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Blue Man's avatar

Like I need a reminder not to read Politico. Same garbage as The Hill.

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tg's avatar

No, it's because Jeebus doesn't really like them, according to the Prosperity Gospel(tm).I mean, despite what the Bible says, that's what it really means.

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mrpuma2u's avatar

and when we meet, it's a new sensation!

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Bob_piper's avatar

I didn't read down, so I apologize if I'm being redundant, but did Politico spill any ink on the poor, childless people who will receive no benefit? Why, it discriminates against the childless. Won't anyone think of them? Where is their benefit? /s, obviously.

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Cletus Safari backs Ukraine's avatar

Politico Tiger Beat On The Potomac

(h/t Charles Pierce)

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Zyxomma's avatar

Okey dokey, Dok. I sent my work self an email with the sign-up page; I have clients who will welcome this.

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DisplacedCTYankee's avatar

What I said is "the center hole is way too big for the rest of the platter." I didn't say "for the spindle." Praise jeebus I am not old enough for 45 rpm records but I do remember those plastic doo-dads. In the 1980s I had a $3K SOTA vacuum turntable that would play 78s, but not 45s. Ancient history now; everything today is compressed and "tailored" and streamed.

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Jeff Mc Donald's avatar

I think what Politico might be worried about here is good old fashioned American self reliance. How will people even FIND their boot straps. Of course this argument leaves unanswered what happens to people without boots, but do we really need to worry about them? Really?

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Truxpin49's avatar

Too bad there isn't some way to opt out.

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Tosca's avatar

Glad to see a social programme that includes those who don't earn enough to pay taxes. That's always the problem with pushing tax cuts as relief or stimulus, it just skips over those who need the most help.

Perhaps Politico is thinking that if the poor are like to die, they should do it and decrease the surplus population.

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Cliff Hendroval's avatar

That may well have been George "Porky" Peckham, the greatest British recording engineer, He was responsible for converting for thousands, if not tens of thousands. of British albums and single. He would often to carve "A Porky Prime Cut" into the runout grooves of records he'd worked on. I suppose he deserved a secret credit, because he was the the guy who made sure that the actual vinyl sounded as much as like the master tape as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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pixeloid's avatar

I'm one of those who really doesn't want a monthly payment and have no idea how to opt out. I live abroad and it's already difficult to pay taxes and declare foreign assets in 2 countries. It's also a nightmare to try to make any sort of payments to the US because the banking systems are so different. Also checks simply cannot be used here, so any payment in the form of a check is basically toilet paper. I have to use tricks to try to have tax payments made without paying them directly.

Update: Looking at comments, it seems like this might only apply to people with children. I should be safe.

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mailman27's avatar

Le Floid Pinque??

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Cliff Hendroval's avatar

Mrs.H occasionally makes a cake for family occasions she learned from her grandmother called a Stachelschwein (German for porcupine). It's a two layer cake made with ladyfingers with mocha whipped cream frosting and toasted slivered almonds for the spines. While she generally cuts some of the ladyfingers to vaguely approximate a head, she's never made it with eyes or a nose. The one on the top looks rabid.

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easelox *&^%$#@#$%^&*())(*&^'s avatar

lol. I aint no Boomer. Missed me by 2-3 years

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Nigel R. Toppinglift, III's avatar

Mildly stoned (smokiez green apple hybrid) and just signed up for a 10K trail run in august. I mean, I guess it’s better than going on Amazon and buying useless crap…

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