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The Progressives Love Lawfare...Payback Is A B*tch!
The NCAA is all in on trans lunacy, and even when the athletes themselves push back, citing absolutely reasonable objections like fear of being injured and the outrageousness of being forced to disrobe in front of men pretending to be women, the sleazy tools of the progressive movement that control the NCAA tell them to stuff it.
But sanity prevails in Texas! And the technique that Ken Paxton is using is delicious. It's false advertising! Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues NCAA To Protect Women's Sports and Prevent Biological Men from Deceptively Competing in Sex-Specific CompetitionsAttorney General Ken Paxton sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA” ) for engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as “women’s” competitions only to then provide consumers with mixed sex competitions where biological males compete against biological females. That only biological women will compete in the events is an important reason consumers choose to support women’s sports. By falsely marketing and selling competitions as “women’s” sports only to provide a mixed sex event, the NCAA violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act which exists to protect consumers from businesses attempting to mislead or trick them into purchasing goods or services that are not as advertised. The NCAA further misleads consumers by failing to disclose which participants in its “women’s” competitions are biological males. Attorney General Paxton requested the court grant a permanent injunction prohibiting the NCAA from allowing biological males to compete in women’s sporting events in Texas or involving Texas teams, or alternatively requiring the NCAA to stop marketing events as “women’s” when in fact they are mixed sex competitions.
Good. Go after the NCAA's desire to destroy the primacy of women with every tool available. They are part of the war on our culture, and if Ken Paxton can expose them for the frauds they are, then there is hope for women's athletics, and hope for our society to return to a reality-based view of men and women. Make no mistake...the trans movement has nothing to do with the vanishingly small number of psychiatric patients who want to be the opposite sex, and everything to do with destroying traditional culture. If the post-modern progressive movement can destroy women's place at the top of our society, then they can destroy anything. Women play a unique and vital role; carrying children and raising them is the most important thing that humanity does. Diluting their uniqueness and creating a society in which women are no longer at its pinnacle dehumanizes all of us. We are not interchangeable cogs in a great machine, but breaking down the biological and religious lines between men and women is the goal of the left. Feminism blurred the lines between wage earner and homemaker. Abortion shifted the biological and cultural imperative for child rearing. Homosexual Inc. made procreation a punchline. And now the battle is for the very definition of Man and Woman. Ken Paxton is taking the fight to the progressives, and it is obviously part of the resurgence of traditional culture that Donald Trump and MAGA is driving. That culture was rocked back on its heels in the 1960s, and only now has it recovered. It remains to be seen whether we can continue to fight an offensive war, but people like Paxton deserve our support.
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I'll fetch
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:00 PM (fwDg9)
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first?
Posted by: Reforger at December 29, 2024 12:01 PM (xcIvR)
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Make no mistake...the trans movement has nothing to do with the vanishingly small number of psychiatric patients who want to be the opposite sex, and everything to do with destroying traditional culture.
Just part of the leftist desire to make us into Weimar.
Just part of the leftist desire to make us into Weimar.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:02 PM (2NXcZ)
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Wait until they try and stop DJT from being sworn in
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:02 PM (fwDg9)
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4 Wait until they try and stop DJT from being sworn in
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:02 PM (fwDg9)
He's an insurrectionist.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:02 PM (fwDg9)
He's an insurrectionist.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:04 PM (2NXcZ)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 29, 2024 12:05 PM (PxmRr)
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I keep reading members of the Deep State are plotting to stop Trump
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:05 PM (fwDg9)
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5: According to some Hillary Eunuchs
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:05 PM (2NXcZ)
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Men make the best women.
Posted by: Just ask Corporal Max Klinger at December 29, 2024 12:07 PM (dg+HA)
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Diamonds in the rough.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 12:07 PM (63Dwl)
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Article this week from one who is getting caught up in the Jan6 scam that a pardon won't be the best way to clear them. Better to open up the evidence and go to trials or reopening those trials. A blanket pardon will clear the likes of Ray Epps.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:08 PM (fwDg9)
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I’m glad the HB 1 debate has settled down to the chagrin of the Left.
As I had hoped Musk clarified his position that I assumed he meant from the beginning and Bannon and his side has acknowledged the same. Trump also made a short statement that calmed the debate.
That’s how things are supposed to work between allies . Debate but don’t go total war. This is new ground for the Right . We like total war against each other.
As I had hoped Musk clarified his position that I assumed he meant from the beginning and Bannon and his side has acknowledged the same. Trump also made a short statement that calmed the debate.
That’s how things are supposed to work between allies . Debate but don’t go total war. This is new ground for the Right . We like total war against each other.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 29, 2024 12:08 PM (D6PGr)
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Good afternoon people that are not confused about their gender or sex.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2024 12:08 PM (WXNFJ)
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I hope Trump takes full advantage of sue and settle, especially with the EPA. Get a bunch of consent decrees in place.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:09 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Tranni Tilapiatwat at December 29, 2024 12:11 PM (inOsE)
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If the left can redefine something as incontestable as sex, then they can redefine anything, and they will to suit their needs, i.e. total control over the lives of others.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (xCA6C)
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Would be nice to see some of the flagrantly leftist judges impeached, for their outlandish proceedings and rulings.
Team Biden is rushing to flood the zone with leftist judges that will ignore the constitution, and they make the "process is the punishment" outcomes unbearable for many.
But there is at least some hope on the horizon.
Team Biden is rushing to flood the zone with leftist judges that will ignore the constitution, and they make the "process is the punishment" outcomes unbearable for many.
But there is at least some hope on the horizon.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Cus5s)
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I'm old enough remember when a tranny called Allison was just part of a drive train.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Lo97M)
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Came here to read comments. Need more.
Posted by: French Jeton at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (VDSsj)
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Article this week from one who is getting caught up in the Jan6 scam that a pardon won't be the best way to clear them. Better to open up the evidence and go to trials or reopening those trials. A blanket pardon will clear the likes of Ray Epps.
Why can't he just pardon all J6ers except those that had any connection to the Feds?
Why can't he just pardon all J6ers except those that had any connection to the Feds?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:16 PM (xCA6C)
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@12
>>I’m glad the HB 1 debate has settled down to the chagrin of the Left.
Again, the H1B program was supposed to be utilized to fill job positions that could not be filled by indigenous employees for truly exotic and peculiar positions not as a way for CEO's to improve their bottom line.
The number was also supposed to be very low in order to protect wages, but it's ballooned to a program where 100s of thousands of visas are being given out a year.
Some dude crunched the numbers for the last 5 years and the number of accountants, ACCOUNTANTS!!!! that are getting placed through H1B is astounding.
Nobody voted for Trump so we could import more accountants from Bangalore.
I will take a back seat to nobody in Trumpiness, but this sh*t is pissing me the f**k off.
>>I’m glad the HB 1 debate has settled down to the chagrin of the Left.
Again, the H1B program was supposed to be utilized to fill job positions that could not be filled by indigenous employees for truly exotic and peculiar positions not as a way for CEO's to improve their bottom line.
The number was also supposed to be very low in order to protect wages, but it's ballooned to a program where 100s of thousands of visas are being given out a year.
Some dude crunched the numbers for the last 5 years and the number of accountants, ACCOUNTANTS!!!! that are getting placed through H1B is astounding.
Nobody voted for Trump so we could import more accountants from Bangalore.
I will take a back seat to nobody in Trumpiness, but this sh*t is pissing me the f**k off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:18 PM (XV/Pl)
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If I may... the term "biological male" is redundant.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2024 12:18 PM (dg+HA)
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By falsely marketing and selling competitions as “women’s” sports only to provide a mixed sex event, the NCAA violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act which exists to protect consumers from businesses attempting to mislead or trick them into purchasing goods or services that are not as advertised
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2024 12:18 PM (nOjd9)
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Why can't he just pardon all J6ers except those that had any connection to the Feds?
Posted by: Archimedes
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They can. But that will slow down the process considerably.
Posted by: Archimedes
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They can. But that will slow down the process considerably.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:19 PM (Lo97M)
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Diamonds in the rough.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 12:07 PM (63Dwl)
Yeah...it gets old for the cobloggers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 12:07 PM (63Dwl)
Yeah...it gets old for the cobloggers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 29, 2024 12:19 PM (d9fT1)
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Now do rasslin'
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2024 12:19 PM (dg+HA)
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Brilliant tactic by Paxton; icing on the cake is that the DTPA laws in Texas are very strong and provide for enforcement in several ways.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2024 12:19 PM (7MHHr)
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Any blanket pardon will clear Ralliers and FedInsurrectionists
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:20 PM (fwDg9)
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Nice!
I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees, or take on debt for decent degrees (like the lawyer idiot) and do not use them. Or "lose it all in the crash of 2009", then take on debt for their kids.
The UBI link was interesting, but they played down/were vague on the results. Probably because being poor may have to do with choices, also.
I hope the NCAA, and the university system in general, gets their comeuppance.
I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees, or take on debt for decent degrees (like the lawyer idiot) and do not use them. Or "lose it all in the crash of 2009", then take on debt for their kids.
The UBI link was interesting, but they played down/were vague on the results. Probably because being poor may have to do with choices, also.
I hope the NCAA, and the university system in general, gets their comeuppance.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 29, 2024 12:22 PM (ufFY8)
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It's gender dysphoria/dysmorphia and it is a behavioral illness.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2024 12:23 PM (RIvkX)
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I will take a back seat to nobody in Trumpiness, but this sh*t is pissing me the f**k off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:18 PM (XV/Pl)
I found this on another site: https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Relying on H-1B devotees for info is a mistake I choose not to make.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:18 PM (XV/Pl)
I found this on another site: https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Relying on H-1B devotees for info is a mistake I choose not to make.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:23 PM (2NXcZ)
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Men make the best women.
Posted by: Just ask Corporal Max Klinger
One M*A*S*H episode clarified everything, not that the viewers didn't already know -
Klinger was told he could get out if he said he was gay.
Klinger said FU, I am pretending to be crazy* by wearing a dress.
*Oops, cover blown. He my have stopped wearing dresses after that episode
Posted by: Just ask Corporal Max Klinger
One M*A*S*H episode clarified everything, not that the viewers didn't already know -
Klinger was told he could get out if he said he was gay.
Klinger said FU, I am pretending to be crazy* by wearing a dress.
*Oops, cover blown. He my have stopped wearing dresses after that episode
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 29, 2024 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:25 PM (dxSpM)
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It's gender dysphoria/dysmorphia and it is a behavioral illness.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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It's still in the latest edition of the DSM. That should be brought up more.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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It's still in the latest edition of the DSM. That should be brought up more.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:25 PM (Dm8we)
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Progressives (the left) do love their lawfare. They've perfected it and have been using it with great success. The fact that they control the vast majority of DA's, lawyers and judges is a real problem.
And by "control" I mean "bribed."
