31% of Americans are in the "upper middle class"? When the median income is about $40k/yr?

Murdoch (who owns the WSJ) really needs to keep his fake numbers somewhere vaguely believable.

That's one of the stupidest, most ignorant statements I've seen today.

1. The US and UK OVERTHREW a democratically-elected government of Iran in 1953, and installed the dictatorship of the Shah.
2. Bombing everyone, indiscriminately, committing war crimes, does NOT endear the populace to you.
3. They want their own country. They do NOT want to be owned by the US.

You fucking PoS. I note you're here, and not enlisting to invade Iran.

And no, you think 500,000 troops can control a county of 40M? Who REALLY DO NOT WANT YOU THERE? IT'S THEIR FUCKING COUNTRY.

How 'bout we take over the government, and send troops to MAGAland, and see how you feel about it.

Let me add that when LBJ went into Vietnam, its population was about 40M, and he put 500,000 troops in. Iran's population is over 90M, and the Idiot and the Drunk have 15,000 read to go.

Yeah, like you care about Iran at all. And the Christian mullahs thank you for your support.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0...
https://www.theguardian.com/us...

I dunno, maybe they like the job. Or the people they work with (that happened to me). Or, given the actual job numbers, not the lies that this regime puts out, maybe they don't want to try finding another job?

Geez, are you *stupid*. Maybe you should refuse to call 911 when your house catches fire, and call a company that you pay for to come put it out. And no driving on the roads that MY taxes paid for. And I'm *sure* you just love the annual increases in your medical insurance.

Shall I go on?

This is bullshit. The big companies' C-suite, and the big investors, make huge incomes. Employees - esp. at the bottom, make crap. Maybe the CEO salary shouldn't be $25M/yrea?

Let's see, how many things wrong with this?

1. Minimum wage for tipped workers is a third of the general minimum wage ($2-something an hour, as opposed to $7.25).
2. I remember when tips were 10%. Now instead of the employer paying
          the staff the wage, *you* pay 20% to make it possible for them to
          afford a shared apartment in a slum.

With any luck, there would be a hell of a lot fewer religious fanatics in the US.

Right, argue with me. Tell me that Sec. Kegsbreath isn't.

How odd, I thought this was "news for nerds".

Look up what the first stage burns. Then look up what the SRBs burn.

Oh, all mainframes are obsolete, they're so 20th century.... /s

we have an on-faucet filter. I just don't feel like installing an under-sink one.

You've got that right. I've been waiting over 50 years for this. The Shuttle was Something. This... is an order of magnitude more.

Goddess, that launch was perfect.

Try reading Cory Doctorow.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/0...