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@Marginmn @unusual_whales Yes. That’s a given and it’s happened due to death taxes where family homes or farms have had to be sold to pay the death tax.

@ShanghaiNoOne @unusual_whales Yes for city/state services provided to the homeowner - like fire, police, schools - but yes - that’s quite enough tax already. The cascading effect of having to sell your stock or even your home to pay taxes on unrealized cap gains would be disastrous to our mkts and economy.

"The four richest Californians paid 0.07% of their wealth in income tax from 2019 to 2025," per NYT

@cenkuygur Iran agreed to nothing and can’t be trusted.

We’re back to bombing Iran. This is exhausting. Just stop listening to Israel. They’re going to try to drag us back into war in every possible way. Get to peace. Leave the region. Iran already agreed to not having a nuclear weapons program. Let’s come home!!

@SimonW_Van @StateDept The Lebanese government was elected and wants to expedite Hezbollah terrorists.

@StateDept This is a Zionist puppet government that does not represent Lebanese. Nice gaslight once again by Little Marco, Zionist's biggest puppet

SECRETARY RUBIO: "We're happy to announce a framework agreement between the sovereign government of Lebanon and the government of Israel, with the mediation and support of the United States of America."

@Marginmn @unusual_whales Home property tax is based on the value and goes up as the value appreciates

@unusual_whales Yea you don't pay tax on stock gains until you actually sell the stock. You don't pay capital gains on your home until you actually sell the home - same with gold in your home safe. Anyone calling for taxes on unrealized gains is a financial nimrod.

@CitizenUSA77 @unusual_whales The wealthy pay for you

@unusual_whales They need to bring the tax rate up for the wealthiest there is only one America and the wealthy are destroying everything Poor people shouldn't have to pay for the wealthy With the very least the wealthy should pay for what they own, no more welfare for the rich

@unusual_whales Socialist “tax the rich!” state government levies zero taxes on the rich and destroys the working middle class to pay for the lifestyle of third world illegals brought in to clean bathrooms and pick crops for the rich. Wash rinse repeat.

@MoonriseBill @unusual_whales That’s moronic

@unusual_whales There's a way to do it , require all shareholders to receive a minimum of 1% of there share value in dividends annually

@unusual_whales If I’m to be taxed on my wealth, do I get a refund when the market goes down?

@marklevinshow Turkey is not our friend.

Did you ever think you’d read anything like this?

Cameras prove the event happened. They are proof of guilt or innocence

@TRHLofficial @RealDeanCain Cameras prove the event happened. They are proof of guilt or innocence.

This man was accused by software of running a red light in Florida while he was in Alabama. Red light cameras are unconstitutional because they shift the burden from the state to prove guilt to the driver to prove his own innocence.

@floatingpointz @SpencerGuard @piersmorgan 1. There is no “total control” 2. There are comparisons to recent other warfare 3. You don’t seem to care about Muslims when they are killed by other Muslims.

