My understanding of the research is that a higher minimum wage can increase costs, but as a lesser proportion than the increase (edit; to the wage). Labor costs are only portion of expenses for any business, and workers making minimum wage only reflect a portion of the workforce. So, there’s not a zero effect, but I believe it’s usually less than fear mongering would suggest.

I haven’t read into this in at least five years, so happy to admit my own incorrectness if someone knows better.

These ratios hold pretty true with regards to competency in the workplace, too.

I think you’re way overestimating the consistency of independents in the US when it comes to Israel. See recent Gallup figures from February. It’s only in the last year that net sentiment seems to cut against support for Israel.

This seems to come up a bit. Disaffected voters recognize that neither dominant party represents them, see that others feel the same way, and then seemingly assume that the other disaffecteds share their opinion on x or y. If only the party would align with me on this topic, they’d bring over all the independents! It’s not that simple of an equation for many issues.

This isn’t to say Democrats to a good job at triangulating public will or building a coalition. They do not.

It’s a rule that a president or acting president can’t pick any SCOTUS judges in the last year of their term, or the year before that, or either of the preceding two years.

I don’t know that couching this as many cases of personal moral failure and irresponsibility is productive when so many are affected. It’s like when conservatives discuss poverty - certainly, many among the affected group could make better choices, but shouldn’t we be motivated to understand what led to their failure from a systematic perspective?

I don’t think I necessarily like Harry, but I sure as fuck empathize with him. Playing him as someone seeking redemption or trying to put his life back together (and SO OFTEN failing) was incredibly meaningful. You put it very well.

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I’m with you on both.

For RDR2 in particular, I found it so irksome how on-rails the missions were while the rest of the game was so free form. If you’re going to make me follow in the footsteps you planned exactly, don’t tease me with freedom between your set piece sequences. Ride-shoot-ride is also not super interesting to me.

I’ve come to believe that the Rockstar formula just doesn’t work for me after GTA4.

That reply really put me off. I don’t think appearance based insults are the way. I don’t like that this one in particular sideswipes butch lesbians. Those are my friends.

I appreciate that everyone wants to see MTG get her comeuppance, but eh. I think there is plenty to attack her on that doesn’t come with collateral damage.

I’ve been enjoying Nordic Souls as a Wabbajack pack. It’s got gameplay adjustments that do change the difficulty curve but is closer to the base game in difficulty than many of the other prominent mod packs. It also has a smaller footprint (~100GB maybe?) as compared to some others. Skyrim feels more modern and fresh, for sure.

I downloaded it on a whim after I used Wabbajack/Nexus Premium for some Fallout New Vegas modding (went with Viva NV). I wanted to get full value from that premium sub lol.

Edit: I will say that I don’t think Nordic Souls includes Legacy of the Dragonborn, so I’d look into that and choose another pack if desired.

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You served in an organized military force with institutional backing, without implied threats to your family based on your conduct. That’s a very different proposition than the choice facing American resistors now, isn’t it?

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This is magnificent.

My man! You’re a real one, Karim.

Hey Karim, super cool to have you here. I love what you’ve done with your character so far and I’m hoping for continued success on SFA.

1. What’s the energy like on set? Are there any particularly strong jokesters? Tim Russ on Voyager was noted for cracking a lot of jokes, for example, and I think Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner had a similar reputation on the set of TNG.
2. Are you into science fiction generally? If so, what’s your favorite book, movie, or tv series?
3. What do you wish people knew about SFA (or you!) that they don’t seem to?

He’s good at messaging from a Christian left perspective. Before I deleted social media, some of his more viral moments on the Texas House floor would make it to my feed. I liked what I heard, but I’m not a Texas resident or voter so Crockett vs Talarico is someone else’s judgement call to make.