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BirdPlusPlus

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About BirdPlusPlus

Some fucking curious dipshit who won't shut up... occasionally profound, apparently.

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    Comment #33468625

    > Smart journalists This seems unlikely.

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    Comment #29498766

    Pardon me, but letting alone the notion that any reasonable person with the means to follow those stories would have cause to dismiss them, the Hunter Biden stories have hardly bee…

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    Comment #29498373

    Yes, it is a choice borne of a deeply-seeded prejudice and fear which likely was reasonable once upon a time.

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    Comment #29498305

    Consider how widely available high-speed broadband through Starlink might change some of these things once that makes living in the interior of the country more desirable. I think …

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    Comment #29497871

    I grew up in Des Moines, it's a rather nice place to live and raise a family. Great amenities, pleasant(relatively) traffic, good roads, decent airport, quality schools, etc... the…

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    Comment #29277303

    I love the article despite the partisan political bickering on the tail end. There's more common ground available on these issues from Trump's right wing supporters than what might…

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    Comment #28643290

    Federal lawmakers aren't capable of NOT insider trading.

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    Comment #28639372

    Many of you haven't noticed yet, but contemporary AAA devs realized years ago how much easier to make something compulsive than compelling and substituted addiction for fun, taking…

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    Comment #28639251

    You'd pursue this despite acknowledging that the target of your spite would escape unscathed? I don't believe polite words can describe depravity that deliberate. Your proposal isn…

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    Comment #28638292

    That idea isn't possible. First problem is stocks aren't easily liquidable at scale. Lets' think on the scale of the individual first: say this hypothetical person has 50 grand in …

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    Comment #28638070

    >The real issue is government having a monopoly on tax revenue and not pushing a penny far enough. I definitely agree with this but is it even possible to incentivize that? Sometim…

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    Comment #28637512

    Just earlier this week I was talking about this concept over drinks with my uncle, who has a PHD in Economics. - though I didn't mean to imply that the entire tax gets offloaded do…

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    Comment #28637274

    The curtain drew back when the established Wall Street players, powers, and entities undeniably colluded in plain view to shut down trade during the Gamestop debacle, revealing jus…

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    Comment #28636419

    The unfortunate truth about corporate taxes is they're not really possible. There are two possible outcomes. 1. The business cannot absorb the levied tax into its overhead and shut…

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    Comment #28635964

    I appreciate your comment though I disagree with what seems to be your interpretation of dominion. Good lord I love this board, people actually converse. I upvoted you too, though …

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    Comment #28628670

    Eating horse paste is a desperate measure taken by people struggling to maintain dominion over their healthcare decisions. Most patients who've taken matters into their own hands a…

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    Comment #28628499

    I like it but the proposal either needs to be more persuasive toward universities' limitations or those institutions need to be allowed to fail and be replaced with something more …

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    Comment #28466306

    Well said. Incumbents "Industrial Incumbents" You didn't patent that did you?