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Fantine · 2026-02-26T18:40:42-0600

Alaska: $14.00 (effective July 1, 2026)

Arizona: $15.15

Arkansas: $11.00 (for employers with 4+ employees; $7.25 for fewer than 4)

California: $16.90

Colorado: $15.16

Connecticut: $16.94

Delaware: $15.00

District of Columbia: $17.00

Hawaii: $14.00

Maine: $14.15

Maryland: $15.00

Massachusetts: $15.00

Michigan: $10.33

Minnesota: $10.85

Nebraska: $12.00

Nevada: $12.00

New Jersey: $15.92 (6+ employees) / $14.23 (fewer than 6)

New York: $17.00 (NYC, Long Island, Westchester) / $16.00 (rest of state)

Oregon: $16.30 (Portland metro) / $15.05 (standard) / $14.05 (non-urban)

Pennsylvania: $7.25 (federal applies)

Rhode Island: $16.00

South Dakota: $11.85

Vermont: $14.42

Virginia: $12.77

Washington: $17.13

Washington, D.C.: $17.00

States with federal minimum wage ($7.25/hour) Minimum-Wage.org+1

Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (some localities higher)

Pennsylvania and Virginia aren't low cost state, and neither are many parts of Texas and Georgia.

It would be more accurate to assess poverty levels to see whether wages in certain states are adequate or inadequate. I imagine most minimum wages are inadequate--but how inadequate.

Jan001 · 2026-02-26T18:40:21-0600

samaus123456789 said:
I can explain pretty much every single prophecy in the bible but it takes a long time so I will post an important one here
Jude quotes Enoch 7th from Adam about the Romans destroying Jerusalem 70 AD, and killing the people that killed Jesus, and quotes 1 Enoch 1:1-9. Enoch says it is a prophecy for a remote generation because he is writing pre flood about an event thousands of years into the future. He says people will be in tribulation like Jesus said 70 AD would be great tribulation. Enoch says God will come over MT Sinai because Jerusalem is metaphorically called MT Sinai (Galatians 4 25) first century AD, and Jesus told the apostles he was coming back in their lifetime. Jesus came back 70 AD like all the prophecies said, all the Israelites rose from the dead, the faithful ones got raptured same with some of the living pre destined elect remnant of the lost sheep of the house of Israel which was the 144 000 in Rev 7 all saved via belief in Jesus by 70 AD. Rev 1-12 happened 70 AD but Rev 13-22 is future. Gospel of Nicodemus inspired apocrypha for the wise only (like 1 Enoch is) has more info on people that raised from the dead the day Jesus died. Also some of the other acts Pilate has more info on the event too.

Jude does not say that the prophecy concerning Enoch actually came from the Book of Enoch. It could have been a prophecy that was passed down orally. If it was in a manuscript that Jude read, it doesn't mean that "Enoch 7th from Adam" actually authored it. We just don't know.

timewerx · 2026-02-26T18:35:24-0600

Was freediving the other day on the pool that is shallow <5ft deep, swimming at the bottom. You know when you hold your breath for long periods while swimming underwater until you can't (reflex w/e) and you surface for air.

However, in the last run, I stayed underwater significantly longer beyond the time I can hold my breath while swimming as I never felt the urge/reflex to surface for air and even when surfacing, I simply breathed normally, no forced breathing.

I think I fell into a trance. I think it's the combination of soft, soothing sounds I made as I slowly swam to the other end of the pool, the darkness (it was early evening when I swam), the calming sensation of swimming slowly underwater, and finally, the slow, pulsating underwater pool lights. It's like a scene from a horror sci-fi film.

I'm worried that I could easily lose consciousness while holding my breath underwater in a totally relaxed / meditative state. Is this dangerous or even deadly, potentially never waking up after losing consciousness?

I'd hate to give up this activity. It's an amazing way to meditate.

Fantine · 2026-02-26T18:34:42-0600

The accused--no matter who, or what party (s)he belongs to--should be barred from firing the accusers.

Fantine · 2026-02-26T18:33:35-0600

I suggest the affected day care centers in Minnesota and California have volunteer-led voter registration drives, so that they can hold the right party accountable for their children's lack of care.

Fantine · 2026-02-26T18:31:36-0600

I'm wondering why the Comer committee didn't have a public hearing, as the Clintons wished. Here's the impression that leaves. They have nothing to hide. The partisan witch hunters who want to divert attention away from Trump have plenty to hide.

