The obesity crisis is definitely a product of the food industry. You still have to make the decision to go out and buy new clothes rather than change your eating habits.
Young fat people don't seem to be at all aware of the consequences. The people saying there's nothing unhealthy about being obese clearly aren't aware of the consequences.
You don't bring up people's weight in conversation because it's rude. This is exactly why society has to send the message. Putting fat people on the cover of fitness magazines sends the wrong message. Pretending Lizzo isn't disgusting sends the wrong message. A healthy society praises the ideal and stigmatizes the negative.
I've never said anything that indicates I look down on any group of people but liberals.
America is a meritocracy. Your idea that everyone is equal and outcomes should be equal is absolutely unamerican.
America has always had a safety net. America used to be a conservative Christian nation. Study after study has shown that conservatives and Christians are much more generous and charitable than liberals. We only need a government safety net now because there's so many people like you running around who are only generous with other people's money.
You absolutely have said things that indicate you look down on the groups of people I mentioned. From insulting the intelligence of an entire race of people to calling Lizzo disgusting just now. You sound awfully concerned about her health.
I don’t think that everyone deserves an equal outcome. I’ve literally never said that or implied it. I’m not a communist nor a socialist. I believe in a well regulated capitalism with winners and losers, but winners don’t have to win this much at the expense of the losers. The middle and lower classes will continue to be in decline until we can reign in capitalism. The democrats have been complicit with corporations running America (more than, even). The republicans don’t even think it’s a problem. They pretend to believe in supply side economics and laugh at people like you.
I give money pretty consistently to food banks and homeless shelters. Charity is not going to fix such a large systemic problem.
Lizzo is not “disgusting.” Looking down on fat people is.
Ignoring statistical realities doesn't make you a good person. It makes a virtue signaling coward.
Does saying that Joseph Fahnbulleh is faster than any woman who's ever lived make someone sexist? Of course not. It's a statistical reality.
IQ testing is a thing. The results don't cease to be true just because they make you uncomfortable or hurt your feelings.
Lizzo is disgusting on multiple levels. Pretending she's not does not make you a good person. In fact, it makes you a bad person because you're encouraging her to eat herself to death. Having type 2 diabetes in your 20's is a bad thing.
Personal accountability used to matter. Society now tells young people that all of their failures and short comings are someone else fault. Society is in decline because people are more concerned about sparing people's feelings than telling people the truth.
It was a political demonstration. Very much inspired by the March on Rome. Trump is/was angling for 2024 and wanted to capture a moment. His supporters did a good job hitting a middle ground between full blown violence and just a casual stroll through the capital. Not bad enough that republicans won’t be forced to defend it.
Trump was angling for 2021 not 2024. Trump wanted to stay in power. he thought he could stay in power. he sent a mob to make it happen. The mob's goal was exactly that. To keep trump in power. Pure sedition and insurrection.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
Of course urban areas generate more money than rural. That's never been questioned.
What was questioned was your statement that red areas are not desirable to live in, and the implication that red areas are poor because they are governed by republicans.
In general, suburban areas (generally purple) are the places where the most growth occurs. Solid blue areas (urban, particularly large cities) are the places where people have been moving out from the most. States that are blue or mostly blue have seen the largest decrease in population, and states that are red or mostly red have seen the largest increase in population.
Clearly, your trying to argue that democratic governance is superior to republican governance on the basis of whether people desire to live there doesn't hold true, and the argument that economies are stronger in blue areas isn't specifically because they are governed by democrats but rather because that's where a lot of people live. You're drawing faulty conclusions from the available data.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
50 years ago those same areas were red areas creating 70% of the wealth. You inherited something. You didn't create it.
California and New York are in decline because of people like YOU....
New York isn't successful because it's red or blue it's successful because it's the major port of entry on the east coast for country with the largest economy in the world.
Same goes for California on the west coast.
Your mind is much too small to comprehend most topics.
The "attack" was pre-planned and coordinated for MONTHS. So the Proud Boys skipped the rally because they needed time to figure out where to attack...
They times their "attack" to coincide with the crowd marching in behind them by starting their "attack" before the rally was even over...
lol...
Have you seen the polling on your 1/6 nonsense? Most people do not care about this.
