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Thursday, February 7. 2019

Here's what Tom Brady eats in a day

Yuk

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Here's what Tom Brady eats in a day

Yuk

Here's the thing, BD. It's supremely healthy and once normalized, your system will wretch at the smell of the local fast food joint. Let that sink in.

So what's yuk, the obsessive lifestyle pleasure diet or the diet a real athlete eats?

#1 Meh on 2019-02-07 08:49 (Reply)

To succeed in the NFL I think you have to be somewhat obsessive and a workaholic. Brady is more than "somewhat." Obviously he cares more about work than he does his palate. Having a 24/7 personal chef probably helps some.

I don't care what he eats, but I hope his chef sneaks in some iodized salt every once in a while or he might end up with a goiter. His wife is too good looking for him to have a goiter.

#1.1 Jack Walter on 2019-02-08 06:19 (Reply)

When people go personal, it means they lost the substance argument

The left lost the substance argument at the point of origin. If only the right would figure that out philosophically instead of after the fact, quasi-pragmatically.

#2 Meh on 2019-02-07 08:53 (Reply)

QUOTE:

If Global Warming Is Killing Us, Why Is Global Life Expectancy Increasing?

Somewhat a facile argument. The problem isn't current warming, but projected warming, which will continue for decades even if humans stop emitting greenhouse gases — which they haven't.

Modern humans are highly technological and adaptable, so they will adapt to a warmer world. However, there will be a significant economic cost, widespread migration and the attendant social and political frictions, and a permanent loss of some of humanity's shared ecological inheritance.

#3 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 09:19 (Reply)

QUOTE:

The problem isn't current warming, but projected warming,...

Exactly. The made-up warming.
Thanks for clearing that up kiddiez.

#3.1 Zzzatemypuppy on 2019-02-07 12:10 (Reply)

I can project winning the lottery to add to my financial situation, but it'd be stupid to start spending that way...

#3.1.1 JLawson on 2019-02-07 12:49 (Reply)

JLawson: I can project winning the lottery to add to my financial situation

Generally, you should count only a few pennies for each dollar invested in the lottery. On the other hand, the projection for global warming is on the order of 2-4°C per doubling of CO2.

#3.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 13:03 (Reply)

On the other hand,...

#3.1.1.1.1 JustZackingoff on 2019-02-07 13:33 (Reply)

It is interesting when someone bares the unscientific dietary choices. Especially when they expose their flawed and often bizarre reasons. It is almost like listening to George Noory tell us about space aliens but without the spooky music. The true believers and true deceivers speak in a sincere and convincing way. It is almost as though they truly believe that meat is bad for you as is all grains, all fats and oils and most vegetables. Every 'woke' diet faddist of course finds some food that they are allergic to as though it is a badge of honor to wear proudly. But please, for the sake of those of us who are not mentally ill and believe that food is just food, could you all just talk amongst yourselves. You all are like the religious fanatics who come to your door to convince you that you are wrong and they a re right and you ain't going to heaven into you bow to their knowledge. Could you all just stop bothering us and talk among yourselves?

#4 Anon on 2019-02-07 09:37 (Reply)

Nothing chases me out of the room faster. If someone compliments you on how well you're looking, you're permitted one 10-second statement of what your successful strategy was, then change the subject. No discussion at all of what you're about to do.

#4.1 Texan99 on 2019-02-07 10:47 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Is Social Justice about money or power?

Like all political and cultural movements, power is an important part of achieving goals. That doesn't determine whether the underlying goals are valuable or achievable.

QUOTE:

Traditionally, a person is only supposed to be responsible for the wrongs he or she committed against a specific person.

Traditionally, that is not entirely true. If you are in receipt of stolen property, even if you are unaware of its origin, then you may be sued for the recovery of that property. The benefit was ill-gotten, even if you are ignorant of its origin.

