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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:55:25 AM »

"unprotected sex out of wedlock"

Lol.

Damn...i knew i screwed this up.  So that you can understand it:  "want to eff dudes without a rubber?"

what you're implying here is that a pregnancy is the woman's fault. got it.

I love this argument.  So a woman is not responsible for her pregnancy...got it.  You're the guy that gets mad at your wife's coworker for rough ridin' your wife.  Pro tip...it's not the co-workers fault your wife spread her legs for him.  He couldn't have mumped her without her consent and participation.  So yeah, it's her fault.

You're the guy who slut-shames women you have what you perceive to have what you perceive to be too many sexual partners but turns around and high-fives your buddy while begging to hear more details about all the "sluts" he's been banging lately. And that colors your world-view for literally everything you said in your post.

I'm sorry you cheated on your husband.  It's not your fault....really it isn't. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:51:08 AM »

This topic has nothing to do with fraud obviously, as there is way bigger fraud in other government programs and paying the IRS...it's about punishing the "lazy" people and they should just appreciate what they get for free.

How about we meet in the middle and agree it's both?   

Raise your hand if you are an employer?  I'm one.  I keep an ad running full time looking for unskilled labor at $12-14 per hour.  If we get one applicant a month that can pass a drug test and make it to work on time i consider it a successful month.  It's hilarious to listen to politicians or other people with opinions that have never gone thru the process of trying to hire someone.  Please try it before you form an opinion or make an argument.  They want to go on and on about the minimum wage needing to be raised....minimum wage???  I haven't hired someone at minimum wage in the last 20 years.  I can assure you i'm not alone.  Skilled labor employers have it even worse.  Try to find a CNC operator or someone that can run run a machine.  Talk to a banker...their lending lines are maxed out because builders can't get their homes built and sold in a timely manner because they can't find workers.   People that want to work have no difficulty making enough money to stay off the gov't tit.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:36:58 AM »

I love this argument.  So a woman is not responsible for her pregnancy...got it.  You're the guy that gets mad at your wife's coworker for rough ridin' your wife.  Pro tip...it's not the co-workers fault your wife spread her legs for him.  He couldn't have mumped her without her consent and participation.  So yeah, it's her fault. 

A woman isn't anymore responsible for her pregnancy than a man is but they have to deal with the consequences a lot more.  Also, the most bang for you buck is proper education and available contraception.

Also, your philosophy of women being responsible for sex because a man's job is to eff anything that moves speaks quite highly of you.

Damnit, i did it again.  I'm sorry.  I don't really understand what you are saying but i'm truly sorry if i've offended you.  women aren't responsible for the sex they engage in?  men don't want to eff women?  I'm confused.... i really don't get your argument, but again i apologize.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:32:58 AM »

You disagree with what part?

I disagree with MC's conclusions.  Did you read the article?  It does a pretty good job of stating the case that the SNAP program needs to be improved.  If meals were provided instead of SNAP cards, people wouldn't have the opportunity to purchase sugary drinks or other crap food that will eventually give them diabetes and make them even more dependent and costly to taxpayers.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:19:03 AM »

It is definitely awesome that kids go hungry so we prove a point about responsibility to their insufficiently grateful parents.

IMO not enough people seem to care at all about the children in these discussions.  I've said it before I don't mind losing some efficiency in the process if it results in more balanced meals for families.

That’s the problem so many people are overlooking that Trump is trying to address. Posters like Sys are good for popping in occasionally to espouse economic truisms about the superior efficiency of cash that completely misses the point: welfare is about providing assistance to the truly needy - and sometimes that isn’t so “efficient.”

People are spending their food stamps on unhealthy crap, and at much more expensive locations (convenience stores). Some of that can be fixed by tightening restrictions on the use of food stamps. But it doesn’t address people selling/bartering their food stamps for pennies on the dollar to buy booze, cigs, sex, drugs, etc. In all these cases, the kids suffer.

This is why there are noble charities that I support that send home backpacks full of nutritious food with children. The government scaling back food stamps and instead increasing their partnership with these charities is a wonderful idea.

Was this program designed to make food more nutritious for recipients or to reduce fraud associated with SNAP?