And by "control" I mean "bribed."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2024 12:26 PM (Q4IgG)
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Men make the best women.
Posted by: Just ask Corporal Max Klinger
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Piss on that show and the whole M*A*S*H ethos.
Men make the best women.
Posted by: Just ask Corporal Max Klinger
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Piss on that show and the whole M*A*S*H ethos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:26 PM (dxSpM)
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Piss on that show and the whole M*A*S*H ethos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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After Frank left, it wasn't even really a comedy. More of a drama with a laugh track.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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After Frank left, it wasn't even really a comedy. More of a drama with a laugh track.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Dm8we)
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Klinger was told he could get out if he said he was gay.
Klinger said FU, I am pretending to be crazy* by wearing a dress.
*Oops, cover blown. He my have stopped wearing dresses after that episode
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Klinger said FU, I am pretending to be crazy* by wearing a dress.
*Oops, cover blown. He my have stopped wearing dresses after that episode
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Lo97M)
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The left is amusingly much more susceptible to the various things they've been doing to us for the last 4 years.
But to use these tools you actually need politicians willing to use the same sorts of powers the left has used. It will be interesting to see how far the Trump admin is willing to go down this path.
But to use these tools you actually need politicians willing to use the same sorts of powers the left has used. It will be interesting to see how far the Trump admin is willing to go down this path.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (oZhjI)
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That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Lo97M)
As is Dr Levine, and the bald guy who stole the African woman's clothes.
That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Lo97M)
As is Dr Levine, and the bald guy who stole the African woman's clothes.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:29 PM (2NXcZ)
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One consequence of living in a world that that is regulated to the nth degree is that a creative prosecutor can always find something to prosecute if he looks carefully enough. Laverenti Beria ("show me a man and I will find a crime") could only have wished for a system that lends itself so readily to political persecution.
It's fun to use when you're in power; now, with the grace of Providence, the bad guys will finally get a taste of what it's like to be on the receiving end of it.
It's fun to use when you're in power; now, with the grace of Providence, the bad guys will finally get a taste of what it's like to be on the receiving end of it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2024 12:30 PM (nOjd9)
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@28
>>Any blanket pardon will clear Ralliers and FedInsurrectionists
It's a multiprong attack...
first pardon everyone convicted of non-violent crimes, commute the sentences of anyone convicted of a violent crime on a case by case basis, anyone who did truly criminal and felonious acts, they can rot.
2nd take control of any remaining cases from the current people leading the investigations and systematically wind them down.
3rd put everyone investigating any and all aspects of Jan6 on a list and send those f**kers to whatever the equivelent to Siberia is in the administrative state...
and open an investigation of the investigators and prosecute any and all violations of rights of individuals.
>>Any blanket pardon will clear Ralliers and FedInsurrectionists
It's a multiprong attack...
first pardon everyone convicted of non-violent crimes, commute the sentences of anyone convicted of a violent crime on a case by case basis, anyone who did truly criminal and felonious acts, they can rot.
2nd take control of any remaining cases from the current people leading the investigations and systematically wind them down.
3rd put everyone investigating any and all aspects of Jan6 on a list and send those f**kers to whatever the equivelent to Siberia is in the administrative state...
and open an investigation of the investigators and prosecute any and all violations of rights of individuals.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:30 PM (XV/Pl)
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That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Lo97M)
Yep, Lebanese-American.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:28 PM (Lo97M)
Yep, Lebanese-American.
Posted by: Helen Thomas at December 29, 2024 12:30 PM (PiwSw)
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I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees
The argument they make here is stupid.
I spent $250K on this teach degree and therefore I should be paid a lot once I go out into the working world.
It is the cargo cult theory of economic value...
I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees
The argument they make here is stupid.
I spent $250K on this teach degree and therefore I should be paid a lot once I go out into the working world.
It is the cargo cult theory of economic value...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2024 12:30 PM (oZhjI)
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But to use these tools you actually need politicians willing to use the same sorts of powers the left has used. It will be interesting to see how far the Trump admin is willing to go down this path.
Posted by: 18-1
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Like the left, find friendly plaintiffs to sue state and federal agencies, settle and enter into a consent decree binding the agency.
Posted by: 18-1
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Like the left, find friendly plaintiffs to sue state and federal agencies, settle and enter into a consent decree binding the agency.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:31 PM (Dm8we)
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More proof of the uniparty was the republicans trying to take out Paxton last year. The man is a real fighter.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at December 29, 2024 12:32 PM (17s+e)
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16 If the left can redefine something as incontestable as sex, then they can redefine anything, and they will to suit their needs, i.e. total control over the lives of others.
Posted by: Archimedes
You mean like bullying pregnant employees into a questionable medical procedure in order to keep their jobs?
Posted by: Archimedes
You mean like bullying pregnant employees into a questionable medical procedure in order to keep their jobs?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2024 12:32 PM (dg+HA)
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That was a great job of casting for that role. That guy was one of the least feminine looking people you will ever see.
Why is it that it's always the most hideous-looking guys who decide to present themselves as women? (Except in Thailand, maybe.)
Why is it that it's always the most hideous-looking guys who decide to present themselves as women? (Except in Thailand, maybe.)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2024 12:32 PM (nOjd9)
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From its beginning I was a MASH fan, but as it dragged on watched it more like a slug only watching it because I saw then all.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:32 PM (fwDg9)
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Hmmmm....
If this works against the NCAA, ought to work at the state level. I'm looking at you Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
If this works against the NCAA, ought to work at the state level. I'm looking at you Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
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Piss on that show and the whole M*A*S*H ethos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:26 PM (dxSpM)
I thought the Army was going to be like MASH when I joined. How wrong I was.
It was false advertisement. Recruiter out front should have told me.
Lying SOB. Glad I slept with his daughter. At least I had that going for me.
(true story and we are still friends)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:26 PM (dxSpM)
I thought the Army was going to be like MASH when I joined. How wrong I was.
It was false advertisement. Recruiter out front should have told me.
Lying SOB. Glad I slept with his daughter. At least I had that going for me.
(true story and we are still friends)
Posted by: Reforger at December 29, 2024 12:33 PM (xcIvR)
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If the left can redefine something as incontestable as sex, then they can redefine anything, and they will to suit their needs, i.e. total control over the lives of others.
If you can make a man mouth insanities you can make him commit atrocities.
If you can make a man mouth insanities you can make him commit atrocities.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2024 12:34 PM (oZhjI)
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Doesn't Elizabeth Warren have something to do with protecting the public against false advertising and defective products?
Doesn't Elizabeth Warren have something to do with protecting the public against false advertising and defective products?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 12:34 PM (63Dwl)
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@44
>>I spent $250K on this teach degree and therefore I should be paid a lot once I go out into the working world.
Luckily, I only spent around 15k dollars to get my Bachelor of Science in Comp. Sci in the 80's.
I can't even imagine spending 250k on a degree, but that's apparently the going rate at top schools.
The mind boggles.
>>I spent $250K on this teach degree and therefore I should be paid a lot once I go out into the working world.
Luckily, I only spent around 15k dollars to get my Bachelor of Science in Comp. Sci in the 80's.
I can't even imagine spending 250k on a degree, but that's apparently the going rate at top schools.
The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:35 PM (XV/Pl)
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Why is it that it's always the most hideous-looking guys who decide to present themselves as women? (Except in Thailand, maybe.)
I had a 40ish dumpy balding male cow-worker who decided he was a she.
So now he was a 40ish dumpy balding male in little girl dresses with his remaining hair in pigtails. And...I was supposed to just pretend this was a completely normal thing at work to deal with.
Why is it that it's always the most hideous-looking guys who decide to present themselves as women? (Except in Thailand, maybe.)
I had a 40ish dumpy balding male cow-worker who decided he was a she.
So now he was a 40ish dumpy balding male in little girl dresses with his remaining hair in pigtails. And...I was supposed to just pretend this was a completely normal thing at work to deal with.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2024 12:35 PM (oZhjI)
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I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees
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I'm not sure I myself should assume that everyone with student debt is a Grievance Studies major. I read somewhere, and I may be mistaken, that a good chunk of bad loans are people who went to fly-by-night for-profit "trade schools". Of course, the big-ticket debt is run up by post-graduate degree seekers who find there's no jobs for someone with an MFA.
I am fuming at Pixy's student debt link.
These people take on debt for shitty degrees
__________
I'm not sure I myself should assume that everyone with student debt is a Grievance Studies major. I read somewhere, and I may be mistaken, that a good chunk of bad loans are people who went to fly-by-night for-profit "trade schools". Of course, the big-ticket debt is run up by post-graduate degree seekers who find there's no jobs for someone with an MFA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:36 PM (dxSpM)
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Doesn't Elizabeth Warren have something to do with protecting the public against false advertising and defective products?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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Elizabeth Warren IS false advertising and a detective product.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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Elizabeth Warren IS false advertising and a detective product.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:36 PM (Lo97M)
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Since the effectiveness and safety data for the clot shot was falsified there is no legal protection for Pfizer...but that's if Trump and RFK are willing to throw down the gauntlet.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2024 12:36 PM (oZhjI)
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... and open an investigation of the investigators and prosecute any and all violations of rights of individuals.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Could start there.
Prison first, trials later. Denied hearings, etc.
Accused of insurrection (aka armed rebellion), most commen conviction was basically 'trespassing' into a building with the doors held open by security, or even stepping on the grass outside.
Deprivation of Civil Rights Under Color of Law, conspiracy
Go after prosecutors, judges, jail wardens.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Could start there.
Prison first, trials later. Denied hearings, etc.
Accused of insurrection (aka armed rebellion), most commen conviction was basically 'trespassing' into a building with the doors held open by security, or even stepping on the grass outside.
Deprivation of Civil Rights Under Color of Law, conspiracy
Go after prosecutors, judges, jail wardens.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 29, 2024 12:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:38 PM (xCA6C)
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"It's a multiprong attack... first pardon everyone convicted of non-violent crimes, commute the sentences of anyone convicted of a violent crime on a case by case basis, anyone who did truly criminal and felonious acts, they can rot."
A few fought back against cops that seemed intent on causing a reaction, fomenting a "riot" (to later be escalated to an Insurrection). Some protesters may have gotten out of control, idk. The most violent and the window breakers were likely feds or fed assets.
BUT a majority of "mostly peaceful" political prisoners could be pardoned immediately, removed from their torture chambers as soon as possible. Some of the prison guards should be investigated, I'd imagine.
A few fought back against cops that seemed intent on causing a reaction, fomenting a "riot" (to later be escalated to an Insurrection). Some protesters may have gotten out of control, idk. The most violent and the window breakers were likely feds or fed assets.
BUT a majority of "mostly peaceful" political prisoners could be pardoned immediately, removed from their torture chambers as soon as possible. Some of the prison guards should be investigated, I'd imagine.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 12:39 PM (Cus5s)
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It's not a MAGA fued... it's more like an animated discussion.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2024 12:39 PM (dg+HA)
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but that's if Trump and RFK are willing to throw down the gauntlet.
