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MidWestGuy
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re: Christina Aguilera is hot again?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/23/25 at 8:51 am to iwyLSUiwy
Good for her. I did say "Generally speaking".
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re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/23/25 at 8:48 am to Darth_Vader
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We use to always hang those silver icicles on our Christmas tree when I was a kid. Not even sure if they still make them.
We called those 'tinsel'. When I was a kid (1960's), they were made of tin (or maybe aluminum?), but the name 'tinsel' came from when they were made of tin.
Back then, we'd wrap a plastic green Army man in tinsel, then throw him on the tracks of the Lionel train. It would spark, and we'd all laugh that we electrocuted him.
Being a 'good' father, I tried to pass this sick, morbid humor onto my own boy in the 90's, and the damn 'tinsel' was non-conducting Mylar. No sparks. Huge disappointment. What's this world coming to?
And you can still buy them: LINK
re: Christina Aguilera is hot again?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/23/25 at 8:04 am to DavidTheGnome
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Ozempic
Thank the lord for this we need to hand them out like candy. Imagine how many attractive women are in the US hiding underneath a fatty.
Except, fat is also a state of mind. A woman who won't put forth the work to maintain her looks isn't showing her man a full dose of respect. It's the lazy way to lose weight, so she's probably lazy mentally, and will be lazy in her relationship with a man. It will show in other ways as well.
Generally speaking. But consider, would you rather be with a woman who stayed in shape, or got fat and lost it through a pill?
re: Brown U officials face heat: CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/23/25 at 7:50 am to BigTigerJoe
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If Brown did take down cameras to accommodate special interests groups, they are contributory negligent.
Agreed. But did Brown U take down cameras to appease certain groups? I still haven't seen anything on this other than that tweet.
re: Brown U officials face heat: CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/22/25 at 10:09 pm to L.A.
Where is the source for "CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups"? It's not in the video, just in the tweet. I can't find anything on that. If true, they have blood on their hands.
re: Daily Migration of Taxpayers
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/22/25 at 5:43 pm to LuckyTiger
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Illinois
New York
California
Bringing their shitty politics with them that caused them to leave those states.
Maybe not. First, outside of a couple urban areas, Illinois is RED. And, the chart is about *taxpayers*. I don't know if there is any way to get a number on the D/R ratio of taxpayers. But it could be that the taxpayers leaving IL are leaving because they get outvoted by Dems and are tired of their vote not counting.
re: You can't hate the media enough: Fishing Boats and Feeeeelings.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/11/25 at 7:45 pm to W2NOMO
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Red coat leopard scarf doesn’t even know how stupid she is.
Yep. They always play with the language, twisting it to their agenda: "Fishing Boats", "Maryland Father", "Undocumented immigrants", etc.
re: Chris Murphy ACCIDENTALLY Blames Biden for Rising Costs By Sharing 'Unfortunate' Graph
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/11/25 at 6:40 pm to RohanGonzales
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Did he really present a graph with no scale on the horizontal axis?
Did he pass 9th grade math? Maybe it is 6th.
No, if you click and go to the actual post on X, it shows the axis. I think the embedding or something crops the post, which is super-annoying.
Either way, Murphy is an idiot for coming to a conclusion like that. The only way to get there, based on the data, is TDS.
re: How many of you La. folks buying tickets to see Kamala?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/11/25 at 11:09 am to Y.A. Tittle
Tickets are $264 to $364. Almost sold out as of this writing. I wonder if even a single sentence will make sense?
re: Bill & Hillary just ignore subpoena and no repercussions?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/7/25 at 10:17 am to Timeoday
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It is my understanding they must appear separately on the 17th and 18th of December 2025..
Yes, from a .gov site, (underlines mine)
LINK
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Published: Nov 21, 2025
Comer: Bill and Hillary Clinton Must Appear for In-Person Depositions
WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, emphasizing that while the Committee remains engaged in good-faith negotiations, the Clintons are required to comply with lawful subpoenas and appear for scheduled in-person depositions.
“The House Oversight Committee is continuing its review of the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In July, Democrats and Republicans on this Committee approved a motion to issue subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Committee has since worked in good faith to schedule in-person depositions, but further delays are unacceptable. Given their history with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, any attempt by the Clintons to avoid sitting for a deposition would be in defiance of lawful subpoenas and grounds to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings. The Committee looks forward to confirming their appearance and remains committed to delivering transparency and accountability for the survivors of Epstein’s heinous crimes and for the American people,” said Chairman James Comer.
In the letter to the Clintons’ attorney, Chairman Comer states that Bill Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for December 17, 2025, and Hillary Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for December 18, 2025.
We will see.
re: Kai Trump has been put on notice
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/7/25 at 10:09 am to Snipe
He's an absolute jerk for wanting to disrupt the event in that way. But... he sorta/kinda has a (weak) point.
I did a bit of research, and to be clear, Kai is invited to an *event*, she's not on the tour. Was she selected because of her public image, rather than her golf abilities? Seems like it.
But that's apparently what an event like this is about - it's a publicity event, so they invite her because she is high profile, and she's photogenic and bubbly. She apparently has lots of social media followers, and most of her posts are apparently about golf. So that makes sense from the LPGA event organizers. It's what they want. No reason to get all worked up about it, other than to virtue signal your TDS.
