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I wish people were better at this lol

This is so important. A $15 minimum wage causes many problems. I work for a company that bills NYS medicaid. We pay our staff between 11.60 (min wage) and 13.10 an hour. We already can't compete with fast food who has a current min wage of $12.75. Right now in NYS you can make more flipping burgers than you can taking care of the elderly/sick. Which job is more important? Small businesses can't stay afloat paying competitive wages while charging prices to compete with Amazon, Wal Mart, etc. Further, this wage is putting a lot of people out of work. McDs and a lot of fast food places have started using kiosks for ordering, when you go to the store you now check yourself out. The answer isn't less people more money which is what raising the min wage does. Further it creates a crunch in the middle. Someone currently making 15/hour is almost 4 dollars above min wage and lives that lifestyle. When everyone makes 15/hr they fall to the poverty line. Fast food jobs shouldn't be counted on to make a living wage. There are jobs that are meant to be held by teens/people just entering the work force to gain experience. If you are 40 and working at McD's you have made some poor life choices. I support and approve of social welfare programs to help people get on their feet or get through a tough time. Raising min wage will push a lot more people down than it will lift up.

I see where you are coming from but I see it a bit differently. The media is absolutely biased but it is on both sides. Fox News spent 8 years screaming about Obama being Kenyan and how he was the Antichrist. Now that it is a republican it is CNN's turn to do the same. The outrage machine exists because people eat it up and I feel that Trump not only feeds it but uses it his benefit which in turn creates more divisiveness in our country. It does indeed energize his base and I get it. It was a masterclass watching him dismantle first the republican primary then Hillary during debates. He used soundbites (wrong!) and personal attacks to take them down one by one. His debates with Hillary were hilarious because she was the "consummate" politician using canned answers and talking points while he came in like a bulldozer. She had no idea how to handle it. We differ in the opinion that it increases awareness. I think it only serves to increase divisiveness. People bury their head and only read what they want. Look at @B-Man. God bless him for sharing so many articles but have you ever seen one shared that isn't completely slanted against dems? Snowflake, libtard, etc. are names casually thrown about. I guess it is a bit pollyanna-ish of me but to me Trump fans the flames more than anything else constructive he is doing.

The republicans would have won in 08 with McCain if they didn't have Palin as his running mate. As much as the DNC screwed the pooch in 16 the repubs did the same in 08. They tried to capitalize on the womens vote and grab Hillary supporters by adding Palin. They underestimated how dumb she was and I firmly believe she cost them the election. Just like the DNC underestimated how much people disliked Hillary. I'm a dem and wanted to vote McCain and still did even with Palin dragging him down. Who better to lead us out of an unwinnable war than a decorated war veteran? See what I did there? I was objective about both parties. Those Trump tweets were dumb. You don't have to defend everything he does just because you are Republican. He has done some good and he has done some bad. These tweets were a bad look from him and it is okay to admit it. I know it is politics but "go back to where you came from" to elected representatives let alone just regular people shouldn't be an acceptable way to talk to people. It is just so embarrassing to watch our President get into twitter beefs with people. Twitter beefs. A 73 year old man. Twitter beefs.

I say that as a registered Dem. Bernie should have been the nominee in 16 and likely would have if it wasn't her turn... I know it isn't popular on this board to be left leaning but I will never be convinced it wasn't rigged and he didn't get screwed. It will happen again, Biden will get the nom and lose to Trump. book it, mark it, whatever you want to say. It will be Trump vs Biden and Trump will win. Does anyone know where I can place a bet? lol

I'm dumbfounded that immigration is the #1 issue for registered voters. Politicians have really done a bang up job creating this immigrant boogeyman. I live in an area that uses migrant workers and the conditions they live in along with the work they do for the pay they receive are not high demand jobs. Couple that with a low unemployment rate and it boggles my mind that it is the #1 issue for voters. Not the endless war/conflicts we embroil ourselves in other countries Not medicare for all (my #1) Nope some immigrant coming to take ma job Also some information about the poll: The NBC News|SurveyMonkey national poll was conducted July 2-16 among 13,553 registered voters with an error estimate of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. Among the 5,548 Democrat and Democratic-leaning registered voters, the margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. So any of the 3 (immigration, health care, or jobs) could be the top as they are within the error margin, and only 41% of the respondents were democrat or democrat leaning, is it surprising the poll results didn't line up with democratic ideologies? (hint no). The DNCs worst enemy is the DNC.