Also, lol that you started that post implying that you care about truly assisting the needy.

I will freely admit i don't give two shits about the needy outside of those that truly can't work (kids, elderly, disabled...and not because you're too fat)....get a rough ridin' job and if that's not enough to pay the bills get a second job.  But that absolutely doesn't preclude me from wanting to get the best bang for the buck from the money the government is going spend (or in most instances, waste) on "welfare" programs.  Anything that can be done to improve results, whether it's improve nutrition or reduce fraud, should be attempted and i'm not sure how you could even argue with that....outside of just bitching that someone doesn't care as much as you think they should.

Yeah there's no evidence that this would reduce fraud or improve nutrition. Fraud through SNAP is already extremely low and the purchasing behaviors of families on SNAP aren't significantly different than non-SNAP families. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/well/eat/food-stamp-snap-soda.html

Even then, there's no evidence this program would reduce the amount spent on soda.

Now there's a cogent argument i can respect.  Good work mc.  I disagree, but i appreciate the on-topic response.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 11:16:49 AM »

"unprotected sex out of wedlock"

Lol.

Damn...i knew i screwed this up.  So that you can understand it:  "want to eff dudes without a rubber?"

what you're implying here is that a pregnancy is the woman's fault. got it.

I love this argument.  So a woman is not responsible for her pregnancy...got it.  You're the guy that gets mad at your wife's coworker for rough ridin' your wife.  Pro tip...it's not the co-workers fault your wife spread her legs for him.  He couldn't have mumped her without her consent and participation.  So yeah, it's her fault. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 10:48:26 AM »

It is definitely awesome that kids go hungry so we prove a point about responsibility to their insufficiently grateful parents.

IMO not enough people seem to care at all about the children in these discussions.  I've said it before I don't mind losing some efficiency in the process if it results in more balanced meals for families.

That’s the problem so many people are overlooking that Trump is trying to address. Posters like Sys are good for popping in occasionally to espouse economic truisms about the superior efficiency of cash that completely misses the point: welfare is about providing assistance to the truly needy - and sometimes that isn’t so “efficient.”

People are spending their food stamps on unhealthy crap, and at much more expensive locations (convenience stores). Some of that can be fixed by tightening restrictions on the use of food stamps. But it doesn’t address people selling/bartering their food stamps for pennies on the dollar to buy booze, cigs, sex, drugs, etc. In all these cases, the kids suffer.

This is why there are noble charities that I support that send home backpacks full of nutritious food with children. The government scaling back food stamps and instead increasing their partnership with these charities is a wonderful idea.

Was this program designed to make food more nutritious for recipients or to reduce fraud associated with SNAP?

Also, lol that you started that post implying that you care about truly assisting the needy.

I will freely admit i don't give two shits about the needy outside of those that truly can't work (kids, elderly, disabled...and not because you're too fat)....get a rough ridin' job and if that's not enough to pay the bills get a second job.  But that absolutely doesn't preclude me from wanting to get the best bang for the buck from the money the government is going spend (or in most instances, waste) on "welfare" programs.  Anything that can be done to improve results, whether it's improve nutrition or reduce fraud, should be attempted and i'm not sure how you could even argue with that....outside of just bitching that someone doesn't care as much as you think they should.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / I miss _Fan

« on: February 19, 2018, 09:56:10 AM »

His Advanced Stats are the only thing worth reading on this board.   

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 09:01:30 AM »

"unprotected sex out of wedlock"

Lol.

Damn...i knew i screwed this up.  So that you can understand it:  "want to eff dudes without a rubber?"

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 19, 2018, 08:29:46 AM »

The very pillar of capitalism is for hard working taxpayers to subsidize the piss poor decisions of others.  Want to eat anything and everything and never get your ass off the couch?  No problem, taxpayers that eat healthy and exercise will pay for your health care.  Want to eff dudes without a rubber?  No problem, taxpayers will pay for your hospital bills and subsidize your living expenses....hell taxpayers will even pay you more money for your subsequent kids.  Want to do drugs?  No problem, taxpayers will pay for the emergency care costs of your overdoses and subsidize your living expenses because you can't pass a drug test to get a job.   Ain't life great!

