorate from U of Jena. He was a trained bullshit artist.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:43 PM (lIio7)
Marx shoulda stuck with comedy. His economic theories were tragedy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (ynpvh)
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69 Know who else was known for ruining his country and "trampling people underfoot?"
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Jimmy Page?
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (TN0g+)
I AM curious how Jimmy Page could ruin the already dying England.
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Jimmy Page?
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (TN0g+)
I AM curious how Jimmy Page could ruin the already dying England.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)
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69 Know who else was known for ruining his country and "trampling people underfoot?"
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Jimmy Page?
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (TN0g+)
Well, not Idi Amin; I mean, he ate a few, does that count?
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Jimmy Page?
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:44 PM (TN0g+)
Well, not Idi Amin; I mean, he ate a few, does that count?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (ynpvh)
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53 Sadly at some point Argentina will elect another leftist who will bring them back to where they were. It may be a while but it will happen. People have short memories. I mean shit Poland lived under communism for 45 years and then elected a far left government last year.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (ImXfC)
I don't know about that. Argentina was in many ways a victim of the cold war.
I think they could have the potential to bounce back to being a real global economy if they don't fuck it up. We'll see though.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (ImXfC)
I don't know about that. Argentina was in many ways a victim of the cold war.
I think they could have the potential to bounce back to being a real global economy if they don't fuck it up. We'll see though.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (uCjyK)
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But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM
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Moses was huge. But he was before America tied itself down in regulations like Gulliver in Lilliput.
But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM
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Moses was huge. But he was before America tied itself down in regulations like Gulliver in Lilliput.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (q/UWX)
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Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
Robert Moses has an undeserved reputation as a great city planner.
Robert Moses has an undeserved reputation as a great city planner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Zv8bq)
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Q: When was the system of capitalism invented?
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
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Correct.
All other economic theories of the Marxist flavor are merely imagination exercises, built on impossible artificial constraints, embraced by greedy dimwits who lack all real-world experience or psychopaths gleefully anticipating the death of millions.
Capitalism is not a Theory, it is a Description of the natural State of Mankind.
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Correct.
All other economic theories of the Marxist flavor are merely imagination exercises, built on impossible artificial constraints, embraced by greedy dimwits who lack all real-world experience or psychopaths gleefully anticipating the death of millions.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (SLYtL)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (17s+e)
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Within months, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires jumped by 195 percent, according to the city's real estate observatory, and median asking prices fell by about 10 percent as more apartments returned to the market.
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NYC will try this right? Cuz I hear Mamdani is super duper concerned with rent prices.
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NYC will try this right? Cuz I hear Mamdani is super duper concerned with rent prices.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (ImXfC)
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But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
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I think I read that there hasn't been a mile of road built in NYC since Robert Moses had Triborough taken away from him.
But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
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I think I read that there hasn't been a mile of road built in NYC since Robert Moses had Triborough taken away from him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (gF7Pq)
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I Am Not An Historian (IANAH) ... but when was the last time a German leader was right about anything?
Sometime in the 19th century?
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
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Admittedly, I haven't read Reason since the Obama administration, so I have no idea what their stances are now.
They lost me at "open borders" and "supply and demand of a free flow of labor across the world"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Insty and Special Ed Driscoll there still likes to link them. One of Reynold's law school buddies that cross posts there and at Reason pops up every now and then to say something both pointless and stupid. Sometimes, some other places link to something Reason says. But, both Reason and the Niskanen/Cato Institutes are pale shadows of what they were like NR is actually.
Intellectualism and disdain for common people while covertly gobbling in corporate and billionaire donor dollars does that to formerly principled organizations. In this case, they become Liberaltarians.
They lost me at "open borders" and "supply and demand of a free flow of labor across the world"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Insty and Special Ed Driscoll there still likes to link them. One of Reynold's law school buddies that cross posts there and at Reason pops up every now and then to say something both pointless and stupid. Sometimes, some other places link to something Reason says. But, both Reason and the Niskanen/Cato Institutes are pale shadows of what they were like NR is actually.
Intellectualism and disdain for common people while covertly gobbling in corporate and billionaire donor dollars does that to formerly principled organizations. In this case, they become Liberaltarians.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:47 PM (ctrM5)
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Capitalism, as Marx coined it, is simply weaponizing natural human greed to the greatest benefit to the largest number of people. Living in a fallen world, there will always be some who do not succeed in this system and some who are crushed by it. But every attempted solution makes matters significantly worse, for a much larger group of people.
To put it another way: there is no utopia, and capitalism is the least bad system we have. That combined with Christian charity and goodwill toward neighbors and things tend to work out very well.
To put it another way: there is no utopia, and capitalism is the least bad system we have. That combined with Christian charity and goodwill toward neighbors and things tend to work out very well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:47 PM (dfIr7)
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But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM
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Moses was huge. But he was before America tied itself down in regulations like Gulliver in Lilliput.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (q/UWX)
I mean, I don't think he was the evil racist whatever the left thinks he is, but I also think he was a corrupt bureaucrat who had way too much power (he held multiple offices) and made some very poor city planning decisions.
But also some good ones, so I guess it's a mixed bag.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM
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Moses was huge. But he was before America tied itself down in regulations like Gulliver in Lilliput.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 05:45 PM (q/UWX)
I mean, I don't think he was the evil racist whatever the left thinks he is, but I also think he was a corrupt bureaucrat who had way too much power (he held multiple offices) and made some very poor city planning decisions.
But also some good ones, so I guess it's a mixed bag.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (uCjyK)
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Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
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82
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To put it another way: there is no utopia, and capitalism is the least bad system we have. That combined with Christian charity and goodwill toward neighbors and things tend to work out very well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:47 PM (dfIr7)
Yes. The use of selfishness that benefits society as a whole.
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To put it another way: there is no utopia, and capitalism is the least bad system we have. That combined with Christian charity and goodwill toward neighbors and things tend to work out very well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:47 PM (dfIr7)
Yes. The use of selfishness that benefits society as a whole.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (ynpvh)
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I think I read that there hasn't been a mile of road built in NYC since Robert Moses had Triborough taken away from him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Probably true unless you count access roads, etc. Robert Caro wrote a brilliant biography of Robert Moses: The Power Broker. Highly recommended.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Probably true unless you count access roads, etc. Robert Caro wrote a brilliant biography of Robert Moses: The Power Broker. Highly recommended.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (ctrM5)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
We're catching up in the fascism department...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
We're catching up in the fascism department...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (ynpvh)
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Sometime I must read a book about the decline of Argentina. Why were they so susceptible to those stupid socialist ideas? Did they have corrupt leaders who made the socialists an attractive alternative? What was their legal/judicial system missing that allowed such a takeover? It might all be a useful lesson.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (nC9OT)
Many people don't know that although Argentina speaks Spanish, sixty-some percent of the population is Italian. Perot was a big fan of Mussolini, and he instituted a state based on Mussolini style fascism. Since then, they were able to always put together buyoff of the lower classes, strict military control, and confiscation of foreign assets to stay in power. Took a long time for things to get so bad that people were finally ready to try anything else.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (nC9OT)
Many people don't know that although Argentina speaks Spanish, sixty-some percent of the population is Italian. Perot was a big fan of Mussolini, and he instituted a state based on Mussolini style fascism. Since then, they were able to always put together buyoff of the lower classes, strict military control, and confiscation of foreign assets to stay in power. Took a long time for things to get so bad that people were finally ready to try anything else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (uWKK8)
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Every government economic "expert" in the world.
