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The cop is shame. Bring out the scarlet letter. I might remember later... to ask a marine and retired cop his opinion tonight. That discussion may change my mind.

Not an expert here. I don't think the state can deport illegals. Rather, that is a federal action. The state cannot make laws to override the fed. The state can take the fed to court. The state can't forcefully relocate illegals but it can relocate the willing. Why wouldn't an illegal want to travel to a sanctuary? The fact that sanctuary cities FAFO? Fantastico.

Are illegal immigrants going to be deported by the millions in 2025/26, making small potatoes of the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s? How could this be done in a humane way?

Here or home. San Francisco, California Los Angeles, California New York City, New York Chicago, Illinois Seattle, Washington Austin, Texas Portland, Oregon Denver, Colorado Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Boston, Massachusetts ...https://apsanlaw.com/law-246.list-of-sanctuary-cities.html

The law currently is that when the Federal law and State law conflict, the Federal law is supreme.

More details Worked since I was 14, including two jobs at times Credit card companies gave cards to adults with little or no income in the 90s. I filled out my form to get a free event t-shirt. The credit card max was low; the interest was high. Predatory. I paid off my credit card I secured and paid the high-interest car loan. Ate a lot of ramen noodles and a lot of end-of-night free gas station pizza My folks made it known that I'd needed to go my own way at 18. Mom redid my room within the first month I moved out. Dad was killed when I was 20... which was the most significant moment of turning me into a man. I highly advise against using that method as an educational tool. Have always had 1-5 roommates. Married at 22... kids at 25... reasons to live and be responsible... You are right that if things had hit the fan, I would have a couch to sleep on somewhere... but I've had two legs, two arms, a brain, and diligence, too. My dad worked hard, and that helped. He said I should work hard but also take the services offered by the government if I ever needed them since I was paying for them.... something one of my sisters has done multiple times before finally adulting successfully (including coming back from bankruptcy). We were not poor, but I didn't know it. We did Christmas in my grandmother's trailer in Arkansas. I did get a budget of $150 for clothing each school year. I would select 1-2 quality items... my middle sister would get 10 pairs of jeans from a thrift store. The house I grew up in had a trailer foundation and a real house built on top. The problem is half the house burnt down... which is the condition Dad bought it in and fixed back up on his own. I don't know my dad as a talker... I was a kid... but I had the pleasure of witnessing successful individualism. I'm a slow thinker but that hasn't stopped me from working hard and getting smarter. You wouldn't believe the number of how-to, etc., books I have. A wall of books on shelves and piles of books on the floor that need pruning. ...it is truth that the system allows success... just sometimes you need one adult to show that opportunity or to model it.

TL;DR I prioritize individualism as written in the Constitution. The quote "Teaching self-sufficiency leads to success" aligns with my values as a father and my vision for a self-sufficient America. I advocate for empowerment, personal responsibility, education, and voluntary giving back. Being an individualist doesn't mean avoiding helping others; it's about respecting choices without imposing mandates on others. My views reflect both individualism and fiscal conservatism without dismissing social welfare concerns. Long-form Individualism is very important to me, and I stress it to my children. Its principles enable more people to control their future. Merit. Merit. Merit. Key principles/features Autonomy to make decisions about my life without coercion Individual rights. Speech, Bear Arms, Religion, Property, etc. Limited government that protects me from others and does little else. Free market capitalism Merit. Success from skill, effort, and achievements rather than class, service, and inherited privilege. Responsibility for the consequences of our choices. Support diversity in values and perspectives where people can coexist. Think of small local areas and states rather than nation(s) or the world. This ideology is baked into the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This quote aligns with my values well. "It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings." I have naturally defined my success as a father as raising my children to be successful and self-sufficient adults. Similarly, I view a success of America in raising self-sufficient citizens. Empowerment, not Dependent Self-reliant and Personally responsible, no deflection and excuse Education and training... alignment with social welfare on this topic Personal growth. Goals. Initiative. Diligence. Discipline. Persistence. Resilience. Commitment. Learn how to learn. Giving back because you can and want to, where you want to. Being an individualist does not preclude a willingness to help others voluntarily. I respect everyone's right to choose the best choice for self, not to mandate choice for others. I'm not dismissing social welfare and vulnerable populations; rather, I am sharing honest views from both an individualist and fiscal conservatist ideology.

