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TBH this is just the much more comfortable area for house republicans of signalling. They know it's impractical and "wouldn't actually vote for it!", but they get to show their constituents they are TOUGH in protecting the president. The president, of course, can't see that game. So he will start to think he has congressional support, fire mueller, and be surprised when congress has an issue with it.

It would be remarkable if they couldn't pass a tax cut. It's their claim of tax reform that I think is in trouble.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:50 AM) Took my wife to the Morrissey show last night. I had a much better time than anticipated. The old guy can still croon. Nice of him not to cancel for once.

Yeah I read that. Also to be clear I'm not trying to make a "vote in your self interest" argument. But given the ethos of republican voters as low tax, raising taxes on them as long as they are in blue states is...interesting. But perhaps their conviction of lower corp tax rate is enough that they would indeed support it.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) Am I just old or have people not heard that expression before? Granted he butchered it but the expression is "not letting the inmates run the asylum." It just means that you don't let the employees run the business. That's the employers job. He wasn't really calling them prisoners. People have heard the expression, the correct one. But, they also correctly identify how disrespectful it is, especially the way it was butchered. I've heard that applied many times in families to the children, who are not capable of making reasonable decisions! But if my boss were to say that of us, when there are so many better ways of indicating we can't always be making democratic decisions, I'd think "f*** you" too.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:10 AM) I'm actually amazed at how specifically they targeted the tax increases to hurt people who vote democratic. Line for line. also as if there aren't millions of republicans in those states. But they've clearly been right that many voters care more about antagonizing libs than getting anything that helps them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:20 AM) One thing that's not being covered too much in the tax plan from what I've seen is that while they are doubling the standard deduction, they're eliminating the personal exemption. This means the changes are more or less a wash when you combine those two, and you lose out if you're currently taking SALT, student loan, medical, or mortgage deductions. Exactly: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tax-p...eduction-2017-9

Cool story. We have expectations set from chain restaurant after chain restaurant and retail after retail with huge jumps in labor costs, 5-8% growth. Construction can't find enough workers. And wage growth is flat, again. Participation rate dips after a few months of growth due to corps buying out their older talent expecting rising wage growth. Manufacturing productivity is low despite all the automation talk. It's either at the beginning of a surge or the 36th month of a hot increase in wages that continues not to come.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 08:28 AM) Received the email this morning that my delivery date is now November 8, well in advance of the initial 17-24 estimate. I received one today that stated my delivery date stayed the same, but that's okay too. edit: I'm wrong it moved up a week I did want it mostly for christmas pictures.

I don't really carea bout financial flexibility anymore. As soon as you decide to add you are going to be paying players the max. And so you have to hope to be getting the players actually worth a max deal. And so that's the same predicament we've been in for 10?20? years

I will be more worried if the Padres hoard a bunch of rule 5 picks again. I don't see another team being as bold with putting clearly unqualified players up there.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 08:56 AM) Nothing is surprising anymore, but it's pretty crazy that the President almost always refers to a sitting U.S Senator as "Pocahontas". I mean, what's worse, is as many pointed out, if what Trump just tweeted about demanding FBI/DOJ to investigate political opponents was in an uncovered email, it would be a scandal. It still is.

Ah you are right, I see.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 08:51 AM) Supposedly, DNAinfo never really did turn a profit for Ricketts. So even if the closure decision was anti-union spite, it may be that local news just isn't profitable enough. I'm not sure how you fix that problem as a society because it's still a valuable thing and not everything should be covered on a more national scale. Yeah, I'd have more sympathy for that had he not purchased it in May. And also, just find another buyer then.

I loved DNAinfo, they were always first with the weirdest s*** like restaurants burning down and when weird building evacuations would happen.

This labor market is absolutely bizarre

Schefter confirms it's torn.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 03:52 PM) You don't need a lawyer when you "cannot recall" anything. Page is actually, unbelievably candid.

Man Bill O Brien has to be sobbing

https://twitter.com/thephatic/status/926151175669473280

As a fantasy owner, that was very annoying. No, I should not have believed Irsay saying he play week one, but I did think when he wasn't put on IR he would be a week 4ish type player. It was clear it was way way off.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 11:57 AM) And at DWS for allowing that to happen, and at Obama for allowing DWS to be head of the DNC. Also Obama strangling DNC for OFA. He should have combined them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 11:49 AM) You mean tacking to the right and saying "ban sanctuary cities!" because your Republican opponent has gone Full Trump on the racism is bad?! Yes! Allowing sanctuary cities to be used against you when ... there are no sanctuary cities in Virginia and it's unclear that the opponent even knows what sanctuary cities are.

Yes.

The VA Gov campaign underscores how bernie should be the candidate in 2020 despite age. He's the only democrat-aligned politician capable of effectively playing offense.