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    damn. seems like you could order one online somewhere in CA for cheap?
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    border is closed still i think.. but anyway.. it's not a trivial thing to become a resident in canada. If i can find my cancer drug at the actual rate that my insurance companies pays it'll be doable. It lists for $14,000 for 1 month supply but in searches it shows up for $200 at coscto which i'm not sure is actually true.. but it's something like $3500 for a year supply in canada. so, theoretically i could go to canada every 2 months and buy my medication.
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    the conservative sub reddit is already spinning it as he's a tax genius and did nothing illegal.
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    this is a reddit comment in one of the threads about the tax news. it's a good summary of things i think. it's fucking slapstick. total criminal activity. From the NYT article. People are focusing on this but that's the least interesting part. Two main issues here: His audit was suspended when he became president. He's desperately trying to avoid this audit to be competed. His tax liability is likely close to $100m. His likely to be liable for fraud, hence the NY AG with a criminal probe on him and his businesses. He claims to be a great businessman but he managed to waste away more than $400m his dad left him and almost $500m he made on the Apprentice. He's an awful businessman, especially since he managed to lose money in real estate in very hot markets. This is the most serious issue for him. After stiffing a lot of investors and creditors by bankrupting businesses and leaving loans unpaid, he had to start getting personal loans to keep his lifestyle. The minute he's out office, he'll have to settle those debts. He doesn't have the assets to do so. He's broke. This is where fraud and back taxes may take him to jail, just like Capone. This will implicate her as well. This is fraud to avoid the gift tax. Both are liable here. This will be directly tied to many of the deals he made while in office. Corruption, pure and simple and the DeutschBank records may finally show direct money connection to Russia. In summary, the only thing keeping Trump out of the poor house and maybe jail is the presidency. That's the reason he so desperately wants to be president until he dies.
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    i'm wondering if trump will distance himself as usual "i hardly knew him. he only worked for the campaign as like a coffee boy"
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    Florida Man
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    so crazy. shows his tax avoidance pretty clearly apparently. edit: i guess it's not that crazy. it's expected but it seems crazy based on reality of what working people pay etc.
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    i view it like this... spotify is taking someone else's work and using it for profit. it's really that simple. they aren't offering up fair renumeration for the thing they are selling. Regardless if it's a hobby or full time job.. art was created. sometimes for its own sake and sometimes it's one hat that a person wears to make a living. most artists of all kinds have some kind income stream that isn't from their art directly.. maybe they teach.. maybe they work in advertising.. maybe a recording engineer or sound designer etc etc.. so, saying that "oh you're just a hobbyist because you're not making a living from your art" is disingenuous. It's harder than ever for niche artist to make a living from the work and most artists would be considered hobbyists by that standard. your farmer analogy doesn't really add up to me. it's a bit simple. anyway.. i don't see it as entitlement to expect compensation for work. I think it's entitlement on spotfy's to expect to use someone's work essentially for free and charge other people to hear it then not compensate the person who created the work. I'm not saying everyone who has music on spotify should be able to support themselves from that or get rich or something.. but fair pay is fair pay and spotify isn't living up to their end.
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    getting mentally prepared to have my healthcare taken away by year's end. then the overwhelmingly stressful attempts at figuring out how to get my necessary cancer drug w/o having sell my house and move into a trailer park or something. edit: i'd say there's around 50/50 or better chance that when/if the new supreme court judge gets pushed in the ACA will be gonners. arguments are scheduled to begin Nov. 10th.
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    streaming is already dominant. i hate it. i never do it. sometimes i'll search out a track on youtube but i never stream to my phone or any other device. i know cell coverage is pretty good these days but i don't want to have to have internet to be able to listen to music. I much prefer having a lot of music on an ipod and using that. with proper headphones instead of wireless ones. i like making my own playlists with all the gems and for whatever mood. also, i think turning over the music industry to a bunch of tech bros who make deals with labels and operate like a start up is shit for long term. spotify is not in the music business. they exploit a commodity. that's how i think they see it. and i'm still not cool with them spending $2+ million a month on rent for their trade center offices in NYC. that's some bullshit. I just think they're a shit company.
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    recording/mixing engineer friend. band he worked with.
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    portland.
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    i just spoke to someone who had 55 million plays on spotify and got $1700.
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    there's people commenting at that video that 1 million plays in a month = $4000. but i haven't seen any new math that shows that spotify's royalty rates have gone up. i'm guessing there's different rates for different people which is also a problem, imo.
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    i posted in the commetns of his video and he replied saying he knows people with 200k monthly listeners who make their living on spotify. i doubt that. unless he knows beyonce. if they do make their living from spotify then they are getting better than the typical royalty rate. you need more than 5 or 10 million plays to get more than minimum wage from spotify at the standard royalty rate.
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    i regret i only have but one burger to give
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    what a douche that guy is. so dismissive of the issues with spotify and the fact that spotify is making money that should be going to artists. also, i've discovered many many great releases on bandcamp. ugh. fuck this guy. i lol'd when he basically said "do it for the exposure".. like.. fuck off.
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    i feel shame because i'm top poster in the "now that trump's president" thread.
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    wtf florida
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    i was browsing but i've thought about getting one a few times. I went shooting in the woods with friends long ago and the shotguns were the most fun. as for online ordering.. i don't know.. i don't think in oregon.. but i know in other states you can buy on line. maybe it's possible here too but i haven't looked in it too hard. In no pandemic times there's a gun show every month at the local expo center. there's gun stores all over too but I've never been to one. my friend in southern washington said the gun store near him has a line down the block for months. i'm sure they're not letting the place fill up with customers due to social distancing but a line every day for that long seems weird. I think ammo sales are at 1000 percent of normal or something dumb. that's typical of election year though.
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    i'm a little disappointed in all of you. 9 pages of this when the first comment should've been "... uh yeah.. sounds of your mom" low hanging fruit and immature but fits right in.
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