I did a bit of research, and to be clear, Kai is invited to an *event*, she's not on the tour. Was she selected because of her public image, rather than her golf abilities? Seems like it.
But that's apparently what an event like this is about - it's a publicity event, so they invite her because she is high profile, and she's photogenic and bubbly. She apparently has lots of social media followers, and most of her posts are apparently about golf. So that makes sense from the LPGA event organizers. It's what they want. No reason to get all worked up about it, other than to virtue signal your TDS.
re: SBA sends audit notices to federal contractors that were selected under DEI preferences.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/7/25 at 9:52 am to WestSideTiger
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I predict 15% or less come out unscathed. Almost half will be considered major infractions. 10-20% won’t even respond.
My Father in Law had a small construction business. Back in the 90's, one of his guys was going to pick it up, he put the business in his wife's name so it would be "female owned". It was in name only. But will this sort of thing get caught as 'fraud'? Might be kind of hard to prove one way or the other?
re: A vehicle opened fire on Tim Pool’s property last night
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/6/25 at 5:40 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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A vehicle opened fire on Tim Pool’s property last night
What color vehicle?
A VOC. Vehicle of Color. Never had a chance.
re: "Babes from days gone by (NSFW)" thread as per request by Kafka..
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/4/25 at 10:43 am to redchaser
Hah! Just like gumbo2176 - I just *knew* it was going to be the Hang On Sloopy girl.
Damn, she had some moves (I like the hip/butt movements and legs more than the big bouncies).
Damn, she had some moves (I like the hip/butt movements and legs more than the big bouncies).
re: Jackson Browne announces the death of his son, model and actor, Ethan Brown
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/4/25 at 10:36 am to Big Scrub TX
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Jackson Browne is without question the greatest of the American singer/songwriters (of that era)
Great, yes I agree. One of the top echelon, indeed. But silly, even considering the subjectivity of it, to say "the greatest".
Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Randy Newman, (the admittedly very inconsistent, and not a great singer in the traditional sense) Bob Dylan, Joni Michell (deserves another mention!), James Taylor, Carol King, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Goodman (maybe had to be a Chicago guy, and seen him live to appreciate this - and died young from leukemia). Jim Croce also died young, who knows what else he would have given us?
edit: Add Gordon Lightfoot to that. The Edmund Fitzgerald, and lesser known, but fantastic songwriting "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
LINK << wiki
LINK <<< yuotube link, embed seemed to fail?
But yes, JB is a great one.
re: The left keeps saying we cannot imprison our way out of crime.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/28/25 at 9:55 am to 4cubbies
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That’s not what evidence indicates but that doesn’t stop Americans from frothing at the bit at the thought of locking someone in a cage for 500 years.
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The threat of criminal penalties is therefore only significant if an individual believes there is a high risk of being caught for committing a crime. But since most crimes, whether minor property offenses or serious violent crimes, don’t in fact result in arrest and conviction, there is little reason for most potential offenders to consider the severity of penalties.
LINK
So we are in agreement?
Enforce the laws, have a well staffed police force to catch the criminals, and a judicial system to provide swift consequences to the guilty, and most potential offenders *will* consider the severity of penalties?
Glad we got that cleared up.
re: Trump considering cutting income tax in the US due to tariff income
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/28/25 at 9:46 am to cubsfan5150
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Nosevens - to cubsfan5150: Yes minority as majority of people doesn’t pay taxes or worse, they receive additional returns above their non paying
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Do you have statistics for that?
I'll do some looking, but it takes a deep dive - the typical stats don't tell the whole story.
You'll see the % of income paid by the different groups, *but*, that is just for filers (many with low income owe no tax and don't need to file). Far more distorting are the returns that receive an overall net *credit* are not counted in those stats.
And be careful of those stats, many don't distinguish between a *refund* (net tax paid), and a *credit* a negative net tax).
It's pretty easy to find the stats that the bottom half of *filers* pay only ~ 3% of the total FIT. So it sure isn't a stretch to think that adding those with credits and non-filers would push that to a majority that pay no FIT.
re: The left keeps saying we cannot imprison our way out of crime.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/27/25 at 9:57 pm to 4cubbies
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Obviously crimes of passion aren’t committed with consequences in mind.
So, if they face some extreme lock up, maybe they *will* have consequences in mind before committing the next act?
re: ICE arrests woman with family ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/27/25 at 9:36 am to jrobic4
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Why can't they just say sister-in-law?!
That would imply they were married. Apparently, her brother never married this woman. Or they would use that term.
Do you call your brother's ex-girlfriend your "sister-in-law"?
re: Big Democratic cities are an utter nightmare.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/24/25 at 4:39 pm to weagle1999
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Reporter Maher Kawash
Just another Illinois farmboy
Actually, not far off. He went to Plainfield HS, Plainfield is a far SW suburb, and there's farmland around there. Graduated Eastern IL Uni, also a pretty rural area.
re: NJ woman staged her own political attack.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 11/20/25 at 9:14 pm to Wildcat1996
What was she hoping to gain from this? That's extreme, there must be some kind of game plan (not likely to make any sense, but there must be something)?
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