Economically illiterate rubbish. Industry net margin is about 2.09%. Forbes estimates average privately-held profitability at about 7.2%; for example, white-collar professional services, energy infrastructure, and computer software are more profitable.https://t.co/3RIAzFlAXC https://t.co/oN44TDDFgy
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
"Raising additional revenue from VAT rather than from other taxes (such as income taxes) is often considered more effective, generating immediate additional revenue, and less detrimental to economic growth and competitiveness than income taxes."https://t.co/stdFjHU5Iy
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
The current proposal would provide a prebate to offset regressive aspects of the consumption tax.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
I support an open, competitive market where the farm owner can get the best price for his property, whether that's China, Bill Gates, Musk or anyone else. https://t.co/ZxlbeSFPsp
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
Classification is an ongoing process, and Clinton had access to serious or damaging information on us or allies. What she was subtly doing was shifting blame to classification originators instead of taking responsibility and exercising judgment and due professional care.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
If you recall, Palin was doing official state business using her private Yahoo account. I know it was State Department policy for personnel to use USG-secured/maintained email accounts. Clinton put her personal preferences over the national interest. I'm tired of her disingenuity
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
Clinton's general election campaign had 2 major unforced errors: Benghazi and private emails. The US should never have intervened in Libya; this happened in an administration whose leader claimed to have the judgment never to enter Iraq. Clinton's email was after Palin's scandal.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2023
It's sad to hear of the tragic mass murder. I was once an IT consultant commuting there for a gig at Odwalla before the Coca-Cola acquisition.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
"Half Moon Bay"
Weird way to book a somewhat expected return of Lesnar (expected in the sense of a rubber match with Lashley). I thought they might have Lesnar distract Lashley costing him the US title. Instead,they have him F-5 Lashley (DQ win?) & then F-5 Theory on top of Lashley for the pin.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
I don't know if anyone younger than a Baby Boomer needs an explanation to Mission Impossible, but here's a clip: https://t.co/0meLO281qt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Be more specific: are you proposing monetary reform? Fiscal reform? Both? Trade policy?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Where do you stand on school choice?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
I'm waiting to hear Bill Gates' solution to the egg crisis: fake eggs? #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Biden is now forgetting he's Commander-in-Chief. Inexcusable. https://t.co/zDZ59gqCHh
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
"Cal-Maine Foods...reported quarterly sales up 110% and gross profits up more than 600%...pointed to decreased egg supply nationwide. The company has had no positive avian flu tests on any of its farms." Economics 101. https://t.co/k18mAop94k
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
I remember when my mom made vestments for me using old beach towels while I was in primary school. https://t.co/PpNW6mlO8U
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
It's a shame AP has gone ideological and politically correct. There was a time when Advanced Placement had earned respect for pushing advancement in core educational disciplines. https://t.co/Fd16W2uwaV
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
There are effectively no Democrat fiscal conservatives, maybe Joe Manchin but his credibility was shot with the oxymoron Inflation Reduction Act. The post Tea Party GOP did briefly win sequesters, but the Dems fear-monger any attempt to shore up entitlement spending.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Mandatory spending includes senior entitlements and Medicaid, all Dem initiatives. During the 5-decade block and periods over the past generation the Dems controlled the House, almost no balanced budgets. Biden calls expiration of pandemic spending "cutshttps://t.co/admXLgqI9H
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Not sure why, but I think I've resolved the problem. It does seem to be related to my VPN service. When I snoozed my VPN I got my normal trends back. Apparently Twitter reads location dynamically and we can't configure it statically.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
These are apparently Japanese trends appearing occasionally in my feed but as of the current time filling my entire explore trends. I have no clue why; I'm not fluent in Japanese, and I rarely if ever tweet on Japan. I use a VPN based out of the East Coast.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Clarification: I'm referring to Biden's job approval rating. I do think Republicans need to be concerned because Biden's approval numbers have shown signs of improvement, he'll now use the GOP House as his whipping boy, and incumbency is a huge advantage. Trump has burned bridges
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Well, I'm always up for a Diane Warren song, but not only did Brady get knocked out in the first round of the playoffs, I'm mystified why female celebrity singers would sing for a dude who sacrificed his marriage to prolong his fading football career.https://t.co/MpzZl4c9wB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
So clearly Biden's situation is far less relevant than Trump's without further context. It doesn't explain how Biden got those Senate-era documents out of a SCIF; it may reflect on lapsed security under Administrations and who else may have done it.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Evidence I need to prune my email subscriptions: somebody is promoting Boebert as a featured speaker at some upcoming conference.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Not interested unless I'm charged for a ticket for when hell freezes over.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
This is Soft Rock America. Time for classic Steam: https://t.co/WT6MZ97LM4
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination are extremely rare, typically mild and appear within a week of injection. USA Today referenced a 2006 study (i.e., pre-COVID) referencing over 1000 athletes who died from sudden cardiac arrest.https://t.co/ldV2MiJBoi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
I don't think Pence or Trump (except for mementos) deliberately stole classified documents. I think it was staffer/packing mistakes & not filtering documents accordingly. Where I fault Trump is fighting NARA tooth & nail over 18 months over Presidential Records Act noncompliance.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
If "Jamie Lee Curtis" ending Michael Myers doesn't scare off her fellow nominees, I don't know what will.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2023
Nope. But Herman Cain introduced the 9-9-9 plan. https://t.co/jM1xt3wGKL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
But he won't be appearing on "To Tell the Truth".
