@george-k said in Trump Senate defense: the American people already rejected me:

https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/covid-relief-bill-includes-16b-farm-aid-payments

he loan forgiveness for Black farmers was debated intensively throughout the markup, with much of the discussion coming from Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., who says the funds would lead to reverse discrimination if USDA would forgive 120% of all outstanding USDA loans for farmers of color. “As this pushes forward, courts have ruled Congress cannot discriminate on race,” Austin Scott says, adding there are no distinction that farmers have to prove discrimination and payments would be based solely on a producers’ skin color.

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, filed an amendment to reduce the amount of debt forgiveness from 120% of debt which was included by Chairman Scott to account for the tax consequences of debt relief to 100%. Forgiveness of a debt can be a tax event for the farmers leaving them to bear the burden of the tax liability which is why Scott says the 120% is warranted.

Forgiving 120% of loans could also lead to a dangerous precedent, Austin Scott explains. USDA has already settled in the Pigford case which in 1997 and 2010 paid out over $2 billion in discriminatory claims to Black farmers.

Because reparations racism.

Also because of TDS. Scott and Feenstra are the sort who didn’t register any objection when Trump doled out more than $40B in farm subsidies to bail farmers out of the hole he dug by conducting his stupid “trade war” with China. Pandemic is a much more justifiable reason to dole out subsidies than self-inflicted trade war.

The UK might be a little ahead



@lufins-dad said in Vaccine choice lol:

Craft vaccine?

Artisinal, to be sure.

Retired people have time.

Bad decision. Why did SCOTUS refuse the case?

@jon-nyc said in Facebook ad served to me today:

Right? And I'd want Paris not Aspen.

But if you were a rich guy here and you were comparing this to going into the city, security at LGA, then commercial first class, it's definitely a better experience all around. But 4-5x the price probably.

That individual’s wealth varies every hour much more than the cost of flight. It literally would go unnoticed from a financial point of view, just the consciousness dwelling feature if he/she has that.

@jolly said in Meanwhile, in India...:

@doctor-phibes said in Meanwhile, in India...:

Maybe Indians think that Americans spend their lives talking about India, in much the same way that Americans assume that Europeans spend their lives talking about America.

They don't?

Not nearly as much as you might imagine, in my experience.

I already know two people that received the J&J. One is an old PW guy and NY piano party regular. Another is a transplanted CF patient in NC.

I know of him but he's not my district. He's just grandstanding to get attention for the run for Portman's Senate seat.

Great article. I was not aware of the event.

LOVE these! 😀

Someone told me
It's all happening at the zoo
I do believe it
I do believe it's true

It's a light and tumble journey
From the East Side to the park;
Just a fine and fancy ramble to the zoo
But you can take the crosstown bus
If it's raining or it's cold
And the animals will love it
If you do
If you do now

Something tells me
It's all happening at the zoo
I do believe it
I do believe it's true

The monkeys stand for honesty
Giraffes are insincere
And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum
Zebras are reactionaries
Antelopes are missionaries
Pigeons plot in secrecy
And hamsters turn on frequently
What a gas! You gotta come and see
At the zoo
At the zoo
At the zoo
At the zoo

The guy killed himself

That matters

@loki said in Woke Herd Immunity:

@doctor-phibes said in Woke Herd Immunity:

I have to say, I find all the adverts for faux military clothing on that website less than inspiring.

If these people want to be taken seriously, particularly when complaining about left wing violence, then they need to stop making their websites look like advertising opportunities for whackjob right-wing militia.

Just a thought.

Strange. All my ads are for Aqua’s sister.

That's the whack-off militia

Still waiting.

Pretty much everybody I know in the UK has had theirs.

Somehow, paying 5 times what they do for health insurance hasn't really helped.

(I just pulled the 5 times out of my ass. Too lazy to look up the actual number)

lol

@axtremus said in 2020 was a good year...:

How’s the pay for contract intensive care nurses these days?

Don't know.

But that waxes and wanes. I have seen any type of PRN hospital work do that. And, it's a geographical thing, too.

@jon-nyc said in Coca Cola to outside counsel: "You're too white; change that.":

Always weird to see ‘diverse’ used to describe an individual rather than a group. I guess it means non-white.

Be fun to see the billing. Will they itemize hours by race of attorney?

And can they charge more for the race?