Posts by Simon

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Superman and Captain America

by punkofnice in

i see that marvel are introducing a gay captain america as dc announce the son of superman is bi-sexual.. whereas i don't give a hoot about a person's use of their genitalia as long as it is consensual and not with kids, i'm finding all this 'inclusivity' becoming a bit boring.. are dc and marvel just virtue signalling in the hopes of selling comics and not being set on fire by the antifa frauds?

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Simon

Many corporations are cashing in on this

Except they don't cash in - usually it's a case of "get woke, go broke" because it's not what the audience want and the market is overestimated because all the gay / trans people have over-representation in the media. It usually just means that someone has got a position in a company where they are able to lead it down this dead-end path and into oblivion.

It's more todo with tearing down statues - destroying symbols and imagery that other groups find valuable, part of the culture war.

They can't create their own heroes from scratch, it seems. Likewise, companies are not born "woke", they are parasites that eventually destroy successful companies.

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How can I view / know how long I have been a member ?

by smiddy3 in

hi,simon -mods is there any way i can find out when i joined this forum ?

i believe i have been here about 10 -15 years under the name of smiddy ,smiddy 1 ,or smiddy 2 and as i am now smiddy 3 .. all due to my changing pc`s or forgetting my password or whatever .. i would like to know when i actually first joined up if you can help .. thanks in advance ..

Simon

If you hover over the time it gives you, it will show the exact date and time.

So you can light a candle, or whatever ...

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What Do You Like About Biden's Build Back Better Agenda & the Democrat's Build Back Better Act?

by Disillusioned JW in

what do you like about biden's build back better agenda & the democrat's build back better act?

is it liberal and progressive enough for you or do you wish it would go further?

https://www.vox.com/22711083/biden-reconciliation-build-back-better-polls-infrastructure has some comments about it.

Simon

They are robbing you, taking money that you have saved right out of your bank account and investments, be devaluing it and spending what they take on useless tat that will achieve nothing but enrich their cronies.

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A group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations

by Disillusioned JW in

a group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.

that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.

seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Simon

We should just keep creating money out of thin air to pay for everything until the whole System fails since that’s where we are headed anyway.

Exactly. If there are no consequences to their money printing, as they claim, then please print my tax money and use that.

FedUpJW: that is a BRILLIANT analogy to how taxation currently works, except it misses the money that is handed to those who don't pay anything into the system.

Of course, any tax cuts shouldn't benefit them - why should it? But then the howls of "unfair, unfair!" will begin.

Never once does anyone in government suggest that they could spend less.

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A group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations

by Disillusioned JW in

a group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.

that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.

seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Simon

They often don't pay taxes, at all, which leads to the huge anomaly of small local family businesses paying more in taxes than global multinationals that have earned $billions.

Then, they payout millions in executive and bonus pay. Little of it ends up being paid in taxes, because there are multiple "rules" along the way they can use to offset or negate it as "income".

Anyone that thinks they are going to have a retirement hasn't looked at the US money supply recently. Whatever you have already saved or might save in future will be halved by inflation and money printing. The stock market prices reflect the fact that the system is sloshing with money, and you need exceptional returns to keep up or stand still, which normally means people taking on higher levels of risk.

All the people paying for the boomers luxury retirements and the ever growing and lucrative government workers pensions, will see nothing for themselves and likely will see the purchasing power of their own savings eroded to a fraction of what they should have been and were probably planned.

Where do you stash your money to retain it's future purchasing power? Gold doesn't do it, government bonds are dog shit, and tech companies can't grow forever (and all the real gains are had by "accredited investors" which discriminates against the regular public).

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A group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations

by Disillusioned JW in

a group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.

that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.

seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Simon

All the recently released data dumps for offshore accounts show that the rules don't apply to all, even when they know they are being broken.

If a government's options are getting 5-12% or nothing, they will go for the 5-12%, what exactly happens if they don't? That's right - jack shit.

This is all paper and nonsense to keep the plebs thinking that the game is fair when it obviously isn't.

Large corporations will still have advantageous treatment because the politicians are easy to buy and nothing is ever really done even when the rules are broken.

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Differences, on average, between men and women

by LoveUniHateExams in

quite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.

men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.

re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.

Simon

You didn't mention anything about reverse parking on your list ...

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Sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy,

by MacHislopp in

ihave received from aeuropean friend the following:.

pope francis on wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the church at the sexual abuse of children by french catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report.. i wish to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma they have suffered," he said during his weekly audience at the vatican.. "and also my shame, our shame, my shame for the inability of the church for too long to put them at the centre of its concerns.. "i pray and we all pray together -- to you lord the glory, to us the shame.

this is the time for shame.".

Simon

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report.

Words are meaningless, and cheap ... cheaper than actually doing something, like paying compensation.

How about this simple formula. Take everything the Church owns and divide it among the victims. The end.

Then I want to see some old-school French justice ... they must have some guillotines around somewhere, right?

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Sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy,

by MacHislopp in

ihave received from aeuropean friend the following:.

pope francis on wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the church at the sexual abuse of children by french catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report.. i wish to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma they have suffered," he said during his weekly audience at the vatican.. "and also my shame, our shame, my shame for the inability of the church for too long to put them at the centre of its concerns.. "i pray and we all pray together -- to you lord the glory, to us the shame.

this is the time for shame.".

Simon

This could only happen with government support, it can only continue with government support, it only goes unpunished with government support.

At this point, how can anyone stay a part of such a sleazy, shitty, organization? Walk away, then we can execute whoever is left.

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Trying to update my email address

by HappyGal in

i've been trying to update my email address without success.

after entering new email address and hitting the update key i then wait for the confirmation email.

have tried this several times.

Simon

Dunno, I'll take a look.