My TO jersey is always a hit my trent edwards, cj spiller, and willis mcgahee not so much.

It might be a "dumb game" but i learned a ton about football from madden. The different routes, attacking coverages, offensive and defensive strategies, among other things. I knew more about nfl rosters and especially the Bills which helped watching games from the stands. I made quite a bit of money playing competitively. I love Madden. Unfortunately i don't have the time to dedicate anymore so I can't compete on console anymore. There is a pretty good Madden mobile game. Although this year wasn't great the previous 3 were excellent. New season starts end of month if anyone is interested.

Yeah this is how i feel about it. @Deranged Rhino i only linked the article because i couldn't figure out how to get the tweets to show. Maybe i don't speak trumpese well enough but this is a terrible look for trump imo.

I read it... so they can't be involved in federal government?

The very next line was “These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough."

I don't understand what you mean. She was born in the us and her heritage is puerto rican which is also part of the us. What is the sentiment? I really do come here to see the other side of things so please elaborate. These comments read as uninformed and xenophobic with a little sprinkle of sexism and racism on top. Where should the 3 that were born in the us go back to?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rashida-tlaib-pelosi-migrant-centres-a9004246.html This is a pretty bad look but as always I'm open to hearing the other side. 3 of the 4 progressive dems that he mentions were born in america...

Cp3 is the perfect guy to lead the tank for okc. Don't forget he was on the new orleans hornets teams that played in okc after katrina. He has clearly diminished skill wise which actually works for them. Big enough name to sell tickets, bad enough player to not cost then draft positioning. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I really dislike cp3 he and harden were the worst duo. Both very good players but harden's style of always looking for a foul and cp3s dirty play/constant whining did not make for fun basketball viewing. Edit and now woj is reporting that okc hopes to move him quickly and without him playing at all for them.

I had a whole post written out and posted but deleted it shortly after as this is a hot button issue and not one I really care to discuss too much. There is a really interesting theory about ojs son jason having committed the murders if you are interested in possible other suspects. https://www.businessinsider.com/oj-simpson-murders-and-jason-simpson-2014-6

Well this didn't age well lol. Kawhi really pulled one off on the lakers! I'm surprised okc played along but that is a haul! NBA Jam needs to come back with all these 2 teams that have 2 superstars!

Reports now are that dlo is a (very expensive) 1 year rental while klay heals up. He will likely be traded next off season. If those reports are true the warriors are going to ruin their reputation with players a la the celtics trading i.t. Unless dlo was in on this from the start.... The nba off season is much shorter than the NFL's but man it is so much more interesting!

As a nets fan you should be pumped. Kyrie and kd are a pair. Woj is now reporting kd to the nets will happen tonight. Speaking of woj his credibility has taken a huge hit recently. Reminiscent of schefter with his pumping up marrone, woj has nothing but good things to say about the clippers and has linked everyone to them.

This isn't quite right. It is: No. 4 in 2019 2021 pick goes to pels if it is top 8. If not 2022 goes and is unprotected. Pick swap in 2023 Unprotected first in 2024 with the right to defer to 2025. If that happens the pick swap gets pushed to 2026. So the Lakers will still have picks to utilize it will be the pels choice which one they get though. Barring injury I think the draft capital won't be as great as it appears to be now but this has potential to blow up huge in the Lakers face. I'm a Lakers fan and really happy with the deal. This is being on the opposite end of the Shaq to the heat deal for me. We gave up some good players and got a superstar. Make that deall 100 times out a 100 in the nba. I don't buy this for one second. This is some retroactive protect the locker room propaganda.

Wow. I'm at a loss for words. This was ***** amazing. Thank you for sharing.