Literally. Every Economic expert said that Argentina was doomed.
Literally. Every Economic expert said that Argentina was doomed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (dfIr7)
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Robert Moses is loathed by leftists. They stopped his vision anyway. NYC should have had freeways criss crossing the city the way LA does. But the “people” stopped it from happening in the 60s and 70s. They take great pride in that. I guess efficient transportation is racist or something.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (ImXfC)
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Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (uCjyK)
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Aha then, dismantling an overly generous social safety net more or less. Subsidies, phooey. Pass a slice of cake down to someone at the end of the table and everyone in between cuts a bite out for themselves. The actual recipient gets a few crumbs.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:40 PM (uCjyK)
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Aha then, dismantling an overly generous social safety net more or less. Subsidies, phooey. Pass a slice of cake down to someone at the end of the table and everyone in between cuts a bite out for themselves. The actual recipient gets a few crumbs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (nC9OT)
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (VofaG)
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>>The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Ever run into a German in one of our National Parks?
It's comedy. You will immediately be dressed down for not appreciating the Parks System, sufficiently.
It's like running into a Vegan.
Ever run into a German in one of our National Parks?
It's comedy. You will immediately be dressed down for not appreciating the Parks System, sufficiently.
It's like running into a Vegan.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (Bi+MU)
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But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
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I think the grifting politicians forgot people will forgive the grift as long as the trains run on time. In other words, the politicians of the day understood they needed to deliver. They no longer feel obligated to do so.
But LaGuardia and his sometimes ally Robert Moses transformed NYC into a world class city from which it has slowly been declining back to Tammany Hall run shithole.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
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I think the grifting politicians forgot people will forgive the grift as long as the trains run on time. In other words, the politicians of the day understood they needed to deliver. They no longer feel obligated to do so.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (tT6L1)
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BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE WORKED!!!!
Every government economic "expert" in the world.
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Don't let them fool you--most leftists know intuitively that supply & demand curves work. They just prefer to *ignore* them because LYING to their constituents leads to more votes than telling the truth and enacting sound policy.
Here's the giveaway: EVERY Democratic President at some point in his term "taps the strategic reserve" to increase the supply of oil. They do this because they KNOW that "greater supply leads to lower prices".
And 3 hours later they're off to speak somewhere about cutting production of oil from offshore drilling and raising the minimum wage. They "know" economics--they just don't *care* about economics--they're all about posturing and grifting.
Every government economic "expert" in the world.
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Don't let them fool you--most leftists know intuitively that supply & demand curves work. They just prefer to *ignore* them because LYING to their constituents leads to more votes than telling the truth and enacting sound policy.
Here's the giveaway: EVERY Democratic President at some point in his term "taps the strategic reserve" to increase the supply of oil. They do this because they KNOW that "greater supply leads to lower prices".
And 3 hours later they're off to speak somewhere about cutting production of oil from offshore drilling and raising the minimum wage. They "know" economics--they just don't *care* about economics--they're all about posturing and grifting.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (TN0g+)
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Robert Moses has an undeserved reputation as a great city planner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Depends on whose ox is being gored. I think Caro's biography gives him a fair account.
Lots of people complain about L'Enfant too, especially when caught in traffic jams in DC.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Depends on whose ox is being gored. I think Caro's biography gives him a fair account.
Lots of people complain about L'Enfant too, especially when caught in traffic jams in DC.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (nC9OT)
Posted by: muldoon at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (poXs5)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
You usually don't even have to ask.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
You usually don't even have to ask.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (8wKVG)
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Speaking of Argentina, the gal who recently played Snow White, and demanded remuneration any time she was in costume or singing, has taken to appearing nightly on her luxury London hotel balcony, with music piped in, to sing "Don't Cry for me Argentina."
For free.
In Spanish.
For free.
In Spanish.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (SLYtL)
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Here's the giveaway: EVERY Democratic President at some point in his term "taps the strategic reserve" to increase the supply of oil. They do this because they KNOW that "greater supply leads to lower prices".
And 3 hours later they're off to speak somewhere about cutting production of oil from offshore drilling and raising the minimum wage. They "know" economics--they just don't *care* about economics--they're all about posturing and grifting.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (TN0g+)
Yep. They’re not stupid. Just evil.
And 3 hours later they're off to speak somewhere about cutting production of oil from offshore drilling and raising the minimum wage. They "know" economics--they just don't *care* about economics--they're all about posturing and grifting.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (TN0g+)
Yep. They’re not stupid. Just evil.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (ImXfC)
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I am partial to free enterprise. An entrepreneurial approach with a good product, good customer service and value.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (HFcKg)
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80 I Am Not An Historian (IANAH) ... but when was the last time a German leader was right about anything?
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
Give the Germans credit for one thing - they were right about French Military Capabilities.
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
Give the Germans credit for one thing - they were right about French Military Capabilities.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (uWKK8)
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The main flaw that leftists have is that they think if only they used the right systems and theories, then there would be NO problems any longer. They won't just come out and say it, but its what they mean by pointing out every bad thing that any other system has. Sure, capitalism has given us the greatest amount of freedom, the least poverty, famine, and war in the world's history but Bob lost his job and is living in a car! CAPITALISM IS EVIL AND YOU MUST DO WHAT I SAY INSTEAD!
The implication is that their system would never have any drawbacks or flaws, and everyone would have skittle-pooping unicorn ponies.
The implication is that their system would never have any drawbacks or flaws, and everyone would have skittle-pooping unicorn ponies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (dfIr7)
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Candace Owens is a smoke show ??? give CBD an eye test , stat ! She looks like Admiral Ackbar's sister.
Posted by: runner at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (g47mK)
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Since then, they were able to always put together buyoff of the lower classes, strict military control, and confiscation of foreign assets to stay in power. Took a long time for things to get so bad that people were finally ready to try anything else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (uWKK
I would say they're also a unique country in Latin America, demographically. They barely have an indigenous population, they are almost entirely European. So there isn't really an ethnic caste system in Argentina in the same there is in, say, Brazil.
I think that homogeneity makes it easier for a country to do what they're trying to do, since it can't easily be turned in to an "us verse them" thing.
But again, we'll see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (uWKK
I would say they're also a unique country in Latin America, demographically. They barely have an indigenous population, they are almost entirely European. So there isn't really an ethnic caste system in Argentina in the same there is in, say, Brazil.
I think that homogeneity makes it easier for a country to do what they're trying to do, since it can't easily be turned in to an "us verse them" thing.
