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The Madcap

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20. Yes, the culture values brawn over brains

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:37 PM

Dec 26

And has for longer than I can remember. But raising your kids in a cloistered environment of endless math drills and spelling bees isn't the best way to enhance creativity, encourage curiosity, or discover the hidden talents within each of us. We have to actually live life for that.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged After Wild Rant on How American Workers Suck [View all] Zorro Dec 26 OP

LOL Skittles Dec 26 #1

Yeah he's shitting on some Dems too. RandomNumbers Dec 27 #67

hey, I worked in IT for over four decades (operations) Skittles Dec 27 #69

Let me join in roscoeroscoe Dec 26 #2

The average American worker sucks because they vote against their own best interest and don't even know it. texasfiddler Dec 26 #3

Ramasmarmy needs to... 2naSalit Dec 26 #4

Vivek RammedtheSwamy on this one. Lemons UK Dec 27 #65

Whoa, Vivek! Mike Nelson Dec 26 #5

Hmmm, I agree with what he's saying here. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 26 #6

engineers just do not make money like banksters and wall st hustlers do rampartd Dec 26 #16

Then why did your parents immigrate here? surfered Dec 26 #7

They came when the public education system was at its best Dem4life1234 Dec 26 #15

so Vivek could be their ANCHOR BABY Captain Zero Dec 27 #60

Saturday morning cartoons still exist? gay texan Dec 26 #8

They don't Trenzalore Dec 26 #11

he's a f*ing conman who got rich by pretending to know something about science and running a pump and dump scheme ProfessorPlum Dec 26 #9

They don't even have cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore lol Trenzalore Dec 26 #10

Saturday morning cartoon blocks have disappeared since '10, I think sakabatou Dec 27 #32

Please ask "Prof" Vivek what he thinks of half oasis Dec 26 #12

He's about a generation out of date Maeve Dec 26 #13

I think the death of the mall is happening right now. Very slowly. StevieM Dec 27 #27

Columbus was once a city of malls; let me tell you the history as I've seen it the past 50+ years Maeve Dec 27 #36

It would be nice if they could be refurbished to homeless or low cost housing. travelingthrulife Dec 27 #48

This year 2 Chicago area malls closed, boonecreek Dec 27 #53

Covid and vulture capitalism took their tolls, as well Maeve Dec 27 #55

Sadly, you're right. boonecreek Dec 27 #57

I grew up about a mile from Northern Lights. Boomerproud Dec 27 #56

I worked at Norther Lights Penney's in college (late '70's) Maeve Dec 27 #61

I grew up on Gerbert Rd between Oakland Park and EN Broadway. Boomerproud Dec 27 #63

Dayton still has one Lazarus True Blue American Dec 27 #59

There is a great book called "Look to Lazarus" about the store Maeve Dec 27 #62

Originally Rike Kumler True Blue American Saturday #70

Because Dem4life1234 Dec 26 #14

Why the desire to deport immigrants mzmolly Dec 26 #17

A culture that defunds education will not produce the best engineers Babajida Dec 26 #18

There is a reason why he is called "Rama Lama Ding Dong." valleyrogue Dec 26 #19

Yes, the culture values brawn over brains The Madcap Dec 26 #20

Vivek leaves out the big difference Mz Pip Dec 26 #21

He should ask his work wife kacekwl Dec 27 #23

Yeah, that is why he does not want Chinese EVs to zorbasd Dec 27 #28

YEP !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #42

A lot of those things apply to the Republican party and they call liberals elitist JI7 Dec 27 #22

He thinks the characters in Whiplash were admirable? Bahahahaha Oneironaut Dec 27 #24

It's the K-12 educational system that sucks iemanja Dec 27 #25

This came up because Elon Musk wants more H1B and other foreign workers for his businesses JI7 Dec 27 #26

This is the same false narrative from the mid 1980's Bread and Circuses Dec 27 #29

EXACTLY !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #46

THANK YOU - it is and always has been a LIE so businesses could get RandomNumbers Dec 27 #68

Extra Curriculars JustAnotherGen Dec 27 #30

All these G.O.P. billionaires piss on America and Americans BoRaGard Dec 27 #31

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He is one of the idle rich. Watches too much TV. do something real, Vivek Walleye Dec 27 #34

Doesn't Vivek work for a boorish, vain, dimwitted high school jock bully? Blue_Tires Dec 27 #35

This asshole hates MAGA idiots and regular Americans LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #37

The dumb base Dem4life1234 Dec 27 #44

So I've often wondered how Screach would tackle the Calculus Exam I would take. Norbert Dec 27 #38

NAZI Slavedriver Kid Berwyn Dec 27 #39

Ramaswamy's c-word is COST. He doesn't want to hire Americans and pay American wages dalton99a Dec 27 #40

***ELON IS GOING IN ON AMERICA TOO !!!*** uponit7771 Dec 27 #41

They are all selfish! Dem4life1234 Dec 27 #43

That is a good way to put it. Very simple sentence that makes their travelingthrulife Dec 27 #50

Guy made all his money scamming people Johonny Dec 27 #45

+1. Vivek Ramaswamy Is a Fraud -- and Always Has Been (Newsweek): dalton99a Dec 27 #49

He set his mother up as "a business" who promoted a drug that had shown great promise in ... Botany Dec 27 #51

Telling lies. DiverDave Dec 27 #47

EXACTLY !!! WSJ - "IT Unemployment Hits 6% Amid Overall U.S. Jobs Growth" uponit7771 Dec 27 #52

Saturday morning cartoons? TrunKated Dec 27 #54

This will be a fun fight to watch LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #58

In the capitalist mind set they suck because they don't work for $1 per hour or less. n/t Jacson6 Dec 27 #64

Musk thinks American workers are too stupid to work for him LetMyPeopleVote Dec 27 #66