Some Red State/Blue State Indicia

[acesfull86]

https://reason.com/2024/02/28/why-is...imum-wage-law/



When fast food restaurants across California have to start paying workers $20 per hour on April 1, one major chain will be exempted from the mandate—and it just so happens to have a connection to a longtime friend and donor to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Panera Bread is poised to get a boost from a bizarre clause in the fast-food minimum wage law that exempts "chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item," Bloomberg reports, adding that "Newsom pushed for that break, according to people familiar with the matter."

That exemption stands to benefit Greg Flynn, owner and CEO of the Flynn Restaurant Group, a conglomerate that operates more than 2,300 restaurants nationally and is the second-largest Panera franchisee in the world, according to the company's website. Flynn and Newsom go way back: Bloomberg reports that the two attended the same high school at the same time—Flynn was student body president during Newsom's freshman year—and the restauranteur has donated to Newsom's gubernatorial campaigns and bragged to colleagues about his close relationship with the governor.

[57Brave]

The excuse that sky high red state murder rates are because of their blue cities is without merit. Even after removing the county with the largest city from red states, and not from blue states, red state murder rates were still 20% higher in 2021 and 16% higher in 2022.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...-murder-crisis

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might as well bone up on these numbers boys because they will be coming up again.

[msstate7]

The excuse that sky high red state murder rates are because of their blue cities is without merit. Even after removing the county with the largest city from red states, and not from blue states, red state murder rates were still 20% higher in 2021 and 16% higher in 2022.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...-murder-crisis

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might as well bone up on these numbers boys because they will be coming up again.

How do murder rates line up with black % of population in states?

[nsacpi]

i know higher education is highly prized around here:

Top 5 in % with a college degree or higher:
Massachusetts (51%)
Maryland (49)
Vermont (44)
Colorado (44)
New Jersey (43)

The Bottom 5
West Virginia (24%)
Mississippi (25)
Arkansas (25)
Louisiana (26)
Kentucky (27)

[Tapate50]

The excuse that sky high red state murder rates are because of their blue cities is without merit. Even after removing the county with the largest city from red states, and not from blue states, red state murder rates were still 20% higher in 2021 and 16% higher in 2022.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...-murder-crisis

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might as well bone up on these numbers boys because they will be coming up again.

We covered this in the race thread already bro

[57Brave]

How do murder rates line up with black % of population in states?

Why not get offa your lazy ass and find out for yourself ?

It is no wonder to me Mississippi is all but dead last in every positive living standard metric
And you continually asking me to make your argument for you just furthers that data
To any one that pays attention

I think last I checked, " black % of population "
are US citizens as well.
Pay taxes and serve in military

[nsacpi]

Why not get offa your lazy ass and find out for yourself ?

not the Mississippi way

[57Brave]

We covered this in the race thread already bro

Well, we covered it again, and might again tomorrow
and
I aint your ****in' "bro"

[Garmel]

How do murder rates line up with black % of population in states?

How dare you bring facts to the situation.

[Garmel]

Well, we covered it again, and might again tomorrow
and
I aint your ****in' "bro"

Go **** yourself. Seriously.

[57Brave]

How dare you bring facts to the situation.

no fact presented, a bigoted innuendo/dog whistle at best.

a fact would require research. Research would require effort
effort requires work

[Tapate50]

i know higher education is highly prized around here:

Top 5 in % with a college degree or higher:
Massachusetts (51%)
Maryland (49)
Vermont (44)
Colorado (44)
New Jersey (43)

The Bottom 5
West Virginia (24%)
Mississippi (25)
Arkansas (25)
Louisiana (26)
Kentucky (27)

Lol

It’s literally like you know the demographics

[Garmel]

no fact presented, a bigoted innuendo/dog whistle at best.

a fact would require research. Research would require effort
effort requires work

FBI stats show blacks murder at a rate much higher than whites. That is a fact.

[nsacpi]

The excuse that sky high red state murder rates are because of their blue cities is without merit. Even after removing the county with the largest city from red states, and not from blue states, red state murder rates were still 20% higher in 2021 and 16% higher in 2022.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-...-murder-crisis

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might as well bone up on these numbers boys because they will be coming up again.

I think some of our friends might not know this. But states that voted for Biden in 2020 collectively have a larger African American population than states that voted for Trump.

[Tapate50]

Y’all have to be trolling at this point

[nsacpi]

Lol

It’s literally like you know the demographics

eh...you pretty ignorant about the fact that W Virginia and Kentucky are pretty low as far as African American population shares...as a matter of fact Massachusetts and Maryland (just to pick two states with much higher levels of educational attainment) have a higher proportion of African Americans than W Virginia

so maybe before you suggest to someone that demographics might explain something you might want to you know actually bother to research the numbers

or perhaps ignorance is a more comfortable place to reside

[msstate7]

Why not get offa your lazy ass and find out for yourself ?

It is no wonder to me Mississippi is all but dead last in every positive living standard metric
And you continually asking me to make your argument for you just furthers that data
To any one that pays attention

I think last I checked, " black % of population "
are US citizens as well.
Pay taxes and serve in military

I wouldn't wanna look it up either if I were you. Seems to be a strong correlation. Throw DC in there too

[nsacpi]

For the record. Share of African Americans in population:

W Virginia--3.8%
Massachusetts--7.1%
Maryland--32.0%

[nsacpi]

How do murder rates line up with black % of population in states?

States that voted Biden in 2020 have a larger African American population than states that voted Trump

and yet red states have the higher murder rates

what gives

[msstate7]

States that voted Biden in 2020 have a larger African American population than states that voted Trump

and yet red states have the higher murder rates

what gives

Wait, you talking about raw numbers or per capita?