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Location: The best kept secret in TX | NJJ - 2017-02-17 1:11 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-02-17 9:05 AM We also made a comapny pledge of no more Starbuck's either. We used to stop and get everyone here in the office one on fridays as a gift from our boss. We would buy the huge hot coffee boxes and get cups and creamer sent over for meetings during the week. We visited at least 2 or 3 times a day as a company and had people going as individuals as well. (Given, the coffee isn't that great in my opinion but it's close to the office and is handed out for free in the breakroom.)
We now give our business to a local coffee shop about 10min away from the office on our historic square. I read books there all the time and it's a great place with an awesome atmosphere. Coffee is great too. The coffee beans are never over roasted and are great. Plus the owner is the sweetest person in the world and always reccomends great books.
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| the media entetainment all of them are so biase
?ivanka wore a 5000.00 dress the giving her hell but not a word about hillary 12500 jacket she wore at dnc or obamas daughter christmas card pic they were right at 20,000 each but they were adorable the press raved
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | vjls - 2017-02-17 2:31 PM the media entetainment all of them are so biase
?ivanka wore a 5000.00 dress the giving her hell but not a word about hillary 12500 jacket she wore at dnc or obamas daughter christmas card pic they were right at 20,000 each but they were adorable the press raved
its as 2 faced as you can get
hell he can not even fart right Okay... this made me giggle... 
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas!
The San Antonio News had a Mexican woman on saying she didn't work today as a protest. She has a cleaning service and said no one else wants to do that...BS...And wait for it...she makes between $200.00 to $250.00 a day. |
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Location: Kansas | They had their day here too. Most couldn't speak English and were carrying the Mexican flag. When you watch the evening news and hear of a crime then you just wait for a Hispanic name. Working is just mad money. They're knee deep in food stamps, welfare and free medical. They brag about it. I recently had to spend a morning at the Social Security office. It was like an immigrant pep rally. These people make no effort to go through the legal system to become citizens. |
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Location: Kansas | NJJ - 2017-02-17 1:08 PM Frodo - 2017-02-17 11:15 AM mtcanchazer - 2017-02-17 10:46 AM We don't even have a Nordstroms...and to my knowledge none of our stores never had ANY of Trump's or Ivanka Trump's clothing, etc. lines....so it doesn't really make a difference to us.
But, its a free country, and as was pointed out by someone else, if Ivanka Trump's clothing, makeup, shoe, etc. lines were making money, they wouldn't drop them even if he or she was an axe murderer.
In my view, Nordstroms and any other company are well within their rights to drop any line, including Ivanka Trump's. If Nordstroms dropped Mariah Carey's line or Jennifer Lopez's line (which I don't even know if they have, I'm just using those names for an example), would anyone on here really care? No. So Ivanka Trump's line should be viewed the same way. It didn't have anything to do with her line of clothing not selling. It had to do with Donald Trump being her father. Liberals have gone after the President's family with designers refusing to "dress" Melania (their loss she's a work of art) and making fun of Barron who does appear to be autistic but on the other hand he's 10. It's the whole family they're persecuting and conservatives never or rarely remarked on the Obama daughters or Michelle.
Nice try but given "several" high end stores made this move at the same time...... it's labeled a boycott.
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| Nevertooold - 2017-02-17 3:07 PM
GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas!
I got news for her- this fat white woman cleaned offices with 2 other. white women. My mom had a lady home clean for her for years once a week. This woman had arthritis so bad her fingers and toes were misshapen, but she was one tough, sweet lady. Guess what- she was white. So, yeah, white people will work those jobs.
We sure didn't make that much money, either!
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | GLP - 2017-02-17 3:44 PM Nevertooold - 2017-02-17 3:07 PM GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas! I got news for her- this fat white woman cleaned offices with 2 other. white women. My mom had a lady home clean for her for years once a week. This woman had arthritis so bad her fingers and toes were misshapen, but she was one tough, sweet lady. Guess what- she was white. So, yeah, white people will work those jobs. We sure didn't make that much money, either!