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump owns Russia

« on: February 18, 2018, 05:05:09 PM »

It's just hilarious how up in arms people are about evidence that a foreign government tried to influence voters.  That's what they are SUPPOSED to do....at least it's what any logical person would EXPECT them to do.   It's what WE do, and with good reason, right?  We want governments favorable to us, just like Russia does...and China, and every other country.  And guess what?  We aren't going to stop it.  There will always be governments looking for ways to protect their interests....facebook bots are the least of our worries.

But our own press???  Really?  It's not just CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and ABC.  Fox news was just as guilty when Obama was president.  But it's so bad now that i don't even watch the news anymore.  I'm so tired of it.  I just can't do it.  Like him or hate him, i want Trump to succeed.  I would have wanted the same for whichever president was elected. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump owns Russia

« on: February 18, 2018, 04:37:12 PM »

the ruskies would have supported bernie's election in the same way. i'd like to see republicans take this more seriously since it won't benefit them every single time.

The reason I’m not taking this seriously is not because “my guy” won. I’m not taking this seriously because the idea that rando Facebook ads - the vast majority of which Facebook says were never viewed or weren’t viewed until after the election - actually carried a single state for Trump is laughably absurd. I’d be much more concerned about actual illegal voting or rigging of voting machines.

And again, the larger context is important: liberals are losing their crap over foreign meddlers unfairly (and this is key: insignificantly) putting their thumbs on the scale for Trump (and Bernie), but have absolutely no problem whatsoever with the vast majority of American media and the administrative state carrying water for the Dems in a much more meaningful way for the last several decades. Hypocrites.

But Russian Facebook ads. That’s beyond the pale!!

I can't figure out how to post a picture, but CNN ran probably the funniest headline the other day on Wolf's show:  "Police say they have evidence to indict Trump ally Netanyahu" ....   Not "Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu", not "Longtime US ally Netanyahu" ... "Trump ally Netanyahu".     

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 18, 2018, 04:20:09 PM »

It is definitely awesome that kids go hungry so we prove a point about responsibility to their insufficiently grateful parents.

IMO not enough people seem to care at all about the children in these discussions.  I've said it before I don't mind losing some efficiency in the process if it results in more balanced meals for families.

It's hard to care about the children when their parents are being so poorly treated by the system.  How can a parent care for a child when there are no jobs???  And even if they have a job, big corporations won't pay them enough money and they have no opportunity to get a second job.  It's all incredibly unfair and in the end, the people that suffer are those that can't work because there are no jobs and their children. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump owns Russia

« on: February 18, 2018, 02:13:48 PM »

I don't know about anyone else but i rest much easier at night knowing that we (the US) has never meddled in another country's elections.  We have every right to be righteously indignant that another country would have the nerve to try to meddle in ours.

So Whisker Biscuit is just going to bend over and take it.

Take what?  I think we should spend hundreds of millions of dollars figuring out if the Russians actually purchased facebook ads or otherwise tried to influence votes and when we finally get confirmation we should tell them (very sternly) that we don't appreciate it and they better stop. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump owns Russia

« on: February 18, 2018, 02:00:59 PM »

I don't know about anyone else but i rest much easier at night knowing that we (the US) has never meddled in another country's elections.  We have every right to be righteously indignant that another country would have the nerve to try to meddle in ours.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 17, 2018, 08:34:37 PM »

“It’s our money”


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Good point, this wasn't meant for people (like you i assume) that don't pay any income tax.  When I say "our money" i mean people like me that pay the bulk of the taxes in this country and am sick and tired of democrats (and now republicans) rough ridin' it away. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 17, 2018, 08:29:05 PM »

I love the "control the poor" argument.  It's our money and we are GIVING it to the less fortunate.  I'm not a fan of my hard earned tax dollars being spent on booze, cigarettes and 44 oz big gulps.  Food stamps were meant as a way to FEED the poor....hence the "Food" part.  Anything that would provide FOOD to the needy I'm all for.

You can't buy booze or cigarettes with food stamps.

This is hilarious. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump. Replace food stamps with food boxes. Very smart.

