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I proclaim today as #ColumbusDay!
Congress, who I love, has asked me to create a holiday to honor Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a great guy, who made America European and discovered syphilis. Which is why I own 25% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Enjoy! t.co/cbQRst4lN4
Very proud of @VP Pence!
@VP Pence is receiving great praise. I asked him to leave the Colts-49ers game on Sunday if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am very, very, very proud of him and @SecondLady Karen. STANDING UP & LEAVING for our flag, national anthem & country! #NFLBoycott #BoycottNFL #BoycottTheNFL #USA
Terrific rally in Charlottesville tonight!
A big hand to my beautiful, beautiful white nationalists and especially to @RichardBSpencer! He is a credit to his race. Terrific rally in Charlottesville tonight! Without all those problems from the alt-left. Because it was a "flash mob." Very smart move, amazing job, Richard! I have to tell you, it makes you very proud to be an American when you see the job that they've done. Protecting our statues, our heritage, our history, the culture of our great country. The only message I can say is that we're with you 100 percent. #MAGA
Bladerunner 2049
Of course I had to go see it on opening night. Mind you, I did not have high hopes. That was a good thing.
The movie itself, were it a standalone bit of film, wasn't bad at all. Neither was it remotely worthy of the Bladerunner name though. It's like it was written and directed by someone who watched and enjoyed the original many times but wasn't quite bright enough to understand why it was so awesome. You won't see any Baysplosions but neither will you see any well-crafted subtlety. It may not have been Highlander II but it was most definitely not The Empire Strikes Back either.
My advice, get good and drunk before you go see it if you really feel you must. You won't miss any nuance from your impaired cognitive abilities, I promise.
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Looks fine to me...
Anheuser-Busch wants your thoughts on its NFL sponsorship
Anheuser-Busch wants your thoughts on its NFL sponsorship in light of protests
By Kara Berg
kberg@bnd.com
October 02, 2017 9:42 PM
Anheuser-Busch wants to know how you feel about the NFL.
If you call 1-800-342-5283 and press one, you can tell the company how you feel about its sponsorship of the NFL, which has been under fire lately after an unprecedented amount of players kneeled or remained in the locker room during the national anthem.
When you call, you get this message:
“At Anheuser-Busch, we have a long heritage of supporting the nation’s armed forces, veterans and military dependents. The national anthem is a point of pride for our company and for the 1,100 veterans we employ. Please feel free to share your feedback after the tone.”
An Anheuser-Busch representative told Fox2 that the company was receiving a high volume of calls after many on social media asked the company to sever its sponsorship with the NFL.
The company released the following statement about the addition of the phone line.
“At Anheuser-Busch we have a long heritage of supporting the institutions and values that have made America so strong. That includes our armed forces and the national anthem as well as diversity, equality and freedom of speech. We proudly employ over 1,100 military veterans and we work every day to create an inclusive environment for all of our employees. Because only together can we achieve our dream of bringing people together for a better world.
The Anheuser-Busch phone line has always been available for consumer inquiries on a variety of topics, but we are not conducting a survey regarding our NFL sponsorship.
We have many long-term sports partnerships, including our NFL sponsorship, and while we may not agree on everything, we still believe in the power of sport to bring people together and overcome their differences. We have no plans to end our NFL sponsorship.”
Americans are sharply divided on whether NFL players should be allowed to kneel during the national anthem, according to a CNN survey. Overall, 49 percent say kneeling players are doing the wrong thing and 43 percent say it’s the right thing. But these views change sharply with age and race. Older white Republicans were more likely to say the players were doing the wrong thing, CNN found.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article176690196.html
Thank you to the BRAVE servicemen killed in Niger!
Thank you to the BRAVE servicemen in my Africa Command who served, and gave their lives in service of the United States in Niger -- our true HEROES! Very important to RESPECT our National Anthem. Something ungrateful NFL players have yet to learn. #StandForOurAnthem pic.twitter.com/czutyGaMQV
Boycott the NFL!
Very important that NFL players always STAND for the playing of our National Anthem. Respect our Flag and our Country! Even Usain Bolt from Jamaica, one of the greatest runners and athletes of all time, showed RESPECT for our National Anthem! pic.twitter.com/zkenuAP9RS #NFLBoycott
Welcome back, @SteveScalise!
I welcome Rep. @SteveScalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, back to our House of Representatives! Big week ahead for Congress! #MAGA
The Walmart subsidies
The argument has since spread all over the place and been used to rationalize all sorts of taxes, minimum wage increases, etc.
There is a rat's nest of nasty deception in this argument which needs to be considered. Even if we ignore that this is based on a sloppy propaganda white paper (extrapolating from a single store to the entire US) by a political faction, we still have some really big flaws with the argument.
The first is simply that the point of subsidies is to encourage behavior we want. Walmart is employing poor people. Usually, that is a desirable goal, particularly for the ideologies that spin this as welfare subsidies, but notice how in this case virtue is transformed rhetorically into vice.
Second, anyone who employs people who receive welfare is by this argument receiving the subsidy. The only way to avoid the alleged subsidy is to employ people who never receive any sort of welfare. Thus, anyone who employs poor people can be accused of this vice.
Thus third, it can't be fixed as long as one pays out welfare benefits of any sort. There is no correction that can ever get rid of the alleged problem because either someone will always employ poor people on welfare and run afoul of the welfare subsidy or no one will, creating a permanent unemployed class of people.
I see this causing problems for universal basic income schemes because since everyone receives the income, every employer can be considered to be "subsidized" and thus subject to whatever crazy scheme or punishment that can be rationalized. It's another failure mode that needs to be considered with UBI systems.
Don't go to Cuba!
President Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Americans entering Cuba, until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Some very bad things happened in Cuba. Very bad things. They did some bad things in Cuba. Things that made our diplomats very sick. I guarantee you there's a problem. I can't guarantee you'll be safe. If you go there, you might not be safe. I have friends that are Cubans. They are great people -- but they know we have a problem. We must be vigilant!