Posted by: 18-1
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Trump would have to do a 180 on the clot shot. He could say he was duped on the effectiveness, which I'm sure he was, but admitting that he was duped would be a problem.
Posted by: 18-1
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Trump would have to do a 180 on the clot shot. He could say he was duped on the effectiveness, which I'm sure he was, but admitting that he was duped would be a problem.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:39 PM (Dm8we)
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*feud
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (dg+HA)
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It's not a MAGA fued... it's more like an animated discussion.
Would you go so far as to call it a "frank exchange of ideas"?
Would you go so far as to call it a "frank exchange of ideas"?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (xCA6C)
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I can't even imagine spending 250k on a degree, but that's apparently the going rate at top schools.
The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:35 PM (XV/Pl)
The best scholarship around, short of one of the Service Academies, is for ROTC. I had one for the Army. With it, summer jobs, and a small P/T job at school, I graduated owing nothing and had a guaranteed job that paid OK and let me use my degree while seeing the world.
The mind boggles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:35 PM (XV/Pl)
The best scholarship around, short of one of the Service Academies, is for ROTC. I had one for the Army. With it, summer jobs, and a small P/T job at school, I graduated owing nothing and had a guaranteed job that paid OK and let me use my degree while seeing the world.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)
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If we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
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From its beginning I was a MASH fan, but as it dragged on watched it more like a slug only watching it because I saw then all.
Posted by: Skip
Most TV series are like that.
That 70's Show was pretty good, but the last couple seasons were, to quote Krusty the Clown, "What the hell was that?!"
Jump the Shark
Posted by: Skip
Most TV series are like that.
That 70's Show was pretty good, but the last couple seasons were, to quote Krusty the Clown, "What the hell was that?!"
Jump the Shark
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (/lPRQ)
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let me use my degree while seeing the world.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)
________
Usually at ground level when it's muddy, raining and cold.
let me use my degree while seeing the world.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)
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Usually at ground level when it's muddy, raining and cold.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (dxSpM)
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It's obvious that transexuals and other like minded weirdos are disordered and are a danger to society, especially to children and the weak minded. They should be removed from circulation in society and sent to hard labor until they get their minds right. No one would miss them and the highways of the nation would be a lot cleaner.
Posted by: Samuel Norton, Warden at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (R/m4+)
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67 If we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (2NXcZ)
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Trump would have to do a 180 on the clot shot. He could say he was duped on the effectiveness, which I'm sure he was, but admitting that he was duped would be a problem.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:39 PM (Dm8we)
He should admit it anyway. Besides Birx straight out admitted to lying to him.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:39 PM (Dm8we)
He should admit it anyway. Besides Birx straight out admitted to lying to him.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:43 PM (2NXcZ)
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Article this week from one who is getting caught up in the Jan6 scam that a pardon won't be the best way to clear them. Better to open up the evidence and go to trials or reopening those trials. A blanket pardon will clear the likes of Ray Epps.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:08 PM (fwDg9)
"All participants in the Jan. 6 occupation are hereby pardoned, with the exception of any Federal agents acting as instigators. Those individuals may subsequently receive a pardon if they turn States Evidence and give testimony leading to the conviction of their superiors."
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:08 PM (fwDg9)
"All participants in the Jan. 6 occupation are hereby pardoned, with the exception of any Federal agents acting as instigators. Those individuals may subsequently receive a pardon if they turn States Evidence and give testimony leading to the conviction of their superiors."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2024 12:44 PM (8zz6B)
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Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA” ) for engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as “women’s” competitions only to then provide consumers with mixed sex competitions where biological males compete against biological females.
Ken Paxton would have made a much better US AG than Trump's compromised pick, but Texas is better for keeping Paxton.
It takes someone with large biological male primary sex organs to take on the NCAA in this way.
Ken Paxton would have made a much better US AG than Trump's compromised pick, but Texas is better for keeping Paxton.
It takes someone with large biological male primary sex organs to take on the NCAA in this way.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:44 PM (rHxhM)
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If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:45 PM (dxSpM)
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Ken Paxton is a national treasure.
There are still RINO's in the Texas legislature that want to take him down.
There are still RINO's in the Texas legislature that want to take him down.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2024 12:45 PM (NpAcC)
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75
If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:45 PM (dxSpM)
You would, or if you wanted your eyes removed to avoid the near occasion of sin.
If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:45 PM (dxSpM)
You would, or if you wanted your eyes removed to avoid the near occasion of sin.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:45 PM (2NXcZ)
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H1b visas have become a jobs program to place Indian workers in the U.S. market. That doesn’t only take jobs from U.S. citizens, it artificially depresses demand/wages for American born workers. Worse, it destroys the educational pipeline and incentives for students to enter that field. Don’t believe me, believe the data. These tech/financial companies and many on the Tech Index also offshore a shit ton of jobs. The incentives to do that should be eliminated. You want to talk about tariffs? How about tariffs on offshored jobs?
These tech and financial companies have also been the first with their diversity BS and are first to the plate to subvert our civil rights and undermine our constitutional freedoms. F these people. Why is this even a debate? This is ultimately about merit and fairness, neither of which these companies support. They’ve demonstrated as much.
BTW Vivek is a VC guy and he’s showing his true stripes. Jackass.
These tech and financial companies have also been the first with their diversity BS and are first to the plate to subvert our civil rights and undermine our constitutional freedoms. F these people. Why is this even a debate? This is ultimately about merit and fairness, neither of which these companies support. They’ve demonstrated as much.
BTW Vivek is a VC guy and he’s showing his true stripes. Jackass.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (SnyzA)
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If we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
I'm all in favor, but I'd include a skills-based test as well. Unfortunately, SCOTUS says you can't.
I'm all in favor, but I'd include a skills-based test as well. Unfortunately, SCOTUS says you can't.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (xCA6C)
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I guess some are for total war and won't bother to understand the other side of the debate or at least be honest about what they are saying.
It's all or nothing war. SOP for the Right.
It's all or nothing war. SOP for the Right.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 29, 2024 12:47 PM (D6PGr)
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not women.
Posted by: cmeat at December 29, 2024 12:47 PM (6+aIJ)
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BTW Vivek is a VC guy and he’s showing his true stripes. Jackass.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (SnyzA)
Was never a supporter. And Musk's "big love compound" where he wants to stable his mares and foals is off putting too. It amazes me with this site's justifiable contempt for EVs, how we accept his opinions with so few questions. And parrot his accusations of "racism".
Posted by: Vengeance at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (SnyzA)
Was never a supporter. And Musk's "big love compound" where he wants to stable his mares and foals is off putting too. It amazes me with this site's justifiable contempt for EVs, how we accept his opinions with so few questions. And parrot his accusations of "racism".
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:48 PM (2NXcZ)
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Sorry, I know there's no math on the blog, but...
College chicks + Title IX = I don't care
There are lots of aspects of the trans agenda and cultural conflict about it that matter a great deal - but I just can't bring myself to care about the college ladygames part.
Title IX is ridiculous federal overreach to begin with. Just making taxpayers fund shit nobody wants to see. Most ladygames programs wouldn't exist without it. I'm sure some rich lesbos or their henpecked male family members would fund some of them, but not many.
Ladygames in HS are just an expensive, pointless annoyance. But college ladygames are played by college chicks - adults who overwhelmingly vote for the trans agenda to be carried out... Their dissatisfaction with the outcome is just something I can't find any sympathy for in my black little heart.
Sorry, I know there's no math on the blog, but...
College chicks + Title IX = I don't care
There are lots of aspects of the trans agenda and cultural conflict about it that matter a great deal - but I just can't bring myself to care about the college ladygames part.
Title IX is ridiculous federal overreach to begin with. Just making taxpayers fund shit nobody wants to see. Most ladygames programs wouldn't exist without it. I'm sure some rich lesbos or their henpecked male family members would fund some of them, but not many.
Ladygames in HS are just an expensive, pointless annoyance. But college ladygames are played by college chicks - adults who overwhelmingly vote for the trans agenda to be carried out... Their dissatisfaction with the outcome is just something I can't find any sympathy for in my black little heart.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2024 12:48 PM (BI5O2)
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It's all or nothing war. SOP for the Right.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
________
Well, we've been fine with a lot of nothing lately.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
________
Well, we've been fine with a lot of nothing lately.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:49 PM (Dm8we)
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Most TV series are like that.
That 70's Show was pretty good, but the last couple seasons were, to quote Krusty the Clown, "What the hell was that?!"
The first season generally stays faithful to the pilot.
The second season they want to be edgier than the first
The third season the Leftist propaganda is placed in center stage because all good shows must be corrupted and transformed into messengers of depravity.
Any remaining seasons are due to momentum of the first two seasons.
That 70's Show was pretty good, but the last couple seasons were, to quote Krusty the Clown, "What the hell was that?!"
The first season generally stays faithful to the pilot.
The second season they want to be edgier than the first
The third season the Leftist propaganda is placed in center stage because all good shows must be corrupted and transformed into messengers of depravity.
Any remaining seasons are due to momentum of the first two seasons.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:49 PM (rHxhM)
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71 67 If we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
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Thanks for posting that! Paints a pretty clear picture that it isn't about getting the best and brightest, but paying the lowest possible wage. Saw a similar dynamic growing up in the oilfield in Texas in the 70's. Big impact on wages and safety standards.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
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Thanks for posting that! Paints a pretty clear picture that it isn't about getting the best and brightest, but paying the lowest possible wage. Saw a similar dynamic growing up in the oilfield in Texas in the 70's. Big impact on wages and safety standards.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:51 PM (Jev2C)
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We will need a 12 Step detox program for our education system. It has to start at kindergarten, where the teachers are displaying pride flags and covertly grooming the kids.
Achievement must replace Diversity. But in the shorter run, perhaps there are some crash courses for our best and brightest, idk. But at least stop bringing in the CCP Kids to fill the jobs.
Achievement must replace Diversity. But in the shorter run, perhaps there are some crash courses for our best and brightest, idk. But at least stop bringing in the CCP Kids to fill the jobs.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 12:51 PM (Cus5s)
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From the link:
f we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
You can see where I’m going with this. A casual perusal of the data shows that this isn’t a program for the top 0.1% of talent, as it’s been described. This is simply a way to recruit hundreds of thousands of relatively lower-wage IT and financial services professionals.
America needs to be a destination for the world’s most elite talent. But the H-1B program isn’t the way to do that.
It's a good analysis, but I wish he'd told us what he thinks is preferable to the H-1B program.
f we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (Jev2C)
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
You can see where I’m going with this. A casual perusal of the data shows that this isn’t a program for the top 0.1% of talent, as it’s been described. This is simply a way to recruit hundreds of thousands of relatively lower-wage IT and financial services professionals.
America needs to be a destination for the world’s most elite talent. But the H-1B program isn’t the way to do that.