For example, the 53 pages that are suddenly missing, and which a Democrat Congressman who had seen and read them said it contained substantial information about the 13 year old girl who talked about Trump raping her. Out of a million pages, those 53 are missing? This committee is corrupted--but if Republican Congressman Gonzalez of Texas is forced to resign, Johnson's 1 person majority disappears, and Comer and the other Trump-protectors will be shut down.

Hentenza · 2026-02-26T18:30:01-0600

Jipsah said:
How many mass murders are actually committed without them?

Here. Maybe some research might help you. Shall we ban cars too? The ignorance of progressives continues to amaze me.

“Fifteen people were killed, and more than 30 injured, when a man drove a pick-up truck at high speed through crowds of people in the streets of New Orleans in the early hours of New Year's Day.

The attack in the US, which is being treated by the FBI as "an act of terrorism", came only a fortnight after an SUV was driven into crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people and injuring 200.”

Terror on wheels: the history of vehicle-ramming attacks

Cars and lorries have now become 'the jihadist's weapon of choice' but they've been a mass-killing weapon for years

theweek.com

“This is a list of vehicle-ramming attacks. A vehicle-ramming attack also known as a vehicle as a weapon or VAW attack, is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately rams a vehicleinto a building, multiple people, or another vehicle.[1][2][a]

According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts in 2008, this method of attack represented a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings.[3] Deliberate vehicle-ramming into a crowd of people is a tactic often used by terrorists, becoming a major terrorist tactic in the 2010s because it requires relatively little skill to perpetrate and it has the potential to cause significant casualties.[4][5]”

List of vehicle-ramming attacks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Rescued One · 2026-02-26T18:27:52-0600

World Central Kitchen, is a charity I found on Fox News.

RDKirk · 2026-02-26T18:27:37-0600

Firstlightdawn said:
NATO is not getting the job done. Greenland has resources that we want and need. If this were the Kingdom age Jesus would work it out so everyone got what was fair for them. NATO is failing to do that. There is already a problem with Russia and Nato over Ukraine. I do not blame Trump for being upset that NATO is not doing their job.

NATO cannot resolve the Greenland issue because it has no authority over territorial sovereignty, and the dispute is between two NATO allies. There is no international court and we clearly need one. Trump is trying to work with Greenland and Denmark but no one wants to work out a deal with him over what he wants and needs.

Even in the kingdom age there will be nations that do not want to work with Jesus. Zechariah 14:17. This is the clearest Kingdom‑Age statement that some nations will refuse to cooperate with Jesus, and that He will respond with drought.

Jesus can enforce obedience in the Kingdom Age because all authority belongs to Him, His justice is perfect, and His rule restores creation rather than exploiting it.

There is no international court to settle disputes but there is an international court to stop military action.

You are equating Trump to Jesus.

But I'm not surprised that you are.

Yarddog · 2026-02-26T18:26:57-0600

Valletta said:
6000 more calls. Sometimes minutes count for getting someone to the emergency room.

I agree but I'm sure ICE caused more harm than a system where 6000 is only a 10% increase.

The Liturgist · 2026-02-26T18:24:37-0600

BNR32FAN said:
I don’t have a big problem with anyone else doing it but I try not to make connections between things like this unless it’s specifically mentioned in scripture.

In the case of the typological connection between Genesis 1 and John 1 - it is specifically Scriptural, since John 1 explicitly quotes Genesis 1

FaithT · 2026-02-26T18:19:05-0600

Akita Suggagaki said:
I don’t hear much about Centering Prayer anymore, nor The Jesus Prayer. I think it would be helpful to talk about the experience in a group. To process what had.

I went to a prayer evening once or twice put on by some Religious Sisters at a nearby Catholic school campus. I think we did Centuring Prayer. I had a hard time with it.

eclipsenow · 2026-02-26T18:13:22-0600

I answered this in the Mullah's thread.

eclipsenow · 2026-02-26T18:09:42-0600

Protecting the vulnerable alien - such a "Christian" regime!

Police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old visually impaired refugee who was released by the US Border Patrol kilometres away from his home.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam's family had instead expected him to be released from a New York jail and reported him missing.

Advocates say the agents failed to leave him in a safe location and that the decision was "unprofessional and inhumane".

Blind refugee dies after detention by US border agents

Nurul Amin Shah Alam's family had expected him to be released from a New York jail and reported him missing. He was found dead after temperatures dropped below freezing.

www.abc.net.au

Akita Suggagaki · 2026-02-26T18:09:39-0600

Servus said:
Republicans will talk about how good it was. Democrats will talk about how bad it was.

