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Of Course We Hate Government Employees: They Represent Everything Bad In Our COuntry (Except The Media/Entertainment Complex)
It's "Reason," so the subtext is because government won't let them smoke marijuana while overseeing their H1Bs. But the point stands...more and more people seem to be expressing their contempt of and dislike for government. And to the liberals who squawk about it, I have to bite back, "tough shit. What the hell did you think was going to happen when you voted for big government? Are you really that stupid?"
Government Employees Think People Hate Them. Increasingly, They're Right
"People actively hate us," one recently retired U.S. Border Patrol agent complains in a New York Times piece on morale and recruitment problems at the federal agency. In El Paso, an active duty agent admitted he and his colleagues avoid many restaurants because "there's always the possibility of them spitting in your food."That sounds as much like a breakdown of civility than as hatred of government, but I certainly understand the feeling. The contempt for the taxpayer and the pleasure of control just oozes from many government functionaries with whom I have dealt for many years. But as government grows, their reach grows apace. When government was smaller, we simply didn't have to deal with these people as much. But now? The Leviathan indeed!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at September 22, 2019 12:17 PM (yDjHx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at September 22, 2019 12:18 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2019 12:18 PM (gzG43)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2019 12:19 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: firefirefire at September 22, 2019 12:20 PM (LVVMh)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at September 22, 2019 12:20 PM (kQs4Y)
Trump just said "I'm not going to comment on Biden, Biden's got enough problems. I'm not going to talk about that."
And then immediately detailed the oh but he bragged about bribing Ukraine to fire the prosecutor investigating Hunter's company.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 12:21 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:22 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2019 12:22 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 22, 2019 12:23 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 22, 2019 12:25 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 12:27 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2019 12:28 PM (4thlk)
But the reaction shows that America is composed of two nations that absolutely -hate- each other. Given how leftists are destroying the memory of the Confederates who fought for their homes, the South is not likely to accept being enslaved by another false peace designed to destroy their culture. This one will be war to the hilt.
Posted by: trev006 at September 22, 2019 12:28 PM (4vYtG)
The ones that dispise me, and suspect that is a very large number
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 12:28 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Old Dude at September 22, 2019 12:28 PM (LGXGf)
Posted by: MW at September 22, 2019 12:29 PM (hNTtn)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2019 12:29 PM (EgshT)
Tell you what. When government employees are subject to the expectations, responsibility and consequences that those in the private sector are subject to, I'll respect them more.
When they start treating the public like customers whose confidence they need to maintain instead of subjects they can treat any way they want, I'll respect them more.
When they start treating the public purse as something precious and delicate instead of an infinitely expanding sack of cash, I'll respect them more.
No doubt many public employees do. Unfortunately, I rarely run across them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:29 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 22, 2019 12:31 PM (438dO)
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Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 22, 2019 12:32 PM (BqBId)
If only the IRS and all the other Deep State agencies wore uniforms so we could pick them out in a crowd, huh ?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 22, 2019 12:33 PM (c1yAg)
They are funding people who want to tax the public into penury to pay them more.
Posted by: sven at September 22, 2019 12:33 PM (xbWHd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:34 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:35 PM (mpXpK)
From the local gang at the firehouse to Mordor on the Potomac, the amount of money these looters take in would shock even Al Capone.
Pay them all minimum wage and watch the cockroaches disappear.
A man can dream.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 22, 2019 12:35 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: lin-duh at September 22, 2019 12:36 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 12:36 PM (oGBso)
example that comes to mind when I have negative thoughts about
"government employees." I've had a lot more damage done by someone
behind a desk than someone in a uniform.
Posted by: MW at September 22, 2019 12:29 PM (hNTtn)
THIS! It's not border patrol I have an issue with. I know some total layabouts who have government jobs who show up for work whenever they want to and do nothing when they are there and are just marking time until they can collect their fat pension.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 22, 2019 12:36 PM (x2ZE6)
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:39 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2019 12:28 PM (4thlk)
Sounds about right. We've all got our horror stories. But I've got bad stories in the private sector too. The difference is, the State has police power over you. You can tell a company to GF and take your business elsewhere. You can't do that with the State. They know it.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 12:39 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Secular Blasphemy at September 22, 2019 12:39 PM (A+Gmv)
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Literally *everything* can be a crime if someone wants it to.
Shoot a BB gun at a woodpecker who is knocking holes in your wood siding? Felony.
Make a pet out of a crow who got knicked by a car and can't fly anymore? Felony.
The list is endless.
Show me the man and I'll show you the crime.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:40 PM (9nhoD)
Shh. We like Ratched.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 12:41 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:41 PM (9nhoD)
Correct, the government mobilized against a person will eventually find a way to bankrupt them.
"The process is the punishment" is rule one to the civil service.
Posted by: sven at September 22, 2019 12:41 PM (xbWHd)
nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/nbc-wsj-poll-
record-share-voters-dislike-trump-personally-democrats-
n1057036
Posted by: Frank Bank at September 22, 2019 12:41 PM (ChVRV)
Posted by: sven at September 22, 2019 12:42 PM (xbWHd)
Is she still... *draws outline with hands*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:34 PM (7rVsF)
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Survey SAYSSSSSSSSS ????? YES!
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 22, 2019 12:42 PM (BqBId)
Even if you hate "big government", isn't law enforcement one of the few things government is supposed to do? Even in a libertarian paradise?
And I doubt these same illegals hate their own home country's border patrol.
Posted by: Blago at September 22, 2019 12:42 PM (sjTfF)
Sure sport, he is higher rated day for day than Ogabe.
When we win I will laugh at you, again.
Posted by: sven at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (xbWHd)
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:39 PM (mpXpK)
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I dunno about the feds, but at the state & local level (Illinois - spit) you retire with 80% ish percent of your final salary including bonus bumps the year you retire, with a guaranteed 3% untouchable COLA per year. After 15 years or so you are making double what your initial retirement package was.
Oh and Border Patrol/ICE is one of the few govt employees I'm okay with. Paperpushers in the bureaucracy are the problem.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (oGBso)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (Y4EXg)
I'm guessing people like money and being able to feed their kids more than almost anything, but I'll concede the point that voters are f*cking idiots for the most part.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (9nhoD)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (nDe2U)
Of course the irony is none of them knows Trump "personally." They're dupes of an Alinsky Narrative con, the "personalize and polarize."
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 12:44 PM (H8QX8)
Harassment of Border Patrol and ICE is being committed by statists who want to import more statist voters to vote for bigger more intrusive government. Protecting the borders and controlling who's allowed in the country are actually legitimate functions of the federal government.
This is a bad example.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 22, 2019 12:44 PM (t5m5e)
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:45 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Infidel at September 22, 2019 12:45 PM (BLFnH)
Such an imagination you've got.
Also FIFY.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 12:45 PM (Fao6g)
Professional liars disguised as journalists with megaphones....
Ask the average person on the street what they think about the media Frank Bank it is illustrative.
Posted by: sven at September 22, 2019 12:45 PM (xbWHd)
Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2019 12:46 PM (t+qrx)
Oh, please. You probably hate Alyssa Milano personally and you've never met her.
