US Politics Mega-thread - Page 3461

On March 26 2016 05:50 ragz_gt wrote:


OMG I need another beer

On March 26 2016 05:48 ticklishmusic wrote:
A couple of the women denied the affair happened, and there are some differences in the way this article and the Edwards one were written... I'd hold off on convicting Cruz for at least a little longer

On March 26 2016 05:49 Plansix wrote:

Its amazing how alluring it is for a lot of nerds/gamers who love the idea of being able to boil human interaction into a game. Where there are measureable metrics and a plan that will allow them to deal with their social bullshit that doesn’t require them to deal with their social bullshit. And then they talk about women being the gate keepers to sex, like a woman has never tried get laid and fail in the history of the world. Through I feel terrible for the women who have to interact with them, because holy fuck, they never give up.

And of course, these clowns break hard for Trump because he is selling what they want, relationships based on merit and accomplishment.

On March 26 2016 06:05 Liquid`Drone wrote:


I honestly feel like it's plausible either way. It's totally plausible that Cruz did it, because he comes off as such a scumbag, and it's totally possible that Trump planted this story, because he comes off as such a sociopath. Timing is truly special though - even if it is all bullshit then it sticks with lots of people.. And what looked like a brokered convention ends up not being one?

U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says his agency will use its "bully pulpit" to strike at what he calls "a disturbing trend" that leaves workers without medical care and wage replacement payments when they are injured on the job.

In an interview with NPR, Perez also confirms a Labor Department investigation of an opt-out alternative to state-regulated workers' compensation that has saved employers millions of dollars but that he says is "undermining that basic bargain" for American workers.

Perez says the probe focuses on a practice by thousands of employers in Texas and Oklahoma to opt out of conventional state workers' compensation in favor of benefits plans that provide lower and fewer payments, make it more difficult to qualify for benefits, control access to doctors and limit independent appeals of benefits decisions.

"What opt-out programs really are all about is enabling employers to reduce benefits," Perez says. Opt-out programs "create really a pathway to poverty for people who get injured on the job."

Perez wouldn't provide any details. But last month, his agency sent a letter to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, disclosing "contact with the company cited in the ProPublica/National Public Radio report that is offering services to employers in Texas and Oklahoma" who opt out of workers' comp.

That description fits PartnerSource, a Dallas company that wrote and supports almost all opt-out plans in Oklahoma and about half the plans in Texas. An agency official, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that PartnerSource plans are the focus of the investigation.

PartnerSource President Bill Minick has not responded to NPR's requests for comment about the probe.

On March 26 2016 06:09 ragz_gt wrote:


Chances of it is all bullshit is pretty much none at this point. As soon as it came out a lot of media people are saying "yup we all know about this for a whle but couldn't push our legal team to do it"

On March 26 2016 06:17 Toadesstern wrote:

Literally Kasich right now:

+ Show Spoiler [pic] +

and we were all laughing about him and why he's still in the race and all

On March 26 2016 06:22 Slaughter wrote:


Yes his plan to be relevant enough for a possibly VP slot has....remained unchanged. He gets a tiny boost from this while Trump will as well. This just leads to Trump getting more delegates so he gets the majority, making any play at convention even more tenuous then it already was.