It's a good analysis, but I wish he'd told us what he thinks is preferable to the H-1B program.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:51 PM (xCA6C)
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85 - Seinfeld is the exact opposite. First two seasons are unwatchable in my opinion, and then there's not a bad episode after season 3.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 12:52 PM (Dm8we)
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I don't want Canada as 51 state. Think DC as a state X 100. over 60 million lib votes.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 12:52 PM (QTCRF)
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It's all or nothing war. SOP for the Right.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 29, 2024 12:47 PM (D6PGr)
H-1B started out alright, and should be reformed. It's been very abused. As for Mar-a-Lago hiring H1Bs, it doesn't, it hires seasonal workers so make sure they have enough maids and waitresses who go back home. Any number of seasonal resorts do that, to make sure the help is young, cute, and prepared to go home.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 29, 2024 12:47 PM (D6PGr)
H-1B started out alright, and should be reformed. It's been very abused. As for Mar-a-Lago hiring H1Bs, it doesn't, it hires seasonal workers so make sure they have enough maids and waitresses who go back home. Any number of seasonal resorts do that, to make sure the help is young, cute, and prepared to go home.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:52 PM (2NXcZ)
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I'm all in favor, but I'd include a skills-based test as well. Unfortunately, SCOTUS says you can't.
The proposed Education Credentials = Merit formula just means that the product of diploma mills will dominate.
Transforming my Home which I am supposed to defend with my life into an Economic Opportunity Zone where any credentialed interloper on planet Earth can exploit all of the benefits of Western Civilization without having to contribute one damned thing to its preservation is, in my books, enemy action.
The proposed Education Credentials = Merit formula just means that the product of diploma mills will dominate.
Transforming my Home which I am supposed to defend with my life into an Economic Opportunity Zone where any credentialed interloper on planet Earth can exploit all of the benefits of Western Civilization without having to contribute one damned thing to its preservation is, in my books, enemy action.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (rHxhM)
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We will need a 12 Step detox program for our education system. It has to start at kindergarten, where the teachers are displaying pride flags and covertly grooming the kids.
Achievement must replace Diversity. But in the shorter run, perhaps there are some crash courses for our best and brightest, idk.
There were Gifted programs in many, probably most, school districts, and they've been targeted by the teacher unions. It's long past time to tell the unions and their members to STFD and STFU.
Achievement must replace Diversity. But in the shorter run, perhaps there are some crash courses for our best and brightest, idk.
There were Gifted programs in many, probably most, school districts, and they've been targeted by the teacher unions. It's long past time to tell the unions and their members to STFD and STFU.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (xCA6C)
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Again, it's not about the best and brightest, the H1B program was supposed to fill jobs in niche roles that could not be filled by indigenous workers. ie control operator at a nuclear facility, neurosurgeon with a specialty in separating conjoined twins, Physicist who would make Einstein go WHOA!!!, not run of the mill computer programmers, or bean counters, or general purpose IT workers.
But that's what the program is being used for, ie, it's a scam, like everything else the government does.
But that's what the program is being used for, ie, it's a scam, like everything else the government does.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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Transforming my Home which I am supposed to defend with my life into an Economic Opportunity Zone where any credentialed interloper on planet Earth can exploit all of the benefits of Western Civilization without having to contribute one damned thing to its preservation is, in my books, enemy action.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (rHxhM)
Indeed. And the Doge boys are all about that and their bottom line. If Musk was so MAGA, why open a new plant in CHina?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (rHxhM)
Indeed. And the Doge boys are all about that and their bottom line. If Musk was so MAGA, why open a new plant in CHina?
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:54 PM (2NXcZ)
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However did we survive without H1B accountants in the past ???
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (QTCRF)
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But that's what the program is being used for, ie, it's a scam, like everything else the government does.
A cynic might conclude that the people running the program are less interested in meeting America's employment needs than they are in growing the population of voters who vote for them.
A cynic might conclude that the people running the program are less interested in meeting America's employment needs than they are in growing the population of voters who vote for them.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (xCA6C)
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My nephew is in tech (network security) and thinks government needs to pay much more to get the "best and brightest". He says private sector like Amazon scoops up the best, he mentioned at "$200-300K".
WOW ... I didn't ask if he was making that much, but that is higher than the $120k average I heard mentioned for best and brightest. I have no idea what the real market is like, or what demand is for real innovators as opposed to those that "just" pound out code for well defined tasks.
WOW ... I didn't ask if he was making that much, but that is higher than the $120k average I heard mentioned for best and brightest. I have no idea what the real market is like, or what demand is for real innovators as opposed to those that "just" pound out code for well defined tasks.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (Cus5s)
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Transforming my Home which I am supposed to defend with my life into an Economic Opportunity Zone where any credentialed interloper on planet Earth can exploit all of the benefits of Western Civilization without having to contribute one damned thing to its preservation is, in my books, enemy action.
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I might just have to memorize that sentence!
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I might just have to memorize that sentence!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (Jev2C)
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Any number of seasonal resorts do that, to make sure the help is young, cute, and prepared to go home.
Too Young and Too Cute ends up getting Knocked Up and Winning the Automatic 14th Amendment Citizen Prize
Too Young and Too Cute ends up getting Knocked Up and Winning the Automatic 14th Amendment Citizen Prize
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:56 PM (rHxhM)
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is everybody a TikTok and/or Instagram model now ??
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 12:56 PM (QTCRF)
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There were Gifted programs in many, probably most, school districts, and they've been targeted by the teacher unions. It's long past time to tell the unions and their members to STFD and STFU.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (xCA6C)
They're also targeted by parents whose kids don't make the cut. Hence my son chose Russian Math School for his three.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:53 PM (xCA6C)
They're also targeted by parents whose kids don't make the cut. Hence my son chose Russian Math School for his three.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:56 PM (2NXcZ)
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If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The Hand of Borgus Weems (Night Gallery episode)
If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The Hand of Borgus Weems (Night Gallery episode)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (63Dwl)
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My nephew is in tech (network security) and thinks government needs to pay much more to get the "best and brightest". He says private sector like Amazon scoops up the best, he mentioned at "$200-300K".
Amazon has also told their employees to be on-site five days a week beginning next week.
Amazon has also told their employees to be on-site five days a week beginning next week.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (rHxhM)
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My nephew is in tech (network security) and thinks government needs to pay much more to get the "best and brightest". He says private sector like Amazon scoops up the best, he mentioned at "$200-300K".
Your nephew is correct. I have long experience with government IT workers, and they are either hopelessly incompetent, or they only stay for a brief time because they can double their salary in the private sector.
Cue the usual whiners about overpaid Feds.
Your nephew is correct. I have long experience with government IT workers, and they are either hopelessly incompetent, or they only stay for a brief time because they can double their salary in the private sector.
Cue the usual whiners about overpaid Feds.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (xCA6C)
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>> It's a good analysis, but I wish he'd told us what he thinks is preferable to the H-1B program.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:51 PM (xCA6C)
He presented the data to expose the narrative, which is a deceptive lie. The alternative is to develop American workers for that pipeline. But the H1b program along with offshoring is destroying the financial incentives and opportunities for Americans to enter those verticals. I’ve seen it first hand and actually know a few unemployed people in those fields. These tech companies have operated in reckless ways and almost always with the blessing of Democrats and the GOPe. It’s time to end that, and yes, f Vivek. He grossly misstated the market dynamics and pinned it on “lazy” American workers.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:51 PM (xCA6C)
He presented the data to expose the narrative, which is a deceptive lie. The alternative is to develop American workers for that pipeline. But the H1b program along with offshoring is destroying the financial incentives and opportunities for Americans to enter those verticals. I’ve seen it first hand and actually know a few unemployed people in those fields. These tech companies have operated in reckless ways and almost always with the blessing of Democrats and the GOPe. It’s time to end that, and yes, f Vivek. He grossly misstated the market dynamics and pinned it on “lazy” American workers.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 29, 2024 12:58 PM (FLWsw)
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A cynic might conclude that the people running the program are less interested in meeting America's employment needs than they are in growing the population of voters who vote for them.
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Not cynical, merely an astute observer.
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Not cynical, merely an astute observer.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 12:58 PM (Jev2C)
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Too Young and Too Cute ends up getting Knocked Up and Winning the Automatic 14th Amendment Citizen Prize
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:56 PM (rHxhM)
A lot of them are European girls who do want to go home.
I stayed at a resort that specialized in Western European girls who are not longing for an anchor baby.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 12:56 PM (rHxhM)
A lot of them are European girls who do want to go home.
I stayed at a resort that specialized in Western European girls who are not longing for an anchor baby.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:58 PM (2NXcZ)
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Since we are interested in* Musk, Ramaswami, and H1B issues, may I bring up the dismal Math achievements in Mainstream US students. I tutor in an after school program for economically challenged kids. Many are refugees, but in two parent families. I predict the local Nepali refugee kids will soon be over-represented as high school valedictorians around here. The same, IIRC, happened with the Vietnamese kids some decades ago.
Posted by: Fenderbender at December 29, 2024 12:58 PM (r72iY)
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Agree, most of Canada are lemmings all ready to jump off the cliff, not all just most. If not there would be more trying to stop Castro 's madness
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 12:59 PM (fwDg9)
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I'm very happy with Ken Paxton.
But he's only one AG. Well OK, maybe the AG in Missouri.
The other AGs are letting us down.
But he's only one AG. Well OK, maybe the AG in Missouri.
The other AGs are letting us down.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 29, 2024 12:59 PM (3wi/L)
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These tech companies have operated in reckless ways and almost always with the blessing of Democrats and the GOPe. It’s time to end that, and yes, f Vivek. He grossly misstated the market dynamics and pinned it on “lazy” American workers.
Both can be true, and IMHO, are.
Both can be true, and IMHO, are.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:59 PM (xCA6C)
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Since we are interested in* Musk, Ramaswami, and H1B issues, may I bring up the dismal Math achievements in Mainstream US students. I tutor in an after school program for economically challenged kids. Many are refugees, but in two parent families. I predict the local Nepali refugee kids will soon be over-represented as high school valedictorians around here. The same, IIRC, happened with the Vietnamese kids some decades ago.
You are correct. It's too easy to blame American student's lack of achievement on other people.
You are correct. It's too easy to blame American student's lack of achievement on other people.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 01:00 PM (xCA6C)
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I don't want Canada as 51 state. Think DC as a state X 100. over 60 million lib votes.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 12:52 PM (QTCRF)
You don't have to take all of it, just Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, and most of the land mass of British Columbia. All conservative enough to be "Red" States, with the normal "blue" cities, just like Texas, or Utah, or Arizona.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 12:52 PM (QTCRF)
You don't have to take all of it, just Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, and most of the land mass of British Columbia. All conservative enough to be "Red" States, with the normal "blue" cities, just like Texas, or Utah, or Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2024 01:01 PM (8zz6B)
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" any credentialed interloper on planet Earth can exploit all of the benefits of Western Civilization without having to contribute one damned thing to its preservation is, in my books, enemy action."
that goes back to the whole "free market" concepts, which transformed in the 80's to "ONLY the Bottom Line Matters". They were wrong ... culture, liberty, faith ... all matter, and they have a cost that should be added to the "bottom line".
