TimHauck

@lickin_starfish falling for fake news again, what else is new

Where did Harrison Butker rank?

Did @lickin_starfish delete this post? He supports perverts

It’s not a danger to question election results. It is a danger to break into and storm the Capitol to do so (and I’d agree with the “angry mob that got out of hand” comment)

Paul Pelosi (Nancy was targeted)

The only mention of that I recall is in the one RealTim also posted, but it just said “enrollment surged” with no specific numbers

I didn’t mean to imply that my conclusion was based on the number of items in each list. It was based on my opinion of the weightings. It’s worth noting that some of the negatives can likely be solved without deporting them. IMO, the #1 complaint from residents is the driving. If they aren’t already, they should absolutely be ticketing and/or towing cars being driven illegally. Boom! Revenue source to help with the increased social services. I know some have suggested increased availability of driving lessons. Boom! Business opportunity. What I think many that are complaining about them are forgetting is what the town was like before they arrived. I’ve read articles citing that it had the biggest decline in median income of any town following the 2008 recession. And I’m sure home prices followed suit (that’s why I put housing prices in the neutral column - I understand why it’s bad for those with low and fixed incomes, but it’s generally a sign of a strong economy). But sure, maybe it’s not known exactly how much of the town’s turnaround is because of the Haitians or kinda just coincided with it. I do have a feeling the 20k number is being overstated, even though I believe it may have originated from the mayor or something. Written statements from the government estimate that it is 12-15K for the entire county which has a population of 136K. So it’s more like 10-15% and not 33%. Also the articles I’ve read have said they’ve been coming for about 5 years, so it’s not like they all came at once. I know you are focused on the job issue. I guess we don’t know, but do you think factories are employing 100% Haitians or something? Even the CEO that gave the interview and kinda criticized the local population, said only about 10% of his employees were Haitian. So for one, I’d have a hard time believing factories are paying Haitians less than Americans doing the exact same job, and if they are they should absolutely be investigated. But everything I’ve seen indicates that the Haitians aren’t really taking jobs that other people willingly wanted to do. But to our earlier conversation, it’s not really clear if that is more due to there just not being enough local people, or the local people choosing not to take those jobs.

I see you skipped responding to this one. I’ll answer. When the reporter asked the question about if he was vaccinated, the first word out of his mouth was “yeah.” Nonetheless, I’d like to call out that I did not bring this topic up. I was over it, and Rodgers even said last month that he regrets saying it. I also have made previous comments in here that I enjoyed his interviews on the McAfee show. I even drafted him as a backup in one of my fantasy leagues. Almost dropped him last week though after the poor first 2 weeks, but missed out on my waiver claim. Hopefully last night is a sign of better things to come.

Uh, you’re the one arguing I’m insulting people by calling them MAGA, it was literally the slogan and lots of people call themselves MAGA. If I was like Rusty and said “MAGATurd” or whatever, that would be an insult. But I didn’t, I was just stating a fact.

Agree. I disagree that it’s not as bad because you think the left’s rhetoric specifically targets Trump. For one, the “they must be stopped” post didn’t even mention Trump and was addressing “MAGA Republicans” in the plural form. Regardless, if we’re condemning “dangerous rhetoric” (which I am fine with condemning I just wouldn’t really blame the assassination attempts on, particularly based on what we know about the would-be assassins), I disagree that saying Trump is being targeted somehow makes it not as bad. Saying “America will fall to tyranny” could encourage something like, I dunno, trying to overturn the election results. That’d be crazy if something like that happened.

I don’t consider MAGA to be an insult, do you? That’s weird if so. But MAGA is a different adjective than Republican or Conservative.

Now you’re lying. What word did he say before “I’ve been immunized”?

OK so “America will fall to tyranny” isn’t dangerous rhetoric, got it

Most of the top wrestlers aren’t really political and neither am I. But definitely a lot of MAGA folk in the wrestling community for sure.

They didn’t have the science, as I stated. Once Omicron emerged there was minimal effectiveness against infection. But the data showed that the first 2 shots remained effective against serious disease for younger folks (I am under 40). And of course everyone knows natural immunity works too which I got in summer 2022.

@jerryskids, is this somehow not at bad as saying “they must be stopped”?

“Used a different word,” lol yeah that’s lying bud.

They don’t have to know, that’s why I said he could have declined to answer. But when asked if he’d been vaccinated, he replied “Yeah.” Zero boosters for me. I follow the actual evidence, unlike sheep righties and unlike the CDC.

I dunno, I’d say the fraud is the one downplaying Trump’s greatest achievement, the focking vaccine. Holy fock.

He didn’t “go around the question,” he lied. He could have “went around the question” by declining to answer. And no, it’s not fine if a coach lies either.

Well, not him if his parents are footing the bill.

I don’t care that he didn’t get the vax. I care that he lied about it

Hey, you learned how to embed x posts, congrats!! ”Amuse” might be the biggest liar on there, so I’m not surprised you probably follow him. For the record, it seems the city manager is the guy in this video that says “I’ve heard it too.” But he also says “we haven’t seen the proof.” Which aligns with his quoted statement from the debate saying there hasn’t been any verifiable evidence of it.

Do you think they are a net negative? There’s a big difference between saying they’ve had some negative impacts and saying they’re a net negative. Of course I don’t think anyone but RealTim would say they’ve added nothing but positive. Let’s see… Positive: Helped bring growth back to a town that was declining Business owners report they have a strong work ethic The additional residents have created additional demand for small businesses Negative: Increase in car accidents/insurance rates Taxing to social services, hospitals, schools Slumlords taking advantage of them and possibly kicking out prior residents to do so Neutral: Increased housing prices Unproven: Eat cats Took jobs from locals that actually wanted them At worst, I’d say it’s a wash. And I think there’s a good argument they’ve been a net positive.

If Trump wins, will rising house prices be a good thing again?