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by coolso 9y ago
> When the majority of people coming to your defense are right wing extremists[0][1] and neo-nazis you are doing something wrong. When the majority of people are too afraid to come to someone's defense (publicly) because they'r
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by coolso 9y ago
For the election campaign, according to Bloomberg [1] and the NY Times [2], Trump had half a billion dollars less backing him ($1.2B for Clinton, $650M for Trump) [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/201
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by coolso 9y ago
> I can’t understand let alone (and probably because of my lack of understanding) stand NFL which I personally think culturally encapsulates an American approach to the world - this is the offence team, this is defence, let’s pad up and
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by coolso 9y ago
> 7-day-old How many days should I wait until I'm allowed to post here? I didn't realize that the age of an account was relevant here, unless the account was clearly a puppet account used for spamming or posting highly inflamma
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by coolso 9y ago
Wondering if he'd feel the same way had the opposition candidate not used the internet and social media to help overcome the biases of the establishment mainstream media and defeat the candidate Obama endorsed and campaigned for? Sudde
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by coolso 9y ago
> so most of us Most of whom, and are you sure? > but it literally makes no difference. If it doesn't really make sense, it does make a difference, and certain wording can actually have the opposite effect and turn people away fr
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by coolso 9y ago
I'm all for that, but the parent/GP took it a step further by stating a niece - the non-"typical" - would do it for "most", and I just don't think that's an accurate implication for most at all, based
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by coolso 9y ago
Point is, you researched Chevy heavily. Not everyone is going to buy Chevy but almost everyone is going to research Chevy. The role of Chevy ads being shown to everyone plays a role in this. So a Chevy ad still is “relevant” even on an ice
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by coolso 9y ago
> with the amount of tech and data available these days, google still chooses to show me an ad for chevy on an ice cream site. the fact that the ads are so obviously out of context is truly baffling - does this seriously work for the gen
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by coolso 9y ago
> but I'm sure the techie niece will do it for most. For most it would probably instead be a techie nephew. Very cool that you (I’m assuming) have a techie niece though! Always great to see that sort of thing.
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Wells Fargo, Fifth Third unveil minimum wage hikes after tax bill passage(cnbc.com)
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by coolso 9y ago
A rather shortsighted way to look at things. How do you know this isn't just the tip of the iceberg? How do you know that they won't use that savings to further invest in the company which in turn could create thousands of new job
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by coolso 9y ago
20,000 is a whole lot less than 200,000. EDIT: Also, those 20K you mentioned are essentially getting both. It's a totally separate bonus.
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by coolso 9y ago
> I can't donate to a charity and have them repair a local bridge for example. You actually could probably send a check to your state/county/township/borough's public works / infrastructure fund. > There
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by coolso 9y ago
So... you do want the huge tax break then? Hopefully you'll consider donating at least some (perhaps even all) of that tax break money to a homeless shelter or a food bank, maybe an animal shelter as well, especially this time of the y
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by coolso 9y ago
Isn't that what charity is? You could donate 100% of your tax savings to one or more charities next year. If there's a specific government project you want to support, aren't there ways of donating money directly government o
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by coolso 9y ago
And yet, it makes much more than a zero marginal impact for most Americans, including you. So why don’t you deserve it, if even only just to use to donate it to charity?
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by coolso 9y ago
I’ll take it off your hands! I just sent my name and address to you via PM, but let me know if you’d prefer to send through PayPal instead of a check.
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by coolso 9y ago
Was the irony in your last paragraph intentional?
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by coolso 9y ago
Cool so will you be writing a check for the difference to the IRS as a “donation”? You can actually do that you know.