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VitalSigns posted:Yes but companies can count on young people not knowing their rights or being too poor or desperate to pose a credible threat of legal action. For my school (as an engineer) we don't have a required internship but we have a 'capstone' project where a company will send us a problem and we spend the entire semester making the solution. So basically the company gets small teams of essentially fresh out of school engineers working on their stuff for the price of maybe one or two salaries worth.
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bobservo posted:Yeah, I would say this is the real issue. Historical factors have made it so a lot of white people can go through their day without interacting with anyone non-white in a meaningful way. The blowback from the Coke commercial is coming from people being confronted with the idea that people unlike them exist in the United States and also consider themselves American. Kent is kind of weird in that regard. You kind of drive like two minutes out to Brimfield, and you see a lot NRA-types. Then you drive back into town and see people protesting for a Palestinian State.
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Spacedad posted:Some details about the guy who made that petition: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mark_Dice Meaning he should have his own talk radio show or permanent guest spot on FOX News any day now.
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This is probably the strangest reply to one of the cokegate vids I've seen yet...  quote:Magic Trixx2 hours ago From here.
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quote:Though not literally I might add [citation needed]
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Intel&Sebastian posted:[citation needed] Here you go: 
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I just think it's hilarious how the right had a perfect opportunity to say "See we're not as crazy and reactive as you libs say we are.  " all lined up when they didn't react to the Cheerios commercial, and then they completely squandered it by losing their minds over a different commercial.
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This is just ducks.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vn30fcw2gY http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/31/gop-obamacare-sabotage-works/ quote:aul Krugman has a great item up on “Bette in Spokane,” the woman who was featured in the nationally watched GOP response to the State of the Union speech as a symbol of victimization at the hands of Big Bad Obamacare. As GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers put it in the response, Bette “hoped the President’s health care law would save her money – but found out instead that her premiums were going up nearly $700 a month.” A couple details to note: After Obamacare, her own insurance company was offering plans as low as $56, and her new plan was the super high-end plan - so forget Obamacare - she was too lazy to even check up ON HER OWN PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY. Her old $552 plan also had a $10,000 deductable  which is effectively about as bad as not actually having insurance.*punches self in balls* THANKS, OBAMA. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Feb 5, 2014 |
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So...in order to have actual health insurance, she ends up paying ~350 more a month most likely. Yet she's somehow mad about that when she was already throwing away 550 dollars a month for literally nothing under her old plan. edit: where do you see that ultra low cost plan you mentioned? didnt see it in the spokesman review article esto es malo fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Feb 5, 2014 |
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joeburz posted:So...in order to have actual health insurance, she ends up paying ~350 more a month most likely. Yet she's somehow mad about that when she was already throwing away 550 dollars a month for literally nothing under her old plan. Under AHCA, she qualifies for a low cost plan through Asuris Northwest - with the government footing most of the bill. But I guess she didn't want to do her homework let alone use the AHCA site, and wound buying a lot more health insurance than she may actually need. So basically, she's a little old lady who's been made a victim on a certain level by the dumbass fear-mongering extremist rhetoric of the right wing - she could be rocking an insurance bill that's super low and gets her the coverage she needs. Instead she's taken a plan that's more of a financial burden on her and is now blaming Obama for it somehow. I'm kind of torn between seeing her as a dumbass herself or as a victim of predatory people like the cardboard cutout political personality who cited her disingenuously in a speech. Spacedad fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Feb 5, 2014 |
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Spacedad posted:Under AHCA, she qualifies for a low cost plan through Asuris Northwest - with the government footing most of the bill. But I guess she didn't want to do her homework let alone use the AHCA site, and wound buying a lot more health insurance than she may actually need. My understanding is actually that she's not a little old lady but that her and her husband run their own roofing business or something like that.
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Boywhiz88 posted:My understanding is actually that she's not a little old lady but that her and her husband run their own roofing business or something like that. Like usual obfuscation and carefully articulated half-truths touted as facts to make the black guy in office look like the most evil commie hitler jew that ever existed. At this point whenever I hear a republican soundbyte on the radio, I want to punch someone in the face. IT's always atack the president for something and not offer anything to the actual problem.
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Iron Crowned posted:Like usual obfuscation and carefully articulated half-truths touted as facts to make the black guy in office look like the most evil commie hitler jew that ever existed. At this point whenever I hear a republican soundbyte on the radio, I want to punch someone in the face. IT's always atack the president for something and not offer anything to the actual problem. That's the entire GOP platform. Obama can't miracle everything into a perfect paradise so he's obviously inferior. Just ignore the fact that the GOP is sabotaging literally everything he does, that's irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that a Democrat is in office and he's darker than your average Republican. He isn't kowtowing to the will of important (meaning rich) people and proper, patriotic (meaning wealthy, racist white people) citizens so he's obviously new Hitler. I mean, the guy wants to track guns better so he can more easily find out where the gun came from if somebody crimes with one and then give the victim free health care if they get seriously hurt. That's like peak fascism, man.
