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Mad Dog is Secretary of Defense **
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 8:46PM
Too bad he's not eligible
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wahoo138
12/02/2016 12:42AM
The law---it's for the little people. **
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 08:48AM
Happy with that choice. Not too much baggage from what I've read **
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HoosGuy
12/01/2016 8:56PM
Against torture, that's good. Will need a legislative exception. **
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Seattle .Hoo
12/01/2016 10:12PM
One that's only ever been granted once
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wahoo138
12/02/2016 01:09AM
So there's a precedent. Is there any other reason that Mattis is unfit
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Hokie5150
12/02/2016 11:18AM
7 million dollar tax break over 10 years to keep the 1000 Carrier jobs.
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JohnHoo2
12/01/2016 2:45PM
Did Obama even call the CEO? How hard did he try to keep them in Indy?
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25Charlie
12/02/2016 07:47AM
If he'd done that, right wing mother eff'ers would have been apoplectic**
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WaxHoo
12/02/2016 08:49AM
Really? Presidents start micromanaging business decisions?
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 08:18AM
Obama is the one that said this couldn't be done
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dajoka004
12/02/2016 08:35AM
And he was mostly right. A lot of Carrier jobs are ending. **
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 08:40AM
Trump is no conservative, certainly not a small govt guy.
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PalmyraHoo
12/02/2016 08:34AM
This is a huge difference between fostering a more pro business environment
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TomKazanski
12/02/2016 10:07AM
Agreed, and all I've read indicates the tax breaks are State of Indiana? A
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southdenverhoo
12/02/2016 10:14AM
I agree. Good post. I do believe that we will see a lot more of this; he is
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southdenverhoo
12/02/2016 09:41AM
Better president than Obama and he hasn't even been sworn in yet. **
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ryno hoo
12/02/2016 08:17AM
Where I'm from this is called welfare. Will they drug test these employees? **
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THECZAR
12/01/2016 11:05PM
Regardless, obama kept 1-2 million auto jobs in the USA. Call me when trump
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THECZAR
12/01/2016 11:09PM
Thousands of dealerships were forced to close. Those are jobs, too. **
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PalmyraHoo
12/02/2016 08:09AM
Is it 1 or 2 ? -- Joshy Earnest boy said its 840000 -- FT? Federal fake
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Mr Wahoo
12/02/2016 12:23AM
Carrier CEO said its more about the new administration being a lot
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 7:41PM
What else do you say to the new fragile ego'd boss, ding dong? **
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SchmHoo
12/03/2016 6:34PM
No one really knows what to expect from a Trump presidency, but I think
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 8:21PM
I think the one thing we know is everything is negotiable.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 9:42PM
This speech in Ohio is going across 100% likeable - amazing speech and
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 9:54PM
Umm that speech was not great.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 11:22PM
Ummm yes it was. And The heard a couple lib pundits agree. But
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Mr Wahoo
12/02/2016 12:25AM
That speach was why people like him or hate him.
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Hoojack
12/02/2016 07:13AM
He sounded like a petulant child. Shouldn't he be tweeting? **
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 08:19AM
So you watched all 90 minutes? **
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Mr Wahoo
12/02/2016 08:37AM
I did.
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Hoojack
12/02/2016 08:50AM
Oh, hell no! Were you really excited and just couldn't turn away? **
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 08:39AM
No fan of twitter, facebook nor grinder, but ....
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PalmyraHoo
12/02/2016 08:36AM
You really should try Grindr. **
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Hood
12/02/2016 09:43AM
I'll be sure to check it out.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 10:10PM
I think democrats are absolutely horrified....their whole life is based on
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 8:30PM
If this cat starts turning things around economically, follows through with
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 9:37PM
And the only counter is Bernie **
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Hoogle.com
12/01/2016 10:38PM
I wish Webb were more charismatic, just read a speech transcript via RCP
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southdenverhoo
12/02/2016 09:50AM
Sure. You can just hear him @ the next shareholder meeting saying that.
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 8:09PM
Yeah,if there was enough money on the table to move thise jobs
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111Balz
12/02/2016 09:12AM
Where did you hear this? **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 7:46PM
Heard interview and read this link - one of places I've read it (link)
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 9:50PM
Love how bitter the left is that Trump is accomplishing things
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 4:35PM
I hope you're a better doctor than you are a businessperson
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 6:40PM
You're getting the Balz treatment **
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 7:42PM
No Vaseline on the glove ? **
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 9:38PM
Whatever treatment you devise is mapractice. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 8:15PM
You should slow down, you're going to develop a callus.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 5:12PM
He's going the distance. He's going for speed.
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hooshouse
12/01/2016 5:19PM
It's just our goal to make sure he's a one term president.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 4:53PM
I'll be surprised if he finishes a full term. **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 5:37PM
Comical, they were unglued after election, they are now on suicide watch**
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 4:42PM
Only in that vast empty space between your ears. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 6:43PM
TrumpCo will be rhe biggest source of Gov't give-aways in history. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 4:27PM
Having trouble remembering the Bank and Auto bailouts < 10 years ago? **
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 5:31PM
Weren't those investments repaid? **
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111Balz
12/02/2016 09:09AM
Mice nutz next to what Trump's about to do ... **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 6:38PM
Come back when you have something **
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 6:40PM
After you come with something. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 6:43PM
This is the comeback I would expect five year old
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 7:41PM
You know, I do not give a rat's ass what you think. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 8:14PM
In what could become a climate of populism...would a combination of lower
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 4:35PM
It would, but ...
