Opposes the minimum wage and praises the virtues of automation?
Stellar. This is someone I can get behind.
UPDATE: OK, he’s an amnesty shill, so there’s that problem. But don’t worry, Trump will be too.
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Good stuff, Trump.
Patterico (115b1f) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:16 pmTwo in one week.
papertiger (c8116c) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:21 pmExtreme open borders agent and CoC crony that went after conservatives.
Grain of salt.
NJRob (43d957) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:27 pmI’ll admit I have not researched him deeply. These days anyone with the guts to oppose the sacred minimum wage hike proposals gets huge points in my book.
Patterico (115b1f) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:31 pmI love how the Center for American Progress guy who is so troubled by this nomination has an appropriately-Soviet name.
JVW (6e49ce) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:37 pmI didn’t think thinkregress could do worse that legum,
narciso (d1f714) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:38 pmHeh. Just finished reading that the Left doesn’t like Puzder because his CKE Restaurants operate Carl’s Jr., and he heartily approves of their notoriously sexy ads:
They disapprove of his “hypersexulization” of women, especially as it looks likely that he will be the one responsible to enforce discrimination laws and oversee the Women’s Bureau. And if you are a man who likes women in bikinis while eating burgers, you are obviously unqualified for the job.
Dana (d17a61) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:40 pmAnd if you are a man who likes women in bikinis while eating burgers, you are obviously unqualified for the job.
But of course Anthony Weiner’s wife would have made a wonderful Chief of Staff, I suppose.
JVW (6e49ce) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:49 pmUPDATE: OK, he’s an amnesty shill, so there’s that problem. But don’t worry, Trump will be too.
Patterico (115b1f) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:50 pmIf daleyrocks were here I’d post pictures for Important Journalistic Purposes. He enjoyed those.
Patterico (115b1f) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:51 pmOT– but there are Texans who regularly comment here and I just saw this headline about Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board ending a run on the bank, stops $154M in lump sum withdrawals. Apparently the Democrat mayor filed a lawsuit to stop the withdrawals and the fund has been hemorrhaging funds after some benefits cuts were proposed. What’s the backstory here? Sounds interesting.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2016/12/08/dallas-police-fire-pension-board-ends-run-bank-stops-154m-withdrawals
elissa (cc73a9) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:59 pmMeh, Trump wants a revolving door policy, this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that paid attention during the primaries.
Sean (1d5074) — 12/8/2016 @ 6:59 pmI still like Pruitt for the EPA though.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/12/07/trumps-epa-pick-is-causing-green-heads-to-explode/
For the same reasons Anthony Watts does.
papertiger (c8116c) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:01 pmIt’s a mess, to the point where the city is/was looking at declaring bankruptcy. Pretty much leads the news every night. Glad I live west of that mess.
Sean (1d5074) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:01 pmIn related news, it looks like Carrier won’t be keeping all of those jobs Trump “saved” and in the end will probably do away with most after Indiana’s “investment” in the plant brings about the rise of the robots. Trump’s new Sec. of Labor will most likely approve:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/08/news/companies/carrier-jobs-automation/index.html
The money quote:
#winning
Sean (1d5074) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:05 pmWell to be fair, that was in the aftermath of the autopsy, to retain that notion today, would be foolhardy.
Yes prices will likely go up, there is Tradeoff, chuck Jones fteshffro his animator gig, didn’t think any of this likely.
narciso (d1f714) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:12 pmYes, those ads break probably two commandments
narciso (d1f714) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:21 pmPruitt for the EPA is fantastic. Unshackle the economy.
NJRob (43d957) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:22 pmGreetings:
What continues to amuse me in the post-election afterglow is how many of the criticisms of Mr. Trump could have been used more profitably about soon to be former President Obama.
11B40 (6abb5c) — 12/8/2016 @ 7:29 pmTom sullen has an interesting holiday reflection
narciso (d1f714) — 12/8/2016 @ 8:28 pmHappy 100th Birthday, Kirk Douglas!
Icy (31984d) — 12/8/2016 @ 11:25 pmI am.
