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[1776]

We’re #1 😉 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/north-carolina-is-no-1-in-americas-top-states-for-business.html

[CMRivdogs]

8 minutes ago, 1776 said:

We’re #1 😉 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/north-carolina-is-no-1-in-americas-top-states-for-business.html

I see Virginia slipped to #3. Maybe if our Rookie Governor spent more time courting business and less time campaigning for his next job.

On second thought, nevermind 

Edited July 13, 2022 by CMRivdogs

[Motown Bombers]

53 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Don’t bring facts in to upset the narrative. 

There's some interesting parallels between Bernie Bros and Trumpers. Trump lost the election because it was rigged in cities like Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee. All majority black cities where Trump got crushed. Hillary won the primary because she destroyed Bernie in the black vote primarily in the south. The white Bernie Bros cry it's rigged. 

[gehringer_2]

7 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

There's some interesting parallels between Bernie Bros and Trumpers. Trump lost the election because it was rigged in cities like Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee. All majority black cities where Trump got crushed. Hillary won the primary because she destroyed Bernie in the black vote primarily in the south. The white Bernie Bros cry it's rigged. 

That is a theoretical complaint I have against the primary system though. Hillary beat Bernie in a lot of states that the dems were going to lose badly anyway. If I’m running a party, I’d rather have a system that gives my voters more weight in the places I can actually win. Admittedly I can’t tell you exactly what that should look like, but I can’t escape feeling the dem’s current system works to their own disadvantage.  

Edited July 13, 2022 by gehringer_2

[CMRivdogs]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

That is a theoretical complaint I have against the primary system though. Hillary beat Bernie in a lot of states that the dems were going to lose badly anyway. If I’m running a party, I’d rather have a system that gives my voters more weight in the places I can actually win. Admittedly I can’t tell exactly what that should look like, but I can’t escape feeling the den’s current system works to their own disadvantage.  

I've been seeing that there is some movement to reorder the primary dates away from the traditional Iowa, New Hampshire openers. I think Nevada is in the mix to take over the #1 spot. Not sure if it makes much difference.

I've also been intrigued by ranked choice voting. I've seen mixed results(NYC and Alaska for examples). 

I'm with you. I think states that traditionally trend for the Democrats should get first cracks at early voting, or go to 4 regional Super Tuesdays...

[Motown Bombers]

I've seen buzz about having Michigan go first. I feel like it should be decided per election cycle. There was a time, not too long ago, where I thought Ohio would have been a good first choice. Move the opening state around like the convention. In fact, maybe have the opening state in the same state as the convention. 

[Tiger337]

America's biggest problem:

 

[Jim Cowan]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

America's biggest problem:

 

That is the illustration that really crystallizes the whole issue.  The US spends about twice as much per capita as all of those universal health care countries, and delivers shameful results by comparison.  The obvious explanation I think, just to make sure that I understand the point, is that in the US more than half of that spending is creamed off by profits for pharmaceuticals, insurers, hospitals, doctors, and so on.  That's the whole difference, isn't it?

[gehringer_2]

50 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

That is the illustration that really crystallizes the whole issue.  The US spends about twice as much per capita as all of those universal health care countries, and delivers shameful results by comparison.  The obvious explanation I think, just to make sure that I understand the point, is that in the US more than half of that spending is creamed off by profits for pharmaceuticals, insurers, hospitals, doctors, and so on.  That's the whole difference, isn't it?

well, it's half the issue. The other is that Americans practice more self destructive health behaviors completely apart from the value received for their medical dollar. We weigh too much, eat too badly, do too many drugs and are too sedentary for any health care system to return competitive value on the dollar even if we had a system that could, which of course we do not. 

[1776]

Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), the pivotal vote in Democrats’ efforts to pass a bill aimed at fighting climate change, told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that he wouldn’t support an economic packagethat raises taxes or includes climate provisions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Instead, Mr. Manchin told Mr. Schumer on Thursday that he would only support a bill that includes provisions aimed at lowering the price of prescription drugs and a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, according to one of the people.
WSJ

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

noyce

 

[pfife]

Lmao at Alan dipshitowit

 

[gehringer_2]

55% more votes cast in the Dem Maryland gov prim than in the GOP, but all I’m seeing reported is that the Trump cand is the big story…..

[chasfh]

19 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

noyce

 

US Supreme Court reconvenes in October.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

US Supreme Court reconvenes in October.

Boooo

[mtutiger]

Weeks like this make me think it's too bad we don't have our "Global Warming is a Hoax" thread for LooseGoose to be updating us with....

[Jim Cowan]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Weeks like this make me think it's too bad we don't have our "Global Warming is a Hoax" thread for LooseGoose to be updating us with....

That guy who said "only 46 cases" was a climate change denier too.

[CMRivdogs]

Nobody wants to work anymore 

(Thread)

 

[oblong]

13 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Nobody wants to work anymore 

(Thread)

 

Same old same old.... the current generation whines about the ones coming up.  My favorite is the complaining about home improvement.  Can't find someone?  Then quit your job, go to a trade school, and learn to do it yourself.  This entitlement philosophy where certain work is for others to do and when you can't find them then it's their problem.   You are complaining that others didn't do what you also didn't do.

 

 

[Tiger337]

Amazon continues to take over the entire country.  

 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

Amazon continues to take over the entire country.  

 

This is starting to make the Gilded Age look like kind of a good alternative to all this.

So where's our trust-busting TR?

[oblong]

 

[Tigeraholic1]

3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Amazon continues to take over the entire country.  

 

Last month Amazon went live on grocery delivery here. Saturday I ordered about $100 of groceries at noon and my order was delivered at 1:30pm

[pfife]

Amazon has tried to get unto healthcare before unsuccessfully, as have other huge multi-nationals.   The record isn't so good.   It's not nearly as easy as they think.  

[oblong]

Eventually Amazon will run out of employees to hire.  Their model is like insurance and financial planning.  Sucker someone in and bleed them for about 6 months then they leave.