What is the consequence in the military for running away from a fight? (Discharge and prison are possible). What is the reasoning for it? Why it different for the school shooting scenario? https://www.police1.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/addressing-cops-confusion-over-the-public-duty-doctrine-SDnVxWnDhgenqAXO/

This article makes a strong case for credit scores being discriminatory. It discusses race, wealth, and predatory loans. Is not everyone targeted with predatory loans? I recall the excitement of acquiring and maxing out my first credit cards as a young man... until I recognized my minimum payments over a couple of years had only paid the interest and summed to greater than my balance. I was late on payments, and WOW! WTF! Who did this to me? Answer? I did! I never used a payday loan or anything after that initial experience... and I learned what a credit score was when the loan rates qualified for me were much higher than advertised. Could credit ratings be improved? Absolutely, but... Everyone, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to manage their finances responsibly and build a positive credit history over time. Live like no one does now so you can live like no one does later!

Redlining - I know what it was. There are still places in my metro with notable race divisions by streets/neighborhood. You know more about the topic than me. I googled and didn't find much current information, and I am ignorant of redlining in 2023. I looked again and found this article. Redlining started in the 1930s and was made illegal in the 1968 Fair Housing Act and the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). My experience has always been that credit scores show you are trustworthy, and financial information validates you have the funds. I'm sure you could find misconduct and justified lawsuits... but few and far between. It violates the golden rule to redistribute tens of thousands of dollars from innocent taxpayers to 'balance' the net worths based on race or other factors. Merit. Merit. Merit. Teach how to have Merit. Work hard for Merit. Wells Fargo - I am not following that story about how people were impacted and if/how justice was served. Do say more, and include if this is a rampant problem of urgent importance.

Thanks for the discourse. I hear what you are saying about injustice... I just have an honest *conservative take that focuses on fiscal responsibility and the need for the government to have a balanced budget. Like with your reparation preferred spending, my preferred spending must take a back seat. *See the I side with discussion Once, my wife and I accumulated debt, spending $1500 a month carelessly. We audited the cause. We tested a frugal lifestyle, buying bulk pork, and saved $1000 monthly. I don't like pork for all meals! We recalibrated to live within our means and increased spending within a balanced budget. The government is spending outside its means and must recalibrate. The slaves, spouses, and children of slaves are dead. That fact, along with the historical distance to descendants, has reduced the priority of reparations from Urgent & Important to Not Urgent & Not Important for budget consideration. (See First Things First book on priorities). What is important now is enabling success for all those in need and that goes beyond descendants of slaves.

"I'm on a whiskey diet. I've lost three days already." Red Alert These All-Americans are frequently funny and have a strong reputation. The Comedian score is a sorted descending order of members by rank as calculated ( received Haha reactions / posts ) x ( reputation / posts). Most Haha reactions received

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Yesterday and in other days. I usually watch with 2-4 streams going at the same time. Just the 1 stream today and no issues. No need to stream toggle today. I sometimes watch from my phone but normally watch on a PC. I never watch on other platforms... Roku, etc.

I am not having an issue with ads/commercials over PC streams. https://www.flowrestling.org/live/89159?tab=streams AdBlock shows 0 blocked ads. I am not connected through a VPN. I'm rewinding, fast-forwarding, watching live, etc. Stream toggling stops the ads/commercials if/when they come.

Oh what the government can do for you!

Does selecting a different stream and then selecting right back make the ad disappear?

