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EclairReturns posted...

BUMPED2002 posted...

stuffed

You mean like the turkey you just ate?

LOL Well it saved me having to think about dinner for a couple of day and I always like that.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

The "new" way?

Yeah the new way of bilk shopping and not paying for it.
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JebronLames posted...

gov and tax dollars should help those less fortunate? that doesn't make sense to you?

i believe 100% that a government and tax dollars should be used to help those less fortunate.
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JebronLames posted...

BUMPED2002 posted...

The_tall_midget posted...

1. You're not entitled to a doctor's free work.

Why Support for the Death Penalty Is Much Higher Among White Americans

3. If it's "their body, their choice" then they can pay for it. If society pays for it, society decides if you can have it.

You must be an ardent fan of novelist and nutcase Ayn Rand who thought Government should not provide amenities to people via tax dollars. Paul Ryan subscribes to her BS as well.

Just a brief history lesson for you. In the 1860s and 1870s, the United States Government doled out millions of acres of FREE LAND west of the Mississippi River that they'd stolen from Native Americans to Newly Arriving Penniless European Immigrants and it was all DONE FOR FREE. The US Government also undergirded them with an economic floor and the seeds to plant and Equipment to get their farm-based businesses started and again this was ALL FREE FROM GOVERNMENT.

what do you have against ayn rand? haven't heard that paul ryan was a fan of hers. isn't paul ryan pro life though? don't think rand was.

Ayn Rand was a nutcase and Paul Ryan embraced her idiotic ideologies. Not sure if Ryan is pro-life or not but he does embrace Rand's stance that Gov and tax dollars should NOT help those less fortunate. In her book "Atlas Shrugged" Rand described a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations.
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JebronLames posted...

....they will try to drastically cut stuff like food stamps, wic, head start, the same stuff that would have helped those same kids. Sadly this may be the mindset of many of most pro life people

The short answer is Black people. If we look at the time line from the New Deal era of the 1930s until the 1960s, no one White had opposed Gov Programs that helped pull people and the country out of the throes of the Great Depression. Now when Black people began gaining access to Gov Programs in the 1960s, which btw were nowhere near as generous as the ones prior that helped Whites, White people suddenly had an issue with Gov Programs

Go research the late GOP strategist Lee Atwater who said: "Now, youre talking about cutting taxes, and all these things youre talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, Blacks get hurt worse than Whites." This quote from Atwater explains why the GOP loves cutting taxes.
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The_tall_midget posted...

1. You're not entitled to a doctor's free work.

Why Support for the Death Penalty Is Much Higher Among White Americans

3. If it's "their body, their choice" then they can pay for it. If society pays for it, society decides if you can have it.

You must be an ardent fan of novelist and nutcase Ayn Rand who thought Government should not provide amenities to people via tax dollars. Paul Ryan subscribes to her BS as well.

Just a brief history lesson for you. In the 1860s and 1870s, the United States Government doled out millions of acres of FREE LAND west of the Mississippi River that they'd stolen from Native Americans to Newly Arriving Penniless European Immigrants and it was all DONE FOR FREE. The US Government also undergirded them with an economic floor and the seeds to plant and Equipment to get their farm-based businesses started and again this was ALL FREE FROM GOVERNMENT.
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So it appears the new way to shop in brick and mortar stores is filling your shopping cart with items then dashing out the door without paying. Your thoughts?
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I don't drink but if I did I'd be like "Otis The Town Drunk" from the old "Andy Griffith Show"!
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I've eaten so much turkey, I am stuffed.
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streamofthesky posted...

14.8 lb turkey, says it should take 3 days, maybe 4 (some sources said 1 day per 4 lbs, others 1 per 5 lbs)

I put it in the fridge early Saturday evening, a day earlier than I'm "supposed" to, and the freaking inside is still frozen solid. :(

I gave up trying to get the damn neck out after like half an hour (including soaking it in cool water for 15 minutes), just gonna let it cook for an hour then try again, maybe....

At least the giblet bag was right at the edge of the neck hole, so it came out without much effort.

I usually put in the lower part of the fridge on Mon week of TG then I set it out on my countertop on Weds until I'm ready to cook it TG day.
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CTLM posted...

I never wanted to start my own business but my wife did. It started earlier this year. There were lots of ridiculous rules, laws, taxes and fees to deal with. Majority of the issues were just due to it being New York I know

That's what turned me off to doing it.
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CharlesBronson posted...

no because i have nothing to sell and even if i did no one would buy it

LOL Why do you think one one would buy what you would sell?
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HornedLion posted...

