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#2991 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 471 weeks ago
Randall Flagg wrote:misterID wrote:“You talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”
Colbert on Trump. Now repubs want him fired. What happened to locker room talk?
Nah, it's just the hypocrisy. Never mind that Trump hasn't done anything to favor Putin, making the claim ridiculous.
But for a group of people who have a blatant and proven racist helping lead their party, the probable 2020 candidate pretending to be Sakagewa for most of her private career, and who ran a candidate who invited the father of a radical Muslim who murdered 50 gay people to stand behind her on stage, it's par for the course.
And the whole violation of FCC obscenity laws. I couldn't give a fuck except they'd scream for his head if Tucker Carlson made a joke about Clinton muff diving on Huma.
Except he continues to contradict all his national security agencies and anyone with knowledge of the hacks by defending his cock rocket and denying they have anything to do with it, so yeah, he is showing favoritism to Putin.
The hypocrisy of a bunch of ignorant buffoons decrying a homophobia yet supporting an administration that supports conversion therapy is a little rich.
Bullshit. The administration doesn't support conversion therapy. Unlike Barry, Trump actually campaigned on being supportive of gay marriage instead of waiting until he was elected to his 2nd term. Or did you forget Clinton opposed gay marriage in 2008 too.
#2992 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 471 weeks ago
misterID wrote:The hypocrisy of a bunch of ignorant buffoons decrying a homophobia yet supporting an administration that supports conversion therapy is a little rich.
Context is everything. It was hardly homophobic. But I wouldn't imagine Trump fans are too bright.
If they think they are angry about Colbert, what are they going to do if Comey has bad news for them? Their heads will explode.
Who is calling it homophobic, that isn't blatantly trying to play the PC Card? Colbert literally meant that Trump is Putin's bitch. Not that they have a homosexual relationship.
Context matters. Just like last week when the left went after Jesse Waters. Maybe we all should tell people to shut the fuck up when they try to tell us what words we can use.
#2993 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 471 weeks ago
“You talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”
Colbert on Trump. Now repubs want him fired. What happened to locker room talk?
Nah, it's just the hypocrisy. Never mind that Trump hasn't done anything to favor Putin, making the claim ridiculous.
But for a group of people who have a blatant and proven racist helping lead their party, the probable 2020 candidate pretending to be Sakagewa for most of her private career, and who ran a candidate who invited the father of a radical Muslim who murdered 50 gay people to stand behind her on stage, it's par for the course.
And the whole violation of FCC obscenity laws. I couldn't give a fuck except they'd scream for his head if Tucker Carlson made a joke about Clinton muff diving on Huma.
#2994 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 472 weeks ago
I agree. I heard California only gets back 78% of the Federal taxes they pony up.
But it's not everyday Californians or New Yorkers pumping the money. It's Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Just as its big oil in Texas. If New York and California want to become Denmark, they need to put that burden on their people just like Denmark.
Remove those unique entities like Wall Street, and compare how much CA and NY make and compare the average contribution.
#2995 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 472 weeks ago
It looks good in practice, but if corporations like google and Facebook can continue to essentially pay nothing, it's a mistake. Lowering the corporate rate is fine since no corporation pays anywhere near that, but deductions need to changed so everyone pays the 15% tax.
The same needs to be true of income. I'd be comfortable with 35% over 200k, but it needs to be tightened up so millionaires aren't paying an effective rate of 17%.
If they can affectively increase the amount of taxes gained while cutting the fat from the bureaucracy, I'm all for this. Making California and NY actually tax their people instead of being subsidized by the federal government is a much needed change.
#2996 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 473 weeks ago
Jesus Christ guys...I do my own taxes and I do them well and by the law. I pay 9k per year in property tax. Do you even pay property tax?
Taxes should be fun....it's just a long list things to deduct. These deductions mostly come thanks to republicans.
