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Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

someone should sell jigsaw puzzles based on how gerrymandered some states are

That's an awesome business idea, you'd be able to sell new ones every year.

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shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Oh so that's where all the VA's administrative talent went:

https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-teslas-factory-a-medical-clinic-designed-to-ignore-injured-workers/


quote:

When a worker gets smashed by a car part on Tesla’s factory floor, medical staff are forbidden from calling 911 without permission.

The electric carmaker’s contract doctors rarely grant it, instead often insisting that seriously injured workers – including one who severed the top of a finger – be sent to the emergency room in a Lyft.

Injured employees have been systematically sent back to the production line to work through their pain with no modifications, according to former clinic employees, Tesla factory workers and medical records. Some could barely walk.

The on-site medical clinic serving some 10,000 employees at Tesla Inc.’s California assembly plant has failed to properly care for seriously hurt workers, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

The clinic’s practices are unsafe and unethical, five former clinic employees said.

But denying medical care and work restrictions to injured workers is good for one thing: making real injuries disappear.

“The goal of the clinic was to keep as many patients off of the books as possible,” said Anna Watson, a physician assistant who worked at Tesla’s medical clinic for three weeks in August.

Watson has nearly 20 years of experience as a medical professional, examining patients, diagnosing ailments and prescribing medications. She’s treated patients at a petroleum refinery, a steel plant, emergency rooms and a trauma center. But she said she’s never seen anything like what’s happening at Tesla.

“The way they were implementing it was very out of control,” said Watson, who was fired in August after she raised her concerns. “Every company that I’ve worked at is motivated to keep things not recordable. But I’ve never seen anybody do it at the expense of treating the patient.”

Workers with chest pain, breathing problems or extreme headaches have been dismissed as having issues unrelated to their work, without being fully evaluated or having workplace exposures considered, former employees said. The clinic has turned away temp workers who got hurt on Tesla’s assembly lines, leaving them without on-site care. And medical assistants, who are supposed to have on-site supervision, say they were left on their own at night, unprepared to deal with a stream of night-shift injuries.

If a work injury requires certain medical equipment – such as stitches or hard braces – then it has to be counted in legally mandated logs. But some employees who needed stitches for a cut instead were given butterfly bandages, said Watson and another former clinic employee. At one point, hard braces were removed from the clinic so they wouldn’t be used, according to Watson and a former medical assistant.
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FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Lmao they're sending injured workers to the hospital via fambulance for all the same reasons

Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Fun Shoe

mlmp08 posted:

There's a brewing Navy SEALs investigation into war crimes, with at least 2 charged already. One of the charged is turning to this fine charity for legal help:



Jesus loving Christ in the middle that's the gigantic piece of poo poo who should've been executed for war crimes. He shot up a bunch of loving families in Afghanistan.

What the ever living gently caress

Vasudus
May 30, 2003
The smart thing to do is list all your medical supply kits as expired or incomplete and needing replacement if you're trying to hide an accident. Sending dudes in an Uber with missing fingats is hilariously dangerous and probably won't end up hiding the goddamn injury in the first place, defeating the purpose.

Riot Carol Danvers
Jul 30, 2004

It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

Bored As gently caress posted:

Jesus loving Christ in the middle that's the gigantic piece of poo poo who should've been executed for war crimes. He shot up a bunch of loving families in Afghanistan.

What the ever living gently caress

Yes that's the reason mlmp08 posted it

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

mlmp08 posted:

There's a brewing Navy SEALs investigation into war crimes, with at least 2 charged already. One of the charged is turning to this fine charity for legal help:



I wasn’t the only one looking for fingers McNally right?

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



That shirt was a war crime

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

orange juche posted:

That shirt was a war crime

who are the other two guys

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:

who are the other two guys

I think it's Michael Behenna on the left and Andrew Holmes on the right. And I almost want a McNally shirt just to confuse the poo poo out of people who'd wonder why in the name of hell I was wearing it.

Mustang
Jun 18, 2006

“We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”
Speaking of JBLM unit's war crimes, the kill squad from 5-2 SBCT was a topic of discussion today in a BDE meeting I was in because the weapons used are still on the books despite being with CID for nearly a decade.