But again, we'll see.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (uCjyK)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
You usually don't even have to ask.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (8wKVG)
Hah. Everything reminds me of a movie.
Flight of the Phoenix
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
You usually don't even have to ask.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 08, 2025 05:51 PM (8wKVG)
Hah. Everything reminds me of a movie.
Flight of the Phoenix
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (VofaG)
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Marxism brings the mostly peacful piles of corpses in between purges and government-enforced famines.
All capitalism did was give us everything worth having and the balls to protect it.
All capitalism did was give us everything worth having and the balls to protect it.
Posted by: Sifty at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (YlKZh)
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Some drunk midget charged at former NHL player Nick Tarnasky on the golf course and got punched repeatedly and tossed around like a frisbee.
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (lIio7)
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Milei also ripped up Argentina's rent-control law in late 2024, removing limits on lease terms and rent increases that had discouraged landlords from renting. Within months, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires jumped by 195 percent, according to the city's real estate observatory, and median asking prices fell by about 10 percent as more apartments returned to the market.
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very, very interesting!
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very, very interesting!
Posted by: runner at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (g47mK)
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South Mexico is on the upswing.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (zhBpy)
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I Am Not An Historian (IANAH) ... but when was the last time a German leader was right about anything?
Sometime in the 19th century?
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I still haven't forgiven them for Pearl Harbor.
Sometime in the 19th century?
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I still haven't forgiven them for Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (TN0g+)
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Throughout history, free market economies that have individual and property rights expand and general prosperity occurs. And yet... socialists care more about control than people's happiness and health.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2025 05:54 PM (rvwwT)
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Decades ago, I once started a short story of how after WWII and the exploding of atom bombs and hydrogen bombs that an alien civilization came to earth to stop our exponential scientific growth. The premise was they took subtle changes to not alert humanity. One was infiltrating governments and societies as socialists.
Should have followed up on that but was too busy making machines and a business.
Should have followed up on that but was too busy making machines and a business.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 05:54 PM (17s+e)
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Probably true unless you count access roads, etc. Robert Caro wrote a brilliant biography of Robert Moses: The Power Broker. Highly recommended.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (ctrM5)
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Ditto. A great.read with insights about dealing with bureaucracy.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (ctrM5)
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Ditto. A great.read with insights about dealing with bureaucracy.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (q/UWX)
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It actually got worse for KBJ today. Sotomayor smacked her back saying they weren't ruling on the wisdom of Trump's decision only on whether he had the power to do so. KBJ is going to flip out and resign to spend more time with her family
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (JtH6i)
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90 Robert Moses is loathed by leftists. They stopped his vision anyway. NYC should have had freeways criss crossing the city the way LA does. But the “people” stopped it from happening in the 60s and 70s. They take great pride in that. I guess efficient transportation is racist or something.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (ImXfC)
Why would we want freeways criss-crossing the city like LA?
Go around the densely populated city with the interstates, not through them. Like civilized people.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (ImXfC)
Why would we want freeways criss-crossing the city like LA?
Go around the densely populated city with the interstates, not through them. Like civilized people.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (uCjyK)
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Some drunk midget charged at former NHL player Nick Tarnasky on the golf course and got punched repeatedly and tossed around like a frisbee.
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (lIio7)
I don’t know if he was a midget because Tarnasky is just huge. The guy can take a punch though.
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM (lIio7)
I don’t know if he was a midget because Tarnasky is just huge. The guy can take a punch though.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (VofaG)
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I think the grifting politicians forgot people will forgive the grift as long as the trains run on time. In other words, the politicians of the day understood they needed to deliver. They no longer feel obligated to do so.
Posted by: blake
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Heh. George Washington Plunkett of Tammany Hall would agree. So would Boss Ed Crump of Memphis. City political machines often worked to the loathing of the upper classes of the time. That is because providing good services meant repeated wins despite the sleazy contracting methods (aka honest grift) and keeping the city in good order.
Mike Royko in his epic "Boss", a biography of Richard Daley, long time mayor of Chicago, explains the system about as well as anyone. Another book that should be required reading for anyone in public management for cities.
Posted by: blake
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Heh. George Washington Plunkett of Tammany Hall would agree. So would Boss Ed Crump of Memphis. City political machines often worked to the loathing of the upper classes of the time. That is because providing good services meant repeated wins despite the sleazy contracting methods (aka honest grift) and keeping the city in good order.
Mike Royko in his epic "Boss", a biography of Richard Daley, long time mayor of Chicago, explains the system about as well as anyone. Another book that should be required reading for anyone in public management for cities.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (ctrM5)
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Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (uWKK
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Haha, I just remembered I did read one or two biographies of Evita, and in both of them I just couldn't believe the garbage labor and political organizations she established, all of them required to pay contributions to accounts that she raided to keep herself in luxury. The whole country was like a teacher's union -- join the labor force and start coughing up your dues.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:49 PM (uWKK
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Haha, I just remembered I did read one or two biographies of Evita, and in both of them I just couldn't believe the garbage labor and political organizations she established, all of them required to pay contributions to accounts that she raided to keep herself in luxury. The whole country was like a teacher's union -- join the labor force and start coughing up your dues.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (nC9OT)
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That one Austrian did fix the economy.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (zhBpy)
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Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (JtH6i)
I cannot imagine her resigning. She has a well paid job for life.
I cannot imagine her resigning. She has a well paid job for life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (2GCMq)
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Call me "Bub"
Posted by: Fred Merz at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (63Dwl)
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If you are a lefty and you lost Sotomayor...uff da!
Posted by: runner at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (lIio7)
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122 Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (JtH6i)
I cannot imagine her resigning. She has a well paid job for life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (2GCMq)
She should fire her Interns who write her decisions
I cannot imagine her resigning. She has a well paid job for life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (2GCMq)
She should fire her Interns who write her decisions
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (VE6XX)
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195% increase in supply but only 10% decrease in price seems weird. In the US when the supply of housing doubled prices fell 30-40% in the late 2000s.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (ImXfC)
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Come on, Milei. GET THAT COFFEE INDUSTRY UP AND RUNNING!!! I'll gladly flip the bird to Columbia, Indonesia, Costa Rica and Bolivia if a true free market gets into the fray.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2025 05:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (2CJnA)
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Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:57 PM (VE6XX)
Nope; Then she'd have to do the work herself.
Nope; Then she'd have to do the work herself.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (2GCMq)
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Some drunk midget charged at former NHL player Nick Tarnasky on the golf course and got punched repeatedly and tossed around like a frisbee.
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
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This is how you stop ridiculously slow play.
Hilariously, Tarnasky added his own sound effects while punching the guy.
http://tiny.cc/h2yo001
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This is how you stop ridiculously slow play.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (MGB5H)
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How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb?
One. Germans are very efficient and have no sense of humor.
Sank you. I will be here all ze veek.
One. Germans are very efficient and have no sense of humor.
Sank you. I will be here all ze veek.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (0aYVJ)
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Nope; Then she'd have to do the work herself.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (2GCMq)
True... LOL
Nope; Then she'd have to do the work herself.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (2GCMq)
True... LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (VE6XX)
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Why would we want freeways criss-crossing the city like LA?
