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rampart replied to the topic Biden’s Nominee Omarova Called the Banks She Would Supervise the “Quintessential A**hole Industry” in a 2019 Feature Documentary in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
“(2) Allowing the Fed, in “extreme and rare circumstances, when the Fed is unable to control inflation by raising interest rates,” to confiscate deposits from these FedAccounts in order to tighten monetary policy;”
pull this nomination, please.
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rampart replied to the topic Is Joe Biden Deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize? in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
obama did not earn his in any meaningful way. giving one to trump for what? ridiculous.
a few nominations for medicines sans frontieres and for the cuban medical teams who have been on the front lines of ear and disease for decades.
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rampart replied to the topic RIP Elias39 in the forum Bar and Grill 1 year ago
we shall never see his like again
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rampart replied to the topic The Privatization of Medicare in the forum Universal Healthcare / Medicare For All 1 year ago
is there anything left to pay the medical bills?
i have traditional medicare, need to back it up with blue cross for deductibles, co pays, and drugs. my wife has an advantage plan. it has covered everything so far, but i do not trust any corporation that can declare bankruptcy and leave us with pre existing conditions.
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rampart replied to the topic The Enemy Combatant's Hate Speech in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
@Ohio Barbarian dueling is a great incentive to stay in shape.
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rampart replied to the topic The Enemy Combatant's Hate Speech in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
when the constitution was written many of these “free speech” issues would have been solved by the dueling code. since dueling no longer serves to keep everyone “politically correct,” i think some remedy against gate speech and other toxic 1st amendment aberrations needs to be found.
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rampart replied to the topic President Bill Clinton was just on @LiveKellyRyan and was asked about #UFOs and #UAPs in the forum UFO Discussion 1 year ago
their answer. “i’m sorry mr president but you do not have a ‘need to know'”
so now you know the one question i asked the former president as we were rebuilding after katrina. btw, i still get a christmas card from plains ga.
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rampart replied to the topic What Happens if an Ex-President Goes to Jail? It Wouldn't be Pretty in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
trump is as close as he will ever be to jail or exile. he will never plead guilty and no jury can be seated that will not have at least one of his crazed followers.
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rampart replied to the topic This is the truth… this is a war of ideas. And I ain't stopping on UFOs till the bodies hit the floor… in the forum UFO Discussion 1 year ago
the question is “why are they revealing it now?”
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rampart replied to the topic The 'Lab-Leak' Theory Is Not Of Equal Value – Promoting It Furthers The China Hawks in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
it would take trump to jump on a novel coronavirus as a grweat idea to reduce a population of “useless eaters.”
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rampart replied to the topic Is Roe v. Wade Now Doomed? in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
the culture war shifts from abortion to birth control.
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rampart replied to the topic This Is The Largest Earth Science Experiment. What Went Wrong? (r/t Musk/Mars/Moon colonization) in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
if this is close to the real story i don’t see it as a failure at all. if co2 scrubbers are needed, so be it. and, of course, human interrelation goes with the humans.
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rampart replied to the topic How the right wing invented a fictional 'crisis' — and tricked us into believing it in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
politicians at every level are happy to comply.
if an employee asks for a raise, or, heaven forbid, begin to unionize, a simple phone call to thge border patrol and the problem goes away.
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rampart replied to the topic Neighborhoods United: Highway Removal Gains Steam in U.S. Cities in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
it was an injustice picking the claiborne ave area to build the interstate. the alternative (along the river through the french quarter and garden district) was opposed by powerful interests.
now, 1/2 a century later, there is still no alternative route for i10, and tearing down the elevated expressway would be expensive and disruptive. any new…[Read more]
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rampart replied to the topic How the National Security State Manipulates the News Media in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
many respected journalists were used to deliver the cold war/vietnam era propaganda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
i am also never excited when a “journalist” is held by iran or murderer by terrorists. i figure koreans and such have as much right to execute spies as anyone. “journalist” is a good cover story.
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rampart replied to the topic It's Time to Junk "Junk Insurance" in the forum Universal Healthcare / Medicare For All 1 year ago
there are numerous wats they can use their “limited liability” and the bankruptcy laws to keep those executive bonusses rolling.
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rampart replied to the topic Daily Trivia – 27 March – Special Edition in the forum Daily Posts by JackPine Radicals 1 year ago
and now we can share that video with the board.
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rampart replied to the topic Daily Trivia – 27 March – Special Edition in the forum Daily Posts by JackPine Radicals 1 year ago
i could never have guessed it without all of the hints and process of eliminating wrong answers from our fellow posters.
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rampart replied to the topic Daily Trivia – 27 March – Special Edition in the forum Daily Posts by JackPine Radicals 1 year ago
italy ,maybe milan?
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rampart replied to the topic What does cause homelessness? in the forum General Discussion 1 year ago
i returned from vietnam with a marijuana and alcohol problem and ptsd that my wife was not prepared to handle. i managed to live in the car (stage 1 homelessness) until i managed to get a minimum wage job and check into a $50/week motel room (try to find one of those these days.)
thanks to @kelly for a thoughtful post
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