A nation that pollutes, hates us, uses slaves, oppresses Christians .... should be at least tariffed, perhaps embargoed. If we bring in guest workers for life, they are not guests. But the left is all about polluting/destroying our heritage.
that goes back to the whole "free market" concepts, which transformed in the 80's to "ONLY the Bottom Line Matters". They were wrong ... culture, liberty, faith ... all matter, and they have a cost that should be added to the "bottom line".
A nation that pollutes, hates us, uses slaves, oppresses Christians .... should be at least tariffed, perhaps embargoed. If we bring in guest workers for life, they are not guests. But the left is all about polluting/destroying our heritage.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 01:01 PM (Cus5s)
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Wall Street Mav
@WallStreetMav
18h
Was the H-1B virus man-made in a lab?
Was the release intentional or on accident?
@WallStreetMav
18h
Was the H-1B virus man-made in a lab?
Was the release intentional or on accident?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2024 01:01 PM (D7oie)
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The reason the NCAA, BOE and Olympic Comm. are allowing the fucking .001% trans to ruin women's sports is because first and foremost, boys sports are the only thing that matters to them because it makes them fucking wealthy. Second, they don't want any monies spent on building trans bathrooms, locker rooms, teams. If I had won the billion dollar mega lottery the first I would have done is sue the NCAA, BOE and Olympic Comm for $500 million dollars. Trust me when I say that would have been first on my list of dealing with grievances.
Posted by: Size Matters at December 29, 2024 01:02 PM (rzwGB)
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The most memorable thing about Paxton is how much the mainstream GOP hates him and how hard they have tried to get rid of him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2024 01:02 PM (7MHHr)
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WOW ... I didn't ask if he was making that much, but that is higher than the $120k average I heard mentioned for best and brightest. I have no idea what the real market is like, or what demand is for real innovators as opposed to those that "just" pound out code for well defined tasks.
I had an opportunity to go to Amazon as well (actually many since I'm continuously being recruited). They are tough on who they bring in and Amazon has a penchant for equipping their 200-300k employees with no-name equipment on cheapest office furniture, jamming them cattle style into large rooms with the windows covered and all of the fluorescent lights on (at least the Austin campus).
It was like being incarcerated, there was no joy, only promises of drudge and a chemical dependency on Amphetamines and Barbiturates to switch on and then switch off each day.
I had an opportunity to go to Amazon as well (actually many since I'm continuously being recruited). They are tough on who they bring in and Amazon has a penchant for equipping their 200-300k employees with no-name equipment on cheapest office furniture, jamming them cattle style into large rooms with the windows covered and all of the fluorescent lights on (at least the Austin campus).
It was like being incarcerated, there was no joy, only promises of drudge and a chemical dependency on Amphetamines and Barbiturates to switch on and then switch off each day.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 29, 2024 01:02 PM (rHxhM)
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I don't want Canada as 51 state. Think DC as a state X 100. over 60 million lib votes.
It's not quite that bad. Canada's pop is 41.5M, and obviously a good chunk of those are not voters. And as AOP point out, you don't have to take them all.
It's not quite that bad. Canada's pop is 41.5M, and obviously a good chunk of those are not voters. And as AOP point out, you don't have to take them all.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 01:02 PM (xCA6C)
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You are correct. It's too easy to blame American student's lack of achievement on other people.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 01:00 PM (xCA6C)
I wonder what happened between 1915 and today. Let's blame the students.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 01:00 PM (xCA6C)
I wonder what happened between 1915 and today. Let's blame the students.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (L/fGl)
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Both can be true, and IMHO, are.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:59 PM (xCA6C)
Yet plenty of Americans take jobs that provide very long hours. Sadly they have to choose a profession in which you are unlikely to be replaced. My nephew graduated from Georgia Tech and worked as an engineer for 3 years, went back for an MBA when he saw colleagues shit canned for foreigners. Administrators do not hire foreigners to replace themselves. Smart boy.
Both can be true, and IMHO, are.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:59 PM (xCA6C)
Yet plenty of Americans take jobs that provide very long hours. Sadly they have to choose a profession in which you are unlikely to be replaced. My nephew graduated from Georgia Tech and worked as an engineer for 3 years, went back for an MBA when he saw colleagues shit canned for foreigners. Administrators do not hire foreigners to replace themselves. Smart boy.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:04 PM (2NXcZ)
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Mega Millions $1 Billion Jackpot Won by Player in California
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (L/fGl)
_________
Sadly, jackpots of that size often ruin the lives of the winners.
Instead, it would be better if it went to someone more deserving. Someone dedicated to quiet philanthropy and restrained, but elegant living. I recommend me.
Mega Millions $1 Billion Jackpot Won by Player in California
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (L/fGl)
_________
Sadly, jackpots of that size often ruin the lives of the winners.
Instead, it would be better if it went to someone more deserving. Someone dedicated to quiet philanthropy and restrained, but elegant living. I recommend me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:07 PM (dxSpM)
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Jeepers. The Cowboys will be lucky not to lose by 50 points.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (XA4WA)
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that is not the first time 1B + winner just happens to be from CA
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (QTCRF)
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A cynic might conclude that the people running the program are less interested in meeting America's employment needs than they are in growing the population of voters who vote for them.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (xCA6C)
from reports I have seen, the majority of H1bs come through a small number of foreign recruiters who act as labor contractors, do multiple entries for each individual to raise the chances in the lottery, and often write the applications, fake resumes and give quickie courses in the areas the applicant is supposedly proficient in.
So much fraud on the outside indicates to me that there is huge amount of fraud on the US side as well
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:55 PM (xCA6C)
from reports I have seen, the majority of H1bs come through a small number of foreign recruiters who act as labor contractors, do multiple entries for each individual to raise the chances in the lottery, and often write the applications, fake resumes and give quickie courses in the areas the applicant is supposedly proficient in.
So much fraud on the outside indicates to me that there is huge amount of fraud on the US side as well
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 29, 2024 01:09 PM (wBaIH)
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Jeepers. The Cowboys will be lucky not to lose by 50 points.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (XA4WA)
________
If they lost by 500 it wouldn't be enough for me.
Jeepers. The Cowboys will be lucky not to lose by 50 points.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (XA4WA)
________
If they lost by 500 it wouldn't be enough for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:09 PM (dxSpM)
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122 Sumbitch stole my jackpot!
Mega Millions $1 Billion Jackpot Won by Player in California
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (L/fGl)
Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Mega Millions $1 Billion Jackpot Won by Player in California
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 29, 2024 01:03 PM (L/fGl)
Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2024 01:09 PM (bss/y)
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Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2024 01:09 PM (bss/y)
________
After that, he can buy a pack of gum.
Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2024 01:09 PM (bss/y)
________
After that, he can buy a pack of gum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (dxSpM)
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Nice.... Musk actually listens to the H1B detractors, and says that yes, the system is broken.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (QAkQ3)
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H1B isn't exactly cheap labor - 6 figure salaries ?! wtf !
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (QTCRF)
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After that, he can buy a pack of gum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (dxSpM)
And Newscum can build another mile of High Speed Rail.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (dxSpM)
And Newscum can build another mile of High Speed Rail.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (8zz6B)
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If you want to ensure productivity, make every worker account for their time down to .1 of an hour. This is how it works in law firms doing defense work where you have to bill a client. If you don't have 2000 or more billable hours per year, your ass is shown the door. Same for doctors and RVUs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (Dm8we)
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132 Nice.... Musk actually listens to the H1B detractors, and says that yes, the system is broken.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (QAkQ3)
He saw that he shot himself in the dick with that tweet. I wonder if he wrote that on one of his ketamine days?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 29, 2024 01:11 PM (QAkQ3)
He saw that he shot himself in the dick with that tweet. I wonder if he wrote that on one of his ketamine days?
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (2NXcZ)
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H1B isn't exactly cheap labor - 6 figure salaries ?! wtf !
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (QTCRF)
Do they keep all that money, or do they get to kick some of it back to their organizers back home?
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (QTCRF)
Do they keep all that money, or do they get to kick some of it back to their organizers back home?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2024 01:13 PM (D7oie)
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There is an annoying number of players with the number 0 on their jersey. 00 was all right for Jim Otto, but otherwise it's just too George Plimpton.
There is an annoying number of players with the number 0 on their jersey. 00 was all right for Jim Otto, but otherwise it's just too George Plimpton.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (dxSpM)
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133 H1B isn't exactly cheap labor - 6 figure salaries ?! wtf !
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Used to do project management for an engineering team. They are very much worth the salaries - make the companies loads o' money.
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Used to do project management for an engineering team. They are very much worth the salaries - make the companies loads o' money.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Jev2C)
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The debate over H1B's, Musk and Vivek is more about sowing dissent among MAGA and the two of them than it is about H1B visas and who they're given to and for what.
Trump's already said he's fine with the program as it stands. How it's administered is debatable.
And isn't the real issue the so-called "quality" of the recruits being proffered up by our academic institutions?
Trump's already said he's fine with the program as it stands. How it's administered is debatable.
And isn't the real issue the so-called "quality" of the recruits being proffered up by our academic institutions?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Q4IgG)
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After reading Vivek's screed abot (*Canadian accent) "Friends" and homecoming queens , it dawned on me that he is a just a small man with insecurities , a nerd with a chip on his shoulder.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (QTCRF)
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@130
>>Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Apparently California does not tax lottery winnings, so if the person who won takes the lump sum, he'll walk away with a little over half a billion once the federal governments takes their 250m dollar cut.
>>Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Apparently California does not tax lottery winnings, so if the person who won takes the lump sum, he'll walk away with a little over half a billion once the federal governments takes their 250m dollar cut.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (XV/Pl)
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A blanket pardon will clear the likes of Ray Epps.
Trump needs to pardon "everyone except Ray Epps". The media meltdown would be hilarious beyond any known units of measurement.
Trump needs to pardon "everyone except Ray Epps". The media meltdown would be hilarious beyond any known units of measurement.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:15 PM (QZThv)
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Used to do project management for an engineering team. They are very much worth the salaries - make the companies loads o' money.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Jev2C)
I know a little about engineering, what did they do for the 200-300K they were receiving ?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Jev2C)
I know a little about engineering, what did they do for the 200-300K they were receiving ?
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:16 PM (QTCRF)
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And isn't the real issue the so-called "quality" of the recruits being proffered up by our academic institutions?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Q4IgG)
No because many universities have large STEM set asides for students from China, India and Arab countries. Add in domestic DEI, and here we are.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Q4IgG)
No because many universities have large STEM set asides for students from China, India and Arab countries. Add in domestic DEI, and here we are.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:16 PM (2NXcZ)
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142 @130
>>Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Apparently California does not tax lottery winnings, so if the person who won takes the lump sum, he'll walk away with a little over half a billion once the federal governments takes their 250m dollar cut.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_
And now, he will be tested by money.
