#57 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I tend to agree with 55. All the crazy ---- that libs were passing around in 2020, and sane conservatives brushed off as just "fearmongering", bore fruit. Trump DID attempt to pass of conflicting electors and get the election thrown to the House where he was sure he would come up the winner after clearly losing the election. So even though post 55 sounds a big outlandish in any previous administration, I would have to say nothing is too crazy for the GOP at this point.

#26 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT

Without typing up a paragraph it is simpler to say I align more with Hilary Clinton that I do AOC. Most of the GOP is too far right for me and the Dems seem to be going hard left with all the new progressives. I tend to usually agree with my governor Brad Little here in Idaho and he is getting flack from the local Repubs for being too moderate. I dont like extremes. I dont want to be like Oprah and give a bunch of ---- away, but I also understand the need for social safety nets.

I would imagine 1/6 will play a very small part as voters tend to vote with their pocket. Not looking good for Dems. I hope that it is the moderates in each party that win since I align more with moderates on both sides, but I am afraid of the complete polarization of the parties. Such hard party-line politics is not good and the GOP is not willing to negotiate at all right now.

This is the exact thing I argued a lot with Jeff about before he left. He kept saying he expects "the obstructionist party to act obstructionist" and I dont think anything gets done that way. We need both parties to negotiate in good faith to get something done. Americans are suffering due to the obstructionism and deadlock.

I didnt bother to read the article but I am going to comment anyway...

I would guess that being able to work from home also means they dont have to take time off work for the recovery period. A friend of mine just had her face done and was off work for 2 weeks because of her appearance afterword. It was a laser skin treatment that left her bright red for many days, and peeling the rest of the time. If she worked from home she could have continued because most WFH positions rarely need to be on camera.

#66 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

Do voters not have the right to convenience? Election day voting is awful in a lot of places with terribly long lines and unruly children because their parents had no place to leave them. There is no proof that mail in voting is a problem. Voting should be easy for all legal voters. There are lots of checks in place to ensure that those not allowed to vote cant.

"...my point I've made time and again the use of mail-in ballots was the catalyst for the protest?" --- #37 by BillJohnson

Bill, if mail in voting is so fraught with fraud you should be able to point to the criminal cases in states where mail-in ballots are used every election to prove how bad they are. The very fact that you can't means you are WRONG. It was a ---- talking point to stir up the idiots, and you are proving to be one by continuing to blow that horn. How are you unable to understand at this point? Provide proof or STFU.

#3 | POSTED BY CENSORED -- You are not missing anything. My daughter gave me an apple watch and iphone last year and I STILL miss my android phone.

If an employee, any employee, trades their labor for money, they did so voluntarily. Which means that the amount they are being paid is of greater value to them than the time and labor used to earn that money.

#123 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Any person that wants to participate in society must trade their labor for money. You make some of the most idiotic arguments on here and I am done attempting to have a conversation with you.

Name me any employee that earns less than they have to.

#107 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Every employee that must beg the government for food stamps, medical assistance, or any other financial aid is making less than they "have to" in order to survive. You are like Bush bragging about the lady that works 3 jobs, he didn't get it then and you still don't. She shouldn't have to, she should be able to provide for her family on one full time position like the majority of families did in the not too distant past.

In my post I chose to say 'locally' because I would like to believe that somewhere in the US there must be a company that chooses to pay their employees fairly.

#106 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

I am actually in a conservative pocket up north near the Washington border. I am fine and my house has also appreciated significantly in the past year. Prices will come back down like they always do. Dont worry about me Mad, I am happy and exactly where I want to be. You picking names like Portland or Seattle for me is so far off base it made me laugh loudly, thanks for that. I am very middle of the road and hated every minute I spent in Portland many years ago. The little town I live in is nothing like Boise.

#101 | POSTED BY EBERLY - Both if they did not share the wealth with the employees that were doing the hard work. In my opinion coming up with an idea and seeing it to fruition is very important, but it is just as important to pay a fair wage to your employees. If the company is making massive profits and the shareholders are living like kings, but the employees are relying on section 8, food stamps/etc, then something is broken.

Yes Eberly, even if the product we make here was pool noodles I would feel the same way. And for the record I am not miserable, I am a very happy and positive person IRL.

