This is my SIL and BIL (well, they will be in a week or so once fiancee and I are married) — neither of us have been able to meet our nephew yet, about 6 or 7 months old, and we haven't seen our niece/their first child in over a year (she's so young that she barely remembers pre-covid now). Which hurts a lot — for some reason she really loves me and apparently always asks about me, wants to watch Aladdin (movie we watched together when we watched her and she slept over a while ago). Feel like she's going to basically forget who I even am, while her brother quite literally won't even know who I am. The consolation is "at least [we] got to see her on the computer for her Zoom birthday party!" [which, frankly, is depressing as fuck and made me so sad that that's how she had to "celebrate" her birthday at such a young age)
Bitcoin is taxed as anything else, and the whole “anonymous” thing isn’t true (it’s incredibly easy to track). I made assloads this year on bitcoin and Ethereum, so I’m not complaining, but it was also the biggest tax nightmare fiscal year in my entire life, and the first year I’ve ever had to hire a CPA to deal with all the taxable events (every trade, every coin swap, every purchase made with crypto, etc).
You should probably teach yourself basic grammar first, no?
It was also almost 100% a prerecorded song they were lipsyning over, and Dylan isn't for that, so he's gonna make it obvious. Lots of bands have done this when forced to "play live," over a recording of theirs. Nirvana/Cobain did a great one, RHCP did it during the super bowl (unplugged all their instruments), and Muse did it arguably the best (switching around what instruments they played, with their frontman, Matt Bellamy, making it super obvious on the drums that he isn't playing)
Yeah that's what my dad thinks/was just telling me. He thinks Rush wrote the monologue for her (I didn't hear it so I won't speculate)
Knew it was coming soon, but still can't believe it. My dad texted me about 10 minutes ago to tell me, and was surprised at how little info there was to be found anywhere online.
RIP Rush. You were a trailblazer, and an icon that will never die. May we continue his fight for generations to come
Dafuq? I’m in the northeast and think we lost power once in the past few years for about 3 hours
I see both of your points. I'm no fan, but I know a TON of people who are FULLY on the MAGA train, and it's pretty much solely because of Shapiro. They aren't as politically aware and paying attention as much, so he helps a ton with people like that, as they don't see the nuances that we do with someone like Shapiro. They just know he's conservative, and hear him tearing down mainstream left and/or "woke"/SJW/intersectional ideas/arguments.
That aside, the biggest reason I'd defend him is because he is one of the best assets at fighting this fight on the cultural front, if not so much (or at all) the political front. But the cultural battle is arguably just as much, maybe even more important. The culture war needs to be won first. "Politics is downstream culture." And with DW now going full on into film production, that is a HUGE step in the culture war. I'm all for this.
No place if perfect, but it's certainly worth consideration, depending on certain variables/logistics, and what you're looking for, etc. I love it here, but I'd also definitely consider TX, Florida (never thought I'd say that until fairly recently, especially w/ DeSantis now), or maybe even somewhere like SD, MT or WY (but they seem like they'd just be sooo boring lol).
Moving here was the best decision I ever made. It's the "South of the North." Of course, there's certain areas to avoid (namely college towns, and nearing Mass); but most of the state is very libertarian and truly believes/lives the "Live Free or Die," mantra. We're all nice to each other for the most part, because we all know we're likely talking to someone who's carrying (and are carrying ourselves). But we also are always one of the top 1 or 2 safest states. Good economy. No trouble finding jobs. If you're a foodie from a great food state (as I am), you will be let down by the dining, but that's about it.
But just to be clear: yes, we are purple because there are liberal strongholds in the state, but most of the state is good, and even if we might keep voting retarded in federal elections, we have good state reps (as displayed here), heavy right. And we have the most state reps of any state (and they get paid nothing. Like $100/year salary)
I'm a local — just contacted him about this, thanking him, and explaining how much this has affected me as a graduate student in this state, and how I've been trying to fight it (and getting punished for it) on campus. Done with classes... nobody will serve as my thesis advisor. My original topic wasn't even controversial (on drug policy reform — and with a pretty left attitude anyway. But then I moved towards wanting to talk about this. Essentially be critical of critical theory, and talk about the effects of this ideology taking over academia, and the macro effects it's having on our entire country, culture/politics, etc)
Decentralized cryptos already exist, and having one "regulated," by any bank, third-party, or centralized institution, defeats the entire purpose and all benefits of crypto. All the complaints people have about currency, banks, etc., already have existing solutions in the crypto sphere, especially with ethereum (and associated erc20 tokens) which can do far more than just serving as a currency and personal bank, and monero is also great for added anonymity/security. As these become more adopted and shape what will be internet 3.0, this will be realized. But even where it currently stands, I can already do just about everything needed w/ ethereum and associated Defi (including issuing myself loans, or even just having a debit card that works anywhere, but just uses my own crypto, stored on my own wallet [read:bank] etc). I hold almost no fiat currency now, and since doing so, my networth has gone up insane amounts (both in realized and paper gains).Highly encourage people look into DeFi and ethereum
It is acceptable for a man to weep at his father's funeral
Yup. My dad always told me how he had never seen his father/my grandfather cry, until his father (my great-grandfather) passed away, and how jarring it was to see it. I, too, had never seen my father, or his father/my grandfather cry in my entire life until I was 18.
