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[Crap Throwing Clavin]

5 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Might as well admit it at this point.

 

 

 

Everyone who has money but doesn't have a place on Martha's Vineyard, of course.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

 

Although specifically, it's not because the new helos were built badly, or spec'd wrong.  It's because the helos burn the White House Lawn.    

 

2024 America is the stupidest America.

 

[Hedge]

 

 

 

Fast food workers had these? What a jackass way to try and stop non-skilled personnel from switching jobs.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, Hedge said:

 

 

 

 

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The agency estimated that the ban would boost wages by between $400 billion and $488 billion over 10 years, and lead to the creation of more than 8,500 new businesses per year.

 

They're out of their &#%$ing minds.

 

1 hour ago, Hedge said:

 

Fast food workers had these? What a jackass way to try and stop non-skilled personnel from switching jobs.

 

Yep.  Usually along the lines of "You will not seek employment in another fast food restaurant chain within three miles of an existing franchise of the current chain for a period of six months" or something similar.  Because burger flipping and putting mayo on bread are specialized skills that present a competitive advantage to prospective hirers.

 

Those were truly ridiculous, and desperately needed to be banned.  But I can't help feeling the FTC may have gone a bit too far.

 

[Uncle Joe]

2 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

Although specifically, it's not because the new helos were built badly, or spec'd wrong.  It's because the helos burn the White House Lawn.    

 

2024 America is the stupidest America.

 

Back in high school we had wet field for a important baseball game. Coach called in a favor and had a helicopter come and dry the field for us. And numerous times using gasoline to dry out puddle mud. 

Oh, the horror of the 70s.

 

Edited April 23 by Uncle Joe

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, Uncle Joe said:

Back in high school we had wet field for a important baseball game. Coach called in a favor and had a helicopter come and dry the field for us. And numerous times using gasoline to dry out puddle mud. 

Oh, the horror of the 70s.

 

 

The day before SB XXVII, there were 2 helicopters hovering 10'-20'' over the field at the Rose Bowl trying to dry the field out.

 

Really wonder how that game would've played out had the field been dry.  (Or at minimum had the Bills brought cleats that were correct for the conditions.)

[Ann]

Wyoming Girl Scout, 13, Fined $400 For Selling Cookies
 

 

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The officer never made the connection on who owned the driveway and the people using the driveway to sell Girl Scout Cookies. 

 

“I personally don’t think she ever understood that I was related to the Fairbanks, my parents who own the driveway,” Fairbanks McCarroll said.

 

Nonetheless, the officer snapped photographs of their sales activity between March 13 and 15 to prove that Emma McCarroll had set up the stand, and mom had parked illegally in the driveway, which straddled the public sidewalk on Pine Avenue.

 

The issue became more problematic because Pine Street — the main thoroughfare through this tiny town of 2,000-plus — is essentially controlled by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, which claims ownership of the property, and activity like selling cookies infringed on WYDOT’s right of way of the street.

 

“You can’t sell within the WYDOT right of way,” Pinedale Mayor Matt Murdock told Cowboy State Daily. 

 

The mom “was told and she refused to move,” said Murdock, adding that the city was following the rules on code enforcement.

 

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“Sometimes I just think that government can be unreasonable,” Emma McCarroll said. “It wasn’t reasonable to be fined $400 for selling cookies in front on my grandparent’s property.”

 

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In a report filed with the city, the officer claimed that she had instructed Emma and her mom to pack up the cookie boxes and move everything over to the old town hall parking lot at 210 W. Pine St. where it would be safer and legal. 

 

But the move didn’t happen quickly enough, and the code enforcement officer slapped Erica McCarroll with three citations. 

 

The first was for unlawful obstruction of the road and sidewalk without receiving permission of the Pinedale City Council. The second citation was for “exception,” meaning that McCarroll didn’t leave 5 feet of unobstructed, continuous passage on the sidewalk as allowed by WYDOT. 

 

The third citation was for parking a vehicle on the sidewalk.

 

Grand total of the fines: $400. But then came the legal bill. 