Middle class white woman right here and I did my fair share of scrubbing other people's floors and toilets. Aint no shame in my money making game!  |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | IRunOnFaith - 2017-02-17 4:01 PM GLP - 2017-02-17 3:44 PM Nevertooold - 2017-02-17 3:07 PM GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas! I got news for her- this fat white woman cleaned offices with 2 other. white women. My mom had a lady home clean for her for years once a week. This woman had arthritis so bad her fingers and toes were misshapen, but she was one tough, sweet lady. Guess what- she was white. So, yeah, white people will work those jobs. We sure didn't make that much money, either!
I couldn't agree more with both of you.
I'm not much into cleaning but I actually like doing laundry and would do it in a heartbeat to make money. If I needed a job and cleaning houses and toilets was what I could find, I would do it before not working...that is for sure.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Frodo - 2017-02-17 3:20 PM
NJJ - 2017-02-17 1:08 PM Frodo - 2017-02-17 11:15 AM mtcanchazer - 2017-02-17 10:46 AM We don't even have a Nordstroms...and to my knowledge none of our stores never had ANY of Trump's or Ivanka Trump's clothing, etc. lines....so it doesn't really make a difference to us.
But, its a free country, and as was pointed out by someone else, if Ivanka Trump's clothing, makeup, shoe, etc. lines were making money, they wouldn't drop them even if he or she was an axe murderer.
In my view, Nordstroms and any other company are well within their rights to drop any line, including Ivanka Trump's.  If Nordstroms dropped Mariah Carey's line or Jennifer Lopez's line (which I don't even know if they have, I'm just using those names for an example), would anyone on here really care? No. So Ivanka Trump's line should be viewed the same way. It didn't have anything to do with her line of clothing not selling.  It had to do with Donald Trump being her father. Liberals have gone after the President's family with designers refusing to "dress" Melania (their loss she's a work of art) and making fun of Barron who does appear to be autistic but on the other hand he's 10.  It's the whole family they're persecuting and conservatives never or rarely remarked on the Obama daughters or Michelle.
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| Bear - 2017-02-17 7:49 PM
Frodo - 2017-02-17 3:20 PM
NJJ - 2017-02-17 1:08 PM Frodo - 2017-02-17 11:15 AM mtcanchazer - 2017-02-17 10:46 AM We don't even have a Nordstroms...and to my knowledge none of our stores never had ANY of Trump's or Ivanka Trump's clothing, etc. lines....so it doesn't really make a difference to us.
But, its a free country, and as was pointed out by someone else, if Ivanka Trump's clothing, makeup, shoe, etc. lines were making money, they wouldn't drop them even if he or she was an axe murderer.
In my view, Nordstroms and any other company are well within their rights to drop any line, including Ivanka Trump's.  If Nordstroms dropped Mariah Carey's line or Jennifer Lopez's line (which I don't even know if they have, I'm just using those names for an example), would anyone on here really care? No. So Ivanka Trump's line should be viewed the same way. It didn't have anything to do with her line of clothing not selling.  It had to do with Donald Trump being her father. Liberals have gone after the President's family with designers refusing to "dress" Melania (their loss she's a work of art) and making fun of Barron who does appear to be autistic but on the other hand he's 10.  It's the whole family they're persecuting and conservatives never or rarely remarked on the Obama daughters or Michelle.
Nahhhhhh.......that's just a coincidence.
Based on your assertion then, why not announce it all those months ago when decision was made?
Also, TJ Maxx, Marshalls and stores alike sell all sorts of high end brands still found in Nordstrom so just because her brand ends up there doesn't mean anything. |
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Location: Arkansas | Nevertooold - 2017-02-17 3:07 PM
GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas!
This reminded me of a Hispanic lady that came in to the office last month for me to look at her last couple of year's taxes; she was concerned that her current tax preparer wasn't doing them correctly. (She's married and lives with her husband and 3 children---the preparer was filing her HOH claiming the two youngest boys, and the husband was filed single claiming the oldest son and his college tuition. He was picked to be the single one because he has an ITIN and can't get the EIC. So yeah, I'm thinking they didn't file her correctly---but she was getting plenty of money back. When I told her she should amend the past returns and file correctly she said she thought so too, and she had me keep the copies and the current year info. After talking with her husband she was supposed to let me know about amending, but she definitely wanted me to file 2016 the right way. She called the next day and told me she needed all the stuff back "for banking purposes". And I haven't seen her since!) Anyway, I digress. She was grossing over $80000 a year and then claiming expenses in the amount that would let her hit the area of the max refund. I was shocked at that figure. She said she had 8 other ladies working for her; this was her biggest cost she informed me. Perhaps I'm a bad person, but I can't help but wonder how much of that contract labor expense ended up back in her pocket. . . .
