Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Ooops

zxqv8 posted:

So, in a rare moment of people actually talking about relevant stuff on FB, I saw a friend's friend trying to convince him that a minimum wage hike to $15.00 would cause fast food prices to rise precipitously. This link was provided:

http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/04/wage-hike-fast-food-prices-infographic/

And the infographic in question for those who don't want to click:



Note the Heritage Foundation attribution at the bottom. My friend responded by saying he doesn't trust anything out of the Heritage Foundation and that the math is specious at best.

How much bullshit is this whole thing? How much bullshit is dailysignal.com, and what might I be able to add to show how full of poo poo the Heritage Foundation really is?

zxqv8 posted:

There's this paragraph right after that lovely bar chart:


That seems like assuming a worst-case scenario all around. Am I misreading it?

zxqv8 posted:

I think the standard response to this would be that all fast food places would be raising their prices as well, so they would remain competitive in that sense. Sounds like a weak argument, but I'm not sure how to refute it.

Amergin posted:

Funny how none of you seem to be addressing the loss in hours worked.

Have fun working half the hours with your new higher minimum wage, assuming you still kept your job.

Joementum posted:

WOMP WAHHH


The last part is especially funny. Yes, I'm sure Congress will be even more likely to pass immigration reform next year.

computer parts posted:

There's still the filibuster, and they might be wary on ditching that since it's likely that they'll lose control of the Senate in 2016.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I remember reading something a few months back about businesses in London installing spikes on the ground to prevent homeless people from sleeping there.

Amused to Death posted:

Also what exactly is the point in bottle deposits in an era of widespread curbside recycling?

Joementum posted:

Except that if the Democrats try to do something like the Tea Party they definitely shouldn't come up with a name like that for it. I still can't believe that the "Tea Party" is a real thing that we have to take semi-seriously.

(and yes, I'm aware that some idiot tried to start the "Coffee Party")

Joementum posted:

Oklahoma State Rep. and Professor of Comparative Religion (probably?) John Bennett has some thoughts he'd like to share about the differences between Islam and Muslim.


If this is confusing you, are you going to include it on the exam, Professor Bennett?

Joementum posted:

Yessssssss, they've finally released the full list of coalition partners.



No Palau this time, but nice to see Andorra helping out. I wonder if we'll catch any flack from Greece about their coalition partner Macedonia (rather than FYROM).

Luigi Thirty posted:

This article says he was a paranoid PTSD-suffering veteran who was convinced the "atmosphere was collapsing" and had to warn Obama. This article says he was arrested in July and had a sniper rifle and a map of DC.

SedanChair posted:

computer parts posted:

I'd argue this was true at the beginning of his term but it's hard to argue this has been true since 2012. People do change over time.

zoux posted:

Filmmaker and inveterate piece of poo poo Dinesh D'Souza is going to Jail Jr. for eight months.


He's the guy that made the movie about how the country would be destroyed by Obama if he got a second term.

ErIog posted:

Yeah, fat people don't feel enough shame! That's the ticket.

You also talk about how it relates to class in the US, but then double down on it. It's hard not to read that as overtly supporting classism.

Zeitgueist posted:

Welp not everybody has a thyroid condition(sure most don't) turns out fat people are all lazy and your'e not a dick for mocking them.

Pohl posted:

Shaming people simply because they are fat seems rather pointless since it obviously is a social thing, not a personal fault.

My Imaginary GF posted:

You talk and ask.

Tatum Girlparts posted:

You could try, and this is crazy, just like, not being a dick to people, fat or skinny? Like, just try treating human beings ok regardless of stuff?

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Didn't Phil Robertson say that he didn't see the problem with marrying teen girls or something like that?

Joementum posted:

Maybe not the best idea for an image and slogan to go along with Dallas.

Xibanya posted:

Today my boss said that our elite amazing secret service agents deliberately let the guy through because they hate Obama so much they can't wait for someone to off him. (Worship of secret service agents apparently approaching ARE TROOPS levels.)

I didn't bother to ask follow up questions like, if Obama is so evil and manipulative, why can't he surround himself with loyal secret service agents? And if they want him dead so bad, do they think President Biden will be any better?

Oh who am I kidding, he probably thinks if Obama dies we'll then be in the glorious reign of President Putin, the preferred head of state of true Americans.

LolitaSama posted:

'feckless'

Evil Fluffy posted:

The GOP's much better at actually planning poo poo out and not relying on the other side simply being terrible enough.

FlamingLiberal posted:

Also I've been reading that SS got hit hard by sequestration, and I remember not that long ago they said that they were ending lifetime protection for future presidents.