90DayFinancier

Folks are against this tariff, and many similar ones, because they are nonsense. 

Right, back to reality. Night everyone! 👸

Bernie has great comedic timing, Uncle Joe is getting confused, Steyer has good ties

Not really. Steyer's tie was nice, Warren talked about parents a lot, Biden and Bernie looked old, Buttigieg has rubbery-looking skin and Klobuchar was kind of underwhelming.

Summation: 
Klobuchar, I I I I I easy easy hard hard tired ? You have a home with me
Steyer: I love you guys, don't kick my friends Mr Trump!  
Buttigieg  join me
Warren: Golden Globes speech , our moment! 
Sanders: how did this happen?
Biden: it's about decency, your soul is in jeopardy, let's do this
 

Not too much. I think 90Day is probably passed out drunk if her drinking game was "beat Trump."
 
Nana Elizabeth I don't know too much about. She died before Alex's parents even met. All I know about her is that she was the one who leaned hard on Alex's dad to find a rich wife but she never lived to see that happen.

When will Trumpanista's get the message? When you threaten to take away our Cotes du Rhone Village away, we are are simply going down to Costco and stock up!  😄😄😄😄
 
 
PM the details
 
Literally, Tornadoes made of fire! 
 
 
Ugh, why did you have go there?  It's dinner here(Moroccan lemon chicken) When he leaves the Whitehouse, he needs to walk into the wax museum and get back into the display.
 
 
Plaid for clan Steyer? You will never take away our freeeeeedoommmm!

More often than not, his videos have been edited (even mid-stream) to contort the context of actual convery.
 
The fact that this fake journalist, with fake bona fides, appearing under false pretenses making fake audio visuals to push a fake narrative is held up as a model of virtue and truthfulness, tells us everything people need to know about how right wing values have fallen on hard times.
Like the President's personal lawyer proclaimed, "the Truth is not the Truth"
 
 
 

That was excellent but I think she gave up a bit when correcting Bernie "that was 30 years ago" I feel she is only a step away from another wine cave moment.
 
We are playing "beat Trump" the drinking game here. A bit rich for a weeknight.

I hate takeout in stryofoam, when  eating our and the leftovers come back in compostable take out container, I say "thanks for the compostable box, it makes it easier to throw in the compost when I find this in my refrigerator three weeks later"

Yes, I believe that is obvious.

Okay you are way off in left field but let's help you sort this.  
 
Minimum wage con: expenses increase so consumer will pay more. Some marginal businesses will suffer or not start.( However recent Seattle area minimum wage laws impacted employment negatively in the 12 month term but had a net positive affect in the long run.)
 
Minimum wage pro:
Increases in mandatory wages have a demonstrative increase in the health and mental health if the worker and her family.
Studies were done on the effects of a one dollar raise:
Alcohol and substance abuse dropped, long term career and education prospects increased, job satisfaction increased, divorce and family issues decreased, homelessness dropped, use of public benefits dropped.
 
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Tariffs pro: revenue goes to Washington DC , domestic workers increase employment and wages (short term),domestic producers who are struggling due to comparative disadvantage have a brief (and I mean brief) window to upgrade and modernize to shorten the gap (no real advantage on the growers front for wine I am afraid, but the winemakers get a bump). Note US steel is struggling more after the recent Tariffs while their competition did quite well, so tariffs are no panacea. Tariffs can be used to negotiate opening new markets and agreements, but folks in this forum are not fans of global agreements so, why put that in the pro.
 
Tariffs con:
The taxes....,
Increases cost to consumer twofold
1. The taxes
2. Decrease in competition
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Will trigger retaliation on the same or different sector creating lower export revenue and opportunity. Loss if jobs and wages. Lower domestic profits and rents.
 
So if you can demonstrate that the clerk or server who is bringing me my French or American wine will benefit with a better life with these Tariffs, show us. Because that is the reason most people support living wages. Otherwise, we can put this argument in the dust bin.
 

Changing the subject?

KPCC in da house..... I have been interviewed by them before

I am not defending Bernie saying that to her, but there is a clear bias against female candidates even more than against people of color in executive offices in the US. Poll numbers bear this out.
 
It is not politically correct to acknowledge this persistent fact, but it's true.
 
 
 

Turns out they are consulting immigration lawyers and not going to do the DIY thing. Too bad they were not turned onto visajourney. That would done interesting threads.

The article is a low quality post made on purpose as a way of  illustrating the high percentage of low quality posts.around here. There seems to be no scrutiny of these posts, so I felt entitled to add to the pile.
 
*Filled with pride: LGBTQ-obsessed mother beats seven-year-old son to death because he refused to dress like a girl"
 
"Bill Barr Indicts 8 For Illegally Funneling Foreign Money To Adam Schiff And Multiple Dem Senators"
 
 

Turns out they are consulting immigration lawyers and not going to do the DIY thing. Too bad they were not turned onto visajourney. That would done interesting threads.

I think it's from last year (which is more than a week ago).
 
I'm looking at the donations -- which I am NOT defending in any way -- and it looks like the big fish here was Ahmad Khawaja. He donated $2700 and $1200 in 2017, and $2700 and $1500 in 2016 to Schiff. Why is Schiff's name in the headline?
 
I won't stoop to posting pictures of Khawaja and Nader with Trump here just to say "oh look, Trump likes him too." All of this was wrong, and if candidates/politicians/parties haven't returned the money, they should.

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" F.S. Fitzgerald
 
 
 
 
 

Debate tomorrow! 6pm Pacific. I will be sure to purchase some fine American wine to accompany my watch party here.  
 
@Boiler, the attorney is planning to join us if she can get off work in time. I thought you might like to know. 

I hate takeout in stryofoam, when  eating our and the leftovers come back in compostable take out container, I say "thanks for the compostable box, it makes it easier to throw in the compost when I find this in my refrigerator three weeks later"

<insert comment about coding here>
 

It is a film about emotionally stunted man-chidren approaching middle age without much to show for it. You should remind him that the film is a comedy and not a self help guidance film 😉😂😉😉
 
 

Sideways is one of my ex's favorite films -- I have "watched" (i.e., wandered into the room while it was on) more times than I can count. I have watched it through three times and like it a lot, I just don't like it "I have to watch this every week" that much. 
 
Talk about people who will feel the burn from the tariffs -- he still thinks French is best.