Social Justice

#5 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 09:41 (Reply)

How much are y'all personally willing to throw into the pot as compensation or, do y'all reckon on being in the group taking a little out yourselves. Are you willing to take a discount against what you've already gotten as a result of the exploitation? In other words how much is that measles/mumps/rubella vaccine, or not starving during the last drought because of dispersed sources or "factory farming"?

#5.1 BornSouthern on 2019-02-07 11:41 (Reply)

BornSouthern: Are you willing to take a discount against what you've already gotten as a result of the exploitation?

Not sure that direct compensation is the best solution to righting historical wrongs. Rather, investment in education and a strong social safety net are better solutions.

Tying this together with the minimum wage discussion, a higher minimum wage is probably counterproductive due to market forces. There's an argument to be made for not allowing large corporations to offset to government to provide their workers food and health insurance subsidies. However, decrying injustice is not a solution. A better plan would be to provide stronger income benefits, such as through the EITC, along with health care insurance. Of course, this would mean a higher income taxes on those with higher incomes (assuming you didn't want to continue to run huge federal deficits).

#5.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 11:52 (Reply)

Crashing ponderous bore alert.

#5.1.1.1 Meh on 2019-02-07 14:00 (Reply)

"investment in education and a strong social safety net are better solutions."

What the left usually means by investing in education is more teachers, higher pay and free child care, I mean kindergarten and preschool. I suggest we go back to reading, writing and rethmatic. Throw in cooking, sewing, wood working and gym for both genders (there are only two) and leave out all the PC and social justice propaganda.

Safety net??? Lets create a system for people who are now using the safety net and those who would choose to use it that would be as generous as what we would want for our own children. Nothing for free. Work and get paid, don't work or constantly show up late and get fired. Tough love. Learn to become self sufficient. For those who truly have mental and physical disabilities give them work they can do, something that would be meaningful and rewarding for them. No one wants to be a lazy slob and none of us would advocate that for our own children so why inflict it on the lazy and cheaters. Let them discover the joys of taking care of themselves and their family.

#5.1.1.2 GoneWithTheWind on 2019-02-07 17:17 (Reply)

"For those who truly have mental or physical disabilities, give them work they can do." You can't do that - it's considered demeaning.

Many years ago, there was a really good project along those lines in a small town in the west. A workshop was set up, and the local "disabled" went there daily. It was organized so that local businesses could contract to have certain jobs done while there were break and exercise times, and a lunch, and the workshop staff was trained to help the workers. Among other products produced were wedding decorations for cars. It was the rare weekend when the workers couldn't see the products of their labour displayed on the vehicles of happy couples.

The participants were paid a nominal amount but not the local minimum wage. However, they were happy as they were earning something, besides getting out and being with friends. As well, they were in a safe environment and were finding themselves doing exercises and generally becoming more fit than they had been.

Sadly, this did not last. Some well-meaning folk argued that the workers were being "demeaned" and "exploited" by not being paid the minimum wage, totally ignoring the fact that the workers weren't able to produce at a rate that would justify their being paid the minimum wage and that the benefits they received while on the job move than offset any reduction in pay.

The centre closed. The workers no longer got to socialize and exercise but retreated to their rooms and TVs. And the locals were reduced to buying imports from China when they wanted to decorate their cars.

#5.1.1.2.1 Frances on 2019-02-07 23:46 (Reply)

Like all political and cultural movements, power is an important part of achieving goals. That doesn't determine whether the underlying goals are valuable or achievable.

If your goal is getting people to do things for their own good, or limiting their choices to an approved list of options, then power isn't a means, it's the end.

#5.2 Christopher B on 2019-02-07 12:12 (Reply)

Christopher B: If your goal is getting people to do things for their own good, or limiting their choices to an approved list of options, then power isn't a means, it's the end.

So putting up a stoplight has no other motive than exerting power over people.

#5.2.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 12:15 (Reply)

Red herring alert.

#5.2.1.1 Zzzackingoff on 2019-02-07 12:24 (Reply)

"If you are in receipt of stolen property, even if you are unaware of its origin, then you may be sued for the recovery of that property."