The Proud Boys didn't know what security would look like on January 6th. It stands to reason that they would do reconnaissance that morning to find the best location to begin their attack. And according to sworn testimony, that's exactly what they did.
They weren't there to attend the Trump rally. The Proud Boys were there to break into the Capitol and stop the electoral count. That much is known with certainty because some Proud Boys have already pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy.
Testimony and video evidence also shows that the Proud Boys waited to start their attack as the crowd was illegally marching toward the Capitol. They had about 250 Proud Boys in attendance. But that would not be enough to break through security without backup from the crowd.
One correction. It is some of the Oath Keepers that have pleaded guilty thus far. Some of the Proud Boys, including their leader, have been indicted on seditious conspiracy but their trials are still pending.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
you don't like absolute numbers? How about per capita GDP.
That shows blue states are more productive per person.
But come on - I shouldn't have to prove this. We all know that the blue areas are more industrious and successful. This arguing about basic facts is inane.
Of the 14 best states in per capita GDP, 11 are blue. The Rs in the list are WY (because of mining so gets an *) AK (mining again so also *), and ND. Not sure why ND is so productive. Only 800,000 people so sort of an afterthought.
Of course only one of the ten worst per capita GDP states are red. no surprise there.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
you don't like absolute numbers? How about per capita GDP.
That shows blue states are more productive per person.
But come on - I shouldn't have to prove this. We all know that the blue areas are more industrious and successful. This arguing about basic facts is inane.
Of the 14 best states in per capita GDP, 11 are blue. The Rs in the list are WY (because of mining so gets an *) AK (mining again so also *), and ND. Not sure why ND is so productive. Only 800,000 people so sort of an afterthought.
Of course only one of the ten worst per capita GDP states are red. no surprise there.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
50 years ago those same areas were red areas creating 70% of the wealth. You inherited something. You didn't create it.
California and New York are in decline because of people like YOU....
New York isn't successful because it's red or blue it's successful because it's the major port of entry on the east coast for country with the largest economy in the world.
Same goes for California on the west coast.
Your mind is much too small to comprehend most topics.
oh so now immigration is good????????
You going to push for more immigrants so the rest of the nation can be more like NY and CA?!
EXCELLENT.
Progress. Start convincing your fellow trumpers.
But serously, yes, the point is correct, that a major reason for CA and NY success is that they have so many immigrants. More, please.
You absolutely have said things that indicate you look down on the groups of people I mentioned. From insulting the intelligence of an entire race of people to calling Lizzo disgusting just now. You sound awfully concerned about her health.
I don’t think that everyone deserves an equal outcome. I’ve literally never said that or implied it. I’m not a communist nor a socialist. I believe in a well regulated capitalism with winners and losers, but winners don’t have to win this much at the expense of the losers. The middle and lower classes will continue to be in decline until we can reign in capitalism. The democrats have been complicit with corporations running America (more than, even). The republicans don’t even think it’s a problem. They pretend to believe in supply side economics and laugh at people like you.
I give money pretty consistently to food banks and homeless shelters. Charity is not going to fix such a large systemic problem.
Lizzo is not “disgusting.” Looking down on fat people is.
Ignoring statistical realities doesn't make you a good person. It makes a virtue signaling coward.
Does saying that Joseph Fahnbulleh is faster than any woman who's ever lived make someone sexist? Of course not. It's a statistical reality.
IQ testing is a thing. The results don't cease to be true just because they make you uncomfortable or hurt your feelings.
Lizzo is disgusting on multiple levels. Pretending she's not does not make you a good person. In fact, it makes you a bad person because you're encouraging her to eat herself to death. Having type 2 diabetes in your 20's is a bad thing.
Personal accountability used to matter. Society now tells young people that all of their failures and short comings are someone else fault. Society is in decline because people are more concerned about sparing people's feelings than telling people the truth.
There are so many faults with using IQ test results to justify white supremacy. There is more than sufficient evidence and data to question the validity of those findings. You just ignore the faults because it’s what you want to believe. Or maybe not capable of understanding the nuances of testing something like this.
