Mr Hootington posted:

he won't be. this is a power move to humiliate romney

Crowsbeak posted:

Are those earnings leading to better pay?

Coheed and Camembert posted:

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/803772352970498049

What's Medicare? Look, shiny jobs!

Nucleic Acids posted:

And aren't half of them still being laid off?

We're going to see poo poo like this constantly, and be expected to grovel in gratitude.

Nucleic Acids posted:

And aren't half of them still being laid off?

We're going to see poo poo like this constantly, and be expected to grovel in gratitude.

HorseRenoir posted:

https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/803771630140825600

SeANMcBAY posted:

I wonder why isn't in the running for Sec State. I'd feel slightly more at ease if he got the job as well.

HannibalBarca posted:

quote:

KT’s father worked the night shift as a train dispatcher in Madison, Wisconsin. The eldest of four, KT had a brother here in New York City who had followed her to George Washington University and then worked as an analyst. “Ummmm. He was sick and then he died,” is all she would say when pressed. Michael Troia had aids; his obituary listed three “companions.”

KT, the moderate in this race, couldn’t abide his sexual orientation. Shortly after she discovered Mike had aids, she wrote her parents lengthy, angry, almost Gothic letters in which she outed her brother, blamed her father for his troubles as well as those of her and her other siblings, and cut off contact with her parents. “Have you ever wondered why I have never had anything to do with Mike and have never let my daughters see him although we live only fifteen minutes away from each other?” she wrote. “He has been a lifelong homosexual, most of his relationships brief, fleeting one-night stands.” The father’s behavior had surfaced for McFarland as recovered memory. She said a shrink put her up to writing the letter; reached for comment, her mother, Edith Troia—KT has since made up with her parents—denied the account. “Wouldn’t that make a great book?” she said. “Please be kind. You could be casting dark shadows on this whole race.”

Coheed and Camembert posted:

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/803772352970498049

What's Medicare? Look, shiny jobs!

quote:

Carrier did not elaborate on the terms of the deal, but it is on the record, as are most other major multinational businesses, as wanting to see a cut in corporate tax rates, especially as it applies to cash earned overseas.

The fate of the more than 400 remaining jobs in Indianapolis was not immediately clear. Nor was it clear whether the 700 jobs at the Huntington plan would be saved.

The company planned to send that work to Mexico starting next year, a move that would have saved it $65 million a year in labor costs, according to the union that represents the workers.

United Technologies is a leading defense contractor that benefits from billions of dollars in federal spending, so it needs to maintain good relations with the incoming Trump administration.

United Technologies collects about $5.6 billion in annual revenue from U.S. government contracts, according to company filings, which is equal to about 10% of its overall revenue. The government also pays for nearly $1.5 billion of the company's annual research and development spending.

Hollismason posted:

Stay Classy Trump

He nominated KT McFarland as Deputy of National Security , this woman did the following :


http://nymag.com/guides/summer/17407/index2.html



What the gently caress

That's your brother.

What the gently caress.

Hollismason posted:

Laughing at this because Trump has this big loving bowl in front of him and Mitt has to take off the shared plate for his appetizer.

Raenir Salazar posted:

These people being floated for cabinet positions reminds me of how most of Hitler's inner circle were also gently caress ups before gaining power.

QuoProQuid posted:

trump: so what are your qualifications for this position?

romney: Такого как Путин

trump: (sweating) drat, this guy is good.

QuoProQuid posted:

trump: so what are your qualifications for this position?

romney: Пожалуйста, подождите, пока мы не сообщим вам, что делать.

trump: (sweating) drat, this guy is good.

Hollismason posted:

What the gently caress

That's your brother.

What the gently caress.

Coheed and Camembert posted:

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/803772352970498049

What's Medicare? Look, shiny jobs!

Shbobdb posted:

Things like this make me very sad since that is obviously Pence at work. While Trump's white nationalism is vile it's a damned sight better than Pence's W-style religious neoconservativism.