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Nope.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Sponsored by Exo Protein.https://t.co/5XPbg6mkML
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
For one thing, every informed person knows you are more likely to develop heart issues from a COVID infection than from having a booster shot.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
The "Hamlin is dead" rumors are the weirdest stuff since the "Paul is dead" crap in the 60's. He was on national coverage last weekend.
First of all, most pro-lifers, including myself, oppose the death penalty.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Second, the murderers of preborn children, unlike the State, do not respect their Constitutional rights.
Oh, I bet virtue-signaling yuppies are not happy with Manchin. https://t.co/EOcHZ8dwyg
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Pope Francis should quote Aquinas:
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
{T]he majority...of men [are] not perfect in virtue. And therefore, not all the vices from which the virtuous abstain are prohibited by human law...only those graver excesses...which are to the hurt of other men...[such] as murder, theft...
All people, including those of us obese people, should be treated respectfully, not judgmentally or presumptuously. For example, I have been following a fairly low-carb diet for 20 years and probably eat healthier than most healthcare professionals. I almost never eat out.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Let me clarify what the incompetent, disingenuous Chief Propagandist of the Biden regime is talking about.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Last year, "U.S. emergency oil reserves tumble[d] to lowest since 1984" as Biden tried to flood the market to drive down gas prices.https://t.co/CkTH1nWIRM https://t.co/jx6c7pE6cH
People an infected Djokovic would interact with.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
More anti-vaxxer rubbish probably hitting my feed because I currently follow the Babylon Bee which I usually like.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
If you are reasonably informed and intelligent you would be fully vaccinated and recently boosted, full stop. This virus is the third leading cause of death. https://t.co/VgjnTzM5zT
You're not smart enough to know default classification is 10 years, and Biden hasn't been senator since early 2009. You are a hypocrite who said nothing when Trump hit classified documents in his personal desk after his lawyers responded to a subpoena.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Healthcare professionals who could possibly infect others in dealing with the general public without exercising due professional care, including proactive vaccination, are engaging in professionally unethical behavior. There is no justification for putting your preferences first. https://t.co/dmJuMUSJDE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
According to your own reference and Google stock price history, Pelosi probably sold at prices below $90/share. As I write, the Google price is $96.48. So your point is if Pelosi held up sale until now after the antitrust action, she could have made more money?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
You suck at math. https://t.co/uMHlslr4To
Not that anyone else noticed or care, but I've written critical tweets today against Speaker McCarthy, Daily Wire, and anti-vaxxers. I bash stupid Twitter users, whether left- or right-wing.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
First of all, not even Trump is insane or stupid enough to nominate MTG for VP. That would make McCain a relative genius at nominating Palin.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Second, it's a moot point because independent voters will not support Trump in 2024 and he needs them.
"Trump's VP"
I follow polling on independent voters, and I am one.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
A Trumpkin troll challenged me on independent voters: via Newsweek: "41 percent of independents had voted for Trump over Biden [in 2020] ... The latest [PBS/Marist] poll found that just 28 percent of independents believe Trump should run for office again."
