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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostThe same question could be asked of you.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostIt could, but that fact is nothing more than a diversion on your part in this case. The issue is that jaecp has first hand knowledge of who these people are having worked with them. Yet his observations are not being taken seriously, giving preference to talking points fielded by seriously and obviously biased sources. And so the question applies directly and precisely to pixies post in the context of this discussion and its participants.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Oh, and Antifa also protected me when thugs came with water balloons through of sewage water and bricks at the occupy ice camp.
I hid in a tent for 2 hours while a group of angry men in red hats did what Portland has come to understand what groups of angry men in red hats do
It's a pity we can't really have a conversation because I'm a firsthand observer of plenty of these events, but so many of you are caught up in a cage of nonsense that I doubt anything I could say could get through :(
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostOh, and Antifa also protected me when thugs came with water balloons through of sewage water and bricks at the occupy ice camp.
I hid in a tent for 2 hours while a group of angry men in red hats did what Portland has come to understand what groups of angry men in red hats do
It's a pity we can't really have a conversation because I'm a firsthand observer of plenty of these events, but so many of you are caught up in a cage of nonsense that I doubt anything I could say could get through :(
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Originally posted by seanD View PostNonsense like video evidence, like antifa harassing elderly people? My favorite video is an antifa guy getting KO'd when he tried to swing a stick at some unarmed dude and the dude laid him out.
There's a lot of misinformatiom, Sean, but so long as the examples you've got are from Portland I'll probably be able to provide more information as a local than you're going to get from googling :)
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostThe problem is that you are treating the UTR rally as an isolated unique event. It wasn't. There were protests at the Lee Statue nearly every day for 5 months. Different groups protested. Not all were neo-nazis or KKK members.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Yeah, like UTR was supposed to be uniting the alt right with the mainstream. It failed, thankfully
Also,
All Confederate monuments should be replaced anyway. They're mostly cheap junk put up during civil rights movement by racist fools that wanted to intimidate black people
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostWas Jaecp at Charlottesville? I don't believe he ever indicated that he was.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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The only thing I've said about Charlottesville has been pretty general and that it was about, you know, Uniting the Right. That name wasn't pulled out of a hat.
I have specialized, first hand knowledge of stuff relating to Portland, Oregon, Democratic party politics in the state of Washington, and the veterans deployment to the standing rock protests as well as this and that here and there like Occupy Ice, but the inability for any conservatives to ask me any questions about what the camp was like is kinda why I wrote this place off
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Just so folks know, I've blocked both MM and Pix. It was before OBP mentioned it, but I authentically don't wish to be insulting anyone. I'm just gonna call idiots idiots and block em when they've shown me who they are.
The Jaecp with patience for y'alls nonsense is so very 2016
My goals are to have a good conversation and anyone that is interested in that is free to talk to me, but I don't suffer fools any longerLast edited by Jaecp; 01-08-2020, 12:35 AM.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI mean, you're not talking about John Blum are you? That guy came spoiling for a fight, baton and all, but after he got his • Edited by a Moderator • kicked in the fight he came for local right-wing media figures like Andy Ngo portrayed him as just some old man that Antifa attacked for vague reasons
There's a lot of misinformatiom, Sean, but so long as the examples you've got are from Portland I'll probably be able to provide more information as a local than you're going to get from googling :)
Are you an antifa member? Just curious because you seem to be pretty apologetic of them.Last edited by DesertBerean; 01-08-2020, 05:47 PM.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI mean, it's still all federal. Link says it's federal income tax. It doesn't take into account state and local taxes or predictable yearly fees like car tabs; it's adjacent to my point because the sum total of how much is paid isn't particularly relevant to the point that these folks are cheating on their taxes. The concentration of wealth is a big issue
And yeah those negative numbers are a doozy. That companies like Amazon or GE can pay zero in federal taxes while even getting refunds is evident of a system heavily favoring one part of our economy over others and I have an issue with that.
I agree income inequality is a big problem but from what I have been reading we can't tax our way out of it. My understanding is that the financial markets are siphoning off so much and investing so little in tangible terms that they are not doing their normal functions of providing capital and growth. People are wealthy on paper that ties up the money that would otherwise have been invested in capital. Increasing taxes, if that's really the case, just drives even more money out of the real economy."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI mean, you're not talking about John Blum are you? That guy came spoiling for a fight, baton and all, but after he got his • Edited by a Moderator • kicked in the fight he came for local right-wing media figures like Andy Ngo portrayed him as just some old man that Antifa attacked for vague reasons
There's a lot of misinformatiom, Sean, but so long as the examples you've got are from Portland I'll probably be able to provide more information as a local than you're going to get from googling :)
As far as the elderly folks, this is what I"m talking about...
Probably one of the most despicable things I've ever seen. Had I been there I more than likely would have gotten into a fight.Last edited by DesertBerean; 01-08-2020, 05:48 PM.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostPeople at the top have a lot to cheat than someone making 30k a year and, for average people, taxes are harder to avoid. It actually gets easier to not pay taxes as you get richer. Unfortunately, it's also a lot easier to audit average people, too.
Also, it's 1.6 billion now. That articles from over 6 months ago and thats the website I linked to man :p
What's in the Panama Papers is just one of many many many ways the world's economic elite cheat the system. Also, you're looking at the wrong number. That 1.6B figure is just what's been recovered and not all that will be recovered. Did you look at the articles that describe how much has been stashed? It's astronomical.
Honestly, I'm confused why you're defending lawbreakers on the basis that what we've managed to return to the treasuries isn't bigger.
But taxation won't solve it. The wealthy have one very big ace - mobility. They can not only move to another state; they can also move to another country.
I've seen charts indicating that the US government collects about 17 percent of GDP regardless of the tax rate. If that's true then mucking around with the tax rates has no useful effect.
I'm beginning to believe that the real reform is going to have to be in the financial markets and it's not going to be pretty."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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