Trump wasnât shy about which team he wanted to win the Super Bowl. Now, after the Chiefs lost, he said theyâll also get a visit â for a title they won five years ago.

So much for meritocracy. Half of the team is no longer on the Chiefs. The Eagles should say "no thanks"....again!

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R_P wrote: "...many people from Colorado have called and written to complain. In fact, they are actually angry about it!" x infinity

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VV wrote: Ilk Ilk Ilk Ilk They were playing that in a club I went to last weekend.

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Thanks, Donnie!

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islander wrote: Dude, you can't say Ilk, It's elitist and that's why they voted for trump. The death of democracy is on you now. Ilk Ilk Ilk Ilk

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Let the retributions begin...

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VV wrote: This seems like a good opportunity to thank Kurtster and his ilk for their support in the ongoing f*cking over of America by the current cruel and utterly clueless Administration. Job well done boys!! Go grab a beer ya knuckleheads! Dude, you can't say Ilk, It's elitist and that's why they voted for trump. The death of democracy is on you now.

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VV wrote: This seems like a good opportunity to thank Kurtster and his ilk for their support in the ongoing f*cking over of America by the current cruel and utterly clueless Administration. Job well done boys!! Yay!

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This seems like a good opportunity to thank Kurtster and his ilk for their support in the ongoing f*cking over of America by the current cruel and utterly clueless Administration. Job well done boys!! Go grab a beer ya knuckleheads!

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NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: This feels a bit like someone sitting in one of Titanic's lifeboats and shouting "ICEBERG!"

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This feels a bit like someone sitting in one of Titanic's lifeboats and shouting "ICEBERG!"

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Red_Dragon wrote: ð Spot on!

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rgio wrote:

Regarding the tax discussion....I'm 99% sure you wrote about the Buy, Borrow, Die strategy. There's an article about it in the New Yorker recently, but it's paywalled. It's available on Apple News too (where I'm reading it).

Beyond the strategy, they list some pretty compelling facts for change:

Much of the debate around American tax policy focuses on the income-tax rate paid by the very wealthiest Americans. But the bulk of those peopleâs fortunes doesnât qualify as income in the first place. A 2021 ProPublica investigation of the private tax records of Americaâs 25 richest individuals found that they collectively paid an effective tax rate of just 3.4 percent on their total wealth gain from 2014 to 2018. Musk paid 3.3 percent, Jeff Bezos 1 percent, and Buffettâwho has famously argued for imposing higher income-tax rates on the superrichâjust 0.1 percent.

Larry Ellison, a co-founder of Oracle and Americaâs fourth-richest person, has pledged more than $30 billion of his companyâs stock as collateral in order to fund his lavish lifestyle, which includes building a $270 million yacht, buying a $300 million island, and purchasing an $80 million mansion. A Forbes analysis found that, as of April 2022, Musk had pledged Tesla shares worth more than $94 billion, which âserve as an evergreen credit facility, giving Musk access to cash when he needs it.â

This strategy isnât as common among the merely very rich, who may not have the expensive tastes that Ellison and Musk do, but it isnât rare either. Liscow and Fox calculated that the top 1 percent of wealth-holders, excluding the richest 400 Americans, borrowed more than $1 trillion in 2022.

Trillions of dollars per year in untaxed wealth...while the rabble fight over the scraps. In Musk, you have a guy not paying taxes at all talking about the damage that inefficiency is doing to the country. The same country that created the infrastructure and systems that allowed him to become so wealthy.

Yes, that was me (and others). It would be dead simple, an proper/appropriate, to change the tax rules to say that if you use your stock as collateral, you have recognized a gain in the value and it should be taxed. This is simple, common sense, and it would eliminate 90+% of this practice (you could still do it, but it wouldn't have the tax advantage).

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I listened to Ezra's Klien's podcast this week "Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won". In the context of this website and the discussions with Kurt (et al), I think it provides some interesting insights into the country. Here is an AI summary of the discussion:

Ezra Kleinâs podcast discusses why Democrats lost to Trump, citing insights from David Shor. Trump gained among nonwhite and younger voters, and economic concerns like inflation were decisive. Educational polarization grew, with less-educated voters favoring Republicans. Democrats focused on Trumpâs anti-democratic behavior, but voters prioritized economic improvements. Shor suggests Democrats should address economic issues and Trumpâs unfulfilled promises. Klein concludes that Democrats must adapt to voter concerns to regain ground. The party needs to confront these realities to effectively compete in future elections.

As I listen, I can't help but hear Kurt saying "no shit, that's what I've been saying for years!" No really... but this explains a lot of things we all sorta know but struggle to organize/verbalize.

Here is a gift link to The NY Times article (with the podcast as a video). It's worth viewing, because all of the charts are in the very long article below the video.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...

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President Trump says heâs also inviting the Chiefs to the White House

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