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Keith Olbermann tweeted something like "Smart move. You'll be in prison by then anyway." in response to Trump saying he wasn't attending the dinner. LMAO.

I think Olbermann has better odds of ending up in prison than Trump

02-25-2017 , 08:40 PM

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ChrisV

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This thread really went off the rails. Slow Drumpf news day I guess.

02-25-2017 , 08:41 PM

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Gizmo

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Originally Posted by Rex Ingram

I think Olbermann has better odds of ending up in prison than Trump

Do you think it will get so bad that the WH starts rounding up journalists and throwing them in jail unless they're state sponsored?

02-25-2017 , 08:43 PM

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Huehuecoyotl

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

This thread really went off the rails. Slow Drumpf news day I guess.

He takes the weekends off so no work gets done so nothing gets f*cked up.

02-25-2017 , 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

I'm using "make" as in the net effect. Reducing the work week from 40 hours to 35 means employers are going to have to pay 5 hours more overtime to get the same amount of work. The net effect will be employers will give their employees less hours, there would be an upward shift in employment unless we were at full capacity then there would be a shift in wages. Of course specific employers could still pay overtime if they had to get something done.

The overall effect would be similar to a UBI but with the UBI the pressure would be on low wage workers dropping out because they could live on the UBI. That could cause resentment as people who are working become to resent that there are people who are living off of their UBI. Reducing the workweek increases leisure time but without having some identifiable group dropping out of the workforce.

Gotcha.

02-25-2017 , 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gizmo

Do you think it will get so bad that the WH starts rounding up journalists and throwing them in jail unless they're state sponsored?

Not for now but they'll get to it eventually.

No surprise, but it's being reported the guy running national security can't walk into the oval office when he needs to. Stephen Miller apparently can do it whenever he wants.

02-25-2017 , 08:51 PM

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Hey Micro, I don't know if you know this but people on SSDI often want to work but can't work a lot of hours w/o losing their benefits. Something to keep in mind if you want to hire people that can't work more than 10-15 hours a week.

I'm on SSDI and my biggest problem is employers want me to work 30 hrs a week (but not full time) and I can't w/o losing my benefits.

Cool. I can't generally hire people on disability as most of the people I hire have to install solar panels, but there are probably some disabilities that wouldn't prevent someone from doing that. My problem, and with construction in general, has more to do with temporary rushes and lulls. I might pay overtime one week, but not again for 5 weeks.

What kind of work do you do?

02-25-2017 , 08:51 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

This thread really went off the rails. Slow Drumpf news day I guess.

yesterday evening i posted this

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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

trump's speech at the white house correspondents dinner should be good

and today morning trump declared that he WON'T be attending the white house correspondents dinner, which is over 2 months away.

TIL they're reading this thread right now, my posts specifically

02-25-2017 , 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

This thread really went off the rails. Slow Drumpf news day I guess.

Yeah, my fault and embarrassing, but humble pie can be good for you.

**** Trump!

02-25-2017 , 09:08 PM

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Rex Ingram

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo

Do you think it will get so bad that the WH starts rounding up journalists and throwing them in jail unless they're state sponsored?

it is now certainly a possibility

02-25-2017 , 09:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo

Do you think it will get so bad that the WH starts rounding up journalists and throwing them in jail unless they're state sponsored?

Hey why not? Anything is possible in Trumps America!

02-25-2017 , 09:16 PM

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Spicer answering questions only from Brietbart, Stormfront and fat **** buck from 103.5 the uzi is going to be incredible

02-25-2017 , 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Spicer answering questions only from Brietbart, Stormfront and fat **** buck from 103.5 the uzi is going to be incredible

I can't wait until next Saturday when they roast the **** out of that dishonest hack.

02-25-2017 , 09:39 PM

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The narrative out there that trump won't tolerate being made fun of being why he's skipping the event isn't true; he'll snap do it if he thinks enough people will like him for it or he thinks it benefits him to do so. Stuff like this leads people to false equivalency which combined with cognitive dissonance are the two most popular things in the country right now.

02-25-2017 , 09:46 PM

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The narrative that he won't tolerate being made fun of isn't true; he'll snap do it if he thinks enough people will like him for it or it benefits him to do so.

I think that's mostly true. He was very sensitive about being made fun of as not really being rich before he ran for potus because as a faux luxury brand that was his bread and butter. He was ok with a lot of other stuff and was the subject of a celebrity roast. Perhaps his rule about attacking whoever attacks him for any reason is something he picked up in a PUA handbook like the way he shakes hands.

02-25-2017 , 09:50 PM

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Guys. As always, it goes back to his narcissistic personality disorder. He cannot handle criticism.

02-25-2017 , 09:55 PM

#13817

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Incredibly bad president syndrome.

02-25-2017 , 09:57 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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he has affluenza

02-25-2017 , 10:00 PM

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Do we know who is hosting? Does the WH choose the host?

02-25-2017 , 10:00 PM

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Also, lol banks. They could have ruined this dumbass a hundred times, yet chose to lend him more money to avoid recognizing losses.

02-25-2017 , 10:25 PM

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Also, lol banks. They could have ruined this dumbass a hundred times, yet chose to lend him more money to avoid recognizing losses.

Yeah but speeches

02-25-2017 , 10:38 PM

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Yeah but speeches

Yeah, the people thinking that the guy who owes hundreds of millions to banks owes them less than the person who gave a handful of speeches to them was some great logic.