>>Poor dumb bastard. What are the taxes going to be in Cali?
Apparently California does not tax lottery winnings, so if the person who won takes the lump sum, he'll walk away with a little over half a billion once the federal governments takes their 250m dollar cut.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_
And now, he will be tested by money.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:16 PM (Jev2C)
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>>Nice.... Musk actually listens to the H1B detractors, and says that yes, the system is broken.
Huh? How about that.
Huh? How about that.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:17 PM (LkLld)
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141 After reading Vivek's screed abot (*Canadian accent) "Friends" and homecoming queens , it dawned on me that he is a just a small man with insecurities , a nerd with a chip on his shoulder.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (QTCRF)
He lost me with his pharma pusuits.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (QTCRF)
He lost me with his pharma pusuits.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:17 PM (2NXcZ)
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The individuals responsible need to be sued for violating the privacy rights of individuals. Only when they realize they will be held personally accountable will this insanity cease. These savages are trying to reduce us to a low trust culture so evident in communist and third world countries.
Posted by: TJ Jackson at December 29, 2024 01:18 PM (bXvrr)
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Apparently California does not tax lottery winnings, so if the person who won takes the lump sum, he'll walk away with a little over half a billion once the federal governments takes their 250m dollar cut.
The Cali Democrats are almost certainly going to be trying very hard to retroactively tax that.
The Cali Democrats are almost certainly going to be trying very hard to retroactively tax that.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:18 PM (QZThv)
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Ladygames in HS are just an expensive, pointless annoyance. But college ladygames are played by college chicks - adults who overwhelmingly vote for the trans agenda to be carried out... Their dissatisfaction with the outcome is just something I can't find any sympathy for in my black little heart.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2024 12:48 PM (BI5O2)
I was on swim team from the time I was six years old until I was 17. I did not consider it an annoyance, and neither did my teammates. I did not swim in college because I was too busy working and studying to do so. I would have done if I had a scholarship to cover everything, but my scholarship did not, so I worked. I also would not have considered it a waste of time. I did not nor would I vote for men to play at womanface. I do not believe I am alone in that assessment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2024 12:48 PM (BI5O2)
I was on swim team from the time I was six years old until I was 17. I did not consider it an annoyance, and neither did my teammates. I did not swim in college because I was too busy working and studying to do so. I would have done if I had a scholarship to cover everything, but my scholarship did not, so I worked. I also would not have considered it a waste of time. I did not nor would I vote for men to play at womanface. I do not believe I am alone in that assessment.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 29, 2024 01:19 PM (xZ/E3)
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Revenge of the nerds?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2024 01:19 PM (63Dwl)
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79 If we are getting the world's best from the H1B visa program, then there wouldn't be any harm in throwing in an IQ test, would there?
I'm all in favor, but I'd include a skills-based test as well. Unfortunately, SCOTUS says you can't.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (xCA6C)
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Perform the tests before they get to our shores which is logical anyway since if they fail you don't want them here at all. If you apply for immigration into the USA you have to undergo a pretty stringent medical exam which includes chest X-rays, since any trace of TB is the death knell to getting in. Also STDs were a no-no. All the tests are done by doctors on contract with the USA in the country of residence, so no friendly quacks.
Do the same for work visas.
I'm all in favor, but I'd include a skills-based test as well. Unfortunately, SCOTUS says you can't.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:46 PM (xCA6C)
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Perform the tests before they get to our shores which is logical anyway since if they fail you don't want them here at all. If you apply for immigration into the USA you have to undergo a pretty stringent medical exam which includes chest X-rays, since any trace of TB is the death knell to getting in. Also STDs were a no-no. All the tests are done by doctors on contract with the USA in the country of residence, so no friendly quacks.
Do the same for work visas.
Posted by: Ciampino - got to test their English at December 29, 2024 01:19 PM (i0xsb)
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I found this on another site: https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Relying on H-1B devotees for info is a mistake I choose not to make.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:23 PM (2NXcZ)
Working in tech for two decades, this is widely known. H1Bs mostly suck. They’re not sending their best. The program exists to bring in millions of low-skilled mediocrities to fill out staffing.
There is a shortage of genuinely skilled native tech workers, but H1B doesn’t address that. When I’ve supervised H1B workers, it’s taken twelve guys six months to do what I could do in two weeks alone. And their product is buggy and barely functional.
Relying on H-1B devotees for info is a mistake I choose not to make.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 12:23 PM (2NXcZ)
Working in tech for two decades, this is widely known. H1Bs mostly suck. They’re not sending their best. The program exists to bring in millions of low-skilled mediocrities to fill out staffing.
There is a shortage of genuinely skilled native tech workers, but H1B doesn’t address that. When I’ve supervised H1B workers, it’s taken twelve guys six months to do what I could do in two weeks alone. And their product is buggy and barely functional.
Posted by: Nuke The Hippies! at December 29, 2024 01:19 PM (FC8SQ)
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After reading Vivek's screed abot (*Canadian accent) "Friends" and homecoming queens
Pretty much all of Twitter stopped and said "huh?" about "we must all idolize Screech from 'Saved By The Bell'".
Pretty much all of Twitter stopped and said "huh?" about "we must all idolize Screech from 'Saved By The Bell'".
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:20 PM (QZThv)
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144 Used to do project management for an engineering team. They are very much worth the salaries - make the companies loads o' money.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Jev2C)
I know a little about engineering, what did they do for the 200-300K they were receiving ?
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DoD contracts that were cost plus fixed-fee. Pretty tough to lose money on those unless they are grossly mismanaged.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (Jev2C)
I know a little about engineering, what did they do for the 200-300K they were receiving ?
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DoD contracts that were cost plus fixed-fee. Pretty tough to lose money on those unless they are grossly mismanaged.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:20 PM (Jev2C)
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"They are tough on who they bring in and Amazon has a penchant for equipping their 200-300k employees with no-name equipment on cheapest office furniture, jamming them cattle style into large rooms with the windows covered and all of the fluorescent lights on (at least the Austin campus)."
wow ... yeah, my nephew can work from home much of the time ... has to have time for Burning Man, with "Wired" as his "Bible:, or so it seems. He does at least see many problems with "The System".
wow ... yeah, my nephew can work from home much of the time ... has to have time for Burning Man, with "Wired" as his "Bible:, or so it seems. He does at least see many problems with "The System".
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 01:21 PM (Cus5s)
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Every Sunday it's a surprise to me that a football game might be going on.
I literally have no idea who may or may not be heading to playoffs
I literally have no idea who may or may not be heading to playoffs
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:21 PM (fwDg9)
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Apparently if you are white and American, you cannot get a job in tech these days. It isn't that you aren't qualified, because few if any of the Indians imported are qualified or "genius." It is because they would have to pay you a living wage and couldn't make you work 90 hours weeks. Employers don't want to pay for Americans, they only want to pay indentured servants. It is no different than letting in Mexicans to pick vegetables. Teenagers can't get summer jobs anymore, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 29, 2024 01:22 PM (xZ/E3)
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Texas and Florida saving the country one step at a time.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 29, 2024 01:23 PM (e2A1H)
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If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Chainsaw works pretty good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Chainsaw works pretty good.
Posted by: Ash at December 29, 2024 01:24 PM (xcIvR)
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H1B is a total scam. It doesn't bring in the best. It brings in ultra cheap barely competent slave workers. Ive see it in action for 20 years.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 29, 2024 01:25 PM (e2A1H)
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I bet a good number of the old chess thread commenters can beat Vivek at chess.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:26 PM (QTCRF)
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My husband is a white, high end software developer, who couldn't get a job for over 3 years. When he finally got one, it was with an Indian company. Now that is irony.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 29, 2024 01:27 PM (bLe0J)
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If you're interested in the real history of the H1B program and why it was created this is an excellent and factual article. The H1B program is operating exactly as it was designed to operate.
https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:27 PM (LkLld)
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42
'and open an investigation of the investigators and prosecute any and all violations of rights of individuals.
'
There's a finite and known set of people being prosecuted for J6. It seems like it should be possible to know which ones might be federal assets.
'and open an investigation of the investigators and prosecute any and all violations of rights of individuals.
'
There's a finite and known set of people being prosecuted for J6. It seems like it should be possible to know which ones might be federal assets.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 29, 2024 01:28 PM (3wi/L)
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Of course, the big-ticket debt is run up by post-graduate degree seekers who find there's no jobs for someone with an MFA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Master of F**k-All?
* googles *
Oh, Master of Fine Arts.
Same thing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Master of F**k-All?
* googles *
Oh, Master of Fine Arts.
Same thing?
Posted by: mikeski at December 29, 2024 01:28 PM (DgGvY)
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Cue the usual whiners about overpaid Feds.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (xCA6C)
Pay for Fed employees should be set to minimum wage. And they’d still be overpaid.
“But nobody would work for that much!”
Yes.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (xCA6C)
Pay for Fed employees should be set to minimum wage. And they’d still be overpaid.
“But nobody would work for that much!”
Yes.
Posted by: Nuke The Hippies! at December 29, 2024 01:28 PM (FC8SQ)
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Teenagers can't get summer jobs anymore, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 29, 2024 01:22 PM (xZ/E3)
Not that they'd pick lettuce, but I used to use kids to do gardening. Now every service uses illegals and wants you to agree to weekly service well into December and when there is nothing but burned out grass.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 29, 2024 01:22 PM (xZ/E3)
Not that they'd pick lettuce, but I used to use kids to do gardening. Now every service uses illegals and wants you to agree to weekly service well into December and when there is nothing but burned out grass.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:30 PM (2NXcZ)
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If I went in to see my doctor and said I wanted my hand amputated because I thought it was going to strangle me, I'd quite rightly be referred to psychiatric care to cure me of my delusion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You would, or if you wanted your eyes removed to avoid the near occasion of sin.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn
Diagnosis: anorexia
Prescription: liposuction, gastric band
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You would, or if you wanted your eyes removed to avoid the near occasion of sin.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn
Diagnosis: anorexia
Prescription: liposuction, gastric band
Posted by: mikeski at December 29, 2024 01:30 PM (DgGvY)
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It is impossible for a white American yo get an IT job at a corporate 500 company today. Indians run it all and only hire their own.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 29, 2024 01:31 PM (e2A1H)
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I tried tucking my 10" wiener when I tried out for the women's beach volleyball team, but they said my breasts were too small to make the starting lineup.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 29, 2024 01:32 PM (/MR36)
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https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:27 PM (LkLld)
And then there's how it really operates. I'd have thought Covid would have cured us of believing sources that say everything is just fine, trust us. How quickly we forget.
