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Now the t***h, I do want to credit trump for his work in Wisconsin.
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Feb 11, 2019 21:45:40   #
Common_Sense_Matters
 
padremike wrote:
Indeed, we do need a satire button. So if the topic was about Trump's deal I forget what exactly did that have to do with $100,000,000 deal five years ago? Perhaps I missed something?


Only anecdotally really.

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Feb 11, 2019 21:57:01   #
Morgan
 
Kevyn wrote:
Walker said the state couldn’t pay decent wages to cops, firefighters and teachers but had four billion to hand to an Asian company with a piss poor record of following through with similar deals. Wisconsin will be paying for his buffoonery for decades.


What a coinkydink, I believe that is a Koch state...then we have Ryan and Walker, and I would say solid RED State, LOL

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Feb 11, 2019 22:02:37   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
Morgan wrote:
What a coinkydink, I believe that is a Koch state...then we have Ryan and Walker, and I would say solid RED State, LOL


Coinkydink? Another unknown word I had to look up tonight. Is there a conspiracy going on tonight on the OPP? Where in the world did you ever pick up the word coinkydink? I'm impressed.

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Feb 11, 2019 22:27:39   #
Common_Sense_Matters
 
padremike wrote:
Coinkydink? Another unknown word I had to look up tonight. Is there a conspiracy going on tonight on the OPP? Where in the world did you ever pick up the word coinkydink? I'm impressed.


Yeah, coinkydink is a variant of coincident or coincidence. It is a somewhat rarely used word that has been around for at least a few decades, never saw it spelled out before tonight though. Strangely enough, I have even used it verbally in the past, just never typed it out or wrote it out before this comment though.

What were some of the other words people have used tonight that you had to look up?

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Feb 11, 2019 22:35:27   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
Common_Sense_Matters wrote:
Yeah, coinkydink is a variant of coincident or coincidence. It is a somewhat rarely used word that has been around for at least a few decades, never saw it spelled out before tonight though. Strangely enough, I have even used it verbally in the past, just never typed it out or wrote it out before this comment though.

What were some of the other words people have used tonight that you had to look up?


I forget and every time I tried to type it, spell check changed it much to my frustration.

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Feb 11, 2019 23:06:26   #
Common_Sense_Matters
 
padremike wrote:
I forget and every time I tried to type it, spell check changed it much to my frustration.


Yeah, I do not know if it has been officially accepted as a new word yet, I should check that.



Edit: I do not see an instance of it in Merriam Webster, it must not be officially accepted as yet. Oh wait, is Merriam Webster a left leaning online dictionary? Could it be "f**e news"? Anybody know an independent or a conservative online dictionary?

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Feb 11, 2019 23:15:54   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
Common_Sense_Matters wrote:
Yeah, I do not know if it has been officially accepted as a new word yet, I should check that.



Edit: I do not see an instance of it in Merriam Webster, it must not be officially accepted as yet. Oh wait, is Merriam Webster a left leaning online dictionary? Could it be "f**e news"? Anybody know an independent or a conservative online dictionary?


I simply type the word into google.

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Feb 12, 2019 06:53:36   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
permafrost wrote:
Yes, my buds in Wisconsin, my wife home state are indeed seeing what trump can do in his orange tinted world of fantasy..

He is so proud of Foxconn and their new facility in SE Wisconsin..

So be sure to give trump full credit.. he has done the most wonderful deal for them..

A man named David says it so well... let him speak..

oxconn said that it will build flat screens in Wisconsin after their talk with President Trump? Can we give some credit to President Trump for this?
David Douglas
David Douglas, MBA Finance
Updated 36m ago
Sure, let's give President Trump the credit he is due for the Foxconn “deal”. So, let's see what credit he is actually due by examining the deal a little bit.

Let's see what Foxconn got out of it:

4 billion dollars to build a facility here in the United States. Yes, that's billion with a “B”. No company in history has ever received that kind of deal for what they are building.

