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01-10-2018 , 12:09 AM

#4151

Max Cut

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fatkid

"...and I hate to say it"

hmmm, not sure I believe that

01-10-2018 , 12:14 AM

#4152

batair

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Or his take backs.

01-10-2018 , 12:30 AM

#4153

MrFeelNothin

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,457

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Is he even a lock to get the GOP nod?

No, he isn't even popular in his own county anymore and he is a joke in Pima and Pinal.

Martha McSally will crush him.

01-10-2018 , 04:08 PM

#4154

Chips Ahoy

help me help you

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 28,869

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loki

Speaking of silly valley

the fired google dimwit who thinks women are biologically inferior to men apparently spent all day browsing their internal message boards looking for things to screenshot and use as evidence, as opposed to doing his actual job.

Stunning, then, that his lawyer would have the gall to spew the above nonsense.

https://www.wired.com/story/james-da...arrass-google/

Reminder: James Damore lied about being an FIDE chess master. https://twitter.com/akarlin88/status...168321?lang=en

On the flip side and not a big public story... two years ago a googler left the company and explained why: his senior vice president thought any exposure of racists was unacceptable but being racist was acceptable. It's a quick read here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...h.385p2oh1b0if

01-10-2018 , 05:11 PM

#4155

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

LOOOOOL "Highest Ranked Rise of Nations Player"

01-10-2018 , 07:47 PM

#4156

hobbes9324

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Per CNN - since Trump was elected, the grand total of 500 coal mining jobs were "saved" in the US

Until today - a WV mine is closing with 370 jobs going away. So now a total of 130 jobs in the US.

It was always a scam anyway - but it'll be interesting to see how they spin it.

MM MD

01-10-2018 , 08:48 PM

#4157

ecriture d'adulte

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 5,920

Quote:

Originally Posted by w00t

Wisconsin does a heck of a job gerrymandering.

Hence Trump 2020

Lol. Yeah, prob time for a politics ban. Just pure noise/idiocy.

01-10-2018 , 10:32 PM

#4158

SuperUberBob

Not interesting enough

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

Not only that but there's no guarantee those actual coal mining jobs are miners. Could easily be people involved in R&D, IT or management.

Trump loves coal executives not coal miners.

01-10-2018 , 10:38 PM

#4159

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,703

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbes9324

Trump admin tried to boost coal with a regulation favoring power stations that kept a certain amount of reserve fuel on site to prevent power outages due to running out of fuel, but that accounted for something like 0.0001% of outages and some board had enough power to reject the regulation.

01-10-2018 , 11:06 PM

#4160

zikzak

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Not only that but there's no guarantee those actual coal mining jobs are miners. Could easily be people involved in R&D, IT or management.

Trump loves coal executives not coal miners.

01-11-2018 , 12:07 AM

#4161

Jiggymike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbes9324

Prediction: no one cares and will continue to support Trump or the next huckster who makes the same stupid promises.

01-11-2018 , 10:17 AM

#4162

fatkid

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckra...-pic-blackmail

Quote:

Missouri politics was rocked late Wednesday night when Gov. Eric Greitens (R) admitted to an extramarital affair amidst allegations that he blackmailed a woman with a naked photo he took during one of their sexual encounters. The news broke just hours after the Governor delivered his second annual State of the State address. Greitens admitted to the affair in response to a report by KMOV News 4 in St. Louis. He also released a joint statement with his wife Sheena in which the two say they have moved on from the affair. The affair reportedly occurred in 2015, more than a year before he was elected Governor in November 2016.

01-11-2018 , 10:36 AM

#4163

Trolly McTrollson

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Gov. Greitens doesn't seem to quite get how blackmail works.

01-11-2018 , 10:54 AM

#4164

dth123451

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lol WalMart

Announced a $1k Trump bonus.

Only people with 20 years on the job get it.

These *******s just can't help themselves.

01-11-2018 , 11:06 AM

#4165

fatkid

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Lol ambassador who said there are no-go zones and mobs burning politicians alive in the Netherlands. When a Dutch journalist called him out, he called it fake news.

01-11-2018 , 11:08 AM

#4166

bigt2k4

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Your pony is fake news

01-11-2018 , 11:22 AM

#4167

fatkid

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigt2k4

Your pony is fake news

The video is new jr so clam up.

01-11-2018 , 11:51 AM

#4168

bigt2k4

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fatkid

The video is new jr so clam up.

You said/implied it was the video where he called it fake news which has been posted before. I didn't watch it because of that, I didn't realize it was a video of him just standing there doing nothing.

01-11-2018 , 12:34 PM

#4169

SuperUberBob

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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

Quote:

Originally Posted by dth123451

lol WalMart

Announced a $1k Trump bonus.

Only people with 20 years on the job get it.

These *******s just can't help themselves.

My mother got that from her employer too.

People are so easily bought.

01-11-2018 , 03:17 PM

#4170

ScreaminAsian

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01-11-2018 , 03:41 PM

#4171

goofyballer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dth123451

lol WalMart

Announced a $1k Trump bonus.

Only people with 20 years on the job get it.

These *******s just can't help themselves.

According to this NYT article they're also increasing starting wage from $9/hr to $11/hr. This part is money though:

Quote:

Walmart said Thursday it was still determining how much it would save as a result of the corporate tax cuts, although the savings are likely to be in the billions of dollars.

...
Raising the starting wage would cost about $300 million and the bonuses will total about $400 million, Walmart said.

Billions in savings, but at least a small chunk will trickle down to employees

01-11-2018 , 03:43 PM

#4172

aflametotheground

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,851

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggymike

Prediction: no one cares and will continue to support Trump or the next huckster who makes the same stupid promises.

Heres my prediction: a conservative person doesnt become a liberal just because someone breaks campaign promises.

01-11-2018 , 04:42 PM

#4173

Jiggymike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aflametotheground

Heres my prediction: a conservative person doesnt become a liberal just because someone breaks campaign promises.

What exactly does failing to deliver on promises of coal jobs have to do with conservatism?

01-11-2018 , 05:28 PM

#4174

aflametotheground

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Ask me a dumb question and you will receive zero anwers.

01-11-2018 , 10:32 PM

#4175

Neuge

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Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,992

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

According to this NYT article they're also increasing starting wage from $9/hr to $11/hr. This part is money though:

Billions in savings, but at least a small chunk will trickle down to employees

Wait, are we supposed to believe that Walmart has 400,000 employees with 20+ years on the job? How much of that bonus pool is actually for executives?

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