Wanna-B-Fanboy

Afternoon All, Just saw a few posts with people interested in having a thread for the final season of Game of Thrones. So... voila! So... three episodes in at the halfway mark of the final season and holy moley- its been a fun ride!!! And here we go:

Stupid autocorrect...

Yup Liberals, conservatives- they all seem to play by another book. Maybe it's time for the NDP a shot... cuz really, why not at this point.

What can congress do about a corrupt lackey AG?

So there is no such thing as corporate welfare?

Oh yeah- as soon as they were entertaining the bail outs... I KNEW there would be bonuses and golden parachutes. I was totally against the bail out.

I did- good movie.

Yeah. I guess I should make the distinction between A) the bank institution b) the bank stockholders. Bail out the institutions- that helped the people. Leave the stockholders. Let em hang. I am still not convinced that it would have been crazy worse... I don't think people would have lost much more then they did after losing their homes.

Interesting. Whitenationalism is on the rise in Canada. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadas-new-far-right-a-trove-of-private-chat-room-messages-reveals/

What would i have done? Let them fail. That would be capitalism at work. They engage in capitalism and enrich themselves in that economic paradigm- then let them suffer the consequences, just like EVERYONE else. No excuse.

No ****... corporate welfare is alive and well... After the mortgage crisis of the mid aughts- all those "too big to fail" corporations that received bail out after bail out after bail out made me (and suspect most people) crazy angry.

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why does one have to stop for the other start? why can't individuals use the government as a resource to facilitate their own ends? why can't both work in tandem? I mean, isn't that how it is supposed to be? we elect them, and hold them accountable and they should be working for our interests. I fail to see the need for an "us vs them" mentality here.

You mean graduates with money will spend it and improve the economy? Whaaaaat? https://amp.businessinsider.com/student-loan-debt-forgiveness-elizabeth-warren-economic-impacts-2020-election-2019-4

Interesting opinion piece outlining the difference between "criminal prosecution standard of proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” and a lower standard — the preponderance standard of “more likely than not” — relevant for counterintelligence and general parlance about facts" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/opinion/mueller-trump-campaign-russia-conpiracy-.html

Steele Dossier breakdown in one thread:

Yeah- that is bullshit, teaching is hard work at any level. Every tier has its own set of challenges.

How were they involved- which other councilors?

Forget the redacted portions of the Mueller report, This is where the smocking gun might lie...

not surprised at the move- it's on brand. Surprised at the percentage though- that is kind of insane. 40 students per classroom acceptable nowadays?

Wait.... are they cutting more than 50% of current teachers?

Sorry TUP, I agree with TB4E. CNN made it a "click bait title" so I knew something was up... but not the full details. I tried to keep away from spoilers but I reckon that Arya scene was a bit more spoiler-friendly than most tidbits. Not going to hold a grudge, it is what it is.

**** Harper. For JT to be as shamelessly obstructive as Harper- he will have to wait until there is motion to investigate his obstruction- then as the bill is moving through system- Prorogue Parliament and make it go away.

God Damn it man.