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A practical-bent Idealist. Every problem has at least one opportunity attached to it.

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On roads like the Florida Turnpike, I-75 and I-10, that type of stuff endangers innocent motorists. Even high speed chases on those highways are foolish. Use traffic cameras and drones, get the license plate and arrest them once they stop, then throw the book at them.

01.03.2026 04:58 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With modern drone technology and traffic cameras, what reason is there for state troopers to chase a motorist at high speeds on a routinely congested highway?

01.03.2026 04:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have driven the Florida Turnpike often. It is a difficult stretch of road for even routine traffic. That police would conduct a high speed chase on that road is mind boggling. Good drivers will pull over to the shoulder when they hear approaching sirens, that was likely what the deceased did.

01.03.2026 04:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The players are so quick now that games really need two officials behind the ball and two in front of the ball. It did look like the taller player hit the hands of the player that was in the act of shooting, but looking at it in front of the ball, the contact was inconsequential to the outcome.

01.03.2026 04:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

March is here. The Refs are warming up for the big show.

On a related note, this season of college WBB has been amazing so far.

01.03.2026 04:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Your stomach is a lot stronger than mine. Enjoy your movie night.

01.03.2026 04:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They are useless and hopeless. They NEVER admit that they were wrong about something, instead they throw out all types of conspiracy theories to justify their utter bullshit. They are evil people, evil people masquerading as caring human beings.

01.03.2026 03:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also have products being sold that live up to the claims that are made about them.

26.02.2026 05:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I truly wish that more left leaning people started up businesses. I believe that then we can have a decent shot at truly fair employment practices and companies honestly paying reasonable taxes, instead of avoiding taxes and pushing the cost of supporting society on lower paid people.

26.02.2026 05:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

leaning people developed high skills in business. I they remain true to the values that they claim to have, they can truly change the world for the better.

26.02.2026 05:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It doesn’t make sense to setup as an S-Corp unless the person or people setting it up already have a profitable business, or can hold expenses to almost nothing. A lot of people here have no clue about the dynamics of businesses and correct taxation, that is sad because I wish that more left

26.02.2026 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I agree 100%. The Women are better examples, imo.

24.02.2026 01:32 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

When has he done his job?

24.02.2026 01:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He has caused the team to become a symbol of division instead one of unity. The Women’s Hockey team is a much better example to follow, imo.

24.02.2026 01:27 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The players are NHL stars. Nothing like the Miracle on Ice team. They are a lot older than 20. Some of them likely were likely cool with him there, but others almost surely didn’t want him there. Unfortunately for all the players, Trump is surely going to make a spectacle of inviting them to DC.

24.02.2026 01:22 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Good point, given just the amount of security people that were around that moron, there is no way that he can claim that he paid for his trip out of his pocket.

24.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You forgot the greasy hair and a wif of cheese smelling cologne (or failure at bathing). Good ole school days.

24.02.2026 01:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The tackle was down in a 3 point stance. It took around 2 seconds for the tackle to rise up and position himself to be ready to engage the edge rusher, by then the rusher had gone by him. Don’t the majority of NFL tackles stand in an upright stance?

24.02.2026 01:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tom Brady and Payton Manning made an art form out of releasing passes fast. 3 seconds total, from the point of the snap was infinity for defenders that faced them. When one of them did get sacked, the secondary and linebackers had done an extraordinary job of pass coverage or confusing them.

24.02.2026 00:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I am not ND fan, but they got jobbed at playoff time. I was perfectly ok with them refusing to play in some meaningless bowl game. The CFB needs to fix the playoff. I favor a 12 team playoff where there are 4 byes and the remaining teams get in via a one game showdown in 8 games for ranks 5-20.

24.02.2026 00:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The last point is why anyone that is planning on using an s-corp format for a business need to totally minimize expenses out of the gate, so as to not generate a large amount of losses that can never be booked off against future earnings.

24.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

in the current year, with an additional deduction allowed to write down past loses, but that amount is limited to around $3,000 for each owner of the s-corp. Essentially, any s-corp that plans to use past loses against current profits might as well shutdown, if the past loses are large.

24.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

C-corps, on the other hand, can deduct loses for basically infinity and can even deduct dividends paid to shareholders. They can also deduct losses from unprofitable businesses or business units that they own. A C-corp can deduct past loses against current profits, an s-corp can only deduct both

24.02.2026 00:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

You are confusing s-corps with c-corps. S-corps can’t avoid taxes, either the corp pays the taxes or the individual owners of the corp pays the taxes. S-corps can’t avoid pass down taxes and losses, but taxes on income have to be paid at either the corp of individual level.

24.02.2026 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Too late. After two high profile arrests in the UK over Epstein association, the UK will be the last place on earth that the corrupt assholes that abused girls and boys would want to travel to.

24.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Like I said, a conspiracy theory believing moron. It is a crime to waste good time on fucking fools, that is my moto. Once you come up with solutions instead of conspiracy laden bullshit, then maybe you will start to have a positive impact on society, until then you are next to useless.

23.02.2026 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There are primaries, get out, vote and win primaries. The person that AOC defeated in the primary where she became known was supposedly invincible, he lost the primary to AOC. You can either actively bring about change, or scratch your ass and elude to some non-existent conspiracies against you.

20.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For me: Winter Olympics, Long-track Speed-skating, Downhill and Super G and Individual Figure Skating. Summer Olympics, Swim Races, Women’s Gymnastics, Women’s Soccer, Speed Track & Field Events (800 meters and shorter) for both men and women, Long Jump.

07.02.2026 01:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

USAID, but the people who bashed Harris are still at it. I have gotten to the point where I view them as simply evil people who have no redeeming qualities, regardless of the “care for humanity” bullshit that comes out of their mouths. When it’s time to prove it, they always do evil choices.

07.02.2026 01:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The people who did that are convinced that they are right. They always are convinced, 1 million dead Iraqis and close to 5,000 dead American soldiers and many more permanently disabled soldiers were not enough to convince them. There is an estimate that millions will die due to Trump eliminating

07.02.2026 00:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0