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<Insert Tweet Here> from trump talking about how awesome the saudis are. edit: I don't have any dog pics, here is an alpaca that my aunt has. 
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Mendrian posted:"It's insane that lawyers should refuse clients for any reason!", declares the thread breathlessly. That's true, no one has ever said anything about it  Herstory Begins Now posted:Tbh I'm blown away that people react so strongly that it would be an absolute travesty if literal loving nazis were forced to be represented by public defenders while some poor PoC who gets drugs planted on him by the police is expected to be happy that he has the right to a public defender. What if it were possible to be upset about ANYONE being forced to go without legal representation *brain expands to encompass the entire concept of space and time* Crabtree posted:It'd just be nice if that reality switched spaces towards Nazis, because sadly, that is apparently when a bunch of white nerds start to get all bothered about people not being represented well. Do we need to preface every post with a txt file containing every opinion we have on any conceivable topic to prevent this sort of confusion over what other issues we care about? Ate My Balls Redux fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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Dec 30, 2018 04:29
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the cruelty is the point. https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1079191597449850881
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Dec 30, 2018 04:29
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Groovelord Neato posted:the cruelty is the point. Why would you tweet that...?
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Dec 30, 2018 04:32
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Groovelord Neato posted:the cruelty is the point. I would give anything to be locked in a windowless room with Schlichter.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:33
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:How come the new Congress gets seated right after New Years while the President waits until January 20? Doesn't that give a new Senate time to review Cabinet officials for a new President?
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Dec 30, 2018 04:33
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Starmaker posted:Why would you tweet that...? Because a large part of the Republican electorate are monsters, and virtue signalling to them about how much you hate people different from them is their bread and butter
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Dec 30, 2018 04:34
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eke out posted:trump is almost completely incapable of taking administrative actions that he is legally empowered to, i don't know why anyone thinks he could somehow do things that are not only illegal but would also require a massive, logistically-difficult multi-agency effort Technically, that would count as an attempt.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:35
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Groovelord Neato posted:the cruelty is the point. Live toasty my friend.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:36
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Starmaker posted:Why would you tweet that...? because they're soulless husks. 
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Dec 30, 2018 04:37
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Lightning Knight posted:Cuomo really wants to sit on Rahm Emanuel's skull throne labeled "worst loving Democrat in office" and he's not gonna let other people try to muscle in on his game. 12 weeks paid bereavement leave seems like an incredibly long time. I rarely find myself disagreeing with those who want to grant workers more benefits, but I can't be the only one who thinks this.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:37
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Tbh I'm blown away that people react so strongly that it would be an absolute travesty if literal loving nazis were forced to be represented by public defenders while some poor PoC who gets drugs planted on him by the police is expected to be happy that he has the right to a public defender. Socializing the justice system would mean the rich would ensure that the lawyers had enough time resources etc.. It's the same thing as public schools, if we force the rich to send their kids to public school they would help ensure decent public schools. Cute dog.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:38
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Groovelord Neato posted:the cruelty is the point. who is this loathsome oval office of a human being? i vaguely recognize the name.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:38
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Dapper_Swindler posted:who is this loathsome oval office of a human being? i vaguely recognize the name. Twitter personality nee' Army National Guard pseudo tough guy lawyer who spends his time licking Trump's boots.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:39
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The thing that will really piss Trump off about a veto override is that it would mean that McConnell betrayed him, twice (once for allowing the initial vote, once for the veto override). In addition to veto override I think there is a real possibility that Trump just makes poo poo up, says he's found another way to secure the border (military deployment, whatever), and then moves on repeating it over and over until even he believes the lie.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:41
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LeeMajors posted:Twitter personality nee' Army National Guard pseudo tough guy lawyer who spends his time licking Trump's boots. i know cruelty and bulling is the point but like how do these dudes not eat a gun. none of my conservative relatives are this loving heartless or at least openly so.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:41
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The question is: does the Senate decide that reopening the government is worth all the short-term hell they're going to catch from Trump's loyal fans?Groovelord Neato posted:because they're soulless husks. The Trump supporter's constant refrain is "I spend my whole life virtue signaling to make everyone think I care about things, so therefore everyone who professes to give a poo poo about anything besides themselves is virtue signaling too." It's utterly incomprehensible to them that anyone in this world isn't a selfish rear end in a top hat. Fritz Coldcockin fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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Dec 30, 2018 04:42
