Everything posted by mrwebb8825
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Surge in Support for Mask Ban in New York Amid Rising Hate Incidents
Let them wear masks while violently protesting then order the police to shoot the ones with masks first. Argument over. 🤠
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Steve Bannon Declares War on Elon Musk, Citing Rift Over Immigration Policies
Bannon needs to step back and take a breath. W/O the H-1B, crops don't get picked, resorts couldn't staff up for the season, the tech sector would lose valuable people, etc. Until Americans are being displaced by foreign workers, he needs to refocus his diatribe on issues that are hurting America. If he must attack people/companies then he should start from the top down: Here's a rundown of the top 20 companies as listed by the number of H-1B petitions for initial employment the U.S. approved in fiscal-year 2024, according to NFAP: Amazon. The e-commerce company had the most approved H-1B petitions for initial employment in 2024, with 3,871. That figure was down from more than 4,000 H-1B visas in 2023 and nearly 6,400 in 2022. Cognizant. The information technology services firm had the second most H-1B petitions approved in 2024, tallying 2,837. Infosys. The digital services and consulting company had 2,504 petitions approved in fiscal-year 2024. TCS. Tata Consultancy Services ranked forth, with 1,452. IBM. The technology company nicknamed Big Blue tallied 1,348 petitions. Microsoft. The technology conglomerate saw 1,264 petitions approved. HCL America. The computer programming solutions provider had 1,248 approved H-1B visas. Google. The search engine ranked No. 8, with 1,058 H-1Bs. Capgemini. The information technology company accounted for 1,041 H-1B visas last 2024. Meta Platforms. Formerly known as Facebook, Meta was behind 920 approved petitions. Deloitte. The audit and tax consultancy company had 891 petitions approved. Apple. The iPhone and laptop maker accounted for 864. Intel. The semiconductor company's count came to 851. Accenture. The IT company garnered approval for 833 petitions. LTIMindtree. The global technology consultancy counted 798. Tesla. The electric car maker had 742 petitions approved. Ernst & Young. The accounting firm tallied 741. Goldman Sachs. The investment bank and financial services firm garnered 678. Wipro. The IT services provider's tally came to 609. Walmart. The retailing giant is behind 654 approved H-1B petitions. Of course, if you add them all up he's complaining about less than 15K people hired in the US by the H-1B program.
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Slashing welfare': GOP eyes chopping $5 trillion to pay for Trump priorities — like tax cuts
On the topic of welfare cuts; they should redirect those cuts to the SS system. How much has welfare increased? Since funding for the War on Poverty ramped up in 1967, welfare payments received by the average work-age household in the bottom quintile of income recipients has risen from $7,352 in inflation-adjusted 2022 dollars to $64,700 in 2022, the last year with available household income data. Sep 12, 2024 compare that to SS: Over the last decade the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase has averaged about 2.6%. The COLA was 3.2% in 2024. Nearly 68 million Social Security beneficiaries will see a 2.5% COLA beginning in January 2025. Increased payments to nearly 7.5 million people receiving SSI will begin on December 31, 2024. Oct 10, 2024 IMHO it kinda sucks that the same people who paid for both and the only 1 that ones endangered of the funds drying up.
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Slashing welfare': GOP eyes chopping $5 trillion to pay for Trump priorities — like tax cuts
Agreed. I always thought there should be a 'mandatory draft' for ALL capable welfare recipients 17-35, to serve 4-6 years in the military. They'd learn valuable skills, save for higher education after, get free healthcare, free housing, free food, free clothing AND get paid. Best welfare system ever created only you maintain self respect by earning it. Are you going to be 1st in line to sign up to give away ALL the money YOU worked to earn (save ONLY NEEDED expenses - determined by...) so others can sponge?
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Pope Francis Condemns ‘Fake News’ for Fuelling Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump
Even the Pope is calling MSM BS. Also not surprising that the 1st post is from a loser leftist poster criticizing him for calling for the BS to stop and deflecting it at President Trump. THAT'S Trump Derangement Syndrome at it's finest.
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Giorgia Meloni Asserts George Soros Is More Dangerous in Politics Than Elon Musk
Naw, she's got it pretty much correct. "Elon Musk’s net worth is $421 billion. George Soros’s net worth is $6.7 billion. Musk spent $270 million to help Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential elections, almost all of it in the past six months. Soros has given $32 billion of his wealth to promote “open societies” globally over the last 40 years."
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Russia Monitors Trump’s Greenland Comments Amid Global Concerns
Since this ^^ is defeatist, chicken little stuff, I won't ask for a link.
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Macron Acknowledges Urgency & Tougher Stance Needed on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Damn Straight.
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Iranian general said Assad blocked Tehran’s effort to open Syrian front against Israel
Perfect candidate for an extraction interview.
