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Chicagoland. You had me at politics/baseball/road trips/tv/fast food/dad jokes.
Possibly because SCOTUS has yet to issue major smackdowns (even the early deportation ruling was vague), and the same courts you refer to express dismay at SCOTUS' assorted suspension of their rulings. It could be that Roberts is playing a long game but this SCOTUS has backed him more than not.
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Possibly because SCOTUS has yet to issue major smackdowns (even the early deportation ruling was vague), and the same courts you refer to express dismay at SCOTUS' assorted suspension of their rulings. It could be that Roberts is playing a long game but this SCOTUS has backed him more than not.
Good catch - he was lying to both of them at the same time!
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good catch - he was lying to both of them at the same time!
I'm sure he was as truthful with Scherer as he was with Senator Cassidy, his wife, his former wife, the wife before that, the environmentalists he used to join in warning about climate change, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm sure he was as truthful with Scherer as he was with Senator Cassidy, his wife, his former wife, the wife before that, the environmentalists he used to join in warning about climate change, etc.
And why should we take this repeated liar and adulterer's word on anything?
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And why should we take this repeated liar and adulterer's word on anything?
The Jew-hatred is always in the double-standards, not the laboratory vacuum of "criticizing Israel."
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Jew-hatred is always in the double-standards, not the laboratory vacuum of "criticizing Israel."
Yeah, well it is antisemitic because UAW is acting like a racist cop who targets one group for arrest and then claims it's not racist to be against crime. Are they BDS'ing actual genocide actors, or nations that officially discriminate against religions (i.e., in life, not grants of citizenship)?
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yeah, well it is antisemitic because UAW is acting like a racist cop who targets one group for arrest and then claims it's not racist to be against crime. Are they BDS'ing actual genocide actors, or nations that officially discriminate against religions (i.e., in life, not grants of citizenship)?
Geezers like me remember the Reagan Administration did something similar - changing a form that they predicted 10% of applicants/renewals would make a mistake completing and get thrown out of the program.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Geezers like me remember the Reagan Administration did something similar - changing a form that they predicted 10% of applicants/renewals would make a mistake completing and get thrown out of the program.
It would be, but I'd accept it if the GOP retreated by passing the pending bill to ban all mid-census gerrymandering and have Trump TACO sign-it. Who knows what SCOTUS will do.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It would be, but I'd accept it if the GOP retreated by passing the pending bill to ban all mid-census gerrymandering and have Trump TACO sign-it. Who knows what SCOTUS will do.
"Even for his own benefit" - this is what the media misses or purposefully doesn't write about: Trump has clinical narcissistic personality disorder. Not "big ego" but the real condition where his mind literally doesn't process that he can be wrong. He displays every symptom in the DSM-5 in droves.
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Even for his own benefit" - this is what the media misses or purposefully doesn't write about: Trump has clinical narcissistic personality disorder. Not "big ego" but the real condition where his mind literally doesn't process that he can be wrong. He displays every symptom in the DSM-5 in droves.
A tale of literature, love, and leggings.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A tale of literature, love, and leggings.
actual genocide, off-the-charts on global emissions (cheating on Paris' already fuzzy metrics), interning a million Muslims, occupying Tibet, etc. - for all our faults, the US doesn't come close to approaching their bad behavior.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
actual genocide, off-the-charts on global emissions (cheating on Paris' already fuzzy metrics), interning a million Muslims, occupying Tibet, etc. - for all our faults, the US doesn't come close to approaching their bad behavior.
The stakes were not non-existent - we've lost legions of jobs and revenue to China's IP and other theft (see front page NY Times story from a few years back, for example, on how an arm of China's military has hacked most Fortune 500 companies). China is a horrific world actor, sponsor of many
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The stakes were not non-existent - we've lost legions of jobs and revenue to China's IP and other theft (see front page NY Times story from a few years back, for example, on how an arm of China's military has hacked most Fortune 500 companies). China is a horrific world actor, sponsor of many
Elton John. Artistically you could make a case for Bowie but I'd still take Elton (critics tend to undervalue pop craft).
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Elton John. Artistically you could make a case for Bowie but I'd still take Elton (critics tend to undervalue pop craft).
Hardback (either library or personal actually). The only time I'd prefer a paperback would be if there was an addendum in the later-published paperback, and even then only it seemed particularly important.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hardback (either library or personal actually). The only time I'd prefer a paperback would be if there was an addendum in the later-published paperback, and even then only it seemed particularly important.
this is somewhat guesswork, but if he hikes too much he incentivizes these "lower millionaires" to divert or reduce income to stay below the threshold (and if he doesn't hike enough he can't do his agenda).
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
this is somewhat guesswork, but if he hikes too much he incentivizes these "lower millionaires" to divert or reduce income to stay below the threshold (and if he doesn't hike enough he can't do his agenda).
Point taken on "bougie" but, per Gemni AI and assuming this is a joint filing couple living in Manhattan, they're paying $400,000 in taxes right now and about $80,000 in rent (if they're renting an average 2-bedroom). He's looking for $11 billion in these taxes and hikes in corporate taxes so (ctd)
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Point taken on "bougie" but, per Gemni AI and assuming this is a joint filing couple living in Manhattan, they're paying $400,000 in taxes right now and about $80,000 in rent (if they're renting an average 2-bedroom). He's looking for $11 billion in these taxes and hikes in corporate taxes so (ctd)
Texas and Florida that provide sufficient motivation for some (see Ken Jennings). I just don't think you're going to find that many mega-millionaires willing to pay the kind of money ZM is looking to raise to make up for the barely millionaires (which in NYC isn't *that* bougie) who will leave.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Texas and Florida that provide sufficient motivation for some (see Ken Jennings). I just don't think you're going to find that many mega-millionaires willing to pay the kind of money ZM is looking to raise to make up for the barely millionaires (which in NYC isn't *that* bougie) who will leave.
I don't get your "scant evidence" - in Chicagoland far more rich people live in the north burbs and a couple of west burbs than in the city, and many did flee California. But I don't disagree that in some states a wealth tax might work - you still have the problem of "vulture states" like (ctd)
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't get your "scant evidence" - in Chicagoland far more rich people live in the north burbs and a couple of west burbs than in the city, and many did flee California. But I don't disagree that in some states a wealth tax might work - you still have the problem of "vulture states" like (ctd)
it *can* work in some states, including mine (NW Indiana and Kenosha/Racine aren't bad but not convenient and not as desirable as the collar counties). But if they tried a 4% wealth tax in Chicago (hypothetically since it's not currently legal) plenty would go to the wealthy north and west burbs.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it *can* work in some states, including mine (NW Indiana and Kenosha/Racine aren't bad but not convenient and not as desirable as the collar counties). But if they tried a 4% wealth tax in Chicago (hypothetically since it's not currently legal) plenty would go to the wealthy north and west burbs.
Well, that study admits it's speculative and it's inferring incomes. The article also states "there's bipartisan agreement in Massachusetts that high costs of living here, including housing and energy prices, are causing some residents to pick up and move to lower-cost states." That said, I think
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Well, that study admits it's speculative and it's inferring incomes. The article also states "there's bipartisan agreement in Massachusetts that high costs of living here, including housing and energy prices, are causing some residents to pick up and move to lower-cost states." That said, I think
Not true for Chicago - Illinois state constitution prevents.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not true for Chicago - Illinois state constitution prevents.
California has some uniqueness to it, especially Hollywood and the Bay Area for SV, which most states don't.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
California has some uniqueness to it, especially Hollywood and the Bay Area for SV, which most states don't.