And what exactly happened to World Trade Center 6?

I thought that as soon as I'd heard he had died. Epstein was not a financier either. I think he was a pimp who ran a child sex prostitution ring for wealthy perverted White men and someone wanted him silenced before he revealed his client list.
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So do you plan on doing your shopping online this holiday season?
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Have you ever started a business or thought about starting a business or do you own your own business?
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RoboXgp89 posted...

our own gov't would attack the guy before he even took office

people can't even try socialism in other countries without our gov't stepping in and staging a coup to get more resources

it would never happen
people with stocks in real estate etc wouldn't let it happen

it would basically end up being a way to make the middle and lower classes be the same
rich people don't get taxed period

People in America need to understand one thing, America has always had socialism for White people.

That's what the Homestead Acts in the 1860s/1870s were in which millions of acres of land and the tools and seeds to work that land West of the Mississippi was doled out to newly arriving poor penniless Europeans immigrants and Black people and Indians were excluded. The US Government undergirded these people an economic base and floor to get their farm-based businesses started and they never did that for non-Whites EVER.

Fast forward to the early to mid 20th century, and FDR's New Deal programs *Social Security, FHA Home Loan Program, HOL (Homeowners Loan Act). CCC, TVA, Unemployment Insurance, Workman's Compensation, AND THE G.I. BILL", etc, were all rooted in socialist ideals and it made it possible for working-class WHITES TO ATTAIN WEALTH AND to attain some modicum of wealth-building VIA HOME BUYING WHICH PRIOR HAD NEVER EXISTED FOR WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE and that was all off-limits to non-Whites. I am surprised people do not know about this stuff. When non-Whites began accessing Gov Programs in the 1960s, they weren't offered an opportunity to buy homes. They were herded into Public Housing which doesn't accrue in wealth therefore you can't sell or borrow money against the equity in a Public Housing project. Food stamps also do not accrue in wealth as well. The New Green Deal that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed is doable but it will NOT see the light of day because it includes non-Whites and historically Whites frown on Gov tax dollars being used to help non-Whites which is what the GOP does when they refer to Black single moms on welfare as "Welfare Queens" etc they rile people up and portray these single moms as welfare cheats, lazy, no-good bums who ant to use White taxpayer money to take care of them and people buy it.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Im alone for the next four days so I figured Id buy a game. The only games I own are Smash and Lets Go Eevee, but Ive also played Breath of the Wild

What should I play? Preferably single player

You can't go wrong with a Mario game.
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Are you a fan of the series?
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I remember as a child, my mom would make us sandwiches from this stuff. It's pork liver sausage if I recall.
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Ogurisama posted...

The season not the @wwinterj25

I actually prefer winter. I grew up in the Northeast so wintery weather came with the territory and I also liked sledding etc so for me and my friends from childhood we looked forward to snow so we could sled and snowboard etc.
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Yes, I can but it took me a while to get good at it.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Just wondering.

I'm doing MUT on Madden 20, MY Team on NBA 2K20 and Gran Turismo Sport.
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First and foremost I am never going to put myself in harm's way protecting someone else's property so I'd just call the cops but I wonder why they leave packages outside of someone's residence, to begin with.
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TheWitchMorgana posted...

in the US i would say no absolutely not

I think I agree with you. It seems to me that over the past 40 years or so, the US has cheapened education and dumbed down out citizens.
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I do when my gf performs oral on me!
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CTLM posted...

Depends on what you're thinking of majoring in and your life. For me, it's a good choice because I can start out at 75k and possibly move up in the world or I can take an easier approach and teach.

Trade school might have been easier/ better 20 years ago for me but I can't do the heavy duty work like I used to. Hard to argue with $60 an hour for an HVAC job though.

My uncle actually went to trade school while in high school in the late 1970s (he graduated in 1979 I think) and he told me back then when you reached your junior year of high school, you had an option of attending regular school for half the day and then attend a trade school for the rest of the day. He did that and learned auto mechanics and he now owns 4 repair shops and he says his biggest gripe now is no one is being trained to repair the newest cars that are all computerized so he has a hard time finding skilled mechanics/auto techs.
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I bought a 60 inch 4K tv for under $300 ($298) at Walmart then afterward I felt guilty because I realized that in order for that TV to be that cheap, someone somewhere is being abused in some dark eerie factory probably against their will.
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Solid Sonic posted...

