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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:31 pm

Isnt the root of the post office's fiscal problems the giant pension liability that they are legally obligated to pay? I thought i read once that they are, for whatever reason, the only government entity that is legally required to have a fully funded pension.
Around 15 or so years ago, the Congress decided it would be a good idea to take the one quasi-business that's defined in the Constitution and mandate that they pre-fund their pension liability for current and past employees for 75 years into the future. (Because all private enterprises do this, obvi.) And in true Congress fashion, once the USPS got this reserve set aside, they instead decided to direct the funds towards paying down the national debt.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:33 pm

So was Nuremberg, but we didn't air that unedited without commentary.
Because that was the 1940s.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:34 pm

I had to pick up meds today and they had a sign at the counter noting that they are limiting the amount of hydroxychloroquine that you can buy. Who is writing prescriptions of this for non-infected people?
apparently it's used by Lupus and arthritis patients. add to that some doctors (including dentists) who've been writing scripts to hoard for themselves and their families. this is what happens when people are desperate.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/health/h ... index.html
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Postby nocera » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:34 pm

Why does he feel the need to poke at the fire? It'd be nice if just once he did something to try to bring the American people together rather than reenforce this 'us vs them' mentality.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:36 pm

So was Nuremberg, but we didn't air that unedited without commentary.
Because that was the 1940s.
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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:39 pm

Who knew about this in November?
The first known case dating to mid-November has been public information - even just going off of 'official' reports from the Chinese gov't - for close to a month now. So who knows when the IC had the dope.

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Postby faftorial » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:40 pm

Why does he feel the need to poke at the fire? It'd be nice if just once he did something to try to bring the American people together rather than reenforce this 'us vs them' mentality.
That's how he won last time.
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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:40 pm

Who knew about this in November?
The first known case dating to mid-November has been public information - even just going off of 'official' reports from the Chinese gov't - for close to a month now. So who knows when the IC had the dope.
See above gif.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:58 pm

Who knew about this in November?
The first known case dating to mid-November has been public information - even just going off of 'official' reports from the Chinese gov't - for close to a month now. So who knows when the IC had the dope.
The actual article mentioned that the DoD has an intelligence unit that studies computer and wire traffic for medical information, and they spotted the signs of some sort of contagion in China back in November.

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Postby Troy Loney » Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:06 pm

@obhave This is what I was seeing in that Axelrod tweet.


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Postby obhave » Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:13 pm

Yeah, I do not agree with her at all. Biden obviously needs to work to appeal across all those. There are progressives that will vote for him, but it's not a given.

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Postby faftorial » Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:22 pm

I agree with her. Biden won't all of the sudden adapt all of Sanders positions so he;ll never satisfy some of Sander's supporters. There is far more to gain by appealing to the center.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:38 pm

I agree with Rubin as well. In 2016, disaffected Bernie Bros were more likely to have switched party and voted for Trump - what did they have to lose, after all - than they were to vote for HRC. That or they just stayed home on election day and didn't vote for anyone. The up-for-grabs electorate she cites in the tweet is both far larger and also far more 'gettable' imo.

Also, if someone were to........ how to put this delicately so as not to put 5AF on a bad list............... 'fix the glitch' in a direct action sort of way wrt Trump, I think that person or persons will come from the Bernie Bros camp.

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Postby faftorial » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:42 pm

Plus taking a GOP voter is like winning a game in your own division.

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Postby grunthy » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:09 pm

I’m sorry. National news should be airing the coronavirus task force meetings to the country.

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Postby grunthy » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:12 pm

If they want to say what are lies and what are not, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t using it as an opportunity to not show it and then push their own narrative. This goes for all news stations. It’s **** ing disgraceful.

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Postby grunthy » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:15 pm

Fox News is moronic in how they air everything is fine. CNN is basically CCP propaganda now.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:21 pm

They do cover the press briefings when the grown ups are talking.

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Postby MWB » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:21 pm

Someone just asked if he would pardon joe exotic. Jfc.

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Postby grunthy » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:22 pm

They do cover the press briefings when the grown ups are talking.
I’m sure you don’t mind the CCP propaganda that CNN spouts.

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Postby obhave » Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:08 pm

If they want to say what are lies and what are not, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t using it as an opportunity to not show it and then push their own narrative. This goes for all news stations. It’s **** ing disgraceful.
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Postby Troy Loney » Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:09 pm

That’s one hell of a juxtaposition. But nonetheless, answer the question tif!

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:12 pm

They do cover the press briefings when the grown ups are talking.
CNN has consistently cut away when Trump leaves over the past couple of weeks.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:17 pm

This is insane.


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