 

Fairbanks McCarroll argued that the fines were unwarranted, especially since her daughter set up the cookie sales operation in the driveway of her parents, and her vehicle was parked in the driveway of her parents.

 

She paid $508 to hire a lawyer from Bing PC on South Freemont Avenue in Pinedale. 

 

Two of the citations were eventually dismissed, leaving her to pay the $150 fine for “unlawful obstruction.”

 

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[devnull]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

Wyoming Girl Scout, 13, Fined $400 For Selling Cookies
 

Next time she should dye her hair blue and hang a Palestinian Flag and a sign with her pronouns.

 

Cops wouldn't be allowed to bother her

[Hedge]

 

 

 

 

[Deranged Rhino]

 

[B-Man]

 

[Deranged Rhino]

“All the economic numbers are being cooked - and have been Biden’s entire administration to make him look better - but don’t worry, it’s not a big deal. That Trump guy is an @$$h@l& so that’s what really matters!” / Pete

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

“All the economic numbers are being cooked - and have been Biden’s entire administration to make him look better - but don’t worry, it’s not a big deal. That Trump guy is an @$$h@l& so that’s what really matters!” / Pete

 

 

 

Keep inimd that "non-farm payroll" and "private sector" jobs aren't necessarily the same thin.  Non-farm payroll includes public sector jobs...so these may be two completely different measurements.

 

This stat may be just as cooked as the DOL stats.

[Cinga]

3 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

“All the economic numbers are being cooked - and have been Biden’s entire administration to make him look better - but don’t worry, it’s not a big deal. That Trump guy is an @$$h@l& so that’s what really matters!” / Pete

 

 

 

Almost every month since Xiden took office the unemployment numbers have been adjusted downward later and the media doesn't report it. If you look at the workforce participation rate it is still lower than under Trump (63 - 62%) even with so many illegals added and WAY below what it was when Obama took office (66%)

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm

 

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

5 minutes ago, Cinga said:

 

Almost every month since Xiden took office the unemployment numbers have been adjusted downward later and the media doesn't report it. If you look at the workforce participation rate it is still lower than under Trump (63 - 62%) even with so many illegals added and WAY below what it was when Obama took office (66%)

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm

 

 

 

 

I don't know that illegals get included in the labor participation rate.

 

But this also illustrates why the entire "best job creation in history" Biden narrative is complete bullshit.  Pre-covid participation was half a percent off the lowest participation of the past 15 years...labor participation hasn't even achieved that meager milestone from the artificially low COVID participation rate.  

 

That people think Biden's job creation is some economic miracle is...well, that's what happens when you don't read beyond the headlines.

[Cinga]

51 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

I don't know that illegals get included in the labor participation rate.

 

But this also illustrates why the entire "best job creation in history" Biden narrative is complete bullshit.  Pre-covid participation was half a percent off the lowest participation of the past 15 years...labor participation hasn't even achieved that meager milestone from the artificially low COVID participation rate.  

 

That people think Biden's job creation is some economic miracle is...well, that's what happens when you don't read beyond the headlines.

 

Back in February I wrote on here one of the biggest ways Xiden is cooking the books for unemployment. While they are still basing a week as 40 hours to maintain hours of productivity, they have been reducing the number of hours worked per person to artificially inflate the number of people actually working

 

Here is a link to that post which has links to show this hypothesis

 

[Deranged Rhino]

Harvey's NYS conviction overturned. 

 

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/harvey-weinstein-accusers-react-conviction-overturned-1235981941/

 

Under 45's DOJ, abusers of women and serial predators were exposed and convicted. Under Biden, those same abusers and predators are given kid-glove treatment. But I'm sure that's just a coincidence and not anything more... 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Harvey's NYS conviction overturned. 

 

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/harvey-weinstein-accusers-react-conviction-overturned-1235981941/

 

Under 45's DOJ, abusers of women and serial predators were exposed and convicted. Under Biden, those same abusers and predators are given kid-glove treatment. But I'm sure that's just a coincidence and not anything more... 

 

 

[Deranged Rhino]

 

[Ann]