Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[AlabamAlum]

Wiz,

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[Dr. Strangelove]

Stephen Moore arriving at the White House to accept his nomination to the Fed

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[Dr. Strangelove]

I thought these numbers were pretty interesting. The Commerce Department has released GDP growth numbers for 2018 on a per state basis. Despite what you might think, there doesn't seem to be an ideological pattern on states that grew vs. states that didn't. But I'm color-coding them based on red state, blue state, purple state. The regions that overwhelmingly grew the fastest last year are the west coast and the southwest.

First, here are the 10 worst-performing states. Alaska is the only state in the country whose economy shrunk in 2018 (oil prices maybe?).

1. Alaska -0.3%
2. Wyoming 0.3%
3. Delaware 0.3%
4. Rhode Island 0.6%
5. Montana 0.9%
6. Arkansas 0.9%
7. Connecticut 1.0%
8. Hawaii 1.0%
9. Mississippi 1.0%
10. Louisiana 1.1%

And here are the Top 10-performing states

1. Washington 5.7%
2. Utah 4.3%
3. Idaho 4.1%
4. Arizona 4.0%
5. Florida 3.5%
6. California 3.5%
7. Colorado 3.5%
8. Oregon 3.4%
9. Nevada 3.2%
10. Texas 3.2%

https://www.bea.gov/system/files/2019-04/qgdpstate0519_4.pdf

[Dr. Strangelove]

Facebook/Instagram announce they are kicking a bunch of far right figures off their services. But also on the ban list is Louis Farrakhan

Alex Jones & Infowars
Paul Joseph Watson
The Nutcase Laura Loomer
Milo
Paul Nehlen, the neo-Nazi who tried to primary Paul Ryan

EDIT: And supposedly Facebook is going further than just banning Infowars from having a page. Supposedly anyone who shares a link to an Inforwars article will see it removed and receive a warning. Multiple violations risk a ban.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...=.bef35a686950

[THE_WIZARD_]

AA:

[AlabamAlum]

All I see is a giant 3>2.

[Kapture1]

Facebook/Instagram announce they are kicking a bunch of far right figures off their services. But also on the ban list is Louis Farrakhan

Alex Jones & Infowars
Paul Joseph Watson
The Nutcase Laura Loomer
Milo
Paul Nehlen, the neo-Nazi who tried to primary Paul Ryan

EDIT: And supposedly Facebook is going further than just banning Infowars from having a page. Supposedly anyone who shares a link to an Inforwars article will see it removed and receive a warning. Multiple violations risk a ban.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...=.bef35a686950

a modern day book burning.

if facebook wants to act like a publisher, perhaps the feds should treat them like one

[crashcourse]

SPOILERyeah another thing that bother me was thor could turn into a lardass then leap into thor character again in his fight with thanos.
me too movement charge twords thanos reeked being politicalkly correct
hated hulk professor
ltoo long--first 90 minutes dragged

[crashcourse]

SPOILERstfu wiz

[Dr. Strangelove]

Check this out. The Nashville DA is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the office of the Speaker of the Tennessee House. This comes after it appears the Speaker's Chief of Staff may have altered an email in an attempt to get a black activist thrown in jail.

Nashville media have also acquired text messages from the Chief of Staff in which he says "Black people are idiots" and calls Jameis Winston a "thug ni**er". He does not deny they are his.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/did-house-speakers-office-attempt-to-frame-activist-da-asks-for-special-prosecutor-to-investigate

[Kapture1]

Baltimore's Democrat mayor resigned

[Kapture1]

now, if only the NYTimes had enough credibility and integrity to back up 6 months and ask why FBI and other Western Intelligence assets were spying on campaign officials before the start of the FBI's investigation.

i won't hold my breath, but the truth will come out eventually

[Dr. Strangelove]

More thoughts, AA

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- Thor has been transitioning to comic relief for a couple years now after directors discovered that Chris Hemsworth actually has comedic talent.

- People complained about 'whitewashing' when Doctor Strange first came out. But since TIlda Swinton had already played the role once...

- I believe Bucky/Winter Solider became Captain America at some point in the comics. Steve Rogers was assassinated at the end of the comics Civil War storyline (but heroes rarely stay dead and I think they've brought him back since). When the film version was announced there was a lot of speculation over whether that was going to be Chris Evans' last film or not.

- Moreso than being a standalone movie I think this really was an attempt at celebrating the past 10 years of Marvel movies, even more than Infinity War. Maybe it struggled to do that TOO much, but it was way more of a nostalgia-fest for me than the last one.

- If there is a flaw in that final fight I do think they overpowered Thanos. Thanos without any infinity gems really ought to lose against Thor/Iron Man/Cap

[Kapture1]

i agree with that last point DSL, the rest probably didn't need a spoiler.

[Whitley]

Republicans immediately throwing cold water on Trump's infrastructure plans.

But give a tax cut to the top 1%----can't do that fast enough. Forgive student loans and make college more affordable? Nope.