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What I find worrying about budgetary problems limiting or altogether stopping new employment is that the minimum requirements are fairly strict. Unless you meet the minimum reqs they will simply not consider you, which is somewhat in contrast to the private sector where such requirements are more loose. When combined with the reduction or elimination of new hires this has the effect of barring people from gaining the requisite experience for long stretches of time, which further contributes to greying. Even if we had tons of funds to throw around it would take a while for this to be corrected. Edit: I should note that internships can only contribute so much, but they do help tremendously AstheWorldWorlds fucked around with this message at 21:00 on May 12, 2014 |
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John Boehner is telling people that he might not serve out his next full term. Because he might die. quote:“Listen, I’m going to be 65-years-old in November,” Boehner said. “I never thought I’d live to be 60. So I’m living on borrowed time.” I'm not sure what health problems might be worrying a fully-tanned man well known for chain smoking and drinking wine in his office all day, but it sounds serious! 
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May 12, 2014 21:01
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Joementum posted:I'm not sure what health problems might be worrying a fully-tanned man well known for chain smoking and drinking wine in his office all day, but it sounds serious! Dehydration.
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May 12, 2014 21:04
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Anorexic Sea Turtle posted:Any of you finding creative outlets for your rage? Like positive ones that help the world? I've recently applied to be an escort at planned parenthood after one of my friends did it and said she'd volunteer everyday if she could. Just looking for a way to be an activist. I ended up accepting an agricultural development job and moving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo  Among many other things, it's given me the opportunity to see the effects of a completely incompetent and barely functioning government. The US isn't so bad by comparison!
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May 12, 2014 21:09
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haveblue posted:Dehydration. He'll remain eternal speaker as a hide covering a gavel in the shape of Benghazi.
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Prester John posted:Wow! I really appreciate you recognizing me and asking. Well, my situation is complicated but my life is much better now. I'm out of the shelter and living with some friends in an apartment now. My only source of income is food stamps and 60 bucks a week from donating plasma, so things are kind of tight but I'm managing. My place is quiet, my roomates are actually people I know from PCY so we all kind of "get" how nice it is to live drama free, we have a killer internet connection, and although food is tight at times we still eat everyday. I take the perspective e that for a person in my position I'm living in a relative golden age so I'm pretty happy.  Joementum posted:John Boehner is telling people that he might not serve out his next full term. 
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Not sure if the Obama Sexual Assault Taskforce was discussed earlier, but http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-releases-list-higher-education-institutions-open-title-i Not surprised Penn State is on the list. Between Sandusky and our new football coach and president involved in rape scandals of their own, Penn State not doing so well. The student paper kept a running count of the number of sexual assaults and it neared 30 by the end of the year. (I think)  Pennsylvania as a whole is really rapey as a whole. Five schools for the state. And Harvard Law having a separate investigation from Harvard College is kinda funny. something something republicans suck something
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God said let there be a most punchable face and lo it was so. Look at that thing. I don't even need to know who he is to get the urge for face punching. Knowing just makes the urge that much stronger. I wonder how cathartic it would be to give Cruz a black eye. I wonder if his employees and coworkers have to constantly fight the urge to slap the poo poo out of him. I cant look away.
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Relentlessboredomm posted:God said let there be a most punchable face and lo it was so. His face should definitely accompany the entry for Backpfeifengesicht in the dictionary.
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Holy poo poo. Keith Crisco just dropped dead in his own home today. He was Clay Aiken's main challenger for the Democratic nomination in NC02 Courier Journal and his business the Asheboro Elastic Corp confirming Wow.
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May 12, 2014 21:26
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John Crisco died unexpectedly at his home today, so there will not be a need for a runoff in the North Carolina 2nd CD Democratic Primary. Clay Aiken is now unopposed in his race to lose to Renee Ellmers in November.
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May 12, 2014 21:27
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And you all said the gay mafia didn't exist.