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What should the goals and criteria be for recognizing comedians? Based on Posts: How often are you funny? comedianScore = rcvdHaha / posts M1: 93.0% = 40 / 43 M2: 17.2% = 660 / 3834 M3: 4.0% = 52 / 1300 Based on Reputation: Are you known as funny? comedianScore = rcvdHaha / reputation M1: 36.7% = 40 / 109 M2: 24.9% = 660 / 2650 M3: 27.6% = 52 / 188 Based on Overall Engagement Do people engage because you are funny? comedianScore =rcvdHaha / sumReceived M1: 36.4% = 40 / 110 M2: 24.5% = 660 / 2694 M3: 26.0% = 52 / 200 Emphasizes the relative importance of "Haha" reactions Are you frequently funny, known as funny, and engaged because you are funny? comedianScore = (rcvdHaha/posts) * (rcvdHaha/reputation) * (rcvdHaha/sumReceived) M1: 12.4% = ( 40 / 43 ) * ( 40 / 109 ) * ( 40 / 110 ) M2: 1.1% = ( 660 / 3834 ) * ( 660 / 2650 ) * ( 660 / 2694 ) M3: 0.3% = ( 52 / 1300 ) * ( 52 / 188 ) * ( 52 / 200 ) *Balanced on Posts, Reputation, and Overall Engagement Are you frequently funny, with a strong reputation, and strong engagement? comedianScore = (rcvdHaha/posts) * (reputation/posts) * (sumReceived/posts) M1: 603% = ( 40 / 43 ) * ( 109 / 43 ) * ( 110 / 43 ) M2: 8.4% = ( 40 / 3834 ) * ( 2650 / 3834 ) * ( 2694 / 3834 ) M1: 0.9% = ( 52 / 1300 ) * ( 188 / 1300 ) * ( 200 / 1300 ) *I like this one with the 'strong engagement' criteria as unnecessary.

That is pragmatic... but life need not be a rat race. With my kids in school, I'd gladly work 20 years later for 10 years off now! Pursue what brings joy for at least those four years. Later, open a Purler academy and create wealth. Or go down the traditional career path, double your intended savings, and leverage that compounding interest over time. You will never get that four years of prime health back but you have plenty of years for career toil. Your wealth is your health and your relationships. Invest wisely.

Mark 'troll' on demographics, and you will be Ivy school president.

The point of this topic is to discuss what awards to recognize and what criteria to use. Criteria Considerations What to award How many members to award How to balance scores across low and high-ranked members (post counts, etc.) Minimum criteria to qualify for award consideration The numerous ways emojis are utilized What to award? Positive Dan Hodge Trophy — the most outstanding members based on reputation (AKA Cael's Crest) Most Dominant Award — the members with the most positive reactions received, positives given, and posts Schalles Award — the best members (pinners) based on days won (AKA Snyder's Summit - Winners Win) Gregorian Award — to the member with the most pins/days won in the least amount of membership time Gable Grind Award — most posts Greg Warren Award — for the comedians Brands Beacon Award — members with the most profile views Burroughs Brilliance - members with the most likes Rising Stars — highest reputation for new members Team Players — members in the most clubs and thanks reactions Negative Stallers — members with the longest tenure and fewest posts/reactions (lurkers) Trolls — members that give an excessive amount of WTF and Sad reactions Troll Feeders — members that receive an excessive amount of WTF and Sad reactions Twilight Zoners — members with the most confused reactions given and received Available metadata with sample values. member : 414-medicineman "timestampCached" : 1702678218073 // used for last update to cached data "joinedTimestamp" : 1670590774000 // used to group by tenure, content per day of membership "lastVisitedTimestamp" : 1670590774000 // is the member still active? "posts" : 43 / "score" : "109" "daysWon" : 0 "clubCount" : 0 "sumGiven" : 50 "gvnWTF" : 0 "gvnSad" : 2 "gvnConfused" : 0 "gvnThanks" : 6 "gvnHaha" : 8 "gvnLikes" : 34 "sumReceived" : 110 "rcvdWTF" : 0 "rcvdSad" : 0 "rcvdConfused" : 1 "rcvdThanks" : 8 "rcvdHaha" : 40 "rcvdLikes" : 61 "followersCount" : 0 "profileViews" : 0 "rankTitle" : "State Qualifier (6/14)" Initial count-based classifications posts : 'Grinders', (Stallers, Hawkeyes, Airborn Authors, Power Poster) score : 'Reputables', (Elites, Kings) daysWon : 'Winners', clubCount : 'Team Player' sumGiven : 'Givers', gvnWTF : 'Hostiles', (Trolls, Troll Feeders) gvnSad : 'Critics', (Empathists, Trolls, Troll Feeders) gvnConfused : 'Bewildering', gvnThanks : 'Gratefuls', gvnHaha : 'Jesters', gvnLikes : 'Friendlies', (encouragers, suckups) sumReceived : 'Celebrities', rcvdWTF : 'Controversial', (Trolls, Troll Feeders) rcvdSad : 'Unpopulars', (Empathists, Trolls, Troll Feeders) rcvdConfused: 'Enigmatists', rcvdThanks : 'Gurus', (Wisemen, Helpers) rcvdHaha : 'Comedians', rcvdLikes : 'Popular', (Celebrities) followersCount : 'Leaders', profileViews : 'Magnets', (respected, unique, contributor, fans, friends, trolls, villians) rank : 'Member Rank' CC @Wrestleknownothing

