My recollection, from when I used to worry about things like this, is that in general I liked buy-backs. They are usually good for those involved. Oh, and taxes are not a given that belong to the government. They are money that belongs to the company and it's owners. Taxes are an abomination that come later. Want to balance the budget? Stop spending.

I think half of them have a speaking slot at the convention.

Nice way to deal with appropriation.

@taiwan_girl said in The Post-loss Plan: But if someone says that if President Trump loses, he will try not to leave office, do you think that is a possibility? Personally, I think that is goofy. But I also think it is goofy that the other side would try anything. Jesus.

Hey Klaus! No big deal, but any chance you could add underlining as a font option? And thanks for fixing the

@Klaus said in Our new platform: @George-K said in Our new platform: Not able to increase size of fonts for posting Yes that's a %(#ff0000)[pity].

Whatever it takes to restore sanity.

Over the last several years the total international population of students on campus has grown at an average rate of 8.6%. Flag of China China is the largest contributor to this growth, with an estimated total of 2,212 students. 2,212 x 73,069= $161,628,628 Nuff said.

Conventions are better when everyone is smoking, preferably cigars.

Not enough guns

Behind the scenes... Link to video

@Jolly said in Bette Midler hates immigrants who don't speak English: One twitter comment was, "And how many languages do you speak, Ms. Midler?" Supposedly FLOTUS speaks five, but that's unproven. We know for a fact that she speaks at least two, which is probably one more than Midler.

Speaking of which, did Linda Sarsour speak at the DNC convention? I was watching Shark Tank reruns...

If the point is to help someone you care about, you instill personal responsibility and all that. If the point is to gain political power by exploiting a permanent underclass, you do what the Democrats do. The insidious part is that the rank and file progressives are too indoctrinated in the group think of learned righteousness and cannot see the system they are participating in.

Creepy!!

@LuFins-Dad said in Question for the Democrats here: @Aqua-Letifer said in Question for the Democrats here: @89th said in Question for the Democrats here: And to boot, I’ve never even been to the Caucasus mountains! [cultural appropriation]Word up. [/cultural appropriation] Link to video

It’s the new third rail, like Social Security. Huge, huge unforced error.