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ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Plastic bags are really bad for the environment so it’s good that the ban is being discussed.

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Cuddly Tumblemumps
Aug 23, 2013

Postmodernity means the exhilarating freedom to pursue anything, yet mind-boggling uncertainty as to what is worth pursuing and in the name of what one should pursue it.

Maybe the stars have aligned as such that we can get Hikind out, plastic bags out. Felder out. :sun:
Don't wanna jinx anything by saying this year can end better than it began though.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
Completely forgot this one from yesterday:

https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/989178904421289985

Yeah. That's our Cuomo. Not the pressuring kind. Andy "Easy Going" Cuomo, as he is known.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

cuomo is a charm guy with people who are on the opposite side of him and a pressure guy with members of his ostensible own party

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

get that OUT of my face posted:

cuomo is a charm guy with people who are on the opposite side of him and a pressure guy with members of his ostensible own party

Which would be a good set of qualities in a person with a good ideology lol

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

GalacticAcid posted:

Which would be a good set of qualities in a person with a good ideology lol

Na, that's classic abusive behavior. Be meaner to those closest to you, who have more to lose from fighting back.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Na, that's classic abusive behavior. Be meaner to those closest to you, who have more to lose from fighting back.
there's a way of getting that result that doesn't hinge upon you being a cuomo-esque sociopath

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
Enforcing discipline within a political movement while seeking converts out of it is just a good way to achieve desired results. It has nothing to do with abuse and that’s a pretty gross comparison to draw.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

GalacticAcid posted:

Enforcing discipline within a political movement while seeking converts out of it is just a good way to achieve positive results. It has nothing to do with abuse and that’s a pretty gross comparison to draw.

Cuomo is abusive to people in his own party, though. That's not a gross comparison, that's how he is. Him being a bit more to the left wouldn't change that.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Cuomo is abusive to people in his own party, though. That's not a gross comparison, that's how he is. Him being a bit more to the left wouldn't change that.

To be fair, NY York democrats deserve the abuse.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




dumb teacher rant, apologies in advance:


in nys, teachers hired after a certain date need professional development hours to keep their license.

recently the state changed the req's for professional development. the previous system was coming to the point where it might actually impact people and they replaced it and wiped the slate clean. this meant that years of attending pd meetings and all the associated record keeping on the part of teachers was tossed out the window.

they replace it with a system where the meetings and workshops i go to provided by my public school dont count as pd. only meetings hosted by an accredited organization with a special code from the state count as pd and many of these cost money and time outside the workday

nobody i know at work is doing much to complete their reqs. we all expect this system to again be changed when the 5 year hours deadline is getting close. its just a really annoying and whoever came up with it should go to prison

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Real hurthling! posted:

dumb teacher rant, apologies in advance:


in nys, teachers hired after a certain date need professional development hours to keep their license.

recently the state changed the req's for professional development. the previous system was coming to the point where it might actually impact people and they replaced it and wiped the slate clean. this meant that years of attending pd meetings and all the associated record keeping on the part of teachers was tossed out the window.

they replace it with a system where the meetings and workshops i go to provided by my public school dont count as pd. only meetings hosted by an accredited organization with a special code from the state count as pd and many of these cost money and time outside the workday

nobody i know at work is doing much to complete their reqs. we all expect this system to again be changed when the 5 year hours deadline is getting close. its just a really annoying and whoever came up with it should go to prison

I would hate to be a teacher in NY the US.

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

Real hurthling! posted:

teachers hired after a certain date
of loving course. there are few things in society that are more explicit middle fingers to younger people than changing public employee plans only for new hires

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




im 8 years in (tier 4, theyre on 6 now cause gently caress newbs i guess)

LegionAreI
Nov 14, 2006
Lurk
I got my 2nd professional certificate just when they put those requirements in place, then I changed sectors like two years later. For a long time they took PD that had literally nothing to do with K-12, which was awesome since my situation was still a bit fluid. I seriously doubt NYSED has enough staff to keep up with it even now.

However, this new poo poo - I'm all for keeping current with your knowledge but that is loving bullshit. Let me guess, you need to pay for these "official" workshops? It's all about paying bribes at some level in NY, isn't it?

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




thats my take, ive seen some ads for free ones but i dont think its possible to get all the hours needed without payingbut its all a joke cause our union guy said the enforcement system was random audit

Real hurthling! has issued a correction as of 16:34 on Apr 28, 2018

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

LegionAreI posted:

I got my 2nd professional certificate just when they put those requirements in place, then I changed sectors like two years later. For a long time they took PD that had literally nothing to do with K-12, which was awesome since my situation was still a bit fluid. I seriously doubt NYSED has enough staff to keep up with it even now.

However, this new poo poo - I'm all for keeping current with your knowledge but that is loving bullshit. Let me guess, you need to pay for these "official" workshops? It's all about paying bribes at some level in NY, isn't it?

