Thank God I don't read anything that comes out of the right-wing echo chamber. Although my lily white, tea-party loving relatives in Idaho still me clippings every now and then. They actually believe this drivel. As a moderate conservative, I feel sorry for them.
When Pennsylvania was called for Trump, Hillary was on her second bourbon. When Ohio went red, her consultants ran up to Bill's suite and pulled him off an eager blonde campaign staffer to have him come downstairs and pry the bottle out of Hillary's clutches. They hoped to keep her from completely embarrassing herself during her concession speech.
That's very insightful political commentary — LMAO.
Trump will need 70% of the white male vote to win the election without votes from every other voting bloc that he so far had managed to alienate. Not happening.
The overwhelming fact about American general elections right now is that white male voters just aren't as powerful as they used to be. In 1980, when the electorate looked very different than it does today, Ronald Reagan cruised to an easy victory by winning 63 percent of white males, according to exit polls. In 1988, George H.W. Bush took 63 percent of that group in his rout of Michael Dukakis. By 2004, however, winning 62 percent of white men barely got George W. Bush past John Kerry in a squeaker. And eight years later, Romney won 62 percent of white men—and lost to Barack Obama by 3.5 million votes.
It doesn't help that 70% of women don't like him either.
Donald Trump's image among U.S. women tilts strongly negative, with 70% of women holding an unfavorable opinion and 23% a favorable opinion of the Republican front-runner in March. Trump's unfavorable rating among women has been high since Gallup began tracking it last July, but after rising slightly last fall, it has increased even further since January.
Incidentally, if your argument were true, math in school would have already accomplished that.
The public schools taught me nothing. I had a college-level reading comprehension in the eighth grade because I wanted to learn more than what I could get at school. I had to go to college to get a real education.
I have never known anyone that made more than maybe 15$ for an 8-hour day collecting cans.
This was in the early 1990's. I typically spent an hour a day after classes to pick up recyclables from the trash receptacles around campus to fill up a burlap bag, five days a week during the 18-week semester. I made $300 to $400 per semester (about $3 to $4 per hour), which was enough to get through me a semester at school while living with my parents. The only support I got from my parents for college was a ride to the recycling center. I did that for two semesters before I got a job at the campus bookstore and worked 30 hours a week to move into a five-bedroom Victorian frat house with 12 other guys.
Just don't pretend like these kids are going to get jobs writing code without jumping through a very expensive college degree hoop.
Or, if they're interested in computer programming, go to a community college and get a part-time job. As a poor white boy from a blue-collar family, I spent my first year in college picking up recyclables on campus to pay for my classes and books.
If I understand correctly, most home owners object to the neighbours putting rusty old junkers up on blocks in the yard not because it hurts their precious feelings but because it hurts their property values
I had an elderly neighbor complained to me about the dead petunias in my front yard, claiming that it took $50,000 off her home value. Never mind she wasn't selling her house. Some people get extremely obnoxious during a rising real estate market in California.
If one finds high school to be stressful, perhaps university is not for you, Princess.
Try going to a high school where the student population exceeded the building occupancy rate by three times. Going between classes was a crushing nightmare. I dropped out of high school and home schooled myself for four years, worked in construction for two years, and then went off to college. College was a breeze in comparison.
I've never had an employer ask me why it took 5 years to graduate as opposed to 4.
An extra year or two isn't a big deal these days. If you take 12 years to graduate with a bachelor degree, expect questions. I've known a few people like that who had a hard time living down the ultimate slacker reputation.
I graduated from the eighth grade with a college-level reading comprehension and fifth-grade levels in everything else. I stayed home for four years to teach myself, spent two years working in construction with my father, and went to community college for four years (two years for remedial courses, two years for A.A. degree in General Education.) A decade after I left community college, I went back to learn computer programming, got a 4.0 GPA in my coursework, and started my technical career. I have no regrets.
