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Post by walnut on Aug 23, 2019 20:56:07 GMT
And now there is pressure to forgive most of that student loan debt. It really was just a wealth transfer to the Universities, and the banks that funded the extravagant new facilities. I am not sure what is causing the trouble, but I think that due to outrageous tuition costs, colleges are pricing themselves out of business. Many promising young men are deciding that college is not worth their time and money. College campuses are increasingly the domain of soft liberal women. I think that somewhere in the article or comments I read that the TU president makes over $1 million a year? The Student Loan scheme by the government was generous and was in fact a money laundering operation by the government via students to the universities. As the costs that could be afforded by students rose so did the charges made by universities - supply and demand. Now the universities have all built fancy campuses, their professors are well if not overpaid, staff are similarly well paid. Then the number of students drops The burn rate for the university the costs of maintaining or paying mortgages on new buildings starts becoming a burden and panic breaks out. It is happening in UK too. There are those that think a 250 GPA in Media Studies may not be worth the student debt. There is a lot more money to be made working as a plumber or even a traveling hairdresser and you can do 'distance learning' at low cost. There will be a lot of bloated universities failing in the next few years.
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Post by Ratty on Aug 23, 2019 23:20:00 GMT
Sounds like the Australian public service .... every division/department/office frantically empire building for the benefit of the nation. ftbotnMA! There is no need to be rude, Missouri.
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 25, 2019 10:52:28 GMT
This is the reason both the USA and the EU have migrants wanting to get in.... only in the USA it is the left wing politicians offering the free stuff....
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Post by nautonnier on Aug 26, 2019 21:27:30 GMT
" Fast Company: Silicon Valley Is Building a Communist-style ‘Social Credit’ System
Fast Company has caught on to what Breitbart News has been highlighting for some time: that the Big Tech Masters of the Universe are developing systems to monitor and regulate personal behavior that closely resemble China’s totalitarian “social credit” system. The “social credit” system assigns all Chinese citizens a “social credit score.” A citizen’s score drops if he engages in a range of disfavored activities, ranging from littering to supporting political dissidents. Citizens whose score drops low enough can find themselves subject to strict punishment, including bans from the use of public transport, exclusion from top jobs, and prohibitions on their children attending top-rated schools. This may sound alien and Orwellian, but as Fast Company notes, Silicon Valley is bringing a version of this grim reality to America." www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/26/fast-company-silicon-valley-is-building-a-communist-style-social-credit-system/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 3, 2019 11:31:13 GMT
This is actually the Soros 'open borders' plan and why he is also funding the migration into Europe. They call the streams of people to the Mexican US border 'caravans'. (the You Tube video does not appear on a you tube search only with a duckduckgo search - interesting.)
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Post by blustnmtn on Sept 5, 2019 17:17:39 GMT
As of yesterday, I am now, apparently, a lifetime member of a terrorist organization...guess I won't be risking a visit to San Francisco anytime soon.
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Post by sigurdur on Sept 5, 2019 22:26:45 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Sept 5, 2019 22:27:24 GMT
As of yesterday, I am now, apparently, a lifetime member of a terrorist organization...guess I won't be risking a visit to San Francisco anytime soon. You are as well? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Post by Ratty on Sept 5, 2019 23:08:56 GMT
As of yesterday, I am now, apparently, a lifetime member of a terrorist organization...guess I won't be risking a visit to San Francisco anytime soon. You are as well? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm a member of the Australian Branch.
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Post by missouriboy on Sept 6, 2019 0:06:13 GMT
You are as well? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm a member of the Australian Branch. That would be the National Rifleless Association?
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Post by walnut on Sept 6, 2019 1:44:36 GMT
I'm supposing that it's just a matter of time before the Keystone Cops get back in charge, and this time they really plan to confiscate at least the AR-15s.
What they don't realize, an AR-15 is really only marginally more lethal than a $160 Marlin 60 .22. Those have 15 round magazines, fire at least as fast as the AR, and are absolutely accurate. Smaller and easier to conceal as well. A 22 LR will put clean holes in 1/2" plywood at 400 yards. That is powerful, and dead is dead.
Or, a semi-auto shotgun, much more muzzle energy than a .556, and destroys everything in front of it. Reloads in seconds.
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Post by sigurdur on Sept 6, 2019 2:29:56 GMT
Shhhhh
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 6, 2019 10:13:36 GMT
I'm supposing that it's just a matter of time before the Keystone Cops get back in charge, and this time they really plan to confiscate at least the AR-15s. What they don't realize, an AR-15 is really only marginally more lethal than a $160 Marlin 60 .22. Those have 15 round magazines, fire at least as fast as the AR, and are absolutely accurate. Smaller and easier to conceal as well. A 22 LR will put clean holes in 1/2" plywood at 400 yards. That is powerful, and dead is dead. Or, a semi-auto shotgun, much more muzzle energy than a .556, and destroys everything in front of it. Reloads in seconds. My first 'assault rifle' was a Lee Enfield '8', .303 bolt action fixed 10 round magazine manually reloaded with clips of 5.
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Post by Ratty on Sept 6, 2019 12:31:53 GMT
I'm supposing that it's just a matter of time before the Keystone Cops get back in charge, and this time they really plan to confiscate at least the AR-15s. What they don't realize, an AR-15 is really only marginally more lethal than a $160 Marlin 60 .22. Those have 15 round magazines, fire at least as fast as the AR, and are absolutely accurate. Smaller and easier to conceal as well. A 22 LR will put clean holes in 1/2" plywood at 400 yards. That is powerful, and dead is dead. Or, a semi-auto shotgun, much more muzzle energy than a .556, and destroys everything in front of it. Reloads in seconds. My first 'assault rifle' was a Lee Enfield '8', .303 bolt action fixed 10 round magazine manually reloaded with clips of 5. Ah, those were the good old days apart from the odd nervous fumble ......
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Post by walnut on Sept 6, 2019 14:10:42 GMT
The Marlin 60 really should be the "Volkssturmgewehr". For now still under the radar, very effective, and all households can afford to have one. The uninformed have some idea that a 22 lr is not much more than a bb gun.
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