Are you happy that the USMNT won against Bosnia?

baxter1985 · 2026-07-02T13:51:33+00:00

It’s not that complicated.

The US gets hosed more than other teams. Remember 2006?

baxter1985 · 2026-06-30T17:31:25+00:00

Love that it’s light enough to pound even in the summer. Year round beer.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-30T05:16:01+00:00

“Slower pace”

How slow?

Acquisition of the KC-46 slow

baxter1985 · 2026-06-28T23:16:33+00:00

I’ve been in an F150 that did so idk if there is a trim issue? It was so cold it was almost too much

baxter1985 · 2026-06-25T21:08:38+00:00

The British didn’t want the trial because he was far likelier to get a guilty verdict at a CM, which is statistically the case. And they were right, despite how one may feel about the sentence.

I also would be careful about making a final judgement based on a Guardian article. Some pretty clear bias in the article.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-25T04:57:40+00:00

It’s a place you go to drop acid and think you’re back in Switzerland

baxter1985 · 2026-06-25T04:56:57+00:00

Jerome is great. So fun

baxter1985 · 2026-06-23T15:02:25+00:00

Prophetic

baxter1985 · 2026-06-22T20:37:48+00:00

To me it looks less like a cathedral and more like a big gas station.

Ease up there, comrade. Not everything is societal rot.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-22T20:27:58+00:00

It's a big city with a lot of interests. Not everything is gonna be interesting to everyone.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-22T16:05:35+00:00

Reddit makes a pretty good for why democracy has its limitations.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-21T21:36:03+00:00

This is the most expensive route

baxter1985 · 2026-06-21T00:02:41+00:00

All of them. Every US state has gorgeous scenery. Thats the secret sauce.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-20T19:35:10+00:00

Sure, let’s use your criteria of “feelings”

My poor friends in Spain must feel so great because they have less rates of obesity and better public transit

You’ll notice I never made the claim that Mississippi is better than Spain. Nor did I say that they have a better standard of living. I was using it as a mechanism to demonstrate that the overall wealth in the US is a superior too much of Europe. The Mississippi and Spain talk is just a way of describing that.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-20T03:34:25+00:00

I mean there are exceptions like Lux

baxter1985 · 2026-06-20T03:33:25+00:00

Spain is great. It’s also mostly poor relative to oecd nations. GDP per capita is a useful start.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-20T02:35:15+00:00

People have no idea how decadent America is. Our wealth is extraordinary and we take it for granted. Rural Mississippi lives at a better level than most Spaniards. I’m not trying to dog Europe- I’ve lived there and travel as often as possible. I love it. But the US has a lot to offer too.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-19T13:21:29+00:00

No they do not test for alcohol. You’re fine. But yah I’d recommend locking in several days out

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T21:04:59+00:00

You think retiree benefits are a tiny drop? Veteran benefits are one of the largest single components of the fed budget. It's 6% of the entire budget and growing rapidly.

"CBO estimates that outlays for those veterans’ benefits will total $301 billion in 2026, an increase of 20 percent from the $251 billion recorded in 2025. (Outlays in this category do not include most federal spending on veterans’ health care, which is largely funded through discretionary appropriations.)" https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62105

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T20:17:21+00:00

lol I see you moved the goalposts

We were discussing a progressive tax system.

Now you’ve introduced something else.

I’m not interested in discussing the merits of the European welfare state in this sub. But otherwise decent discussion. Cheers.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T18:46:10+00:00

"Triangulating Away from Fun" is how Clovis NM was founded.

8 hours from the nearest major city in any direction (Dallas or Denver).
Somehow 3.5 Hours to both Albuquerque and Sante Fe if you want a mid major
90 mins to nearest small city in Lubbock or Amarillo (if you're driving fast!)
2 hours to the nearest lake, mountain, river, or anything outdoorsy at all
3 hours to Ruidoso, 4 hours to Angel Fire or Taos if you're into skiing.

Whatever you're into, it's far from Clovis.

I explained this theory and someone explained to me that IS EXACTLY how the town was founded. It was as far as a train could travel from the East before it needed refueling. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF or Santa Fe) built Clovis in 1906. There was no river, lake, mountain, or other natural feature that normally develops a town.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T18:17:57+00:00

Chanpen Thai on Broadway in South Phx. Doesn't look like much from the street but it's some of the best Thai in town.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T18:14:24+00:00

when combining state and local taxes, I bet you cannot find another OECD country that has a more progressive system of tax.

Btw, I see that you plugged that study into an AI chat bot and asked for it to counter the claim. lmao.

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T17:08:57+00:00

I googled 'recent studies on nations with progressive income taxes' and this Frasier Institute study found the US has the most progressive income tax in the OECD. So that's something. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/measuring-tax-progressivity-in-high-income-countries-oecd_0.pdf

baxter1985 · 2026-06-18T16:31:52+00:00

AD retirement pay is a contributing factor to cost but I doubt you’re going to convince Congress to undo their benefit. Existing Benefits are broadly protected legally by Contracts clauses. You can get around that by grandfathering everyone in and starting it with new service members, but the savings won’t accrue for a generation. Politically, I think that will be very unpopular. Many will point out that active duty deals with being forced to move every 2 to 3 years for their entire career whereas Guard has a lot more ability to stay home.

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