Does this mean we can sue 3 generations of welfare bums and get back the 25 trillion they stole from the taxpayers???

#5.3 Anon on 2019-02-07 17:10 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Dems Deny Economic Boom

Most Democrats credit the overall economic expansion, which began in 2009, but also argue the benefits of economic growth have increasingly tilted towards the rich over the last generation or so.

QUOTE:

Fact number 1: An amazing 304,000 jobs were created in January

So "amazing" that it is the highest numbers since all the way back in Feb 2018, which is the highest number since all the way back in Jul 2016. Rather, it is well-within typical variation since the recovery began.

QUOTE:

Fact number 2: Even those who had given up hope of finding a job are reentering the labor force.

The labor force participation rate hit bottom in 2015.

QUOTE:

Fact number 3: Wages rose 3.2% over the last twelve months, the best yearly increase in a decade.

Again, part of the same trend.

Though hourly wages are often quoted, what matters is real hourly wages, after accounting for inflation. The trend in real hourly wages is not quite as clear, but experienced a steep climb in 2015 with gradual improvement since then.

The more reasonable explanation is that, as the economic expansion continues, there is less slack in the labor supply.

#6 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 10:11 (Reply)

"the overall economic expansion, which began in 2009"

But of course! By then Obama's agenda had driven the economy into the ground and it had no place to go but up. So while Obama flew around the world denigrating the U.S. Americans had to work harder to survive and succeed and no thanks to the Democrats (and little thanks to the Republicans) they fought and scraped their way back from the government caused recession/collapse. Obama and the Democrats still have no idea how because they were too busy distributing trillions to labor unions big business, banks and foreign nations, not to mention becoming millionaires while doing that (where is the investigation?)

#6.1 Anon on 2019-02-07 17:23 (Reply)

Anon: By then Obama's agenda had driven the economy into the ground and it had no place to go but up.

Um, the recession began after eight years under the Bush Administration, before Obama took office.

#6.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-08 05:53 (Reply)

Ditto, brother. Obama's Beer Summit was the day the monetary seas receded. Whatever it was he did, it worked like a charm. There's no reason to question it, right brother?

The Lightbringer. They called him that for a reason. We are who we'd been waiting for under the Greek columns in a Colorado stadium!

#6.1.1.1 Zachreil on 2019-02-08 08:54 (Reply)

QUOTE:

SOTU: I Tuned In To Watch Hitler - And there they were, singing “Happy Birthday” to a Jew.

It was a shared birthday which brought the little Jewish child and the famed leader together. There's even a picture.

#7 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 10:14 (Reply)

Isn't it just crazy how much Hitler and Orange Man act alike? That was such a neat trick he played on the American people. All that talk of Freedom and no socialism in the US of cisgender haters, white patriarchy! They owe us, big time! Trump pretending that this is his economic boom, is just over the top. I mean, we know who the real hero is! Oh, Barry, if only we could have had you as President for life! The oceans would stop rising, the ice would come back to the North and South Poles. Humanity would finally run on Green Energy! Oh my! Eight years was just not enough time, to fix all of the destruction that those brain dead fascist republicans created. Barry understands the need to dispose of the unwanted thing that grows in my body; MY CHOICE! I should suffer no consequences for my selfish actions. What am I thinking, selfishness, another term those rightist use. I still have so much growing to do. There is only self, that is all that matters. Why should I think further than the next instant gratification?

#7.1 Zackismyhero! on 2019-02-07 11:32 (Reply)

Zackismyhero!: Isn't it just crazy how much Hitler and Orange Man act alike?

It wasn't our analogy. The post concerned Hitler, a Jewish child, and a birthday. So there you are.

#7.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 11:35 (Reply)

But, but, you agree right, Trump is bad? He needs to be stopped? I personally can't wait for Nancy and the House to impeach him! The way he worked with the Russians to stop poor Hilary. It was just despicable. Poor Hilary. I feel so bad for her. She is such a neat lady - well I don't want to presume her gender, I don't know how she identifies. You have to be so careful, what with all the haters out there.