What do we get out of it:

Well clearly we get a new manufacturing plant here in the United States to help prop up our manufacturing sector…right? That is what we're getting isn't it? I mean that's what the president keeps saying that we're getting…even when Foxconn repeatedly says “no, that's not what we're building”. Hmm…maybe that deserves a little looking into since we have two strongly conflicting statements. So, let's start with the fact that Foxconn is not contractually obligated to produce anything at all! They are building an R&D facility, not a production facility. Well, they're still going to hire a bunch of workers right? No, not really. They will have a couple of hundred research scientists, finance people, and managers on site…many simply being relocated from other locations. I guess that means it won't be much of a job creator. Even if it were, would you care to divide 4 billion by the number of employees to see how much we're paying for these jobs? Aren't you guys supposed to be against make-work jobs? Oh, but Foxconn said they were going to produce flat screen TV's here after all after the deal maker in chief got off the phone with them a few weeks ago right? Didn't they? Because I actually read that release as opposed to the spin from the White House. First, let's recall that they are contractually obligated to build precisely nothing to get that 4 billion dollar handout. Let's also remember that their statement was a press release, not a contract. Then let's look at the press release. It said that they still plan on the building being “at least 2/3 dev**ed to research”, and that they would look into building some small quantities of small displays. They aren't talking about 40″ flat screen TV's when they say this. They are talking about those tiny little displays that go on washing machines and coffee makers. But hey, they will still need lots of labor for that right? No, those devices will be largely produced in an automated process. There will be a few employees sure…if they actually do it…which they don't have to…but only a handful of laborers will be required.

Does it really still sound like a great deal? Are you sure you want us giving President Trump the credit he is due for this one? Personally, I really hope he does get everything he “deserves” for this deal and for so much more that he's “accomplished”. Oh, and on a side note... Career economists and corporate finance professionals, who tend towards the conservative end of the political spectrum, are literally laughing at the President for this “spectacular” deal that he made.
Yes, my buds in Wisconsin, my wife home state are ... (show quote)



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Feb 12, 2019 09:04:45   #
Morgan
 
padremike wrote:
Coinkydink? Another unknown word I had to look up tonight. Is there a conspiracy going on tonight on the OPP? Where in the world did you ever pick up the word coinkydink? I'm impressed.


It is a slang shortened expression for "what a coincidence" mostly in light fun. I don't think it is an official word but has been around for a long time. There are a couple of ways to spell it.

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Feb 12, 2019 13:58:07   #
Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton
 
Sew_What wrote:
Okay, jump ahead and prove that it isn't true.

Prove a negative. That's not how it works. It's impossible to prove a negative, that's why the burden of proof is always on the speaker, not the dubious listener.

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Feb 12, 2019 19:32:09   #
JoyV
 
t***hiness wrote:
Try this, Mike.
Sincerely,
Staff of One who "wasted" three minutes.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-foxconn-plant-hiring-target-20190205-story.html

As you know, The Chicago Tribune is and always has been a conservative paper.


No. The Chicago Tribune use to be a conservative paper. Now they are only one of 8 left of center papers and other media outlets which was renamed Tribune Media when they acquired the Tribune. The largest part of Tribune Media is the L A Times.

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Feb 13, 2019 00:33:40   #
truthiness
 
JoyV wrote:
No. The Chicago Tribune use to be a conservative paper. Now they are only one of 8 left of center papers and other media outlets which was renamed Tribune Media when they acquired the Tribune. The largest part of Tribune Media is the L A Times.


Yes, in the days of Robert McCormick and Phil Wrigley when I read the Trib, it was conservative. I notice that www.quora.com now calls the Trib in the middle. It also heads the list of right wing papers with WSJ. So here is what the Journal wrote about Foxconn:


https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-backpedals-on-wisconsin-factory-plan-shifts-focus-to-research-11548867033
BEIJING— Foxconn Technology 2354 +0.33% Group, a major supplier to Apple Inc., is backing down on plans to build a liquid-crystal display factory in Wisconsin, a major change to a deal that the state promised billions to secure.
Racine County homeowners have been forced to relocate from the proposed factory site through eminent domain, said Sandy Weidner, a Racine city alderman. “We wiped out entire neighborhoods,” she said.
New workforce programs are under way to train employees for a Foxconn plant, she said, and apartment complexes are under construction. “It’s just devastating,” she said. “If it doesn’t go forward, we’re going to stop and wonder, ‘All this sacrifice, and for what?’ ”

Since then, a company conversation with Trump says that it will decrease the plant from a 10 to a 6 in terms of its mission and capacity, but that the Wisconsin plant will still be a production facility.

As Trump is wont to say: "We'll see."

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Feb 13, 2019 02:12:10   #
elledee
 
the tribune..... wasn't that where Mike Royko made his mark in the op-ed world

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Feb 13, 2019 02:48:56   #
truthiness
 
elledee wrote:
the tribune..... wasn't that where Mike Royko made his mark in the op-ed world


Royko wrote first for the Daily News (now defunct) and then the Sun Times. He may have ended up at the Trib. He was a great writer. You have a good memory if you remember Mike.

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