In your mind, is a lack of shaming evidence of encouragement? Just because I don’t think Lizzo is disgusting, I’m actively encouraging her to “eat herself to death?” How does that make any sense at all? There’s a lot of data showing that shaming often exacerbates the problem so it actually might be people like you “encouraging” obesity. How much evidence would you need? There’s tons of articles we could go through.
You have so much contempt for people that don’t look or act like you, and you think that you are justified in doing so because they are, in your mind, holding back society at large in some way. It’s a somewhat rational belief, but lacking in so many ways.
50 years ago those same areas were red areas creating 70% of the wealth. You inherited something. You didn't create it.
California and New York are in decline because of people like YOU....
New York isn't successful because it's red or blue it's successful because it's the major port of entry on the east coast for country with the largest economy in the world.
Same goes for California on the west coast.
Your mind is much too small to comprehend most topics.
oh so now immigration is good????????
You going to push for more immigrants so the rest of the nation can be more like NY and CA?!
EXCELLENT.
Progress. Start convincing your fellow trumpers.
But serously, yes, the point is correct, that a major reason for CA and NY success is that they have so many immigrants. More, please.
Not to get into this ridiculous conversation, but immigration has always been good. It’s illegal immigration most conservatives are against. 👍👍👍👍👍
Mike Pence has emerged as a constitutional hero in the #January6thHearings . In the old GOP, this would have made him a frontrunner for the next presidential nomination. In today’s Trump Republican Party, it makes him an apostate and considerable underdog.
1) It is a fact that Trump sent the tweet about Pence. It is opinion that Trump intended the tweet as an order to kill Pence. It is a fact that the mob interpreted the tweet as an order to kill Pence.
2) The tweet 14 minutes later was about being nice to the police. Note that the tweet did not tell anyone to leave the Capitol or to stop breaking the law. At that point, the militia was in control of Capitol and not the police.
We know at this point that Trump's staff had been begging him to tell everyone to leave the Capitol, but Trump refused. So this tweet about being nice to the police might have served two purposes. One was to appease his staff.
The other possible reason Trump might have sent this tweet was to appease any of the cops who might be on Trump's side. Any cops allied with Trump could be very helpful locating Pence, who Trump knew had fled the floor just minutes earlier.
3) I am not in possession of information that the committee doesn't already have.
You also seem to believe that Trump could be guilty of attempted murder. You have said nothing to rebut my assertion, which means you are in tacit agreement.
Whew! A lot to unpack here. 😂😂😂
1) What specifically in that tweet leads you to believe (quite strongly) that it was a signal for people to kill Pence?
2) You say it is a FACT that the mob interpreted the tweet as “an order” to kill Pence. Explain how that is a fact and not an opinion.
3) So after Trump’s “be nice to police” tweet, the mob stopped the violence directed towards police? Or, at least the mob knew he tweeted it just to appease his staff and wasn’t to be interpreted as an order for them to stop being violent towards police? Or the mob knew it was directed to friendly Capitol police who should continue to lead the mob to Pence in order to kill him or kill him themselves. Do I have that right?
4) So you are not willing to send your findings to the Jan 6 committee? Why not? They may have the same info, but not the correct interpretation of them. Don’t you think this would be important to them.
5) About 30 minutes after the tweet “ordering” people at the Capitol to kill Pence, Trump tweets something like “remain peaceful” and to “respect the law”. What was that code for?
I was confident this would go unanswered. Too many tough questions???. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
You going to push for more immigrants so the rest of the nation can be more like NY and CA?!
EXCELLENT.
Progress. Start convincing your fellow trumpers.
But serously, yes, the point is correct, that a major reason for CA and NY success is that they have so many immigrants. More, please.
Not to get into this ridiculous conversation, but immigration has always been good. It’s illegal immigration most conservatives are against. 👍👍👍👍👍
The Libs like Agip and Angry Agip (nonequals) don't care about laws so they are fine and dandy with illegal immigration. If it benefits them politically they are just fine with it. Damn the Constitution.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
you don't like absolute numbers? How about per capita GDP.
That shows blue states are more productive per person.
But come on - I shouldn't have to prove this. We all know that the blue areas are more industrious and successful. This arguing about basic facts is inane.
