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Female cop sacked after sending topless “work boobies” selfies in uniform to her lover, claims she was only investigated because she reported a stalker. PC Alisha Staves, 31, with 10 years in Humberside Police, took raunchy snaps: one in a station cupboard under her police fleece jacket (“Maybe Mrs Officer can give you a helping hand”) and another at home in her stab vest (“Work boobies”). She reported being stalked by an ex, but the probe into that complaint uncovered the explicit messages on her phone. Disciplinary panel ruled it a serious abuse of position and dismissed her with immediate effect. Staves says the whole thing has left her devastated and warns it discourages female officers from reporting crimes against them.

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

The best tax system would be a single flat sales tax 1. Most effective at promoting economic growth because the only disincentive is on consumption, and no investment/saving/earning is punished 2. It’s still progressive because the top 10% spend 50% of all consumption, so they would still be footing the most of the bill 3. No more tax filing for individuals, businesses are responsible for collecting and paying the sales tax 4. Tax code becomes obsolete, freeing up the brain drain and capital drain from the entire tax industry to productive work that contributes to economic growth 5. It’s somewhat voluntary because if you want to pay less in taxes you can consume less 6. A 10% sales tax would likely be revenue neutral after just a few years - and could balance the budget shortly after. Right now the government taxes about 17% of gdp. Re-aligned incentives and freed-up capital would stimulate massive economic growth that would more than make up for the short term revenue drop. The main problem people have with this is it feels unfair to the poor who will pay the same percentage of their spending as the rich. But same percentage is not the same dollar amount. Rich still pay more. If you really wanted fairness, it would be the same dollar amount for everyone.

A 25-year old married couple earning $150k will pay over $3k more in federal income tax for 2025 than a 65-year old married couple with the same income (note: assumes no social security - 65-year old couple is waiting to age 70 to get max benefit). This is a fair tax policy?

This meme explains like 75% of right wing politics btw.

And today’s popular music: “blockade” by Trump.

One of my legs is messed up permanently because I fell down an igloo jungle gym onto a horizontal metal bar and the school told me to hide it from my parents or the school would shut down and no kid would ever get recess again.