After my OT rant---I knew nothing about the protests either. All of our restaurants and businesses were open, regardless of who owns them.
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Location: Nebraska | SloRide - 2017-02-17 8:14 AM
I have never bought anything at Nordstrom before. Will have to go check them out. After that I will hit up my local Target and grab some Starbucks.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | RockinGR - 2017-02-17 10:26 AM I've never shopped at Nordstoms, and had no plans to start. However, I will no longer buy Starbucks coffee on my weekly grocery store trip, and I am getting enrolled in the auto-reorder for Black Rifle coffee company. There is now a two week wait for shipping since their announcement. BOOM! Still ordering : ) 
We are enrolled too. Love it so far. Great service
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Ivanka will be just fine. She'll bounce back and continue to be a very successful woman. I don't know if the decision of these stores are based on performance or politics, but some suggest it's the latter. Perhaps the "pro immigration memo" issued by Nordstroms is a hint.
I love how these morons get away with insinuating Trumps anti ILLEGAL immigration can be morphed into "anti-immigration":
Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Line Is Becoming a Casualty of Her Father’s Presidency
The Washingtonian ^ | February 5, 2017 | Hayley Garrison Phillips
Posted on February 8, 2017 at 8:04:22 AM AST by Truth29
Getting dumped by Nordstrom, which helped Ivanka launch her brand in 2011, bodes even worse for the first daughter’s business. This isn’t a singular designer making a personal political statement, it’s a commercial giant slowly backing away from a name it thinks might be bad for business. Neiman Marcus followed suit Friday when it pulled Ivanka Trump’s jewelry collection. Whether those actions are the result of a real lag in sales or are publicity-based decisions, if two major retailers are dropping her brand, others—including Bloomingdale’s, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Zappos, and Amazon—now have precedent to follow. And even if Nordstrom says dropping Ivanka was a “performance”-based decision, the company hasn’t been entirely apolitical, judging by a pro-immigration memo the company’s executives sent to their employees last week.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Nevertooold - 2017-02-17 1:07 PM
GLP - 2017-02-17 10:12 AM ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant... Not down here. All the taquerias were open. We are way over 50% Mexican down here. I didn't notice or hear about any businesses closed in my area. Yay, South Texas!
I wasn't one who even fiddled with the idea of college. I hated school every single day. But I have no problem working. My family built several houses together and we aren't afraid to get physical. I cleaned houses with my mom starting when I was 13. That woman is the strongest lady I know. She has bursitis in her hip. Rheumatoid arthritis in her neck, wrists and elbows. Bad knees, etc. But she cleaned houses for years and years with a smile on her face.
I cleaned houses when I moved out, and although it was good money, it wasn't $200 a day good! But it paid bills and helped out the people I cleaned for.
Hubby and I were talking about this the other day. I'm happily a stay at home mom. But he works **** hard to support my daughter and I... and horses, dogs, and cats. And he's tired of having to work so hard to pay for all the people who flourished under obamas reign. Time for the unwilling to get off their lazy arses and pay for their own way. |
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Location: Oklahoma | ~BINGO~ - 2017-02-17 9:16 AM
How many of you all noticed stores and restaurants closed for "immigration day" protests? Hubby and I went to go to lunch yesterday and our favorite Mexican food place (go figure) was closed with a protest sign out front. Guess I'll be finding a new fave restaurant...
5 employees of a restaurant here stayed home and when they came back the next day, they were fired. The restaurant stated they have a strict "no call, no show, you're fired" policy. The ones fired were all on the news whining because they got fired. I say more power to the restaurant!!! |
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Location: Oklahoma | Frodo - 2017-02-17 3:16 PM
They had their day here too. Â Most couldn't speak English and were carrying the Mexican flag. Â When you watch the evening news and hear of a crime then you just wait for a Hispanic name. Â Working is just mad money. Â They're knee deep in food stamps, welfare and free medical. Â They brag about it. Â I recently had to spend a morning at the Social Security office. Â It was like an immigrant pep rally. Â These people make no effort to go through the legal system to become citizens. Â
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