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Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.

“It is preposterous to assert that a virtuous believer like Mr. Trump would cheat on his beautiful wife so callously, and while their child was only months old,” a solemn Bakker said into the camera as colorful balloons provided a backdrop for some reason. “He was so concerned with the eternal state of Miss Daniels’ soul that he scheduled some alone time with just the two of them, so he could share with her how Jesus Christ had changed his life and how He could also save her from her sins.”
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kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.

“It is preposterous to assert that a virtuous believer like Mr. Trump would cheat on his beautiful wife so callously, and while their child was only months old,” a solemn Bakker said into the camera as colorful balloons provided a backdrop for some reason. “He was so concerned with the eternal state of Miss Daniels’ soul that he scheduled some alone time with just the two of them, so he could share with her how Jesus Christ had changed his life and how He could also save her from her sins.”
http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
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Ivytalk wrote:
kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.




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kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.

“It is preposterous to assert that a virtuous believer like Mr. Trump would cheat on his beautiful wife so callously, and while their child was only months old,” a solemn Bakker said into the camera as colorful balloons provided a backdrop for some reason. “He was so concerned with the eternal state of Miss Daniels’ soul that he scheduled some alone time with just the two of them, so he could share with her how Jesus Christ had changed his life and how He could also save her from her sins.”
http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
My first thought was “WTF”

Then my second thought was “holy shit he’s not aged well”

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CID1990 wrote:
kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.




http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
My first thought was “WTF”

Then my second thought was “holy shit he’s not aged well”

I’m with Ivy - he’ll be dead within the year. Already has full blown dementia
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It took me a second to realize that the Babylon Bee is a satirical site... :lol:
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kalm wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
My first thought was “WTF”

Then my second thought was “holy **** he’s not aged well”

I’m with Ivy - he’ll be dead within the year. Already has full blown dementia
Spoiler: show
It took me a second to realize that the Babylon Bee is a satirical site... :lol:
Hah!

In my defense, I am from NC and know all about Jim Bakker... and that's why this is such good satire...

it rings so true


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CID1990 wrote:
kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.




http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
My first thought was “WTF”

Then my second thought was “holy **** he’s not aged well”

I’m with Ivy - he’ll be dead within the year. Already has full blown dementia
...he knows a thing or two about saving hooker's souls too!
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The company will give at least $500 worth of Starbucks stock in April to employees at stores, support centers or bean roasting plants. Store managers will get $2,000 in stock grants. Those amounts are on top of what those workers were already going to receive this year, the Seattle-based company said.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/s ... o-tax-law/
Verizon Communications Inc. said it will give employees 50 shares of stock each, a $380 million bonus that the company said is the result of federal tax reform.

The share grant, which will vest over two years, will be available to all of the company’s employees, with the exception of about 2,500 senior executives, a Verizon spokesman said Tuesday. Part-time employees will get 25 shares.

With the stock currently trading at about $53, the award amounts to more than $2,600 per worker. Verizon employed 155,400 workers at the end of the fourth quarter with about 153,000 eligible for the grant, the company said. CNBC reported on the news earlier Tuesday.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -50-shares

I'd take stock over a one time bonus any day. :clap:
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I'd take stock over a one time bonus any day. :clap:
Not me. I'd rather take the cash, and if I wanted to invest it, I'd want to invest it in companies of my choice.
Starbucks stock has been essentially flat over the last 2-1/2 years. Verizon is still about 12% lower than it's 1999 high and flat for the last 5 years.
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CAA Flagship wrote:
Ibanez wrote:
I'd take stock over a one time bonus any day. :clap:
Not me. I'd rather take the cash, and if I wanted to invest it, I'd want to invest it in companies of my choice.
Starbucks stock has been essentially flat over the last 2-1/2 years. Verizon is still about 12% lower than it's 1999 high and flat for the last 5 years.
Good point. I think for the average Starbucks employee - stock could be a decent investment.
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Ibanez wrote:
CAA Flagship wrote: Not me. I'd rather take the cash, and if I wanted to invest it, I'd want to invest it in companies of my choice.
Starbucks stock has been essentially flat over the last 2-1/2 years. Verizon is still about 12% lower than it's 1999 high and flat for the last 5 years.
Good point. I think for the average Starbucks employee - stock could be a decent investment.
It's an interesting move by the companies. If the shares are locked up for a period of time, it may incentivize employees to stay with the company, which helps the company in a low unemployment environment. However, If this creates more outstanding shares on the market, it dilutes the stock and reduces the value of the stock. It will be interesting to see how this works out. I would still rather have the cash.
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Vidav wrote:I do enjoy the republicans acting like this is something new. How easily they forget to crying that occurred when Obama won.