#7.1.1.1 Zackismyhero! on 2019-02-07 11:46 (Reply)

Trump is bad?

Trump, like all people, has both good and bad aspects. However, he is ill-prepared to be president, and likely has ulterior motivations — whether he admits to them or not — that he puts before his duty to his country.

#7.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 11:54 (Reply)

Ulterior motives. I couldn't agree more.

I don't think there should be countries. A world without borders is the goal, isn't it? I thought we are on the same page with that? I want all the people of the world to vote in Americas elections, it is the just thing to do. America has so many sins to pay for. Don't you agree? This country has single handily been responsible for the rise in global temperatures. Don't get me started on the sins of slavery!

#7.1.1.1.1.1 Zackismyhero! on 2019-02-07 12:16 (Reply)

I don't think there should be countries.

We don't agree. Nation-states are still essential to political stability, and for many of the world's peoples, nations remain the strongest guarantor of rights.

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 12:19 (Reply)

So you're saying America isn't the nexus of evil and the very father of social injustice. That America isn't responsible for the coming heat wave that'll end life.

You're agreeing that Drumph is not an orange man.

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Meh on 2019-02-07 12:40 (Reply)

Nation states (wink, wink, ISWYD), but not countries, because there needs to be a higher power to right wrongs, such as Trump's election, right? What about immigration? You agree that a citizen of the world, should be able to vote in any nation state , that zhe want, right?

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Zackismyhero! on 2019-02-07 12:50 (Reply)

You agree that a citizen of the world, should be able to vote in any nation state

Uh, no.

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 12:56 (Reply)

Just the democrat ones.

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Zzzackingoff on 2019-02-07 13:05 (Reply)

So nation states can have voter eligibility requirements? Like laws, to prevent immigrants from voting in their elections? Please explain how that could possibly work? Would you need an ID or something silly like that? You're very confusing this morning.

#7.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2 Zackismyhero! on 2019-02-07 13:10 (Reply)

QUOTE:

However, he is ill-prepared to be president, and likely has ulterior motivations — whether he admits to them or not — that he puts before his duty to his country.

All evidence to the contrary.

#7.1.1.1.1.2 Zzzackingoff on 2019-02-07 12:18 (Reply)

Dishonest leftist lectures us on "duty" to the U.S.A. Next up: Brutus describes how to best protect Caesar ...

#7.1.1.1.1.3 Ask Not What Zachriel Can Do For You on 2019-02-07 12:57 (Reply)

Dishonest leftist lectures us on "duty" to the U.S.A.

Trump is accountable for his actions, just like everyone else. The executive is subject to oversight by the legislature and the courts.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 12:59 (Reply)

Dishonest leftist doubles down on dishonest lecturing, escalates to "accountability" ...

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1 Ask Not What Zachriel Can Do For You on 2019-02-07 13:02 (Reply)

escalates to "accountability" ...

Perhaps you have never heard of the conservative principle of accountability, but it is fundamental to modern governance, and is a product of divided government.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 13:05 (Reply)

Dishonest leftist triples down on dishonest lecturing, blasts through the dissembling event horizon to regale us regarding the nature of conservatism ...

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1 Ask Not What Zachriel Can Do For You on 2019-02-07 13:11 (Reply)

QUOTE:

...the principle of accountability, but it is fundamental to modern governance, and is a product of divided government.

Evidence to the contrary. (See Fast & Furious, Lois Lerner, Clinton pay for play, Fraudulent FISA applications, Obama...).

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1 JustZackingoff on 2019-02-07 13:24 (Reply)

My "Ice-Axe Avoidance Strategies & Best Practices" just jumped ahead of Zachriel's "Duty, Accountability & Conservatism" on Amazon's best-seller list! Hurrah!

