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Tim Aurora says

OK , so we go all gung-ho and alone instead of alliances , we have very little leverage

OC mentioned some good stuff. Reality is our states have GDP that is greater than most of the world's countries on their own! https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-the-gdps-of-us-states-compare-to-countries-around-the-world/ss-BBVAJh3#image=2

Why are you even talking about leverage? California as an individual state has more leverage against China compared to ANY of the world's countries. Throw in 49 more and some other territories and we're the 800lbs gorilla sitting on the scale, while a 40lbs chimp is trying to tip the scale. Will the USA crumble at some point, almost certainly will. But right now to state we have zero leverage is just nuts.

CNN has been steering their viewers towards impeachment and pouring on the steam for two years. But it would seem that they see the iceberg ahead now and are desperately trying to correct course and move their entrenched base away from the most wished-for prize in Leftist Land!

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

SEX! ROBOT! NEW! DEAL!

a sex robot that prints money, what else could possibly be needed?

HEYYOU just misses the good old days when Obama surrendered American greatness for global submission and racial politics.

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

What AMERICA! needs is a

SEX! ROBOT! NEW! DEAL!

We need made in USA sex robots.

jazz_music says

So, 3 people have 90% of America’s wealth and corporations are making all our important laws in lock step with a rigged Supreme Court and bought representatives. There are whole regions where Americans are trapped and without hope and dying off young.

That happened under Obama?

My oh my. Fortunately the Democratic Congress is fixing that, by redistributing wealth to third world illegal immigrants from the evil Whiteness middle class.

Illegals ARE the nigger treatment for Whites - the elites want us to be greatful communal lumpenproles, happy for handouts, not demanding jobs and ownership.

I like The Chinese Y2K approach.

If the company claims it's perfectly safe, the board members must all drink a cup.

What a bunch of bullshit. That area needs to fall into the ocean.

jazz_music says

The news tells us every day that things are normal except for this and that. All the other shit on TV pounds into our heads

Haven't watched a minute of TV since 2009.

Hugolas_Madurez says

jazz_music says

The news tells us every day that things are normal except for this and that. All the other shit on TV pounds into our heads

Haven't watched a minute of TV since 2009.

I don't watch much TV either. Cut the cable cord around the same time.

Jazz, not sure what you're bitching about. Outside of some government workers, everything in life revolves around what we can sell each other as humans. No one here has an income without this approach. I'd rather be sold only 10 products, with 10 individuals/companies making mounds of cash versus the one and only product that the government says we can buy.

Fact is we can choose from millions of products and companies every day. Life ain't perfect, but I'm not sure what the alternative is.... We can't all "make" it so to speak. While I treat people equally, it's a farce to think all people are equal. Fact is we're living in a world where people just going about their normal business are "supposed" to care that someone is gay or a tranny. Who the fuck cares? I'm not running around arranging parades about fucking my wife. You poke someone in the butt and you're now special or something?

Do you not see how twisted the world has become? And who's behind what the TV is putting out? I don't claim allegiance to a team, but 9 out of 10 times, we know the team and what team the advertisers are on. This is almost indisputable... science so to speak. Greed occurs everywhere. Government, private business, etc. It's the people that missed the boat that seem the most uptight about it.

You can choose to drown or get on the damn boat. (Corporate slave rant over, lol)

Simple, don't sell Roundup (and all it's generics) in California and see what happens. Hint: This will generate lots of complaints.

I actually think (based on some articles) that glyphosate causes/exacerbates auto-immune disease, everything from hay fever to asthma, from Psoriasis to Cancer. Our immune system is what keeps us alive, and glyphosate fucks with that.
Worse, it’s in most of our food. So just not using it on our lawns isn’t good enough.
The product should be banned. Find something else.

We know someone who lives in Canada that loads up on round up every time he visits. Apparently, it's banned there.

jazz_music says

I added the last paragraph after reading @WookieMan

I don't remember the full OP and what was added. But reading the last paragraph, can you answer how you get shot by cops? I don't care about race. I will get struck by lightening or die in a plane crash before a cop kills me.

Can a cop kill you, yes, not denying that. 999 out of 1,000 a cop killing you is your fault. As usual though, let's make a fraction of a tiny minority a major issue in America....

You know at some point it doesn't matter. Could cause cancer or not. You know there's going to be Square Down(TM) introduced in 2 years and not a single person will know the fucking difference.