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Joementum posted:John Crisco died unexpectedly at his home today, so there will not be a need for a runoff in the North Carolina 2nd CD Democratic Primary. Clay Aiken is now unopposed in his race to lose to Renee Ellmers in November. John Crisco eh? I'm going to assume heart attack.
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Joementum posted:John Boehner is telling people that he might not serve out his next full term. On the one hand, he's getting a memento mori and realizing death isn't going to be a painless assumption into heaven. On the other hand he's expecting to die before he has to face the consequences of his actions.
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Prester John posted:Wow! I really appreciate you recognizing me and asking. Well, my situation is complicated but my life is much better now. I'm out of the shelter and living with some friends in an apartment now. My only source of income is food stamps and 60 bucks a week from donating plasma, so things are kind of tight but I'm managing. My place is quiet, my roomates are actually people I know from PCY so we all kind of "get" how nice it is to live drama free, we have a killer internet connection, and although food is tight at times we still eat everyday. I take the perspective e that for a person in my position I'm living in a relative golden age so I'm pretty happy. I'm a bit late but I'll chime in too that it's good to hear your situation is improving. Have you had a chance to read that Orwell book I recommended back when your thread was still live?
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AstheWorldWorlds posted:His face should definitely accompany the entry for Backpfeifengesicht in the dictionary. 
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That is just loving unnecessary. Hopefully a lot of people quote it and it never dies. Hah.
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Pohl posted:That is just loving unnecessary. The next concern-troll conservative who shows up will get it as an av.
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I'd take it as an av with the words "Cruz'n for a Bruisin'" underneath.
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US Politics Thread: D E H U M A N I Z E Y O U R S E L F A N D F A C E T O B L O O D S H E D
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Dystram posted:The next concern-troll conservative who shows up will get it as an av. Amergin posted:I'd take it as an av with the words "Cruz'n for a Bruisin'" underneath. Well that didn't take long.
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Now I'm a gay person, so this in and of itself is not meant as a slam, but Jesus loving Christ Ted Cruz has the gayest gayface. Like, Ted Haggard strength gayface. I just had a minor seizure because my gaydar pinged so hard. Maybe I've never really noticed before because I can't stand his goddamn face and try not to look at it but that gif 
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SubponticatePoster posted:Now I'm a gay person, so this in and of itself is not meant as a slam, but Jesus loving Christ Ted Cruz has the gayest gayface. Like, Ted Haggard strength gayface. I just had a minor seizure because my gaydar pinged so hard. Maybe I've never really noticed before because I can't stand his goddamn face and try not to look at it but that gif I think that's an insult to gay peeps. He has more of a pedo face, if there is such a thing.
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Joementum posted:John Crisco died unexpectedly at his home today, so there will not be a need for a runoff in the North Carolina 2nd CD Democratic Primary. Clay Aiken is now unopposed in his race to lose to Renee Ellmers in November. I was housesitting a few weeks ago and had the displeasure of seeing this ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csFa8LRkGZQ
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As I am planning my enrollment in Graduate school for the fall, I'm also dealing with the reality that my undergrad loans are coming due soon. Holy poo poo this is a nightmare. I'm going to have to buckle down in the next few days and call the federal loan service and work out an extension so that I don't have to worry about it, or try and get income based repayment set up. I turned 41 in January, and I don't plan on paying this poo poo back. I know that sounds horrible, but the system is dumb as gently caress. Once I have my graduate degree I'm going to leave the country and they can suck my dick if they want their money back. Well, I guess if I land a good job that pays well, I might just pay them off the first few years. I live poor, so paying my entire income towards my loans wouldn't put me out too much. I could deal with it. But I know the reality, I will probably be well educated and in a ton of debt, with a lovely job. I refuse to be a debt slave. gently caress that.
