Of all the bad things about this, my favorite was the statement by one of the state representatives who said the reason there shouldn’t be paid sick leave is that you cannot trust people to use paid sick leave honestly. He views all people as so dishonest that they can’t even handle sick leave without cheating the system. I wonder why that is.
Got it. Since what they did wasn’t 100% perfect and a fix to everything, they are tone deaf and terrible politicians. It’s a really good thing what they did, but since it doesn’t help you personally, then it is a terrible thing. They recognized something that needed fixing that will save billions of taxpayer dollars and hurts large corporations, but since they didn’t fix the thing that impacts you then it is bad.
Also, this is the OPPOSITE of sending the message that corporate interests are more valuable. This is saying that corporations that are making billions off taxpayer funded contracts will no longer be able to bilk us (as much).
Yes, they should absolutely go after the right to repair for everyone, but maybe (and I’m just spitballing here) Warren knows that she couldn’t get the Republican majority to vote yes on a full package and went for the win she could get instead of blocking something that does do good. You do realize, right, that the Democrats do not have a majority anywhere in the federal government?
While this isn’t as far as I’d like them to go, this is extremely big news. The amount of money spent on absolute bullshit fees by defense contractors is bonkers. Us taxpayers are shelling out billions of dollars to buy a single jet that we then have to spend millions of dollars per year to maintain, simply because we aren’t allowed to maintain it ourselves.
What is tone deaf about this?
This is exactly right. People have become fixated on their home being an investment and retirement fund. They can’t imagine that it is NOT worth $2M for a 3 bedroom 2 bath with 2 car garage. Also, the last 10 years of mortgage interest rates being lower than the rate of price growth allowed people to guarantee profit. Now that interest rates are higher than growth rates, it’s the opposite.
Some of them have been in those houses for a long time and have decided that they don’t need to sell, so might as well just stay there until the market recovers and they can make a bunch of money again. And if it doesn’t, they are still fine. If this is their primary home that isn’t sitting empty, then I’m fine with these people.
Some of them are just being stubborn and falling into the sunk cost fallacy. They bought the house recently, hoping to flip it. Now they can’t without taking a huge loss, so they will bleed themselves dry hoping the market changes. These people piss me off.
It really sucks they are trying to kill this, because it works. I have driven in NYC many times, and the traffic was so much better when I drove there after the congestion pricing. I am even going to avoid driving into NYC next time I go for work. My company picks up the bill for that congestion pricing, but it’s a reminder that I can help.
Two reasons:
He doesn’t get a cut of the money.
It infringes on what many in the US see as a basic human right: the ability to own and drive a car. If he were still a Democrat and pandering to that segment of the population, he would be all for this. But he is pandering to the people who don’t like to be told they can or can’t do anything, even if it is better for both them and the world around them, so he has to be against it. Also, it is framed as lowering pollution, which is (for whatever asinine reasons) something conservatives hate.
This is basically like a Fast Pass at a theme park. Rich people pay extra to be able to get somewhere faster. Normally, the GOP are all for giving advantages to rich people. But in this case it hurts two of their fundamental principles.
It is absolutely hilarious how bad their site is during big daddy’s minor sale. An entire week of no news just, “50 cents off this humidifier.”
“all students and staff will receive a message conveying a “zero tolerance” policy for harassment of Jewish and Israeli students.”
Will there also be a statement about a zero tolerance policy for harassment of Muslim and Palestinian students? What about a statement about a zero tolerance policy for harassment of peaceful protestors?
Recently started The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Not too far into it, but it’s fun so far.
So there was definitely sex trafficking of minors. There were definitely many people involved other than Epstein and Maxwell. There was more than enough evidence to convict both of them, but the DOJ declined to pursue any charges against any of those other many people. Epstein died in prison with extremely questionable circumstances. Pam Bondi said on TV she had the list on her desk, but now they are saying a list doesn’t exist. There are thousands of photos and videos in evidence, but the DOJ will not release that evidence to any other prosecutors.
There is a lack of evidence of a cover-up because all of the evidence has been covered up.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE! EVERYONE MOVE ON!
The thing is, it’s not difficult to read like Ulysses or Sound and Fury. It’s like reading a firsthand account of an acid trip during WWII as it is happening, sometimes slipping into stream of consciousness but not always?? With some aerospace engineering mixed in??
I have the same opinion as you of Cryptonomicon. It was… fine? Maybe if I had read it 25 years ago my opinion would have been different, but reading it now it just felt old-timey and uninteresting.
I have no idea on the first question, but the second question was answered in the story. The French police are being paid by the UK government to stop the immigrant boats.
Yes, clearly not all boomers did this. My dad didn’t go to college and is the trades. He isn’t making any rules about people needing college.
I hated every minute of reading it, but I’m glad I read Gravity’s Rainbow. I’m still not entirely sure I know what happened through most of the book, nor the point of the book, but my overall feeling of the book is positive.
I enjoyed reading Confederacy of Dunces until I just couldn’t read anymore so I stopped mid-book. The main character was so unlikeable (on purpose) and story so disjointed with no apparent plot, that while I started out enjoying it as a fun story, I eventually became disinterested and hated the book without finishing it.
I absolutely loved Name of the Wind when I read it 63 years ago and told so many people about it. I could overlook its pretty glaring faults because I just loved the way it was written and the world that was created. I kinda hate the book now because A) the follow up book was mostly awful with some great parts mixed in, and B) the author doesn’t seem to be interested in finishing the series and is an asshole to the fans who want the series finished.
So when boomers came into the workforce they did not need college degrees to get ahead. After they had gotten ahead and were in charge, new employees started needing college degrees to get ahead.
And you think they didn’t set it up themselves? If they didn’t, who did?
No shit. It’s called exaggeration.
They ruled that lower court judges only have authority to implement damages/relief for the people directly involved in the cases before them. So a single person challenging a law can only get relief for themselves, and a lower court judge cannot grant relief to the entire country.
This is a judge certifying the legal claims of a class, allowing a class action suit to grant relief to that entire class. In this case, the judge allowed the class to be defined as all people in the US who have been denied citizenship. The next step will be the government challenging the status of the class. The final step will be one of these cases coming directly before the Supreme Court to rule on the law itself instead of ruling on the process of the challenge to the law.