They get the science that they paid for, there is never any conflict of interest. lol.
I also wish Roundup was harmless, it is so effective in killing anything green that grows.
It is almost common sense that a chemical so powerful is likely to contaminate and imperil the entire bio food chain.
Examples of funding bias: Splenda is safe, tobacco industry funded studies to undermine cancer link, DDT, statin drugs,
==
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/atsdr-report-confirms-glyphosate-cancer-risks
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Weed killer residues found in 98 percent of Canadian honey samples
Study is the latest evidence that glyphosate herbicides are so pervasive that residues can be found in foods not produced by farmers using glyphosate.
==

Carey Gillam: "Right. Of course, it is Bayer and Monsanto’s argument, or position, that the science is on their side, that the weight of scientific evidence shows no cancer risk, no carcinogenicity connection to its glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. But the evidence tells us otherwise.
And, of course, I’ve written a whole book about it, and talked about it many times. The weight of scientific evidence, published peer-reviewed epidemiology, toxicology, mechanistic data done over multiple years, multiple countries, does indeed show a cancer risk associated with these herbicides, with clear association to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. And that’s what caused the International Agency for Research on Cancer, in 2015, to classify glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, as a probable human carcinogen. So there’s a great deal of scientific evidence, and that’s what is convincing juries.
But the second leg of this, or the second part of it, is there’s also a great deal of evidence of Monsanto’s manipulation of the scientific record. So when Monsanto says it has all of this science on its side, well, we know now from internal Monsanto documents, that a lot of that science they point to is science that they paid for, that they wrote, that they ghostwrote, that they manipulated—that they essentially had a hand in creating a safety narrative that really was not true."

I don't support frivolous lawsuits, but there is often another side to the story.

jazz_music says

Capitalism: EVERY FUCKING THING is a commodity to be exhausted. Guess what; that includes you and me too.

And the Communist regimes in Poland and the DDR had a file on literally everybody. Merkle was a Communist leader for years, then magically became a "Conservative" two weeks after the fall of the DDR. She also wanted to appoint an old Stassi Witch to her Social Media Censorship boards.

jazz_music says

Basically all you guys have to start realizing is that things are not so cool. You have been given some privilege and you do valuable hard brain work until you can't stand it any more. But then you want to act like these paycheck writers are like your father and are to be trusted, respected and obeyed, when in reality they are making undermining all of you into a fucking science every fucking minute of every fucking day. And they will too.

Now do Ghetto Hos with 3 kids from 3 felon fathers.

jazz_music says

When you want to know what it means to be a man, you tune into some sales fuck with testosterone boosters for sale, or you go work out until you look like an exo-skeleton man and flex for the girls. LOL

Like this Tough Guy/Xir/Xe?

jazz_music says

USA suffers from a populous that is both dumbed down and disinformed to be relied upon to act with a child's trust.

Yep, and it's gotten worse since K-12 and Higher Ed is focused on brainwashing PostModern Oppression Theory into their students.



Here's a guy who couldn't do violence to a pickle jar lid.

The stupid and ignorant think that Roundup is evil and the devil, what they should be talking about is the active ingredient Glyphosate. If Glyphosate is truly cancer causing, then ALL companies that utilize it as an ingredient in their herbicides should be at risk/required to do something to fix the damage and remove it from future production.

zzyzzx says

Simple, don't sell Roundup (and all it's generics) in California and see what happens. Hint: This will generate lots of complaints.

Why?

My best friend in college grew up on a property surrounded by corn farms. His sister developed non-Hodgekins lymphoma at age of 18, and died by age of 20... on my fucking birthday.

I hate Roundup.

WookieMan says

999 out of 1,000 a cop killing you is your fault.

Not true...I'd say it is may be 10/1 guilty/not guilty shootings. And in case of citizen being Not guilty, such as here: https://abc13.com/warrant-informant-didnt-buy-drugs-from-couple-killed-in-raid/5140341/ the guilty police will not get the CHAIR! which any other citizen would get if he would barge into someone's home without any reason and would shoot inhabitants dead.

With respect to OP, I would like to start making the stand by demanding that i am not called a Fucking White Male and being accused of whatever privilege and oppression of minorities, womyn, and everyone else in Universe. After that, we can discuss the rest.

jazz_music says

So, 3 people have 90% of America’s wealth

#fakenews

It's nasty shit for sure I use no poisons/roundup and have little to no insect or weed issues. Shit kills all the amphibians and bees in the area.

jazz_music says

Ever notice how convenient friendships tend to be these days? There used to be a little thing called community, and the essence of American life stemmed from that when people really knew each other and maybe even cared about each other IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY, even helped each other with raising their kids, and other issues that come up. Now there's Facebook and the unreality of all that.

Where in the actual fuck do you live? Seriously? You may want to think about relocating or maybe changing attitude so people are more willing to help you out. All I have is friendly neighbors and people around me that I'd trust to watch my kids for a week in an emergency. And we're talking non-family.

My perception of you here really doesn't matter on an anonymous forum. But at the end fo the day, I'm not sure I'd want you as a neighbor or friend. Even if it's fake outrage, I have a feeling it's crept into your real world. Life is good man. Or at least as good as you make it. Stop trying to find all the negatives. Your state rep if fucking you over harder than Trump, but hey, he's an easy target I suppose for those swallowing the media BS.