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Pohl posted:As I am planning my enrollment in Graduate school for the fall, I'm also dealing with the reality that my undergrad loans are coming due soon. Holy poo poo this is a nightmare. I'm going to have to buckle down in the next few days and call the federal loan service and work out an extension so that I don't have to worry about it, or try and get income based repayment set up. I turned 41 in January, and I don't plan on paying this poo poo back. I know that sounds horrible, but the system is dumb as gently caress. Once I have my graduate degree I'm going to leave the country and they can suck my dick if they want their money back. Well, I guess if I land a good job that pays well, I might just pay them off the first few years. I live poor, so paying my entire income towards my loans wouldn't put me out too much. I could deal with it. But I know the reality, I will probably be well educated and in a ton of debt, with a lovely job. I refuse to be a debt slave. gently caress that. As long as you are half time in grad school(so 1 class a semester) your loans will go back into deferment and you won't have to pay poo poo, and the subsidized ones won't even accumulate any interest.
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Khisanth Magus posted:As long as you are half time in grad school(so 1 class a semester) your loans will go back into deferment and you won't have to pay poo poo, and the subsidized ones won't even accumulate any interest. That is why I was looking at a deferment. Isn't it five graduate credits a semester to avoid repayment? I should find the financial aid thread again, that thing was really informative. Essentially, I can't pay out much if any money over the summer before grad school begins in the fall. I've been looking for a job, but there are no real jobs in my state, they are all sales or retail. Imagine the most broken economic model you could, that is Idaho. I'm stuck working part time because my employer is a loving greedy corporation. I've worked for them for 16 years, but they can't find me 40 hours. They want flexibility, but I refuse to work outside of my schedule, because if you can't schedule me, then gently caress off. I have a bad attitude, but I if they want me to work they shouldn't ask me to stay when I am getting ready to clock off, they should schedule me. Amazingly enough, I'm not the only one with this attitude, they have a ton of part time people now, but no one will come in on their day off or stay late. Imagine that, people don't like being hosed with. Who knew. Pohl fucked around with this message at 00:18 on May 13, 2014 |
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Even if Republican operatives run out of Benghazi steam, they won't, they're planning on making sure no matter what data between now and November arrives. The magic number is <1% GDP growth. Benghazi gets the base out, because Democrats are heartless liberals who like when soldiers or rather those we'd like to claim are soldiers die overseas serving, because Their economic messaging isn't even required, because everyday living under this corrupt AFRICAN man is a bad day in America.
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Are we seeing any messaging from the Democrats over the Republican obstruction to the minimum wage bill that died in the Senate? I'm sure the answer is "no, none" but I'm hoping for something. It seems like such a loving easy target that the Democrats can hammer Republicans on through 2016 while they're concerned with further cutting the social safety net. Because frankly I can't think of a more direct "get hosed" to the voting poor than blocking a minimum wage increase. We're long overdue for one. It's increasingly difficult for me to wrap my brain around how anyone who isn't making six figures a year could vote R on any ticket.
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Nonsense posted:Even if Republican operatives run out of Benghazi steam, they won't, they're planning on making sure no matter what data between now and November arrives. The magic number is <1% GDP growth. Reading your posts is painful. I don't even know what you are trying to say. Are you trying to say there will be less than 1% growth of GDP this year, and that the GOP will just repeat that over and over? Do you honestly believe Benghazi is a winning strategy when it didn't even work in the 2012 elections?
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a shameful boehner posted:It's increasingly difficult for me to wrap my brain around how anyone who isn't making six figures a year could vote R on any ticket. This would require the foundation of our pathetic species to be anything other than hatred and spite.
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Sword of Chomsky posted:Reading your posts is painful. I don't even know what you are trying to say. No. I'm saying that's what they're doing in internet comments and opinion sites that they all read. They're full of it, and yet they're still going to take the Senate. This is not at all a controversial opinion. Hope Republicans can clutch defeat from the jaws of victory, because I still feel it is possible. I was just commenting how utterly delusional GOP voters are right now.
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The winning strategy for the Republicans is to soak up the wins from all the unholdable seats Obama helped to win 6 years ago. Going after Benghazi can only hurt them.