I'm sure it's a lovely little beach and from the article the prior owners made their private beach accessible to the public because they also built a convenience store and bathrooms.
It's a public beach from the tide line to the water. Settled as someone else pointed out. For decades there has always been a trail to the beach, as allowed by previous owners. Rich owner decides to shutdown the trail, demands outrageous compensation when the government tried to buy the right of way, and been in lawsuits ever since then. I think he even rejected an offer by someone else to buy the house and then jacked up the price on his counteroffer. The rich guy has proven himself to be a public prick.
It is a shame some people want to continue to errode away our property rights.
It's a shame when some people forget that they're members of a larger society.
When I worked for a video game company for six years, I was working 60 to 80 hours per week and collecting overtime pay as an hourly employee. After I got into IT support 12+ years ago, I wasn't allowed to work overtime even though I was an hourly employee. Go figure.
In fact I don't think I've worked under 60 in an average week in my entire career.
As an IT support contract worker, I haven't been allowed to work more than 40 hours per week for the last 12+ years. Government and Fortune 500 companies don't want to pay overtime.
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When you realize just how wrong you were about that, then and only then may it down on you how wrong you are about Trump's chances.
Not likely. The historical record and presidential statistics don't favor Donald Trump or the Republican Party in this election cycle.
Thank God I don't read anything that comes out of the right-wing echo chamber. Although my lily white, tea-party loving relatives in Idaho still me clippings every now and then. They actually believe this drivel. As a moderate conservative, I feel sorry for them.
You're ignoring the fact that now that he has the nomination, he's free to move to the center and make nice with women, blacks and mexicans.
According to Donald Trump, he has no intention of doing that. If he did, his base will stay home.
http://ezkool.com/2016/04/donald-trump/
Read Looking back: How Trump Beat Hillary
You did read the link that you posted?
When Pennsylvania was called for Trump, Hillary was on her second bourbon. When Ohio went red, her consultants ran up to Bill's suite and pulled him off an eager blonde campaign staffer to have him come downstairs and pry the bottle out of Hillary's clutches. They hoped to keep her from completely embarrassing herself during her concession speech.
That's very insightful political commentary — LMAO.
Trump will need 70% of the white male vote to win the election without votes from every other voting bloc that he so far had managed to alienate. Not happening.
The overwhelming fact about American general elections right now is that white male voters just aren't as powerful as they used to be. In 1980, when the electorate looked very different than it does today, Ronald Reagan cruised to an easy victory by winning 63 percent of white males, according to exit polls. In 1988, George H.W. Bush took 63 percent of that group in his rout of Michael Dukakis. By 2004, however, winning 62 percent of white men barely got George W. Bush past John Kerry in a squeaker. And eight years later, Romney won 62 percent of white men—and lost to Barack Obama by 3.5 million votes.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-needs-7-of-10-white-guys-213699
It doesn't help that 70% of women don't like him either.
Donald Trump's image among U.S. women tilts strongly negative, with 70% of women holding an unfavorable opinion and 23% a favorable opinion of the Republican front-runner in March. Trump's unfavorable rating among women has been high since Gallup began tracking it last July, but after rising slightly last fall, it has increased even further since January.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/190403/seven-women-unfavorable-opinion-trump.aspx
Incidentally, if your argument were true, math in school would have already accomplished that.
The public schools taught me nothing. I had a college-level reading comprehension in the eighth grade because I wanted to learn more than what I could get at school. I had to go to college to get a real education.
I have never known anyone that made more than maybe 15$ for an 8-hour day collecting cans.
This was in the early 1990's. I typically spent an hour a day after classes to pick up recyclables from the trash receptacles around campus to fill up a burlap bag, five days a week during the 18-week semester. I made $300 to $400 per semester (about $3 to $4 per hour), which was enough to get through me a semester at school while living with my parents. The only support I got from my parents for college was a ride to the recycling center. I did that for two semesters before I got a job at the campus bookstore and worked 30 hours a week to move into a five-bedroom Victorian frat house with 12 other guys.
