>- Pope John Paul II

I think that was Mencken.
#3 | Posted by REDIAL

"If it's on the Internet, it must be true."
- Abraham Lincoln

Trump's Approval Rating Crashes With Baby Boomers

So what? A little too late for them to come to their senses.

He's going to wreck the nation for the next four years and then some.

Not that 80 year-olds have much skin in the game. But I hope they get to enjoy the fruits of their bad decisions for as long as they have left to trouble this world.

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- Pope John Paul II

Also, hilarious that the self-professed Bernie Bro, OneIronTurd, is opposed to higher taxes on billionaires.

Almost like he's a lying paid Russian Troll.

In 2023, Norway's total tax revenue was approximately NOK 2,359 billion, which is about USD 230 billion based on current exchange rates. This revenue primarily comes from individual income taxes, corporate taxes, and taxes from the petroleum sector.

So Norway lost 0.2% of its tax revenue to help it continue with its egalitarian system that provides universal health care, free college, a social safety network, including subsidized childcare and housing, 1 month of paid vacation a year for all workers, etc.

Those foolish Norwegians! If only they could enjoy the capitalist paradise that is the United States, where many of us work until the day we die and hope we don't get sick before then.

This will make ransoming much more convenient!

#42 The Trump and the GOP have let everyone know that THEY control Washington (POTUS, Congress, SCOTUS). It always seems to be "HaHaHa You lost" (from the Trump on down). So, no matter how you slice or dice it, this is on the GOP... So, if the country is, as you say, f*cked up, it is on the GOPyers.
#43 | Posted by A_Friend

Hush, you!

Don't you know you're talking to OneIronTurd? Who is a self-declared Bernie Bro who just happens to support everything the Republican party stands for and does. And is definitely not a paid Russian troll.

Trump seeks probe of Epstein ties with Clinton, other Dems

Sounds like Trump has fallen for the Dem hoax ... like when he almost died from the COVID hoax.

I don't care what the law suit says..
#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Only posted it to show there are potential downsides to employers paying to train their employees. Both in terms of retaining them after the training and in terms of expecting servitude in return.

FWIW, I'm pretty sure the current SCOTUS will throw the lawsuit out anyway.

I guess this leaves us with only one alternative.

Jill Stein 2028!

For crafts and technician type workers, most companies have an agreement they have to sign stating if they take the training they must stay for an agreed upon time or pay the cost of the training back- prorated costs that is in relation to how long the employee stayed before quitting.
#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Yes. More info at this site:

I'm old enough to remember when many companies trained their own workers, instead of counting on the government to do it. If there aren't people qualified to do these jobs, why aren't the companies helping to school the potential employees?
#21 | Posted by Whatsleft

Because those trained workers will take their newly-acquired skill set elsewhere for more pay when the opportunity arises. To an employer who didn't sink that money into training and therefore have extra funds to poach employees from the employer who has less money to pay higher wages, since they paid for the training instead.

FTA: "The recent spread is one of many examples of climate change driving the proliferation of invasive species."
Invasive species like foreign trolls befouling drudge.com.
#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Says the jihadist-in-residence who showed up here two short years ago, a few months before the Palestinians raped and murdered 1,200 Israeli civilian men, women, and children. And tries to turn every discussion into an attack on Jews.

They're not getting out until the illegals are gone.
#9 | Posted by THEBULL

Then why do the shutdown at all?
#60 | Posted by truthhurts

Because the irrational wing of the Dem party demanded it. Like when they attacked Dem Senators at the beginning of the year for letting Repubs pass their cuts. Despite the fact that not passing the spending cuts would have given Trump even more leeway in firing federal workers and targeting blue states.

Dems are utterly powerless because Trump DGAF about how much harm he inflicts on the nation. Because the GOP will never hold him to account.

>"There was no crowd control or pepper spray deployed in a Sam's Club parking lot," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement'

Disregard the evidence of your own pepper-sprayed and weeping eyes.
#4 | Posted by Zed

Video of ICE agents throwing a cloud of definitely-not-orange-pepper-spray into the car with the little girl here:

Trump picked a guy with very little experience in anything but finance, Vance.
Harris had been an AG and then Senator for twice as long as Vance had been a Senator, so more experience there too.
#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

I'm not saying she wasn't qualified. But telling 75-80% of the voting public that they wouldn't have been considered for the position based on the color of their skin or what they have dangling between their legs isn't the best method of winning people over. Affirmative action isn't a huge plus when running for office.

Trump: US Doesn't have Talented People to Fill Some Jobs

Bipartisan duo expected 2 force vote 2 release Epstein files

Won't make a bit of difference.

Trump is openly taking bribes for pardons and the GOP is turning a blind eye. He could go for a repeat performance of his Epstein trips on the White House lawn in open view and the GOPhers would pull a muscle yawning.

Thailand Suspends Cambodia 'peace deal'

This headline makes me very hungry.

I'm not convinced that is why the Dems chose fmr VP Harris in 2024.
imo, that scenario is more complicated than that.
#5 | Posted by LampLighter

Would have alienated a big group of their voters (women) if Dems went with anyone else. Black women, the most reliable Dem voters, may have decided to stay at home on election day.

That's the price Dems pay when Joe proudly declared that he was going to DEI-hire for the veep spot.

---------. I favor the truth and you're a liar. THe same 5 million that went on SNAP on Biden's watch are still the despite the robust jobs numbers we were provided.. Just like the healthcare subsidies that went out to the masses that are still on subsidized care. You have no argument but "let them die" That's dishonest.
#32 | Posted by lfthndthrds

So your argument, from what I can tell, is that no one receiving healthcare subsidies actually needs them? That our healthcare is so affordable that someone working for minimum wage and getting subsidies is taking advantage of the system?

Back in reality:

>two million people on Obamacare plans don't get subsidies.
>#27 | Posted by censored

Is that really your argument? YOu actually think I care about 2 million people getting subsidies
#29 | Posted by lfthndthrds

No, I'm pretty sure you don't care about those two million. And fairly positive you don't care about the 22 million who need
subsidies to get healthcare for themselves/their families

Create the welfare state then admonish those who don't want to fund it.
#30 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Right, like I said, you favor the Repub healthcare plan of "let them die."