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Old Oct 29, 2025 | 08:09 AM
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Old Oct 29, 2025 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by cordycord

The unintended consequences of SNAP:

https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1...575965356?s=51
This is economics 101 and to be expected.

If you can only afford to pay $2 milk, but someone gives you an extra $2 to pay for it, then grocery stores which were selling milk at $3 are going to make the cost of milk $4, because you can still afford to pay $2 for milk. And the people who could afford $3 milk can swallow the extra $1.
Old Oct 29, 2025 | 03:14 PM
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why is healthcare so expensive?

Old Oct 29, 2025 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
This is economics 101 and to be expected.

If you can only afford to pay $2 milk, but someone gives you an extra $2 to pay for it, then grocery stores which were selling milk at $3 are going to make the cost of milk $4, because you can still afford to pay $2 for milk. And the people who could afford $3 milk can swallow the extra $1.
SNAP is government-funded electioneering for the Democratic party. It's amazing to think that illegals get/got more money in the first month from SNAP, Section 8, Medicare etceteras than American retirees get in Social Security.

Just make the damn chicken yourself.
Just make the damn chicken yourself.


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I think my contract can survive this a bit longer... seems like others cant:

10:10 AM – Thursday, October 30, 2025

New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency to financially support food banks as the government shutdown threatens the food aid program.

The governor declared a state of emergency on Thursday, issuing $65 million to assist food banks.
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Here's the report on the House of Representatives investigation into the Biden presidency cognitive decline and subsequent use of Autopen. I will give them credit for being thorough. I wonder what's actually going to come of it?

The-Biden-Autopen-Presidency-Decline-Delusion-and-Deception-in-the-White-House-2025.10.24.pdf-UPDATED-Oct.-28.pdf

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Old Oct 30, 2025 | 05:16 PM
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I would be genuinely frightened by a hungry, angry, fat, woman of color pushing a cart full of groceries and children with the specific intent of stealing. I mean the kinetic energy of the whole thing is frightening. I wouldn't stand a chance if I tried to stop her.



https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-new...-gov-shutdown/
Old Oct 30, 2025 | 05:54 PM
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Very interesting. Didn't finish, I'll have to read the rest later.
Old Oct 31, 2025 | 09:37 AM
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Meh. Social media bravado courageous action

If a Walmart manager hired two off duty uniformed deputies to stand at each of the front doors for a couple of afternoons and evenings, you wouldn't have any problems at all. You wouldn't need the police in the mornings because hoodlums don't get up in the morning. And the first time one of those big bitches gets body slammed the rest of those carts will turn around and go back into the store and pretend to keep shopping. And if the crowd started getting a little much for the officers that were there, they could call for backup and just start handcuffing people to shopping carts until reinforcements arrive.
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https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-andrew-huff

This is a very insightful interview that covers everything from the actual origins of covid to some interesting information about domestic spying to something towards the end that blew Tucker's mind so much he had to cut the interview short. I don't want to spoil it, but suffice it to say that I learned a lot and believe anyone else here would be very interested as well.

Spoiler: scientists have created synthetic life

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Old Oct 31, 2025 | 12:01 PM
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let's check in on our liberals from the north:


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Originally Posted by sixshooter
Meh. Social media bravado courageous action

Yeah, prior to the last-minute decision to restore the status quo, which definitely wasn't the obvious end-state right from the beginning of this specific act of political theater, it was interesting to speculate about.




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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 07:11 AM
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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 07:13 AM
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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 07:13 AM
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Old Nov 4, 2025 | 06:24 AM
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Old Nov 4, 2025 | 10:02 AM
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Let's check in on the wealthy, old, old money, upper west side NYers and see what they think of their new major:

Old Nov 4, 2025 | 08:07 PM
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Prediction:

Today's state and local elections are going to wind up skewing heavily blue.

Mamdani is going to be partially stymied in implementing his vision of a socialist utopia in NYC, but will accomplish some aspects of it. Those will wind up being a disaster, but the far-left will respond with a combination of deflecting, claiming that failure it is actually success, and blaming others (Trump, the courts, etc) for interfering.

Republicans are not going to retain majority control of both houses of congress in 2026.






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