« on: February 17, 2018, 07:04:08 PM »

I love the "control the poor" argument.  It's our money and we are GIVING it to the less fortunate.  I'm not a fan of my hard earned tax dollars being spent on booze, cigarettes and 44 oz big gulps.  Food stamps were meant as a way to FEED the poor....hence the "Food" part.  Anything that would provide FOOD to the needy I'm all for.   

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The trade wars begin

« on: February 17, 2018, 06:55:53 PM »

Up next: steel and aluminum

There's already a 100% tariff on Chinese (and Russian) magnesium.  Google Ira Rennert for a look into the political swamp.  The ridiculous part of all of this is our politicians should make the raw materials as inexpensive as possible for US entrepreneurs to use their ingenuity to value add.  Save the tariffs for finished goods if you want tariffs.  Why would you make the raw materials more expensive for US based manufacturers? 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: oscar Weber: One of the Best

« on: February 15, 2018, 11:15:17 AM »

@meow meow

“The constant theme was he’s a really good coach, a really good person and he doesn’t cheat,” Taylor said. “Then I get here and I meet him, and I look at his record — three NCAA Tournaments in five years, a conference championship — I’m like, you know, a lot of ADs would love to have that.”

This is disappointing.  I guess we are supposed to be thrilled that we've made the tournament 60% of the time (no wins)?  I would think making the tournament would be the MINIMUM expectation for a program like ours....i'm appalled that I'm supposed to "love" making the tournament 60% of the time (no wins). 

How low have we sunk????

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Kansas State Football / Re: Are these rumors true?

« on: February 14, 2018, 08:18:14 AM »

Warmack was criminally under utilized IMO.

A lot of our playing time/number of touches issues are a result of our slow play/limited snaps.

I agree with this.  In his limited touches he was dynamic.  I always wanted to see more and was very disappointed in his lack of touches. 

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: February 14, 2018, 08:16:00 AM »

Who reports masturbation?

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Big 12 basketball

« on: February 13, 2018, 02:14:37 PM »

I've never understood why bball coaches (oscar) schedule this way.  We can all agree RPI and SOS are very important to the committee.  RPI is helped by quality wins and hurt by bad losses.  It's basically unaffected by quality losses or bad wins.  So schedule hard and you have a lot to gain and very little to lose.  Schedule easy and you have a lot to lose and very little to gain.  Let's schedule all patsies!!!

Vandy and Georgia were supposed to be upper half SEC teams and contend for the tournament. We missed out on playing Xavier instead of George Washington with our loss to ASU. We should have known Ernie Kent would be bad, even with an NBA player. Still, at least Washington State is a P5 opponent.

Its very fair to critique 6 guaranteed games against 200+ kenpom teams. And looking at the last few years, we knew all would be bad this year. You've got to get rid of a least a couple of those and get teams in the 100s, like UC Irvine.

I get that you're never really sure how good your opponents will be from year to year, but that's all the more reason to schedule up.  What would be the harm in playing home and homes with mid to upper level P5 teams each year?  I'm not talking a game or two i'm talking about playing 5-6 decent p5 teams each year in addition to those we might play in an early tourney.  And why would you ever schedule a 200+ team for shits sake?  What is there to gain?

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Big 12 basketball

« on: February 13, 2018, 12:37:32 PM »

I've never understood why bball coaches (oscar) schedule this way.  We can all agree RPI and SOS are very important to the committee.  RPI is helped by quality wins and hurt by bad losses.  It's basically unaffected by quality losses or bad wins.  So schedule hard and you have a lot to gain and very little to lose.  Schedule easy and you have a lot to lose and very little to gain.  Let's schedule all patsies!!!

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Hoops Twitter/Facebook Post Thread

« on: February 13, 2018, 10:47:56 AM »

I think this is why the geezers are so adamant about the state of our program with oscar.  Probably also give some insight into the youngsters thoughts on Bill.

On a side note i've often wondered if Lon was able to keep his wiener in his pants if he would still be our coach.  He bounced around so much after leaving i thought maybe he just got bored easily and would have never stayed here regardless      Still, would have been incred to still see him in purple and i'll bet we would have had some significant success the past 30 years.  Couldn't have been worse that's for sure.