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:The question is: does the Senate decide that reopening the government is worth all the short-term hell they're going to catch from Trump's loyal fans? the morons who actively want the shutdown over the wall are minority. they will take the hit because they know if they don't they are even more hosed in 2020.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:44
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i know cruelty and bulling is the point but like how do these dudes not eat a gun. none of my conservative relatives are this loving heartless or at least openly so. Schlichter would've gleefully gassed thousands of [insert minority here] at the behest of a strongman leader given the opportunity. He's a soulless shitbag that probably doesn't deserve the oxygen of my unending scorn--but i'll lend it anyway. A truly reprehensible, irredeemable human. I hope he dies of stomach cancer.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:45
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Tacier posted:12 weeks paid bereavement leave seems like an incredibly long time. I rarely find myself disagreeing with those who want to grant workers more benefits, but I can't be the only one who thinks this. Even if it is, so what? gently caress bosses. Give workers more time off, we already work too much as it is.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:45
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Dapper_Swindler posted:the morons who actively want the shutdown over the wall are minority. they will take the hit because they know if they don't they are even more hosed in 2020. I wonder if McConnell is smart enough to go "They might whine about this for a month, maybe two, but after that he'll do something even dumber and their attention will refocus elsewhere. Plus, I'm not falling on my sword for Donald Trump." Lightning Knight posted:Even if it is, so what? gently caress bosses. Give workers more time off, we already work too much as it is. I would have appreciated 12 weeks, but honestly, 2-3 weeks after my mother died, I was so restless that I was almost glad I had to go back to work. Needed something to distract me. That said, other people's experience may be different, so 
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Dec 30, 2018 04:46
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:The Trump supporter's constant refrain is "I spend my whole life virtue signaling to make everyone think I care about things, so therefore everyone who professes to give a poo poo about anything besides themselves is virtue signaling too." best part is that's a sixty something guy who's only ever worked for relatives.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:46
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LeeMajors posted:Schlichter would've gleefully gassed thousands of [insert minority here] at the behest of a strongman leader given the opportunity. He's a soulless shitbag that probably doesn't deserve the oxygen of my unending scorn--but i'll lend it anyway. Chron's disease. It is an thing where your auto-immune system thinks part of your digestive tract is actually something not supposed to be in your body.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:47
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Tacier posted:12 weeks paid bereavement leave seems like an incredibly long time. I rarely find myself disagreeing with those who want to grant workers more benefits, but I can't be the only one who thinks this. I was going to say this. People absolutely should get paid time off to mourn the death of a close family member, but anything more than 1-2 weeks seems excessive. Plus on a personal level I've found that getting back into the routine of things helps me get past the grief. I can't imagine sitting around doing nothing but feeling sad for 12 weeks after a family member died.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:48
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it only seems excessive because you've been conditioned by this terrible society. americans get a stupidly low amount of time off in general.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:48
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LeeMajors posted:Schlichter would've gleefully gassed thousands of [insert minority here] at the behest of a strongman leader given the opportunity. He's a soulless shitbag that probably doesn't deserve the oxygen of my unending scorn--but i'll lend it anyway. yeah. this is up their with lewendowsky comment over the kid with down syndrome being seperated from her parents. Fritz Coldcockin posted:I wonder if McConnell is smart enough to go "They might whine about this for a month, maybe two, but after that he'll do something even dumber and their attention will refocus elsewhere. Plus, I'm not falling on my sword for Donald Trump." none of the senate outside the suicide caucus is gonna take a hit for trump at this point. if it keeps this poo poo up, the knives will come out.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:49
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:I wonder if McConnell is smart enough to go "They might whine about this for a month, maybe two, but after that he'll do something even dumber and their attention will refocus elsewhere. Plus, I'm not falling on my sword for Donald Trump." I'm sure McConnell would be perfectly happy passing a clean CR but if Trump vetoes it and congress bypasses the veto McConnell will get all the blame from the MAGA dipshits. That's why he's refusing to bring any bill Trump won't sign up for consideration, he doesn't want to be the only one forced to eat poo poo.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:50
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I know there's a lot of horrible things going on, but there is something just so insidiuosly evil about how this sentiment is just so casual. Cost and productivity. No excuse. No humanity. Just, "Think about the productivity!" "However, members have shared with us that the benefits provided by the bereavement leave bill would have posed undue difficulties on business in both cost and staff productivity."
