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Who are the “we” in “why we generally are in disfavor”?
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Are people already regretting their choice?
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Especially when certain crimes - jaywalking, truancy, loitering, not having a birth certificate on your person - are only treated as crimes at all in certain neighborhoods.
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Welp, we've got Trump in a put up or shut up moment on tariffs. Trump sending additional subs to troll Russia. Trump violating the integrity of US economic data collection. A member of the Fed Board resigning allowing Trump to stick a toady in there. India pushing back on Russian oil purchases.
How about now? Regretting that choice yet?
Let's see if TACO officially gets tattooed on Trump's forehead.
I'm seeing a possible inflection point for the US. Does the GOP?
How about now? Regretting that choice yet?
Let's see if TACO officially gets tattooed on Trump's forehead.
I'm seeing a possible inflection point for the US. Does the GOP?
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Trump voter and Montana Knife Co. founder feels tariff pain: His $515,000 sharpener from Germany is set to cost another $77,250
Josh Smith says he'd happily buy the bevel-grinding machines from a U.S. supplier, but he can't. “There’s only two companies in the world that make them, and they’re both in Germany."
This American Knife Brand Shows That Trump Tariffs Cut Both Ways
Trump's tariffs are causing problems throughout the outdoor industry. Few brands illustrate that better than the plight of Montana Knife Company.
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The brand’s founder, Josh Smith, founded the company in his garage during the pandemic, with a dream to sell quality knives made in the U.S. Smith’s business grew like a “rocket ship” during the Biden administration, though Smith still described the former president’s economic policies as “horrendous.”
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I totally support Affirmative Action, but if we're going to take about history, let's not forget that the Native Tribal people were often treated as bad or in some cases worse then Black folks were. And, also let me enlighten anyone doesn't know about how the people that were sometimes referred to as "poor white trash" were treated. And. yes, I've also read, White Rage, a book about the history of racism in the North as black folks fled the South after the end of slavery.
I read the book I will link a couple of years ago and learned a lot about how poor white Brits were sent to the US in an effort to rid England of the lower class whites. I think some of my relatives on my father's side may have been victims of this. The book even mentioned that some Black folks during those times said that some of these poor white folks were treated worse than they were, as most were basically indentured servants, slaves by another name. Imo, I think it may be classism that is perhaps the biggest problem, not just racism.
And btw, my close Black friends hate the term African American. They told me they are black. it does seem like a silly term since all of us are far removed from the countries of our ancestors, Am I a European American or am I white? My Irish and Polish ancestors were hated too, and my British ancestors were likely some of the white trash described in the book.
Anyway, we are all humans for better or worse and should all respect each other regardless of skin shade, language, country of origin, gender or sexual ID or anything else I've left out.
https://history.wisc.edu/publications/white-trash-the-400-year-untold-history-of-class-in-america/
What was this thread about again?
Regardless, we could all use just a little bit of love to conquer hate, as the late Ray Charles once sang in one of his lesser known songs.
I read the book I will link a couple of years ago and learned a lot about how poor white Brits were sent to the US in an effort to rid England of the lower class whites. I think some of my relatives on my father's side may have been victims of this. The book even mentioned that some Black folks during those times said that some of these poor white folks were treated worse than they were, as most were basically indentured servants, slaves by another name. Imo, I think it may be classism that is perhaps the biggest problem, not just racism.
And btw, my close Black friends hate the term African American. They told me they are black. it does seem like a silly term since all of us are far removed from the countries of our ancestors, Am I a European American or am I white? My Irish and Polish ancestors were hated too, and my British ancestors were likely some of the white trash described in the book.
Anyway, we are all humans for better or worse and should all respect each other regardless of skin shade, language, country of origin, gender or sexual ID or anything else I've left out.
https://history.wisc.edu/publications/white-trash-the-400-year-untold-history-of-class-in-america/
What was this thread about again?
Regardless, we could all use just a little bit of love to conquer hate, as the late Ray Charles once sang in one of his lesser known songs.
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People finally coming to grips that they voted against their own self-interest... a thing white conservatives have been doing for decades. For so long, they have become angry about how bad things are now, after all those conservative policies were put into the system.What was this thread about again?
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Yes. The ignorant, aka poorly educated have been easy to manipulate for a very long time. Is there a way to help them out of this darkness? I'm not sure.People finally coming to grips that they voted against their own self-interest... a thing white conservatives have been doing for decades. For so long, they have become angry about how bad things are now, after all those conservative policies were put into the system.What was this thread about again?
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This is awesome! If we are taking in trillions from foreign countries, our budget deficit will be wiped out!
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I don't think that crap should have been allowed in the first place. What do you think the N stands for in SNAP?
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I live in ultra-Republican, gun-slinging, dash-using, wild-west Arizona, and a retirement/resort town to boot, where practically every other several-million dollar house flaunts a Trump banner. I think I can safely say that precious few of those people have a food card.
I don't live in one of those houses, by the way. In fact I've spent the last seven years virtually destitute, due to addiction and mental health problems.
One of the worst things to come of this last election is the creeping stench of classism.
I don't live in one of those houses, by the way. In fact I've spent the last seven years virtually destitute, due to addiction and mental health problems.
One of the worst things to come of this last election is the creeping stench of classism.
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WTF is a list doing masquerading as a graph?
And having decided to create this abomination in the sight of God and man, what kind of twisted mind would then give the highest ranked state the smallest bar on that (I really can't believe they did this at all, seriously, WTAF?) graph??
That is one of the worst data presentations I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot of really awful data presentation choices in my time.
I am going to have nightmares about that one. How could anyone ever have thought for a second that it was a good way to display that information? How??
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Agreed. I reported Ziprhead's post and suggested he be banned for posting one of the worst graphs ever. Nevermind is actually two words and that "highest SNAP reliance" is also rather vague.
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I think you think it means nanny-state.
Regardless, people shouldn't use all their SNAP support on ice cream, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to have any ice cream.
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I think you think it means nanny-state.
Regardless, people shouldn't use all their SNAP support on ice cream, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to have any ice cream.
Ice cream is pretty nutritious.
Indeed, any food that is high in sugar is highly nutritious. Sugar is one of the key nutrients required for survival. Though obviously many people today consume too large a proportion of it to be healthy.