Comments by "Oblithian" (@Oblithian) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

  1. If someone has an investment of $25,000 and it becomes $50,000 then the owner passes away and it is inherited, then if it is sold at $2,000,000 the gains less the initial investment should be taxed. But, No one should ever be taxed for merely recieving a gift or inheriting something. That money was already taxed when the first person earned it.
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  2. He probably took the test then said it was unpleasant and realized he needed to backpedal because they probably told him NOT to say anything bad so that people aren't discouraged from getting tested.
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  3. You assume it wasn't mush before.
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  4. If there is legitimate concern should not normal procedure entail conducting an investigation?
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  5. Well it has as many people as some small countries, so the city let alone the state, could do its own universal healthcare.
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  6. Remind them the rich are their bosses who don't appreciate their hard work and they just want to put more tax burden on their workers so they don't have to.
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  7. If you owned an old grand cherokee it is no wonder you have a low opinion. lol
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  8. now, if net neutrality were still a thing traditional media consolidation wouldn't be an issue.
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  9. I like the new hexagonal map
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  10. Yes yet another largely pointless effort.
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  11. David, your analogy while likely the case for some idiots is dismissive of a real issue. There are cases where coronavirus was attributed despite not being the actual cause of death. Say there was a failed surgery, and the individual who wasn't showing symptoms tested positive. Saying heart failure is the cause of death not Covid IS absurd, IF covid caused the heart failure. But in Cases where an individual is already dying having caught Covid does not in herently make it the cause of death, just like the common cold wouldn't realistically be attributed in the same case. But there are also undoubtedly cases where individuals died from the virus and the virus was not attributed. Whether or not it balances out is irrelevant, it still is important to accurately depict things that occured. Covid related vs Covid caused is an important distinction. Just as Active cases are more relevant than the cumulative case number, spoken as if it is the active case number.
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  12. It's mostly the other unvaccinated kids that are at risk.
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  13. Could you do a short video that you know is going to be de-monetized explaining what this group is? I have no idea what you are talking about.
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  14. Wait is it worse economically "if the children and the teachers and the parents get the virus"? If a shutdown means no one is working, and opening (those aren't the only options) means everyone gets sick, you have individual people intermittently out of comission for 2 weeks at a time (at most) and 2 weeks only. Compare that to most people out of comission by shutdown or having to be home with their kids, I don't think that is worse economically. Is it worse in terms of human cost, yes, and that shouldn't be discounted, but that's not what you stated.
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  15. Calling him a crybaby seems petty. But, as you will.
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  16. To be fair, you also pointed out just recently "It takes a lot less time to tear something down than to build it up"
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  17. Freedom of speech is a universal human right as defined by the UN resolutions which the US signed. So in terms of Federal law, I don't know (if they are within the country at the time probably), but it is certainly a violation of international law *If, they decide twitter constitutes a public forum... which they probably do/would.
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  18. I don't know, events seem to indicate it is everywhere. The worst could be anything. For all we know he could be involved in kidnapping and child labour in Africa, or laundering money through a drug cartel (which is absurd, but who knows?).
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  19. Why does this remind me of the Smoot-Hawley Act? ...So bizarre.
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  20. Well the facebook algorithms can't even identify pornography, or fake accounts that violate their community standards when it is reported.
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  21. Just like how certain people were only advertising the cumulative case numbers rather than active.
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  22. All of these voting problems trump didn't deal with.
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  23. @Christian Cooper People always care, the question is only which news agency is spinning it.
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  24. professionalism
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  25. Isn't Warren already out?
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  26. I swear the stack is thinner and the prior video had actual blank pages.
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  27. Courts don't decide elections, people do.
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  28.  @carolbabb7875  lol either A) they are starting to take it more seriously, or more likely, B) They are being a prop to attest to his recent claims of taking the virus seriously.
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  29. I am fairly certain he has already defamed his base and been caught treating them poorly.
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  30. Grifters hey?
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  31. Trump: "It goes against everything I believe... to threaten or harrass fellow americans" Me: YOU YOUUUUUUUU!
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  32. ...taken away from obama? does he think the US owns it?
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  33. I felt so behind on the news.
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  34. They seem a little too out of context. Not that he still won't end up saying these things in a terrible way, it's just highly suspicious given media's behaviour of late (*of always).
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  35. Here's the thing about 'systemic racism' the term was chosen to be impactful, inherently abhorent, and in most cases that's making it out to be more than it is. However, when systemic decisions are intentionally planned to harm a specific group, that is racism flat out. So when someone makes a law trying to supress a vote of a certain population, that is in every situation I can imagine TOTALLY INEXCUSABLE. However, when you have societal norms, or innocuous decisions which inadvertantly affects one group more than another, that is a systemic problem that may need addressing, but it is not 'racism'. For example, you choose to give away 5 items to the first 5 people to enter your store. They all happen to be caucasian. Do they need to take them away and only give them out to the first person of each colour? Is that more equal? Is that more fair? That just makes the odds of winning dependent upon your skin colour, and that is racist. Now on the otherhand, if you decide to only provide post-secondary education to the highest scoring students but education is a known issue in a... hispanic community. 1) the education issue NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. But until then, that is unjustly favouring more wealthy and other ethnicities of citizens. So, 2) The system needs a way of balancing scores relative to their school of origin. But if the system is working properly there won't be just one ethnicity who is affected by poverty or poor education facilities, and those accomodations will be made for everyone in those situations.
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  36. it may not matter which they are but for a greater understanding of human behavior, it would be interesting to know how preferences can or cannot be affected.
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  37. No idea this was a thing. I hope that drawing attention to it doesn't give it legs it wouldn't get otherwise.
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  38. Their favouritism seemed pretty apparent at the time.
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  39. The question they should have asked: "Since the president pardoned Former National Security advisor, will he be offering him the position again?"
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  40. efficiencies can be gained from a governance and public service standpoint. Though I am talking about regional consolidation rather than federal decentralization, which is basically breaking up the country so it is no longer has the thing that unifies it as a country (a central government).
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  41. The implication that all of the 7 trillion was spent on schools is ridiculous. Also, the Republicans are pro-military spending and action. What, is selfishness or sense finally winning over fear and ultranationalism?
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  42. having other people post for you is hardly genius.
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  43. I was expecting ot hear more about those key senate races.
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  44. Small vocabularies suggest a lack of reading.
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  45. Even the spiffing brit was poking fun at the US today.
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  46. If I had more context...
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  47. "deepfake" too much credit for childish attempts at deception.
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  48. This will make for some hilarious video edits.
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  49. What is the world, what are laws and social norms, what is democratic process, and why do we even try? If the next president doesn't take action to close these massive flaws in government/presidential power, the country as we know it will fall apart.
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  50.  @JGPRSNJ  I hope it does, they need a statement.
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