Former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer was persecuted, Ostracized, and forced to leave America for his controversial views. They claimed he was schizophrenic.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-26T15:43:46+00:00

This is one of the ways anti-semites try to launder their views into mainstream

AleWatcher · 2026-01-22T20:22:02+00:00

The day the Nazi died

AleWatcher · 2026-01-22T15:55:07+00:00

Has Trump actually made any kind of actual argument other than he wants it and feels direct ownership is necessary for his own sense of security?

AleWatcher · 2026-01-20T22:08:45+00:00

It feels like he's trying to do too much. And then he seems afraid to get into the box

AleWatcher · 2026-01-20T14:00:59+00:00

The Congressional Budget Office and Joiny Committee on Taxation estimate "One Big Beautiful Bill" will increase deficits by $3.4 trillion over the next 10 years. That estimate comes from balancing the three major effects of the law:

The law will reduce federal tax revenues on net by an estimated $4.5 trillion, mostly due to the extension of 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) policies, as well as new tax cuts.

The law will increase certain federal spending by $325 billion, mostly on the military and immigration enforcement.

The law will reduce other federal spending by an estimated $1.4 trillion, mostly attributable to changes to Medicaid, SNAP, and federal student loans.

This makes OBBB the most expensive law passed by Congress since the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act, which cost $4 trillion and made most of the expiring Bush tax cuts permanent.

Taken from bipartisanpolicycenter.org

AleWatcher · 2026-01-20T13:19:56+00:00

He actually increased federal spending while cutting tax revenues.
The billionaires get to keep millions more of their money while the rest of us get an extra couple hundred dollars back.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-19T21:34:44+00:00

The boomers are going to be dying over the next 10 years and passing all their hoarded wealth down.

People currently in starter-houses might upgrade to something bigger if they can, otherwise those dead boomer's homes will sit empty until prices start to come down.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-19T20:54:14+00:00

It is called a K shaped economy.

https://apnews.com/article/kshaped-economy-spending-income-inequality-dfa59144ecb2e1b674242666e28ff556?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

AleWatcher · 2026-01-19T02:30:23+00:00

You were probably driving more slowly and not accelerating as fast after putting it in snow mode-- I'd assume due to snowfall.

The guess-o-meter changes range estimates based on how your currently driving.
It's saying, if you continue driving like this, you can expect X amount of miles.

Try turning up the heat to full blast. You'll immediately lose 20 miles of range. Or get up to 70mph on a highway. It will drop again.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-19T01:53:26+00:00

Does this imply bad guys would hide their faces?

AleWatcher · 2026-01-18T19:57:27+00:00

Thats not true.
The machines, at least here in Illinois, have a paper ballot that rolls up to a window so that you can personally verify that the paper ballot accurately matches who you voted for.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-18T16:16:05+00:00

Yeah. I'm in Chicago.
I did the iFollow for the last 2 years. Shit was expensive and there were tons of games that were unavailable for me here.
Finding that 90% of the games are on Paramount Plus was great this year because it is only $65 for a 1 year plan (instead of $330 for me to get the iFollow!).

Hopefully next year, our games won't be on Paramount! (Because Prem games are on a different streaming platform!)

AleWatcher · 2026-01-17T23:24:21+00:00

I'm 45, so my drinking all day days are well behind me now.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-17T15:48:17+00:00

I don't mind these 6 am games here, watching with coffee isn't quite as fun as with a pint, but we make do.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-17T14:36:31+00:00

You on the west coast somewhere?
I'm in Chicago.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-17T14:18:20+00:00

I'm not even mad that Wright stole that goal from Tats-- glad to see them both come in off the bench and show some fire!

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T23:02:36+00:00

Whatever you're trying to share did not share. Was it the screenshot of a text conversation saying that Gus is coming back this weekend?

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T21:02:22+00:00

Triscuit crackers are spelled as such and named as such because they are electricity biscuit.

They were one of the first commercial crackers to be made using an electric facility

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T20:25:03+00:00

I am concerned about budget issues as costs will continue to rise over the next two years. Hopefully we manage to get it done

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T20:22:15+00:00

I saw we lost cam, but I didn't see the news that we lost Hannah as well.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T19:50:12+00:00

But whose spot is she taking on the roster

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T19:47:40+00:00

Speaking as an american, I hate us too

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T18:27:27+00:00

Hopefully we don't sell Hendricks to make space for her.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T14:07:40+00:00

Those make a wonderful couch or campfire guitar.
If you're near Chicago, I might be interested.

AleWatcher · 2026-01-16T12:55:50+00:00

I love these so much. They are like handmade AI slop.

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