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Keep Sheriff Joe Free and Throw Out His Conviction

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Former Maricopa County Sheriff, "America's Sheriff,"  Joe Arpaio is an American patriot, who has served and protected American citizens for 55 years. Despite this. he has now been convicted of a crime. This occurred because he upheld state and federal laws involving illegal immigration, which greatly upset the Obama administration. Since this was done a month before the election and Sheriff Joe was supporting Donald Trump could this be an example of a politically motivated hit job? With allegations of illegal unmasking, collusion between the Democrats and Ukraine, Hillary's email, Clinton Pay for Play, Loretta and Bill's clandestine meeting and the DNC fixing the primary --  is it fair that Sheriff Joe was targeted for doing his job? We all need to demand that Sheriff Joe stay free and that his conviction is thrown out! This feat was accomplished by the same Obama administration that let thousands of "undocumented minors" in the U.S. -- and t...

Are Lyft's Earning Claims for Drivers Too Good to be True?

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Update 03/05/2018: A more official study suggesting that my calculations regarding how much a Lyft driver actually makes were correct: http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-heres_how_much_uber_and_lyft_drivers_make_per_hour-rtime/category/finance Sad that the people at Lyft and Uber are able to get away with this.The rates they advertise to attract drivers are at the very least "flawed if not outright dishonest!" With all the bad publicity Uber has received recently, Lyft  is trying to position themselves with the public as a better option and a good citizen in the techie community. They claim all over the internet that a driver can make up to $35 an hour/$1500 a week, which sounds great, but is it too good to be true? I decided to find out! To begin my adventure, I signed up and ultimately chose to use their new "Express Drive program." where a rental car is provided for a fee. To calculate what the costs would be if I used my own vehicle, I...