Jacob Meyer

When not writing about weapons, warfare, or finance, Jacob works as a software developer for a fortune 500 company, and lives in a house outside of Cleveland.

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@chefsevenn Nothing, or maybe some horseradish or gorgonzola.

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@DOGTURDGUY @MAGA_X_Times That's the problem with gold; sure, the pawn shop will rip you off, but what is the best way to convert the gold into cash, particularly if you don't have a good coin dealer nearby?

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Back in 2015, I briefly gave Trump the benefit of the doubt and looked into his actual track record. I realized that apart from being inheritedly wealthy, his primary business is just branding—putting his name on other people’s work and taking a cut. Nothing about his career showed genuine business competence or honesty, so my expectations for his administration were incredibly low. Unfortunately, I was proven right.

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Its not about liking him; no one has to like him. But, if he would actually present and explain his vision and his goals, make his case for why its desirable, and actually try to sell the country on his plan (and I mean actual, operational details; not just handwaved platitudes...what does he mean, specifically, by making America great again? How does he intend to accomplish it?)...then we could at least have a discussion. Right now, most of don't think he even has a plan, apart from enriching himself and his family, at the expense of the nation.

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@dcopechatter There is investigating fraud and then there is spreading conspiracy theories and beating a dead horse to keep the idea of widespread fraud on the forefront of peoples' minds; one is positive and healthy, the other is actively destructive.

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@lisacon65153949 @Scaramucci Its about hierarchy and different rules for different people; because MAGA sees Trump as the king, they see him looting the country as his right. Because the see Biden and Obama as illegitimate, any profit or wealth they gain from their time in office is seen as theft.

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MAGA views Trump as a natural aristocrat entitled to a "ruler’s portion"—so shifting billions to his family is just grand statecraft. But they view career politicians like Biden or Obama as mere servants; when a servant profits, it’s treated as low-status theft.

This double standard is fundamentally un-American. The entire American experiment was built on rejecting dynastic privilege and the divine right of rulers. Demanding strict rules for the servants while letting the master operate above the law isn't conservatism—it’s a complete surrender to a neo-feudal mentality.

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@Soaringeagle45 Treated like shit? The media (and thinking people) expect you to spell out your positions, explain them, and defend them. Trump won't do that because he doesn't have positions; its all a con. He gets mad because they won't let him bullshit his way through.

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@skj005 @Acyn While I see the SAVE act as a bait and switch, I do think it would be hilarious if it was passed and resulted in an electorally significant number of Republican voters being disenfranchised, to the point that it changes election results.

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Outside of a personality cult, leadership requires verifiable proof, not blind faith. Handwaving the question by claiming the evidence is "self-evident"—and implying you're just blind if you don't see it—is a classic con. It flips the burden of proof onto the skeptic.

Demanding that citizens accept invisible data isn't a political stance; it’s a loyalty test. For anyone who values objective reality, a leader who expects you to substitute their assertions for verified facts isn't just untrustworthy—they are fundamentally disqualifying.

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@yukonjnc @meaganmalek @CaryKelly11 We don't teach kids about student loan risks because the system changed. High costs have turned degrees into financial millstones, trapping ambitious youth in corporate debt servitude. It’s a structural barrier designed to block economic mobility and protect the wealthy class.

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@meaganmalek @CaryKelly11 You literally will never know what you will make after. Industries change; the market changes, and you may find yourself tied to one geographic area where the going wage for your field is low, but you can't move to where it is higher for other reasons.

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@MoosaTayler @CaryKelly11 @IsabelleElise10 Legally, sure. But in contract law, an agreement isn’t enforceable just because you signed it—contracts that are predatory or against the public interest are legally void. The real issue is that the financial lobby rewrote the laws to make systemic exploitation legal.

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The admissions officer's job is to maximize enrollments to increase revenue; within the higher education system, once the students are enrolled, it falls on the Education staff to keep them there. Its the "run schools like a business" model of higher education, and its a lot of why it fails.

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Manipulate the narrative to invert meanings: he redefined 'fake news'—originally meant for actual fraudulent propaganda sites—to dismiss any unflattering, accurate coverage. Similarly, he masterfully bullshits through policy, only to aggressively redirect the blame to others when it falls apart.

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Obama fairly regularly did interviews with Fox News.

Super Bowl Interviews: Obama established a tradition of doing live interviews with the network broadcasting the Super Bowl. When Fox had the broadcast rights, he sat down for tough, live, pre-game interviews with Bill O'Reilly in both 2011 and 2014. These interviews frequently involved sharp back-and-forth sparring over policies like the Affordable Care Act, the IRS, and Benghazi.

Fox News Sunday: In April 2016, Obama did a lengthy, exclusive sit-down interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, covering his presidential legacy, the Supreme Court, and the ongoing 2016 election. He also did interviews with Wallace earlier in his presidency (2009) and during his 2008 campaign.

Major Policy Pushes: In 2010, during the height of the legislative battle over healthcare reform, Obama sat for a highly confrontational interview with Bret Baier to defend the bill to Fox's audience.

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I'm not idolizing anyone; I just expect some honesty and coherence from people, as well as the same standards applied to everyone. Remember, Hunter wasn't in government and his drug problems were well known; Trump's kids were given semi-formal roles in government, and their drug problems were widely suspected but not openly reported.

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@ArtStrp @SenatorBanks It would be amusing to see that backfire, causing large numbers of rural republicans to discover that they've lost the ability to vote, and getting it back will take more time and money than they are willing to spend.

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The naming is a little complicated, but think of it as D&D and AD&D were separate, parallel lines (for legal reasons, although they are mostly compatible), and when AD&D got a 2nd edition, that numbering stuck even after they dropped the A. They remained separate until the mid-90's.