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Moodys Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating
Scouts Honor replied to red viking's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Ten men go out for beer. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. He said, "Since you are all such good customers, I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80." The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men -- the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fair share"? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay! And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got $10!" "Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!" "That's true!!"shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only $2 ? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up any more. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. -
Program culture issues at NLWC/PSU? Thomas Gilman
wrestle87 replied to Caveira's topic in College Wrestling
The US continues to have the most restrictive (read dumbest) enhancement testing policy globally. US athletes have to pretend to do double the trouble because US olympic trials are major commercial events, and the desire to maintain sponsorship rates runs things. But again, facade, bc they don’t want slower times or achievements than the 80’s when athletes were the most beautiful fusion of chemistry, determination, and insanity. Keep sponsors happy and have a happy career, just be sure to actively hide how the sausage is made, bc reality doesn’t sell product, but whatever nonsense Jim Nantz will be told to tell the world about you does. ”The american dream, brought to you by Nike/Pepsi/Chase Financial.” -
And yes there is a policy tie, too. Trump wants to start a strategic crypto reserve. All of these investors are crypto enthusiasts. Some of the coins Trump is proposing buying in the crypto reserve are real head scratchers. Pumping up the president's meme coin to line his pockets and gain private access to him is a nice way to line their own pockets. Gee, Mr. Pesident now that I have bought your coin it sure would be nice to add my coin to the reserve.
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Moodys Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating
Saylors_Tiny_Willie replied to red viking's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
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So kind've like what happened with the Clintons when Bill resigned in disgrace to become a janitor and Hillary divorced him to later become POTUS.
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Program culture issues at NLWC/PSU? Thomas Gilman
Interviewed_at_Weehawken replied to Caveira's topic in College Wrestling
I mean, if I used PEDs and still didn't make the Olympic team, I would definitely avoid the testers over the coming year. And I'd have an alibi or two: " I had retired;" "I was in IDGAF mode" and my legacy would probably be ok. Imagine the stigma of losing and then testing positive? Not to mention, he's a really bad role model for those boys at NLWC. Also: loved how : Gilman has changed... "he got away from Iowa and turned over a new leaf " instantly turned into "he's a weird dude, cut right out of the TnT mold." - Today
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Program culture issues at NLWC/PSU? Thomas Gilman
Husker_Du replied to Caveira's topic in College Wrestling
would i be floored if Thomas Gilman popped? no. but that's not what happened. there's a lot of people acting as though he was doping. this doesn't mean that, so save the outrage unless/until more comes out. The fact is, Gilman was done after his three-worlds-in-12-months run. he got too big. -
If Snyder moves to Stillwater, I'll bet his wife stay behind to 'hold the fort' or 'let the kids stay in their current school'. How utterly humiliating for her. Does she ever attend another USAW event?
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Your ‘main event’ for final X
Saylors_Tiny_Willie replied to Dark Energy's topic in International Wrestling
I like Zahid, but his gas tank has always been an issue. -
August Wesley update - Hall of Famer!
Interviewed_at_Weehawken replied to 1032004's topic in College Wrestling
I'm happy that you learned something! -
Is it racist? Tosh.0 Biden edition
WrestlingRasta replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Three new Biden threads last evening I see. Something something DS… -
Program culture issues at NLWC/PSU? Thomas Gilman
BAC replied to Caveira's topic in College Wrestling
I like Gilman and I'm inclined to chalk this up to DGAF, but don't forget, he was scheduled to go to the May 11, 2024 Olympic qualifying tournament as a back-up for Lee in case he got hurt just beforehand. That would've been after the 4/28/24 missed "whereabouts." He talks in this video here about how he pissed off Cody by basically telling him at the last minute that he wasn't going, when Cody was already overseas with Zain. His explanation why is pretty murky, and it sounds like he was apologetic to Cody about it later. Is that sequence of events consistent with Gllman not giving a F after trials and just checking out mentally? Yeah. Is it also consistent with him smoking some weed or whatever after trials, then having an "Oh crap" moment when he realized he still needed to show up as a backup in May in case Lee screws up his knee again, so he suddenly decided to make himself scarce rather than endure the embarrassment of a flunked drug test? Yeah. Do I care? No, not really, though either way, I'm sure a lot of us would've cared had Lee tweaked his knee just before that qualifier. -
Fresh start for all.
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I highly doubt that Snyder is going to move to Stillwater at this point in time. I can’t imagine Kyle going in and telling his wife that they are uprooting and moving halfway across the country on the heels of his incident. I think Kyle has a lot of work to do on the home front and I think that he will wrestle at Final X. Now whether or not this problem takes a toll on his wrestling, we will have to see.
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Trump Threatens to Tax Harvard as a Political Entity
Husker_Du replied to red viking's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
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is this realy @mspart
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not nearly enough misspellings and made up words to be mudflap though grok has a bit to learn
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Program culture issues at NLWC/PSU? Thomas Gilman
Husker_Du replied to Caveira's topic in College Wrestling
i repeat, he never failed a test while competing. -
@red viking to the Zoo
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2025 Transfer Portal
flyingcement replied to Indiana-Hawk-Wrestling-Fan's topic in College Wrestling
That's actually pretty cool -
Yup, just found this:
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I could be wrong, but I get the feeling that he doesn't want to participate in the event as it is hosted by Oklahoma State and HC David Taylor. Their participation would show them willingly cooperating and supporting the event hosted by turncoat David Taylor. If this was going to be hosted by PSU, I think Cael would host it, win, and cash the check for $200k. It's stubbornness of wanting to discredit the event his former pupil is hosting by not participating. There is a reason that they are the only school in D1 wrestling that opted out. People can say it's because Cael only does what helps win in March, but I believe there is more to it than that.
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2025 Transfer Portal
flyingcement replied to Indiana-Hawk-Wrestling-Fan's topic in College Wrestling
One think I noticed is that OCU has an assistant coach with the last name Picklo - must be related. -
Real Woods is the real deal but I have real concerns
BruceyB replied to Truzzcat's topic in International Wrestling
I'm guessing Truzz is suggesting that there is more variability with Woods, but higher potential. McKenna has been scrapping at this weight for a long time now and it's hard to say he's really shown much growth. Woods has been wrestling freestyle for less than a year and managed to win the trials tournament.