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As stated before, TDS stands for Trans Derangement Syndrome. Trumpy is a sideshow.

What's a CBF? Certified Board Fattie?

"This is why I hate drunk people, dude." Awesome. Thanks.

Gonna keep my occupation private for now. And yes, some (most?) bills have increased, but not nearly as much as my income.

More money per hour. I've even dialed back my total number of hours, and I'm still on track for my best year ever.

I'm so sorry you MAGAts are having a horrible time economically. Personally, I'm earning far more money these days, and easily outpacing inflation.

Not doubting the 60,000, but holy fock that's a huge range for an academic paper. I mean, it sounds like he just threw in the kitchen sink of various metrics. For it to be 2.5 million, each and every person on this board should know someone who had to use a gun last year in defense.

I have completely derailed this thread. My apologies.

Yeah, fully agree. I mean. there might be a good reason, but sounds like bureaucratic overreach to me.

Looks like you failed remedial reading. CBS News report, since I can't get the DoE report to open. "A new classified report by the U.S. Energy Department has concluded with "low confidence" that it is plausible the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak, two sources familiar with the U.S. government's pandemic origins investigation tell CBS News. It was not clear if the "low confidence" assessment by the Department of Energy reflected weak data or the quantity of information, but it has nevertheless rekindled an ongoing debate that continues to roil the political, scientific and intelligence communities."

- Cochrane looks legit as an info source. Thanks for that. I thought masks had been proven to work in studies. - I thought it was pushed in the workplace to reduce the possibility of lawsuits from workers who could claim they were exposed to COVID on the job. - Pretty sure we're in agreement on tipping points. -" In addition, in his 2006 global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore predicted that the global sea level could rise as much as 20 feet "in the near future." " So, not 2020, but still irresponsible. Regardless, I still haven't seen any credible studies that pushed this idea. There are, however, credible sources that predict more than "a few inches over 100 years". NOAA On the plus side, at least you guys have transitioned away from climate change denial, and aren't even seriously contesting greenhouse gases as the driving cause of global warming. - I really haven't followed the laptop story, much like I barely followed Benghazi, because it amounts to a big SO WHAT? if true. - So I read your linked article on lab origin, and it's not conclusive. Seems very possible though. NY Post, which is not a liberal rag "Wray’s comments were aired two days after it was reported the Department of Energy determined with “low confidence” that the virus that causes COVID-19 came from a Chinese laboratory. The Wall Street Journal’s Sunday report had also revealed that the FBI concluded with “moderate confidence” that a lab accident in China was the origin of the disease."

Yup. I think Nikki wins easily against Biden, so it'll be very interesting to see if she can get any traction. The fact that several prominent Iowa politicians have endorsed her or DeSantis suggests that Iowa might be more competitive than it looks right now.

Bullshit. White Christian grievance is at the heart of MAGAtDOM. Either refute or STFU.

They most certainly can be victims, and I never said Irsay is a Christian. I have no knowledge of his religious beliefs.

You guys live a fantasy world where you pretend Trump is not an authoritarian elitist.

My mistake; it's the "White and Christian as victims" grievance that's at the very heart of MAGAtDOM. And I'm pretty sure I never said that you guys are poor. Republican voters have a mean household income that's higher than Democrat voters. As for uneducated, Democrat voters do, on average, have a higher level of education. Higher education correlates closely with higher income, so this is unexpected, but the reason for this is that Republican voters are older on average than Democrat voters, and income increases with age, on average.

Yeah, look, dude, they're shithole countries, but you're not supposed to say that out loud. Saying it is only going to make it worse.

Buncha Philly pretty boys...

He's a victim because he's white and wealthy. This grievance is at the very heart of MAGAtDOM.

Focking party of law and order my a55.

This guy isn't getting probation or deportation. He's going to prison. And if Trump is reelected, he'll get pardoned, and all you MAGAts will rejoice.

Yeah dude, that's not interesting, and it's not a psychological test.

So the point of your little echo chamber meme is that people who aren't part of your little echo chamber won't understand it. That's deep.