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Alec Baldwin Files Lawsuit, Calling Himself a ‘Scapegoat’ in ‘Rust’ Case
So, he's justified in seeking accountability from the prosecutors for unsuccessfully prosecuting him for murder? AND his lawyer says dropping the charges constitutes a miscarriage of justice? I agree with the lawyer. Dropping the charges against this egotistical, arrogant SOB who drew his gun, pointed it at the staff member and pulled the trigger is a miscarriage of justice.
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Biden announces ‘good news’ during briefing on California wildfires: I’m a great-grandfather
Well, he DID cancel his last taxpayer funded vacation to Italy to be here for his/her birth.
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Pierre Poilievre: The Conservative Firebrand Aspiring to Lead Canada
Act II
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House Foreign Affairs Chair Advances Bill Targeting ICC After Arrest Warrant for Israeli PM
"Sources close to ICC members said on condition of anonymity that the members were worried to be seen as worthless because every time they worked on a warrant for a Hamas leader, Isreal killed them". 🤠
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EU Faces Growing Pressure to Confront Musk Over Alleged Electoral Meddling
Quite obviously enough to make the entire EU worry about losing control of power.
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January 6, 2021 -- a day that will live in infamy
It wasn't MAGA Fascists that lead the charge to set them (BLM arrestees) free. That was dem leaders. It wasn't MAGA Fascists that went to the riots as cheerleaders. That was dem leaders. It wasn't MAGA Fascists that encouraged ANTIFA or invited men-with-boobs to dance naked on the White House lawn and perform for and teach classes to our kids. That was dem leaders. On Nov. 5th the people spoke and said this s%*t has got to stop! Fact God was watching - many dem leaders have mansions in the hills of Ca. Don't see Watts or East LA burning do you?
- The Resurgence of Jihadist Threats: A Call to Vigilance
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Biden Approves $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
I think you're confusing Israel with Ukraine.
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The Looming Economic Storm in Europe
I hear President Trump is looking for some new properties for the US. 😁
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Just in time for Presidential Inauguration: Musk to Censor Twitter/X for Negativity.
IMHO - I believe he's referring to people like Maxine Waters who not only gave public speeches inciting violence and intolerance but also attended the Floyd riots to cheer them on. And I believe he's referring to people like the wacko in NOLA who posted and sent videos of his intentions to kill directly to ISIS that Zuckerberg's platform let flow unchecked. Just a couple of examples - using an algorithm to not only disrupt this sort of "speech" but to also track and identify the source and relay that data directly to the CIA, FBI and the pentagon. People need to realize that we live in a much more dangerous world now compared to when the Bill of Rights was written. Todays' benchmark of "Fire" in a crowded theater doesn't go far enough. We The People have been so busy enjoying technology that no one noticed the exponential growth of "Keyboard Commandos". Freedom is NOT free and the bill's come due and it's gonna be costly.
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Trump on Immigration: "We need a lot of people coming in."
but he wanted /wants to expel ALL ILLEGAL/CRIMINAL immigrants and close the borders There, fixed it for you
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MAGA civil war as Elon Musk and Vivek clash with hard right on key immigration issue
Dude, that's absolutely the best description of "Teaching In Thailand" I've ever read (slight alterations of course)! 😁
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Usa vs its Sanctuary cities, federal laws & Elections have consequences
I'm rather hoping that right after he's sworn in he declares martial law and has every sanctuary city mayor and counsel member arrested and detained at the nearest military base for treason. While those cities are in disarray, install preselected military commands in each city, exits blocked, drones with facial recognition software directing the troops and cops should only take about 1-3 months with a $1000 reward program for true citizens that turn them in. ETA: MSM is talking about $1t to deport them - I say BS. put them back on buses, send them all to TX and kick them all out right back where they crossed from, not came from, and tell them to walk home.
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A little Christmas humor!
- Trump needs to Offer Asylum to Refugees from Blighty
So, did the UK copy Biden or vice versa (since we're inducing Latin into the chat)?- "What Could Be Unburdened By What Has Been"
She had no idea what it meant when she said it but, it DOES open up some very interesting possibilities. 🤠 Keeping this purely hypothetical (no political bias - just numerical possibilities) IF $2Trillion can be cut from the current government w/o peril to life or limb of citizens. I think they could take $1Trillion and give both vets and SS recipients a 20% increase in benefits to match the inflation and true COLI. They could the other $1Trillion to make Medicare and Medicaid 100% Free. Continuing to keep huge non-essential spending cuts doesn't affect the GDP unless it's in shutting down wasteful spending by necessary departments which should have the ripple effect running in both directions as far as cutting spending vs unemployment increase from these contractors. 2nd year, give every private citizen a "tax holiday" where all fed taxes collected are returned...??? 2nd/3rd year savings to infrastructure and a rebuild of the electric grid...??? What do you all think "Could be..."? - Trump needs to Offer Asylum to Refugees from Blighty