Go around the densely populated city with the interstates, not through them. Like civilized people.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
Ultimately, Moses thought, for better or worse, that cities would choke if you did not have some means of rapidly getting from one place to another. Substantial loathing of Moses also came from urbanites that hated the idea that people could drive to work in the City and then return to the suburbs.
London has many of the same issues nowadays and likewise is intent on punishing people that do that.
Go around the densely populated city with the interstates, not through them. Like civilized people.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
Ultimately, Moses thought, for better or worse, that cities would choke if you did not have some means of rapidly getting from one place to another. Substantial loathing of Moses also came from urbanites that hated the idea that people could drive to work in the City and then return to the suburbs.
London has many of the same issues nowadays and likewise is intent on punishing people that do that.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
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I think that homogeneity makes it easier for a country to do what they're trying to do, since it can't easily be turned in to an "us verse them" thing.
But again, we'll see.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (uCjyK)
You're probably right. There were also some years where the military took over government completely (culminating in the Falklands War) But they ended up being even more socialist than the civilian governments, so it never made any difference.
But again, we'll see.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 05:52 PM (uCjyK)
You're probably right. There were also some years where the military took over government completely (culminating in the Falklands War) But they ended up being even more socialist than the civilian governments, so it never made any difference.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (uWKK8)
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Can they grow coffee in Argentina? Is that the word for silver?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (zhBpy)
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It actually got worse for KBJ today. Sotomayor smacked her back saying they weren't ruling on the wisdom of Trump's decision only on whether he had the power to do so. KBJ is going to flip out and resign to spend more time with her family
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Trump then nominates 5th Circuit justice Ho.
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Trump then nominates 5th Circuit justice Ho.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (SLYtL)
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That is because providing good services meant repeated wins despite the sleazy contracting methods (aka honest grift) and keeping the city in good order.
That reminds me of the movie The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845
That is because providing good services meant repeated wins despite the sleazy contracting methods (aka honest grift) and keeping the city in good order.
That reminds me of the movie The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (63Dwl)
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Germans are terrific at overengineering a car so that you cannot possibly do any repairs and its an engine-out to change the oil filter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (dfIr7)
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I think the grifting politicians forgot people will forgive the grift as long as the trains run on time. In other words, the politicians of the day understood they needed to deliver. They no longer feel obligated to do so.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (tT6L1)
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That's a good point. As long as the city *functions* and provides goods and services to its citizens, the citizens are perfectly happy to look the other way regarding certain crimes among the politicians.
When those goods and services become unreliable, the peasants begin to revolt.
The Patrician in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series understands this principle very, very well.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 05:50 PM (tT6L1)
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That's a good point. As long as the city *functions* and provides goods and services to its citizens, the citizens are perfectly happy to look the other way regarding certain crimes among the politicians.
When those goods and services become unreliable, the peasants begin to revolt.
The Patrician in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series understands this principle very, very well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (IBQGV)
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195% increase in supply but only 10% decrease in price seems weird. In the US when the supply of housing doubled prices fell 30-40% in the late 2000s.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Like a lot of your analysis it only uses one variable.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Like a lot of your analysis it only uses one variable.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (17s+e)
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Substantial loathing of Moses also came from urbanites that hated the idea that people could drive to work in the City and then return to the suburbs.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
Bingo!!!
For all the talk of preserving neighborhoods and racism and all the rest of the bullshit, it all came down to this. They wanted to keep the bridge and tunnel people away.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
Bingo!!!
For all the talk of preserving neighborhoods and racism and all the rest of the bullshit, it all came down to this. They wanted to keep the bridge and tunnel people away.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:01 PM (ImXfC)
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136 Can they grow coffee in Argentina? Is that the word for silver?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (zhBpy)
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They actually have land designated for it along the foothills at the Bolivian border.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (zhBpy)
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They actually have land designated for it along the foothills at the Bolivian border.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2025 06:01 PM (dIske)
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See, this is the problem. We say "If you do X, then you'll get this hugely positive result."
Thye say "no, no, you need to do Y. If you do X it will be a disaster."
We do X, get the positive result we predicted, which they either ignore, or pretend is simply a telltale sign of worse to come.
We do Y, and it is an immediate disaster, exactly what we told them it would be. And they say, "well how about do Y+? You know, Y, but try harder."
Thye say "no, no, you need to do Y. If you do X it will be a disaster."
We do X, get the positive result we predicted, which they either ignore, or pretend is simply a telltale sign of worse to come.
We do Y, and it is an immediate disaster, exactly what we told them it would be. And they say, "well how about do Y+? You know, Y, but try harder."
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (gDhA9)
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Mike Royko in his epic "Boss", a biography of Richard Daley, long time mayor of Chicago, explains the system about as well as anyone. Another book that should be required reading for anyone in public management for cities.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (ctrM5)
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Ordered. Thanks!
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:56 PM (ctrM5)
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Ordered. Thanks!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (tT6L1)
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> Sotomayor smacked her back saying they weren't ruling on the wisdom of Trump's decision only on whether he had the power to do so.
Sotomayor had to remind Jumanji that Trump's order was to plan reorgs and reductions consistent with law. And that the plans themselves aren't before the court. So what's the problem?
Sotomayor had to remind Jumanji that Trump's order was to plan reorgs and reductions consistent with law. And that the plans themselves aren't before the court. So what's the problem?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (lIio7)
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That reminds me of the movie The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Except that movie eulogized the awful in real life Robert Curley who tried and largely succeeded in ethnically cleansing Boston to make the city safe for the Irish. Later his methods were adopted by Coleman Young to purge Mo Town of whites.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051845
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Except that movie eulogized the awful in real life Robert Curley who tried and largely succeeded in ethnically cleansing Boston to make the city safe for the Irish. Later his methods were adopted by Coleman Young to purge Mo Town of whites.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ctrM5)
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huh, Argentina is not one of many countries exporting coffee. Top 3 are Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia.
Posted by: runner at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (g47mK)
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I Am Not An Historian (IANAH) ... but when was the last time a German leader was right about anything?
Sometime in the 19th century?
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I still haven't forgiven them for Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM
That could have been so much better......
Sometime in the 19th century?
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I still haven't forgiven them for Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 05:53 PM
That could have been so much better......
Posted by: John "Bluto" Blutarsky at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (e5NfL)
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Crazy Ivan.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2025 06:02 PM (e5NfL)
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Like a lot of your analysis it only uses one variable.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (17s+e)
Kinda the important variable though.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (17s+e)
Kinda the important variable though.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ImXfC)
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Even the Wise Latina is getting tired of Action Jackson's ignorance:
"Here, however, the relevant Executive Order directs agencies to plan reorganizations and reductions in force "consistent with applicable law."
Yes. That thing called the law. Trump's orders were explicit about following the law, but this was incomprehensible to KBJ.
https://tinyurl.com/3z6r53bw
"Here, however, the relevant Executive Order directs agencies to plan reorganizations and reductions in force "consistent with applicable law."
