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SnakePlissken posted:Quick, someobody defund tha ACA before we have to pay for any mooching children's treatment! The city is applying for emergency federal funds for "increased spending on special education and mental health services. Let that sink in for a bit. Personally I think those responsible for the decision should be sentenced to drink 1 large glass of water from the Flint river.
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Swan Oat posted:There was also a would be AirBnB person who rented out his apartment to someone who threw an orgy at it, and he has since been blacklisted by NYC landlords and is essentially homeless now, lol. There was also a guy who came back from a trip to find a strange couple sleeping in his bed, and it turned out his roommate had been renting his room out on the sly whenever he left town.
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An Angry Bug posted:Require they only drink water from the river until they fix it or die. The really cool thing about lead is that it's not particularly deadly directly, it just causes a quadrillion other problems, especially developmentally.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:They could, but it would be a new precedent, since the NLRB has ruled previously that 1099 employees can't unionize. Well, not have a union that is protected by the NLRB. There are unions of independent contractors, though they are not nearly as effective as employee unions. quote:Despite these limitations, joining a union as an independent contractor can yield lots of useful benefits and resources. The local can help you secure health and equipment insurance, provide you with contract advice, and help you find and secure jobs. The union can also fight for your legislative interests and provide educational programs. One thriving example of an independent contractor unit is the Guild Freelancers, an active group of independent writers and journalists who have organized as a part of the larger Pacific Media Workers Guild, a CWA local. Another great example is WashTech (the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers), a CWA local formed by Microsoft contract employees in 1998. http://www.cwa-union.org/pages/my_employer_says_i_am_an_independent_contractor.what_does_this_mean
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Oracle posted:Yeah, the emergency manager that Governor Snyder appointed decided to use the Flint River (notorious for the last 100+ years for being heavily polluted due to industrial runoff from the automotive industry) as the source of drinking water for the city instead of Lake Huron from a Detroit water company. Cue businesses in Flint paying extra money to relink to the Detroit water because the Flint River water was so corrosive it was loving up their machinery. Yeah, it's literal cartoon-villain stuff. They literally knew it was a problem and did it anyway. The federal EPA actually told MDEQ back in February that they needed a corrosion control plan and that they were likely to have a lead problem and they just kept on trucking. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Dec 15, 2015 |
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Dec 15, 2015 19:06
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I'm in Israel at the moment and all the news media is total  BOMB THREAT IN LA SCHOOLS CLOSED !!!Is it getting any of that kind of coverage in the US or is it more like the "guess someone didn't feel like taking a test today"  my school system had in the 90s?
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Paul MaudDib posted:In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared Perfect timing. Yesterday a coworker and I were having an office discussion on executive overreach and one of the things that came up was how agencies enact rules and regulations outside of the bounds of law. I disagreed with that out of hand and said that if an executive agency oversteps its bounds it is liable to be challenged in the courts. Anyway, this morning I came in an saw an email from him with a link to a WaPo article discussing how the EPA overstepped its bounds by using social media to form a grass-roots campaign to support its policies. That struck and really pissed me off because it's such a red herring for the GOP to then attack the EPA and gut portions of the Clean Water Act. I am going to send him this link for further discussion because goddamnit. I'm still so upset about it I'll probably make a facebook post because... I don't awareness or something.
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After The War posted:I'm in Israel at the moment and all the news media is total Apparently the email came from Germany and another one like it was also sent to NYC (who didn't give a poo poo).
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Paul MaudDib posted:In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared Love to bring up this piece whenever I see passive voice mentioned - it's pretty awesome, McSweeney's Guide to Ambiguouis Grammar: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-ambiguous-grammar quote:A lazy dog and a quick brown fox were involved in a jumping‑related incident.
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After The War posted:I'm in Israel at the moment and all the news media is total Its getting the usual "Breaking News, nothing else happening in the world, lets report on nothing at all" coverage from the 24/7 news channels. New York got the same threats and decided they weren't credible and that a lot of the authorities/law enforcement agreed with that call. No one's really saying it but it sounds like LA overreacted to a hoax. LA officials are now doing a press conference and are already in defensive mode where they're saying "Its easy to second guess people but we have to err on the side of caution." It also kind of sounds to me like LA fumbled the execution since they got the threats last night but didn't close schools early enough to prevent kids from heading to school. But I'm just basing that on being from NY and thinking "snow day" rules where you gotta make that call by like 5 AM at the latest or else all hell breaks loose.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:15
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Count me as a pretty happy user of airbnb and uber
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Hulk Krogan posted:This is the other problem I've seen, besides slum lords using it to dodge taxes/regulations. People have some property and think they're gonna turn renting it out on AirBnB into a business, but because it's a legal grey area, there's no process that might teach them at least a thing or two about how to properly run their business. Legitimate business owners can be dumb too but at least the process of incorporating, getting insurance/loans, applying for permits, etc sort of serves to let them know how things should work. AirBnB and the like basically make it so you end up with people who don't have proper insurance, don't use contracts of any kind beyond what AirBnB provides (which doesn't really protect anybody but AirBnB), and just generally have no business conducting this kind of transaction. But things like "insurance" and "permits" and "contracts" and "knowing what the gently caress you're doing" are just burdensome regulations that get in the way of people handing me money for things!
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shrike82 posted:Count me as a pretty happy user of airbnb and uber *adds to counterrevolutionaries.odf*
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Paul MaudDib posted:Yeah, it's literal cartoon-villain stuff. They literally knew it was a problem and did it anyway. Is this the same Emergency Manager that the public voted to have removed but then the Governor ignored that and went forward regardless?