I had a lot invested in hating Trump personally, I'd hated him since the early 80s. It took me until about last year to come around on him.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 12:46 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:46 PM (9nhoD)
Posted by: lowandslow at September 22, 2019 12:46 PM (4thlk)
Of course the irony is none of them knows Trump "personally." They're dupes of an Alinsky Narrative con, the "personalize and polarize."
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 12:44 PM (H8QX
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True, but this shows that the MSM still wields the power and no amount of talk radio or Fox News (which isn't that conservative anymore) can counteract it.
There is no way Trump can become personally popular. If the economy improves and he doesn't do anything stupid on twitter, I could see his job approval topping out at 47% (in the major polls, not rasmussen).
But he will always be personally hated by the majority.
Posted by: Frank at September 22, 2019 12:47 PM (ChVRV)
level (Illinois - spit) you retire with 80% ish percent of your final
salary including bonus bumps the year you retire, with a guaranteed 3%
untouchable COLA per year. After 15 years or so you are making double
what your initial retirement package was.
Oh and Border Patrol/ICE is one of the few govt employees I'm okay with. Paperpushers in the bureaucracy are the problem.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 12:43 PM (oGBso)
State governments, particularly in the North, have been robbed robbing the taxpayers blind with union contracts that the unions wrote themselves.
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:47 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2019 12:48 PM (nDe2U)
In the same theme, I remember even before the Watergate 'scandal' that saying the name 'President Nixon' would elicit spit.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 12:48 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: xa4 nasal radiator at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM (xkudx)
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This is a good point, and it's amazing to consider how conservative the nation actually is.
The left controls schools, government, welfare, every major city and most smaller ones, Hollywood, etc., and the country still votes half and half.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM (9nhoD)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM (1L9V9)
Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2019 12:46 PM (t+qrx)
It's also poor in prisons, bathhouses, VD clinics, welfare offices, and other Democrat strongholds.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM (Fao6g)
How did it go yesterday?
Posted by: Infidel
Best of Opposite Sex to Duckie, who was Best of Breed. It's the same result as the 2019 National Specialty, so I was spared the three-hour lecture on the drive home about my shortcomings as a handler. Her Majesty was even mildly complimentary.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:51 PM (7rVsF)
That sounds as much like a breakdown of civility than as hatred of government, but I certainly understand the feeling.
Exactly. I don't care how much I might 'hate' someone, I'm not going to be an immature asshole and spit in their food.
And the problem is not the "breakdown in civility", but the promotion and celebration of that breakdown by those in positions of power/influence on the Left (media, politicians, etc.).
As stated in Boondock Saints, "Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."
Antifa would not exist if they were being punished for their terrorism. People wouldn't be spitting in food or attacking people at restaurants or other public places, if they were roundly condemned by everyone, instead of cheered on by the Left.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 22, 2019 12:51 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: BignJames at September 22, 2019 12:51 PM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 12:51 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 12:52 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 12:53 PM (cqNba)
The Heinleinian Permanent Civil Service Masters should be eaten and sodomized , er, sacrificed by Aztec Cannibal Zombies.
Posted by: Pendulous Richard at September 22, 2019 12:53 PM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 12:53 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 12:53 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at September 22, 2019 12:18 PM (kQs4Y)
No, just scapegoated.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2019 12:53 PM (xG/b0)
Posted by: lin-duh at September 22, 2019 12:54 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: lin-duh
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WHAT??!!
Wow, TX goes up even more in my estimation.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 12:55 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM (9nhoD)
It's the next best thing to a dictatorship. Every since there's been 2 people on earth, one has wanted to control the other.
Posted by: BignJames at September 22, 2019 12:55 PM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Any town with more than 30K residents in it is under the total control of the Democrats.
Posted by: Vic at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (mpXpK)
Well, I seem to have totally missed that gravy train. According to the most recent figures I got from the IL State Employees Retirement System, (leaving aside for now the issue of whether the pension will still exist in a decade or so) I can expect about $1,400 a month if I were to retire at age 60 (not planning on it). That's $16,800 a year, which of course is better than a lot of other people have, but hardly "huge". And that's assuming it even still exists by the time I retire.
Most of the six-figure pension horror stories, at least at the state level, involve educators who got big salary spikes at the end of their careers, or police/fire pensioners who ran up lots of overtime and/or unused sick/vacation time that they cashed in on when they retired. It also helps to have started working for the gubmint right out of college or military service instead of waiting until your mid 40s like I did.
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (9WuX0)
The left controls schools, government, welfare, every major city and most smaller ones, Hollywood, etc., and the country still votes half and half.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 12:49 PM
Not sure we can judge how conservative is the nation based on voting results. Considering voter turnout is usually only around 55% of the voting age population.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (Do5/p)
The only value you have now is what money can be taken from you. After you retire your contributory value will decline and your societal expense will rise.
IT'S CRACKER TIME OLD WHITE MAN!
Posted by: Pendulous Richard at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 12:57 PM (ZCEU2)
I see the Yankees and their media lapdogs are whining about umpires treating them like other baseball players.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:57 PM (7rVsF)
I can state with unimpeachable authority that Eris is not an old white man.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 12:57 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta
Who could possibly hate Eris ?
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 12:59 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Infidel at September 22, 2019 12:59 PM (BLFnH)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 12:59 PM (cqNba)
Save the Earth-Eliminate Skool Buses!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 22, 2019 01:00 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 12:57 PM (7rVsF)
In fairness, the Yankees have gotten some really bad calls just recently.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:00 PM (Fao6g)
"Oh please" yourself. I don't hate Alyssa Milano "personally" or anybody else with whom I haven't had some personal interaction or who hasn't done material damage to my life or my country.
My point was that many people who "hate" Donald Trump "personally" have never seen or heard him outside a remote and distorted filter, and in such a way which analogizes some distortion of what he's said or proposed with his supposedly hate-worthy character.
From all I've heard, Donald Trump is a magnanimous spirit, but to learn this you must escape the oppressive ubiquity of the MSM and their twisted Narratives.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 01:00 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Greta Thunberg, meatball-scented Druid philosopher at September 22, 2019 01:01 PM (EgshT)
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Elitists. The sans-culottes and the 'shirtless' (sans camisos?) RUs.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 01:01 PM (MIKMs)
Won't it be great when government is so tiny that the corporations can make all our decisions for us?
I used to read their web site, but it's now clear to me that four groups formed the core of the Libertarian Establishment:
1. Druggies
2. Perverts
3. Communists
4. Plutocrats
The first two are pretty obvious, but the Communist connection comes from the fact that the Communists were the chief beneficiaries of "free speech" movements and attacks on censorship. Now that they're gaining power, suddenly "hate speech" is an issue and must be crushed.
Finally, it was always the plutocrats ponying up the cash to fund Libertarian Fonzie and his fellow LARPers. Their "free movement of labor" plank always made zero sense in a Welfare State, but now they've figured out how to implement it without a single law being passed.
