The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Lisnaholic]

^ But [MERIT] isn't leaving us, is he?

I for one have no reason to doubt that he's anything but a good father. That stuff about tucking them into bed each night is obviously the best case scenario, but it's also a scene out of Hollywood that doesn't always happen irl. Something else about being a good father is hanging in there when things don't go to plan; showing support and continuity in difficult circumstances. If you're doing it right, which I assume [MERIT] is, kids can actually learn something about life - that it can be rocky, but some ties/relationships are strong enough to survive under pressure.
(End of sermon.)

Originally Posted by MicShazam

The three different states of your average MB thread

^ + Very insightful,MicShazam!

[Anteater]

I don't think the ultimate difference in money between what he's talking about and how marginal tax rates actually work means much in the end. It's still too much.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by elphenor

wow I can't believe how many Republicans don't know what a marginal tax rate is


no, Scott Walker, that is not what a 70% marginal tax rate means, jesus christ

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...ht/2583038002/

and he's not the only Republican politician to say something like this!

Explaining marginal taxes to a far-right former Governor:

Imagine if you did chores for abuela & she gave you $10. When you got home, you got to keep it, because it’s only $10.

I can’t help it. I love her. She’ll turn to **** but right now when I see her I’m like please save us. It’s going to suck when she sells out and I’ll have to hate her, too. Pelosi putting oil industry sellouts on that alternative energy committee that I think OC has agreed to be on is probably the first of many ****ty compromises until she’s just another Hillary. Maybe she’ll stand her ground but I doubt it.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Anteater

I don't think the ultimate difference in money between what he's talking about and how marginal tax rates actually work means much in the end. It's still too little.

ftfy

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

ftfy

Sorry, but I don't believe in taxing the middle class the way they do in Europe. And that's before the ridiculous property taxes and business-related taxes.

[Zhanteimi]

Kill the rich!

[[MERIT]]

Originally Posted by elphenor

Tulsi Gabbard announced she's running

her comments on torture at about 16:25 is disqualifying in my eyes

in a 2014 post-Bush world still thinking torture can be on the table

Already reported. But I agree, violence begets violence.

Originally Posted by [MERIT]

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Several injured in gas explosion at a Paris bakery

Good thing they suspended the gas tax or the owners would really be ****ed.

The bakery owner is curious as to how this happened, as all of his appliances are electric. Some people think it was a car bomb or drone strike, but I haven't heard any realistic reason as to why someone would target that bakery, or evidence to support such a theory.


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[Zhanteimi]

Originally Posted by elphenor

maybe but everyone scrolls past your links because it looks like spam

^tbh

[[MERIT]]

The way I post news links is efficient. We've had this conversation. If you don't know how the internet works, then so be it.

[Frownland]

TFW you're repeatedly told that you don't know how the internet works, so everyone else is the idiot.