I also would love to know what issues men aren't writing about that will change our opinion on the world.
Ask a bunch of women. You may not like the sexist responses you get.
Just don't pretend like these kids are going to get jobs writing code without jumping through a very expensive college degree hoop.
Or, if they're interested in computer programming, go to a community college and get a part-time job. As a poor white boy from a blue-collar family, I spent my first year in college picking up recyclables on campus to pay for my classes and books.
Maybe I'm just an extra-capable nice guy with a long memory and experience in many different walks of life.
In short, you need to learn how to be an asshole. Eli the Computer Guy can help you with that problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE
None of these court decisions prevents me as a private citizen from donating money to a charity that helps low-income, minority students.
How is this program supposed to actually work?
Teaching students how to think logically rather than impulsively is a useful skill in life.
"Separate but equal" then?
That's a government concept in the law. Doesn't apply to private citizens donating money to charity to help a segment of society.
But if it's only for non-white teens, that is the definition of racism.
You're absolutely right. White minority students in California (a minority-majority state) wouldn't qualify for this program.
If I understand correctly, most home owners object to the neighbours putting rusty old junkers up on blocks in the yard not because it hurts their precious feelings but because it hurts their property values
I had an elderly neighbor complained to me about the dead petunias in my front yard, claiming that it took $50,000 off her home value. Never mind she wasn't selling her house. Some people get extremely obnoxious during a rising real estate market in California.
If one finds high school to be stressful, perhaps university is not for you, Princess.
Try going to a high school where the student population exceeded the building occupancy rate by three times. Going between classes was a crushing nightmare. I dropped out of high school and home schooled myself for four years, worked in construction for two years, and then went off to college. College was a breeze in comparison.
I've never had an employer ask me why it took 5 years to graduate as opposed to 4.
An extra year or two isn't a big deal these days. If you take 12 years to graduate with a bachelor degree, expect questions. I've known a few people like that who had a hard time living down the ultimate slacker reputation.
I graduated from the eighth grade with a college-level reading comprehension and fifth-grade levels in everything else. I stayed home for four years to teach myself, spent two years working in construction with my father, and went to community college for four years (two years for remedial courses, two years for A.A. degree in General Education.) A decade after I left community college, I went back to learn computer programming, got a 4.0 GPA in my coursework, and started my technical career. I have no regrets.
I'm sure it's a lovely little beach and from the article the prior owners made their private beach accessible to the public because they also built a convenience store and bathrooms.
It's a public beach from the tide line to the water. Settled as someone else pointed out. For decades there has always been a trail to the beach, as allowed by previous owners. Rich owner decides to shutdown the trail, demands outrageous compensation when the government tried to buy the right of way, and been in lawsuits ever since then. I think he even rejected an offer by someone else to buy the house and then jacked up the price on his counteroffer. The rich guy has proven himself to be a public prick.
It is a shame some people want to continue to errode away our property rights.
It's a shame when some people forget that they're members of a larger society.
What does that have to do with this story? Oh, right... nothing at all.
Slashdot exists to keep me amuse while I'm waiting for a script to finish running. Thank you for your participation.
Or are you saying that poor people can ignore them because they're poor?
Or should a rich person deny public access to a public beach because they're rich?
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/27/trial-ordered-over-public-access-to-vinod-khoslas-martins-beach/
Corporatist vs. Entrepreneur
Then you are not salaried, but an hourly employee
When I worked for a video game company for six years, I was working 60 to 80 hours per week and collecting overtime pay as an hourly employee. After I got into IT support 12+ years ago, I wasn't allowed to work overtime even though I was an hourly employee. Go figure.
Cut a hole into a coconut and call it Jane.
In fact I don't think I've worked under 60 in an average week in my entire career.
As an IT support contract worker, I haven't been allowed to work more than 40 hours per week for the last 12+ years. Government and Fortune 500 companies don't want to pay overtime.