I also somehow wasn't aware Robert Bale's was in 3-2 SBCT.

Of course now they're 2-2 and 1-2 SBCT's respectively. Same BN's though.

It was weird to find out that that kill squad was attached to my BN when they murdered those people.

Mustang fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Nov 8, 2018

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Hexyflexy posted:

I think it's Michael Behenna on the left and Andrew Holmes on the right. And I almost want a McNally shirt just to confuse the poo poo out of people who'd wonder why in the name of hell I was wearing it.

Haha I wear mine at work

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Bored As gently caress posted:

Jesus loving Christ in the middle that's the gigantic piece of poo poo who should've been executed for war crimes. He shot up a bunch of loving families in Afghanistan.

What the ever living gently caress

I mean, they weren't lying when they say they considered him a hero.

Beepity Boop
Nov 21, 2012

yay

Hexyflexy posted:

And I almost want a McNally shirt just to confuse the poo poo out of people who'd wonder why in the name of hell I was wearing it.

Good news, friend.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Democrats gain hundreds of legislative seats and secure majority of state attorneys general


https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...m=.927fba366905


WaPo posted:

After years of trying, Democrats expanded their influence in state capitols on Tuesday, flipping more than 300 state legislative seats while also claiming a majority of the nation’s attorney general offices.

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
So Fox News' legal analyst says Whittaker can't be acting AG, because he hasn't been confirmed by the Senate for a subordinate position, and it should have gone to Rosenstein:

"“Under the law, the person running the Department of Justice must have been approved by the United States Senate for some previous position. Even on an interim post,” Napolitano said.

Napolitano continued saying that next in line for the position is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“[Whitaker] was not confirmed by the United States Senate for a leadership position at the Justice Department. The White House will have to work this out. Who has been confirmed and who’s next in line? Deputy attorney general Rosenstein,” he said."

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
Yeah like that’s going to stop anyone

Riot Carol Danvers
Jul 30, 2004

It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.
Rules are only for fools and democrats you see

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017
Lol, Jim Acosta got banned from the white house briefings

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
Yeah and the administration is using an Infowars edit to make it look like he's karate chopping a woman reaching for his mic it's the dumbest poo poo I've seen this year but we still have two months to go

Caconym
Feb 12, 2013

In other news, Norway might be in the market for a new frigate. (Managed to collide with a tanker (that was being towed...).

https://twitter.com/mpwarwick/status/1060465358417457152?s=19

BadOptics
Sep 11, 2012


Yes, but did you know that it's actually :siren:SOCIALISM:siren: that's dehumanizing?

mlmp08 posted:

There's a brewing Navy SEALs investigation into war crimes, with at least 2 charged already. One of the charged is turning to this fine charity for legal help:



Wow, looking at the sponsors I realize I haven't seen Allen West in a while.

BadOptics fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Nov 8, 2018

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

https://twitter.com/clintsmithiii/status/1060259028402692096?s=21

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Eej posted:

it's the dumbest poo poo I've seen this year but we still have two months to go

Didn't take long for this to happen overnight in California - https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1060493426830032896?s=19

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

facialimpediment posted:

Didn't take long for this to happen overnight in California - https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1060493426830032896?s=19

oh gently caress that's where some family in LA lives, they're not drinkers so I doubt they were at the bar but her husband plays trumpet at bars so :-/

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

My money's on another /r9k incel goober

Immanentized
Mar 17, 2009

shame on an IGA posted:

My money's on another /r9k incel goober

Maybe, it did say that it was college night at the bar and most of the crowd were from the Lutheran college close by.

ChickenHeart
Nov 28, 2007

Take me at your own risk.

Kiss From a Hog

mlmp08 posted:

There's a brewing Navy SEALs investigation into war crimes, with at least 2 charged already. One of the charged is turning to this fine charity for legal help:



Could someone share more (hopefully unbiased) info on this investigation? A few coworkers in my shop were discussing this earlier in the week under the argument that the individuals should not be charged, but an initial glance into news sites seems to paint a much different picture from what my buddies claim.