Yes. That thing called the law. Trump's orders were explicit about following the law, but this was incomprehensible to KBJ.
https://tinyurl.com/3z6r53bw
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 08, 2025 06:04 PM (XwYdj)
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"Ar-gen-tee-nah?"
Posted by: Blue Meanies at July 08, 2025 06:04 PM (omVj0)
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Ordered. Thanks!
Posted by: blake
Royko was the inspiration for Continental Divide movie with Belushi. Belushi and pretty much more Chicagoans knew Royko and loved him as a native son.
Royko was longtime columnist for the Sun Times and later for what he called the enemy, the Chicago Tribune when the Sun Times was no longer viable.
If you can find some of his old columns or the couple of books of them--pure gold.
Posted by: blake
Royko was the inspiration for Continental Divide movie with Belushi. Belushi and pretty much more Chicagoans knew Royko and loved him as a native son.
Royko was longtime columnist for the Sun Times and later for what he called the enemy, the Chicago Tribune when the Sun Times was no longer viable.
If you can find some of his old columns or the couple of books of them--pure gold.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:04 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 06:04 PM (VofaG)
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Trump then nominates 5th Circuit justice Ho.
They's enough ho's on the court already, the last thing we need is some... what's that? Oh.
Never mind
They's enough ho's on the court already, the last thing we need is some... what's that? Oh.
Never mind
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:04 PM (dfIr7)
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Germans are terrific at overengineering a car so that you cannot possibly do any repairs and its an engine-out to change the oil filter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (dfIr7)
Fuckin’ eh baby!!!
- German Car Dealership who charge $375 for an oil change.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (dfIr7)
Fuckin’ eh baby!!!
- German Car Dealership who charge $375 for an oil change.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:05 PM (ImXfC)
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They have a Pollock playing an Argentine.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 06:05 PM (zhBpy)
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Germans are terrific at overengineering a car so that you cannot possibly do any repairs and its an engine-out to change the oil filter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (dfIr7)
Is this about me?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:00 PM (dfIr7)
Is this about me?
Posted by: Panther Panzer at July 08, 2025 06:05 PM (8wKVG)
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Hi, 'rons and 'ettes.
I just got off the phone with baby sister (she had a stroke yesterday, as I told last night's ONT). No heart damage, she's been told. Motor skills are fine, and they're still trying to narrow down where it occured. She's tired, but can talk fine.
If you sent up a prayer, thanks.
I just got off the phone with baby sister (she had a stroke yesterday, as I told last night's ONT). No heart damage, she's been told. Motor skills are fine, and they're still trying to narrow down where it occured. She's tired, but can talk fine.
If you sent up a prayer, thanks.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 08, 2025 06:06 PM (nBNUK)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (M5OtC)
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Germans are terrific at overengineering a car so that you cannot possibly do any repairs and its an engine-out to change the oil filter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025
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If the 23rd-Century Germans design the Enterprise, Scotty will have to remove the engine nacelles completely to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025
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If the 23rd-Century Germans design the Enterprise, Scotty will have to remove the engine nacelles completely to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (omVj0)
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How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb?
One. Germans are very efficient and have no sense of humor.
Sank you. I will be here all ze veek.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsVcYhERY
One. Germans are very efficient and have no sense of humor.
Sank you. I will be here all ze veek.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsVcYhERY
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (e5NfL)
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Yes. That thing called the law. Trump's orders were explicit about following the law, but this was incomprehensible to KBJ.
The only thing she understands is that Trump is bad, so what he does must be stopped. Law, logic, truth, none of that matters. Only stopping Bad Orange Man matters.
The only thing she understands is that Trump is bad, so what he does must be stopped. Law, logic, truth, none of that matters. Only stopping Bad Orange Man matters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (dfIr7)
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Ultimately, Moses thought, for better or worse, that cities would choke if you did not have some means of rapidly getting from one place to another. Substantial loathing of Moses also came from urbanites that hated the idea that people could drive to work in the City and then return to the suburbs.
London has many of the same issues nowadays and likewise is intent on punishing people that do that.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
I think the bigger issue (at least how I look at it) is the incessant traffic in NYC, which is heavily exacerbated by the fact that multiple interstates run through the most densely populated city in the country.
So there is a lot of traffic that may be going to New England or elsewhere that ends up driving through the city instead of around the city. The government tries to stop that by increasing tolls, but that hits middle class NYC residents really hard, too.
They also tore down the elevated lines that used to go up pretty much every avenue without replacing most of them with subway lines, which means in much of Manhattan at least, you need to use busses, which have their own issues.
London has many of the same issues nowadays and likewise is intent on punishing people that do that.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
I think the bigger issue (at least how I look at it) is the incessant traffic in NYC, which is heavily exacerbated by the fact that multiple interstates run through the most densely populated city in the country.
So there is a lot of traffic that may be going to New England or elsewhere that ends up driving through the city instead of around the city. The government tries to stop that by increasing tolls, but that hits middle class NYC residents really hard, too.
They also tore down the elevated lines that used to go up pretty much every avenue without replacing most of them with subway lines, which means in much of Manhattan at least, you need to use busses, which have their own issues.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (uCjyK)
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To be fair it costs $1200 for some Maseratis oil changes. Germans aren’t alone in that type of shit.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (ImXfC)
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Um, my brother in Mises, he didn't legalize weed and prostitution to make this happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (dfIr7)
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Thanks so much for pointing that out.
I've said the same to a couple of Libertarian acquaintances.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 05:31 PM (dfIr7)
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Thanks so much for pointing that out.
I've said the same to a couple of Libertarian acquaintances.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 08, 2025 06:08 PM (nBNUK)
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Pass a slice of cake down to someone at the end of the table and everyone in between cuts a bite out for themselves. The actual recipient gets a few crumbs.
Shit, they're on to us!
Shit, they're on to us!
Posted by: Personal Injury Trial Lawyers Association at July 08, 2025 06:08 PM (DsA2n)
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I just got off the phone with baby sister (she had a stroke yesterday, as I told last night's ONT). No heart damage, she's been told. Motor skills are fine, and they're still trying to narrow down where it occured. She's tired, but can talk fine.
Wonderful news, strokes are terrifying. Still praying. I am so bad at remembering everyone here and all our concerns, even if I have a list. I offer up kind of general "God please take care of them all" and hope the Holy Spirit can straighten it out with the big guy.
Wonderful news, strokes are terrifying. Still praying. I am so bad at remembering everyone here and all our concerns, even if I have a list. I offer up kind of general "God please take care of them all" and hope the Holy Spirit can straighten it out with the big guy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (dfIr7)
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It should be axiomatic that the people who own businesses will on the average, be far more likely to work longer hours and harder and smarter during those hours than the people who work in government, and as a result, the economy will grow at a much faster rate when the private sector wields most of the economic power.
True, there are some things that the government should do, but it is a small list and should be kept this way. Milei is showing that this is the case. I hope that a solid majority of Americans are watching what is unfolding in Argentina and are willing to shrink the US government as well.