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
There never was a Constitutional "right" for the federal government to trump 10th Amendment. From the federal principles underlying our government, police power and health security rests with the states. Dobbs still allows genocide of the preborn in blue states. https://t.co/lFniuzctnL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
Brotherly love is a beautiful thing. Adoption is a blessing. Reunion is awesome. https://t.co/M0gBcna9aX
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2023
The idea of MTG becoming POTUS may be the one thing that leads leftist atheists to pray for the health of Trump. And you already know Trump's lifestyle isn't that healthy; the dude ordered fast food for NCAA national football champs.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Be clear: Trump will turn 77 in a few months, which is already past male life expectancy in the US as of 2020. The idea of MTG being a heartbeat from the Presidency. I don't think MTG has administered as much as an animal shelter.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
So, who does Trump want to see pay him on the silver screen: Chachi or Hercules? We know Joanie loves Chachi but does Trump?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
"Scott Baio"
There are reasons why bright, hard-working Asian-Americans are discriminated against in Ivy League admissions, while rich mediocre kids like Trump depended on his daddy's money & connections to get him in the University of Pennsylvania. https://t.co/Lt8kSfcyUH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
"Elaine Chao"
As a doctoral fellow at UH, I shared an office suite with a similarly bright, likable woman (already a CPA) with Taiwanese roots. We as professors did a research project together. I later wrote a recommendation for her tenure at Alaska-Anchorage. She is a blessing.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
"Elaine Chao"
I just question Ms. Chao's judgment in accepting a position from Trump in the first place. I mean, the dude was hiring scum like Stephen Miller. I personally saw her appointment to the Cabinet as a manipulative ploy against her Senate Majority Leader husband.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
"Elaine Chao"
This is almost certainly wrong. The picture is likely one of Sen. Paul getting a hepatitis vaccine shot last February appearing in the Gray Lady and has been debunked by Reuters.https://t.co/ugsthdczzW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Vaccine truthers are insane.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
By the way, Paul McCartney is still alive today after 50 years of conspiracy theories.https://t.co/nTX5tBCwA4 https://t.co/dtSL1pUNbL
I'm impressed: an Uber Eats dude did something I could only dream of doing as an average-sized, untalented basketball player who got cut from his junior high squad: make it onto the court during a live-action college basketball game. https://t.co/tuDJOcLZak
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
The first priorities of the vaccines were to get serious illnesses under control, and they have manifestly achieved that goal. We do know that nature and duration of infections and transmissions are reduced with vaccines, somewhat contingent on personal health issues/risk factors
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
I've started watching "American Auto" on Peacock. It opens with a discussion of the brand name for their self-driving car: the Ponderosa. While they discuss it, my head is playing the theme instrumental from "Bonanza". Yup, I'm a Boomer.https://t.co/cJqRw5qXXD
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Have you noticed that gas prices are already up about 10% this year; "Deja vu" is playing in the Oval Office.https://t.co/rzsF6jPi5p
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
I have broad tolerance for different views. But I'm tired of this anti-vaxxer obsession from you, and you've lost a follower who stood by you during the suspension.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
If there's anything worse than this right-wing anti-vaxxer obsession with vaccines, it's this left-wing obsession with "racism".
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
"Jane Fonda"
My God, how stupid does Biden think the American people are? He is taking credit for "cutting" hundreds of billions from the deficit. Any reduced spending is more like expiration of pandemic spending. The Dems have claimed for years "the cupboard is bare", there's nothing to cut.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Stop believing in your own delusional revisionist BS. I have worked with or for people of different races or gender for decades. This "systemic racism" is nothing more than a crackpot bogeyman; I was raised in an integrated military community.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Wow! It's like Trump hasn't been in the news during his 2 years after leaving office... https://t.co/rNuksox2Nd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
You haven't had an original thought outside PC brainwashing in years, I take it. Stop sucking up to political correct priestesses.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Why is this important? Has Truth Social had another outage? https://t.co/4NsXK9rNst
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
No, Hamlin doesn't. This anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory needs to stop. And stop engaging in Thomas' skepticism of the risen Christ.https://t.co/mekqx9wDHU
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Damar Hamlin was seen on the Instagram story of Matthew Milano (Instagram / Matthew Milano) https://t.co/mZlTaiq0uH pic.twitter.com/2s8evkdIq1
Are you blind? It's in the tweet, stupid! You obviously don't know what he looks like.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
As usual, more ignorant leftist misinformation. Insurance is designed to cover rare events like major health issues. Ovulation is a normal ongoing activity. Presumably the cost of an uncovered benefit reduces insurance costs, and women could fund those costs on their own.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
I guess that's WHY the GIANTS drafted you.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
And Trump added $8T to the national debt, was still tied down in Afghanistan (outbombing Obama), and mishandled the pandemic. And he's the one who nominated Powell to head the Fed.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Oh, I'm both Never Trump and Never Biden. But it's not like either one started the pandemic.