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:27 PM (LkLld)
And then there's how it really operates. I'd have thought Covid would have cured us of believing sources that say everything is just fine, trust us. How quickly we forget.
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:33 PM (2NXcZ)
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Employers don't want to pay for Americans, they only want to pay indentured servants.
The actual root cause is that Democrat voters who demand high minimum wages with lots of benefits refuse to pay market prices for goods produced under those laws.
The actual root cause is that Democrat voters who demand high minimum wages with lots of benefits refuse to pay market prices for goods produced under those laws.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:33 PM (QZThv)
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"And isn't the real issue the so-called "quality" of the recruits being proffered up by our academic institutions?"
Actually I think the real issue is the systematic fundamental abuse of the system - i.e. violation of law - in the H1B situation. It might be more relevant to ask what % of H1Bs are generated legitimately under the law than how many are fraudulent/improper.
The infamous Disney episode - which Trump specifically cited 8 years ago when talking about the topic - is apparently not unrepresentative, just especially egregious. The "forgotten man" is still pretty much forgotten, in this category, let's see if anything changes under Trump 2.0.
Actually I think the real issue is the systematic fundamental abuse of the system - i.e. violation of law - in the H1B situation. It might be more relevant to ask what % of H1Bs are generated legitimately under the law than how many are fraudulent/improper.
The infamous Disney episode - which Trump specifically cited 8 years ago when talking about the topic - is apparently not unrepresentative, just especially egregious. The "forgotten man" is still pretty much forgotten, in this category, let's see if anything changes under Trump 2.0.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2024 01:34 PM (1m82a)
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Dr Claw - yeah the ones slapped on the wrist and let go, not shoved into Garlands Gulag for 2 years without a trual.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (fwDg9)
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If you don't have 2000 or more billable hours per year, your ass is shown the door. Same for doctors and RVUs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (Dm8we)
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I've always kind of wondered how many of those 2000 hours represent actual useful progress and how much is pointless churning.
I don't think you can get people to work 2000 billable hours a year without some shiny bauble hanging in front of them.
If you don't have 2000 or more billable hours per year, your ass is shown the door. Same for doctors and RVUs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 01:12 PM (Dm8we)
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I've always kind of wondered how many of those 2000 hours represent actual useful progress and how much is pointless churning.
I don't think you can get people to work 2000 billable hours a year without some shiny bauble hanging in front of them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (dxSpM)
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It has been my perception that the group most overpaid in companies whose product is basically engineering services are the business developers and managers who often run otherwise profitable projects into the ground by not listening to the judgement of the engineers. Everyone hought, "Scott Adams MUST be one of our guys."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (Jev2C)
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174 Employers don't want to pay for Americans, they only want to pay indentured servants.
They see how China treats its workers and want the same. Sadly US companies built that system right down to
biometric scans.
They see how China treats its workers and want the same. Sadly US companies built that system right down to
biometric scans.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (2NXcZ)
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I can't wait for all the NGOs to be federally defunded. They are, after all, supposed to be NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organizations...
And then there's the 401 (c) (3) status of so many leftists organizations that do leftist partisan work, in contravention of their tax status.
Will any of this get done? Dunno. The Deep State bureaucracy protects its own interests. I expect the courts will be busy for years...
And then there's the 401 (c) (3) status of so many leftists organizations that do leftist partisan work, in contravention of their tax status.
Will any of this get done? Dunno. The Deep State bureaucracy protects its own interests. I expect the courts will be busy for years...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:36 PM (ynpvh)
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I pray Trump, Musk, Vivek and RFK Jr all know the press is intent on pitting them against each other and will lie and fabricate and edit comments to see if they can do so.
I hope they talk to each other in person frequently and KNOW FOR A FACT if something was said or not said.
I hope they talk to each other in person frequently and KNOW FOR A FACT if something was said or not said.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (8ZrHX)
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And article I mentioned up a ways about Jan6 Ralliers said they still have plenty of cases the DOJ is working on and the people haven't been arrested yet.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (fwDg9)
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The infamous Disney episode - which Trump specifically cited 8 years ago when talking about the topic - is apparently not unrepresentative, just especially egregious. The "forgotten man" is still pretty much forgotten, in this category, let's see if anything changes under Trump 2.0.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2024 01:34 PM (1m82a)
If not we've been swindled. We might prefer President Vance.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2024 01:34 PM (1m82a)
If not we've been swindled. We might prefer President Vance.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (2NXcZ)
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>>And then there's how it really operates. I'd have thought Covid would have cured us of believing sources that say everything is just fine, trust us. How quickly we forget.
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Yea, I was the first to post that link. It absolutely supports this article.
>>How & Why Government, Universities, & Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists & High-Tech Workers
https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
It's all about keeping wages down.
https://tinyurl.com/3937xfy4
Yea, I was the first to post that link. It absolutely supports this article.
>>How & Why Government, Universities, & Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists & High-Tech Workers
https://tinyurl.com/2e9ctw33
It's all about keeping wages down.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (LkLld)
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179 174 Employers don't want to pay for Americans, they only want to pay indentured servants.
They see how China treats its workers and want the same. Sadly US companies built that system right down to
biometric scans.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (2NXcZ)
I had an ingrown tooth once...it seemed...in-dentured.
They see how China treats its workers and want the same. Sadly US companies built that system right down to
biometric scans.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:35 PM (2NXcZ)
I had an ingrown tooth once...it seemed...in-dentured.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:38 PM (ynpvh)
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Paxton is the real deal. We're lucky to have him.
Posted by: Happy at December 29, 2024 01:39 PM (X+tFu)
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So I happened to be watching the PGA Tour channel yesterday and they were showing highlights. Absolutely crazy accurate shots with holes-in-one galore. As in, waaaay too many. I'm beginning to suspect some sort of shenanigans with electromagnets in the holes and metal core golf balls.
Posted by: Bad King Wenceslas at December 29, 2024 01:39 PM (/Xos0)
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It's all about keeping wages down.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (LkLld)
Of course it is, except for administration and owners.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (LkLld)
Of course it is, except for administration and owners.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:39 PM (2NXcZ)
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It has been my perception that the group most overpaid in companies whose product is basically engineering services are the business developers and managers who often run otherwise profitable projects into the ground by not listening to the judgement of the engineers.
The MBA degree has likely been more damaging to the West than the education degree, although I'll listen to arguments either way.
The MBA degree has likely been more damaging to the West than the education degree, although I'll listen to arguments either way.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (QZThv)
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Thanks for the good discussion, y'all. Time to go check on the neighbor's horses and get my own work done.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (Jev2C)
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I hope they talk to each other in person frequently and KNOW FOR A FACT if something was said or not said.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (8ZrHX)
Musk's "fuck yourself in the face" on X was pretty clear.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (8ZrHX)
Musk's "fuck yourself in the face" on X was pretty clear.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (2NXcZ)
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As for Title IX,
I was on the receiving end of that legislation. It was sad to see mens collegiate sports decimated. They were our friends and supporters. And they deserved their scholarships just as we did. It's not like there wasn't enough money to go around.
I was on the receiving end of that legislation. It was sad to see mens collegiate sports decimated. They were our friends and supporters. And they deserved their scholarships just as we did. It's not like there wasn't enough money to go around.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 29, 2024 01:41 PM (o6bhz)
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I've always kind of wondered how many of those 2000 hours represent actual useful progress and how much is pointless churning.
I don't think you can get people to work 2000 billable hours a year without some shiny bauble hanging in front of them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Oh, there's a ton of churning, but eventually a client should get sick of it and fire that firm. There are at least some market forces in play.
When I was a newbie, the managing partner got wind of the fact that I did not intend to cover a co-defendant's motion four counties away in which our client had no stake. He read me the riot act about how anything could be discussed at the hearing and I needed to attend. At the end, he threw in, "and, it's billable."
I don't think you can get people to work 2000 billable hours a year without some shiny bauble hanging in front of them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Oh, there's a ton of churning, but eventually a client should get sick of it and fire that firm. There are at least some market forces in play.
When I was a newbie, the managing partner got wind of the fact that I did not intend to cover a co-defendant's motion four counties away in which our client had no stake. He read me the riot act about how anything could be discussed at the hearing and I needed to attend. At the end, he threw in, "and, it's billable."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2024 01:41 PM (Dm8we)
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You don't have to take all of it, just Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, and most of the land mass of British Columbia. All conservative enough to be "Red" States, with the normal "blue" cities, just like Texas, or Utah, or Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2024 01:01 PM (8zz6B)
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That's fatal. Those blue cities have or will end up having the majority, population-wise, and the State goes blue. See Illinois, NY, CA to name a few.
You don't have to take all of it, just Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, and most of the land mass of British Columbia. All conservative enough to be "Red" States, with the normal "blue" cities, just like Texas, or Utah, or Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2024 01:01 PM (8zz6B)
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That's fatal. Those blue cities have or will end up having the majority, population-wise, and the State goes blue. See Illinois, NY, CA to name a few.
Posted by: Ciampino - got to test their blueness at December 29, 2024 01:42 PM (i0xsb)
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182 And article I mentioned up a ways about Jan6 Ralliers said they still have plenty of cases the DOJ is working on and the people haven't been arrested yet.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (fwDg9)
It's all part of the lawfare. You were in an open area that was restricted, but you got there after the fences and signs were all pulled down? Jail-time for you!, says the DOJ.
How much jail-time for lying to Congress like Eric Holder and the rest of the Obama and Biden admin did? I think only Peter Navarro got jail-time for ignoring a subpoena from an illegally created Congressional committee who illegally destroyed their own records.
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:37 PM (fwDg9)
It's all part of the lawfare. You were in an open area that was restricted, but you got there after the fences and signs were all pulled down? Jail-time for you!, says the DOJ.
How much jail-time for lying to Congress like Eric Holder and the rest of the Obama and Biden admin did? I think only Peter Navarro got jail-time for ignoring a subpoena from an illegally created Congressional committee who illegally destroyed their own records.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:42 PM (ynpvh)
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I'm conflicted. I would LOVE for Paxton to primary Cornyn. With what he (Paxton) has done in Texas he would win. BUT he's doing a hell of a job in Texas cleaning out the GOPe from state government
Posted by: Stacy0311 at December 29, 2024 01:42 PM (MlJo7)
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I hope they talk to each other in person frequently and KNOW FOR A FACT if something was said or not said.
Trump just said H1B reform is a must, as you'd hope from the man who cited the Disney IT massacre. The part where he can hopefully make it especially hurt Disney seems like something Musk could get behind as well, given Bob Iger was a ringleader of the Twitter ad boycott.
Trump just said H1B reform is a must, as you'd hope from the man who cited the Disney IT massacre. The part where he can hopefully make it especially hurt Disney seems like something Musk could get behind as well, given Bob Iger was a ringleader of the Twitter ad boycott.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:42 PM (QZThv)
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The MBA degree has likely been more damaging to the West than the education degree, although I'll listen to arguments either way.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (QZThv)
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The MBA degree became damaging when it stopped being a function that promoted efficient business processes and turned to "corporate strategy".
