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  • Longhorn_Fan68
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    Joe drops in to lay his old wrinkly nuts on Marge's ape-like chin. x-post from her dumb thread  

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    Just want to give a shout out to Dark Brandon The remainder of my wife's student loans were forgiven today She/we have been paying on them for 20 plus years We are now 100% debt free

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

fuck yeah. I'm ready to get into the pit now. let's go! also, where are we going?

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Lulz, the Economist cover art this week:

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The headline is "America's new best friend: Why India is indispensable"

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On 6/21/2023 at 5:34 PM, Post Oak said:

Biden calling out Xi

 

 

 

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We’re going to have an election in 2024 and the only thing Republicans will talk about is their trans pornhub history and illegal immigration a Republican dominated state for 30 years has controlled.

 

I'm giving Joe credit for this. He told his admin to do whatever it takes to get the bridge back up. Less than 2 weeks later they delivered. don't tell me it's not possible for the government to work for us. 

although, knowing concrete takes at least 28 days to cure I'd be a little reticent to hop on just yet. 🤣 

this is why republicans are so up in arms. it's less about supporting Russia (although some do) and more about the fact that yet again, a dem president dropped trou and dipped his nuts squarely on their chin (bin Laden comes to mind). they can't fucking stand it that a dem prez got such a big victory with so little effort.  I don't know where this leads but you know who's gotten a breath the last few days: Ukraine. You think they were laser-focused before? Meanwhile Joey B is halfway through his second scoop of delicious ice cream made with the salt from republican tears. 

On 6/25/2023 at 1:17 PM, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

this is why republicans are so up in arms. it's less about supporting Russia (although some do) and more about the fact that yet again, a dem president dropped trou and dipped his nuts squarely on their chin (bin Laden comes to mind). they can't fucking stand it that a dem prez got such a big victory with so little effort.  I don't know where this leads but you know who's gotten a breath the last few days: Ukraine. You think they were laser-focused before? Meanwhile Joey B is halfway through his second scoop of delicious ice cream made with the salt from republican tears. 

They are all Fredo.

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This is the NextDoor of Cloak Room threads. 

6 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Bloodlust with no shots fired

Orly?

 

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Yes really, not a single shot fired by American armed forces.

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Bloodlust Democrats.  A classic.

Poooooooorrr aggy

A classic.
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The context of that tweet is fucking stupid but I expect it from the eggs at Twitter.

no jobs were permanently lost, we just shuffled chairs and gave them to new people

 

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

Lulz, swing voters can't read graphs

"90% of jobs are post recession return to work"

--totally smart people on twitter

3 minutes ago, elfenix said:

"90% of jobs are post recession return to work"

--totally smart people on twitter

Yeah it’s hilarious. Even if you revert all the jobs trump lost on that chart, it’s not close to what Biden had added. 

I guess regression to the mean is a hard concept. Trends can’t be meaningfully assessed by sticking a pin in 2020 as the index. 

I guess regression to the mean is a hard concept. Trends can’t be meaningfully assessed by sticking a pin in 2020 as the index. 

Of course not. The whole game of “as president, I added X jobs,” or “as your president, I kept inflation at x%,” or (my personal favorite) “gas prices under my presidency were lower than they are under this guy’s presidency” has always been incredibly stupid, because 10,000 other controlling factors are in play.
But it’s still the game, because it works, because the people are fucking stupid and assume the president has an inflation lever, and a gas price lever, and a jobs lever. So, Biden should play the hell out of it. He’d be an idiot not to.

Of course. This is politics. It’s tailored to stupid people because that is the meat of the distribution. 

FAIR point, but remember the President of the U.S. in 2020 was Trump, not Biden.   But I get what you're saying.

