POLITICAL THREAD

[sefus12]

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I hate this BS so much.

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

108 degrees in Lexington on July 15, 1936. It may get to 90 degrees later this week, but not as hot as almost 90 years ago. 😎

 

[55wildcat]

Atlanta prosecutor jailed for $15m Covid fraud donated to Fani …​

 

[trueblujr2]

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Tires leave marks. especially hot tires on an oily road in a hot environment like Florida.

 

[trueblujr2]

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We've gone over the ledge.

Front hole.

Surely that was parody, right?



RIght?

 

[AustinTXCat]

I don't know the case well enough to hazard an opinion, would have to look into it. Seems like a case of competing interests, free press vs. slander/defamation. I would tend to come down on the journalism side in a vacuum, but you can't print straight lies about people either so it just depends on the particulars.

 

[rick64]

 

[WayneDougan]

 

[Mash 2.4]

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Sam thinks 4 more years of this sounds awesome.

 

[JumperJack]

This is correct of course. Restaurant owners can only pay $2.13 to customarily tipped employees and by agreeing to take the "tip credit" with respect to those employees. In other words, if the tips fail to take the employee up to the federal MW for all hours worked, then the restaurant owner has to supplement.

As far as I know, Trump is making no proposal about how tipped workers are paid. He proposed that tips should not be taxable wages. What is the justification for this? They are wages, inasmuch as a server's tips will make up the majority of their income. Is this just a political ploy to garner support from young people? Obviously Biden makes similar, nakedly political proposals to appeal to the same people, but what is the justification for Trump's?

To steal votes from Biden.

 

[sambowieshin]

* KA -- BOOM *

Americans have never felt worse about the housing market

A whopping 86% of consumers said it's a bad time to buy a home, according to a new Fannie Mae survey

qz.com

Thanks again, Joe.

You left someone off your thank you card....

Coronavirus: Trump signs into law largest bailout in US history

The $2 trillion boost is the largest ever as virus cases continue to rise, hitting the economy.

www.bbc.com

And this derserves flowers and dinner out....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/29/consumer-spending-savings-yolo-us/

Honerable mention...2 percent interest rates were NEVER going to past forever dude.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/why-high-interest-rates-could-be-here-for-the-long-run-c6670448

 

[Caveman Catfan]

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Sounds like someone just realized they peaked in high school. Wow. That was annoying.

 

[sambowieshin]

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Sam thinks 4 more years of this sounds awesome.

Better than this cluster fu**....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/january-6-capitol-riot/

Toilet Paper Shortages, Empty Shelves, And Panic Buying: Just How Bad Was Grocery Service In 2020?

Because of service disruptions – not being able to buy toilet paper, for example - the supply chain has been more discussed than ever before.

www.forbes.com

What to know about the violent Charlottesville protests and anniversary rallies

The violent clashes happened on Aug. 12, 2017.

abcnews.go.com

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/black-lives-matter-protests-that-swept-america-beyond-after-murder-george-floyd-2024-05-24/

Why the COVID death rate in the U.S. is so much higher than other wealthy nations

More than two years into this pandemic, the United States death toll is the highest in the world. The country is closing in on 900,000 deaths, and its death rate is alarming -- particularly given that the U.S. was the one of the first to have the vaccine. Geoff Bennett looks at why the nation is...

www.pbs.org

 

[sambowieshin]

Will his new dance catch on? It Depends.

Fake news.

 

[Mash 2.4]

Fake news.

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Yea Sam. He’s a dynamo.

 

[sambowieshin]

Yea Sam. He’s a dynamo.

Not nearly as dynamo as MSNBC says.
Not nearly as dementia addled as Fox says.
He's an 80 year old man.
The former Insurrectionist in Chief is 77.

 

[vhcat70]

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Per the video, they don't know if she was dead, or not, before the car was jacked & thus whether the crash caused the death.

 

[vhcat70]

I had a neighbor who had two kids working at a Cracker Barrel and said they made bank on tips, far better than just making a standard wage. Especially on weekends. Old people tip well and they turn tables a lot faster than a place like Jeff Ruby's.

OTOH, a table at JR's probably has a bill 5X of a CB table.

 

[vhcat70]

Add to that, the service will decrease drastically because there will be no incentive to provide top service.

But the left doesn't like Trump's fantastic move because they will lose control over ALL peoples' income. And once people get used to NO taxes on tips, they ain't gonna like what they see in social insecurity and Mediscare.

Oh, I guess someone gave up their stupid argument about babies in the womb talking (and making life decisions) and what not...