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.2 Leon Trotsky on 2019-02-07 13:15 (Reply)

Accountability is a conservative principal, that explains so much.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3 B. Hammer on 2019-02-07 14:04 (Reply)

B. Hammer: Accountability is a conservative principal

That's right. It's based on the conservative belief in the fallibility of humankind, and that they can only avoid their worst vices if they are constrained by strong institutions.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 14:31 (Reply)

Please elaborate on the philosophical and spiritual tenets of such institutions, Gasbot. It would really round out the connection to actual humans and their nature. If you please.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.1 Meh on 2019-02-07 14:41 (Reply)

QUOTE:

constrained by strong institutions

Such as the one you escaped from?

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.2 The Safe Spaces for Zachriel Collective on 2019-02-07 14:53 (Reply)

LOL...

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.2.1 JustZachingoff on 2019-02-07 20:56 (Reply)

Would that be the strong institutions, like the Christian church, that your fellow left travelers have been working overtime to destroy?

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.3 B. Hammer on 2019-02-07 15:13 (Reply)

B. Hammer: Would that be the strong institutions, like the Christian church

Sure. Religious institutions, political institutions, the law, marriage and family are among the many traditions and mores that form the bulwark of society. Keep in mind though that these institutions have changed over time, so there is always a tension between the pressures of modernity, and the yearning to preserve the ways of the past.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.3.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 15:25 (Reply)

Keep that in mind, B. Hammer. Keep it in mind. For thou art Illuminated, sure!

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1 Purveyor of *plonks; Keeper of Illumins on 2019-02-07 15:42 (Reply)

Zach sounds like a conservative. All those institutions that use to be the pillar of western democracy. All being evaporated by the left.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1.1 Zach Had a Mike Drop on 2019-02-07 17:41 (Reply)

Ah yes, "strong institutions". All the better to have those to embark upon a long march through eh?

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.4 BornSouthern on 2019-02-07 21:03 (Reply)

BornSouthern: Ah yes, "strong institutions". All the better to have those to embark upon a long march through eh?

That's exactly the point. When long-standing traditions and institutions are tossed aside, anarchy and then oppression often result.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.1.4.1 Zachriel on 2019-02-08 05:57 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Trump is accountable for his actions, just like everyone else.

And lo these past few days you've impressed all of us here with your white-hot, righteous holding to account of Virginia Governor Northam et al. for their respective dereliction of duty, haven't you?

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.2 Bret Kavanaugh, Devil's Triangulator on 2019-02-07 13:36 (Reply)

Too busy delineating between why killing babies is not really killing babies.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.2.1 JustZachingoff on 2019-02-07 13:41 (Reply)

We had to kill that baby to save it.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1 King Solo-Zachriel-mon on 2019-02-07 13:50 (Reply)

How are you accountable for your actions, Gasbot? You've been asked a dozen very pertinent questions of a foundational nature over the months and have responded either with complete indifference or by lying like a rug.

Or is your characteristically pedantic, twenty-four hour drone itself adequate expression of "accountability"? Hey, if you're not somehow an artificial intelligence, maybe you're some self-evident, postmodern Internet performance art that reflects back on the inherent nature of the contemporary online gasbag and its furtive, tenuous relationship with truth, reason, and the abstracts of the normal human mind.

The power of art - it never occurred to me before that in untruth lies truth!

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3 Meh on 2019-02-07 14:13 (Reply)

QUOTE:

postmodern Internet performance art

I much prefer the kind of performance art that involves a good-looking woman pouring chocolate topping all over her ample, heaving bosom ... To "fight the patriarchy", natch.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1 Your Average"Art"-Appreciating Leftist, an Honest One! on 2019-02-07 14:22 (Reply)

You know, Gasbot comes in here giving selflessly* of its art and you go and prove what a pile of irredeemable cretins we all are. Just remember that the poor thing could move to another, uh, venue at any time. For the proper and due appreciation.