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

Well for background context into the command environment over there https://theintercept.com/2017/01/10/the-crimes-of-seal-team-6/

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/10/23/second-seal-arrested-in-war-crimes-probe/

quote:

Leaked to Navy Times, Gallaghers charge sheets allege that on May 3, 2017, he stabbed a wounded Islamic State fighter in the body and neck until he died.

After the alleged slaying, prosecutors say that Gallagher posed for a photograph next to the body, operated an aerial drone over it and opted to complete his reenlistment ceremony next to a human casualty," misconduct which brought discredit upon the armed forces.

Gallagher, 39, also faces a pair of aggravated assault charges tied to allegedly separate incidents near Mosul.

On June 18, 2017, he allegedly shot a noncombatant male person and sometime during the next month gunned down a noncombatant female person, according to the charge sheets.

BadOptics
Sep 11, 2012

ChickenHeart posted:

Could someone share more (hopefully unbiased) info on this investigation? A few coworkers in my shop were discussing this earlier in the week under the argument that the individuals should not be charged, but an initial glance into news sites seems to paint a much different picture from what my buddies claim.

The SEALs have probably killed more Americans than terrorists over the last 10 years.

ChickenHeart
Nov 28, 2007

Take me at your own risk.

Kiss From a Hog

This is extremely useful, thanks! While I might not convince my friends, I can at the very least get the classic "they need to be above the law to protect us" or "so you want to imprison a SEAL who endured the worst for our nation" response out of them.

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

BadOptics posted:

The SEALs have probably killed more Americans than terrorists over the last 10 years.

My favorite is the dude who killed an American woman with a grenade while trying to rescue her.

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

Internet Wizard posted:

My favorite is the dude who killed an American woman with a grenade while trying to rescue her.

??? Did it come off and arm itself while trying to rescuse her or did he gently caress up a throw or something?

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

ChickenHeart posted:

This is extremely useful, thanks! While I might not convince my friends, I can at the very least get the classic "they need to be above the law to protect us" or "so you want to imprison a SEAL who endured the worst for our nation" response out of them.

It's also hard to say, exactly, right now what's going on because the government won't discuss ongoing investigations or legal cases, and there's the potential issue of classification.

I kind of recall some similar stuff about how the Kill Team guys were being railroaded being propagated by various soldiers, but then once the full up case was released to the public, it died down pretty quick, given how awful their behavior was. I distinctly recall one 1SG losing all sympathy for them not due to the murders, but because of the hash use :wtc:

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

Hot Karl Marx posted:

??? Did it come off and arm itself while trying to rescuse her or did he gently caress up a throw or something?

I remembered wrong and it was a British woman. From the Intercept article I linked

quote:

During a late-night raid at a northern Kunar compound, Silver Squadron operators killed several captors but accidentally killed Norgrove when an inexperienced SEAL threw a fragment grenade at one of the captors.

The operations team leader believed that a suicide vest had been detonated by one of the captors, and two Silver Squadron operators initially withheld the fact that a grenade had been thrown. Consequently, the SEALs initially reported to JSOC senior leaders that Norgrove had been killed by her captors.

Later, a JSOC officer watching drone footage of the operation noticed one of the SEALs throw an object that landed and exploded near where Norgroves body was found. One of the two SEALs who knew about the grenade eventually told his team leader, who then failed to inform his commanders until he was confronted the next day.

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008

BadOptics posted:

The SEALs have probably killed more Americans than terrorists over the last 10 years.

Reminder some navy seals killed a green beret who stumbled upon their money making scheme

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!
https://twitter.com/missmayn/status...ingawful.com%2F

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
12 dead at that bar shooting in Thousand Oaks.


quote:

A gunman threw smoke bombs and rained bullets on a crowd of hundreds inside a Thousand Oaks bar that is popular with college students Wednesday night, leaving 12 dead including a Sheriff’s sergeant shot trying to stop the carnage.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-thousand-oaks-20181107-story.html

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
thoughts and prayers

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pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008


So what does the Religious Right have against in-vitro fertilization? Is it because it takes Jesus out from between the sheets and lets the doctors in?

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