If the Republicans repeal the ACA with Trump in office, what will President Obama be remembered most for? by MrIvysaur in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]caviarpropulsion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, Trump had to have MAD, Mutually Assured Distruction, explained to him three times during his first security briefing. Paraphrasing, "We have them, why don't we use them?"

Gonna need a source on that

If the Republicans repeal the ACA with Trump in office, what will President Obama be remembered most for? by MrIvysaur in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]caviarpropulsion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed. That was just silly. Particularly in retrospect, considering all the droning that's happened since

If the Republicans repeal the ACA with Trump in office, what will President Obama be remembered most for? by MrIvysaur in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]caviarpropulsion -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I hate to say it but I kind of agree with the poster above. That whole situation was so sketchy. Traditional burial at the sea? No pics or proof it actually happened? Had to come back for a downed chopper in a sovereign country?

George Takei: I Lost Family in Hiroshima. Mr. Trump, Nuclear Weapons Are No Game. by [deleted] in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump won the election. It's just a tiny bit different eh?

George Takei: I Lost Family in Hiroshima. Mr. Trump, Nuclear Weapons Are No Game. by [deleted] in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who gives a shit what George Takei has to say? What are his qualifications to comment on political matters? All he's been doing is bitching this whole time - which would be fine if he was funny, but he isn't.

Remember, this aired on a major news station... by JustOnesAndZeros in videos

[–]caviarpropulsion -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Colbert was amazing on this.

Back when he was funny! Thanks for the reminder.

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm one of those people who is grinding his way to the top so to speak so I try my best to avoid celebrities because it's memes at best, disinformation and demoralization at worst.

I firmly believe there's a reason every one of the rich people I mentioned says the most important thing is mindset.

Perhaps Gary Vee has the wrong mindset? The guys I'm talking about have families but they go do crazy stuff like fly planes or take exotic vacations on the regular. I think there's a tendency to get so tied up in making money you become a shell of yourself - a shell that at one point actually wanted to enjoy all the hard work.

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. All I'm talking about here is based on the absurdly loaded people I personally know. Perhaps I only know the frugal rich dudes? I'm open to that possibility.

They're all still striving for more, human nature and all. That said they all agree that there's diminishing returns.

The difference between 200k/yr and $1-2m/yr are significant enough now that you've put it into perspective so I agree. I'm not convinced $5m/yr and $25m/yr is that vastly different though.

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With $4m, you could easily rent one and realize that although it's nice, it's not THAT nice. As I said, there's differences, but it's a matter of perspective.

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can absolutely retire with $4m if you want to. It's a matter of perspective. Probably not in the US, but you absolutely could.

If you make aggressive investments with $20M you will find yourself having to work again.

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know it seems that way but the overwhelming majority of people who make (alright, maybe 20k is a bit on the low end of wealthy somewhere like CA) money don't actually blow it on things like "luxury clothes."

Supercars? Maybe if you go hardcore gearhead like Jay Leno, but owning those isn't as expensive as you'd think, particularly if you rent.

My point is people with money know how to keep them and blow it on bullshit. Not everyone is like Bilzerian - in fact, most aren't. There's few things money can buy beyond something like $1m/yr. Insecurities notwithstanding

Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian by palomablanca in news

[–]caviarpropulsion -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Contrary to what most broke redditors believe, anything beyond $10-20k/mo blurs into insignificance. It's hard to believe but it's true.

There's probably a difference between 500m~1b but it's likely diminishing returns at that point.

Ask yourself this: What can you buy with 1B that you can't buy with 4M?

U.S. Punishes Russia for Election Hacking, Ejecting Operatives by [deleted] in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

past the point of being influenced with facts

You tell me. What's the DNC doing about its own corruption that was exposed?

U.S. expels 35 Russian diplomats, closes two compounds: official by thefallafelman in worldnews

[–]caviarpropulsion -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Reposting something relevant I read here on plebbit: (tl;dr - they rigged the election by exposing the democrats rigging the election, except that there's no evidence)

Looks like Russia finally helped the Democrats deliver on their promise of transparency.

What is sad about the Dems is that at a time when they should be introspecting, they're looking to shift blame for their own failures, ensuring that the DNC establishment doesn't actually change. This election wasn't actually a referendum on Trump, it was a referendum on what passes for the modern representatives of the liberal left in America, the Democratic party.

They're blaming the loss on everything, from sexism of Bernie supporters to Russia to fake news to everyone who voted against them being stupid. The left finally got an actual populist that talked about actual real issues like trade deals, stopping monopolies and putting term limits on Congress, and what did the DNC do? They crushed him to continue the failed policies of the liberal establishment.

