2020 Democratic presidential primary

also in Oct. 2007 McCain was at 10%

I just don't see a rationale for any frontrunners dropping when you still have the Betos and Yangs and Klobuchars clinging on.

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles),

Well exactly! Still early, and so many with few each but adding up to a significant amount

can't wait to watch a 12-person debate tonight

would honestly rather have two nights (sigh) of 6

It's kind of baffling that they can't come up with qualification requirements that narrow it down even a little bit.

can't wait to watch a 12-person debate tonight

well i don't think the Cardinals mound meetings will be quite that big

they don't want to be accused of being anti-(d)emocratic

WHO WILL BE VOTED OFF THE ISLAND

many xps, I got you Treeship

who will win a kiss from (America)???

julián castro...will you accept this rose?

fuck this, i'm watching pro wrestling (*turns on fox news*)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-vvLRL6kGo

I do think "I am x to my bones" implies a pretty high level of belief, commitment, and identification.

Which was the point of the statement, politically speaking. It was designed to be memorable and unmistakable for the same reason as "read my lips: no new taxes". The GOP mistrusted Bush on taxes, so he was forced to overcommit against them. Warren felt vulnerable to the "socialist" label (for good reason) and used that phrase as a inoculation against it.

The program she's proposing remains the same no matter what label is affixed, but in a mass democracy labels matter during elections, because most voters gather impressions, not facts. She prefers to label them "capitalist" in red block letters and this is becomes a wall against attacks from the right that she'll turn the USA into Venezuela.

good lord is that a real tv show? maybe it’s a good thing ISIS is coming back

it went off the air in 2016; wikipedia provides this tidbit:

In August 2014, Jessie Nizewitz, a contestant on the third episode of Season 1, which aired on July 31, 2014, filed a lawsuit against Viacom, as well as Firelight Entertainment and Lighthearted Entertainment for $10 million, after they broadcast an uncensored shot of her crotch. Two months later, Viacom, Firelight Entertainment and Lighthearted Entertainment sought to have the lawsuit dismissed, claiming that Nizewitz was in violation of her contract in filing a lawsuit. Viacom, in its petition for dismissal held that, "Before filming began, she signed not one but three agreements, in which she expressly and repeatedly agreed that she would participate and be filmed fully nude: that footage could be exhibited and distributed without restriction; that the producers would have sole discretion in how the footage was edited; that she waived any right to sue over her appearance on the show; and that she would be liable for attorneys fees should she sue in violation of her contract." In March 2015, the lawsuit was dismissed by a New York Supreme Court judge.

this is your daily reminder to never ever ever agree to be on a reality show as they will absolutely make you look like a fool at some point.

...now i'm regretting my decision to appear on the upcoming season of "pubes twisted into knots that look like mouths that are talking to each other" without fully reviewing the contract

but i trust NBCUniversal and the Comcast family

lol, whoops how was that video image also nsfw?
never mind.

Economy: We tracked down nearly all the 2020 Democratic candidates earlier this year and asked them the same 18 questions. Question no. 18: “Does anybody deserve to have a billion dollars?” Watch the video and explore more about the candidates.

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 11, 2019

sigh.

If you worked every single day, making $5000/day, from the time Columbus sailed to America, to the time you are reading this tweet, you would still not be a billionaire, and you would still have less money than Jeff Bezos makes in a week. No one works for a billion dollars.

— Jeremiah Red🌹 (@_Floodlight) October 7, 2019

i think sund4r is right. warren carries with her from her republican days a belief in markets. but she thinks they're "rigged."

bernie believes that society should function according to the principle, "from each according to his ability, for each according to his need." and it's a long road to get there, but in the end, everyone having a warm place to live and access to a doctor is more important than an abstract principle of a "free economy."

― treeship., Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:12 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

The notion of a ‘free economy’ is more about citizens being able to chose their own economic destiny, make their own economic choices, as consumers, labourers, businesses, etc. At this point in economic history, there is no doubt that public systems like single-payer or what they have in France enhance that very economic freedom. The two notions don’t negate each other at all. Economic freedom doesn’t mean corporations get to do whatever they want, is just that citizens would have more choices, and choices that are closer to their needs. Something private health companies are unable to provide.

I would really like us to retake some pro-capitalists and pro-markets notion from the Hayeks and von Mises and Friedmans which have not only wrecked havoc in our well beings as citizens, but also created this false social dichotomy in which the choice only seems to be between supply side economics as decided only by corporations and supply side economics as decided only by the state. (For all the criticism I give Sanders, I know he doesn’t believe in that dichotomy at all).

If you worked every single day, making $5000/day, from the time Columbus sailed to America, to the time you are reading this tweet, you would still not be a billionaire, and you would still have less money than Jeff Bezos makes in a week. No one works for a billion dollars.

Lol you absolutely would I swear a rose in your twitter means I don’t how money works.

I think of myself, vainly, as someone who ~actually~ beholds the amazing scale of large numbers, but that blows me away. It would add up to a touch over $962 million, including leap years.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/191/035/135.png

Also didn’t realize bezo is making billions/week, shit

Here I am feeling guilty about wanting some new socks

We need a political revolution

2019 - 1492 = 527

527 * 365 = 192,355

192,355 * 5000 = 961,775,000

so not a billion.

VHS is mad that rose emoji guy didn't account for The Highlander's inevitable investments.

But you couldn't spend that much, and there surely some ways you could have safely invested at least some of it with decent rates of return and OMG why are we discussing it like it is real thing sdaflkj;wohgia

xp multiply it by 365.25 to factor in leap years imo

I would take the leap days off. Decompress.

xp multiply it by 365.25 to factor in leap years imo

― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:04 AM (fifty-one seconds ago)

oh yeah, doh

xp we’re discussing this because o have been working since 1492 and I am another 2 orders of magnitude beneath any of these examples

5000$ for one day of work in 1492 would compound at over 36 billions, at a lowly 3% rate.

You could also just become an antiques dealer, which makes sense (the Highlander did so iirc)

Colombus didn't drop off a package at my house last week with shoes, razor blades, a gold chain, memory for my computer, and a flute with free shipping

(Highlander callback)

Well, I have to go back to work now. Sorry about that everyone

ban VHS bring back gabbneb

Milo can you contribute anything other than insults?

(Why am I still thinking about this but) just buy stuff, forget about it, sell it later.

Or buy all the land in, say, California and Florida and Manhattan.

Geez no imagination here.

Outbid the US for the Louisiana Purchase, establish central North American empire

5000$ for one day of work in 1492 would compound at over 36 billions, at a lowly 3% rate.

I think this actually supports the tweeter's point, though. You couldn't get paid a billion just for your labour, even at that high of a rate for several lifetimes. The only way someone could is from profiting from capital.

i love how vhs is using money-making-money ex post facto to be pedantic about someone making the pretty clear-cut case that money-making-money is immoral

anyway gabbneb was a better poster, milo otm

I think this actually supports the tweeter's point, though.

yes ffs

gabbneb was at least out of his mind

How the heck is capital investment immoral? You know some state use public investment to pay for citizens free college tuitions and public health care right?