I would say one of the best things about capitalism is that it encourages people to come up with better ideas. The 'next big thing' is always around the corner and it could be just about anyone that would come up with it. Just look at the pool noodle, whoever came up with that idea must have made a fortune. There are pros and cons to everything. I stand behind my opinion on MadBombers question to Speaks. The rich use the little people and bribe the government to make it okay.

#94 | POSTED BY EBERLY -- I do not hate capitalism, but I have a massive problem with the way corporate greed is out of hand and there is no give back to the very people that work so hard at the bottom to make the business succeed. I work in an office at a manufacturing plant and see how hard the ants have to work to get out product for their tiny slice of the pie, while the bigwigs and shareholders roll in money.

I cant think of any employer locally that pays more than they have to. We pay pretty good here but it is still a tiny piece of the pie and we are having trouble finding enough people that want to work this hard. Without a minimum wage there is no bottom to how low a company would go when there are more candidates than positions available. All profit is good profit right?

#92 - Every employer out there is just like Jeff Bezos. They pay the absolute minimum they can get away with and expect their workers to lean on the government for anything else they need, then bitch about paying taxes to fund those programs. Your "academic pedigree" allows you to believe you know it all when you clearly don't. No, I am not originally from Idaho but that has nothing to do with this thread. I moved to be closer the other side of our family that is "from here" have lived here half my life, own my home, and have no plans to leave. I am sure you are one of those people that says 'cant afford the cost of living, well move' but gets pissed off when the new neighbors come from somewhere else. I have no problem picturing you with a "No Vacancy" hat and a huge beer gut that your shirt barely covers.

#90 - Just one example - Jeff Bezos makes his workers suffer by not paying them well and forcing them to meet insane timelines which leads to urinating in bottles in the truck. He gets rich of their backs and they get crumbs in return. Then he asks the government for subsidies to take a joyride to space. You are an idiot and a troll which is why I try to avoid you.

Perception is not reality, and Trump never inspired hope. Get a tissue, you're drooling all over the keyboard.

#14 - I had to funny flag that because I don't think anything has made me laugh that loud lately. Thank you for the entertainment.

At least we have a new standard of law now; following someone is an attack. Good to know.
#90 | POSTED BY CORKY

Hmmmmm, doesn't that mean that George Zimmerman was actively attacking Trayvon Martin, and Trayvon was acting in self defense when he was killed by the attacker? I am sure Sentinel will come up with some reason why this is different...

#10 | POSTED BY MSGT

I am so middle of the road that whatever is good for the goose is good for the gander. I also only see one side trying to get rid of it EVERYWHERE. Anywhere that Gerrymandering has been stopped the Dems are the team that made that happen. Righties pointing to areas where Dems are still Gerrymandering doesn't make any of it right. Get rid of it everywhere, period.

now cover such in illinois where one party rule squeezes out any elected opposition via gerrymandering! betcha wont!

#7 | POSTED BY VISITER

Is Illinois not covered by the election bill? I didn't realize they would need a stand alone bill....

contrarian --------.

#65 | POSTED BY JPW

This is what I am experiencing. My MIL refuses to get the vaccine because she "was *this* close to getting it anyway but now that I am being told I have to I just wont!". All of the people I personally know that do not have their vaccine already are now stubbornly digging in their heels because they wont do something just because they are told to do it. They wanted it to be their own decision... I told them that they waited too long and their only choice now is where to work - either find a small employer without the OSHA mandate or they can choose to get vaccinated to keep their current position.

I posted this in the Garland caught in pickle thread but it belongs here too apparently: I just want them to enforce the subpoenas. If I witnessed something locally and received a subpoena (which has happened btw) I would be arrested if I failed to appear. What good is a subpoena with no teeth? It just becomes an invitation and nothing more, so anyone with something to hide will just not show up.

Honestly if there is no punishment for failing to appear why even call it a subpoena?

I just want them to enforce the subpoenas. If I witnessed something locally and received a subpoena (which has happened btw) I would be arrested if I failed to appear. What good is a subpoena with no teeth? It just becomes an invitation and nothing more, so anyone with something to hide will just not show up...

#123 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

That is exactly the sort of thing that makes me say on here I dont believe Boaz is really a black man. But I have been told that I must be racist to think that way and that other users have met him and he is what he says he is. IDK man, there are just too many times where he slips and sounds like he isnt...

And the Republicans are going to come out in support of this right? Because Trump kept promising he was going to do this anyway...?