Did anyone cross the aisle or think for themselves?

ThatRobGuy · 2026-02-26T18:09:05-0600

mark46 said:
Trump can generally have who he wants. However, the limit has been reached here as it should have been with Kennedy.

I think the key difference here is that Kennedy perhaps got a little more support to get him over the tipping point on account of him speaking to some things that actually were valid (chronic disease resulting from poor diets and processed foods were gripes that some people across the political spectrum have had for some time -- and most recently, heavily focused on in the right-leaning "man-o-sphere" as they call it)

Or, more succinctly, at the very least the "people need to get off their butts, workout, and eat a steak instead of playing video games and eating chips and soda" resonated with some people.

As where, it sounds like this person is into all the quackery aspects, and also into the left-leaning "hippy" kind of stuff (meditation shrines, communing with trees, etc...)

NxNW · 2026-02-26T18:00:36-0600

essentialsaltes said:
Elizabeth Warren was applauding it at the SOTU. Our choices are:

Higher earners pay for it. [smiley face]
Everyone pays for it, so we are effectively funding it ourselves with our own taxes. [quizzical face]
Nobody pays for it. It just increases deficits and debt. [frowny face]

The trifecta!

essentialsaltes · 2026-02-26T18:00:27-0600

Fervent said:
A Jesus crucified, but why on Earth would anyone subscribe to something so outlandish as God coming in the flesh to die what is perhaps the most shameful death?

Certainly beats me!

Questioning Brother · 2026-02-26T17:50:07-0600

Veloman said:
Okay, so let me get this straight......
The Almighty creator of the universe with limitless knowledge and power that created everything that there is DECIDES to make his presence known to YOU in your time of need, and in NO WAY do you indicate even the least bit of gratitude to God for demonstrating that He is there? You know, a lot of times God allows us to go through trials to stretch/strengthen our faith just like the disciples, apostles, and early church fathers BUT THEY ALWAYS SHOWED HUMBLE GRATITUDE TO GOD DESPITE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES as an example. I think God is trying to get you to just persevere through some tough times.
I'll tell ya this, too: Anytime God shares His presence with me, I am honored and humbled to the point of tears. How much do you REALLY love God?

Trials and painful situations do not stretch my faith. They vaporize it. He makes himself known to me. yes, but does NOTHING ELSE. I don't care about His presence since it does zero to actually help the situation. I begged him to help. not comfort, not strengthen, not gove wisdom, not any of that, actually help. He didn't. He has shown me I cannot rely on Him. I cannot trust Him.

Your video is fine I am sure, but what I am dealing with has nothing to do with that.

Akita Suggagaki · 2026-02-26T17:47:14-0600

View this on an amazing woman

Independent Lens | The Inquisitor | Season 27 | Episode 6

Meet Barbara Jordan: a civil rights icon whose powerful voice masked a complex private life.

www.pbs.org

Michie · 2026-02-26T17:41:08-0600

You said:
They weren't truthful either when they named the nation United States of America. They should have called it the "United States of Israel" instead.

Most members don't know it but Freemasonry is a Jewish fraternity. The rituals and symbols alone are a dead giveaway of the Judaist roots and they deny it. So much for honesty. The founders of USA are Freemasons.

Good luck.

RileyG · 2026-02-26T17:28:25-0600

Michie said:
This time he looked stupid while doing it.

Eh? I don’t think you’re wrong.

essentialsaltes · 2026-02-26T17:23:54-0600

Aryeh Jay said:
That's right, Aryeh Jay is not the one you are looking for.

Oh, hey, remind me who your boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' boss is.

Jan001 · 2026-02-26T17:15:52-0600

RandyPNW said:
But here's a question for you:
What do you believe the OT concept of "Salvation" was and meant?

I think most OT Israelites were concerned about their physical life here on earth. Some were concerned about living a righteous life to please God. Abraham is one example. Most Israelites kept the rules to avoid bodily consequences such as stoning and other physical punishments such as "an eye for an eye."

I know that most practicing Jews of today do not believe in a hell of everlasting fire for anyone, except for maybe a few people, including Hitler. They do believe in Gehinnom, a place of purification after death, but no one is in there for more than twelve months.

The Jews of today believe that at the time of the Messianic Age, God will physically resurrect the dead, reuniting souls with their bodies in a new, perfected form.

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