Spartacus [100] (c8116c) — 12/9/2016 @ 12:32 amOn the day after the election the media reported the stock market dip as a 100% reaction to Trump.
Uncertainty about the ‘unknown’ wildman who had just become President.
It wasn’t just Krugman either.
After a dozen high octane cabinet picks, all three indices are pushing records.
Unprecedented occurrence. Do the newscasters give Trump credit for this?
Not that I’ve heard.
papertiger (c8116c) — 12/9/2016 @ 1:28 amslurpy egg mcmuffin was a slicked-up legs-splayed amnesty shill just ask perv-daddy romney
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/9/2016 @ 4:25 am“What continues to amuse me in the post-election afterglow is how many of the criticisms of Mr. Trump could have been used more profitably about soon to be former President Obama.”
I think the main difference is that you EXPECT a Democrat President to behave that way.
mark (ca18be) — 12/9/2016 @ 5:49 amNobody gives Trump credit. Because he’s a deadbeat who had four bankruptcies.
nk (dbc370) — 12/9/2016 @ 5:59 amExcept DeutscheBank. Because it needs protection from federal prosecution.
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin’-race!
We labor soon, we labor late,
nk (dbc370) — 12/9/2016 @ 6:40 amTo feed the titled knave, man;
And all the comfort we’re to get
Is that ayont the grave, man.
One example, weinberger was Mack the knife as budget chief, at the bentag
narciso (d1f714) — 12/9/2016 @ 6:50 amPentagon, he had a different role.
narciso (d1f714) — 12/9/2016 @ 6:51 amYes Mcguffin has gone all Kathy bates
narciso (d1f714) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:04 am“NOT THE ONION: It Wasn’t Me: Obama Blames ISIS On Bush, Climate Change and the 2nd Amendment.”
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/251335/
Colonel Haiku (9fca6c) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:32 amWhy does anyone still pay attention to this silly person, coronrllo?
narciso (d1f714) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:50 amTrump to retain ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ executive producer credit:
The report says Trump has previously said he wants to continue to star in the show from within the White House.
DRJ (15874d) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:53 am#31 Colonel, I read Barack’s comments in that link. I love it!
I’m going to take some snarky liberties with paraphrasing what he said, but it seems that in Barack’s history book, white Americans who were born during the second half of the 20th century share responsibility for the horrors of slavery of centuries past, but current members of ISIS are not responsible for choosing to cut people’s heads off nor for taking girls as sex slaves!
I’m just wondering if we can blame the Founding Fathers for global “warming,” too! (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:56 amIn reality, the jayvees were the ones who bided their time, while Obama shutdown petraeus and mccrystals efforts in iraq
narciso (d1f714) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:57 amlol Mr. Trump’s doing a microaggression on NBC quick quick better get them peacockers some play-doh and puppies por favor
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/9/2016 @ 7:58 amI agree Trump is getting even with NBC. It’s his goal in life and being President won’t change that part of his personality, it will enhance it.
Speaking of which, imagine the credits:
DRJ (15874d) — 12/9/2016 @ 8:09 amthis is so fun
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/9/2016 @ 8:11 am*Man who has been 100% wrong on everything related to Trump, makes further predictions.
Mr Black (7c41e5) — 12/9/2016 @ 2:58 pmIf you don’t like laborers, like the ones who made a difference electing Trump, then this is your guy. (As someone else pointed out, not my original thought), Trump seems to have run as a populist, but now that he’s secured the office, he’s acting like a plutocrat.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/opinions/labor-secretary-pick-is-a-contradiction-owens/index.html
Tillman (a95660) — 12/9/2016 @ 9:23 pmYup. Sessions will make sure that desperate illegals stay in the shadows and work for whatever they can get, while Puzder makes sure that the employers suffer no consequences for hiring them and exploiting them.
Cheap labor. You can’t have a rich economy without cheap labor.
nk (dbc370) — 12/9/2016 @ 9:28 pmPace yourself, #NeverTrump.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/9/2016 @ 9:41 pm