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Dec 30, 2018 04:52
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Tacier posted:12 weeks paid bereavement leave seems like an incredibly long time. I rarely find myself disagreeing with those who want to grant workers more benefits, but I can't be the only one who thinks this. I kinda had this thought after seeing the length, but considering it more, it's probably about giving people time to actually sort out the estate/deal with funeral and burial planning, and basically all the various legal and logistics of dealing with a death, on top of the emotional issues. From a company centric perspective: 3 Months of paid leave does sound like a lot, but also consider it could just as well be 3 months of paid sloppy work that will cost more to fix. Seph posted:I was going to say this. People absolutely should get paid time off to mourn the death of a close family member, but anything more than 1-2 weeks seems excessive. Plus on a personal level I've found that getting back into the routine of things helps me get past the grief. I can't imagine sitting around doing nothing but feeling sad for 12 weeks after a family member died. I imagine it's one thing if it's a more distant relative, but if it's intimidate family, 1-2 weeks is really not going to be enough for most. Routine might help some, but not all. Plus I imagine it's not like it's 12 weeks of mandatory paid leave. Something that's flexible may be a tremendous help because you might be good to work a few days, but then have bad days crop up a bit later. Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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Dec 30, 2018 04:52
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i vaguely recognize the name. Probably because it sounds like a name they’d give a nazi in an Indiana Jones movie. It’s just the deja vu of the matching personality. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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ZypherIM posted:Chron's disease. It is an thing where your auto-immune system thinks part of your digestive tract is actually something not supposed to be in your body. How about colitis? John Kennedy had it--it's an inflammation of the colon that makes eating and making GBS threads extremely painful.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:53
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Groovelord Neato posted:it only seems excessive because you've been conditioned by this terrible society. americans get a stupidly low amount of time off in general. Actually I’m looking for the take that Americans are idiots for grieving the loss of their loved ones and not hosting a giant month-long celebration.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:53
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Schlichter's tweet isn't really surprising when you think about the trajectory of the American right-wing over the last couple decades. I mean, everybody agrees that part of what propelled Trump to where he's at now is his willingness to say the quiet part loud. If you want to continue to stay relevant in that sort of environment you have to keep stepping up your game more and more, people just aren't satisfied with crypto-hate any more.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:54
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:I wonder if McConnell is smart enough to go "They might whine about this for a month, maybe two, but after that he'll do something even dumber and their attention will refocus elsewhere. Plus, I'm not falling on my sword for Donald Trump." The real problem for McConnell is that if he pisses off Trump then Trump might stop listening to him about which judges to nominate.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:55
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The Republicans are now vice signalling.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:56
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Shifty Pony posted:The real problem for McConnell is that if he pisses off Trump then Trump might stop listening to him about which judges to nominate. Well, McConnell has nothing to fear on that front, because he controls whether or not those judges get approved.
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Dec 30, 2018 04:56
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Groovelord Neato posted:it only seems excessive because you've been conditioned by this terrible society. americans get a stupidly low amount of time off in general. I agree that more time off is a good thing (for Americans in particular) but tying it to bereavement is kinda silly. It would make more sense to have a federal minimum PTO and let people decide how to use it. What's the rationale for 12 weeks bereavement anyway? I could see a few weeks to make funeral arrangements, figure out the estate, and get past the initial, most intense stage of grief. But beyond that I don't really see how the next 9-10 weeks really helps anyone and why it should be the responsibility of the employer. edit: Oxyclean posted:I imagine it's one thing if it's a more distant relative, but if it's intimidate family, 1-2 weeks is really not going to be enough for most. Routine might help some, but not all. Plus I imagine it's not like it's 12 weeks of mandatory paid leave. Something that's flexible may be a tremendous help because you might be good to work a few days, but then have bad days crop up a bit later. This is a fair point, I was thinking of it more like a consecutive 12 week chunk to be used right after (similar to parental leave). It would certainly be useful to have extra days throughout the following months to use when you're having bad days, though 12 weeks still seems unnecessarily long to me. I'd imagine there would be much more support for this in the 4-6 week range rather than an entire quarter of the year. Seph fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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Comrade Fakename posted:The Republicans are now vice signalling. they actually believe it though. Seph posted:why it should be the responsibility of the employer. because the worker produced for you much more than you paid them in the time they weren't off for bereavement. Voyager I posted:Yeah, but we should address that by giving workers better benefits in general and not stapling them to specific situations. normalize it for that and then make the next step. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Dec 30, 2018 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:it only seems excessive because you've been conditioned by this terrible society. americans get a stupidly low amount of time off in general. Yeah, but we should address that by giving workers better benefits in general and not stapling them to specific situations.
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tired: three months bereavement leave wired: people recover from grief better when they stay active and part of a community, so they should be forced to work
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