Trump pointed that out, moved to stop it and suddenly the Koch family decided that Republicans Are The Worst.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:02 PM (cfSRQ)
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Not sure we can judge how conservative is the nation based on voting results. Considering voter turnout is usually only around 55% of the voting age population.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (Do5/p)
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That might make the point stronger considering that the slack 45% are the dumbasses more than likely consuming most of the aforementioned leftist utopianism diet.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:02 PM (9nhoD)
No, I'm not bitter, why do you ask?
Posted by: pookysgirl, scrivener extraordinaire at September 22, 2019 01:03 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:03 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 01:03 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 01:04 PM (cqNba)
Posted by: Greta Thunberg, meatball-scented Druid philosopher at September 22, 2019 01:04 PM (EgshT)
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 01:05 PM (9WuX0)
Too wordy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2019 01:04 PM (cqNba)
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I can get a little blabbery on the weekends.
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 01:05 PM (mitVr)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:05 PM (NWiLs)
My worst "civil servant" experience has been with military contractors,
specifically those who run housing on bases.
Posted by: pookysgirl, scrivener extraordinaire at September 22, 2019 01:03 PM (XKZwp)
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No need to be specific. Twice I've seen contractors come out to work on a building on our base to do maintenance on the roof. It was loud, disruptive and of course as soon as it rained, the roof - which hitherto worked just fine - leaked like a sieve.
Then the contractors came back out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:06 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 01:06 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2019 01:06 PM (I2/tG)
I liked them young...
Posted by: Zombie Ann Richards at September 22, 2019 01:07 PM (HBol5)
Posted by: Sniffin' Uncle Joe Biden at September 22, 2019 01:08 PM (EgshT)
A lot of career employees are choosing to leave rather than move to flyover country.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:09 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (9WuX0)
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I don't know what area of govt you work in, but yes the horror stories are mostly based on education bureaucrats and teachers. And I'm not picking on you personally, I'm looking at the math.
Chicago teachers are about to go on strike, even though they are approaching $100K a year salary. Teachers in the 8-county (not sure, it used to be 6 county but Chi-town is gobbling up counties into its orbit at a fast clip) area all have starting salaries over $50K and once in the system the lane/step system gets you near $100K right quick.
School systems are the biggest employers in just about any town or suburb. All govt employees added together are almost always the biggest group of employed persons anywhere in the USA in any jurisdiction. Mostly can't be fired and mostly can't have their compensation diminished.
To use the greenies term, it's not sustainable. The few can't continue to support the many.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 01:09 PM (oGBso)
I work for USACE, so I'm Army, but also a government employee.
Get yer hate on, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 22, 2019 01:10 PM (vVOK2)
One of my cousins met him before he ran for President when he was playing golf at one of Trump's courses. Trump was playing either right before or right after my cousin's crew, and was very congenial, asking how they liked the course, etc.
They met up again in the course restaurant, where Trump asked how they liked the food, etc. and offered to buy them lunch (which they politely declined).
All in all, my cousin was impressed with how nice he was, and this was considerably before he ran for President.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:10 PM (Fao6g)
I imagine that when one voted on behalf of your entire household there was more practicality and less emotion involved
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 01:11 PM (G546f)
A lot of career employees are choosing to leave rather than move to flyover country.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:09 PM (cfSRQ)
A brilliant move, and much needed.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:11 PM (Fao6g)
I work for USACE, so I'm Army, but also a government employee.
Get yer hate on, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 22, 2019 01:10 PM (vVOK2
Is that pronounced "you-sachee"?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (NWiLs)
Progressives believe that they are the benighted enlightened rulers of the world and that people will become their beast of burden. And the protected sitting in the townhalls or DC HQs are very willing to let the everyday worker on the frontline become the evil face of government (and the threats and deaths that come with that) so that they can have power.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (JFO2v)
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (80Uh3)
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 01:05 PM (9WuX0)
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I thought Gov Pritzker and Comrade Madigan just pushed through a bill that eliminated that whole Tier 2 thing.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (oGBso)
I imagine that when one voted on behalf of your entire household there was more practicality and less emotion involved
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 01:11 PM (G546f)
Plus the voter had skin in the game. Raise taxes? He'll be paying them. Go to war? He'll be fighting it.
Focuses the mind, it does.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:10 PM (Fao6g)
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I have heard the same, from a friend-of-a-friend who relates that Trump was very cordial but also ruthless in terms of driving home the deal.
Contra the stories that he stiffs creditors, I was told that he drove a hard bargain but kept it and the relationship worked out for all parties concerned.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:13 PM (cfSRQ)
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The federal government - you know, the federal government that passed laws punishing age discrimination - have jobs that you can't apply for if you're over a certain age.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:13 PM (9nhoD)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 01:14 PM (ZCEU2)
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The federal government - you know, the federal government that passed laws punishing age discrimination - have jobs that you can't apply for if you're over a certain age.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:13 PM (9nhoD)
That's whole game now, it seems. If you're over 40 and trying to get a new job in your chosen profession, you're pretty much fucked. It's technically against the law to discriminate against people over 40, so they use words like "overqualified" or "not a good cultural fit" to camouflage it.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:15 PM (NWiLs)
CBP has had hate ginned up against them by commie-industrial complex.
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 01:12 PM (80Uh3)
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Well, yes. Reason hates border enforcement, so they want to broadcast news that *everyone* hates it as well.
Funny, no one's talking about postal carriers being attacked, or teachers spit on, just the Designated Targets of the Plutocrats.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:15 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 01:15 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 01:15 PM (9WuX0)
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I'm guessing it all depends on if he wants something from you or not.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:18 PM (9nhoD)
He revealed this in particular when he referred to "HIS military" and clearly viewed himself much the way Mugabe considered himself.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:18 PM (Fao6g)
Back the Theocracy of 1878!
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:19 PM (yQpMk)
No, they didn't, maybe it was discussed at one time but I've heard nothing about it and Tier 2 is still firmly in place.
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 01:19 PM (9WuX0)
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I'm guessing it all depends on if he wants something from you or not.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:18 PM (9nhoD)
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Bill Maher (yes I'm aware) has stated more than once that he gave Barky a million dollars, and Barky proceeded to treat him like he owed Barky a million dollars.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 01:19 PM (oGBso)
Posted by: Frank Marshall Davis at September 22, 2019 01:20 PM (yQpMk)
Hope it is more civilized under Gov Abbot
Posted by: LoneRanger at September 22, 2019 01:21 PM (eaw6P)
Posted by: squidword at September 22, 2019 01:22 PM (Hw4bz)
branch agency that is not unionized and in which employment is at will
and we CAN be fired (though it happens rarely). Most state jobs that
people know and hate -- drivers license bureau, state troopers and park
rangers, welfare caseworkers, etc. -- are executive branch agencies
controlled ultimately by the governor, and the vast majority of those
are unionized. Teachers are not directly employed by the state but their
pensions are state funded.
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 01:15 PM (9WuX0)
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Government employees absolutely can be fired, it's just a question of whether the executive wants it to happen.
Look up what happened to Obama-era whistle-blowers. Those folks got stomped on, hard.
