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Iormlund

#70876
June 18, 2019, 12:50:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 18, 2019, 12:42:52 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 18, 2019, 11:53:54 AM
The replies on Twitter are amusing: https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1140917689847693312

There are some real gems there.  Loved the Big Bang reference.

That's the first thing that sprung to mind for me as well. I thought it was on Pasadena, though. Isn't Berkeley quite far for a commute to CalTech? Or is there another Berkeley in LA?  :hmm:

Valmy

#70877
June 18, 2019, 12:56:51 PM Last Edit: June 18, 2019, 12:59:07 PM by Valmy
Berkeley is not in LA. It is in the Bay Area in Northern California. So clearly whomever claimed that was in Berkeley has never seen the show.

But California is always held up as some kind of socialist dystopia where the whole state is an extremist commune in San Francisco someplace.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#70879
June 18, 2019, 01:02:42 PM
The fact that California is a completely failed state and that Alabama is a paradise is a very common conservative narrative.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Habbaku

#70880
June 18, 2019, 01:11:45 PM
Don't forget the ludicrous putting down of New Jersey and other rich, educated New England states.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#70881
June 18, 2019, 01:13:03 PM
A per capita comparison is far more illustrative, though. Three trillion people earning $1/month would look great in that chart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_sovereign_states_by_GDP_per_capita

Even better would be the median...
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Maladict

#70882
June 18, 2019, 01:18:07 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 18, 2019, 01:13:03 PM
A per capita comparison is far more illustrative, though. Three trillion people earning $1/month would look great in that chart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_sovereign_states_by_GDP_per_capita

Even better would be the median...

The poorest state is still above the EU average. Bulgaria is holding us back  :(

HVC

#70883
June 18, 2019, 01:21:08 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 18, 2019, 01:11:45 PM
Don't forget the ludicrous putting down of New Jersey and other rich, educated New England states.

I thought they made fun of Jersey because it wants to be New York, and it smells funny?
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Eddie Teach

#70884
June 18, 2019, 01:26:00 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 18, 2019, 01:11:45 PM
Don't forget the ludicrous putting down of New Jersey and other rich, educated New England states.

Blame the television industry for that. Jersey Shore, Real Housewives, The Sopranos and a constant stream of abuse from New York based shows...
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Malthus

#70885
June 18, 2019, 01:31:57 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on June 18, 2019, 01:26:00 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 18, 2019, 01:11:45 PM
Don't forget the ludicrous putting down of New Jersey and other rich, educated New England states.

Blame the television industry for that. Jersey Shore, Real Housewives, The Sopranos and a constant stream of abuse from New York based shows...

Or for that matter, the experience of flying into Newark airport, and looking around before scuttling off to Manhattan.  :D
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Habbaku

#70886
June 18, 2019, 01:32:33 PM
 :lol: Fair.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Oexmelin

#70887
June 18, 2019, 01:34:36 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 18, 2019, 11:53:54 AM
The replies on Twitter are amusing: https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1140917689847693312

I think my favorite one is:

"the Imperial Vienna is privately held but speaking of socialism, congrats on being publicly owned"
Que le grand cric me croque !

Iormlund

#70888
June 18, 2019, 01:44:39 PM
Quote from: Maladict on June 18, 2019, 01:18:07 PM
The poorest state is still above the EU average.

It's a testament to how silly these metrics are.

I'd rather live in the poorest Spanish province (Cádiz) than in the richest US state. -I could see myself going back to Ze Fatherland, or living in a number of EU countries, but the only way I'd live in the States voluntarily would involve a pretty drastic salary increase.

Valmy

#70889
June 18, 2019, 01:46:15 PM Last Edit: June 18, 2019, 01:50:58 PM by Valmy
Why? You don't enjoy the glories of Generica and its amazing chain stores and restaurants?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
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