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My possibly-incorrect understanding of the tax bill is that it doesn’t implement all the deductions at once, which suggests that it wouldn’t add the same amount to the debt this year as it would in, say, 2024. This means that the “x dollars per year” formulation is problematic because it will vary radically depending on which year we look at.

(This seems like it could be solved by “x dollars per year starting in 20whenever, but there might be some reason why that doesn’t work.)

The news I read about the tax plan says it will add $1 trillion to the national debt. Occasionally it ends with “…over the next decade”.

Is there a reason this phrasing is preferable to “will add $100 billion per year to the national debt” or “will add $10 trillion to the national debt over the next century” or “will add $2.50 to the national debt over the next microsecond”?

If not, are headlines like “NEW TAX PLAN WILL ADD $1 TRILLION TO DEBT” completely arbitrary, since they could have made it any number by changing the (unspoken) time course?

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politics discourse Disclaimer: I am neither an economist nor a journalist

FUCKING NASA

I’m fucking pissing myself. You know how all of Jupiter’s moons are named after his lovers and affairs? Yeah. NASA is sending a craft to check up on Jupiter. You know what the craft is called?

JUNO.

Who’s Juno?

JUPITER’S WIFE.

NASA IS SENDING JUPITER’S WIFE TO CHECK ON JUPITER AND HIS AFFAIRS AND LOVERS.

FUCKING NASA

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

Watch: Bernie Sanders Delivered A Stirring Speech At Religious School Liberty University About Reaching

Watch: Bernie Sanders delivered a stirring speech at religious school Liberty University about reaching across the ideological aisle.

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

It’s nice to see this musical go on and on, grow into more of a phenomenon.

@thegrammys @linmanuel

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hamilton hamilton quotes grammies hamilton is such a great musical

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mjollydragon

8 years ago

Hey, anon, would you mind sharing how you obtained what you believe to be my password? (Assuming, of course, that you were in fact talking about me.)

Do you want her blog's password

I assume you mean @mjollydragon‘s because she just reblogged something of mine raising an argument against me but regardless, the answer is no and fuck you very much for asking. I can fend for myself without that sort of snake in the grass censorship, thanks. especially in relation to the theology of a religion I have spent literally all of my conscious life learning about.

And one for the road. Fuck you.

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i don't even know what to tag this as. people who think hacking is an acceptable response to theological disputes Anon is probably bluffing but I'm changing my password just to be safe

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

I’m Supposed To Write A Paper On The Protestant Revolution And Catholic Counter-Reformation. Somehow

I’m supposed to write a paper on the Protestant Revolution and Catholic Counter-Reformation. Somehow my notes turned into this. It’s probably blasphemy and whatever the historical equivalent is. I’m not sorry.

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history religion DIVORCE??? christianity michaelangelo Roman Catholic protestant Henry VIII Martin Luther john calvin calvinist

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

*transgender but otherwise this is a nice list. Off the top of my head, I can also add Fires of the Faithful/ Turning the Storm to the fantasy section -- it’s mostly a fantasy novel, but it has two very prominent lesbian characters.

This Is A List I Made For YALSA’s The Hub On The Wide Range Of YA Literature Featuring LGBTQ Characters.

This is a list I made for YALSA’s The Hub on the wide range of YA literature featuring LGBTQ characters. See the full post and a downloadable pdf here.

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

1926. If Harry Potter Was An Anime.

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

Reblog if you go to fictional characters for comfort.

Whether it be when you feel you don’t belong, when you feel upset, when you’re angry, when you’re going through a hard time or when you’re feeling empty. (Social Experiment: I want to see how many people do this)

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

wizards thinking pokémon are real muggle animals

muggleborns photoshopping pikachus into every photo they can to keep up the illusion

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mjollydragon

9 years ago

Hmmmm, how about, say, sexist people?

Feminism isn’t about trying to control people’s actions. Could you please clarify what, exactly, you’re referring to?