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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#189851: May 19th 2017 at 11:55:02 AM

I mean, too be fair, being good at the job and convincing people you'd be good at the job are distinct things.

Yep. She's been smeared for decades that she was very radioactive at that point. If you look at the stats, more people voted against Hillary than actually supported Trump.

[up][up]So it went Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama and Trump

edited 19th May '17 11:55:16 AM by MadSkillz

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#189852: May 19th 2017 at 11:56:31 AM

People tailoring their faith to their beliefs instead of their beliefs to their faith is probably the norm.

It's why you get things like your average Southern Baptist freaking out over Islam and refugees while the higher ups are telling people to be accepting and open to them.

Assuming your faith is genuine, if you're that deep into something as to be a bishop or whatever, you've probably learned to not pick and choice (as much) as the everyday practitioner.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#189853: May 19th 2017 at 11:59:11 AM

Trump cancels visit over no helicopter landing

The King of the United States can't just take a cable car and walk like us plebs!

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#189854: May 19th 2017 at 11:59:40 AM

[up][up][up][up]Thats an...understatement. I actually used to have aquaintances who had to deal with him in school

edited 19th May '17 12:02:44 PM by 3of4

"You can reply to this Message!"
math792d Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#189855: May 19th 2017 at 12:00:02 PM

[up][up] A cable car doesn't let you pretend you're in Black Hawk Down or something.

Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#189857: May 19th 2017 at 12:27:00 PM

"Approval of President Trump drops to lowest since inauguration: Reuters/Ipsos poll" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll-idUSKCN18F2AH

A bit Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking going by[up] but still worth mentioning

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#189859: May 19th 2017 at 12:34:17 PM

NYT and Wa Po are basically tag-teaming when one gets tired .

New Survey coming this weekend!
Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#189860: May 19th 2017 at 12:35:00 PM

EDIT: NVM

edited 19th May '17 12:41:05 PM by Jasaiga

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#189861: May 19th 2017 at 12:51:43 PM

I'd say a maximum wage is a terrible idea for similar reasons why a minimum wage is a good idea. In addition:

The really rich usually aren't given wages like a normal worker is, so a maximum wage wouldn't effect them anyways.

Also, wealth distribution is not a zero sum game. Stopping people from getting rich doesn't actually help the poor. You can get money without having to take it from anyone else. In fact, in most voluntary trades there's a net growth in wealth for both sides.

Leviticus 19:34
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#189862: May 19th 2017 at 1:05:45 PM

The really rich usually aren't given wages like a normal worker is, so a maximum wage wouldn't effect them anyways.

Also, wealth distribution is not a zero sum game. Stopping people from getting rich doesn't actually help the poor. You can get money without having to take it from anyone else. In fact, in most voluntary trades there's a net growth in wealth for both sides.

I'd agree with the first bold statement and the second seems to fit whatever school of economics the university taught.
I'd wonder about the zero-sum part though. In (simple, basic, toddler-level) accounting if not economic theory, you can only divert that money to one place (say, owner's equity as opposed to personnel). Above the firm level and into macro-economics—er I'd call a lifeline. I'm not qualified enough for a good opinion on that.

And for the earlier posts, can't say I'm opposed to a maximum wage at this point. There's no way to know if compensation for those doing the accounting is coordinated with talent (or luck). That said, I know of no experiment with this, or much about potential consequences.

edited 19th May '17 1:09:53 PM by CenturyEye

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189863: May 19th 2017 at 1:09:43 PM

So I'm not the only one who thinks that Trump is America's Shadow, Persona 4 style. tongue

Do not obey in advance.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#189864: May 19th 2017 at 1:17:06 PM

And like a Shadow, he's become a problem in part because too many of us denied, downplayed, or just ignored the flaws in our society he embodied.

Disgusted, but not surprised
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189865: May 19th 2017 at 1:20:39 PM

Yup. :/

Do not obey in advance.
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#189866: May 19th 2017 at 1:31:04 PM

Thinking a lot about this joke/variations thereof this week, and especially today:

Nixon: i fired my Special Prosecutor and ended up having to resign.

Trump: Hold my beer.

Nixon: ... Wait a minute, this isn't beer.

edited 19th May '17 1:32:11 PM by Hodor2

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#189867: May 19th 2017 at 1:37:44 PM

[up] *the label reads "Granny's Peach Tea"*

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#189868: May 19th 2017 at 1:40:39 PM

Wow. That part of the movie was eerily prescient.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#189870: May 19th 2017 at 1:49:57 PM

Someone needs to photoshop NYT and Wa Po on Bucky and Cap during Civil War when they were tag teaming Iron Man

[lol]

New Survey coming this weekend!
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#189871: May 19th 2017 at 2:03:20 PM

@Hodor: Yeah, I was thinking, "Finally, that weird plot point paid off". tongue[lol]

Do not obey in advance.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#189872: May 19th 2017 at 2:31:03 PM

Bob Beckel, usual co-host of "The Five" on Fox News, has been fired over Racist African-American Remarks.

That's what, the 3rd important Fox News member to be fired this year over Racism and/or Sexual Assault?

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#189873: May 19th 2017 at 2:34:21 PM

Who is doing all the firing over there and when did they suddenly grow a soul?

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#189874: May 19th 2017 at 2:35:54 PM

[up]No soul-just damage control. Lord knows how many other incidents were swept under the rug by 7 figure settlements with NDC agreements.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#189875: May 19th 2017 at 2:40:46 PM

I wonder how the actual viewers of Fox News feel about these firings.


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