Is it because they dislike what they manage to get away with when it comes to their audience or because they think they're creating trends that are ruining the tech industry as a whole?

Apple lacks any creative initiative. All they care about is using cheap labor in poor countries to make an iProduct that costs pennies on the dollars to make then they ship back to the US and sell those products for an arm and a leg.
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I do but I use a filter system. Occasionally I'll buy bottled water when I am not home and want some water.
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Donald Trump is a s_tty person period. All he has done since the 1970s is bilk people into investing their money with and using NY tax loopholes to avoid paying property taxes and filing bankruptcy.

The only reason Trump won, to begin with, is because he ran a campaign based on racism and those people in America who happen to be racist ate that up and went with it not once taking the time to see where he stood on issues facing the country such as our pathetic healthcare system, dead-end low paying jobs, educational system, infrastructure etc.

The wealthiest got what they wanted from him with the $1.7T tax cut and once that was done, they were done with him.

That's pretty much what he has been and continues to be.

If the rule of law were being upheld, Trump would have been ousted his first day in office because he has violated the Constitution's emoluments clause; by violating that prohibition, this chief executive is raking in millions from officials of foreign governments and lobbyists who stay at his hotels and resorts and use his golf courses.

The mechanisms that once made democracy possible have withered and died. We no longer have elections free of corporate control; real legislative debate; an independent press rooted in verifiable fact that lifts up the voices and concerns of the citizens rather than peddling conspiracy theories such as Russiagate or cheerleading for disastrous military interventions and occupations; academic institutions that vigorously examine and critique the nature of power; or diplomacy, negotiation, dtente and compromise.

The corporate capitalists who hold real power view Trump as an embarrassment. They would prefer to put a more dignified face on the American empire, one like Biden who will do their bidding with the decorum of a traditional president.
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Dark_Koopatrol posted...

Attendance was optional (thank god) so I definitely skipped more. Lectures were so useless.

Graduating next year, engineering.

I attended roughly 80% of my lectures.
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With all the money it costs nowadays to attend college, do you feel it was worth your time and money to attend. Looking back I have mixed feelings on it.
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PKMNsony posted...

Go to one of your neighbors house for thanksgiving dinner uninvited, they'll love your spontaneity!

If they don't shoot you first!
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In my home town, they have closed 3 public libraries in the past 5 years and they have privatized some of our public golf courses which goes without saying isn't good because as soon as they did, they started charging to play golf on once public courses.

There's talk now about privatizing the library system and I am hoping that doesn't happen.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

TigerTycoon posted...

Given, most people typically think they always have it the worst.

Have you ever been forced to work 84 hours in one week understaffed? You wind up doing multiple jobs worth of work yourself for longer periods of time.

I actually worked for a Swedish company a few years back that required you to cross-train for other jobs besides your main job and they did that to cut wages because they would only pay you 45 cent extra for each job you learned so, in essence, they were cheating you out of money because that job you learned may have paid $17.00 per hour but they got you to learn it for far less sans benefits of hiring someone, so they were killing two birds with one stone so to speak. The Swedes are brutal to work for as well. They had so many silly rules I lost count of them. PS this Swedish company only has operations in RTW states were rules and regs are laxed and I recall we have many people who got hurt on the job a lot as well so that says a lot about them. They also never gave pay raises while I was there which is why I left.
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OhhhJa posted...

BUMPED2002 posted...

In the U.S., 85.8 percent of males and 66.5 percent of females work more than 40 hours per week.

There's that male privilege again

LOL Well women didn't start joining the workforce until the 1970s in force so that may explain why.
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My dog is named Sex! Everybody who has a dog calls him "Rover" or "Boy." I call mine "Sex." He's a great pal, but he has caused me a great deal of embarrassment.

When I went to city hall to renew his dog license, I told the clerk I would like a license for Sex. He said, "I'd like one too!"

Then, I said, "But this is a dog." He said he didn't care what she looked like. Then, I said, "You don't understand, I've had Sex since I was 9 years old." He winked and said, "You must have been quite a kid."

When I got married and went on my honeymoon, I took the dog with me. I told the motel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me and a special room for Sex.

He said, "You don't need a special room. As long as you pay your bill, we don't care what you do." I said, "Look, you don't seem to understand. Sex keeps me awake at night." The clerk said, "Funny -- I have the same problem."

