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  • Free Donuts!

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    George KG
    https://www.theonion.com/krispy-kreme-offers-vaccinated-customers-free-ride-on-g-1846544727 [image: 1616713263680-screen-shot-2021-03-25-at-6.00.44-pm.png]
  • Biden is considering a major federal tax increase

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    George KG
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/down-the-biden-tax-threshold-11616360766?mod=e2fb&fbclid=IwAR35Fov9LHKG2Zxi5QQjBC_NVCFr9PIWRPkGZXRKqTPIMbyFdg8FZAC9fx0 President Biden is now conceding that a tax increase is coming to pay for all of his new spending, though he’s still obfuscating who will pay. Mr. Biden campaigned on a pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 a year. He reaffirmed that threshold last week in an ABC interview. “Anybody making more than $400,000 will see a small to a significant tax increase,” Mr. Biden told George Stephanopoulos. He added: “If you make less than $400,000, you won’t see one single penny in additional federal tax.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki later conceded that the $400,000 threshold was for “families,” not individuals. So if you’re a two-income household making $200,000 each, you could get whacked. This is a familiar tax bait and switch. Democrats promise they’ll tax only the rich, but there aren’t enough rich, and the rich don’t have enough money to finance the Democratic Party’s endless spending schemes. Millions of the Americans Mr. Biden wants to tax aren’t rich. They are successful Americans, typically at the peak of their earning lives, who might make $200,000 for a few years. Watch closely as the Biden plans unfold in case Democrats try to slip in new taxes on energy, such as a gas or carbon tax, that would apply even to those who make less than $200,000. Eventually, perhaps in some debt-financing panic, they’ll press for a value-added tax on consumption as well. As everyone knows, the middle class is where the real money is, and sooner or later they’re coming after you.
  • Wokeness is spreading!

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    brendaB
    @mik LOLOLOL
  • Ban Oral

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    George KG
    @catseye3 said in Ban Oral: Your income may be shrinking soon, if you know what I mean. Not gonna use that "spit" emoticon. Nope. Not gonna.
  • No Prosecutions

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    George KG
    Lock 'em up.
  • The Trump Treatment

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    MikM
    Medicare just sent an email to make us aware of monoclonal antibodies as a covered and effective treatment.
  • Power tools and soft tissue

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    KlausK
    "The patient demand his perfect hand back and I promised him that he will be able to grab things again." I'd like to see a video of how much of the original hand functionality was restored by the surgery. There's a very long spectrum between "able to grab a medium sized thing" and "performing brain surgery".
  • Shrinkage

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    LuFins DadL
    I didn't know Aqua's Sister was named Pollution...
  • Senators refuse to allow white people to get jobs with the government

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    89th8
    @jolly said in Senators refuse to allow white people to get jobs with the government: He didn't refuse. He left office. Well I guess he refused (past tense), even as late as January 6th when he said he would never accept the election results. But I guess he eventually did.
  • Waiting for the Herd

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    JollyJ
    I went to an outdoor wedding and reception last Saturday in Coonassland. Had fun.
  • Going through The Change.

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    89th8
    Exactly. Where do think most voters are getting their info? The media is the root of most societal ills these days, IMO.
  • We can't go to school, but we can watch ice hockey

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    CopperC
    We should be appalled by something Either not enough restrictions on the hockey game Or too much on schools
  • Prince Harry gets a job

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    Doctor PhibesD
    @copper said in Prince Harry gets a job: He has no hope of anything like fair treatment. Maybe he will just fade away. Not if the British press have anything to do with it.
  • Larry bait...

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    MikM
    It is. I don't agree with or like some of the things Andy posts, but I don't stalk him nor try to convince people he shouldn't be here.
  • 80,000,000

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    HoraceH
    @jolly said in 80,000,000: @lufins-dad said in 80,000,000: @Jolly a couple of points 80,000,000 (actually 87,000,000) didn’t vote for that guy because they never saw that guy. The NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, et al made sure that nobody ever saw that guy At any rate, I can easily believe that 87,000,000 voted against the other guy. I believe the election was rigged, but not in the way that you do. I believe it was rigged by a morally bankrupt media over 4 long years. I believe it was rigged by a couple of Republican State Legislatures not standing up and using their powers last May/June. Well, now that stuff like the video is trickling out, will there be buyer's remorse? Surely you understand TDS better than that. No, there is no buyer's remorse, and there never could be, within the minds of TDS sufferers. Maybe a few middle of the roaders might reconsider in retrospect, especially if their taxes go up, their 401ks go down, and "racism" is a bigger problem than ever.
  • "I identify as..."

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    JollyJ
    Copying and using...
  • The Russians are coming!?

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    Catseye3C
    Or even better, "Leave the naked pictures and go away".
  • "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so."

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    George KG
    @taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.": The basis for the Taliban was religion. If I recall, "Talib" meant "scholar" or "student," particularly with respect to religion. "Taliban" is the association of such scholars.
  • As if you needed another reason to take Viagra

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    L
    How about no treatment vs the other drug?
  • "Death and Lockdowns"

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    JollyJ
    @aqua-letifer said in "Death and Lockdowns": @jolly said in "Death and Lockdowns": Again, what would another President have done differently? Not rhetoric, but action. For presidents, rhetoric matters, especially during a global pandemic. Rhetoric is what got Trump elected. It's also what got him impeached. Rhetoric is cheap. Actions are golden.