The MBA degree has likely been more damaging to the West than the education degree, although I'll listen to arguments either way.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (QZThv)
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The MBA degree became damaging when it stopped being a function that promoted efficient business processes and turned to "corporate strategy".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 01:43 PM (dxSpM)
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The MBA degree has likely been more damaging to the West than the education degree, although I'll listen to arguments either way.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (QZThv)
It's often rehabilitative when you have a crappy undergraduate degree. Also I mentioned that my nephew got one and moved into administration (was an engineer) in order to avoid being replaced.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:40 PM (QZThv)
It's often rehabilitative when you have a crappy undergraduate degree. Also I mentioned that my nephew got one and moved into administration (was an engineer) in order to avoid being replaced.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:43 PM (2NXcZ)
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18 I'm old enough remember when a tranny called Allison was just part of a drive train.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Lo97M)
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One of my employees is not allowed to use the company trucks anymore. The last time he used one, he went into a seedy part of town and blew a tranny.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Lo97M)
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One of my employees is not allowed to use the company trucks anymore. The last time he used one, he went into a seedy part of town and blew a tranny.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 29, 2024 01:44 PM (xxf6X)
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Those blue cities have or will end up having the majority, population-wise, and the State goes blue. See Illinois, NY, CA to name a few.
I think Illinois is potentially very flippable given the current Chicago mayor is the definition of incompetent DEI hire. Dude makes Karine Jean-Pierre look like Tony Stark.
I think Illinois is potentially very flippable given the current Chicago mayor is the definition of incompetent DEI hire. Dude makes Karine Jean-Pierre look like Tony Stark.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:45 PM (QZThv)
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Time to walk the whippets. Happy New Year.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 29, 2024 01:45 PM (2NXcZ)
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One of my employees is not allowed to use the company trucks anymore. The last time he used one, he went into a seedy part of town and blew a tranny.
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say what ?!
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say what ?!
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:45 PM (QTCRF)
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200 18 I'm old enough remember when a tranny called Allison was just part of a drive train.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Lo97M)
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One of my employees is not allowed to use the company trucks anymore. The last time he used one, he went into a seedy part of town and blew a tranny.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 29, 2024 01:44 PM (xxf6X)
Da tranny's supposed to blow you!
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 29, 2024 12:15 PM (Lo97M)
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One of my employees is not allowed to use the company trucks anymore. The last time he used one, he went into a seedy part of town and blew a tranny.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 29, 2024 01:44 PM (xxf6X)
Da tranny's supposed to blow you!
Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Donkey at December 29, 2024 01:45 PM (ynpvh)
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In the early days of work visas and H-1Bs, a clear-cut slam-dunk case (expert German food industry guy coming in for 1 year to help American company use their new German equipment) needed to be escalated all the way to a letter and phone call from a senator to the INS commissioner. A result not of animus or incompetence but excessive zeal in actually applying the law by guvamint types who took it seriously. Was involved, and this episode provides a nice clear template to assess serious, vs. unserious/dishonest, implementation of the system.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 29, 2024 01:46 PM (1m82a)
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I'm old enough remember when a tranny called Allison was just part of a drive train.
It's gotta hurt the Google censors that every automotive-related YouTube channel routinely uses the word "tranny". Even the very young guys say it.
It's gotta hurt the Google censors that every automotive-related YouTube channel routinely uses the word "tranny". Even the very young guys say it.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:47 PM (QZThv)
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My experience the last few years in the labor pool is that every fucking jackass with a 'journalism' degree or MBA believes he an engineer.
No, you're not a rocket scientist just because you own the company or changed a sparkplug in the backyard. Stop pouring on the coal and step back!
Marketing is not the same as building weapons of war.
No, you're not a rocket scientist just because you own the company or changed a sparkplug in the backyard. Stop pouring on the coal and step back!
Marketing is not the same as building weapons of war.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (/MR36)
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206 I'm old enough remember when a tranny called Allison was just part of a drive train.
It's gotta hurt the Google censors that every automotive-related YouTube channel routinely uses the word "tranny". Even the very young guys say it.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:47 PM (QZThv)
It's positively trans-gressive.
It's gotta hurt the Google censors that every automotive-related YouTube channel routinely uses the word "tranny". Even the very young guys say it.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2024 01:47 PM (QZThv)
It's positively trans-gressive.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (ynpvh)
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Last I saw 1500 people have been arrested for Jan6
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (fwDg9)
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126 that is not the first time 1B + winner just happens to be from CA
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (QTCRF)
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It's the same with State prizes here seem to most always be won by someone in Chicago.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:08 PM (QTCRF)
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It's the same with State prizes here seem to most always be won by someone in Chicago.
Posted by: Ciampino - got to be blue to win at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (i0xsb)
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"I think only Peter Navarro got jail-time for ignoring a subpoena from an illegally created Congressional committee who illegally destroyed their own records."
and Bannon, who was jailed for the months right before the election.
and Bannon, who was jailed for the months right before the election.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Cus5s)
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209 Last I saw 1500 people have been arrested for Jan6
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (fwDg9)
Amazingly, some who were major players have not been. Strange, almost as if they were working for the gubnit agencies...
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2024 01:48 PM (fwDg9)
Amazingly, some who were major players have not been. Strange, almost as if they were working for the gubnit agencies...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:50 PM (ynpvh)
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It’ll be fun to watch NCAA argue the false advertising does no harm because nobody watches women’s sports anyway.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 29, 2024 01:50 PM (gMEna)
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After reading Vivek's screed abot (*Canadian accent) "Friends" and homecoming queens , it dawned on me that he is a just a small man with insecurities , a nerd with a chip on his shoulder.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (QTCRF)
You sound deeply insulted, to be affected so much by a "small man" and a nerd who is beneath you.
Posted by: runner at December 29, 2024 01:14 PM (QTCRF)
You sound deeply insulted, to be affected so much by a "small man" and a nerd who is beneath you.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2024 01:51 PM (D7oie)
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211 "I think only Peter Navarro got jail-time for ignoring a subpoena from an illegally created Congressional committee who illegally destroyed their own records."
and Bannon, who was jailed for the months right before the election.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Cus5s)
Amazingly selective prosecution.
and Bannon, who was jailed for the months right before the election.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Cus5s)
Amazingly selective prosecution.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 29, 2024 01:51 PM (ynpvh)
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Nobody voted for Trump so we could import more accountants from Bangalore.
There's bound to be a few Spadoinkles.
There's bound to be a few Spadoinkles.
Posted by: DaveA at December 29, 2024 01:52 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 29, 2024 01:54 PM (0b3lL)
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let me use my degree while seeing the world.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)
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Usually at ground level when it's muddy, raining and cold.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (dxSpM)
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Heh.
Pity I didn't major in soils and agronomy.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)
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Usually at ground level when it's muddy, raining and cold.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2024 12:42 PM (dxSpM)
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Heh.
Pity I didn't major in soils and agronomy.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2024 01:57 PM (W/lyH)
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>>>affected so much by a "small man" and a nerd who is beneath you.
Posted by: Kindltot
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These guys are not politicians and what they say is what they are thinking at the time not some homogenized, quotable quote. What they are doing is working on a problem and sharing their thoughts with the public. The reactions we are witnessing are exactly why politician lie.
Posted by: Kindltot
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These guys are not politicians and what they say is what they are thinking at the time not some homogenized, quotable quote. What they are doing is working on a problem and sharing their thoughts with the public. The reactions we are witnessing are exactly why politician lie.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 29, 2024 01:58 PM (0b3lL)
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Phd. In cancer biology
https://tinyurl.com/33v9e8m3
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 29, 2024 01:54 PM (0b3lL)
Those tests are culturally biased against dumb people.
https://tinyurl.com/33v9e8m3
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 29, 2024 01:54 PM (0b3lL)
Those tests are culturally biased against dumb people.
Posted by: Nuke The Hippies! at December 29, 2024 01:58 PM (FC8SQ)
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***Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA” ) for engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices
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He's also caused Wells Fargo stop unbanking people & businesses for political reasons and has put all the other banks on notice.
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He's also caused Wells Fargo stop unbanking people & businesses for political reasons and has put all the other banks on notice.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 29, 2024 02:02 PM (0b3lL)
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FWP nood upstairs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2024 02:02 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Ogre at December 29, 2024 02:02 PM (uG7ov)
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The problem of the glass ceiling for engineers and competent floor people in favor of finance/MBA types, consultants and outsourcing began with GE's Jack Welch.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 29, 2024 02:03 PM (wBaIH)
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The H1B program is operating exactly as it was designed to operate.
Put me on SocSec sooner and cheaper than I wanted.
Put me on SocSec sooner and cheaper than I wanted.
Posted by: DaveA at December 29, 2024 02:11 PM (FhXTo)
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I wouldn't get too confident. Normal culture "recovered" in the 1980s and then we got Bill Clinton. The ratchet moved like 1 click back and 11 forward again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 29, 2024 02:42 PM (RsS92)
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Don’t let them “whaddabout” intersexed /a> individuals. There’s a trend to include conditions which most clinicians do not recognize as intersex, such as Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome, and late-onset adrenal hyperplasia. The real prevalence of intersex is seen to be about 0.018%, or 18 in 10,000 not 1.7%.
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@Archimedes at December 29, 2024 12:57 PM (xCA6C)
Sorry man, but my brother was top of his class at GA Tech and joined the DOT. Over his 30 year career he moved up the ladder and stopped just short of the level where politics comes into play level. He made well over $120K/yr and retired making %80 pay and gold plated benefits at 51. He can reasonably expect to have worked 30 years and then live retired for 30 years and be able to take on part time consulting jobs for $100K/yr based on his training, experience, and knowing the insiders who make the decisions on gov. contracts.
The beauracracy 100% protects it's own and nobody went broke by being on their team.
Sorry man, but my brother was top of his class at GA Tech and joined the DOT. Over his 30 year career he moved up the ladder and stopped just short of the level where politics comes into play level. He made well over $120K/yr and retired making %80 pay and gold plated benefits at 51. He can reasonably expect to have worked 30 years and then live retired for 30 years and be able to take on part time consulting jobs for $100K/yr based on his training, experience, and knowing the insiders who make the decisions on gov. contracts.
The beauracracy 100% protects it's own and nobody went broke by being on their team.
Posted by: Joe Bob at December 29, 2024 05:43 PM (PkIyb)
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That is the way to do it. Pound them with lawsuits about everything. I hope the Trump team is taking notes.
Posted by: wferrin at December 30, 2024 03:46 AM (v4lcq)
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You miss the point, They. Want. To. Have. Sex. With. CHILDREN
Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at December 30, 2024 06:40 AM (qWUPt)
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster another at December 30, 2024 04:47 PM (NFX2v)
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