The reason people seem immune from punishment is because their bosses like what they are doing or don't care. But let there be no doubt - if the feds or state wants someone to leave, they can make it happen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 22, 2019 01:23 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Nut's Fairy Barn at September 22, 2019 01:24 PM (CoUf9)
If you routinely stiff creditors, word gets around, and soon you don't get any bids on your jobs, or only bids that price in the expected future litigation.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2019 01:24 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:24 PM (arJlL)
My last position was as director of a large state-wide medical services program. If I told you of the abuse of power, wastefulness and stupidity while I was employed by the state, you simply wouldn't believe it.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:24 PM (TdMsT)
All in all, my cousin was impressed with how nice he was, and this was considerably before he ran for President.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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A dear cousin of mine had business dealings with Trump Inc. somewhere in Maryland. He said Mr. Trump and his people were the absolute toughest, miserable, prick bastards he ever had to deal with in terms of business. Nothing shady, just hard nosed guys/gals that got shit done. Outside of work, great guy.
Businesswise, he doesn't want anything to do with him ever again.
But, will happily vote for him again in 2020.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 01:25 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Autocephelax Eternal at September 22, 2019 01:25 PM (UFLLM)
Ya'll Conservatives USED to have principles.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 22, 2019 01:26 PM (+urQ2)
I have some experience with a Federal agency, and the rules are set up so that it requires an enormous amount of senior management time to fire somebody.
It's a lot easier and more efficient, given these incentives, to just assign the miscreant to a make-work job, than tie up your senior people trying to fire people.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2019 01:26 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:27 PM (arJlL)
The Civil Service system is anti-American.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:27 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 01:28 PM (80Uh3)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at September 22, 2019 01:28 PM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:28 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 22, 2019 01:29 PM (BqBId)
Hate em back. It works for us.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2019 01:29 PM (myjNJ)
If you laid all the turds in the world end to end you would have stinky hands................
Posted by: saf at September 22, 2019 01:29 PM (5IHGB)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:24 PM (TdMsT)
I'm certain that I would. Hell, I've observed plenty of that in the private sector too.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:29 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:31 PM (NWiLs)
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Such an imagination you've got.
Also FIFY.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 12:45 PM (Fao6g)
Can't even think of him in those terms.
Economically he achieved his goal.
Socially he achieved his goal.
He wanted to disrupt or destroy the foundations of this Republic. He came close.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 01:31 PM (3XdZI)
Stanly Co. Schools@StanlySchools
SCS has been notified of additional information that could compromise safety measures in place for sporting events. Upon receiving information, the NSHS football game scheduled for 9/20/19 is canceled. Safety is our first concern.
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Gotta nip that shit in the bud!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 22, 2019 01:31 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:31 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 01:32 PM (3XdZI)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:00 PM (Fao6g)
Whining is unsporting, but this is true.
Somebody has it in for the Yankees this year.
Maybe it's Boone they don't like.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:32 PM (NFEMn)
Or just being friends with them. If I had my career to do over, I would not have left a certain corporate job where I was buddies with the heir, who is now President and CEO of the company. I left because the job I had wasn't challenging enough.
25yos can be plenty stupid.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (yQpMk)
There are bureaucrats. Most of them are conscientious and benign. I don't see any ill will toward them.
There are social workers. These are the people who can deny benefits -- or worse, cancel benefits. As perverse as it is, welfare is the client's livelihood. Of course social workers are hated. It's unfair but understandable.
There are police officers. They're military people who see everyone else as their enemy. The only surprise here is that it's taking so long to reciprocate the sentiment.
There are public works employees. Everyone complains about them, which is kind of unfair. These people, especially the snowplow drivers, are truly underappreciated.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (jh17W)
I'd much rather be around someone who was the same regardless of what the situation was, frankly. Oh, the hardass guy is a hardass? Okay. At least I know that walking into the room every day.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (9nhoD)
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On the bright side, Social Security is now solvent.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (+y/Ru)
Stanly Co. Schools@StanlySchools
SCS has been notified of additional information that could compromise safety measures in place for sporting events.
The unpredictably violent nature of Democrats is a real safety problem.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:34 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (yQpMk)
You kept your soul.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 01:34 PM (3XdZI)
effectively lobby and if we still don't get the laws the way we want
them, we can move to somewhere more to our tastes.
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My regular rag on the 'saving money' consolidating voting/taxing bodies is precisely that lack of local control. You can gripe or compliment one of your local representatives, but when you have to travel to Big Serious Government to be heard, no taxpayer saves money.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (MIKMs)
...These people, especially the snowplow drivers, are truly underappreciated.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (jh17W)
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If government employees are not required to show up to work on snow days then they shouldn't be full time, much less have any type of medical or retirement benefits.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (9nhoD)
Success in America comes from having an above average physique and looks, being jockish, achieving B(-) grade status and being a fraternity/sorority chapter alumni.
That's it.
That is success, automatic, in the ole US of A.
Of course brilliantly gifted - physically, mentally or sexually - individuals can rise to the top, as individuals, but they are not rising from group genotype/phenotype pool of typical success.
Be a Frat Jock with Gentleman's C's and the world is yours.
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (UFLLM)
I would have kept it anyway. It was, and still is, a great company. I just would have been a VP in it.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:36 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Ladyl
Yes, 2 questions, actually.
You said you were asked to go to Martha's Vineyard to close 2 estates.
Is that something that you do ? Have done ?
And..... question #2 How was your "Not a Date" ?
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:36 PM (arJlL)
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Quick, ban straws or something.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:36 PM (9nhoD)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 22, 2019 01:37 PM (+urQ2)
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 01:37 PM (80Uh3)
I'd much rather be around someone who was the same regardless of what the situation was, frankly. Oh, the hardass guy is a hardass? Okay. At least I know that walking into the room every day.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Far Cry 5 ignores Montana's history of fascism and its victims: alt-wrong at September 22, 2019 01:33 PM (9nhoD)
This. The worst guy I ever had to work with was, shall we say, mercurial. You never knew what version of him you were going to have to deal with on any given day. Gave me major agita.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ass Chum at September 22, 2019 01:38 PM (93Mlk)
That's a reference to Trump's reelection.
Doing anything - anything - to stop Trump from being reelected is legitimate, because The Planet Will Die if Trump wins.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2019 01:38 PM (I2/tG)
Success in America comes from having an above average physique and looks, being jockish, achieving B(-) grade status and being a fraternity/sorority chapter alumni.
That's it.
That is success, automatic, in the ole US of A.
Of course brilliantly gifted - physically, mentally or sexually - individuals can rise to the top, as individuals, but they are not rising from group genotype/phenotype pool of typical success.
Be a Frat Jock with Gentleman's C's and the world is yours.
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (UFLLM)
You ain't wrong.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 01:39 PM (ZCEU2)
Youth Climate Activists: Global Warming Damage Becomes Irreversible In 'Only 18 Months' Earth Unlivable In Three Years
*snaps fingers*
That reminds me, I got sausages and ribeyes to grill.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 01:39 PM (7rVsF)
Our entertainments would get more violent and become relatively indistinguishable from small wars.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:40 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 01:39 PM (ZCEU2)
Yes. Hookers and blow will peak, however.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:40 PM (NWiLs)
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I'm glad they're starting to work with tighter deadlines.