Well, maybe those who play basketball.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
It's time for Puerto Rico to go its own way and stop being dependent on others.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
Schiff and Porter are part of the Dem circus. I'm not a Republican, just an independent libertarian. But I urge California and its idiot politicians to just secede and spare the rest of us.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 26, 2023
This is a rare time I agree with AOC. Typically, it's been union-backed Dems who have opposed expanding legal and foreign worker quotas on labor protectionist grounds--until Trump has tried to steal the issue from them. https://t.co/HWNuq8PGGg
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
This is a trite high-cost egg joke told one too many times as I point out there are over 300 million American chickens out there and you can buy a $5 rotisserie chicken at Costco or Sam's Club.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
Notic that only GOP-held Houses have achieved budget surpluses over more than 5 decades (FY 1998-2001. https://t.co/dBFrDil0tv
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
Note in most higher-debt years, a Dem-controlled House held the power of the purse, including Trump's pandemic year and Bush's Great Recession year.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
FYI: Article II deals with the office of the Presidency. Article V deals with changing the Constitution.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
It's absurd that a Dem judicial nominee doesn't know as much as a civics student. Not gotcha questions. It would be like a papal candidate not knowing the 10 Commandments. https://t.co/q2VZuYQuRZ
The Carlson/Trumpist opposition on sustaining military/economic assistance to Ukraine is still a minority position in polls and on Capitol.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
I support more constrained support. I worry about America's increased involvement, a Gulf War-like misstep.https://t.co/yYYHrjHT11
As an original Tea Pary libertarian-conservative and former Republican, I maintain a loose alliance with traditional fiscal, pro-growth and limited government conservative Republicans. Trumpkin "Mike Lindell" is totally unacceptable as RNC Chair.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
Anti-vaxxers are not only incompetent; they are immoral and a serious threat to public health. The mRNA vaccines have incontrovertibly saved millions of Americans from serious illness and death (take a look at Chinese stats), brought hospitalizations under capacity, etc. https://t.co/ngC40dV4fz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
Never mind you have some fictitious doctor on Twitter whose account disappears claiming, with zero proof, he administered a very recent booster to Hamlin, but you have a preposterous coverup of Hamlin's "death" by the medical establishment, the Buffalo Bills team, and family.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
JFK, unlike ALL his Dem successors, understood the counterproductive aspects of our noncompetitive progressive income tax system.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2023
But what I as a young boy knew about him, JFK was the first fellow Catholic to be elected after centuries of anti-Catholicism
"President Kennedy"
Oh, Jesus! Twitter kerfuffles are so stupid and predictable.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
The right-wing anti-Ukraine group is spouting Putin propaganda on obsolete origins of the Azra Battalion.
Left-wingers continue to pretend a tiny faction of far-right ideologues dominate the GOP.
"Nazis in Ukraine"
I can just hear Lindell demand a recount and dispute the results... Me, I can't believe there are as many as 4 bonehead RNC members who voted for Mike Lindell. https://t.co/VU9WfVHUKK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
I was a pre-Trump Republican and don't really care about what happens to the Dems or Republicans. But with all due respect, under Ms. McDaniel's tenure, the GOP has lost the White House, the House and the Senate. And the 2022 midterm performance was unexpectedly subpar.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
If you think the role of a US Senator is to be a civics teacher administering a pop quiz, you're sadly mistaken. People will make mistakes under pressure. I remember my mind suddenly going blank near the end of my high school valedictory, and I couldn't read my notes (too dim).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
The video clip of the police murder of Tyre Nichols is beyond heartbreaking and inexcusable. Hearing a young man plea for his mother's help during an uncontrolled irrational occasion of police violence is haunting. My thoughts and prayers for Nichols' surviving family members.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
I never thought I would see Aquinas trend. I used to serve morning mass before high school, and when I graduated, the base chaplain gave me his hardbound volumes of the Summa Theologica.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
"St. Thomas Aquinas"
CPAC stopped appealing to real conservatives a long time ago. It was bad enough to invite RINO Trump as speaker, but inviting Trumpkin minions like Bannon and MTG can't be more than attention seeking gimmicks to rile up leftists.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 28, 2023
No real surprise entrants (like the Rock) appearing in the WWE Royal Rumble men's match. I thought there might be a surprise last-minute entrant when Rey Mysterio didn't emerge, presumably taken out by Judgment Day. Gunther turned out to be the iron man, but ousted by Cody Rhodes
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
You can't convince irrational flat-earthers like anti-vaxxers that Hamlin didn't "die". He probably needed to show a copy of today's newspaper or mention the Bills' home divisional playoff loss in that video clip. The anti-vaxxers are desperately stirring FUD.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
#DamarHamlin
Well, WWE did achieve an unexpected women's Royal Rumble match entrant, Nia Jax, not to mention Mrs. Undertaker, Michelle McCool.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
No. You are ignorant of basic facts. We haven't been truly independent for decades. We produce about 12M barrels a day and consume about 19M. Oil production is actually up since Biden took office.https://t.co/2OZRbsjDYphttps://t.co/skH06DsszH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
Well, we knew WWE wouldn't book Owens over Reigns and Zahn's day of reckoning as an honorary Uce was near. What surprised me in execution: they didn't have Zahn lead the post-match beatdown of Owens as a rite of passage, Zahn turned on Reigns & Jey Uso left Zahn's beatdown
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
I have a personal interest in the post-Rumble press conference. Some media constantly mispronounce HHH's surname (Levesque). (The 's' is silent, like "Le-Veck".) WWE did it correctly. [The name is in my family tree (no relation), and I cringe on mispronunciation.]
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
My latest essay looks at the expanding scandal involving past Presidential and/or classified documents.https://t.co/Dy7NFs30Is
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 29, 2023