One day, I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there, looking disappointed. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the contest. He told me I should have sold my own tickets. "But you don't understand," I said, "I had hoped to have Sex on TV." He said, "Now that cable is all over the place, it's no big deal anymore."

When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog. I said, "Your honor, I had Sex before I was married." The judge said, "The courtroom isn't a confessional. Stick to the case, please."

Then, I told him that after I was married, Sex left me. He said, "Me too."

Last night, Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking all over town for him. A cop came over to me and asked, "What are you doing in this alley at 4 o'clock in the morning?" I told him that I was looking for Sex. My case comes up Friday.
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GAMERJET posted...

Been searching online and looking at the ads but haven't found any sale yet...

Just keep checking Sometimes retailers will actually start their Black Friday sale on Thursday so just check.
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According to the Center for American Progress on the topic of work and family life balance,in 1960, only 20 percent of American mothers worked. Today, 70 percent of American children live in households where all adults are employed.

The U.S. is the ONLY country in the Americas without a national paid parental leave benefit. The average is over 12 weeks of paid leave anywhere other than Europe and over 20 weeks in Europe.

Zero industrialized nations are without a mandatory option for new parents to take parental leave. That is, except for the United States.

At least 134 countries have laws setting the maximum length of the workweek; the U.S. does not.

In the U.S., 85.8 percent of males and 66.5 percent of females work more than 40 hours per week.

Americans work 137 more hours per year than Japanese workers, 260 more hours per year than British workers, and 499 more hours per year than French workers.

There is not a federal law requiring paid sick days in the United States.

The U.S. remains the only industrialized country in the world that has no legally mandated annual leave.

In every country included except Canada and Japan (and the U.S., which averages 13 days/per year), workers get at least 20 paid vacation days. In France and Finland, they get 30 an entire month off, paid, every year.

Its been drilled in our heads (BY A CERTAIN POLITICAL PARTY) that we are lazy compared to emerging market counterpart workers in India, Mexico, China, and other parts of Asia. To validate those fears, our jobs are being outsourced to cheap labor in those countries.

Our legislative branch of the government (on both sides of the aisle) has been bought and as a result, has shied away from passing laws that protect workers that every other industrialized nation has passed.

We generally dont fight for our working rights. We take what is given to us.
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JoanOfArcade posted...

Keeping the dream alive

I do on sandwiches and I make my own sometime. Not that hard to do once you know how.
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I love ample breasts lol.
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And the announcers said Luka Doncic of the Mavs has the ball in his hands so much because the other Mavs players seem unsure about what they're supposed to do or where to go on offense.

How the heck can these guys make the millions of dollars that they make not know how to run a play or where they're supposed to be on a play?

That's mind-boggling to me.
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Amenadeel posted...

https://i.redd.it/475s8ttk1al31.jpg

Too skinny for my taste but she is attractive.
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Some things aren't meant to be mobile.
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keyblader1985 posted...

I like rhythm games, but I've never gotten very good at them over the years. Most of them tend to get pretty difficult.

I like RPGs but I am not good at playing them.
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dragon504 posted...

Get your farmin' on.

I've been wanting to get this game for quite some time but never got around to getting it. I just may do it this week.
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Solid Sonic posted...

Like you see someone raging and your blood starts boiling and you want to join in?

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Just me?

I'd say no it isn't.
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Shadowbird_RH posted...

It's your racism that makes you think they're talking about their race rather than their community.

It's not uncommon for people in peaceful neighborhoods to feel disconnected from the violent stories you see on the news, and then when something does happen, the shock to reality is felt a lot harder than it is for those who live in communities where violence isn't uncommon.

My racism? That's precious to me. We never hear non-Whites say this isn't supposed to happen here whenever something bad happens yet when Columbine happened we had people saying that exact thing as if somehow Columbine, for example, isn't supposed to happen to people like those people yet it did despite the kids coming from Middle Class homes etc it did happen.
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

"White people" really are not as unified as you seem to think, I also doubt many would actually identify as White first.

I didn't say we were. History taught us that because in Europe throughout time all Europeans ever did was war with one another and steal land, resources and create fake kingdoms yet we always point the finger at non-Whites which is what Trump was doing in yelping about building a wall.

He said people from Mexico were bringing drugs and crime to the country completely glossing over the fact that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, newly arriving White Europeans from Itlay and other countries came here forming street gangs, etc which then spawned the America Mafia yet Trump never makes a point to say that.
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