18 months isn't that far away. We can prove them wrong in a year and a half!
These 30 year timelines are tough. Everybody forgets all about it.
Posted by: Boots at September 22, 2019 01:40 PM (oGBso)
Is that something that you do ? Have done ?
And..... question #2 How was your "Not a Date" ?
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:36 PM (arJlL)
It was a friend of a friend who referred me to the couple who needs not only estate navigation, but organization and disposal of the material estate.
While I am a financial person and also have helped people downsize and dispose of estates, I have never done it professionally.
I declined the work.
My "not a date" takes place Thursday evening. Total awkwardness.
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:40 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 12:56 PM (9WuX0)
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Another game in the Police and Fire sweepstakes is --especially in large (but not huge) cities-- is for them to all take turns being Chief for a year so they can each retire with Chief's pay.
They don't think there is anything wrong with this and you'll never get through to them. It's just the way it is.
But municipal budgets groan under the strain and taxes always go up.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (NFEMn)
To save the species then we need to load all of the West First World Woke Youth onto spaceships and scatter them across the Universe, to Save the Species.
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Nut's Fairy Barn at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (L91xj)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (NWiLs)
When municipalities increase their tax base (population increase) they raise taxes instead of lowering them.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (3XdZI)
While I am a financial person and also have helped people downsize and dispose of estates, I have never done it professionally.
That's pretty impressive.
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (arJlL)
Youth Climate Activists: Global Warming Damage Becomes Irreversible In 'Only 18 Months' Earth Unlivable In Three Years
Maybe they'd like to append their names to this bold proclamation. If it doesn't turn out that way, how about they'll be unemployable?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 01:43 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Ladyl
Ok, I'm not laughing.......
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:43 PM (arJlL)
*ptooey*
How is it on stains?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 22, 2019 01:43 PM (yQpMk)
To save the species then we need to load all of the West First World Woke Youth onto spaceships and scatter them across the Universe, to Save the Species.
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (UFLLM)
Funny--doesn't that 18 months allow the next potentially leftist President only one month to save the earth?
I say-- party like it's 1999 right now and go out in a blaze of glory!
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ladyl
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Kidney buyer? Protip - don't hand it over unless the $$$ is in your hand.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Infidel at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (BLFnH)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (NWiLs)
I'd feel less bad about throwing out things in the refrigerator that are borderline but probably still safe.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Insomniac
Sooo.....xtra cheese on yer whopper xtra large drink....AND a straw !
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (arJlL)
That's it.
That is success, automatic, in the ole US of A.
Of course brilliantly gifted - physically, mentally or sexually - individuals can rise to the top, as individuals, but they are not rising from group genotype/phenotype pool of typical success.
Be a Frat Jock with Gentleman's C's and the world is yours.
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (UFLLM)
Hate to admit this, but this is largely true.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Skip
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Economics -- pfft -- pseudoscience.
Take bananas as an example. Banana trees are supposedly going extinct. I hear this every couple-few months. Bananas should be a rare commodity by now, a delicacy only enjoyed by the world's richest elites. But I never seen bananas so cheap at the supermarket.
Then again, maybe this proves your theory, Skip, but it's only true for bananas.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (jh17W)
He sits down at the table with him, alone, in the cafeteria where the employee spends most of his time and asks him why he spends so much time in the cafeteria.
The guy looks at him and says "Because I can."
Posted by: pawn at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (PveK5)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (80Uh3)
Kidney buyer? Protip - don't hand it over unless the $$$ is in your hand.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (Y4EXg)
No--potential "donor."
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (LxTcq)
So they still have to do their homework for the next 18 months, though, right?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:45 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 01:46 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (arJlL)
I was thinking more bacchanal than burgers. You have no idea what builds up within someone who's had a sheltered, repressed and largely anhedonic life.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:47 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cabeza Fromage at September 22, 2019 01:35 PM (UFLLM)
Hate to admit this, but this is largely true.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:44 PM (NFEMn)
I meant to add the one reason why this is true is that Jock Types tend to be more outgoing, have bigger personalities and usually excel in the back-slapping, glad-handing, "how ya doin', let me buy you a drink" day to day routine of the SALES world.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:47 PM (NFEMn)
While I am a financial person and also have helped people downsize and dispose of estates, I have never done it professionally.
That's pretty impressive.
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:41 PM (arJlL)
Nothing impressive about it! It's just grueling frustrating work, and I will never do it again, if I have a choice!
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:48 PM (TdMsT)
Senior management requirement: shiny shoes, good hair. Preferably with precious little underneath it.
I once spent years trying to explain the mole concept of chemistry to one such. He simply wasn't intelligent enough to grasp the principle.
"See, a 'mole' is a collective noun for a specified number of molecules, kind of like a 'battalion' is a collective noun for a specified number of soldiers."
Bovine expression follows. He never did grasp the idea. Good hair, shiny shoes though.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:49 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Ladyl
Okay ! Okay !
Jeeeeeez !
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2019 01:50 PM (arJlL)
Obama wiretapping Trump for entirely political reasons is going to be the meme nutshell of the democrat party in a hundred years. They will wear this eventually, even if no one ever goes to prison. And sooner if everyone goes to prison.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2019 01:50 PM (LxTcq)
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I think it only works with the 'best' schools and the 'best' parents according to some marketing formula.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 01:50 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:51 PM (TdMsT)
what kind of job does she do?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 01:51 PM (G546f)
Oh, awesome! Have you asked the Horde what you should wear? We're fantabulous at dating advice.
How far are you going to go on the first date if you like him?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 01:52 PM (FNXDu)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:47 PM (NFEMn)
To reward/motivate scientists in industry one genius suggested having a mass meeting with a marching band marching around them while fawning all over them.
I had to tell the genius that while that would doubtless thrill salesmen, scientists would just be embarrassed by the mindlessness on display. He might as well hand out gold stars.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:52 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 01:50 PM (MIKMs)
Not from what I've seen. It also works with graduates from Moo U.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:53 PM (Fao6g)
I had to tell the genius that while that would doubtless thrill salesmen, scientists would just be embarrassed by the mindlessness on display. He might as well hand out gold stars.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:52 PM (Fao6g)
Wow. MBA type I presume?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:54 PM (NWiLs)
i would have liked to see a state dinner for the indian p.m. the u.s. has been pivoting toward india and away from pakistan, that remnant of the cold war, and it's about time. india and the u.s. are natural allies.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 22, 2019 01:55 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:54 PM (NWiLs)
Nah. Didn't have the brains for that. B.S. in business from "Close Cover Before Striking" University.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 01:55 PM (Fao6g)
Oh, awesome! Have you asked the Horde what you should wear? We're fantabulous at dating advice.
How far are you going to go on the first date if you like him?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 01:52 PM (FNXDu)
Oh for PETE'S sake! I'm not going to date this gut. No way, no how. He's like a brother -in-law, or something.
I would appreciate advice on what to wear, however. Doc Martens and a flannel shirt?
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:55 PM (TdMsT)
There is a reason for this.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (NFEMn)
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:55 PM (TdMsT)
And a chain wallet if you want to truly complete the look.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: MW
I agree - - I'm very confused about this post.
