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Joementum posted:His campaign 2.54cm'd along, but in the end he wasn't able to go the full 8.2296m. 0.45kg for 0.45kg, Bernie and Hillary are just better campaigners. 
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Quote of the morning, "We're going to have to do something that's pretty hard. Pretty, pretty, pretty hard, to quote Larry David" ~ Bernie Sanders
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Autistic restaurant worker goes unpaid for hundreds of hours http://wpri.com/2015/10/20/autistic-restaurant-worker-goes-unpaid-for-a-year/ quote:
It's not enough to not pay him less than minimum wage now they just want free labor Jesus this get's me started on the whole loving concept of work programs like this. Yes , studies have shown that people who have developmental disabilities have improved quality of life when they work and interact in people in a group setting. HOWEVER , most of the these jobs like Wal Mart etc... are not a way for them to socialize and work in a group with other people in fact it's usually assembly line repetitive tasks. Ugh. It's such a hard thing to argue about though because on one hand the person really enjoys the work and it makes them happy on the other hand gently caress these companies for taking advantage of people Hollismason fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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Oct 23, 2015 14:30
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Hollismason posted:Autistic restaurant worker goes unpaid for hundreds of hours Don't forget Papa Johns, another Right Wing hero, getting sued and losing for $800k of wage theft.
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Joementum posted:Speaking of the President of the Senate... A few pages back but seriously, I would pay good money to see that. And can you just imagine Biden having the biggest poo poo-eating grin on his face while doing something like this...
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Joementum posted:A bounty of goods Good lord stop. You have to inject this stuff slowly, not force it all in at once.
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Hollismason posted:Autistic restaurant worker goes unpaid for hundreds of hours at last the motivation behind vaccine induced autism is laid bare
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Just a reminder it's perfectly okay to pay persons with developemental disabilities less than minimum wage.
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The NY Times goes with a not-so-subtle editorial take on yesterday's hearing with their front page.
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Since this will probably be my last opportunity to ever point this out, he kinda looks like Colin Mocherie. Edit: Also, welcome back Joementum, I was legitimately worried that you were dead. 
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Joementum posted:The NY Times goes with a not-so-subtle editorial take on yesterday's hearing with their front page. Everyone is either using the smiling pic or the one with her looking bored as hell, this has been a great cycle for her since the debate.
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Hollismason posted:Just a reminder it's perfectly okay to pay persons with developemental disabilities less than minimum wage. There are very specific rules about it, though. If they are doing work comparable to what anyone else would be doing in that job, they should be paid a comparable wage.
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I'm in Martha Roby's district. The local right wing radio host started off this morning saying the Benghazi committee blew it and made Hillary look presidential. If that is the word here, they really hosed up. He also called for everyone to vote out Roby over this.
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Now it's Bernie's chance to.... to.... kick out the JAMMS motherfuckersquote:Mr. Sanders will have alumni of the bands Guster and MC5 performing.
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Deadulus posted:I'm in Martha Roby's district. The local right wing radio host started off this morning saying the Benghazi committee blew it and made Hillary look presidential. If that is the word here, they really hosed up. So has everyone officially given up on pretending this isn't a politically motivated witch hunt? Deep down everyone knew exactly what this was but they aren't even attempting to hide it anymore.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:So has everyone officially given up on pretending this isn't a politically motivated witch hunt? Deep down everyone knew exactly what this was but they aren't even attempting to hide it anymore. Sounded like it's getting there. Radio host kept saying what was the purpose of this hearing and was echoed by his callers. So they are almost there.
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Deadulus posted:I'm in Martha Roby's district. The local right wing radio host started off this morning saying the Benghazi committee blew it and made Hillary look presidential. If that is the word here, they really hosed up. My Kentucky Facebook feed is filling up with claims that the drat RINOs dropped the ball again and didn't ask the right questions. Gowdy, Roby, Pompeo, and Brooks are all now RINOs to them and must be expunged. Jim Jordan was the only one who was really trying, but those other RINOs kept holding him back.
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Apparently the announcer bringing him up on stage for his withdrawal speech mispronounced Lincoln Chafee's name. Man, that final indignity had to sting Someone asked about how the GOP is spinning the hearing, Brian York at the Washington Examiner is trying to make hay of the fact Hillary emailed Chelsea that it was an attack and then the next few days the admin talked about the video. And the more nutty parts are claiming she violated the espionage act because Blumenthal had in his payroll a former intelligence guy who passed info to Sid who passed it to Clinton (the declaration gets inserted here that it was leaked to the intelligence guy by democrat intelligence officers breaking classification because democrats are all traitors). Some of what was passed were names. Some of those names may have been the names of classified sources (this is presented as fact that they were despite the fact we don't know because the classified sources are classified). Hillary sharing that information knowing it contained classified information even if it didn't come from classified sources = violation of the espionage act. Go ahead and count how many implicit assumptions and leaps in logic are present there. By 90s standards this is a fairly tame conspiracy theory. Donald Trump is in 2nd for the second Iowa poll in as many days, pulling 19 to Carson's 28.
