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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2017 - 10:08pm PT
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Maybe the solution for Oklahoma is to slash the burdensome regulations about child labor and minimum wage, reduce irresponsible government spending and leverage private voucher schools so they efficiently cover stuff in only 2 days per week, and then you can have the kids doing 4x10 work shifts in exchange for a daily food ration, and then they still have a free day to keep sacred the holy Sabbath.
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drF
Trad climber
usa
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May 28, 2017 - 08:47am PT
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Pence, Eric Prince, Manafort, Flynn, Page, Sessions, Tillerson, Murdock, Bannon, Rohrabacher, Ryan, McConnell and a hundred more all have ties to Russia
You forgot Obama and the Clinton's
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Norton
Social climber
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May 28, 2017 - 09:21am PT
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ok I'll bite out of curiosity
what were President Obama's ties to Russia, must be something just terrible, guessing?
expand on the harm these ties did to our national security, are they impeachable offenses?
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 28, 2017 - 09:31am PT
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The Microwave is Beeping
By Kellyanne and The Police
Well the microwave is beeping
Is Obama spying on me?
The microwave is beeping
Is that Obama spying on me?
The microwave is beeping
Won't he ever leave me be?
Well the microwave is beeping
Is that Obama spying on me?
Well every Russian I go out with
Becomes my blackmailing friend
Every Russian I go out with
Becomes my blackmailing friend
Well I hear the microwave beeping
Taking pictures of me again
Well every Russian I go out with
Becomes my blackmailing friend
Oh Obama
Oh Obama please listen
And don't devour me
Oh Obama
Oh Obama please listen
Oh deep state please have mercy
Let this poor girl be
Oh Obama
Oh Obama please listen
Oh Obama
Well the microwave is beeping
Is Obama spying on me?
The microwave is beeping
Is that Obama spying on me?
The microwave is beeping
Won't he ever leave me be?
Well the microwave is beeping
Is that Obama spying on me?
Ohhhh....Obama
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WBraun
climber
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May 28, 2017 - 09:47am PT
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Trump's best friend
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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May 28, 2017 - 10:35am PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 28, 2017 - 11:27am PT
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BRINGER' BACK THAT SERVICE. . .BRINGER' BACK DA DRAFT.
Barry oblamees ? -mhe-, he won't save ya' he's the one who's to blame,
It is all his fault.
r' mberthat as this republic
goes up in Soviet served flames.
If he'd a not hidden in the Bushes, and then gone and gotten a Brazilian,
from a Venevwailing strongman,
maybe
chevron exon Could'a' been taken down ? ( given a BP Horizon sunrise ocean Ennema )
Clown and Cheney, Rumey to but after all they made there bank back On the backs
of boys born in the 50s and children from the 60s, 70s & those
still fooled into service until forever. .
that's when we missed out on gettin' Kissassenger and McNotmaproblem too
With agent Orenge Red'nblack. Thems good ole' days when every Bob got a number,
and was called to serve, whatschmuck do ya' call it
Bringer' Back the Draft!
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 28, 2017 - 03:52pm PT
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I read the comments about Oklahoma, and I (sigh) must agree.
The legislature has pilfered every state agency stealing statutory fees on which they survive. It goes even deeper than that.
The real problem is in Kansas. Brownback pretty much destroyed that state. There is even a book about it, What's The Matter With Kansas?
Point is that even Ann Coulter said that cutting taxes for the rich is poorly thought out. Taxes should perhaps be cut for every new job they create, rather than letting them take their money and put it in an offshore bank to avoid paying taxes at all.
Secretaries pay the same percentage as multi-billionaires, because of all of the tax breaks.
As for healthcare, nobody brings up healthcare costs themselves. One doc that I saw lives in a freaking mansion. There was a huge article about it in the local society magazine.
I had to go to the ER about 6 months ago. They gave me a bag of IV fluids and sent me home. Price? Almost 2 grand. My insurance company only had to pay a few hundred, but anyone without insurance would have had to pay it all.
We pay TWICE as much for healthcare as European countries do, and the metrics of overall health in this country aren't even in the top 20 in many areas.
They need to GUT healthcare COSTS. Not how to pay for them.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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May 28, 2017 - 03:56pm PT
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Base...Good point on gutting costs or how about companies trickle down on their workers and pay them so they can afford the ridiculous costs of health insurance...?
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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May 28, 2017 - 04:01pm PT
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At least 120 school districts have gone to four-day status. Here in Pueblo West, Colorado, it seems to work well; however, this is a fairly stable middle class community and the students are by and large motivated.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 28, 2017 - 05:15pm PT
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RJ! A great photo of the G7 conference participants: British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Angela Merkel of Germany, Justin Trudeau of Canada, The European Union representative, and leading the group, U.S. President Donald Trump.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 28, 2017 - 07:39pm PT
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I hear that Frenchie Macron almost broke Trump's hand with his handshake. . .
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2017 - 01:38pm PT
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OK, back to some real issues at the root of things... distribution of wealth between rich and poor. This drives the dissatisfaction that enabled Trump to be elected. Check it out!
That diagram may exaggerate the issue, but not by much! In the mid-1960s, the USA CEO pay rate was much more similar to other countries today, around 20:1. Today you can find other sources that say it's only ~300x or something similar. The point remains, it is waaay out of line.
Some folks in America recognize this as a problem. One of the steps to address this, to cast light on the ugliness, was part of the Dodd-Frank act. It requires public companies to publish the ration of CEO to average worker pay. More info about the history and the issue:
http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/ceo-pay
http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/ceo-pay/employee-reaction
It is notable that people moving up the pay ladder don't seem to mind, hoping they will get the benefit of it. And folks lower on the ladder tend to be ignorant of it and not see the consequences of it in their own lives.
Who is trying to repeal the Dodd-Frank act?
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/39830-trump-floats-complete-repeal-of-dodd-frank
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/dodd-frank-repeal/525474/
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 29, 2017 - 05:17pm PT
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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May 29, 2017 - 06:01pm PT
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Craig... Priceless ...Thanks for the humor...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 30, 2017 - 07:09am PT
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Craig--the crowd shouts for MORE, MORE!!!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 30, 2017 - 08:53am PT
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An American CEO bully was seen in Europe lately, drunk on himself...
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Norton
Social climber
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May 30, 2017 - 10:43am PT
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Presidency is not a natural fit
*So Trump returns to the White House this week just as he left -- lonely, angry and not happy with much of anyone. The presidency, Donald Trump is discovering, is not an easy or natural fit.
"He now lives within himself, which is a dangerous place for Donald Trump to be," says someone who speaks with the President. "I see him emotionally withdrawing. He's gained weight. He doesn't have anybody whom he trusts."
The question, he adds, is whether Trump will understand the enormity of what he faces or will instead "be back to being arrogant and stubborn." He will have to realize that "all this trip really did was hit the pause button."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/opinions/trump-home-all-alone-borger/index.html
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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May 30, 2017 - 05:00pm PT
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