True, there are some things that the government should do, but it is a small list and should be kept this way. Milei is showing that this is the case. I hope that a solid majority of Americans are watching what is unfolding in Argentina and are willing to shrink the US government as well.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (XwYdj)
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Ice mobilized the Rohirim on Monday.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (zhBpy)
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Waiter! This conversation isn't very good!
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)
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To be fair it costs $1200 for some Maseratis oil changes. Germans aren’t alone in that type of shit.
Japanese cars are the same way now, its all crammed in so tight in such a tiny space its awful to work on anything. I remember literally standing IN the engine bay with dad working on the 1960s pickup.
Japanese cars are the same way now, its all crammed in so tight in such a tiny space its awful to work on anything. I remember literally standing IN the engine bay with dad working on the 1960s pickup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:10 PM (dfIr7)
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True, there are some things that the government should do, but it is a small list and should be kept this way. Milei is showing that this is the case. I hope that a solid majority of Americans are watching what is unfolding in Argentina and are willing to shrink the US government as well.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (XwYdj)
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Now that it appears Milie is going to be successful with his reforms, MSM will use their "10 miles from us" card and refuse to acknowledge Argentina is turning things around.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (XwYdj)
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Now that it appears Milie is going to be successful with his reforms, MSM will use their "10 miles from us" card and refuse to acknowledge Argentina is turning things around.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 06:11 PM (tT6L1)
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172 Waiter! This conversation isn't very good!
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)
20th century city planning isn't interesting enough for you?!
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)
20th century city planning isn't interesting enough for you?!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 06:11 PM (uCjyK)
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I offer up kind of general "God please take care of them all" and hope the Holy Spirit can straighten it out with the big guy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (dfIr7)
Same here.
The specifics I always remember are for my kids and grandkids.
My son is, at best, agnostic, while my daughter has gone full blown Wiccan.
So I pray for them, my son-in-law, and my grandbabies every night. Sometimes the rest get the blanket treatment.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:09 PM (dfIr7)
Same here.
The specifics I always remember are for my kids and grandkids.
My son is, at best, agnostic, while my daughter has gone full blown Wiccan.
So I pray for them, my son-in-law, and my grandbabies every night. Sometimes the rest get the blanket treatment.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 08, 2025 06:11 PM (nBNUK)
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Ring cameras catch some of the darndest moments.
http://tiny.cc/c3yo001
(It's not the shootout video.)
http://tiny.cc/c3yo001
(It's not the shootout video.)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 06:12 PM (lIio7)
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In November 2023 108 supposed economists, like the neo-marxist Thomas Piketty, signed a letter stating Milei's reforms would lead to disaster.
Each of those fools should be publicly humiliated and told to find another line of work... if not punched hard in the face.
Each of those fools should be publicly humiliated and told to find another line of work... if not punched hard in the face.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2025 06:13 PM (mlg/3)
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178 In November 2023 108 supposed economists, like the neo-marxist Thomas Piketty, signed a letter stating Milei's reforms would lead to disaster.
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It did lead to disaster for Marxism.
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It did lead to disaster for Marxism.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:14 PM (ImXfC)
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Watching Jason and the Argonauts. It holds up spectacularly.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 06:15 PM (VofaG)
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I wouldn't trust Libertarian Fonzi and his crew at Reason with a butter knife, let alone running a country. They are far more Globo Homo than taking Mises (or even Rothbard) seriously.
Posted by: whig
Don't knock it until you've tried it!
Posted by: whig
Don't knock it until you've tried it!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 08, 2025 06:15 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2025 06:16 PM (rvwwT)
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Piketty and other Marxist economists will just argue other factors ruined their interpretation of Millei
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 06:16 PM (JtH6i)
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I think the bigger issue (at least how I look at it) is the incessant traffic in NYC, which is heavily exacerbated by the fact that multiple interstates run through the most densely populated city in the country.
So there is a lot of traffic that may be going to New England or elsewhere that ends up driving through the city instead of around the city. The government tries to stop that by increasing tolls, but that hits middle class NYC residents really hard, too.
They also tore down the elevated lines that used to go up pretty much every avenue without replacing most of them with subway lines, which means in much of Manhattan at least, you need to use busses, which have their own issues.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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NYC is a crossroads of sort and the entrance to New England while upstate is withering and dying economically and population wise over time.
But, that means the shortest distance to a lot of New England cities is through NYC to reach CT, RI, and Boston. So roads, bridges, and railroads are going to go the place with the shortest distances.
London has a bit less of a problem in that it can and has expanded in all directions with its suburbs.
So there is a lot of traffic that may be going to New England or elsewhere that ends up driving through the city instead of around the city. The government tries to stop that by increasing tolls, but that hits middle class NYC residents really hard, too.
They also tore down the elevated lines that used to go up pretty much every avenue without replacing most of them with subway lines, which means in much of Manhattan at least, you need to use busses, which have their own issues.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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NYC is a crossroads of sort and the entrance to New England while upstate is withering and dying economically and population wise over time.
But, that means the shortest distance to a lot of New England cities is through NYC to reach CT, RI, and Boston. So roads, bridges, and railroads are going to go the place with the shortest distances.
London has a bit less of a problem in that it can and has expanded in all directions with its suburbs.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:17 PM (ctrM5)
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ICE is disrupting LAs economy in MacArthur Park.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2025 06:17 PM (zhBpy)
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4 His hair is cool and weird all at the same time.
Posted by: Piper
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Something else he has in common with Trump!
Posted by: Piper
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Something else he has in common with Trump!
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 06:17 PM (wLcRp)
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Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 06:15 PM (VofaG
FenSpouse loves that film. We have a copy of it on tape. His favorite part is the skeleton fight.
FenSpouse loves that film. We have a copy of it on tape. His favorite part is the skeleton fight.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (2GCMq)
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Don't knock it until you've tried it!
Posted by: Bill Kristol
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Kristol is many things but I don't really think you can call him a libertarian. Not even a liberaltarian. Retardian Globo Homo mebbe.
Posted by: Bill Kristol
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Kristol is many things but I don't really think you can call him a libertarian. Not even a liberaltarian. Retardian Globo Homo mebbe.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (ctrM5)
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Is it old news that some group faked Sec Rubio's voice and made phone calls to a governor, a Congressperson and 3 foreign ministers?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (HFcKg)
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180 Watching Jason and the Argonauts. It holds up spectacularly.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 06:15 PM (VofaG)
One of my favorite movies as a kid! They man who designed the Terminator movies has said that the look of the Terminators (without skin) was inspired by that movies Skeletons, which had terrified him when he was small.
I always liked how Jason finally escapes them by jumping into water.
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2025 06:15 PM (VofaG)
One of my favorite movies as a kid! They man who designed the Terminator movies has said that the look of the Terminators (without skin) was inspired by that movies Skeletons, which had terrified him when he was small.