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Joementum posted:The NY Times goes with a not-so-subtle editorial take on yesterday's hearing with their front page. Yeah HRC is getting positive coverage from the least likely sources . It's been a good few weeks for her.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:There are very specific rules about it, though. If they are doing work comparable to what anyone else would be doing in that job, they should be paid a comparable wage. Yes, there are "rules" about it but sometimes they are not enforced. It's a huge issue right now in disability rights. There are very good arguments to be made on both sides of it. http://watchdog.org/83209/policies-tax-dollars-enrich-goodwill-execs/ http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/25/19062348-disabled-workers-paid-just-pennies-an-hour-and-its-legal quote:The non-profit certificate holders can also place employees in outside, for-profit workplaces including restaurants, retail stores, hospitals and even Internal Revenue Service centers. Between the sheltered workshops and the outside businesses, more than 216,000 workers are eligible to earn less than minimum wage because of Section 14 (c), though many end up earning the full federal minimum wage of $7.25. This is where the problem comes in with Sheltered Workshops. It's just a really easy to abuse system when there is very little oversight. Understand States benefit greatly from these services. They even passed a law : http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/07/22/obama-law-limiting-sheltered/19538/ However there are reasons why we have these sheltered Workshops: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/14/395287097/advocates-fight-to-keep-sheltered-workshops-for-disabled-workers They do real good in peoples lives. Work helps with depression. It gives them social interaction they may not otherwise have etc... It's a very complicated issue. It's not just " Sheltered Workshops are bad". You also have to think what the individual would want. Their income is supplemented by SSI generally which means that they get more income in their lives, their happy, and they like what they do. What do you do in that situation? I can't find the story right now but there was one Non Profit that had this program, had to end it, and people still came to work to do the job because they just enjoyed meeting with their friends. Just very difficult issue. Employment within the disability community is a huge issue as well. Its just hard to find work. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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Magugu posted:I work a half mile away from there. Talking with some cops this morning at the gas station they said a dude got pissed off because he was losing while they were gambling and decided to "keep it real." An excellent argument for campus carry, though. If only those other guys had guns.
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Hollismason posted:Yes, there are "rules" about it but sometimes they are not enforced. It's a huge issue right now in disability rights. There are very good arguments to be made on both sides of it. Is working at an Applebees more or less demeaning when you're disabled? Because I can think of far better ways to socialize people.
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Republicans posted:An excellent argument for campus carry, though. If only those other guys had guns. If only everyone had guns then there would be no more shootings, check and mate liberals.
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Fried Chicken posted:Apparently the announcer bringing him up on stage for his withdrawal speech mispronounced Lincoln Chafee's name.  at all of this. If Trump has collapsed to Carson, it's smooth sailing for Jeb! or Rubio cause Carson will be easily dispatched.
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Since Webb was the first dem nominee to drop out after the debates you could honestly say that Chafee's campaign defied expectations. 
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So with an Army man dead in a hostage rescue mission in Iraq, will this lead to more Benghazi style select committees?
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Maybe not Jeb!: quote:@breakingpol: Jeb Bush orders pay cuts for all campaign staff, removes some senior staff from the payroll - @business https://t.co/aY8QzaUqxo Tick, tock....
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:
Trump is still far ahead in NH last I checked and it's still too early to tell if Carson is just riding a Not-Trump wave like Fiorina did after the second debate. Still, listening to Michael Medved be seriously depressed about Trump and Carson being far and away the two front runners has been very entertaining.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:
Iowa is filled with really crazy religious people. Carson is the obvious choice for them.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Maybe not Jeb!: Jeb?
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Rhesus Pieces posted:So has everyone officially given up on pretending this isn't a politically motivated witch hunt? Deep down everyone knew exactly what this was but they aren't even attempting to hide it anymore. It's getting there. Besides the head of the committee making himself a laughing stock nationwide by admitting it's all political theater, they just grilled Clinton for an 11 hour marathon session and got...half of a damning soundbyte when she was asked if she was having a nightcap during the Benghazi event. Not a full one though since it was a really dumb question and half of the room laughed with her. Even FOX is having to admit she looked pretty strong, and while Drudge refuses to admit she did well the best attack he could come up with was "I'm worried about HRC's health! She had a massive coughing fit and lost her voice after only a mere 10 hours of talking!" If sanity had any grip on these people I would imagine it would pack up pretty quickly. Just admit defeat and move on to the next embarrassment of their life, but we all know which choice a Republican would take when given the option of quitting while ahead or doubling down.
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Epic High Five posted:Carson worries me but I strongly doubt he will be able to get away with only ever staring off into the middle distance and slowly talking about some unrelated, far-right talking point when asked about anything, in any context To me Carson is just never personable. He has no fire and he's a pretty straight boring character. It's like he saw the republicans make fun of Al Gore in 2000 and said "you think that's bad? watch this!"
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Epic High Five posted:Carson worries me but I strongly doubt he will be able to get away with only ever staring off into the middle distance and slowly talking about some unrelated, far-right talking point when asked about anything, in any context Not in a general election but in this primary? Who knows?
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:
About that Jeb Bush cuts campaign salaries across the board
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:
I'm not sure if you understand the appeal of a soft spoken, racist as gently caress black neurosurgeon. Seriously, a man as brilliant as him validating both your racism and you idiotic beliefs is kind of big for quite a few people.
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Epic High Five posted:Carson worries me but I strongly doubt he will be able to get away with only ever staring off into the middle distance and slowly talking about some unrelated, far-right talking point when asked about anything, in any context Carson should only worry you to the extent that his rise could send Trump off the deep end before he fully kills Bush and Rubio's campaigns. Hold fast Donald. Hold fast.
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