@ShanghaiNoOne @SpencerGuard @piersmorgan No fucking reading comprehension

“They are killing enormous numbers of civilians…they are targeting one, two, three enemy combatants and in the process killing huge numbers of civilians. @piersmorgan Piers a few minutes later – “If you can’t say exactly how many civilians have been killed in Gaza, what you say about numbers is bull.” Dear @piersmorgan I tried to explain to you where numbers in the Gaza war (or any war) are going to come from "simply.” But let me type it out so you have a record of it instead of the interruptions and the tactic of just asking the same question over and over while I explain how the numbers work. The same numbers by the way that you used minutes before to criticize Israel and constantly repeat or have guests on that repeat, or more often state not even Hamas numbers but false numbers about xx civilians, xx women, xx children, xx percentages that go beyond Hamas's actual list of casualties. First, let me correct you again (like I did to start the segment) by providing you my actual quotes: 1 - "Israel and the IDF have implemented more measures (sometimes quoted as precautions) to prevent civilian harm in urban warfare than any military in history," That is testable against urban warfare history of any similar situation (mostly attack of defended urban terrain). Israel civilian harm mitigation measure have included advance notification (flyers, phone calls, text messages, voicemails, drones with speakers, tv, radio, social media), safe corridors to include improving roads used for safe corridors in the middle of the war, roof knocking (notifying all residents of a building in advance for evacuations and then using non-penetrating low-yield munitions on top of the building before then waiting to strike), over daily multi-hour pauses in fighting (over 400 days of the 800 days of fighting) to allow civilian evacuations and aid movement, establishing a one-star commanded civilian harm mitigation cell that created a real time civilian presence (using cell phone presence, drones, satellite images, etc.) software reflected on all combat operating systems, handing out their own military maps to the entire population (to include the enemy) and then communicating the location of IDF operations, areas to avoid or further evacuate, using major call outs of buildings and neighborhoods, restrictive rules of engagement based on likely civilian presence, rigorous fires processes and legal reviews that often ended in calling mission off out of civilian harm estimates. Many of these measures have never been attempted, by any military. 2 - "Israel has a lower civilian to combatant ratio than any similar context (war or battle) in the history of urban warfare.” After acknowledging the lack of comparative cases (size of enemy forces (which I asked you about, you don't know), tunnels, density, strategy, tactics, prevention of civilian evacuations) but still doing the simple analysis, in order to provide the evidence for this statement I use the same numbers you and your frequent guests push to condemn Israel. But here: Q: How do you estimate the number of civilians deaths? A: Take the number the Hamas Gaza Health Ministry reports (despite that it includes any death in Gaza for any reason or cause (Israel/Hamas/Other terrorists) and has been well documented with inaccuracies (even having to be updated by Hamas of natural deaths, incomplete entries, false entries) and subtract the Israel stated combatant deaths. The Hamas Gaza Health Ministry claims roughly 72,000 deaths in Gaza. The IDF says it has killed about 25,000-26,000 combatants, a number also reported by President Trump in October 2025. If you subtract 25,000 from 72,000, even using Hamas’s number at face value, you get roughly 47,000 non-combatant deaths, or a bit less than a 2:1 ratio. If you were modest to adjust for natural deaths and Hamas-caused deaths, is likely closer to 35,000–40,000 non-combatant deaths versus 25,000 combatants killed, which puts the ratio closer to 1.5:1. If you compare 2:1 or 1.5:1 to any numbers we have (in many cases we don’t have) for wars, urban centric wars, contested urban battles they will be some of the lowest ratios (in some cases lowest by far) ever seen despite none of those wars or battles had the context of Gaza. For example: World War II – 70 million civilians, 20 million combatants, 3.5:1 Korean War – 2.5 million civilians, 90,000 combatants, 27:1 Iraq War – 280-300,000 civilians, 150-200,000 combatants, 1.4:1 to 2:1 But wait, the Gaza numbers are usually aggregated numbers for the entire war, any death ever reported in Gaza. But if you disaggregate the numbers to specific battles like Rafah, Khan Yunis, Gaza City 2025 for comparison you get different numbers. Based on modest numbers from the Battle of Rafah, the civilian to combatant ratio would be more like 1:100 due to multiple operational variables like the success of civilian evacuations. Major urban battles (modest comparison of battles with any like variables). Mosul – 10,000 civilians. Combatant unknown but total estimate in battle 5,000 – 2:1 Manila – 100,000 civilians. Combatants 17,000 – 6:1 Seoul – Unknown/no record of civilian but very likely high ratio based on histories Mariupol – Unknown/mass graves, estimate 20-22,000 civilians, 3-8,000 combatants - 2.5:1 to 7.3:1 I actually use this discussion about numbers or quote about ratio sparingly despite how many times it has been attribute to me because I know the complexity of casualty counting especially in urban centric wars with combatants that violate the law of war and do not distinguish themselves (uniforms/marking) making determining a body found (if there is a body) or a name reported (such as methods in Gaza) and then classifying that person as was participating in the hostilities (combatant) or not (noncombatant) is beyond just difficult and should always be viewed as questionable. In Mosul, a year after the battle there was not only no agreed upon casualty number, but the Mayor of the city also said there were 40,000 civilian deaths. These numbers are always messy, political, susceptible to manipulation by the different organizations involved. My point has always been that numbers of casualty reporting in Gaza doesn’t paint the story people routinely push. Actually, the opposite. Urban warfare is inherently and historically costly against civilians and the infrastructure. All wars involve noncombatant death. The moral, legal requirement is to do proportionality assessments and take feasible steps to prevent excessive civilian harm. So, using your logic Piers, if you can’t state how many combatants were killed (by Israel, Hamas, terrorist rockets, other terrorists in power struggles) … you can’t say (or allow your guests to say) Israel has killed a “large number of civilians” or “killed a disproportionate number of civilians” like you did in this very interveiw. You can't spend years saying Israel is killing enormous numbers of civilians and then tell me nobody can estimate civilian deaths so ratios aren't valid. Those two positions can't both be true. If casualty estimates are reliable enough to accuse Israel, then they're also reliable enough to examine civilian-to-combatant ratios. If they aren't, then they shouldn't be used selectively only when they support one conclusion.