I remember in maybe my second or third poli-sci class in Florida.  And the teacher was railing on Reagan's jobs record in 1980.  And she's published and top level CV and all that.  And everybody's jotting down notes.  And how the late 81/82 recession after Carter rescued the economy was all Reagan's fault because of his decisions in 1980.  And on and on and on.  And finally, I raised my hand sheepishly, "Um, Prof. Hallum...wasn't Carter still President in 1980?"  And she scowls at me like "No, Reagan was elected President in 1980."  And you'd think this hallowed poli-sci mind would know Election late in the year, not even until 1/81 does Reagan take the reigns and try to quash the second burp of the recession.  

csb/    T/A takes me aside and says "she starts drinking at lunch, so you'll want to take her morning classes from here on out..."  I ended up learning a great deal from her. 

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

I guess regression to the mean is a hard concept. Trends can’t be meaningfully assessed by sticking a pin in 2020 as the index. 

regression to the mean doens't happen by itself.  economies are not self stabilizing. 

exhibit 1:

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Cool graph that tells me absolutely nothing. 

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

regression to the mean doens't happen by itself

Also. This is nonsensical. 

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Cool graph that tells me absolutely nothing. 

Also. This is nonsensical. 

funny, i had origianlly typed the same thing about your post.

Select on an outlier situation and you are primed to see regression to the mean. This is pretty basic stuff my friend. 

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I want to give credit to Joe Biden for finding the perfect 12 million candidates he brought into the workforce that were sitting on the sidelines, or lost their jobs. That’s a lot of bar backs and wait staff

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41 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Of course not. The whole game of “as president, I added X jobs,” or “as your president, I kept inflation at x%,” or (my personal favorite) “gas prices under my presidency were lower than they are under this guy’s presidency” has always been incredibly stupid, because 10,000 other controlling factors are in play.
But it’s still the game, because it works, because the people are fucking stupid and assume the president has an inflation lever, and a gas price lever, and a jobs lever. So, Biden should play the hell out of it. He’d be an idiot not to.

I don't care about any of that - I love those tweets because they are triggering the fuck out of my MAGA relatives.

 

Remember when Republicans were crowing about Trump getting the unemployment rate down to ~ 3.5%?

I remember.

We have a political party that denies climate change and actively works to sabotage adaptation and mitigation. We have a political party that spreads blatant lies about election fraud and uses that as a basis for voter suppression.

Biden’s tweet is stupid but it’s also straightforward factual information: jobs added in his term. Trump would get to do it if it weren’t for the fact that he lost to an 80 year old with 42 percent approval ratings.

Forgive me if I don’t care about Biden’s tweet.

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…also if Trump didn’t want to lose that many jobs he could’ve instituted some safety measures other than “try shining a flashlight up your asshole”

10 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

We have a political party that denies climate change and actively works to sabotage adaptation and mitigation. We have a political party that spreads blatant lies about election fraud and uses that as a basis for voter suppression.

Biden’s tweet is stupid but it’s also straightforward factual information: jobs added in his term. Trump would get to do it if it weren’t for the fact that he lost to an 80 year old with 42 percent approval ratings.

Forgive me if I don’t care about Biden’s tweet.

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Dark Brandon throwing delicious shade at Tommy Tuberville this morning. Holy shit this is AWESOME.

 


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Yep. Go after any Republican taking credit for something they voted against. 

On 6/26/2023 at 4:32 PM, Biff Tannen said:

They are all Fredo.

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On 6/26/2023 at 4:34 PM, Incredulity said:

Bloodlust Democrats.  A classic.

Perfect sequence of posts right here.

12 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

…also if Trump didn’t want to lose that many jobs he could’ve instituted some safety measures other than “try shining a flashlight up your asshole”

But did you try it? 

But did you try it? 

“Help me find my keys, and we can drive outta here!”

Also my favorite thing is where Ana comes out of hiding/simping for Russia to lecture us on how something is wrong and our dumb little baby brains don't understand it.

 

14 hours ago, Anastasis said:

I guess regression to the mean is a hard concept. Trends can’t be meaningfully assessed by sticking a pin in 2020 as the index. 

 

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