At 18, my grandmother died, and when I showed up at their house that day, my grandfather embraced me and started crying. It was, as my dad explained, really jarring, and I started crying too, more because I felt my grandfather's pain. Only time I saw him cry (and it was very bizarre, having kind of just become an adult myself, hugging my grandfather/my hero as we both cried, something I'd never seen)
Then, 10 years later, he passed away. I was talking to my father about the upcoming funeral, and he was telling me how he wasn't really sure that he wanted to receive the American flag, as the oldest child, from the marines during the funeral ceremony, because he was "afraid he'd start crying." It was probably the first time in my life that I kind of got stern with my own father, reminded him about how he always told me about "the 1 time his father died," and how he has to accept that flag, and it's perfectly fine if he cries when he does. In the end, he wore sunglasses to try and best hide his tears, and took the flag.
I also still cry a bit when Scar kills Mufasa in the Lion King. It was the first movie I saw in theaters, around age 5, and saw it with my dad. It's left me with permanent PTSD (kidding... somewhat). I also occasionally cry when watching old home movies that include many now-deceased family members (but more like... teary eyes, not so much weeping-cry, and I always watch them alone lol)
As a Yankee fan from RI (for those who don't know, look into Schilling's former company), coming to love Curt Schilling has been a really wild ride
Same. On my mac, I've actually had the same browser window, without ~20 tabs, open for at least a year straight now lol, no issues at all.
He even showed the votes flipping on earlier episodes and covered this exact matter in depth in those episodes. I didn't hear him say what OP is saying (not saying it wasn't said, just saying I didn't hear/see it in this week's episodes), but that's fucked if he's saying that after directly showing contradictory evidence earlier, having Rudy on, having entire episodes dedicated to all the election fraud, etc.
He's American (Born in U.S. [Michigan] and his family moved to Canada when he was younger. He moved back on his own accord as soon as he was an adult)
Yeah I've seen all the studies. Unfortunately, what I've learned working with data in public policy and public health, is that data is easily manipulated, and for every study saying one thing on a social issue, there's another study saying the opposite. I think the correlation between divorced parents and what ends up with the children is better exemplified by this study, personally, which shows it's more linked to conflict than it is divorce. Just happens that a lot of times divorce and conflict go hand in hand. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494929.2015.1095267?journalCode=wmfr20&
How does one protect themselves from this pre-marriage (other than never getting married)?
Fwiw, I've got some experience and background knowledge with all of this, just from my parents' divorce when I was around 14, and my uncle having once being a family court judge. I know both ends (an "easy," divorce and a hard divorce, from both of these examples). My parents were as easy and cordial as it got. Still burnt my dad financially, since my mom was a housewife. So she got to stay in the house, he moved to a tiny apartment. She owns half the house now, etc. But everything was split pretty fairly, all agreed upon by my parents beforehand, no custody battles over the kids (just me really since my brother was already 18), it was over really quick, and my parents, almost 20 years later, are still friends.
My fiancee's parents was kind of the opposite from what she's told me and pretty rough on her and her siblings. Still, I think both of our experiences made us both a lot more careful, and changed our attitudes about marriage. I think we're less likely to get divorced because of that, but that doesn't mean we're immune... things change. But we've also taken things slow, been together 7 years or so now, engaged for over 2, etc, so we both feel pretty comfortable with our decision to get married... but... yea, the thought of divorce still terrifies me. Even with us both making exactly the same amount riight now, I know that I'd still be the one to get shafted if it were ever to come to divorce. Not sure why we ever had to bring the government into marriage, makes no fucking sense.
His name was David Dorn.
And you're right, all terrorist, anti-American scum, egged on and supported by anti-american seditious democratic party politicians that led to his death. And to think of all the pieces of shit, cheering "ACAB," for an entire summer and fall cheering it on. Nobody wants neither them, nor yourself, here. You're a small minority that thinks you're in the majority because you radical ideologues are the loudest ones on social media, and any opposition to it in those echo chambers is immediately censored anyway. The whole country hates you.
Definitely, but to be fair, the doctors I work with aren't going to be vaccinating anybody or profiting off it in any way, so their excitement isn't profit-driven (which makes it all the more disconcerting and bewildering).
My brother, on the other hand, is at least skeptical about it. He got it (because he has to), but he's pretty indifferent about it (from a medical standpoint), and just as against any kind of politicization of it, forced vaccinations (or stipulations attached to being vaccinated or not), etc., as we are.
I'm praying my brother will be able to help with this (he's an MD, but his line of work wouldn't exactly have him giving people vaccinations... but I'd imagine his signature saying he did would also suffice... idk, I'll have to ask him if/when it gets to that point). It's too bad my father just retired (pharmacist) because he's 100% on the same page as me, and absolutely would have given me a "vaccine," (of just saline) if needed. I'm thinking between his connections, and my brother/his connections, we can likely figure something out though, because there's no way I'm getting that shit injected into me, and that's doubly-so if it's forced/required in any way. I don't want to give too much personal info out, but my current line of work has me associated with and/or working directly with over 100 doctors daily, and it's insane hearing their views and how excited they are over this vaccine. It's as though it's the second-coming of Christ to them; they truly think "saving the world," is just upon the horizon
Thanks, best of luck to you as well!
And yes, I'm not buying right now (well, not now as in literally not right now, but my last buy was less than 2 weeks ago, around $24/25 an ounce), but checked a few of the major sites this week (SD, JM, Apmex, etc), and all of them are "experiencing delays," have "unprecedented volume," and/or are "replenishing stock," etc, which can only be a good thing for those already possessing silver. The market itself is super manipulated, too, and from what I've been told, anyway, is intentionally manipulated/held down, likely so that whales can accumulate physical metals at an artificially lower price before letting the market do its thing and take it for a ride.
(obligatory this is not financial advice, I hold silver, not a financial advisor, etc etc)
I heard it's all happening on December 21, 2012
They left out that this was all happening while eating their pancakes lathered in Aunt Jemima's syrup, with some classic land o lakes indian girl butter slathered all over