Quigley says

My best friend in college grew up on a property surrounded by corn farms. His sister developed non-Hodgekins lymphoma at age of 18, and died by age of 20... on my fucking birthday.

Where at? I assume midwest? Assume there may have been a basement? Radon is legit here and not some Realtor home inspector scam. Also lot's of radium in wells. Round Up really is a minimal factor in small towns or country living. Could have been a lot of things.

And, no, I'm not a fan of chemicals. Just might be a stretch to attribute Round Up to someone getting a disease at an abnormally young age and it being terminal so quickly.

jazz_music says

You are groomed to blow money and work yourself into a frenzy to pay off stupid debt. Save your money. Get involved. Keep seeking truth. Love the truth and try in some quiet and very substantial way to love your neighbors as you love yourself.

Lol. I don't work right now. I have no debt. I am involved (minimally on a library board). I know the truth.

Your view of the world is warped. You're looking for negative when the lives for 10/10 people are better than they were just 10 years ago. Turn the TV off man or get better BP meds. You're too high strung.

jazz_music says

Who is your response for really? Your status with the esteemed right wing cohorts? Certainly not for me. You wouldn’t talk like that to someone who might be your customer would you? —no, you would suck up like a good fuck-weasel wouldn’t you? The phony nice facade you give your fucking neighbors. LOL

My response was for you. Which you addressed nothing of which I asked. Which is fine.

1) I'm not right wing. Look at my comments like you've asked me to do of you.
2) I run a business. I can talk to customers however I want. So far it has kept me in business.
3) Fuck-weasel (not sure why the hyphen). Don't suck up to anyone, don't get the point.
4) You need new neighbors. I'm convinced you live next to shitwad's and that is tainting your perspective.
5) You're likely bitching about your own life on a site called patrick.net. Is that winning? (that's not a negative on the site Patrick, just making a point)

So the Chinese are going to stop buying made in China cell phones in protest?

jazz_music says

Go ahead, how much between Gates, Bezos and Buffet?

Do your own research! That’s how we got to this point, an it’s not like you’d accept my results anyway.

HonkpilledMaster says

I wonder what would happen if you only looked at Whites.

I didn't want to go there myself, but that's what I thought when I saw the list of states for each item. (yes I know this is a somewhat oldish post)

And how the fuck does WY show up twice on that list? You can't create a serious list and bash WY if you haven't been there. While it's not some massive GDP bull, it's a cool fucking state. I guess leftists hate two of the greatest parks, that aren't being drilled for oil..... in the fucking world. This is nuts.

I do not think that OP is exactly correct. From wiki,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_educational_attainment


Both "progressive" CA and "regressive" TX are at the very end.

d6rB says

Both "progressive" CA and "regressive" TX are at the very end.

Good catch. And WY is kicking high school ass. lol.

I'm sure I'll get called racist, but do any of the top 11 even crack 15-20% minority population (hispanic/black)? I think Honk has a valid point on this topic. And how in the flying fuck does an entire state not graduate 20% of their k-12 students? That's fucking embarrassing.

My assets herewith but not broken down to types of stock funds.

85% + stocks; principally mutual funds of several types.

Some in balanced funds; Vanguard Wellington, Vanguard Wellesley Income .

5% High Yield Corporate fund, 5% High Yield Muni bond fund.

11% Individual stocks: the % of this is growing because I bought some shares of AAPL (Apple) and this went up a bunch.

1. AAPL (Apple) ; a bunch
2. WFC (Wells Fargo) ; some
3. MSFT (Microsoft) ;some
4. DE (John Deere) ; a little bit
5. BABA (Alibaba) ; a little bit

The registration (type of account) of the mutual funds varies;

1. Roth IRA
2. SEP-IRA
3. Traditional IRA
4. Vanguard Variable Annuity
5. HSA at Fidelity; Health Savings Account; this is invested in mutual funds and will be spent like a traditional IRA
6. Taxable, "regular accounts" including Vanguard Tax Managed Capital Appreciation and others less tax efficient.

The coolest is the HSA because this is deductible before everything else; it reduces your Obamacare premium pay back liability. I wish I did this earlier.

Sounds like wise advice.
I’d put the 5% collectibles into fine art. That always appreciates.

How about cds at 2.5%,stock market is high pe. Waiting for 20% correction
Or BerkB ,
What r good div stocks currently?
I

Why muni, pays 1to 2% barely?
Why annuity vs cds?

WookieMan says

do any of the top 11 even crack 15-20% minority population (hispanic/black)?

Hawaii, majority Asian and mixed; Alaska, White ca 65%, American Indian/Aleut 20%. Interestingly, AK is solid R.