Most Euro countries have little or zero tipping. I can't say I've noticed a difference in service there than here. Maybe so, just hasn't stood out to me.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

How is this not a religion again

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[Dionysus444]

False. Servers make minimum wage if no one tips. The pay scale is dependent upon a societal an agreement/norm that we tip. A friend of mine who owned a restaurant said he never had to pay servers more than the statutory minimum because with their credit card sale tips alone, his servers made more than minimum wage. He had servers who worked for him for their whole careers and, this was no Jeff Ruby’s, but a reasonably priced restaurant that packed them in for lunch.

The average has to be above 7.25. But that's BS as you can get a good table that tips nicely and a shitty table that doesn't tip at all when you served them the exact same way. You may get paid $14 one hour and $2 the next, averaging out to your $8 for more than 7.25. But really you only got $2 an hour that one hour, as you shouldn't be penalized for making more in that $14 hour.

And, no one works for free in the restaurant world, except for maybe some owners. This is typical for you. You exaggerate a sliver of truth that you believe supports your mission, but ignore the whole picture. At best, you lie to yourself to justify your cause. At best.

I just went over how.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

How is this not a religion again

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

The average has to be above 7.25. But that's BS as you can get a good table that tips nicely and a shitty table that doesn't tip at all when you served them the exact same way. You may get paid $14 one hour and $2 the next, averaging out to your $8 for more than 7.25. But really you only got $2 an hour that one hour, as you shouldn't be penalized for making more in that $14 hour.

Then don't forget, your best friend big government comes in and gets their greedy hands all over it

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

How is this not a religion again

 

[Dionysus444]

Then don't forget, your best friend big government comes in and gets their greedy hands all over it

They have their hands in it now. Tips are still taxed.

 

[ukalum1988]

How is this not a religion again

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It's ok to deface statues and memorials to dead white European-descended males, but don't you dare leave a black mark on the rainbow road....

 

[WTF Cat]

Now this is confusing, for Dems...

 

[Caveman Catfan]

The average has to be above 7.25. But that's BS as you can get a good table that tips nicely and a shitty table that doesn't tip at all when you served them the exact same way. You may get paid $14 one hour and $2 the next, averaging out to your $8 for more than 7.25. But really you only got $2 an hour that one hour, as you shouldn't be penalized for making more in that $14 hour.

I just went over how.

Sure you did. 🤦‍♂️

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[Bill Cosby]

Democrats painting flags on streets and getting outraged when people drive on the paintings is peak democrat. Just stupid, stupid people looking for things they can get triggered over.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Hey....let's play Whack A Mole....

 

[WildcatofNati2]

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Ah, it's not really a good look for someone of her appearance to punch down like that. I have probably done it myself, but I'm an old buzzard, or close to it, not some 20something hot girl. Also, she's totally wrong about politicians and especially actors, most of whom are attractive and charismatic. The social media woke crowd, the Antifas, the Corona zealots, though....yeah, she's pretty much spot on that bunch.

 

[DrH. Lecter]

Meanest people in the country, the leftie cultists.

They are cowardly. Soy-based anger. They are "mean" if they have overwhelming numbers. Outside of that they are effeminate puzzies...every single one.

 

[DrH. Lecter]

Democrats painting flags on streets and getting outraged when people drive on the paintings is peak democrat. Just stupid, stupid people looking for things they can get triggered over.

Throw paint on it and then glue your hands to the street.....

 

[blubo]

 

[sambowieshin]

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He's unfit to hold the position. Completely biased and zero respect for our US Constitution.
He may wanna refresh his memory on the GD First Amendment to the Constitution.
Fu** Alito and all those that wanna turn the US into a quasi theocracy.
First Amendment:
"Congress shall make NO LAW respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Btw...the US is more Godly now than it ever was before.
What was Godly about Slavery?
What was Godly about Small Pox blankets and the Trail of Tears?
What was Godly about Jim Crow Laws?
What was Godly about laws forbidding women rights to own property?
This country danced with the Devil for most of its existence Alito.

 

[blubo]

animal

Sick moment woman smirks and giggles in court as she’s charged with butchering 3-year-old boy outside Ohio supermarket

Little Julian Wood’s father urged the judge: “Just do whatever you can to keep this monster behind bars.”

nypost.com

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Remember when the media went ape sh-t for the 5 white supremacists at an event...even though one of them was black. That was peak media stupidity. haha. And then they found out it was a liberal group. But the b-tches ran the story half a day.