You are wrong a lot in your postings on this topic but I have to specifically call you out on this one. You do realize that the sanctions had absolutely nothing to do with recruiting? No the success can be traced back to landing Melo, winning a championship, and continuing to recruit strongly. The sanctions crippled the team and they were 6 deep for a few years. Losing Hop has hurt recruiting but not nearly as much as the NCAA sanctions did. Duke consistently has great recruiting classes. Since 2013 they have 1 championship, 1 first round exit, 1 second round exit, 1 sweet 16, and 2 elite 8s. SU was on sanctions with limited scholarships. Since 2013 they have 0 championship, 1 missed tourney (self imposed ban but they weren't going to make it), 1 first round exit, 1 second round exit, 1 sweet 16, and 2 final 4s. So Duke won a championship but has less final 4s. They each have a first and second round exit. They each have been to the sweet 16 3 times. Cuse has been to the elite 8 twice and is 2-0. Duke has been to the elite 8 3 times and is 1-2. The gap isn't nearly as wide as you make it out to be. Simply put the Orange do more than they should with lesser talent and Duke does worse than they should with better talent. I'm not sure how you are the final word on the Orange's national reputation but Duke is known as tourney chokers and Cuse are known as a team that you don't want to play in the tourney due to the zone. Cuse isn't one of the "blue bloods" and never has been. They will almost always get beat out by Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, and UNC in recruiting. That has long been the case.

Is the statute of limitations up? Spanish class vocab tests in HS. Teacher would start at 1 and keep writing on the board through #20. She never turned around. The entire class would just leave their books open to the page in the back of the chapter with the words on it. We all finished our tests immediately after she wrote the last word. I got a 97 in that class. Wrote a paper senior year of high school on the war on drugs and the failure that it was (20+ years later I'm still right lol). I used that class as a Freshman, Junior and twice as a senior in college. Apparently that is self plagiarizing and can get you expelled. I had no idea I was just lazy. Went to a small school, not enough desks so I sat at a table with a cute girl. Let her copy off of me in hopes it would lead somewhere. It didn't but she does still bring it up when I see her and buy me a drink. There are more that I will take to my grave

I've been thinking a lot about this picture and what it could mean. I'm thinking that perhaps Dany wins the throne but it costs her everything. Her dragons and Jon will be dead and everyone she cares about has already died. Ultimately she got what she wanted but it ended up being a Pyrrhic victory Perhaps I'm just grasping at a good finish for this series. The changes of Kings Landing and the excuse of Dany forgetting about Euron (and not seeing him) are getting to be a bit much for me. I'm trying to stay positive but I really wish they hadn't rushed these last 2 seasons...

Excuse me sir but avoiding the language filter is against the TOS... As much as I like Sansa I have to agree with this. Dany is going crazy but she isn't wrong to feel like everyone is being ungrateful for what she supplied and ultimately lost. Dating 101 Jon blew it when they were talking him up and he just looked at her. He should have said something like "none of this would have been possible without Dany." He would have helped her feel a part of it and appreciated. He really does know nothing... I think the change really took hold after Joffrey's murder. When Littlefinger shot the drunk (blanking on his name), then murdered his aunt, then married her to Ramsay, she started her journey to what we see now. She learned a lot from people that were really succesful at playing the game. Cersei even took her under her wing for a bit. She saw how cold and calculated people had to be to survive. Season 7 showed how good she was at ruling and that continues in season 8. (all imo - appreciate the discourse here! )

Funny how we can both watch a show and reach completely different conclusions. To me Sansa is the only one thinking clearly. Dany is drunk on power, Jon is stuck on his honor code, Cersei has lost her marbles, Euron is clearly not right. Sansa knew Cersei was fos when she said she would send her army, told Jon that Rickon was dead and not to take the bait, told Dany to wait and gather strength before pushing forward, caught on to Littlefinger (real late on the uptake I'll admit). She is smarter than any of the Starks for sure. She understands the game better than most. She is also my pick to end up on the throne or ruling an independent north. I have gone from fast forwarding the opening credits to watching intently. I knew someone was getting beheaded last night because of it! Another thing I noticed last night was Dany's green eyes. It almost looked like she was wearing contacts to make it noticeable. Made me think that Arya will kill her instead of Cersei. The whole last scene when they kept cutting to her closeup it was in your face. As an aside, why wouldn't Cersei just waste all of those idiots who were within range of the dragon killing machines. Even the Dragon was there and could have been shot at.