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Taxpayers will pick up the tab for Melanie's "Be Best" tour in OK, WA & NV next week. (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2019 OP
Another sparkling representative of the Dump family thegoose Feb 2019 #1
I can only hope she is met by tons of peaceful protestors demanding she answer for her husband hlthe2b Feb 2019 #2
Be Gone HopeAgain Feb 2019 #3
This taxpayer is requesting a refund for the "Be Best" tour as a major failure. The Truth Is Here Feb 2019 #4
I hate the idea of paying for athena Feb 2019 #5
Or, "be YOUR best." fierywoman Feb 2019 #11
I know! That tagline just grates on my nerves to no end. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #14
+1000, thanks. Mc Mike Mar 2019 #17
My wife and I say it to each other all the time bif Mar 2019 #18
Oh, shit, she's coming here (WA)... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #6
Maybe you could protest with a sign saying, athena Feb 2019 #7
OMG! LOVE IT !!! fierywoman Feb 2019 #9
"A Tech Company near Seattle"? maxsolomon Feb 2019 #12
Could also be Amazon... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #13
Amazon's main offices are in Seattle. Since they're saying "near," I would guess Microsoft, too. suffragette Mar 2019 #19
lol She wants so badly to be relevant. Solly Mack Feb 2019 #8
... or respectable. fierywoman Feb 2019 #10
Hah! That ship has sailed. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #15
Putin's Best Handler avoids states with worst opioid crisis Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #16
on point.... JuJuYoshida Mar 2019 #20
I don't think it's Microsoft jmowreader Mar 2019 #21

hlthe2b

(101,705 posts)
2. I can only hope she is met by tons of peaceful protestors demanding she answer for her husband
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:50 PM
Feb 2019

and her refusal to call him on HIS bullying and incivility.

Peaceful, for sure, but send a message. Grow a spine or go slithering back to your self-absorbed penthouse.

 

The Truth Is Here

(354 posts)
4. This taxpayer is requesting a refund for the "Be Best" tour as a major failure.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:54 PM
Feb 2019

I don't want to pay for stupidity.

athena

(4,187 posts)
5. I hate the idea of paying for
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

the deterioration of the English language.

“Be best”? Seriously?

You can say, “Be better” or “Be the best.” But “Be best” is not English.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. I know! That tagline just grates on my nerves to no end.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:54 PM
Feb 2019

I am so tired of the dumbing down of America.

Mc Mike

(9,106 posts)
17. +1000, thanks.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 12:46 PM
Mar 2019

Where are all the repug 'english only' xenophobes, while this damn foreigner is running around butchering the language using an official policy program?

bif

(22,558 posts)
18. My wife and I say it to each other all the time
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 01:06 PM
Mar 2019

As a joke. WTF!? Learn how to speak English for god's sake!

athena

(4,187 posts)
7. Maybe you could protest with a sign saying,
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:11 PM
Feb 2019

“Protect the English Language: Reclaim the Definite Article!”

maxsolomon

(32,975 posts)
12. "A Tech Company near Seattle"?
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:15 PM
Feb 2019

I'm going to guess Microsoft.

I'm going to guess that it is not going to be anywhere near a place where protests could muster. Private property campus.

The best shot is to line the likely roads her motorcade will take.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
19. Amazon's main offices are in Seattle. Since they're saying "near," I would guess Microsoft, too.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 01:07 PM
Mar 2019

Weird that she is coming here at all.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. Hah! That ship has sailed.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:55 PM
Feb 2019

Too late Melania. You have lost every scrap of respectability you might have possibly ever had. It's gone for good.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,021 posts)
16. Putin's Best Handler avoids states with worst opioid crisis
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:58 PM
Feb 2019

From CDC:


70,237 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2017. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased significantly by 9.6% from 2016 (19.8 per 100,000) to 2017 (21.7 per 100,000). Opioids—mainly synthetic opioids (other than methadone)—are currently the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Opioids were involved in 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 (67.8% of all drug overdose deaths).

In 2017, the states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose were West Virginia (57.8 per 100,000), Ohio (46.3 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (44.3 per 100,000), the District of Columbia (44.0 per 100,000), and Kentucky (37.2 per 100,000).

States with statistically significant increases in drug overdose death rates from 2016 to 2017 included Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html


Hmmm. No mention of OK, WA, & NV.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
21. I don't think it's Microsoft
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 01:42 PM
Mar 2019

This outfit seems to make software mostly for children. That suggests it’s one of the hundreds of very small, innovative companies in the Puget Sound area.

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