The linked NYTimes article is a bunch of communist agitprop to delegitimize ICE, part of their attempt to erase the border between Mexico and the US, so as to overwhelm US voters with illegals who vote, thereby ensuring (if the plan goes as scheduled) a leftist US government forever.
The article is not about "hating US government employees" but rather about hating a specific agency -- trying to "otherize" them and make it acceptable, proper and normal for NY liberals to reject the existence of ICE (and thus of the border).
Sure, people in general hate lazy government office workers in general. But hating ICE is basically like hating the military. Should we hate soldiers in the Army because they'e "government employees"? The left would say "Yes." But sensible people pick and choose which category of employees are unlikeable.
Posted by: zombie at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (Q3dyo)
To reward/motivate scientists in industry one genius suggested having a mass meeting with a marching band marching around them while fawning all over them.
Is this before they drop the Zyklon B in the air vents?
"MBA" is to "R&D" as "bubonic plague" is to "14th century".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (7rVsF)
Food thread in a couple hours......
Posted by: LoneRanger at September 22, 2019 01:57 PM (eaw6P)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2019 01:57 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 22, 2019 01:57 PM (lQSMb)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry
Agree. The NYTimes article is being misinterpreted here.
Posted by: zombie at September 22, 2019 01:58 PM (Q3dyo)
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Hah, made me laugh. Most of the kids I see and talk to are BA business -- not even the 'science' cover.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 01:58 PM (MIKMs)
No, no, mole' is a delicious Mexican preparation of chicken as in Chicken Mole'. Ole'
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 01:58 PM (3XdZI)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 22, 2019 01:57 PM (lQSMb)
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WeaselDog hates the mailman too.
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 01:58 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 22, 2019 01:57 PM (lQSMb)
I love my mailman. He's a good kid and the last young white male I've seen delivering mail in my area....
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 01:59 PM (NFEMn)
Posted by: JoeF.
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Athletes are trained differently as children. They learn how to get tackled and get up for the next play, learn how to lose and get ready for the next game, and maybe most importantly, learn to keep quiet when the referee blows a call.
Academic achievers, on the other hand, get one bad grade in one quarter in high school and dwell on the permanence of that grade in their transcript and accept that, because of that single C in tenth-grade social studies, will not be valedictorian, disqualifying them from Stanford.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 01:59 PM (jh17W)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (ZCEU2)
"MBA" is to "R&D" as "bubonic plague" is to "14th century".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (7rVsF)/i]
During one of a series of autos de fe (aka "layoffs") an older friend of mine was called to an unscheduled meeting. He went, with trepidation, and afterward said when he entered the room he looked up to see if there were gas coming from the air vents.
It turned out to be totally innocuous - that time - but he was limp with relief.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Secular Blasphemy
Yes.
Why, then, are we chiming in, agreeing with our enemies?
Posted by: zombie at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (Q3dyo)
Posted by: zombie at September 22, 2019 01:58 PM (Q3dyo)
Which is just how the NYTs likes it.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (NFEMn)
And a chain wallet if you want to truly complete the look.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (NWiLs)
And multiple piercings?
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: LoneRanger at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (eaw6P)
Harassment of Border Patrol and ICE is being committed by statists who want to import more statist voters to vote for bigger more intrusive government. Protecting the borders and controlling who's allowed in the country are actually legitimate functions of the federal government.
This is a bad example.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
THIS ^^^
Posted by: zombie at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (Q3dyo)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 01:59 PM (jh17W)
And get taught by their parents that getting that "C" is an existential failure on their part.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: I am not corey Booker at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (Ju2mK)
Posted by: kallisto at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (80Uh3)
F*ck those guys in particular.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (Fao6g)
And a chain wallet if you want to truly complete the look.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 01:56 PM (NWiLs)
And multiple piercings?
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (TdMsT)
Optional, though arm sleeve tats are a plus.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (NWiLs)
Otherwise where's the awkwardness?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (FNXDu)
WeaselDog hates the mailman too.
Well, she is a stone-cold killing machine...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:00 PM (7rVsF)
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And photogenic! I entered her in the Orvis Catalog cover photo contest.
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 02:03 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:03 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: LoneRanger at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (eaw6P)
And chocolate.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 02:04 PM (3XdZI)
Look around you right now. There is not ONE single thing in sight that is NOT somehow impacted by some Government action, or another.
Whether its regulated for safety? or taxed? or inspected? or illegal?
Government is too intrusive and powerful.
Posted by: Don Q at September 22, 2019 02:05 PM (NgKpN)
No such thing.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:03 PM (1g7ch)
Well, I dunno about business. B.A. then.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:06 PM (Fao6g)
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not a date - wear a bra holster
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:06 PM (G546f)
Seen it all too many times.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2019 02:06 PM (u82oZ)
tackled and get up for the next play, learn how to lose and get ready
for the next game, and maybe most importantly, learn to keep quiet when
the referee blows a call.
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Unfortunately, not any more. All is determined by the stats. See, any athlete with involved parents paying for private coaching. It is all about gaming the stats.
Some Bears lineman a few weeks ago when the only highlights of the game were by the defensive group said that he was tired of the stats and wanted to win.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 02:07 PM (MIKMs)
1. Stereotypes of people by racial, ethnic, gender, religious, or professional groups exist for a reason; they are not invented out of thin air and have to have at least SOME truth to them or people would never believe them in the first place.
2. That said, NO stereotype ever automatically applies to ALL members of a group, and people still have to be judged as individuals.
In the bad old days of overt discrimination by race, ethnicity, etc., people forgot #2, which caused serious injustice to many individuals. But the present day PC crowd wants us to forget or deny #1 -- which forces people to deny reality and/or personal experience. Believe in #1 without #2 and you get official discrimination; believe in #2 without #1 and you generate the kind of resentment and lack of accountability that, eventually, leads back to #1.
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 02:08 PM (9WuX0)
No such thing.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:03 PM (1g7ch)
Well, I dunno about business. B.A. then.
Undergrad business is usually a B.S.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 02:08 PM (FNXDu)
And get taught by their parents that getting that "C" is an existential failure on their part.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (NWiLs)
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I was pretty happy with C's. My parents thought it was at least better than calls from the police.
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 02:09 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 02:07 PM (MIKMs)
It's gamblers and those free base phony games.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 02:09 PM (3XdZI)
I would appreciate advice on what to wear, however. Doc Martens and a flannel shirt?
Posted by: Ladyl at September 22, 2019 01:55 PM (TdMsT)
Short Skirt, and a Long Jacket, of course!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7aDstrDMf0
Posted by: Don Q at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (NgKpN)
The local high school accepts anyone for the football team. No need to make the team; just show up, get a uni, and ride the pine. They must have 100 guys on the bench (literally), most of whom never set foot on the field.
Why? So no one suffers the heartbreak of
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: goodluckduck at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (V8zw+)
Posted by: I am not corey Booker at September 22, 2019 02:02 PM (Ju2mK)
Dept of Ag, Weights and Measures Division is the worst!