*if self is the word we're looking for.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1 Meh on 2019-02-07 14:31 (Reply)

QUOTE:

and you go and prove what a pile of irredeemable cretins we all are

It's a living.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1.1 The Irredeemable Cretin Community, Unmoved by Zachriel's Transcendent Gifts on 2019-02-07 14:39 (Reply)

Or something.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1.1.1 JustZachingoff on 2019-02-07 15:00 (Reply)

I've been rightly assured by the rightful assurances of the ardent leftist that the ardent leftist is rightfully assured to be working from magnanimity and goodness, excellence, and more goodness. This powers the ideology, obviously, or it wouldn't exist.

How else to reform hundreds of years of civilization than thirty odd years of such social enlightenment, wherein what had passed as virtue, honor, principle, higher power, self-sacrifice, civility, and the very spirit itself were assuredly and rightfully exposed by or for what they were, and replaced by their replacements, courtesy of the rightful ardent leftist and his assured rightful goodness.

Why, it's axiomatic. QED. And rightful, assuredly. Or why would it be, I ask you, this self-evident kiss-my-ass ideology of forced "liberal" replacement, you cretin. It says it right there.

I am cretinous. You are cretinous. And together we'll be cretinous. It is our highest calling, this independent state of human diminishment and imperfection, walled and security-gated, uninterested in the sterling sterlingness of that sent as if by itself to make us extinct for its own benefit.

Watch it, mister. For it is self-evident and quite self-assured. Oh, and philosophy is right out too, as was not foretold.

#7.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.1.1.1.1 The Philosopher Cretinous Minimus on 2019-02-07 15:14 (Reply)

The Real Reason The U.S. Wants Regime Change In Venezuela

Ahhhh! Real foreign policy "revelations" from a mom's-basement dwelling member of the #Resistance, who has OD'ed on too many Jon Voight/Marlon Brandom as Bad OIL Man movies!

Venezuelan crude is a half-step above tar; dead last on the list for refining! Why would the the US, world's No.1 producer of much better crude, even care?

Sorry, fakenews Tyler, your movie plot thinking leaves much to be desired as a rationale. (Won't even mention your wet dream of "muh Russia" on which you probably fap off , to the point your sheets are permanently stained!)

#8 Old Codger on 2019-02-07 10:20 (Reply)

From the link:
Mr. Zero Hedge doesn't know diddly about Venezuela. From the link:

QUOTE:

Might the real motive have something to do with the fact that Venezuela is sitting on the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and that Western oil companies were kicked out of the country in 2007?

In 1976, Venezuela nationalized its oil resources, forming PDVSA. Nary a peep from the United States. Venezuela continued selling oil to the US.

In the 1990s, the low price of oil meant that PDVSA didn't have the capital to develop heavy oil in the Orinoco Basin. PDVSA therefore entered into partnership agreemnts with foreign oil companies.

In 2007, Chavez tore up those partnership agreements. More money for Chavez's "social programs," less for the evil foreign oil companies.

Venezuelan oil production began a slow collapse.

#8.1 Gringo on 2019-02-07 13:06 (Reply)

It gets even more bizarre than that.

Maduro has been having to re-title what crude he can get out of the ground and onto a ship over to the Chinese and Russians as payment-in-kind on all the loans they've given him. The oil is promptly sold to the US which still has a fair amount of refinery capacity set up to digest bottom-of-the-barrel (aka cheap) crude. So if the US puts sanctions on oil from Venezuela, China and Russia might wind up holding the bag.

#8.1.1 Christopher B on 2019-02-07 16:48 (Reply)

Social justice is about the power...with power comes money. Notice that neither education, work skills, or responsibility are a part of the power grab of these authoritarian warriors. They are progressive socialists of the fascist/communist world and think stuff will continually be available even when they seize it at will. Insanity runs deep amongst these "consumers".

#9 indyjonesouthere on 2019-02-07 10:42 (Reply)

Raising the Minimum wage: "Do we really want to saw off the bottom rung of the job ladder for those from disadvantaged backgrounds who are entering the job market for the first time?"
OF COURSE we do! It's the Liberal/Progressive Thing To Do! It's good for us; bummer for you, but we don't care.