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Beerman
12/01/2016 6:16PM
Automation has always been a "threat" since the
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 8:08PM
We produce more but need less labor, the fruits of the production accrue
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 10:33PM
I agree it's a thing, and can't just be completely ignored with hopes
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BocaHoo91
12/02/2016 06:40AM
Only if goods made overseas had significant tariffs and that
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 4:55PM
Indeed. However considering our ratio of imports to exports,
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AcousticHoo
12/01/2016 6:25PM
In other words, a business can choose to
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Shenhoo
12/02/2016 07:20AM
Businesses not the government, comrade. What you suggest
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 8:09PM
Of course it would, throw in reduced regulations and you have something
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 4:44PM
$7,000/job is not enough to turn the tide. We clearly don't know
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HoosWillWin
12/01/2016 4:05PM
Yeah that is nothing. Has to be more **
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111Balz
12/01/2016 4:39PM
Don't underestimate the parent company being taken off the GOVCO contract
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 4:52PM
UTC has $6b ad GOVCO contracts
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Stimp
12/01/2016 5:16PM
Just has to be, it just has to be, i mean it just has to be
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 4:45PM
Hardon longer than 4 hours? **
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Shenhoo
12/01/2016 6:12PM
If you think $7 mil over 10 years is going to convince
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111Balz
12/01/2016 6:04PM
We are trying to have an adult conversation. If you seriously
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HoosWillWin
12/01/2016 5:07PM
That means he's true to form. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 6:44PM
Yes, I doubt that's all that is to it. As this is a Trump must have, I
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JohnHoo2
12/01/2016 4:14PM
... and ironically, if the deal is that they get to raise rates on their
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HoosWillWin
12/01/2016 4:06PM
Bernie for once made a decent point today. Doesn't this incentivize
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 3:38PM
So...let's say for argument's sake that Trump and the GOP Congress
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 4:04PM
That would be entirely different
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Beerman
12/01/2016 4:26PM
I don't like the idea of the government playing 'favorites' with the
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 4:07PM
Paging TommyK. TrumpCo picking winners & losers already! Let's see
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 4:22PM
You understand the difference between giving money to an unproven business
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 6:01PM
What's he giving Lennox and Trane? Oh, he's picking winners & losers. **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 8:17PM
He's giving them nothing. Anything they receive is from sales **
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 8:41PM
So they have to maake$ the old fashioned way, while T bails out their
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WaxHoo
12/02/2016 07:15AM
IOKIARDI **
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HowieT3
12/01/2016 4:33PM
Very much like NFL owner threaten to move away w/out a new public financed
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JohnHoo2
12/01/2016 4:03PM
...anybody know the per job cost on the GM bailout? Curious to compare **
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 3:24PM
Article I saw (no idea on veracity of numbers)
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 3:43PM
Somewhere between $9,333 and $56,000 per job (fixed link)
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Stimp
12/01/2016 3:41PM
800 jobs stay, 600 go away. No word on what the pay cuts will be.
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Lazarus
12/01/2016 3:13PM
Smart CEOs are going to use this as leverage to get similar deals. **
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 2:55PM
That's my concern **
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HokieDan95
12/01/2016 2:57PM
This isn't new.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 3:16PM
Of course not. The question at hand is whether Trump did something
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HoosWillWin
12/01/2016 4:09PM
I use the term "work" loosely.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 4:29PM
Yeah, but he really showed Obama. smh **
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hooshouse
12/01/2016 3:14PM
Not sure i agree with Trump's method but I love how it flies in the face of
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HokieDan95
12/01/2016 2:47PM
You really stirred a nest with that video.....it makes Obama and the dems
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:53PM
It's crappy governing, but STIGGINIT!!! HOORAY!! **
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:23PM
Yes and Trump is the first politician to ever do something like this!! **
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HokieDan95
12/01/2016 3:41PM
You're right. He can drain the swamp tomorrow. Today let's celebrate! **
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:45PM
Trump didn't initiate the idea to stick it to Obama
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HokieDan95
12/01/2016 6:20PM
I hate the method. Such breaks are precisely why I'd like to
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 3:18PM
Agree the tax system is profoundly messed up, and there are too many
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 3:30PM
The "Fair Tax" completely untaxes lower income people at the federal level.
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 3:58PM
But low income people spend a much greater percentage of their income.
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 4:47PM
The "Fair Tax" also provides a pre-bate the covers the taxes
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 4:57PM
It is coupled with some sort of rebate/credit for purchases
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 4:52PM
I think the "prebate" protects lower income, but if it were deficit neutral
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 5:11PM
Brilliant, and really speaks to how clueless liberals are
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:16PM
*lol* Did you just say ...
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:22PM
Fracking TK can rationalize anything! **
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WaxHoo
12/01/2016 4:25PM
Tax incentives = cash payout? **
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:29PM
Yes. Absolutely. **
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:30PM
Letting you keep money earned = giving you money you didn't earn? **
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:36PM
If it will help you to be bothered by it, think of it as ...
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:38PM
Their share determined by a bunch of political hacks with bad combovers
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:47PM
I see that we all have to pay taxes...
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Beerman
12/01/2016 3:52PM
As long as it doesn't support clean energy.
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Shenhoo
12/01/2016 3:26PM
What are you even saying?
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 3:20PM
Why would a company take jobs elsewhere? Because the environment our govt
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TomKazanski
12/01/2016 3:28PM
Yes.
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Hoojack
12/01/2016 3:38PM
It's globalization of the labor market. Been happening since the 80s. **
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 3:34PM
While "millions and millions of people voted illegally"; here in NC
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Lazarus
12/01/2016 1:45PM
Would you support a shortest splitline method of creating districts? **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 2:39PM
Its the only fair method. ( That's why it will never be passed) **
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Hoogle.com
12/01/2016 2:45PM
It is far from the only fair method **
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Faz d. Hoo
12/02/2016 5:20PM
Agreed. **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 2:55PM
I had hopes that the SC might finally see the obvious. I think it was Wisc
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Lazarus
12/01/2016 3:07PM
So, would you support the shortest splitline method? **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 3:59PM
No. That would be horribly gerrymandered
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WahooMatt05
12/01/2016 4:30PM
By basing it solely on Ds and Rs, though, you completely discount
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 5:01PM
What 65K per year buys your snowflake
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 08:41AM
BTW it is still illegal to burn someone else's flag
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757
12/01/2016 12:38PM
Do you wake up each day to scour the internet so you can bitch? **
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Shenhoo
12/01/2016 12:15PM
In all fairness, Shen, I believe that's what a lot of people do on this
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Northbomb
12/01/2016 7:15PM
Are the veterans snowflakes also? **
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 12:04PM
No, dummy, only lefties can be snowflakes
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Beerman
12/01/2016 12:09PM
What grievances do these people have? **
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Hokieesith
12/01/2016 12:14PM
Apparently Tuckahokie has some
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Beerman
12/01/2016 12:16PM
Pointing out how ridiculous our youth has become
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hoothat
12/01/2016 12:55PM
Well let's see
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Beerman
12/01/2016 1:10PM
LOL. yeah, that's it.
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hoothat
12/02/2016 03:18AM
I am not generalizing about "today's youth"...just both amused and bemused
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 2:22PM
Sounds like you care a lot about him caring **
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HoosGuy
12/01/2016 1:42PM
Laughing at him isn't the same as being upset **
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 1:44PM
What can I say? We are all snowflakes in our own special ways
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Beerman
12/01/2016 1:55PM
And it seems like he is laughing at those at this college... **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 1:47PM
Ok. And I laugh at his. **
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Shenhoo
12/01/2016 3:27PM
Brown, UC Santa Cruz don't give letter grades I don't think. **
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 11:50AM
Brown gives grades; its the mean streets compared to Hampshire **
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Quaker
12/01/2016 1:19PM
Grades there are optional. You have to declare at the beginning of class.
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Stimp
12/01/2016 1:35PM
Why does a group of veterans care what a private college does? **
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VAGentleman05
12/01/2016 11:50AM
Chief Strategist got a BA from Tech. Think about it...... **
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aint2Hokie4me
12/01/2016 09:50AM
At Hampshire College? **
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 10:24AM
Fidel Castro or Donald Trump? American University students decide!
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dajoka004
12/01/2016 07:28AM
Fidel is a hero to most of their professors...so that makes sense **
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 08:20AM
Re: Fidel is a hero to most of their professors...so that makes sense
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Lazarus
12/01/2016 10:01AM
He repeats what Fox News tells him**
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hooshouse
12/01/2016 10:23AM
I also read HuffPo, The Daily Kos, and The New Yorker where this sentiment
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 10:26AM
Actual Pakistani government press release:
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 9:06PM
"Slurpees On Sale. Buy one get one free" ? **
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Mr Wahoo
12/01/2016 08:35AM
^^^Joe Biden^^^ **
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Tuckahokie
12/01/2016 08:36AM
I'm a YUGE fan of Pakistanis. Nobody is a bigger fan than me. **
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dajoka004
11/30/2016 9:20PM
Fantastic country, fantastic place with fantastic people. **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 9:39PM
They have the best curries. The best. Trump Chicken Karahi, on sale now! **
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Hood
11/30/2016 11:15PM
I love it when I can get steak with my Indian food! **
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 08:21AM
Wonder if The Don enjoyed being felicitated?
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Hfbyrd
12/01/2016 12:58PM
Keeping it real in da Hood
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Charleston Cav
11/30/2016 6:32PM
The worst part isn't the fight or car ramming.
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 8:54PM
Unreal... **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 8:50PM
Wes Bellamy has resigned from Board of Education, per govs office **
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Jeff_Banks
11/30/2016 4:32PM
I read in an aritcle that McAuliffe was unable to reach him via phone
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jdubforwahoowa
12/01/2016 10:07AM
Probably for the best ... The notion that because these tweets are 2-3
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 4:42PM
Meh!!!!!! Just locker room tweets!!!!!!!!!!!! **
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Hfbyrd
12/01/2016 1:00PM
I don't disagree with what you wrote
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WahooMatt05
11/30/2016 4:56PM
Trump got elected because of this type of self-righteous Bozo
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jdubforwahoowa
12/01/2016 10:12AM
The real question that I find in all of this is,
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 4:56PM
They forgave Strom Thurmond **
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Hoogle.com
11/30/2016 8:08PM
Robert Byrd **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 8:27PM
Honestly if somebody came out and said I used to be racist but now I'm not
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 5:10PM
I'll add that a large part of my feeling that way is admittedly because of
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 5:15PM
You seem like a good dude, CSC, and absolutely agree.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 11:29AM
Yes to this. **
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 5:14PM
Depends what you mean by forgiven? would I ever vote for him
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 5:03PM
Locker room humor, imo. **
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hooshouse
11/30/2016 4:53PM
Actually, I agree with his opinion of white chicks **
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Hoogle.com
12/01/2016 2:49PM
Glad "tweets" did not exist in my occasionally wayward youth----> **
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 4:46PM
Imagine being 70 years old and still doing it **
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hooshouse
11/30/2016 4:53PM
Imagine being 70. Get your ducks in a row. **
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jdubforwahoowa
12/01/2016 10:10AM
Lol yeah ... we're fucked **
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 5:11PM
Balz...here is an extensive study of rust belt manufacturing decline...not
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 3:35PM
Trump will make America a manufacturing goliath **
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FfxStationHokie
11/30/2016 6:22PM
Thanks, and yes certainly a factor in the election
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111Balz
11/30/2016 5:29PM
Ironically, Trump (and Bernie) tapped into this angst with a lie. That
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HoosWillWin
11/30/2016 6:33PM
There was an interview w/someone from the Rust Belt during the ...
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HowieT3
12/01/2016 08:38AM
Conclusion
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aint2Hokie4me
11/30/2016 4:05PM
Copied and pasted word for word.
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aint2Hokie4me
12/01/2016 09:55AM
OK, so here is what GOP (doesn't) Care looks like
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Lazarus
11/30/2016 3:01PM
What's the problem with the pre-existing conditions requirement.
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 6:21PM
What about the people who lose their jobs or want to change jobs
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KCHoo
12/01/2016 4:31PM
Maintain insurance thru cobra if you lose your job
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 6:53PM
They'll just dip into their savings or trust accounts to cover
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111Balz
12/01/2016 4:43PM
Can you make a good case for minimum coverage levels?
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 5:43PM
Something like that probably should be an option -
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111Balz
12/01/2016 12:20AM
More choice is a good thing. **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 7:16PM
Not always, especially where few people really understand what they're
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WahooRQ
11/30/2016 7:58PM
Yes...we must have the great and powerful oz to protect us from ourselves. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 10:25PM
Trying to stop stupid people from being stupid is futile
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 9:01PM
I don't think 80-90% of Americans understand health insurance. Nowhere
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 08:20AM
Wouldn't more "bare bones" plans get more people in the pool and help
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 8:26PM
Not anything close to an expert here either, so that may be right.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 08:28AM
You and wax should get together for a beer and see who
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 08:49AM
The health insurance industry averages around 5% profit margins. Health
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 10:41AM
And you should try out for the circus - you'd make a good contortionist.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 09:09AM
If they don't turn a profit, they don't remain in business. **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 10:27AM
They do if they pay their bills. Maybe insurance should be non-profits.
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 12:15PM
Why? It's not like insurance companies make extreme profits. **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 1:30PM
Honestly I don't know. Maybe it's not a problem. With HC though, it seems
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hoodeyo
12/01/2016 2:05PM
That's a shocker, an industry that doesn't want to get put out of
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 09:23AM
If you think you're going to ruffle my feathers by insulting the plaintiffs
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 09:44AM
Not trying to ruffle feathers. The only point is your
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 09:57AM
Of course it's hyperbole, but hardly needless and not even really
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 11:32AM
But you're missing the point. Making the changes wouldn't
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 12:49PM
Are you saying that choosing a higher deductible plan
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 8:16PM
Agreed. I went with an HSA this year which has a somewhat
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 6:19PM
I agree. The removal of, um copper? plan options have
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 6:29PM
I mean everyone will need a sex change at some point right? **
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 5:46PM
This sounds awful. Obamacare clearly needs fixing but
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 4:37PM
Laz, what was your son's experience with Obamacare?
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PalmyraHoo
11/30/2016 4:05PM
Where do you separate "health insurance" from "Obamacare?"
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 4:29PM
Families struggling to pay medical bills fell by 22% the last 5 years(link)
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JSHoo
11/30/2016 3:36PM
Families struggling to pay premium and deductible increase has gone up 100%
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 3:45PM
I may opt out of my 730 premium and join Altrua or MediShare
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Mr Wahoo
11/30/2016 4:42PM
In my past, I belonged to a church that self-insured based upon
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 4:46PM
It just makes no sense for me, 55, healthy, to pay
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Mr Wahoo
11/30/2016 5:18PM
Your premium is $730? **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 5:23PM
So...is there a truly accurate number available as to how many Americans
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 3:24PM
And don't overlook how many of those "added" were from Medicaid
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 3:56PM
You should really avoid commenting on this issue....we know
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 3:10PM
1. don't get sick; 2. if you get sick, die quickly
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 3:21PM
Don't be such a drama queen. The vast majority of americans had
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 6:31PM
The "vast majority of Americans" had healthcare through their employer
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 11:39AM
Some data for you - this shows 50 million uninsured, 30 mill underinsured
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 11:59AM
More data here about health care costs increases
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Hfbyrd
12/01/2016 1:12PM
I'm not sure where you get "way down from 2010 to 2015 " from that link.
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 1:30PM
12 million of the 50 million were eligible for medicaid or SHIP but weren't
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 1:09PM
No, roughly half is not the "vast majority" or even close.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 1:27PM
OK, I admitted 2/3 is not the "vast majority", but please tell
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 1:35PM
Your data cited a 56% figure for people covered by employer plans.
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WahooRQ
12/01/2016 1:42PM
But 66% were offered insurance through their employer. If 10% choose not
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BocaHoo91
12/01/2016 1:56PM
That's not a bad thing to aim for **
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Mr Wahoo
11/30/2016 3:40PM
Better fill up on the way home.
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Lazarus
11/30/2016 1:34PM
Welp...there is that newly discovered giant lake of oil in Texas **
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 1:57PM
Define lake. **
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 6:04PM
A shorter word for deposit that sounds better for effect**
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 6:56PM
Laz prefers being dependent on OPEC oil apparently. **
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 1:58PM
Buying someone else's oil for cheap is a pretty good deal
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 2:14PM
Well of course it's better to buy it cheaper but let's not overlook that
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 2:25PM
I think you are confusing being depoendent on something with
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 2:30PM
Oh I get why they want to cap production to benefit themselves, but I'm
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 3:02PM
Hey maybe the price will get high enough that Donald can build Keystone. **
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Lazarus
11/30/2016 2:28PM
SMH. **
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 2:30PM
Gas is cheap. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 2:22PM
LOL! Hoo informed you that you should be "outraged" about this one? **
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 1:57PM
It's Bush's fault! **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 2:07PM
I am waiting for the tweet, so I'll know what to believe. **
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Lazarus
11/30/2016 2:29PM
I had to pay an extra $2.50 for a fill-up. I swear I'm gonna go broke**
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Wahoo Ron
11/30/2016 1:38PM
Hope you drove all the way across town to get it 2 cents cheaper!
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 1:41PM
Obama: "Good journalism continues to this day. There's great work done in
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JMHoo
11/30/2016 1:00PM
LOL Wow. you can't make this stuff up **
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 1:18PM
He was being interviewed by a Rolling Stone journalist
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WahooMatt05
11/30/2016 1:15PM
He wasn't being interviewed by a journalist, he was being interviewed by
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JMHoo
11/30/2016 1:34PM
Oo burn! Existential question: if you run a magazine, are you a journalist? **
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Hood
11/30/2016 11:10PM
Agree, even if a bad example of journalism, he's not going to point them
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 1:28PM
Nancy with the resounding win in the House. Hurray! More years
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 12:24PM
I don't get the celebration of the deline of either party **
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The Dood_UVA
12/01/2016 09:44AM
Public "servant" 30 years…net worth 100 million **
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NewBernHoo
11/30/2016 1:43PM
Husband made a lot **
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 1:50PM
She's in good company with Mitch McConnell **
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hokeyhokie
11/30/2016 1:46PM
Mixed comments - Pelosi is
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fishhoo
11/30/2016 1:17PM
Dems will consist of labor crazies and Bernie craziers. They are doomed **
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Hoogle.com
11/30/2016 8:13PM
Definition of insanity. **
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TpkeHoo
11/30/2016 1:10PM
OTOH, the Republicans didn't do any of the things their 2012 post mortem
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southdenverhoo
11/30/2016 2:00PM
They had to vote for her or be accused of misogynism **
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Wahoo Ron
11/30/2016 1:13PM
Just what they deserve ..an 80 yr old crone with 17 face lifts**
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Wahoo Ron
11/30/2016 12:48PM
Misogyny is "in" now, so your comment is ok! **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 12:50PM
Things like this are said about men all of the time.
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 1:25PM
Yah, men are so victimized. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 2:57PM
Can't the comment simply be a shallow criticism or bad joke without it
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CharlestonSC
11/30/2016 4:46PM
People have no issue with making fun of Trump's appearance
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 5:35PM
Not in these climes. **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 5:06PM
In the world of equality, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 3:42PM
Yah, women are so victimized. **
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 3:32PM
Do you personally know any women? **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 3:44PM
Do you personally know any men? **
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 3:50PM
As misogynistic as Boehner being called a fake-tanned crybaby? **
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Sabremetrician
11/30/2016 1:16PM
Wow. You would've thought the election would've been a wake up call.
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WahooMatt05
11/30/2016 12:40PM
Deplorable. Why not bring back Wassermann - Schultz as well and
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 12:32PM
I would be in favor. And get Harry Reid to unretire and run again! **
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 12:48PM
Yep. The Trifecta. **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 12:52PM
So...when CA secedes are they gonna revote? **
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hoothat
11/30/2016 12:27PM
When they do, they need to take WA and OR also. Long live Ecotopia! **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 12:30PM
Haha. Maybe they can appoint her as El Presidente. **
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Hoodafan
11/30/2016 12:29PM
Gov. Moonbeam would like a word with you. **
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JMHoo
11/30/2016 1:58PM
Shell studies green energy deals to prepare for future after oil (link)
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 11:40AM
No surprise really. I've always said that the real advancements in
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 11:46AM
Charlotte news conference puts to bed that the Cops
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Charleston Cav
11/30/2016 11:04AM
Based on the press conference, the killing was likely legally justified
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WahooMatt05
11/30/2016 12:06PM
There's what's legal and what's right
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Hood
11/30/2016 11:12PM
In this case, it appears they did, though. **
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Hokie5150
12/01/2016 07:51AM
You've got to be kidding **
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Charleston Cav
11/30/2016 12:43PM
You've got to be kidding **
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Charleston Cav
11/30/2016 12:41PM
Kidding about what?
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WahooMatt05
11/30/2016 12:59PM
Let me tell you something
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Charleston Cav
12/01/2016 07:15AM
Will be interesting to see how/if this information is accepted. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 11:39AM
So they did shoot an unarmed suspect?
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 11:26AM
And this is meaningless to the actual issue, which are people rioting and
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ryno hoo
11/30/2016 12:00PM
A little old news but FUNNY nevertheless...
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aint2Hokie4me
11/30/2016 10:17AM
Thats why ost peole despise lawyers ( $300,000 fee to recoup $30,000) **
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Wahoo Ron
11/30/2016 12:14PM
500 hours to take a case up to trial isn't crazy
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 1:00PM
I wonder how much The Don will be tied up in court. **
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 10:27AM
Learned something new
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AlexHoo
11/30/2016 08:46AM
Almost. They did not do away with fillibusters; they changed
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111Balz
11/30/2016 09:36AM
By making it only take a majority of votes to end a fillibuster
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AlexHoo
11/30/2016 10:08AM
Well that may depend on the nominee **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:40AM
Cville racist sexist vice mayor placed on leave from teaching job
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PalmyraHoo
11/30/2016 08:37AM
He is on the Virginia State Board of Education, as well. Placed
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:16AM
What party does he represent? Article I read yesterday failed to mention it **
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Mad Bowl Hoo
11/30/2016 08:49AM
...are the last three letters RAT? :>/ **
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 09:18AM
I would think it would be fairly obvious that he is a Republican. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 09:03AM
He is the impetus for taking down the Lee statue and renaming the Park
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:12AM
He is far from a lone voice on that **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:57AM
You know my position.
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 12:11PM
Some people seem almost gleeful to be able to
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:41AM
The African American community is pretty strongly homophobic on aggregate.
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 4:46PM
He is a race baiter so people will of course take some
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 1:04PM
Of course. Nothing makes a bigot happier...
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Beerman
11/30/2016 11:30AM
Do you NOT see the contradiction with this particular man?
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:14AM
I think the emails, etc that have been found and revealed
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111Balz
11/30/2016 09:30AM
Fair response.
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:46AM
No contradictions at all
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dajoka004
11/30/2016 09:15AM
So here is my Wes Bellamy story.
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:19AM
Surely there will be a student march or protest.
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Hokieesith
11/30/2016 09:07AM
Did the racists overtake his Twitter account years ago? **
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dajoka004
11/30/2016 08:41AM
Some of that shit he spewed is sick for even a gangsta, IMHO
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 09:26AM
Good news: Carrier to keep 1000 manufacturing jobs in the USA **
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PalmyraHoo
11/30/2016 08:16AM
I remember that time Obama saved 1-2 million auto related jobs in Mich,
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THECZAR
12/01/2016 2:40PM
Great! What's that gonna cost the rest of us? **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 2:55PM
Great short-term PR move by Trump. But now, will every factory that is
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HoosWillWin
11/30/2016 12:19PM
Have they announced the details?
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CavMan1
11/30/2016 10:00AM
Have to rip it from Trump's cold dead hands to find out what's in it **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 3:44PM
***
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 11:43AM
Nothing runs like a Trane.... **
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aint2Hokie4me
11/30/2016 09:40AM
Should we care what they were offered to stay? I'm guessing it's the usual
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hokeyhokie
11/30/2016 09:34AM
Ask the thousand people who still have a job.....#liberalempathy **
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 09:41AM
So now the cost of keeping those jobs is irrelevant? **
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HoosWillWin
11/30/2016 12:18PM
Would you say the same thing about Solyndra jobs being saved? **
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 09:49AM
Tommy Boy was a YOOGE supporter of the auto bailouts too. **
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WahooRQ
11/30/2016 10:48AM
Callahan Auto Parts needed to be saved. **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 8:01PM
This isnt a bailout...big difference **
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 11:30AM
Nope. A bribe. **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 11:33AM
Not to the thousands of people who still have jobs. #TripleKTomEmpathy **
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WahooRQ
11/30/2016 11:32AM
Funny how these chest-beaters are forgetting that. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 10:51AM
What's NOT funny is how dumb-ass Hillary seemed to forget that!
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WahooRQ
11/30/2016 11:08AM
Can't charge $30,000 a plate in Flint **
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 11:29AM
Tell me about it. :( But she did get Katy Perry's vote. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 11:11AM
Had solyndra established an even somewhat coherent business model?
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 09:55AM
When it comes to guaranteed lending, you are completely clueless. **
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Shenhoo
11/30/2016 2:46PM
When is he not clueless? **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 3:45PM
No investment capital outside of GovCo subsidies? Really? **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 11:41AM
Initially, $1 B in private funds were raised. Then, a GW Bush program
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NJHoo
11/30/2016 1:10PM
Trump already more effective than Obama and he's not even in office
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 09:23AM
Might want to read more than the fox entertainment head line.
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Lazarus
11/30/2016 08:45AM
Fox at least is honest, and not a bunch of fucking whiners **
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Charleston Cav
11/30/2016 10:07AM
Actually Fox is NOT honest and it whines constantly
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:42AM
...which begs the question...why didn't the current administration put up
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 08:18AM
They were tired after saving the auto industry? Or maybe they spent most of
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 10:49AM
Possible issue of unintended (or simply not cared about) consequences.
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JohnHoo2
11/30/2016 09:37AM
Their parent company is a defense contractor. Let's see what they get. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 10:54AM
I would wager that the auto-bailout cost the taxpayer much more per job
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 11:27AM
Let them go bankrupt...Mitt Romney. How much would that have cost? **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/30/2016 12:27PM
Bailout the Unions and still lose the election :>) **
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 1:58PM
Pence is the governor of indiana, right? he can authroize
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:44AM
I understand...but there were several Democratic rust belt governors during
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 09:13AM
And I am sure they were using tax incentives to lure and
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KCHoo
11/30/2016 10:10AM
Bingo **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:41AM
And what businesses did they lose and how did they try to keep them?
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111Balz
11/30/2016 09:37AM
What is Trump doing differently? Making America Great Again!
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PalmyraHoo
11/30/2016 08:33AM
America First! **
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dajoka004
11/30/2016 08:41AM
#winning **
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 09:27AM
Look at the liberal spin on this and you'll find your answer **
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dajoka004
11/30/2016 08:22AM
You know, Trump gets to be Prez but poor Billy Bush is still oit of a job
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 10:21PM
Trump should make him our first national cat catcher.
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WahooRQ
11/30/2016 08:02AM
As I recall Billy did more than fine on the way out. **
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hoolstoptheheels
11/30/2016 08:00AM
His golden parachute opened completely. **
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jdubforwahoowa
11/30/2016 08:22AM
Thank God for unemployment insurance,food stamps,& welfare, right? **
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Wahoo Ron
11/30/2016 04:53AM
Steven Mnunchin picked for Treasury.
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hoodeyo
11/29/2016 7:51PM
More minutiae on Mnunchin
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Tuckahokie
11/30/2016 07:48AM
Here's an article critical of him.
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 7:51PM
The real players donate to winners, nothing ideological about it. **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 5:05PM
If he has paid his taxes unlike Geitner, he will be off to a good start. **
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ryno hoo
11/29/2016 8:33PM
Really you want to talk taxes now comedy **
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hooshouse
11/29/2016 9:07PM
He has no clue **
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111Balz
11/29/2016 9:09PM
You should educate him, you sure as hell have been on point lately.... **
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hoothat
11/29/2016 10:07PM
Nyhoo I believe said this would be a good pick. I'm inclined to believe him **
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HoosGuy
11/29/2016 8:24PM
Coincidentally I worked with Ross and Mnuchin over the last 2 years.
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nyhoo
11/30/2016 09:14AM
OneWest was basically an FDIC giveaway, right? **
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hoodeyo
11/30/2016 7:52PM
Would love to hear his thoughts. To outsiders, it's a little frustrating
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hoodeyo
11/29/2016 8:36PM
John Oliver? **
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VisorBoy Hokie
11/29/2016 8:13PM
Hey, TommyK: Trump promised $1 trillion for roads and bridges (link)
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 6:21PM
Deafening silence. **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 10:29AM
How much debt has trump added to date? **
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TomKazanski
11/30/2016 09:23AM
Gutless reply**
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 09:50AM
Isn't the plan revenue neutral?
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ryno hoo
11/29/2016 11:28PM
I'm not asking me, ryno. I'm asking TK, Hoo's remarkably silent on this.
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 07:10AM
Crickets **
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 8:06PM
Fiscal crickets? **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 8:51PM
Muslim crickets? **
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FfxStationHokie
11/29/2016 9:00PM
Wonder how much was supposed to be done for that in BOs stimuli?
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Mr Wahoo
11/29/2016 7:18PM
Talk to the republican governors about it **
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hooshouse
11/29/2016 7:45PM
Build I-11! I support increases to inter-state infrastructure...
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VisorBoy Hokie
11/29/2016 7:00PM
There's the fiscal conservatism the GOP has been screaming for...
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 6:43PM
LOL! Thought you lefties loved your stimulus. And you sure taught us
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Hoodafan
11/29/2016 6:42PM
The Mexicans are going to pay for it all **
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FfxStationHokie
11/29/2016 6:36PM
Where was this concern when the national debt was being doubled? **
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HokieDan95
11/29/2016 6:36PM
You mean when deficit spending pulled us out of a depression?
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:07AM
Responding, "your side is also hypocritical," doesn't get the argument...
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VisorBoy Hokie
11/29/2016 7:10PM
Ok Are you for or against a trillion dollar infrastructure bill?
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HokieDan95
11/29/2016 9:28PM
My position on this is abundantly clear, to be intellectually honest.
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 07:33AM
Vboy wants to move the conversation forward and not talk about hypocrisy **
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 07:56AM
Maybe you should understand that word better **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:46AM
Try following the conversation first **
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 08:57AM
Yeah nice try, but you are the one who asked
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111Balz
11/30/2016 09:39AM
You have a keen grasp of the obvious but can't follow context
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 09:54AM
Dude,neither of those statements is true because you do not
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:48AM
I know you aren't bright enough understand English....
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 12:12PM
You really posted that. wow **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 5:32PM
Yes, and the post was addressed to TK; so why are you sticking
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 12:31PM
HokieDan clearly got a Certificate of Participation from VPI&SU**
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 11:37AM
You don't grasp the content of this thread. **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 10:00AM
OK. See the body of ryno's post to me, above. That's my position.
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 07:59AM
Don't consider myself a Trumpster but if you need that dichotomy
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 09:44AM
In other words. you got nuthin' **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 09:59AM
I only jumped into this thread on the hypocrisy angle.
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 10:09AM
I'm being a hypocrite? Exactly how? **
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 10:28AM
He does not know what the word means **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 10:49AM
Link
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HokieDan95
11/30/2016 10:45AM
Hoo's expressed concern. Certainly not me. You're just
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WaxHoo
11/30/2016 10:53AM
It tends to double when you go through a crises bigger than the Great
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hoodeyo
11/29/2016 6:56PM
Tom Price looks like a home run for HHS -- common sense may win out yet
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Mr Wahoo
11/29/2016 5:35PM
I don't agree with this guy's presumption that Trump would win 2/3 of
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 3:40PM
Harambe 11,000 votes **
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jackethoo
11/29/2016 5:11PM
Imaginary numbers and fanciful scenarios. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/29/2016 4:42PM
Could you provide a link that absentee votes are not counted if the margin
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 4:04PM
I think that's right (and the author I linked is wrong).
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 4:18PM
I just read about this movement call National Popular Vote
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 4:24PM
I still don't know how I feel about this. Electorial college is archaic,
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 4:33PM
Doesn't it actually boost the need to campaign in all states?
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 4:56PM
Absolutely agree. I can't imagine too many Republicans in DC or CA bother
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81_Hokie
11/29/2016 5:45PM
The Constitution is archaic too **
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Wahoo Ron
11/29/2016 4:48PM
That 3/5 stuff was cute. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 5:08PM
Served a helpful purpose actually **
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Mad Bowl Hoo
11/29/2016 6:16PM
Not only campaigning, but governance as well. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 4:43PM
Absentee votes are still being counted in NC
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 4:18PM
When will Jill Stein request a recount in New Hampshire?
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 2:52PM
I would like to see a comprehensive audit of California
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Wahoo Ron
11/29/2016 3:33PM
How do you prove voter fraud without voter id?
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 4:06PM
Yep. But TBF also makes you wonder why Trump would single out VA
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Hoodafan
11/29/2016 4:25PM
Trump likely singled out Virginia as a result of the report
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 4:47PM
Bingo!
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ConnHoo
11/29/2016 4:11PM
When she figures out how to make a buck off of doing so. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 2:58PM
Socialist for thee, Capitalist for me **
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TpkeHoo
11/29/2016 3:02PM
Poor Abdul Razak Ali Artan.... he just wanted to pray. **
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LAHOOters
11/29/2016 1:26PM
Mentally disturbed individual. Glad he didn't get a firearm. **
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 1:41PM
Sure glad he was properly vetted and allowed to come here **
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TomKazanski
11/29/2016 2:41PM
But thankfully he was eligible **
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FfxStationHokie
11/29/2016 2:22PM
To come here as a refugee? **
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TpkeHoo
11/29/2016 2:39PM
So instead, he chose to prey... **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 1:35PM
Banker/Mortgage peeps...interest rates seem to be heading up in the past
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Tuckahokie
11/29/2016 12:49PM
IMO markets say rates have bottomed.
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hoolstoptheheels
11/29/2016 8:17PM
Massive potential infrastructure spending. US will have to sell more bonds
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JSHoo
11/29/2016 3:02PM
FWIW the "expert" I talked to about this yesterday seems to think rates
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Hoodafan
11/29/2016 2:11PM
We have been at record low rates for years, other thsan
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111Balz
11/29/2016 2:07PM
Lock in. Ship has sailed. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 1:36PM
Good question.
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fphoo
11/29/2016 1:01PM
Semi-serious question: Would Hillary/is she going to run in 2020?
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HoosGuy
11/29/2016 12:36PM
Lots will be written about this election -- and rightly so -- but about the
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CharlestonSC
11/29/2016 5:48PM
Hillary is retired for good. Time to cherish moments with the grand kids. **
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 1:41PM
She's done. Fork her. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 1:37PM
No chance. The one positive from this election is that the Clintons are
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 1:24PM
I wish that were true. We have not heard the last from Chelsea **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 1:43PM
Meh - she might get some vacated slot vs no competition but
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Mr Wahoo
11/29/2016 1:52PM
If Hillary hadn't been married to Bill, most of the nation would have never
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 1:59PM
Sarah Palin almost became Veep. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 2:29PM
And was taken seriously as such by roughly 6 people and
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 5:01PM
She came closer than any other Republican woman ever. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 5:50PM
And still didn't get a sniff of the White House. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 5:56PM
No woman has. **
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 6:05PM
Well there's a sexist statement for you. As smart and ambitious
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111Balz
11/29/2016 2:09PM
Odds are against it though. Look at how few people rise to the level of
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BocaHoo91
11/29/2016 5:09PM
Odds are. But then the same argument could be made for many others.
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Shenhoo
11/29/2016 6:10PM
Totally agree. Especially with respect to W **
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BocaHoo91
11/30/2016 12:02AM
He did not mention politician **
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111Balz
11/29/2016 5:44PM
It's not sexist, it's true. **
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 3:11PM
She is not, nor has ever been, a good campaigner.
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 2:56PM
Exactly. Nothing sexist about it...unless acknowledging reality is sexist. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 2:59PM
No you just take knowledged your sexist opinion
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111Balz
11/29/2016 5:43PM
I simply said that most of the nation would not know who she
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 5:49PM
You don;t need to tell me what you said, it's right on this page:
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111Balz
11/29/2016 8:35PM
You really think an attorney from Arkansas would have become a
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 9:25PM
Psst...Bill was a lawyer from Arkansas, too. **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:08AM
...are you seriously continuing this?
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hoothat
11/30/2016 12:13PM
Yes, and Hillary is no Bill. Do you think Hillary had to charisma to
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 08:47AM
Well, I do not recall her running for anything before
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hoothat
11/30/2016 12:25PM
Keep digging. **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 09:40AM
Keep ignoring reality. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 11:36AM
Yes dumbass. Her husband was he President of the US.
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 8:42PM
He is either the most amazing troll ever or .... **
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hoothat
11/29/2016 9:58PM
Sure there is. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 2:46PM
LMAO **
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TpkeHoo
11/29/2016 2:37PM
Yep, pathetic comment. **
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hooshouse
11/29/2016 2:15PM
Another idiot looking to be offended by anything.
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 3:13PM
You honestly think she would would have become a Senator, Sec.
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 2:48PM
Your post did not mention elected official
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111Balz
11/29/2016 5:45PM
I said what I said. You simply read more into than was stated.
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 5:55PM
How many times are you going to change your statement? LOL! **
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111Balz
11/30/2016 08:10AM
LOL! How are these statements fundamentally different?
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 09:02AM
Well they are closer than your other versions
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111Balz
11/30/2016 11:00AM
LOL! You are one funny dude, Balz...keep tilting at those windmills. **
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Hokie5150
11/30/2016 11:38AM
The weasel is so morally superior to everyone else.
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 6:42PM
Did you happen to notice Mr. Wahoo's "...her father, Webb Hubbell..."?
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 2:30PM
That's gross buddy. Hope your keyboard's waterproof **
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HoosGuy
11/29/2016 2:50PM
Slight threadjack: Do you think we ever see a losing candidate run again ?
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Chesapeake HOO
11/29/2016 1:23PM
Romney? **
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ConnHoo
11/29/2016 4:12PM
Adlai Stevenson was the last I know of **
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Wahoo Ron
11/29/2016 3:23PM
You're talking about a different thing than Chesapeake, and you forgot
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 4:07PM
Slight tangent, does Nancy survive as House Minority Leader? I must
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Hoodafan
11/29/2016 1:16PM
Nope, no more than Romney was ever going to run again this year.
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 1:03PM
How about Julian Castros? Dem's bench is a bit thin given the lack of
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 1:34PM
Dark horse candidate -- Mark Cuban. **
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 1:36PM
Well, he did put radio on the internet. #trescomas **
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WahooMatt05
11/29/2016 1:45PM
Anyone with the werewithall to draft Justin Anderson is OK in my book. **
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 1:51PM
What America needs is for him to buy his hometown baseball team from the
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 2:33PM
That'll be interesting. I can see him keep antagonizing Trump next 4 years.
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 1:40PM
Booker/Warren 2020. Book it. **
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 1:25PM
I dont think theDNC will ever field a white man for president again **
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Wahoo Ron
11/29/2016 3:28PM
Doubling down on unwanted liberalism and unfettered spending **
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 3:17PM
LOL, you really aren't paying attention are you? Trump is going to make
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 4:43PM
I hope not Warren. She is climbing fast on polarizing figure list. **
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 1:36PM
Not uncommon for VPs to be firebrands for the base. I don't think she
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 1:40PM
She's an Indian. **
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Hokieesith
11/29/2016 6:45PM
Where is her appeal?