Oh, I hadn't even thought of that angle. Let me guess, if we dig deep enough into the companies providing this, it goes up to one of Cuomo's friends, doesn't it? :allears:

Edit:

https://twitter.com/AnnaESanders/status/990315130280906752

:thermidor:

Edit2:

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/990769681995845632

:psyduck:

Absurd Alhazred has issued a correction as of 02:51 on Apr 30, 2018

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

NKD is doing another round of endorsements on thursday. gounardes said he's endorsed by frank seddio (brooklyn dem party chair) so there's no chance in hell that he's getting endorsed for the 22nd senate district race. we're also doing endorsements for governor, lt. governor (both hochul and jumaane will be attending), and the female district leader for the 51st AD

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

A long, long time ago I was illegally evicted from a lovely basement. Julia on a total whim came all the way across the city and met with me and took me to the courthouse and helped me out a great deal every step of the way to sticking it to those motherfuckers. She's a hero of New York and the fact that she's running is huge news to me. She's amazing.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Taintrunner posted:

A long, long time ago I was illegally evicted from a lovely basement. Julia on a total whim came all the way across the city and met with me and took me to the courthouse and helped me out a great deal every step of the way to sticking it to those motherfuckers. She's a hero of New York and the fact that she's running is huge news to me. She's amazing.

I hope she gets non-joke endorsements then. :unsmith:

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

Absurd Alhazred posted:

I hope she gets non-joke endorsements then. :unsmith:

I'm pretty sure she got the DSA along with Ocasio Cortez.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Nixon confirmed she would be at the NKD meeting tonight.

Also check out her questionaire and some of the others.

http://www.newkingsdemocrats.com

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
Huh.

https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/992014532607467520

Matt Zerella posted:

I'm pretty sure she got the DSA along with Ocasio Cortez.

:unsmith:

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Just got back form the meeting. I'm excited about Jumaane Williams and Nixon. Though obviously distrustful of Nixon, but I'll take literally anyone over Cuomo, and there isn't anyone else, so it's not a tough decision.

Here is Jumaane's questionaire, he is very genuine, and has been involved in NYC government for a long time. He was also very frank in his opinion of Cuomo, and De Blasio.

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.n....pdf?1525216979

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
I wish Miner would just get in the race. I guess strategically I should want there to be only one challenger to Cuomo, but at least she has some executive experience, and was also the Democratic Party Co-Chair for a few years. Which is either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on how you look at it.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Absurd Alhazred posted:

I wish Miner would just get in the race. I guess strategically I should want there to be only one challenger to Cuomo, but at least she has some executive experience, and was also the Democratic Party Co-Chair for a few years. Which is either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on how you look at it.

Yea I'll pass.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Seems like so will she! :v:

Edit: Follow-up:

https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/992382195393335296

Edit2: LOL

https://twitter.com/sarbetter/status/992391474716332032

Absurd Alhazred has issued a correction as of 14:13 on May 4, 2018

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

good to see you at the NKD meeting, powercrazy. i didn't think nixon was gonna make it there but she did, and she did very well. we ended up endorsing her, Jumaane, and the non-absentee woman running for the 51st AD leader (genesis aquino). also, i had no idea jumaane has tourette's syndrome (his body jerks around every so often)

i can also confirm salazar owns. my friend is her campaign manager. NKD probably isn't giving out any more endorsements but since she's got DSA's, she'll be getting plenty of help. i hope the third person in the race drops out, he seems like a dipshit

Scrub-Niggurath
Nov 27, 2007


oh wow 54k over 4 years between 4 organizations, clearly she's buying the race

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Scrub-Niggurath posted:

oh wow 54k over 4 years between 4 organizations, clearly she's buying the race

It gets worse!

https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/992516031825481730

https://twitter.com/kdewitt7/status/992503264821366784

https://twitter.com/yben/status/992522950317412352

:allears:

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




bloomberg made a hundo million probably year before he got elected and he didnt even have to do work

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
So apparently this hasn't actually been decided yet:

https://twitter.com/yben/status/992526831885733888

get that OUT of my face
Feb 10, 2007

they should vote on a rule that anyone in elected office can't simultaneously run a local or state party. obvious tyranny is obvious

also goddammit ben, don't do the ironic jew echo. it's not funny or insightful. i'm surprised he's on the state committee because when i met him last time, he was about out of faith with the party (he was once the president of the Manhattan Young Dems)

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/CynthiaNixon/status/992503989068554242

Watch Cuomo pass a regulation that stops this from happening somehow.

Weaponized Autism
Mar 26, 2006

All aboard the Gravy train!
Hair Elf
Ban all dais' from the state of NY.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
Oh crap

https://twitter.com/Schneiderman/status/993631884054814720

DoctorWhat
Nov 18, 2011

A little privacy, please?

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/993630020701773825

welp

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




it would be cool if the people we needed most to defend us from wall st, trump, etc didnt turn out to be huge pieces of poo poo constantly

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
At least this time we didn't end up voting him into even higher office before the dirt came out.

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DoctorWhat
Nov 18, 2011

A little privacy, please?
there must be some pathogen in the albany water supply that turns any progressive politician into a hosed up sex creep

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