Of course, you are correct in the nuance. But let's make headlines! Facts The facts from the CDC are that white people commit suicide. Within that group, it is white men. Within white men, it is the older generation. The facts from PEW are that white men lean Republican, older white men are largely Republican, and rural are significantly Republican. So, it is the Republican who commits suicide. The NCOA reports that elder's suicide reasons are loneliness, grief, loss of self-sufficiency, and chronic illness/pain. On a serious note, taking care of your health/flexibility and measuring your wealth in relationships over finances throughout life is the ounce of prevention to protect against elder mental health issues. The facts from the CDC are that large metro urban areas (1M+ people) commit the largest amount of gun homicides by assault. Point #1: PEW data shows that there are twice as many Democrats than GOP in urban areas. Point #2. 84% of African Americans are Democrats. Black boys and men make up 6% of pop. and were involved with 53% of gun homicides from 2018 to 2021. FBI data shows that violence is largely committed by people of the same race (white on white, black on black, etc.). So, it is Democrats assaulting Democrats with guns. Breakout of gun deaths. 54% suicide 43% murder Note: School shootings are unacceptable and growing. Also, school shootings are a rounding error (0.3%) in gun murder totals. 2022 had 20K gun murders and 67 deaths on school grounds. 3% accidents, etc. Breakout of guns used in gun murders Handguns - 59% Unknown - 36% (presumed handguns) Rifles, including "assault weapons" - 3% Shotguns - 1% Factual Headlines Banning guns from white people could prevent 90% of gun suicides. Banning guns in urban metro areas could prevent 74% of gun homicides. Banning guns from 6% of the population (black males) could prevent 53% of gun homicides. Banning guns in large urban metro areas could prevent 45% of gun homicides. Propaganda Headlines Republicans commit more gun violence. Rural areas are more dangerous than Cities for gun violence. Red states have the larger gun violence problem. Banning assault rifles is the most urgent and important issue. Democrats don't value My Body, My Choice. Do Republicans have the right to make decisions about their own lives, including the choice to end it? All Republicans should own guns. Do woke Democrats recognize that increased gun ownership causes white replacement? Urban metro gun bans are racist. Suicide is gun violence. Self-harm is not very comparable to harm against others My views The gun is an effective tool for protection and food. Protection includes people, property, and rights (freedom of speech). Tools do not kill people; people kill people with tools. The gun is an effective killing tool, which is why it is the man's choice for suicide and assault. Tool control, not bans. A good parent has scissors in their house and keeps them out of reach of children who don't know better than to hurt themselves. With education and maturity, the child gains access to scissors. Education and maturity should be a requirement for gun ownership. Gun owners are accountable for responsible gun access. There should be severe consequences for pre-planned, intentional crimes committed with guns, including armed robbery. If society wants to reduce gun homicides while respecting the Second Amendment, First Things First, it will heavily fund police enforcement in the few blocks of a few urban areas that commit most gun homicides. At the same time, it will fund jobs, education, and opportunities to change the next generation who dwell there. I suspect the Newspaper+Media clicks-for-profit driver greatly influences the increasing cycle of school shootings. It raises awareness of the tool's effectiveness and individual notoriety. I wish more people responded to the freedom of the press (to sensationalize and propagandize) with their freedom of choice to stop clicking.... and increase clicks on news with ethical journalists.

They say emoji interpreting is the eye of the beholder. Well, I am the beholder giving awards. WTF givers are hostiles. An increasing number of given WTF emojis transforms the member from OnePostProtestor into FumeFiendGoblin. Sad givers are critics. There is a correlation between low-volume sympathy and high-volume criticism of content that givers find cringeworthy/disappointing. WTF receivers are controversial. Either the Trolls are frustrated, or the Normies are frustrated. Sad receivers are unpopular. Trolls and Normies are not popular in each other's circle. While absolutely not true, Givers are Trolls, and Receivers are Troll Feeders. Trolls frequently give WTFs to disrupt Normies. Normies receive WTF and feed the trolls with their response. Normies 'ignore' trolls and seldom give WTF.