#10 Sam L. on 2019-02-07 11:11 (Reply)

Their betters went to all the trouble to design a free education system and a strong social safety net, and the lousy ingrates went out and got jobs.

Well, that can be fixed. The Democrats didn't spend the last 80 years creating a loyal underclass from which they could farm the votes they needed to permanently hold power only to have their minions discover the liberation of providing for oneself. Next thing you know, people would be doing things like thinking for themselves. (Why, they might even start to wonder why someone else should get a chunk of the paycheck that they busted their hump to earn.)

No one gets off the plantation that easily. Fortunately, raising the minimum wage is the perfect way to make sure that people stay where they belong -- poor, stupid, and servile.

Honestly, sometimes it seems like people aren't even trying to cooperate with the plans that have been made for them.

#10.1 aporitic on 2019-02-08 06:32 (Reply)

re Cord Cutting Is Growing As Americans Over 50 Ditch Cable TV

I have been watching this phenomenon with some interest for several years.

One wonders how many more will leave cable before it bottoms out, though that shows no signs of happening yet.

It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

#11 feeblemind on 2019-02-07 12:03 (Reply)

Another Mountain Lion story It's laughable when writers contradict themselves in their own story. Although lion attacks are rare..."[/] then [i]The agency confirmed this is the third reported dog attack by a mountain lion this month...?

#12 CareyG on 2019-02-07 12:11 (Reply)

Why stop with Tom Brady's bizarre diet choices? This could be a series of weird eating habits of celebrities. Just because you're famous doesn't make you smart.

#13 FRP on 2019-02-07 12:17 (Reply)

Please explain.

#13.1 Meh on 2019-02-07 12:56 (Reply)

Not strange at all, it is a high performance diet for a high performance athlete. Lots and lots of athletes have focused on improving their performance and daily health by adhering to particular diets. Sometimes the reasoning behind their food lists leaves something to be desired, but many times there is a sound basis for fueling the body in an optimal manner.

We all have to live with the consequences of our dietary choices, there are tradeoffs of convenience, comfort, taste, and texture against how the body responds to what we eat. In many cases the tradeoffs these high performance diets include are beneficial.

I can eat like a regular Joe for only so long before my body reacts in ways I don't like, and periods of fasting or a couple of weeks of very rigorous dietary choices make a huge difference in my symptoms and how well I feel. Poor dietary choices can cause inflammatory responses that can only be turned back by adjusting the diet.

#13.2 G Webb on 2019-02-07 15:09 (Reply)

King Solo, Just, Ask Not, myhero!, and other troll variants with signal-to-noise asymptotically approaching zero.

*plonk

#14 Zachriel on 2019-02-07 14:28 (Reply)

We shall bugger off to the end. We shall bugger off in France, we shall surrender on the seas and oceans, we shall *plonk with failing confidence and failing strength in the air, we shall yield our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall flee on the beaches, we shall surrender on the landing grounds, we shall surrender in the fields and in the streets, we shall surrender in the hills; we shall always surrender.

#14.1 Sir Winston Zachriel on 2019-02-07 14:59 (Reply)

Ah... Ah... AH...AH ... Ah...AHA...
Oh yes! OH YES ...YESSSS...

*PLONKAPALOOZA!!!

#14.2 JustZachingoff on 2019-02-07 15:19 (Reply)

"That's, that's enough music for now lads, there's dirty work afoot."
Brave Sir Robin Zachriel ran away.
("No!")
Bravely ran away away.
("I didn't!")
When danger logic reared it's ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
("I never!")
Yes, brave Sir Robin Zachriel turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
("You're lying!")
Swiftly taking to his feet,
He beat a very brave retreat.
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin Zachriel!

#15 Brave Sir Zachriel on 2019-02-07 14:45 (Reply)

Well, been going at it all day.
The brave one is spent.

#15.1 JustZachingoff on 2019-02-07 15:27 (Reply)

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