My property tax is around 6k a year for my house. I'm not interested in trying to pin blame on our tax system. If you want to blame republicans, cool. I'm just saying that in my opinion, we have too many things counted as deductions. I don't think state taxes should be 100% deductible, especially when states like California are actively working to usurp federal law with their sanctuary bullshit.
#2997 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 473 weeks ago
Randall Flagg wrote:mitchejw wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/b5e7d52f-2 … ollar.html
This is what I'm talking about...
Trumps 'anti-tax' agenda is not a true tax decrease....lower federal tax rates...but eliminate deducations...
more corporate welfare though....
Deductions is how millionaires like Sanders and Obama payed less then 20% in federal taxes. If you want to have a serious discussion on tax reform, and you think people should pay their "fair share" you have to look at deductions.
Hiring an accountant or lawyer shouldn't be a requirement to avoid paying what you owe.
Lmao wait...now I see what you're saying...liberals who make money shouldn't be able to use tax credits but knuckle degrading trump supporters should?
That's pretty twisted
How do you take away that from what I said. I've said before I support increasing taxes to pay off the debt, and limiting deductions. As a business owner there are special circumstances you should be able to deduct that I can not. But deductions allow the wealthy, regardless of party (I just called out Sanders and Obama because they paid a lower amount than most middle class Americans because they have the lawyers and accountants).
I'm not going to pretend I have any real knowledge on tax law, but I fundamentally reject the notion our code should be so convoluted you need to hire someone to find the loopholes.
#2998 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 473 weeks ago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/b5e7d52f-2 … ollar.html
This is what I'm talking about...
Trumps 'anti-tax' agenda is not a true tax decrease....lower federal tax rates...but eliminate deducations...
more corporate welfare though....
Deductions is how millionaires like Sanders and Obama payed less then 20% in federal taxes. If you want to have a serious discussion on tax reform, and you think people should pay their "fair share" you have to look at deductions.
Hiring an accountant or lawyer shouldn't be a requirement to avoid paying what you owe.
#2999 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Star Wars Thread *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED!* » 473 weeks ago
I got really excited after the new trailer.
I've heard some people complaining it's the same as TFA trailer like beat for beat. They're spot on - but I always liked that trailer for pumping me up without giving too much away.
So I must say I'm looking forward to it.
Strangely I didn't really like Rogue One all that much even though most of my friends seem to think its the best in the series, so I'm looking forward to Ep8 to get back into things.
Yea. I'm super excited for episode 8. I'm looking forward to them turning the whole mythos upside down.
Like you, I didn't really care for Rogue One. The Vader scenes were awesome and I liked Jimmy Smits doing a cameo as Bail Organa. Outside of that, it just felt so filler. I think I said this when it came out, but the story could have been so much better if Jin's father was a Jedi in hiding and she watched Vader cut her father down as he was doing the 20 years between 3 and 4. Forrest Whitaker's character contributed nothing and we had no reason to be invested in the new characters. Could have tossed Boba Fett to build on the nostalgia.
I just thought it was very underwhelming with some really cool scenes splashed in. It's certainly last in my ranking. Hopefully they've improved on this with the Han Solo movie.
#3000 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 474 weeks ago
Randall Flagg wrote:mitchejw wrote:Why would the left want America to fail?
Ignoring that you've been ending half your posts with "fuck trump yesterday, today and tomorrow", and have repeatedly said you don't want Democrats to work with Trump or Republicans, I think that statement relies heavily on how you define both "America" and "fail".
Well first, when the entire agenda is centered around destroying things liberals like (EPA, public education, science) ...it's hard to support that
In addition...Trump insults liberals all the time....then expects them to get on board?!?!?
By your definition, the Republicans in congress for the last 6 years also fit right in with the left and wanting America to fail.
It's not my definition because I don't believe any substantial portion of the left wants the country to fail, but yes you're right. There was a small portion of tea party types who I would agree wanted the country to fail. Disagreeing with policy or a nominee doesn't mean you hate America.