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Oh wow, I don't know how to feel about this. Sure I'd like to see Zimmerman get his lumps but it's terribly lame that he is famous and making money on this because he killed Trayvon. DMX to Fight George Zimmerman in Boxing Matchhttp://pitchfork.com/news/53846-dmx-to-fight-george-zimmerman-in-celebrity-boxing-match/ quote:Yes, this is real. George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin, has signed a contract with celebrity boxing match promotor Damon Feldman. And Feldman has delivered on his reputation for head-spinning matchups (see: Tonya Harding vs. a waitress) by selecting DMX as Zimmerman's opponent, TMZ reports. To break it down further: George Zimmerman will fight DMX.
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Man, Zimmerman seems like he's pulling the full OJ Simpson. I'm sure he's gonna get popped in Vegas on some charge related to Trayvon memorabilia, and go to prison for a long time. In prison the story will morph into American History X, and he'll eventually be paroled so he can murder the ghost of Stacey Keach.
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Is there any reason to think DMX will be an especially skilled boxer? Imagine if Zimmerman wins.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is there any reason to think DMX will be an especially skilled boxer? Imagine if Zimmerman wins. Well, according to Zimmerman's MMA instructor, he's a weakling who can't fight at all. At least that's what he said in court.
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As much the scene of Zimmerman getting pounded in the face while "X GON GIVE IT TO YA" blares in the background appeals to me, I feel like this just cheapens the whole tragedy and just in general gently caress giving Zimmerman more time in the limelight.
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Rorus Raz posted:As much the scene of Zimmerman getting pounded in the face while "X GON GIVE IT TO YA" blares in the background appeals to me, I feel like this just cheapens the whole tragedy and just in general gently caress giving Zimmerman more time in the limelight. Yeah, as much as I'd want to see DMX beat the crap out of Zimmerman, the whole thing will probably be really cheesy and lame with a whole lot of safety equipment and helmets and possible some pre-matches with Screech and Tanya Harding. It's not going to be a bare knuckle, alley fight to the death that we all really want to see.
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The Ape of Naples posted:Yeah, as much as I'd want to see DMX beat the crap out of Zimmerman, the whole thing will probably be really cheesy and lame with a whole lot of safety equipment and helmets and possible some pre-matches with Screech and Tanya Harding. It's not going to be a bare knuckle, alley fight to the death that we all really want to see. I'd watch the Screech fight only with the proviso that Dustin Diamond die.
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The Ape of Naples posted:Yeah, as much as I'd want to see DMX beat the crap out of Zimmerman, the whole thing will probably be really cheesy and lame. So, something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3M_wGfYewo?
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FlamingLiberal posted:DMX should get into the ring with Zimmerman, then proceed to yell out 'I FEEL THREATENED!', pull out a gun and shoot him That would only work if the fight was in florida. And if DMX was white. (and the joke's been done when it was rumored to be Kanye)
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Wait a second...piss on his face? Are we sure they didn't get R. Kelly and just hosed up the press release? It is in fact possible for two black people to say similar things and not be literally the same person, yes.
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Notorious QIG posted:It is in fact possible for two black people to say similar things and not be literally the same person, yes. Yeah cause it's totally not a joke about known Golden Shower enthusiast Robert Kelly.
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Watch Joe Arpaio consider this a violation of DMX's parole.
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I'm pretty sure he's alluding to the fact that R. Kelly does actually fancy peeing on people. He made some news when he peed on an underage girl a while back. ebf;
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:Oh wow, I don't know how to feel about this. Sure I'd like to see Zimmerman get his lumps but it's terribly lame that he is famous and making money on this because he killed Trayvon. This is profoundly dumb for obvious reasons, but aside from that this won't even be an entertaining fight. Zimmerman testified under oath that he is a weak marshmallow incapable of defending himself without a firearm, and DMX is a middle-aged 140 lb asthmatic. The only people interested in this fight will be assholes vicariously acting out their race-based revenge fantasies.  oh god it's going to be a loving media sensation isn't it?
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Lord, Limbaugh has been out for the last couple days with the flu or something so Mark Steyn has been filling in. He has just been non-stop bitching about Obamacare. While definitely a frequent topic on the show at least Limbaugh varies the focus of ire to keep things fresh. With Steyn though it is basically all Obamacare all the time. A recent tirade of his had him basically  ing about how Obama is going to call in drone strikes on people not signing up for Obamacare. He did take a brief moment to whine about how he is being sued for being a climate denier though  Steyn also claimed to be more intelligent than Obama because he was multilingual right on the heels of the rage-o-sphere losing their poo poo over the multilingual Coca-Cola ad during the Super Bowl.
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:Oh wow, I don't know how to feel about this. Sure I'd like to see Zimmerman get his lumps but it's terribly lame that he is famous and making money on this because he killed Trayvon. I'll give Dmx $500 if he does nothing but punch Zimmerman in the nuts.
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Rorus Raz posted:As much the scene of Zimmerman getting pounded in the face while "X GON GIVE IT TO YA" blares in the background appeals to me, I feel like this just cheapens the whole tragedy and just in general gently caress giving Zimmerman more time in the limelight. I agree with you but the mental image is just marvelous
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It's my understanding that Zimmerman has been travelling from Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart eating ice cream and has probably reached new heights of obesity. If DMX spends the next few weeks training his left hand and footwork we could be in for the most entertaining/sad spectacle in the history of boxing.
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