Of the 14 best states in per capita GDP, 11 are blue. The Rs in the list are WY (because of mining so gets an *) AK (mining again so also *), and ND. Not sure why ND is so productive. Only 800,000 people so sort of an afterthought.
Of course only one of the ten worst per capita GDP states are red. no surprise there.
you clowns keep trying to insist black is white and white is black
I mean look here. Blue areas create 70% of the wealth of the nation but we are going to be ruled over by the rubes who have flubbed up so badly that they produce just 29% of the wealth of the country. Just do us a favor and try to keep up, rubes.
The 2020 elections, chaotic and marked by races “too close to call,” have nonetheless reaffirmed that, at least in Washington, the two parties now speak for markedly different segments of the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump carried 2,497 counties across the country that together generate 29% of the American economy, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP. These differences, if they persist or worsen, could result in partisan gridlock for years to come, a researcher wrote.
you don't like absolute numbers? How about per capita GDP.
That shows blue states are more productive per person.
But come on - I shouldn't have to prove this. We all know that the blue areas are more industrious and successful. This arguing about basic facts is inane.
Of the 14 best states in per capita GDP, 11 are blue. The Rs in the list are WY (because of mining so gets an *) AK (mining again so also *), and ND. Not sure why ND is so productive. Only 800,000 people so sort of an afterthought.
Of course only one of the ten worst per capita GDP states are red. no surprise there.
Again, more people = more money making potential. It should come as no surprise that places with more people make more money, whether talking in absolutes or per capita. It's not linear, it's exponential. Think about it for a second: if Locale #1 has 100 people in close proximity, and Locale #2 has 25 people in a more dispersed area, if there is NO difference in natural resources, which do you assume will be able to generate a stronger/healthier economy, and which area do you assume will generate more traffic and business into their community?
The important part that you need to prove to make your point is this question: do areas governed by democrats have better economic growth than areas governed by republicans when they have otherwise similar profiles and histories (e.g. if one had a strong economy and the other didn't prior to the comparison, it's not a good comparison)? If yes, then you have a datapoint that actually suggests democrats are better at governing in terms of economic growth; if no, then you have to admit that a very large part of why democratic governed areas have stronger economies is because of reasons beyond their being controlled by democrats: they have more people and more resources to work with.
The problem you're going to run into with trying to prove that is that the VAST majority of rural areas are governed by the GOP and the VAST majority of urban areas are governed by Democrats. Your best shot would be to compare suburban areas IMO. I'll await your research into that. Until that time, however, the best comparison that can probably made is instead looking into GROWTH at a STATE level, and that analysis shows a fairly even split (in some of those analysis red states will have a slight edge, but in most it's a pretty balanced mix).
50 years ago those same areas were red areas creating 70% of the wealth. You inherited something. You didn't create it.
California and New York are in decline because of people like YOU....
New York isn't successful because it's red or blue it's successful because it's the major port of entry on the east coast for country with the largest economy in the world.
Same goes for California on the west coast.
Your mind is much too small to comprehend most topics.
oh so now immigration is good????????
You going to push for more immigrants so the rest of the nation can be more like NY and CA?!
EXCELLENT.
Progress. Start convincing your fellow trumpers.
But serously, yes, the point is correct, that a major reason for CA and NY success is that they have so many immigrants. More, please.
Because you're stupid to can't understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration.
Freddie Mac says mortgage rates have surged to the highest level since 2008, the result of rising inflation expectations and higher Federal Reserve interest rates.
50 years ago those same areas were red areas creating 70% of the wealth. You inherited something. You didn't create it.
California and New York are in decline because of people like YOU....
New York isn't successful because it's red or blue it's successful because it's the major port of entry on the east coast for country with the largest economy in the world.
Same goes for California on the west coast.
Your mind is much too small to comprehend most topics.
oh so now immigration is good????????
You going to push for more immigrants so the rest of the nation can be more like NY and CA?!
EXCELLENT.
Progress. Start convincing your fellow trumpers.
But serously, yes, the point is correct, that a major reason for CA and NY success is that they have so many immigrants. More, please.
I like how you are subtly arguing against yourself here.
agip: Economies in blue areas are better, but that has nothing to do with how many people are in the area.
also agip: CA and NY are successful because there is a lot of immigration into those states (re: there are more people).