Complained about the Wal-Mart "One Hour Film Development" taking over three hours back in 1995. They said, "Maybe it's just the name of it." and blew me off.
Never got over that one.
It was literally worse than Branch Davidian fiasco.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:11 PM (1g7ch)
And get taught by their parents that getting that "C" is an existential failure on their part.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:01 PM (NWiLs)
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I was pretty happy with C's. My parents thought it was at least better than calls from the police.
Posted by: Weasel at September 22, 2019 02:09 PM (MVjcR)
"A"s were shrugged off as what I was supposed to get. "B"s were not OK. A "C" might as well have been an "F."
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:11 PM (NWiLs)
The bad old days of discrimination?
You mean when Women and minorities were discriminated against?
Instead of today, when its White Males who are being discriminated against?
Posted by: Don Q at September 22, 2019 02:12 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: goodluckduck at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (V8zw+)
Criminals?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:13 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: goodluckduck at September 22, 2019 02:10 PM (V8zw+)
I'm not a fan of either.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:13 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:11 PM (NWiLs)
The classroom component of driver training in HS was taught by the football coach. He was a great guy, and gave literally everyone in the class a B+.
Almost all of the class was thrilled: "I got a B+! Yay me!"
I was not pleased.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:15 PM (Fao6g)
And now they complain about contempt.
Posted by: Nom de Blog at September 22, 2019 02:15 PM (hYUjK)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:16 PM (G546f)
Depends on how you define success. I know many people who were not any of those things and I still consider them successful.
Posted by: Hoary Puffleg at September 22, 2019 02:16 PM (j0JAA)
we'll see
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:16 PM (G546f)
Getting punched in the face and coming right back at your opponent is a good thing.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:17 PM (NWiLs)
Chocolate is always good but depends on what you use it for. What you are making...
But i am in love with chocolate!
Posted by: LoneRanger at September 22, 2019 02:19 PM (eaw6P)
No such thing.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:03 PM (1g7ch)
Well, I dunno about business. B.A. then.
Undergrad business is usually a B.S.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 22, 2019 02:08 PM (FNXDu)
I threw out "No such thing" because it's an oxymoron.
Sincerely doubt that any "B.S. in Business" requires an equivalent to a b.s. in physics or chemical engineering, or even horticulture for the matter.
Granted with limited experience with Big Moo U Background, all the business had to take the University 'math and science for the numerically challenged', hard science and engineering types were exempt because they already knew how to count on the fingers ("quantitative methods").
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:21 PM (1g7ch)
Did we have the same parents?
I remember being chastised for one B (the rest were As) in high school... thought to myself: "My friends' parents would be doing handsprings if they got grades like this!"
And I felt... guilty.
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2019 02:22 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:21 PM (1g7ch)
I love quantitative math.
And my calculator.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (3XdZI)
Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always sings... at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (EgshT)
Mole...
Chocolate is always good but depends on what you use it for. What you are making...
But i am in love with chocolate!
Posted by: LoneRanger
Keep 6.02 x 10(exp 23) pounds around.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:21 PM (1g7ch)
I love quantitative math.
And my calculator.
Posted by: Always Late at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (3XdZI)
No math!
Posted by: m at September 22, 2019 02:24 PM (yDjHx)
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My kids were at a HS where they finally gave up on the GPA for valedictorian because class rankings were going out to ridiculous decimal points. Don't know who was more driven, parents or kids, but anything less than a weighted A+ in an AP class was unacceptable.
Upside of that hothouse environment was that a HS graduate was able to handle themselves either in college or trades.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 02:25 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 22, 2019 02:17 PM (NWiLs)
she never did tournament sparring, only training sparring, those are touch only in her dojo
she did a lot of tournament forms though, and there's lots of times she lost because the other guy was better, or she lost because the judges were biased - both types of loss are good experiences imo
It also teaches them to hold a good game face and a good poker face
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:27 PM (G546f)
Granted with limited experience with Big Moo U Background, all the
business had to take the University 'math and science for the
numerically challenged', hard science and engineering types were exempt
because they already knew how to count on the fingers ("quantitative
methods").
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Schools that had a BS for Business were difficult, even the 'moo u'. If someone graduated with an Economics degree, that said the math was too hard. In my darker moments, I am waiting for the BA in Engineering -- and I know it is on the horizon.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (MIKMs)
What do you get when you play stupid games?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (eMoBB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (7rVsF)
no, that's just for Avocados
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (G546f)
I don't hate government employees.
I just have no concern for them. If I was walking down the street and saw a business owner bearing a city codes enforcement officer to death, I'd keep walking and change the song on my iPhone to something more pleasant, to help me forget what I just saw.
They draw their living making people miserable and manipulate people's lives and livelihood. Why should I care if they live or die?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (/LdrY)
If we had Hillary, we'd be told how everyone should love the government.
Posted by: Beckoningchasm at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (rp8wI)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at September 22, 2019 02:30 PM (eMoBB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 22, 2019 02:30 PM (/LdrY)
Hate is a good word but not adequate to express my undying contempt.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at September 22, 2019 02:32 PM (LGo6U)
He is the Night Deposit Box at the Sperm Bank.
Posted by: DBCooper at September 22, 2019 02:32 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Snart Fiffer, Dept. of Licensing for Application Permits at September 22, 2019 02:33 PM (++Jic)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 02:29 PM (MIKMs)
LOL. I have a B.A. in chemistry, by virtue of taking sufficient courses in the humanities to qualify (literature minor).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:33 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Ca at September 22, 2019 02:33 PM (RcMUX)
If so we can use that to tell the punks "Turn off yer GD phone Gaia killers".
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at September 22, 2019 02:34 PM (dmoiP)
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I'm watching the game on "multicultural" TV here that's in some Asian language (Hindi??) because I'm tired of hearing the Jays' announcers blow the Yankees.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2019 02:34 PM (Dh1wo)
specifically those who run housing on bases.
Posted by: pookysgirl, scrivener extraordinaire at September 22, 2019 01:03 PM (XKZwp)
When 'they' decided to 'privatize' military family housing I expected the bases to stop providing on base housing for PVT Snuffy and clan and have them find a place on the local market off base.
What they actually meant by 'privatize' was monopolize - to turn over operation of base housing to virtually sole source contractors and a long duration contract at that.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 02:34 PM (1g7ch)
reasons is going to be the meme nutshell of the democrat party in a
hundred years. They will wear this eventually, even if no one ever goes
to prison. And sooner if everyone goes to prison.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2019 01:50 PM (LxTcq)
Like Boss Tweed, or Carpet-baggers?
yep. neither one remembered since they were Democrats, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2019 02:35 PM (xG/b0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:23 PM (7rVsF)
Shouldn't that be the number of chocolate bars, rather than their weight/mass?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:35 PM (Fao6g)
Instead of today, when its White Males who are being discriminated against?"
Yes, which actually proves the point I was trying to make. The PC/woke crowd has no problem at all stereotyping whites, males, or white males without exception while at the same insisting that any stereotype of women, persons of color, gays, etc. constitutes double plus ungoodthink that cannot be tolerated.