If you have to choose between Huey Long and W, you take Huey Long. But Trump can't even do populism right. It's all the old David Brooks and Krugman NYT editorials from when W won and how maybe liberty and equality have had their chance so it's time for fraternity to have its place in the sun all over again.

readingatwork posted:

Not sure if it's been talked about yet but apparently the top 0.1% of American households now hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%.

What the Christ man!?

readingatwork posted:

Not sure if it's been talked about yet but apparently the top 0.1% of American households now hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%.

What the Christ man!?

readingatwork posted:

Not sure if it's been talked about yet but apparently the top 0.1% of American households now hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%.

What the Christ man!?

Mustached Demon posted:

Return to the gilded age. Soon the zombie of Teddy Roosevelt shall arise and bring justice.

Geostomp posted:

So long as most Americans have some form of distraction, this will continue. I honestly think that nothing short of being completely ruined will be enough to open the people's eyes.

readingatwork posted:

Not sure if it's been talked about yet but apparently the top 0.1% of American households now hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%.

What the Christ man!?

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

it is entirely possible that the reincarnation of FDR is not in this country and instead we get a reichstag fire

meet america in the late 1920s, where literally all the wealth was held by the 1% and people were in constant denial over their increasingly bad situation

what's old is new again

buckleup for Dust Bowl II: The Dustening where not only california suffers drought, but also the bible belt

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

it is entirely possible that the reincarnation of FDR is not in this country and instead we get a reichstag fire

meet america in the late 1920s, where literally all the wealth was held by the 1% and people were in constant denial over their increasingly bad situation

what's old is new again

buckleup for Dust Bowl II: The Dustening where not only california suffers drought, but also the bible belt

Crain posted:

What would a modern Reichstag fire be? I doubt we'd actually see the Capitol building burn.

UV_Catastrophe posted:

I've been wondering lately what the best tactics for survival were for somebody living through massive economic depression and fascism.

No reason, really. Just wondering.

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

it is entirely possible that the reincarnation of FDR is not in this country and instead we get a reichstag fire

meet america in the late 1920s, where literally all the wealth was held by the 1% and people were in constant denial over their increasingly bad situation

what's old is new again

buckleup for Dust Bowl II: The Dustening where not only california suffers drought, but also the bible belt

rscott posted:

The thought just struck me is that supposedly we are supposed to believe that at least 50 million people voted for Donald Trump because they think that this man, who has never actually worked a wage paying job in his life will create good paying jobs. Donald Trump doesn't have a clue what a good paying job is. Like has anyone asked Donald Trump this question? Just a simple how much per hour/per year would you say a good paying job is.

Nucleic Acids posted:

And aren't half of them still being laid off?

We're going to see poo poo like this constantly, and be expected to grovel in gratitude.

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

we had a prototype in the form of 9/11 and that one hosed up national security and destroyed most government accountability, now imagine another one happens

alpha_destroy posted:

I had a Crit Theory seminar two days after the election. Literally the first words out of my German professor were "Hope no airplanes fall out of the sky in the next four years." Our whole seminar that day was pretty much shooting the poo poo about the Reichstag fire, what fascism means, free elections, voter ID laws etc. I think we all read Derrida for that day, but I honestly can't remember because I'm not sure we ever really got to him.

readingatwork posted:

Not sure if it's been talked about yet but apparently the top 0.1% of American households now hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%.

What the Christ man!?

QuoProQuid posted:

trump: so what are your qualifications for this position?

romney: Пожалуйста, подождите, пока мы не сообщим вам, что делать.

trump: (sweating) drat, this guy is good.

Xae posted:

And every CEO with two neurons to rub together will do the following:

CEO I want to lay off 5,000 people.
CEO Announces: I will lay off 10,000 people
Donald: Here is a huge set of tax breaks and subsidies. Don't leave
CEO Announces: After talking with Trump we've managed to save 5,000 jobs!
CEO lays off 5000 people

HannibalBarca posted: