Ontopic Political Poo Flinging

[King Wickie Pelt Snatcher]

In the new Morning Consult/Politico poll, 64 percent of registered voters said the press has done more to divide the country than unite it since Trump took office, compared with 56 percent who said the same was true of the president.

https://morningconsult.com/2018/11/01/more-voters-say-press-has-divided-country-than-trump/

 

[Valve1138]

#FAKENEWS

 

[Jehannum]

Dick Cheney's Cardiologist thinks someone's hiding something in Trump's physical

When the guy who semi-successfully convinced the world that Cheney had a heart for 8 years says something about it, I think it behooves us to take a second look.

 

[Valve1138]

His fatness got into his brain and is worsening the dementia.

 

[Valve1138]

BTW, I took a poll of the 4 squirrels that live out back, including one black squirrel, and they all think Trump is doing a wonderful job.

 

[Amstel]

Excellent read.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/panera-breads-socialist-pay-what-you-want-experiment-fails-miserably/

 

[OOD]

Excellent read.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/panera-breads-socialist-pay-what-you-want-experiment-fails-miserably/

Another case of something being mistaken for socialism when it's just failed capitalist marketing.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Excellent read.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/panera-breads-socialist-pay-what-you-want-experiment-fails-miserably/

If you want a biased report on it, sure

 

[Jehannum]

If you want a biased report on it, sure

No way, pajama media is the pinnacle of independent journalism.

 

[wetwillie]

Excellent read.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/panera-breads-socialist-pay-what-you-want-experiment-fails-miserably/

Intelligent people understand the experiment had nothing to do with socialism and you can't believe everything you read.

 

[Amstel]

Another case of something being mistaken for socialism when it's just failed capitalist marketing.

Intelligent people understand the experiment had nothing to do with socialism and you can't believe everything you read.

Intelligent people know that

The socialist-tinged ventures were called "Panera Cares"

^from the 2nd line in the article doesn't equal "Socialism"

another case of, "I read the headline and jumped to conclusions!"

 

[wetwillie]

Intelligent people know that ^from the 2nd line in the article doesn't equal "Socialism"

another case of, "I read the headline and jumped to conclusions!"

I read your "excellent" and assumed you were stupid. You're not helping turn that around.

 

[Amstel]

It's an excellent article on how feel-good as a biz model fails. I'm not concerned with your assumptions.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Even if it were that, the language within it and no attempt at looking at it impartially renders it a bad article.

 

[OOD]

Intelligent people know that ^from the 2nd line in the article doesn't equal "Socialism"

another case of, "I read the headline and jumped to conclusions!"

To be fair, I read about a fourth of it, so I read that line. And that is not really what "tinged" means. Socialist-tinged implies it is a little socialist. It doesn't mean it isn't really socialist at all. There is nothing socialist about marketing that causes the employs to suffer for the benefit of the customers and/or owners. I don't make it a habit of reading entire articles that start out stupid.

 

[august]

To be fair, I read about a fourth of it, so I read that line. And that is not really what "tinged" means. Socialist-tinged implies it is a little socialist. It doesn't mean it isn't really socialist at all. There is nothing socialist about marketing that causes the employs to suffer for the benefit of the customers and/or owners. I don't make it a habit of reading entire articles that start out stupid.

even if it was somehow an actual example of socialism, the society as a whole within which Panera consumers have to operate is still capitalist

 

[Amstel]

To be fair, I read about a fourth of it, so I read that line. And that is not really what "tinged" means. Socialist-tinged implies it is a little socialist. It doesn't mean it isn't really socialist at all. There is nothing socialist about marketing that causes the employs to suffer for the benefit of the customers and/or owners. I don't make it a habit of reading entire articles that start out stupid.

not sure you understand what 'socialist tinged' meant in the article so you're trying to generalize and brush it off entirely.

 

[gee]

If you have a business where people will steal your shit for free with no consequences if allowed to, it might financially hurt you?

holy shit!

 

[Amstel]

If you have a business where people will steal your shit for free with no consequences if allowed to, it might financially hurt you?

holy shit!

this guy gets it.

on a related note, the Green New Deal guarantees : Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work

 

[gee]

Still trying to figure out how this "surprise, that was a stupid idea" business experiment represents a 'socialist' government in any way, though.

Pretty sure a "socialist" government will provide a service up front (health care, road maintenance, whatever) instead of free fuckin' tangible goods for you to raid at your heart's content... and they'll tax you for providing that service.