And in a strange sort of way they are STILL stereotyping women, POCs, gays, etc. and assuming they all think alike; for example, when was the last time that the Left even bothered to acknowledge the existence of pro-life women, or conservative POC? Or when they do, they brand such persons as "traitors" to their race, gender, etc.?
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 02:35 PM (9WuX0)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2019 02:34 PM (Dh1wo)
Pro tip: if you have MLB.TV, one option is to just have game sounds, no commentary at all.
Useful for when Jessica Mendoza is the commentator, or when the commentators decide to plumb the depths of stupidity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:37 PM (Fao6g)
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Then tell them to drop out of skool and fcuk like minks for the next 3 years.
That's what they want to do anyway.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at September 22, 2019 02:37 PM (dmoiP)
. . . .
During a HUD staff meeting in San Francisco, Carson was addressing the staff and dropped a comment regarding transgender individuals. He included the phrase "big hairy men" entering wome's shelters or using women's bathrooms.
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Did you ever hear such hatred?!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 22, 2019 02:43 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Jaqen H'ghar at September 22, 2019 02:44 PM (5fSr7)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2019 02:44 PM (Dh1wo)
....
What if you were retarded and didn't know you are retarded so you thought everyone else was mean beacause they didn't listen to your retarded statements?
And what if some people that weren't retarded gave you a microphone and said "Hey everyone, listen to this guy" even though they know you are a retard?
It's sad, the way they manipulate the mentally retarded. Cruel, really. A bit like telling a retard that their puppy is gonna die because mean men are coming to kill it and then watching the retarded retard cry and go crazy because they believe that someone is coming to kill their puppy.
So basically it's retards and sadists that enjoy upsetting retards.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 22, 2019 02:44 PM (/LdrY)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at September 22, 2019 02:46 PM (PGTk6)
We need a EO from Trump telling every department to count the laws they've made and enforce and if they don't then deny them the ability to enforce any laws in the future.
We need some Law/Regulation Control and we need that overview at least so that redundant and unconstitutional laws/Regs can be eliminated.
This can only happen with a Republican President and Congress.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 22, 2019 02:46 PM (cxIsI)
It has a line "The trump will resound", I almost laughed.
How would thenorangemanbad will resound scan?
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at September 22, 2019 02:46 PM (eAMlh)
Useful for when Jessica Mendoza is the commentator
When Geoff Blum, the Astros TV analyst, fell ill during a game, Julia Morales, the baseline babe, came up and took over for him. She never takes herself seriously, so she was better than the other JM.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:46 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2019 02:44 PM (Dh1wo)
$120 - well worth it! They have condensed games (circa 5-8 minutes each) shortly after a game finishes, so you can catch the gist of every game that day, if you want.
They do a good job on condensing them, too. It's not just the home runs, but some strikeouts and great plays in the field, along with some routine ones, so it kind of feels like a real game.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:47 PM (Fao6g)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at September 22, 2019 02:47 PM (PGTk6)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2019 02:48 PM (Dh1wo)
yep. neither one remembered since they were Democrats, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2019 02:35 PM (xG/b0)
Aah, think that carpet-baggers are yankees gone down south to help
Posted by: Decomposing Historian at September 22, 2019 02:48 PM (3XdZI)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker
________
Teachers are heroes!
Norm Macdonald starts a routine thusly. It turns into a brutal takedown.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 22, 2019 02:48 PM (jh17W)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at September 22, 2019 02:47 PM (PGTk6)
If Trump wins in 18 months, the mushroom cloud from proggie heads exploding will stretch out past the moon!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2019 02:49 PM (V2Yro)
We sang an old hymn, It is Well With my Soul, in church today.
Good hymn. Sad backstory.
Proof life is unfair: Protestants get Fanny Crosby, Catholics get Dan Schutte.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2019 02:50 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at September 22, 2019 02:50 PM (eAMlh)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at September 22, 2019 02:47 PM (PGTk6)
"Twelve years, twelve years, do I hear ten years? Ten years? Ten years from the green hair over there. Do I hear five years, five years? Five years from the malodorous gentleman with the man bun over there. Eighteen months, eighteen months, do I hear eighteen months? Going once, going twice ..."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2019 02:50 PM (Fao6g)
For the remainder of the 2019 season/postseason, MLB-TV is offering its online streaming service at $27/month for all teams and $16/month if you only want to follow one team.
The catch is that MLB-TV observes local "blackouts", meaning that if you want to see games involving a team in your media market (e.g. you live in Chicago and follow the Cubs) you can't see the games live -- you have to wait until 90 minutes after the game ends to see it. However, if you have a favorite team and you live outside their media market (e.g., St. Louis Cardinals fan living in Arizona), the one-team MLB streaming deal will give you all their games live.
Posted by: Secret Square at September 22, 2019 02:51 PM (9WuX0)
B.S. Business = 9 hrs math; 9 hrs science
B.A. Business = 9 hrs for.lang.; 3 hrs math; 6 hrs sci.
Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2019 02:51 PM (gzG43)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2019 02:51 PM (nDe2U)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at September 22, 2019 02:52 PM (PGTk6)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 22, 2019 02:52 PM (FEuSI)
Our crime? We were supposedly intolerant. Because our mission was to support the health of families.
So this persecution of decency has been going on for awhile.
Posted by: Emmie at September 22, 2019 02:52 PM (i/wJA)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 02:52 PM (ZCEU2)
Will that mean the Clintons will disappear?
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at September 22, 2019 02:53 PM (eAMlh)
. I deal directly with our gov't customers including NASA and the DoD. There's always a few numb-nutz but I have to say some of the smartest, most dedicated folks I've had the pleasure of working for were gubmint. They're not all bad and they're certainly not as depicted by Hollywood on shows like Big Bang Theory. I work with people like them - but not as extreme as the characters depicted. Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Ca at September 22, 2019 02:55 PM (RcMUX)
Your fellow employees not only resent it, they also take advantage of it. And no matter how good a guy your super is, the most he can do is say thanks.
Posted by: teej at September 22, 2019 02:55 PM (EVeeU)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at September 22, 2019 02:57 PM (G546f)
B.S. Business = 9 hrs math; 9 hrs science
B.A. Business = 9 hrs for.lang.; 3 hrs math; 6 hrs sci.
Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2019 02:51 PM (gzG43)
That is about what my B.S. required to NOT be in math/science/engineering.
With about 3-1/2 years required in math/science/engineering there was no such thing as a four year degree (unless you somehow slipped in an extra semester in there somewhere).
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 03:13 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2019 02:52 PM (ZCEU2)
Wouldn't have a better chance of being hosed in an all male prison?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 22, 2019 03:14 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Anotheranon at September 22, 2019 03:17 PM (ss6yq)
such thing as a four year degree (unless you somehow slipped in an
extra semester in there somewhere).
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BT -- The only way I know for kids to finish a BSE on time is AP HS credits and summer school for arts (mine did it at local junior college).
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2019 03:41 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Hazchic at September 22, 2019 03:53 PM (rD2St)
I don't hate Govt Employees, I hate libertarians.
Posted by: Quilp at September 22, 2019 06:35 PM (Bf3hj)
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