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Why Isn't Clarence Thomas Facing Impeachment Hearings? (www.theroot.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Col3814444@kbin.social to c/politics@kbin.social

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The disgraceful Supreme Court justice should be held accountable for his actions but probably won't.

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[–] some_guy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The fact that you believe lottery winners are more likely to go broke makes me think you don’t care much for reality at all, and put a lot more trust and energy into what makes you feel good and correct.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/07/mega-millions-jackpot-winner-numbers-myths-about-lotteries.html

And I’ll just add this here to shed some light on your other bootstrappy bs:

Research into winners in Germany, Singapore, and Britain found that winning the lottery does, in fact, make people happier

[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/93/3/961/57969/The-Ticket-to-Easy-Street-The-Financial?redirectedFrom=fulltext#.VpLMM1J327Q

I mean …. It’s not like studies and data hasn’t been compiled

[–] some_guy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Tell me you only read the abstract without telling me you only read the abstract 🤣

Thanks for posting a study that proves my point!