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#19621
Jun 6 2018 09:37am
Quote (duffman316 @ Jun 5 2018 10:19pm)
https://qz.com/1297697/trumps-steel-tariffs-will-cost-the-us-400000-jobs-says-economists-now/?utm_source=qzfb


https://media.giphy.com/media/bXE0iECrH9xJe/giphy.gif


prepare for a long form essay by Goomy about how losing 16 jobs for every job created while also taxing consumers is good, because of dumped chinese steel that isn't actually an engineering issue. i'd read it but after 4 or 5 times it gets repetitive.
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Jun 6 2018 09:48am
Iran claims to have completed a nuclear centeifuge. It takes longer than a month to do that.

The Iran deal has only been gone a month and Obama claimed that Iran had no nuclear capacity under the deal. What an embarassing shitshow for Obama administration.
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Jun 6 2018 09:56am
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jun 6 2018 10:48am)
Iran claims to have completed a nuclear centeifuge. It takes longer than a month to do that.

The Iran deal has only been gone a month and Obama claimed that Iran had no nuclear capacity under the deal. What an embarassing shitshow for Obama administration.


Post a link noob.
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Jun 6 2018 09:57am
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jun 6 2018 10:48am)
Iran claims to have completed a nuclear centeifuge. It takes longer than a month to do that.

The Iran deal has only been gone a month and Obama claimed that Iran had no nuclear capacity under the deal. What an embarassing shitshow for Obama administration.


The biggest beef I had with that deal was the lack of unannounced inspections. It makes no sense to even have inspections at all if they know when you're coming.
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Jun 6 2018 09:57am
Quote (EndlessSky @ 6 Jun 2018 17:48)
Iran claims to have completed a nuclear centeifuge. It takes longer than a month to do that.

The Iran deal has only been gone a month and Obama claimed that Iran had no nuclear capacity under the deal. What an embarassing shitshow for Obama administration.


Id wait for some sort or form of confirmation from an outside source. Iran can claim a lot of things, maybe its a bluff to force Trump's hand when he isnt ready yet.
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Jun 6 2018 09:58am
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jun 6 2018 09:48am)
Iran claims to have completed a nuclear centeifuge. It takes longer than a month to do that.

The Iran deal has only been gone a month and Obama claimed that Iran had no nuclear capacity under the deal. What an embarassing shitshow for Obama administration.


where did their centrifuge program stand pre-deal, tho?

anyone with a brain realizes they're still doing shit, but u can't ignore inputs and only look at outputs.
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Jun 6 2018 10:05am
Costco boosting hourly wages for 130,000 U.S. employees

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The raise is a windfall from Costco’s savings due to U.S. federal corporate tax cuts that took effect this year. Costco also reported that its profit jumped about 7 percent in its fiscal third quarter to $750 million or $1.70 a share, matching Wall Street analyst expectations.

Costco’s hourly employees are the latest U.S. retail workers to get a boost from the Trump tax cuts.

On June 11, Costco will increase the starting wage for its U.S. employees by $1 to as much as $14.50 an hour, while other hourly wage rates will increase 25 to 50 cents an hour.
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(CFO) Galanti said that many companies, not just retailers, have “a desire to use some of this (tax windfall) to help employees, to share that wealth if you will, to drive their business.”



https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/costco-employees-anticipate-benefits-news-with-quarterly-earnings-thursday/
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Jun 6 2018 10:19am
Quote (IgoSoHard @ Jun 6 2018 10:05am)
Costco boosting hourly wages for 130,000 U.S. employees




https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/costco-employees-anticipate-benefits-news-with-quarterly-earnings-thursday/


odd figure:

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About 90 percent of Costco’s employees are paid hourly, and earn $22.50 an hour, on average, with access to health insurance benefits for which the company pays 90 percent of annual costs, Galanti said in March.


so the starting wage is getting increased "to as much as $14.50", but the average wage is 8$ higher?

so it would seem that 90% are getting closer to the $.25 raise, which is still a nice raise. I just hate when they insinuate that the 1$ raise is typical or that the starting wage is significant. it seems it's only significant for 10% or under. maybe costco is predominately in the northwest, so wage averages are inflated. but that's still a bit gap between supposed starting wage and average wages of 90% of employees.
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#19629
Jun 6 2018 10:51am
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/alice-marie-johnson-commuted-sentence/index.html

Finally a legitimate commutation/pardon. Too bad it took a celebrity appealing to him to get it done.
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Jun 6 2018 10:57am
Quote (IceMage @ Jun 6 2018 10:51am)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/alice-marie-johnson-commuted-sentence/index.html

Finally a legitimate commutation/pardon. Too bad it took a celebrity appealing to him to get it done.


I personally don't like drug sentences longer than 20 years anyways, but i don't believe for a second that she was innocent and she was 100% a leader in that drug ring. half of what got her pardoned was lies about her making a one time mistake and having a smaller role than she did. and now there's a chance more politically clueless celebrities can convince trump to do dumb shit.

she deserved to get out based on time served, but she is imo a liar. not that she'll go back to drug trafficking, her position was abused and she'll never work in shipping again.

This post was edited by thesnipa on Jun 6 2018 10:57am
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