I always liked how Jason finally escapes them by jumping into water.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (uWKK8)
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185 ICE is disrupting LAs economy in MacArthur Park.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Did they leave the cake out in the rain?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Did they leave the cake out in the rain?
Posted by: It'll melt at July 08, 2025 06:19 PM (M5OtC)
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Kristol is many things but I don't really think you can call him a libertarian. Not even a liberaltarian. Retardian Globo Homo mebbe.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (ctrM5)
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Branch Retardian, Globo Homo division.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (ctrM5)
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Branch Retardian, Globo Homo division.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 06:19 PM (tT6L1)
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Bah, Boris Johnson was a Covid cuddler along with his lousy hair cut.
Now Stalin...THERE was a full head of luxurious, thick hair.
Now Stalin...THERE was a full head of luxurious, thick hair.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 08, 2025 06:19 PM (wBaIH)
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LOL classic. Justice Jackson on what she thinks the purpose of writing a judicial opinion is:
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:19 PM (dfIr7)
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178 In November 2023 108 supposed economists, like the neo-marxist Thomas Piketty, signed a letter stating Milei's reforms would lead to disaster.
Each of those fools should be publicly humiliated and told to find another line of work... if not punched hard in the face.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Simply documenting the decline of expertise. This keeps happening so I don't think these idiots signing onto these letters actually realize they are causing normal people to assume the opposite is true.
Each of those fools should be publicly humiliated and told to find another line of work... if not punched hard in the face.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Simply documenting the decline of expertise. This keeps happening so I don't think these idiots signing onto these letters actually realize they are causing normal people to assume the opposite is true.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:19 PM (ctrM5)
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There's really no reason not to trade her car in for a new one now that you can deduct the interest.
Posted by: jsg at July 08, 2025 06:20 PM (1l+t9)
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189 Is it old news that some group faked Sec Rubio's voice and made phone calls to a governor, a Congressperson and 3 foreign ministers?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (HFcKg)
The worst part was that they kept saying "Yo quiero Taco Bell!!!"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 08, 2025 06:18 PM (HFcKg)
The worst part was that they kept saying "Yo quiero Taco Bell!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2025 06:20 PM (uWKK8)
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191 185 ICE is disrupting LAs economy in MacArthur Park.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Did they leave the cake out in the rain?
Posted by: It'll melt
Cake by the ocean > Cake left out in the rain
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Did they leave the cake out in the rain?
Posted by: It'll melt
Cake by the ocean > Cake left out in the rain
Posted by: DNCE at July 08, 2025 06:20 PM (ycI94)
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I just got off the phone with baby sister (she had a stroke yesterday, as I told last night's ONT). No heart damage, she's been told. Motor skills are fine, and they're still trying to narrow down where itu occured. She's tired, but can talk fine.
If you sent up a prayer, thanks.
Posted by: Captain
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That is wonderful news! If she is scheduled for rehab exercises make sure she does them
I just got off the phone with baby sister (she had a stroke yesterday, as I told last night's ONT). No heart damage, she's been told. Motor skills are fine, and they're still trying to narrow down where itu occured. She's tired, but can talk fine.
If you sent up a prayer, thanks.
Posted by: Captain
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That is wonderful news! If she is scheduled for rehab exercises make sure she does them
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2025 06:20 PM (mNhIh)
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Here it is, Trump shutting down further inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein.
https://tinyurl.com/4h5x8bxp
https://tinyurl.com/4h5x8bxp
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:21 PM (EeO/8)
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194 LOL classic. Justice Jackson on what she thinks the purpose of writing a judicial opinion is:
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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That is so actively stupid that only a crappy 1101 poli sci taking undergraduate could come up with that on an exam about the powers of a judicial branch.
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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That is so actively stupid that only a crappy 1101 poli sci taking undergraduate could come up with that on an exam about the powers of a judicial branch.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:21 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 08, 2025 06:21 PM (/lPRQ)
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During campaigning, the former economist and pundit (Milei) held a chainsaw aloft to symbolize plans to cut spending.
Now, THAT'S how you campaign.
I'd be curious to take a look at all the US funds that found their way to Argentina during the 2023 election through those ever plentiful State Dept. and USAID packages. I'll bet they were propping up Sergio Massa.
Now, THAT'S how you campaign.
I'd be curious to take a look at all the US funds that found their way to Argentina during the 2023 election through those ever plentiful State Dept. and USAID packages. I'll bet they were propping up Sergio Massa.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (dIske)
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The best leaders have the worst hair.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
And the worst leaders have the best hair ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (VE6XX)
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Yep, Newsom, Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 08, 2025 05:32 PM (bNf8H)
And the worst leaders have the best hair ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2025 05:33 PM (VE6XX)
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Yep, Newsom, Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (unUNN)
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Japanese cars are the same way now, its all crammed in so tight in such a tiny space its awful to work on anything. I remember literally standing IN the engine bay with dad working on the 1960s pickup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:10 PM (dfIr7)
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If I'm not sitting on the fender I use a step stool to get in the 59 Apache engine compartment. A pleasure to work on.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2025 06:10 PM (dfIr7)
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If I'm not sitting on the fender I use a step stool to get in the 59 Apache engine compartment. A pleasure to work on.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (ctrM5)
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Stalin didn't even own his hair. It was the people's hair, boychick.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (wBaIH)
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NYC is a crossroads of sort and the entrance to New England while upstate is withering and dying economically and population wise over time.
I would DO ANYTHING to not have to go near NYC on my way to New England!!!!
I wish there was a way to not go thru that megalopolis ... you can swing west and go up thru New York State but then you can end up stuck on the wrong side of those stupid Great Lakes ...
I would DO ANYTHING to not have to go near NYC on my way to New England!!!!
I wish there was a way to not go thru that megalopolis ... you can swing west and go up thru New York State but then you can end up stuck on the wrong side of those stupid Great Lakes ...
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (Pv3Rg)
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LOL classic. Justice Jackson on what she thinks the purpose of writing a judicial opinion is:
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
To be fair, that is pretty much what's being taught in the most prestigious law schools these days.
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
To be fair, that is pretty much what's being taught in the most prestigious law schools these days.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 08, 2025 06:23 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 08, 2025 06:23 PM (Pv3Rg)
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It gets funnier every day.
@NEWSMAX 1h
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he has spoken with Elon Musk about the tech billionaire's efforts to form a third political party, it was reported Tuesday.
@NEWSMAX 1h
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he has spoken with Elon Musk about the tech billionaire's efforts to form a third political party, it was reported Tuesday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:23 PM (EeO/8)
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Yep, Newsom, Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (unUNN)
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Should have read further before jumping in. At least a lot of us think alike.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (unUNN)
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Should have read further before jumping in. At least a lot of us think alike.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:24 PM (unUNN)
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189 Is it old news that some group faked Sec Rubio's voice and made phone calls to a governor, a Congressperson and 3 foreign ministers?
Posted by: Ben Had
Amazing easy now to analyze a voice and have AI spit a deep fake out. Faked Video is harder and requires more computational power but that is coming along rapidly as well.
