Bay Area candy store facing calls for boycott after owner seen at Trump rally

[Lemonslice 4,960]

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

The Left is all about threats though.  It is the only way to get their socialist/Marxist ideas across.

My favourite brand of candies is Tax the rich.  Just love how the taste of reminds me of times when America had grand dreams of going to the Moon,  smaller dreams of clean tap water and dignity for all, and a booming economy. 

They're wrapped in FDR second bill of rights, just to be sure there's no confusion with socialist/Marxist candies.

 

 

[Dashinka 24,736]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

It still cracks me up that people think the bulk of people who align with the leftish end of the political spectrum are Marxists and socialists. I'm a capitalist! But I also have room in my belief system for a critique of capitalism and its excesses, and believe untrammeled capitalism is bad for humans. Nuance seems like a dying art.

When have we ever been under the system of unfettered capitalism?  As to Left, Socialism/Marxism are on the left of the political spectrum.

[Dashinka 24,736]

9 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

My favourite brand of candies is Tax the rich.  Just love how the taste of reminds me of times when America had grand dreams of going to the Moon,  smaller dreams of clean tap water and dignity for all, and a booming economy. 

They're wrapped in FDR second bill of rights, just to be sure there's no confusion with socialist/Marxist candies.

 

 

Yeah, the whole tax the rich sweets and tax the corporations ice cream right?  I always love when people say that and then wonder why the rich, or corporations find a way to reduce their taxes, or pass it on to their consumers.

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And from whom do  you think the Dems get their money from?

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

And from whom do  you think the Dems get their money from?

Sure died in here.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Sure died in here.

 

  Maybe let Boiler know how the quote system works here on VJ. It would have been easier for someone to respond to that question if he actually asked it of someone instead of posting it randomly into space. Unless that was the intent.

[laylalex 7,300]

4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

When have we ever been under the system of unfettered capitalism?  

That's not exactly what I was saying? I guess my point about nuance missed you but that's okay. 

[laylalex 7,300]

1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Maybe let Boiler know how the quote system works here on VJ. It would have been easier for someone to respond to that question if he actually asked it of someone instead of posting it randomly into space. Unless that was the intent.

I was on a Zoom with my family for 3 hours, which is why I was absent. Have I adequately accounted for why I didn't respond?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

56 minutes ago, laylalex said:

I was on a Zoom with my family for 3 hours, which is why I was absent. Have I adequately accounted for why I didn't respond?

 

   I'll admit it, I read the question and it was so overwhelming that I immediately attempted to close my VJ account. Fortunately the 911 operator was able to talk me out of it just in time. I think my adrenal glands have almost returned to their normal size, but I don't want to poke at them just yet. Don't ever want to go through something like that again. 

 

   Are you sure it wasn't the sheer power and awe of a rhetorical question that scared you off? 

 

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by Steeleballz

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

I was on a Zoom with my family for 3 hours, which is why I was absent. Have I adequately accounted for why I didn't respond?

A three hour family zoom is penance enough.

[laylalex 7,300]

2 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

A three hour family zoom is penance enough.

There was a long discussion about FitBits. Like half an hour about FitBits, and various models people had owned, and the time my mom lost one at the end of 2019, and whatever happened to that one, Phil? Do you remember I lost it at that sushi fusion place? 

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57 minutes ago, laylalex said:

There was a long discussion about FitBits. Like half an hour about FitBits, and various models people had owned, and the time my mom lost one at the end of 2019, and whatever happened to that one, Phil? Do you remember I lost it at that sushi fusion place? 

What was the conclusion?

 

You can not just leave it there.

[laylalex 7,300]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

What was the conclusion?

 

You can not just leave it there.

My dad (Phil) did not remember this at all. My mother was offended because he was the one who had given it to her for Christmas only a few days before. He asked if it really mattered because she had one now and she replied that that wasn't really the point. None of us really knew what the point was by that point, perhaps even my mom. 

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24 minutes ago, laylalex said:

My dad (Phil) did not remember this at all. My mother was offended because he was the one who had given it to her for Christmas only a few days before. He asked if it really mattered because she had one now and she replied that that wasn't really the point. None of us really knew what the point was by that point, perhaps even my mom. 

Next time you Zoom perhaps mention we are looking at setting up a VJ and Associates Fitbit group, through the App that syncs to your watch you have additional functionality.

[TBoneTX 45,953]

15 hours ago, Dashinka said:

The Left is all about threats though.

With open eyes and ears, read and listen to statements made by leftists.

They're lectures, in combination with an insult, a threat, or both.

Someone pick any half-dozen statements at random and see how many qualify.