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Dec 15, 2015 19:28
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Every once and awhile there is news in Hawaii about how lawmakers are going to "do something" about illegal vacation rental properties, but nothing ever happens. Probably because a huge number of homes in nice areas like Kailua or Hawaii Kai are just vacation homes for rich mainlanders and they like the easy income they get for the 50 weeks a year they don't live in them. If you're ever going to Honolulu though you should 100% stay in an AirBnB instead of in Waikiki because Waikiki is a gross shithole.
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shrike82 posted:Count me as a pretty happy user of airbnb and uber Punishment: Death by guillotine
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I wish Uber and Airbnb weren't run by ruthless libertarian douchebags because they really did make some significant improvements to their respective industries.
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Stereotype posted:I wish Uber and Airbnb weren't run by ruthless libertarian douchebags because they really did make some significant improvements to their respective industries. Which industry did Airbnb improve exactly? The illegal hotel industry? What innovations did airbnb bring that vrbo didn't in the 90s?
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I know it's a D&D thing to make it sound like Amazon, AirBnb, and Uber literally offer nothing of value beyond regulatory arbitrage but they're providing services of value to consumers. I'm all for added regulation and I'm pretty comfortable saying that it'll impact their bottom line but their business models are viable.
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shrike82 posted:Count me as a pretty happy user of airbnb and uber I know someone who simultaneously complains about rent while running a air bnb operations in the same city. Kinda odd.
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Stereotype posted:I wish Uber and Airbnb weren't run by ruthless libertarian douchebags because they really did make some significant improvements to their respective industries. Did airbnb? Like, did hotels or bnb's actually do anything in response?
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shrike82 posted:Count me as a pretty happy user of airbnb and uber Kill you'reself
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shrike82 posted:I know it's a D&D thing to make it sound like Amazon, AirBnb, and Uber literally offer nothing of value beyond regulatory arbitrage but they're providing services of value to consumers. I'm all for added regulation and I'm pretty comfortable saying that it'll impact their bottom line but their business models are viable. airbnb actually didn't innovate anything, other companies had been doing the exact same business model...except without the focus on illegal properties. That's airbnb's big "innovation" making it easier for illegal vacation rentals to occur.
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Trabisnikof posted:airbnb actually didn't innovate anything, other companies had been doing the exact same business model...except without the focus on illegal properties. That's airbnb's big "innovation" making it easier for illegal vacation rentals to occur. Let's hear more about these companies. They must be pretty big given the size of the industry 
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Excuse me but if you aren't giving both sides equal weight or if you are *gasp* expressing an opinion! Then you're just biased and unfit to be called a real reporter. As the Daily Show put it 11 years ago: When was this episode, anyway?
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shrike82 posted:Let's hear more about these companies. They must be pretty big given the size of the industry I've got this great timeshare to offer you.
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shrike82 posted:Let's hear more about these companies. They must be pretty big given the size of the industry Like I posted about before, vrbo (now part of homeaway, which is now owned by expedia) has been doing the exact same thing as airbnb since the 90s. Just not all about making it easier for illegal rentals. I'd love for you to explain to me what the "innovation" that airbnb provides, if you can.
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DrPop posted:As a resident of Michigan who's heard about this nonstop for a while, I can't believe they're just declaring a state of emergency now. This deserves to blow up into something much huger than it has been and, like you said, there's a lot of people who should be blamed in the current administration. Do you have any news links?
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I actually thought that airbnb and vrbo started at the same time (like lyft and uber) so color me wrong and I guess! They really do offer a service that people want (An inexpensive short term rental unit for vacations or work trips, cheaper because it isn't a full fledged hotel) but it also fucks up rental markets something fierce. Sounds like something that can easily be solved by regulation and taxation though.
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Airbnb innovated separating money from ugly idiots and into their bank account.
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Dynamically Adaptive App-facilitated Couch Surfing
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Graigslist has also been doing this for years.
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if people are saying that craigslist is equivalent to airbnb, i think the problem is with them.
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botany posted:Apparently the email came from Germany and another one like it was also sent to NYC (who didn't give a poo poo). Nothing like that is bring mentioned over here and it is still being treated like a Big And Important Scary Event.
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Stereotype posted:but it also fucks up rental markets something fierce. Ahem, "disrupts." 
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Radish posted:"I believed in my heart that the water was fine." Oh well looks like that's that and no one is to blame. I see you're a Michigander too.
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The funny thing is that Airbnb could very easily still survive and still go through the normal hotel stuff and pay hotel taxes. There is still a good segment of the population that would prefer to rent apartments in neighborhoods than get stuck getting a hotel room in the tourist district. Obviously costs would go up, but they would probably just end up being even with hotels instead of undercutting them.
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Boon posted:Perfect timing. Yesterday a coworker and I were having an office discussion on executive overreach and one of the things that came up was how agencies enact rules and regulations outside of the bounds of law. I disagreed with that out of hand and said that if an executive agency oversteps its bounds it is liable to be challenged in the courts. Is he just opposed in principle to the idea of someone other than Congress making rules? The manner of enactment of rules and regulations is itself a creature of law. Agencies can get their hand slapped for overstepping their bounds just by going about making a rule or decision improperly.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Ahem, "disrupts." It disrupts the really obnoxious "tourist islands" that appear in every city around hotels, but it also creates an even more obnoxious landlord class of fat lard fuckers who make enough to live by taking up space and ruining the rental market in an area. Someone should disrupt them next.
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