BettyHumpter

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  Will Ukraine win?

  by Fisherman in

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  i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.

  seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.

  no guess how it will all end..

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  "Here is a take on the war from Canadian You tuber. He has some good insight on this war."
  
  'Good insight' if you happen to be a paranoid nutter.
  
  Scrolling his channel, he's kooky 'prepper' who's spent nearly a decade telling people to build tripwires around their compound and stock up on dried food and ammo.
  
  I suppose these types will have the last laugh if there ever is a global nuclear war or zombie outbreak, but it's more likely they'll reach the age of 80, look around, and realize all they have to show for their time on earth is a cellar full of shitty dried food and 100,000 rounds of moldy ammo spilling out of every closet.
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "It's funny when people spaz out over Trump ('literally Hitler', lol)."

  
  

  True. An alternate timeline where Oswald Mosley became PM would be a better comparison.
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "Everything else is left to state and local governments. In this scenario New York and Mississippi can deal with their problems as they see fit."
  
  
  Yeah, worked wonderfully between 1865 and 1964.
  
  But seriously. Nothing about civil rights for example appears in that list. Was that the Federal Government overstepping the exact words in the constitution? Should we have just marched on for all eternity as if Article 1 section 8 were handed down by god himself?
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  
  

  "Obviously Republicans opposed this straight up political favoritism and government handouts disguised as aid".
  
  "Straight up" is not the word you are looking for. The correct word is "imaginary".
  
  Here is an interesting article detailing what actually happened in 2012.
  
  Also, Gov. Christie claimed 37 Billion in New Jersey, not 65.
  
  https://www.wnyc.org/story/why-new-jersey-got-billions-less-sandy-aid-new-york/
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "Is it me, or does that map show that around half of all Americans are crammed into the northeast? We really did a shitty job of dispersing."
  
  I watched an interesting short documentary on YouTube recently about how 80% or about 250 million Americans live East of the 100th meridian.
  
  
  
  
  The other 20% of 'Westerner's" live on a fairly narrow band along the Pacific Ocean, with the exception of Las Vegas and Phoenix, AZ.
  
  I knew the western US was empty but didn't grasp just how empty. Anyways, the documentary went into how the Sierra Nevada's and Rocky Mountains act as a wall to incoming weather systems off the Pacific and therefore why those areas are so sparsely populated and why the few population centers that do exist rely on spring snow melt from said mountain ranges for their water supply.
  
  Still not nearly as empty as Australia, where a population of only 25 million lives on a land area almost as big as the lower 48
  
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  Late NEWS:" Sexual harrassment is rife in Antartica".

  by smiddy3 in

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  i saw this this on the news tonight :.

  you would think the ladies down their would be able to keep their sexual urges under control wouldn`t you ?

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  BettyHumpter

  @punkofnice:
  
  
  Why do you assume that particular story about women reporting sexual harassment is a fake narrative?
  
  Would you be more inclined to believe the accusations if you heard Lloyd Evans was now working in Antarctica? :)
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
  
  

  Key Findings:

  • Eight of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government were Republican-voting, with the average red state receiving $1.35 per dollar spent.
  • Nine states sent more to the federal government than they received — seven of these were Democrat-voting and had higher per capita GDPs than many of the red states that received the most.
  • New Mexico had the highest return on federal spending of any state ($4.33), and Delaware had the lowest ($0.63).
  • The eight states receiving the highest child tax credit per capita were all Republican-voting.
    
    
    
    

    Red States Lead With Federal Dependence

    Democratic-voting blue states tend to be wealthier and pay more to the federal government than they get. In contrast, Republican-voting red states tend to have less wealth and receive more federal government funds than they pay. In the MoneyGeek rankings, 8 of the 10 most dependent states are considered red states.
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  Most Federally Dependent States

  Rank	State	Total Score	State Residents’ Dependency	State Government’s Dependency
  1	Alaska	93.22	1	3
  2	Mississippi	84.94	4	4
  3	Kentucky	79.54	6	7
  4	West Virginia	78.08	2	11
  5	Montana	75.90	13	2
  6	New Mexico	75.15	3	15
  7	Arizona	69.92	12	6
  8	Louisiana	69.50	21	1
  9	Indiana	68.23	9	12
  10	Alabama	66.92	10	10
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  "As for contributing to society, we will miss Mississippi mor e than NYC"
  
  
  If you say so.....

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  No. They congregate in states like Mississippi and accept aid from liberal states where the jobs actually are while complaining against it and spending their money on red MAGAt caps. :)