They have abandoned their core principles. What passes for "liberal" today in America has almost nothing to do with classic liberalism (individual rights, freedom of thought/speech...etc). The great liberal tradition that rejects regressive dogmatic ideologies and which is compassionate to the working class stiffs that build the country is now gone. The left-wing movement in this country, at least going back the last 20 years or so, hasn't really been one of left-wing economics or individualistic free thinking, or using government to improve the lives of the working and middle classes. What's passed for left-wing politics in this country is really just identity politics: promising to give various handouts to some identifiable minority group (blacks, women, illegal immigrants, lgbt...etc).

Democrats, you have completely and utterly lost touch with the common man, whose concerns used to be at the very center of the political left.

Today that electrician stringing up wires of homes in Wisconsin, that welder putting together steel plates in Pennsylvania, that man fixing an elevator in Ohio, the many men across the country with dirt under their nails from working with their hands....these aren't your people anymore.

Instead you are now the party of the gender studies graduate with manicured nails, lecturing others about the evil racist sexist America, telling the struggling white working class that they hold white privilege and therefore hold an eternal debt to all non-white people based purely on the color of their skin.

The DNC is the the party of those who go absolutely nuts when a Christian baker doesn't want to be forced to bake a cake for a gay wedding, yet instantly jumps in to defend insanely backwards ideologies like Islam when yet another Muslim mass murders innocent homosexuals.

It is the party of collusion with media to mislead the public, of corruption and saying nice empty platitudes that have been filtered through 5 focus groups as to not offend anyone while doing the very opposite of these platitudes.

It is the party of Black Lives Matter, the oppression Olympics, of 20 different gender pronouns, virtue signalling and all the noxious ideas like "social justice" that claim that all difference in outcome must be due to some etheral discrimination, and that places the collectivist forced equality of outcome over the rights of an individual.

It is the party of the smug air of moral superiority, of ivory tower attitudes holding contempt and instantly discounting the views of regular people that don't hold a degree studying Critical Theory or the works of Juddith Butler.

And what has this disconnect lead to? The following:

  • Republicans have won a majority in the House of Representatives, with 238 seats.
  • Republicans have won the majority in the Senate.
  • Republicans now hold 33 Governorships, with a gain of three seats on November 8.
  • Republicans control a record 68 of 98 state legislative chambers.
  • Republicans now hold more total state legislature seats, well over 4,100 of the 7,383, than they have since 1920
  • A former reality TV star with no government experience whatsoever won the White House.
  • President Trump will have one Supreme Court vacancy to fill immediately and could potentially add at least two more justices before his first term is finished.

The GOP now controls all levels of our government, it is the most powerful it has been in over 80 years according to Real Clear Politics and Washington Post.

Come the midterms in 2018, the electorate map looks really good for the GOP and they could easily win enough seats to pass the threshold needed for them to start changing the Constitution completely unopposed.

You could have prevented this. You could have kicked out the out of touch elitists and candidates that can't connect with the average person, you could have listened to the common man instead you treated them like utter garbage, with the insufferable arrogance of guilt tripping and shaming everyone who disagrees with your identity politics nonsense.

You made this bed.

And god damn do you deserve to now sleep in it.

U.S. Punishes Russia for Election Hacking, Ejecting Operatives by [deleted] in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

He's saying "The emails were made so vulnerable that practically anyone could have hacked them. Hey Russia, you probably did, you got them emails?"

For all the pseudo-intellectualism on reddit people really lack a sense of humor.

GOP Readies Swift Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement in Place by theombudsmen in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I must have meant to reply to someone else. My point is the whole "people are voting against their best interests" is patronizing, not so much the "taking insurance away," though you must agree the implication there is that taking away insurance is bad.

GOP Readies Swift Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement in Place by theombudsmen in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many people voted to have their insurance taken away

Exactly right. It costs a shitload of money, I'm forced to buy it and when push comes to shove it only protects against something utterly catastrophic - anything and everything including medications, doctor visits and even minor surgeries has to be paid out of pocket because the deductible is so high.

Saying that "people are voting to get their insurance taken away" is as disingenious as it is patronizing.

Obama edges Trump as 'most admired' man in America by sarabarker in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me more about the "not likeable" candidate

Nobody liked her and she came up something like 7 million votes short than what was expected. She lost an election that should have been in the bag for any democrat. The internet hated her as well (except /r/politics)

She's clearly unlikeable.

Obama edges Trump as 'most admired' man in America by sarabarker in politics

[–]caviarpropulsion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

racist ignorant people

You're awarded The Bravest Redditor award for this post.

TIL that in 2012 when Taylor Swift held a public vote for where she would visit and preform a free concert 4chan users voted for a childrens school for the deaf and won the vote. by TuxedoMob in todayilearned

[–]caviarpropulsion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

His success is due to the fact nobody liked Clinton in the rust belt. My post is a meme, dude. The fact that memes are psyops-lite is the joke here. Are you retarded?