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Hey Fried Chicken et all: I wanted to email/PM you about this, as I didn't want to derail this thread. What I'm thinking is it would be cool if we could turn this thread/OP into a standalone website, building it out into a full wiki-like manifesto. The goal is we'll have an article/topic for everything that's hosed up from A-Z. Initially, most categories probably won't warrant separate sub-topic pages. But as we build out, learn more regarding a topic, have time, etc. we'll set up separate sub-topics on the fly. Meaning, content will be added organically. For each thing that's hosed, we can optionally try to offer "solutions." Solutions could be methods to cope, make difference (albeit probably a small one), talking point responses to quash bullshit, etc. We could also integrate a comments section for each article/topic. Fried Chicken: 1. What's the email tied to your SA account? 2. Would you be interested in being a primary author on the site? 3. Once it's up and running, the site could be linked in your monthly US threads, possibly cutting down on the effort posting required. BTW -- I'm a huge fan of these threads. Goons: 1. Is anyone against this? 2. You guys say some pretty funny/insightful poo poo sometimes. Would you mind if I stole stuff I see here and add it to the site where appropriate? Other stuff: - Content should be concise, informative, and hopefully brash/acerbic/darkly humorous. - I can foot the bill for stuff, at least initially. Maybe down the road, if it becomes a drain on my wallet, we'll implement a donation chute. - I'll look into what content management system will best facilitate this. - Working with a friend, I should be able to handle most of initial set up, graphics, and coding work. - I want to keep the team small, at least initially.
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a shameful boehner posted:Are we seeing any messaging from the Democrats over the Republican obstruction to the minimum wage bill that died in the Senate?
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Sword of Chomsky posted:Do you honestly believe Benghazi is a winning strategy when it didn't even work in the 2012 elections? 2012 was a Presidential Election year, 2014 is a mid-term. Just because something failed to work in the former doesn't mean it can't work in the latter, because that relatively small but crazy group that is the Republican base will constitute a much larger percentage of the people who bother voting in the mid-term.
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a shameful boehner posted:Are we seeing any messaging from the Democrats over the Republican obstruction to the minimum wage bill that died in the Senate? I'm sure the answer is "no, none" but I'm hoping for something. It seems like such a loving easy target that the Democrats can hammer Republicans on through 2016 while they're concerned with further cutting the social safety net. They could decide that their job is safe and pays okay? Maybe they're worried that climate change stuff will impact their middle-management job at Exxon, or they hate abortions, or they love guns, or any other issue that isn't just about economic justice.
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Pohl posted:As I am planning my enrollment in Graduate school for the fall, I'm also dealing with the reality that my undergrad loans are coming due soon. Holy poo poo this is a nightmare. I'm going to have to buckle down in the next few days and call the federal loan service and work out an extension so that I don't have to worry about it, or try and get income based repayment set up. I turned 41 in January, and I don't plan on paying this poo poo back. I know that sounds horrible, but the system is dumb as gently caress. Once I have my graduate degree I'm going to leave the country and they can suck my dick if they want their money back. Well, I guess if I land a good job that pays well, I might just pay them off the first few years. I live poor, so paying my entire income towards my loans wouldn't put me out too much. I could deal with it. But I know the reality, I will probably be well educated and in a ton of debt, with a lovely job. I refuse to be a debt slave. gently caress that. RATIONAL ACTORS, FREE MARKET...oh gently caress why are so many of our educated people leaving the country? Though I am a bit curious. Do they not see the student loan bubble coming and think this can go on forever, is there some reason it won't actually happen that I don't understand or is there some finance industry horse-poo poo wizardry with no grounding in reality that can be pulled to somehow suck even more money out of the situation as the whole system burns to the ground? It's the last one isn't it?
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SumYungGui posted:RATIONAL ACTORS, FREE MARKET...oh gently caress why are so many of our educated people leaving the country? It's always the last one.
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