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I forgot about melky

s***. Did we lose?

My money is on Kahnle

Or is it still happening

I remember before 2009, when health care costs never rose.

Yes, like death panels.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 04:05 PM) He's been stuck around a 40% ceiling for a while now, and while his campaign is professionalizing a bit, they still have little funding and next to zero infrastructure going into July. He's also alternating between "presidential" scripted speeches and his usual manic rallies, and he still has at least some control over his own twitter (plenty of dumb stuff in the last couple of days). In news related to the brexit thread and how there's no way racial rhetoric is becoming more widespread: *rolls eyes so hard* There is going to be an element of people telling the pollsters one thing and voting another way, guaranteed. Trump guilt.

I don't know, it will normalize a bit. Any speech he doesn't fall on his face will be him "turning into a real candidate", and he has a real communications team now that apparently took away his twitter. People have dumb memories. But I expect him to still get at LEAST 45% unless we keep seeing 10% libertarian numbers.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) https://www.facebook.com/GetCafe/videos/1646505489005671/ YES!

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 11:02 AM) It's a common European stereotype that most countries in the EU consider Greece lazy. While this story/poll is a few years old, it highlights this feeling among the EU: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archiv...-the-eu/257764/ I didn't think you made it up, I think that stereotype is specifically driving a lot of German policy. But while structural reform was necessary in greece, it won't achieve nearly as much without being able to boost exports easily the way they could with currency.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) Trump's been soliciting a bunch of foreign government reps for donations for some reason. Clearly, the organizational genius behind this campaign should be put in charge of the executive branch of the United States government. It's funny because they clearly just bought a bunch of list serves since the primary did not create a functional list of people for them to fundraise for. It's not funny because in a normal campaign this would be deemed a malicious act, but because they are such a dumpster fire it is just ignored.

But also I'm glad for Moore I hope he gets paid.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 28, 2016 -> 10:54 PM) Schanowski wrote in his story tonight that Bulls want to re-sign Etwaun Moore and he'll cost $8-$10 million per year. That's f***ing crazy talk, man. If they don't re-sign him, I'm pretty sure an equal player will be available that's left out of that payday.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 10:11 AM) Longer hours, yes...but not very productive ones. Greece's productivity is actually pretty low in comparison to others who work less hours. No doubt, but devaluing would help with that. But it also goes against the idea that the brits were bailing out lazy greeks.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 10:05 AM) Replying to my own comment. I really should be more fair to the wonderful fantastic Greek people out there. No, not all of them are lazy, non-working slugs. A lot of people in Greece would probably love to work, as a matter of fact, they tend to work long hours...just not super productive ones. The issue is a lot of these nations have different views on work ethic, retirement, etc...you can't have one nation with people retiring at 50 and another at 65. Otherwise one nation ends up floating the other...which is essentially what's happening across the EU, and some of these "richer" nations are growing weary of this. I've long thought it was a bad system destined for collapse...and this is just one of them admitting it. There are a lot of things negative, but a lot positive too. There are a lot of countries with advanced economies tucked into a tiny corner. Trade would be unberaable without a union liike this. The EU has allowed workers to flow to more productive countries, but when that happens, they need to fix the system where the countries providing the capital are not receiving any of that "export". A lot of their problems would also be alleviated if they just had more kids.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 09:46 AM) I like how some are saying the Brexit "could trigger a euro financial crisis" as if the EU wasn't already mired in a financial crisis with multiple countries moving into insolvency if not outright being bankrupt. In many ways, I can't blame the UK from exiting, seeing as they have a 5% unemployment rate -- meaning their citizens are working -- meanwhile, Greece has a population that largely doesn't care about work and the UK's citizens get to pay money to float them. I'd want out of that bulls*** deal, too. https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS Greece's annual hrs worked per worker much higher than enterprising Germans and English. Devaluing their currency would allow them to pay back their debt faster and cheapen their exports and increase unemployment. That has a much larger impact on unemployment rate than personal industriousness.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 29, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) That's the point I'm making. The government should have programs to expand these schools, or create their own programs to compete with them, as this type of investment is in the best interest of the country and it's citizens. Instead, we pile on the student debt load for college degrees that are often worth less in the job market than the tuition paid to get them...because college or bust! Couple thoughts on this: - In general, I think parents pushing their kids to college even with the debt is a better plan, it allows more room to pivot even with the debt - I agree not everyone needs same book. Trades are great skills. But they are closed for a reason, a major one is it helps prop up cost of labor in those trades, and creates that attractive living. - If we boost trades, it is imperative that nationwide states makea push to deregulate housing restrictions in dense areas to allow more people to live where more people live. Having 100 electricians in Mexico, Missouri isn't going to solve anything. We need to allow people to move where service work is higher, without carving out the gains from their higher productivity to their housing costs.

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/29/12052494/brex...u-euro-disaster I saw his tweet yesterday wondering whether we would look back in 30 years and view countries leaving the Euro (hypothetically) as equal to when they left the gold standard to get out of great depression. As they move toward greater integration, you have to wonder whether there will be an alt movement to pressure to get rid of Euro.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 28, 2016 -> 06:33 PM) Is Barnes gonna get a max? Please say no. Pretty much everyone is going to get a max. Max is the new mid-level exemption.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 28, 2016 -> 03:11 PM) He said "almost."

What are you referring to?

It's a day to remember him, but after seeing the documentary and his quality of life, more relieved for him than anything.

Let's just hope the husband to wife handoff is better than in Argentina.

I'm actually surprised it's only 40%

Worth it for last line.