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nocturne213 , to U.S. News in Longtime 'Price Is Right' host Bob Barker dies at 99

I am more surprised that he was alive yesterday, than i am surprised that he died today. I really thought he had already died after he left the Price is Right.

storksforlegs ,
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Same here, I thought that was why Drew Carey was brought in years back. RIP, I think I watched Price is Right every day of every summer growing up.

KiwiProle , to Politics in 5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate

5 takeaways and none of them were fish and chips. Won’t be shopping there again

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , to Politics in 5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate
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Republicans are doing the same thing in this primary that they did in 2016 which led to Trump's nomination: There's a huge field of candidates, all splitting the vote, so the winner will have a plurality and not a majority. Trump doesn't need to convince half+1 of the Republicans to vote for him, he just needs about 20%, which will be more than all the rest of the candidates.

Guy_Fieris_Hair , to Politics in 5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate

We’re going to end up with President Pence aren’t we? 😔 I hate this country. And the DNC for deciding to stick with a senile sock puppet.

queermunist ,
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Optimistic of you!

I think Trump is going to somehow fucking win again lol

BassTurd ,

You mean, the incumbent? Like every other party always does because if the huge voting advantage it gives? It’s election suicide to run someone else.

Synthead , to Work Reform in Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K

This is a weird interpretation of workers rights

stopthatgirl7 OP , (edited )
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And if you read the article, you’ll see that he talks about how terrible it was to have had to work so much and how much he regrets it.

ttmrichter ,
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You expect people to read past the headline before responding?

You’re new to the Internet, right?

stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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I want people on here to be better than on Reddit. Just call me a dreamer.

ttmrichter ,
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OK. You’re a dreamer!

😉

Tangent5280 ,

I saw this comment and went back and read the whole article.

stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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Yay! Thank you!

skellener , to Work Reform in Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K
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❤️ for the people who donated.

🖕to BK

TheDoctorDonna , to Work Reform in Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K

And he was grateful for the candy! What a kind person. If anyone deserves that kind of money it is certainly him. I hope he gets to retire and never worry about flipping another burger while sick ( and nobody has to worry about him contaminating their food because as commendable as he is and as much as it is not his fault, thats kinda gross.)

NounsAndWords , to Work Reform in Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K

So…he went to work sick where he prepared people’s food for a living instead of calling out (since they pay peanuts and he probably couldn’t afford to take off). Great.

stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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Yeah, the article talks about that.

malloc ,

His best years wasted for a faceless corporation/franchise owner.

This time line sucks ass

ThirdWorldOrder , to Work Reform in Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400K
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Well this certainly qualifies for orphan-crushing machine.

awwwyissss , to U.S. News in The suspect in a California woman's murder over a Pride flag was killed in a shootout

Yet another unhinged right wing extremist.

ripcord , to Politics in Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote
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Nice.

Fixbeat , to Politics in Trump tests the tolerance of judges and even his own lawyers

Why don’t they hold him in contempt of court?

experbia ,
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I would mostly imagine due to fear of retributive terrorist attack.

jordanlund , to Politics in Trump tests the tolerance of judges and even his own lawyers
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Trump talks big in front of cameras and microphones but is a giant wuss behind a defendants table.

Nougat , to Politics in Trump tests the tolerance of judges and even his own lawyers

But lawyers familiar with Trump's rhetoric said they expect the former president to wade into commentary, and personal attacks, on people involved in bringing him to justice across four separate criminal indictments in four different jurisdictions.

Uhhh ... he already has - Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Fani Willis - you don't have to "expect" it.

Hirom , to U.S. News in A 4% income tax on millionaires will make lunch free for Massachusetts K-12 students

an additional 4% income tax on state residents’ incomes above $1 million

The standard state income tax rate in Massachusetts is 5%.

Does that mean the highest earners have a 9% income tax in that area? Either that’s very low, or this article isn’t very clear on actual tax rates.

SomeRandomWords ,

MA (and much of the US) has a multi-level tax system where they all stack up.

Let’s tax someone in Boston, MA making $1.5m/yr

Local = 0% State = 9% (previously 5%) Federal = 37%

So on their final dollar of income they’ll be paying 46% income tax now. Note of course because of graduated income tax schemes, that 46% is not applied to the entire $1.5m but instead only to the amount that fits into the highest bracket.

Hirom ,

That make sense. Thanks a lot.

So overall income tax in Boston, MA for the highest bracket is 46%. That’s comparable to many european countries. Although brackets are probably very different.

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