Karmelo Anthony Case Update: This morning, I discovered that a social media personality is planning a live stream because they are angry that the Judge Roach ordered to seal the identities of minor witnesses and jurors for their protection. According to recordings and statements I personally obtained, this individual intends to publicly identify witnesses - including minors - by sharing their names and photographs. This individual also stated “you can’t seal the minors names, because we were in court. We were taking notes. And we know who everyone is. That is why I’m going to expose every last witness that got up there and lied. I’m going to expose you. I’m going to put your big ugly face up. I’m going to talk about you like a damn dog”. This is the very definition of doxxing. I have already contacted the prosecutor’s office, Bill Wirskye, and alerted the Frisco Police Department. I will NOT be sharing a link to the live stream or directing traffic to it. I will, however, be monitoring it and documenting everything that occurs. If protected witness information is released, I will preserve the evidence and provide it directly to the appropriate authorities. Something needs to be done before witnesses - especially CHILDREN - are placed at risk. The court sealed this information for a reason: to protect the people who participated in the judicial process. If anyone with law enforcement or the prosecutor’s office needs the recordings I have obtained, please contact me. I will provide everything I have. It’s safe to say that I am SO tired of this. For well over a year, I’ve monitored and documented this kind of conduct. My file is extensive. The evidence is there. At some point, enough has to be enough. It’s time for the appropriate authorities to take action.

@fandompulse A superhero openly showing affection to anyone while in costume and in public makes them a target.

Image Comics founder Erik Larsen defends turning long-time characters gay in comics: "I have known multiple people who were married and had children due to societal pressures who later came out as gay. My best friend’s mom when I was growing up was a lesbian. She had three boys and had been married to a man for years, so even having a character who had dated someone from the opposite sex a couple times doesn’t seem 'unrealistic' to me. The only real issue is homophobic fans of these characters losing their minds when one of the characters they were a fan of turned out to be gay." Why is the entertainment industry obsessed with making everything gay?

@Khaledhzakariah How long did you have to wait for that surgery?

The NHS is "not a health service" is complete utter bullshit. My daughter needed major surgery that would have cost $90,000 in the US. The NHS delivered that surgery. Yes, I pay tax and would happily continue to do so. The NHS looks after everyone, unlike all the countries you mentioned. It would be wonderful if people who are not British and have no clue what they're talking about kept to themselves.

Those greenhouses made Gaza a net exporter of food. Then they were destroyed in a mindless frenzy because… Jews. Now Pallys complain about no food and having to import it. The only export of Gaza now is missiles, suicide bombers, and terrorists.

@floatingpointz @SpencerGuard @piersmorgan Why don’t you whine about genocide in Syria, genocide in Yemen, genocide in Ukraine, genocide in Sudan? #NoJewsNoNews

“We have the most advanced military technology in the world, complete aerial dominance, and total control over everything entering and leaving Gaza but please, judge us by the standards of 1940s urban warfare” The relevant benchmark isn’t what old school armies did, it’s what “the most moral army in the world” should be capable of.

@joshuapbrink @SpencerGuard @piersmorgan Except your numbers are wrong

You take Hamas’s 72,000 as a ceiling, shave it for ‘natural deaths’ and misfired rockets, then divide by a combatant count higher than the IDF’s own. The IDF says about 22,000; your 25–26,000 is Trump’s Truth Social number, which TIME couldn’t verify. If the count is too messy for Piers’s civilian claims, it’s too messy for your 1.5:1. And your comparison ratios don’t survive a basic google search. Korea wasn’t 90,000 combatants. Military deaths ran close to 800,000 - 1.2 million (213,000 North Korean, 400,000-plus Chinese, 134,000 South Korean). The real ratio is about 3:1, not 27:1. WWII’s 70 million is total dead, not civilians; that ratio is roughly 3:2 to 2:1, not 3.5:1. Every error tilts the same way inflating every other war to flatter this one. Then the part you skip: EVERY independent mortality study, two in the Lancet, plus Max Planck near 112,000 and finds your 72,000 is undercounted by 34 to 41 percent. Israel’s own leaked intelligence put civilians at 83% of the dead. Most estimates put combatants near 20%, not your 35%. You don’t even bother to mention this studies which goes to show what your analysis is worth. So run your own logic, the one you used on Piers. If the numbers are solid enough for your ratio, they’re solid enough to say it’s closer to 4:1, and based on Israel’s own data, MUCH worse. You didn’t find the lowest ratio in the history of urban warfare. You manufactured it: the high number for combatants, the low one for civilians, invented ones for everybody else. You are a total hack.

@shipwreckedcrew Generals didn’t decide to pull out in a slipshod manner. They didn’t have a choice because Biden didn’t have the capacity to understand risks and consequences. This General was pushed out by Hegseth because SecWar does bad and wrong things and he told him so. #integrity

The apparently "forced" retirement by SecWar Hegesth of US Army 4 Star Chris Donahue is justified -- to me at least -- as simple recognition that the Combatant Commanders responsible for the Afghanistan surrender aren't entitled to have their paths to retirement be gilded to the max extent possible. 13 young Marines and Soldiers didn't make it to retirement because of command failures. Billions in U.S. weapons and materials were left behind when Bagrham was abandoned in the middle of the night. Sometimes a small number of bad decision overwhelm a career of good decisions. Hegseth is a SecWar who identifies a lot more closely with the E1-E4s on the ground he used to command in forward combat units. That describes the 13 who died. I don't think he's losing any sleep over a 4 Star who might not have maxed his retirement benefits by being forced to retire earlier than he wanted.