Posted by: Ben Had
Amazing easy now to analyze a voice and have AI spit a deep fake out. Faked Video is harder and requires more computational power but that is coming along rapidly as well.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:24 PM (ctrM5)
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Branch Retardian, Globo Homo division.
Posted by: blake
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You said it far better than I.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (ctrM5)
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Merely clarified.
And a very apt description. We should see if ace will add it to the AoS style guide.
Posted by: blake
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You said it far better than I.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:22 PM (ctrM5)
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Merely clarified.
And a very apt description. We should see if ace will add it to the AoS style guide.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 08, 2025 06:25 PM (tT6L1)
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200 Here it is, Trump shutting down further inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein.
https://tinyurl.com/4h5x8bxp
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:21 PM (EeO/
Well, that settles that then, I guess.
Also, Bondi's explanation of the videos and client lists and missing minute were definitely convincing.
https://tinyurl.com/4h5x8bxp
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:21 PM (EeO/
Well, that settles that then, I guess.
Also, Bondi's explanation of the videos and client lists and missing minute were definitely convincing.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2025 06:25 PM (uCjyK)
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LOL classic. Justice Jackson on what she thinks the purpose of writing a judicial opinion is:
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
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THREE "Republicans" voted to confirm that idiot. Make them own that every time Trump or Vance (2028-2036) nominates a candidate that some GOPe says they have "concerns" about.
“explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
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THREE "Republicans" voted to confirm that idiot. Make them own that every time Trump or Vance (2028-2036) nominates a candidate that some GOPe says they have "concerns" about.
Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2025 06:26 PM (TN0g+)
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To be fair, that is pretty much what's being taught in the most prestigious law schools these days.
Posted by: Oddbob
In certain classes, perhaps. But the core gut classes to pass the bar are still pretty much focused on the material.
Action Jackson is more likely to have that legal idiocy because she wants to be an activist more than a justice.
Posted by: Oddbob
In certain classes, perhaps. But the core gut classes to pass the bar are still pretty much focused on the material.
Action Jackson is more likely to have that legal idiocy because she wants to be an activist more than a justice.
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:26 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 08, 2025 06:27 PM (xcxpd)
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@NEWSMAX 1h
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he has spoken with Elon Musk about the tech billionaire's efforts to form a third political party, it was reported Tuesday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:23 PM (EeO/
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I remember that little guy. One of his presidential policies was "Make Taxes Fun." It's entertaining reading as I recall, not in the taxes can be fun sort of way, but in the "what planet is this guy from" sort of way.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he has spoken with Elon Musk about the tech billionaire's efforts to form a third political party, it was reported Tuesday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:23 PM (EeO/
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I remember that little guy. One of his presidential policies was "Make Taxes Fun." It's entertaining reading as I recall, not in the taxes can be fun sort of way, but in the "what planet is this guy from" sort of way.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2025 06:27 PM (dIske)
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This is something -
https://www.kimdutoit.com/
2025/07/08/the-layabout-sailor/
Thank you for posting that.
https://www.kimdutoit.com/
2025/07/08/the-layabout-sailor/
Thank you for posting that.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 08, 2025 06:27 PM (/y8xj)
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To be fair it costs $1200 for some Maseratis oil changes. Germans aren’t alone in that type of shit.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (ImXfC)
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True, but the trend for new cars is to include maintenance in the price (or available upfront at a steep discount). I think people just weren’t paying the high prices to service their cars, and the long-term reliability would suffer. Even rich guys driving Ferraris and Lambos weren’t paying for it, so now it’s included for 3-4 years.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 08, 2025 06:07 PM (ImXfC)
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True, but the trend for new cars is to include maintenance in the price (or available upfront at a steep discount). I think people just weren’t paying the high prices to service their cars, and the long-term reliability would suffer. Even rich guys driving Ferraris and Lambos weren’t paying for it, so now it’s included for 3-4 years.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 08, 2025 06:27 PM (CjoOn)
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> “explain[ing] my views about how government… should work”
It's supposed to be a legal interpretation, not a policy paper you absolute lugnut.
It's supposed to be a legal interpretation, not a policy paper you absolute lugnut.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 08, 2025 06:27 PM (lIio7)
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THREE "Republicans" voted to confirm that idiot. Make them own that every time Trump or Vance (2028-2036) nominates a candidate that some GOPe says they have "concerns" about.
Posted by: Crusader
Way back when one of Nixon's appointees (Carswell) to Scotus was in the process of getting shot down, Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska commented,
"Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers.
They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos."
Posted by: Crusader
Way back when one of Nixon's appointees (Carswell) to Scotus was in the process of getting shot down, Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska commented,
"Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers.
They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos."
Posted by: whig at July 08, 2025 06:28 PM (ctrM5)
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So I learned something new about the Murder Inc Defund legislation, apparently it's only for one year????
I guess it was slip-streamed in under the theory that that no one would notice.
It's probably going to take 6 months at least for this to get up to SCOTUS and by the time they decide, the law will probably have expired and it will be moot.
I guess it was slip-streamed in under the theory that that no one would notice.
It's probably going to take 6 months at least for this to get up to SCOTUS and by the time they decide, the law will probably have expired and it will be moot.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 08, 2025 06:28 PM (QpTJY)
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Well, that settles that then, I guess.
Also, Bondi's explanation of the videos and client lists and missing minute were definitely convincing.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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That quiver in her voice was solid.
Well, that settles that then, I guess.
Also, Bondi's explanation of the videos and client lists and missing minute were definitely convincing.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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That quiver in her voice was solid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2025 06:29 PM (EeO/8)
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Apparently, former government employees in Argentina have been able to find other jobs. Take heed, Congress.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 08, 2025 06:33 PM (yRCXf)
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The Germans do everything better than we do. Just ask one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
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Yes, they tend to extremism of one sort or another when all you want from them is to be normal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gF7Pq)
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Yes, they tend to extremism of one sort or another when all you want from them is to be normal.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:37 PM (unUNN)
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I Am Not An Historian (IANAH) ... but when was the last time a German leader was right about anything?
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
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Helmut Kohl was good and worked well with Reagan and Thatcher.
Sometime in the 19th century?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make The AG Gaetz Again! at July 08, 2025 05:46 PM (Bi/Rw)
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Helmut Kohl was good and worked well with Reagan and Thatcher.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:46 PM (unUNN)
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It actually got worse for KBJ today. Sotomayor smacked her back saying they weren't ruling on the wisdom of Trump's decision only on whether he had the power to do so. KBJ is going to flip out and resign to spend more time with her family
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (JtH6i)
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Not likely, she will be there longer than any of the rest of the justices.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2025 05:55 PM (JtH6i)
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Not likely, she will be there longer than any of the rest of the justices.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2025 06:48 PM (unUNN)
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When are they going to do a biopic?
And do I have to say who should play Milei?
Hint-"Who will help me slay the monster!"
And do I have to say who should play Milei?
Hint-"Who will help me slay the monster!"
Posted by: MikeN at July 08, 2025 11:45 PM (HVZOH)
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