No shit. You'd think they would take their own advice about how to act when you have nothing to hide about your big nothingburger. :coffee:


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CAA Flagship wrote:
Ibanez wrote: Good point. I think for the average Starbucks employee - stock could be a decent investment.
It's an interesting move by the companies. If the shares are locked up for a period of time, it may incentivize employees to stay with the company, which helps the company in a low unemployment environment. However, If this creates more outstanding shares on the market, it dilutes the stock and reduces the value of the stock. It will be interesting to see how this works out. I would still rather have the cash.
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kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.

“It is preposterous to assert that a virtuous believer like Mr. Trump would cheat on his beautiful wife so callously, and while their child was only months old,” a solemn Bakker said into the camera as colorful balloons provided a backdrop for some reason. “He was so concerned with the eternal state of Miss Daniels’ soul that he scheduled some alone time with just the two of them, so he could share with her how Jesus Christ had changed his life and how He could also save her from her sins.”
http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
That has to be fake. Look, I'm no Trump fan and I'm really down on WECs for supporting him. But that is just too much. That can't be real.
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kalm wrote:Literally saving souls, one porn star at a time... :thumb:

Good read.

“It is preposterous to assert that a virtuous believer like Mr. Trump would cheat on his beautiful wife so callously, and while their child was only months old,” a solemn Bakker said into the camera as colorful balloons provided a backdrop for some reason. “He was so concerned with the eternal state of Miss Daniels’ soul that he scheduled some alone time with just the two of them, so he could share with her how Jesus Christ had changed his life and how He could also save her from her sins.”
http://babylonbee.com/news/trump-merely ... im-bakker/
That has to be fake. Look, I'm no Trump fan and I'm really down on WECs for supporting him. But that is just too much. That can't be real.

Edit: Ok, in reading down I see that I'm not the only one who thought that and that it is a satire site.
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JohnStOnge wrote:Look, I'm no Trump fan...
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89Hen wrote:
JohnStOnge wrote:Look, I'm no Trump fan...
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Home Depot hourly employees to receive up to $1,000 bonus due to tax reform.
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BDKJMU wrote:Home Depot hourly employees to receive up to $1,000 bonus due to tax reform.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/home-de ... eform.html
That’s cool but much of this news fails to mention the simultaneous layoffs occurring with some of these companies. Not to mention that the vast majority of the savings goes to executive compensation and shareholders.
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kalm wrote:
BDKJMU wrote:Home Depot hourly employees to receive up to $1,000 bonus due to tax reform.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/home-de ... eform.html
That’s cool but much of this news fails to mention the simultaneous layoffs occurring with some of these companies. Not to mention that the vast majority of the savings goes to executive compensation and shareholders.
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kalm wrote:
BDKJMU wrote:Home Depot hourly employees to receive up to $1,000 bonus due to tax reform.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/home-de ... eform.html
That’s cool but much of this news fails to mention the simultaneous layoffs occurring with some of these companies. Not to mention that the vast majority of the savings goes to executive compensation and shareholders.
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89Hen wrote:
kalm wrote:
That’s cool but much of this news fails to mention the simultaneous layoffs occurring with some of these companies. Not to mention that the vast majority of the savings goes to executive compensation and shareholders.
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Awww...did that hurt your crony capitalist sentimentalities....? :coffee:

Two things free market capitalism needs to be sustainable and democratic:

Regulation

Strong middle class


Ouch...that’s gotta hurt...
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kalm wrote:Awww...did that hurt your crony capitalist sentimentalities....? :coffee:

Two things free market capitalism needs to be sustainable and democratic:

Regulation

Strong middle class


Ouch...that’s gotta hurt...
Nope, neither post hurt at all. Just surprised that you'd be surprised that most of any savings would go to those who make the most or to the shareholders. To think it should all be passed to the front line is very noble of you.
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kalm wrote:
BDKJMU wrote:Home Depot hourly employees to receive up to $1,000 bonus due to tax reform.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/home-de ... eform.html
That’s cool but much of this news fails to mention the simultaneous layoffs occurring with some of these companies. Not to mention that the vast majority of the savings goes to executive compensation and shareholders.
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Donald J. Trump wrote:In the initial, we're putting chain, a negotiated chain, we're putting a replacement for lottery or an end to lottery, and it could be a replacement, we bring people in from various countries, that come in based on merit and various other reasons, and we are going to build a wall. So those three primary things.
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