Get Michelle Obama to run and we win easily. Otherwise, it's probably prez Deathsentence in 2024.

I'd be happier if we could bring in more 30 dollar an hour manufacturing type jobs rather than 20 dollar an hour cashier type jobs.

Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose 15 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $32.27 for the month. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased 5.2 percent. In July, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose 11 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $27.57.

Hourly earnings in the leisure and hospitality sector were $20.22 for the month, up from $18.60 the year before. Hourly wages also were up in June over May ($20.10 from $19.93).

Overall job growth for the month was led by gains in leisure and hospitality, which added 96,000 jobs in total. (Food and beverage services dominated the sector, up 74,000 jobs.)

Most of the jobs are hospitality jobs, so I wouldn't get too crazy. They are not good jobs.

Bout was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Now 55 years old, he was expected to be released in August 2029, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

I can't believe we would trade an arms dealer for her. Seems like a bad idea to let him go before he finishes his sentence.

Union Yes!

It seems like many on the right will buy this new rifle in hopes of one day using it on those on the left. So do we acquiesce and just willingly become meat targets? I say if you don't have a firearm of any kind you should probably think of getting one. We need to be prepared for a worst case scenario.

Barack Obama : 'Don't underestimate Joe's ability to (expletive) things up'

We basically lost this battle. What we need to do is make sure a nationwide ban never happens. Blue states need to be places that women can travel to and get abortions as required. I truly believe a civil war will one day happen.

I'm guessing she will get something like 18-24 months.

Hope she enjoys the gulag. She is screwed. How dumb did she have to be to go to Russia during a war we are supplying weapons to their enemy? Biden can't do ---- for her.

Only way to stop this is more guns in the hands of the good guys.

I just want independence from the right.

I'm starting to think Biden never cared if Ukraine won or not. He just wanted to weaken Russia. Trump is rotten no doubt, but Biden is ------- too.

Hopefully, Boaz agrees it is time we divided the Country. Eastern US can be for the Republicans and Western US could be for those on the Left. We could still be peaceful trade partners, just different laws. Split the country in 2.

I am lucky that RS still kinda exists near me. It's an independent electronics shop that carries RS stuff. I stop in every once in a while for things that can be repaired. In my basement, I still have my Tandy CoCo 2. It works too. Radio Shack put out excellent manuals for it. Electronics tinkering was a fun hobby in my youth. Today the components are so small it would be almost impossible to desolder and replace most components without damaging something.

I remember working a summer job in the 90's doing concrete work. We were working in Hays. Place about 90 miles west of where I lived. It was around 114 degrees. Kansas can get really really hot. It's also possible to be 0 on a Monday and be 70 3 days later.

2024 is a lost cause if Biden is on the top of the ticket for the Dems. I don't know anybody that thinks he is doing a good job. He doesn't inspire young people. There has to be people in the party below 70 that can get people motivated to vote.

This should turn out well.

I used to date a girl from Sandpoint. She seemed ok. Looked her up a few years ago. She became a far right bigot. I don't know if she just hid that from me or Trump rotted her brain.

Everyone knows this to be true. You gotta have connections.

Truth read Snoofy's responses calling the cop trained killers and such. From what I gather by reading his posts the cops are just there to execute the mentally ill onsite. It sure sounds like he believes the cops shouldn't be involved at all.

Moder8 I mean obvious danger. Like a delusional person walking around waving a butcher knife because they hear voices. You are going to need some police backup.

You can't just send in an unarmed social worker to deal with somebody that has a weapon and is behaving violently. It's basically asking the social worker to get stabbed. Sure, have the mental health professional talk to the person, see if they will drop the weapon first. At some point, if that fails, you need law enforcement to step in. Mental health pro's can be the first option but police backup is required if the person is a potential threat.