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 3:19PM
I don't think she'll be any part of the ticket. I think RQ is fighting the
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 3:24PM
Depends. VPs can be extremists who energize part of the base. Ask Mike
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WahooRQ
11/29/2016 4:42PM
Warren connects with nobody not already 100.0% lock step progressive
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CharlestonSC
11/29/2016 5:51PM
The Dem ala carte method of appealing to many diverse groups
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 4:11PM
I agree. (I think Booker qualifies as "new blood" though) **
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 4:52PM
She'll want to and the Clinton machine may try to muscle the DNC. Hopefully
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TpkeHoo
11/29/2016 12:55PM
Truump in a landslide in 2020. book it **
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FfxStationHokie
11/29/2016 12:53PM
Haha....no flipping way. **
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Seattle .Hoo
11/29/2016 12:48PM
The one thing I learned this go around is never say never :-) **
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HoosGuy
11/29/2016 12:51PM
She'd be pretty old. And can't imagine the DNC would try to trot her out...
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EAPo
11/29/2016 12:43PM
No chance. **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 12:42PM
No way the DNC screws up that bad
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 12:42PM
At least President Trump has deep technology expertise (knows how to tweet)
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FfxStationHokie
11/29/2016 12:24PM
Hope he uses a secure server.... **
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aint2Hokie4me
11/29/2016 4:16PM
Anyone going to Sabato's 'American Democracy Conference' tomorrow in DC?
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EAPo
11/29/2016 12:21PM
Chao to Transportation --- Mitch will be pleased **
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Quaker
11/29/2016 12:12PM
Anyone ever involved with a medical malpractice claim?
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 12:08PM
From my experience here in Va., there's no such thing as a med mal claim
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 2:52PM
Proving actual malpractice is tough
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 12:11PM
Not where I live. funny how history and geography change things within the
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 1:14PM
Sounds not unlike Va., minus the harder cap on gov. employee cases. **
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 2:54PM
Expert witness is the equivalent of the Old West's hired gun.
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AcousticHoo
11/29/2016 1:44PM
I had a procedure that was supposed to be routine
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 1:04PM
Here in Colorado the truism is one you won't want to hear: "A bad result
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 2:27PM
Well stated. NJHoo, not sure which dr. you're targeting or what the claim
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 3:03PM
I will probably do nothing and try to move on with my life
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 4:12PM
I would encourage you to speak to a lawyer about it. What state are you in **
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JMHoo
11/29/2016 4:22PM
It would have to be after my surgery
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 8:45PM
Nice article by Amy Davidson in the New Yorker about this recount nonsense.
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southdenverhoo
11/29/2016 10:39AM
Her campaign hasn't ended. 2020 looms. Only this time
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Mr Wahoo
11/29/2016 11:59AM
It's a good point of view from the author but there is one aspect
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111Balz
11/29/2016 11:02AM
Per Clinton Campaign laywer, Marc Elias:
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 11:44AM
Yes, but of course, how could they tell without doing a
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111Balz
11/29/2016 11:48AM
Lol
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hoothat
11/29/2016 11:19AM
Funny how the liberati had no issue with Trump's 20 year old tax return
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Tuckahokie
11/29/2016 12:09PM
Didn't the media get that from one of co-makers of
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111Balz
11/29/2016 12:58PM
But that's different! **
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 12:12PM
Now Gmail phishing = hacking secure servers **
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 11:20AM
You are using those terms as if you understand them
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111Balz
11/29/2016 11:50AM
Swing and a miss
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 3:02PM
Yes I know what phishing is. I'm not sure what point do you think you're
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111Balz
11/29/2016 5:47PM
Phishing, if hacking, is considered the lowest form of such.
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hoothat
11/29/2016 12:36PM
These are the same people that thought ....
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PalmyraHoo
11/29/2016 3:05PM
True, not all of us can be as "technologically savvy" **
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hoothat
11/29/2016 9:27PM
He has no clue, just regurgitating something he read.
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hoothat
11/29/2016 11:37AM
Good. I don't have a problem with a recount per se however, especially if
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Seattle .Hoo
11/29/2016 10:56AM
Good point on Hillary, but at this point, what does she has to lose? **
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JohnHoo2
11/29/2016 10:55AM
This says it all
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 10:53AM
I gotta admit I didn't like not being able to see how the machine scanned..
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EAPo
11/29/2016 11:10AM
Likewise. Walked out of the polling place w/ no confidence whether my
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 11:13AM
I felt the same
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 11:38AM
Our machines in NC display your vote, which you then confirm, causing a
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 11:54AM
Not in Watuga County. That's what I would have preferred. **
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 1:43PM
I like that. Why NOT have some sort of 'receipt'?
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EAPo
11/29/2016 12:26PM
1. I'd just like the assurance that my votes are recorded as I intend
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 2:06PM
Trump has said there were over 3 million illegal votes cast. This should be
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THECZAR
11/29/2016 10:57AM
Trump is a liar and loves to stir the pot
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 10:58AM
What matters, exactly? Trump's absurdities are about to become policy.**
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 11:16AM
How about focusing on publicly vetting Cabinet positions?
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 11:19AM
What, exctly, am "I" supposed to do re: vetting cabinet appointees? **
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 11:55AM
Democrats, meaning elected officials or ranking party members
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 12:09PM
I've seen a lot about Petraeus but it comes from MSM so its discounted.
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THECZAR
11/29/2016 11:28AM
I've not had a problem with any of them
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 11:37AM
I can't believe he was. Totally insane.
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hoothat
11/29/2016 11:39AM
So, what matters should the democrats focus on? **
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THECZAR
11/29/2016 11:14AM
Well having a presdient who is a liar and likes to stir the pot
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111Balz
11/29/2016 11:03AM
Sounds like a great pick for president. #wearescrewed **
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VAGentleman05
11/29/2016 11:00AM
Infinitely better than the alternative **
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dajoka004
11/29/2016 11:07AM
Uh, no. Just different. America is, in fact, screwed.**
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 11:14AM
The nation lost when the choice became Clinton/Trump **
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AlexHoo
11/29/2016 12:01PM
Vigorously agree **
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WaxHoo
11/29/2016 3:29PM
Good story about a real human being
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NJHoo
11/29/2016 10:17AM
Kudos **
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Hokie5150
11/29/2016 10:57AM
Interesting synopsis of how we are killing of the ISIL leaders.er
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Lazarus
11/29/2016 08:40AM
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