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I mean Con Ed isn't exactly known for being a good company but you'd rather shut down a business over a suspect gas line than blow up the building.
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Lightning Knight posted:Hello USPOL, please spare a moment for this thread. Goes to: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3908888 of course.
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Arglebargle III posted:I mean Con Ed isn't exactly known for being a good company but you'd rather shut down a business over a suspect gas line than blow up the building. The problem is the landlord needs to get off their rear end and fix it
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Watch for the foreshadowing before predicting the resolution tax: https://i.imgur.com/XIXMddE.mp4
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On another topic, from my glancings at news and viewpoints over the last week or two, it seems like there's been a sudden narrative flip from "The Democrats are handling the impeachment as well as they could be." to "The Democrats have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and just handed Trump 2020." The heck happened or is this just the usual hot air hysteria made worse by the Iran incident?
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Arglebargle III posted:I mean Con Ed isn't exactly known for being a good company but you'd rather shut down a business over a suspect gas line than blow up the building. You just proved my point. The laissez faire response is that you can pressure test a gas line and make a determination on the seriousness of the problem based on engineering standards. Authorization is based on codes and can be defined by a lot of things like not applying for a permit, installation by a non union tradesman, using inadequate materials etc
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Cornwind Evil posted:On another topic, from my glancings at news and viewpoints over the last week or two, it seems like there's been a sudden narrative flip from "The Democrats are handling the impeachment as well as they could be." to "The Democrats have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and just handed Trump 2020." The heck happened or is this just the usual hot air hysteria made worse by the Iran incident? The Dem response to Iran, in general, has been full of cowardice. It's some serious 2004 vibes
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Jan 9, 2020 05:01
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Cornwind Evil posted:On another topic, from my glancings at news and viewpoints over the last week or two, it seems like there's been a sudden narrative flip from "The Democrats are handling the impeachment as well as they could be." to "The Democrats have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and just handed Trump 2020." The heck happened or is this just the usual hot air hysteria made worse by the Iran incident? The holidays happened and things slowed down, so naturally all is lost.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:02
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HootTheOwl posted:The Dem response to Iran, in general, has been full of cowardice. It's some serious 2004 vibes It's been disappointing but I don't think the American public needs to be dragged that direction this time around. War burnout seems to be a pretty non controversial viewpoint to take these days in most circles. It definitely wasn't that way in 04
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Jan 9, 2020 05:04
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Madkal posted:The president won't listen to his own generals but will to some shithead on the TV. I wonder if America thinks the rest of the world still respects it.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:06
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oxsnard posted:You just proved my point. The laissez faire response is that you can pressure test a gas line and make a determination on the seriousness of the problem based on engineering standards. Authorization is based on codes and can be defined by a lot of things like not applying for a permit, installation by a non union tradesman, using inadequate materials etc Yeah, don't know why it would take more than a month to fix a gas line, unless the goal is to churn tenants.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:19
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oxsnard posted:You just proved my point. The laissez faire response is that you can pressure test a gas line and make a determination on the seriousness of the problem based on engineering standards. Authorization is based on codes and can be defined by a lot of things like not applying for a permit, installation by a non union tradesman, using inadequate materials etc Yeah this one isn't even hard. Even after administratively royally loving up a gas install you can have 1 Master Plumber and 1 Engineer sort out your problems with Dept. of Buildings and ConEd within 72 hours if you throw a few dollars at the problem. The landlord is loving garbage. EDIT: ^^^^ The goal is to churn tenants. ^^^^
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1215028171835367424 Literally. Beyond. Parody.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:23
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osker posted:Yeah this one isn't even hard. Even after administratively royally loving up a gas install you can have 1 Master Plumber and 1 Engineer sort out your problems with Dept. of Buildings and ConEd within 72 hours if you throw a few dollars at the problem. The landlord is loving garbage. You haven't tried to build anything in NYC have you? Tradesmen clauses make scheduling any electrical or plumbing work in multi tenant or industrial facilities a nightmare. This is one of the legitimate gripes people have with powerful unions To be clear, the landlord is a fuckhead too
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Jan 9, 2020 05:25
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oxsnard posted:You haven't tried to build anything in NYC have you? Tradesmen clauses make scheduling any electrical or plumbing work in multi tenant or industrial facilities a nightmare. This is one of the legitimate gripes people have with powerful unions It is literally what I do and where I do it. Project Labor Agreements are not insurmountable. It is fiddly horseshit but for reals, this is 100% the landlord.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:29
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mcmagic posted:McConnell will kill this in the senate... From last page, but he can't. If I understand it correctly, War Powers Act resolutions by their nature automatically go up for vote within a certain period of time after being introduced (A couple days to go to committee and two weeks(?) to hit the floor). There's a chance it could die in the Foreign Relations committee*, but there's no way for McConnell to simply refuse to allow it to come to a vote like he does for every other piece of legislation. *The Foreign Relations Committee currently has 3 more Republicans than Democrats, so they could vote it down in committee and prevent it from reading the floor, if I read the WPA correctly. However, the FRC contains Rand Paul, Corey Gardner, and Mitt Romney, so there is a slim chance there might be enough GOP defections to allow it to pass.
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Jan 9, 2020 05:31
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How are u posted:Twitter offers nothing of value to the world, and indeed actively supports evil. We'd all be better off if it died a miserable death. I do feel something better ought to be able to replace it. Of course if I could figure out what, I'd be swimming in VC money like Scrooge McDuck
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osker posted:It is literally what I do and where I do it. Project Labor Agreements are not insurmountable. It is fiddly horseshit but for reals, this is 100% the landlord. lol I stand corrected then. I have a bad memory of a project I worked on in Staten island post Sandy
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Jan 9, 2020 05:37
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The Glumslinger posted:I do feel something better ought to be able to replace it. Of course if I could figure out what, I'd be swimming in VC money like Scrooge McDuck Something better did replace it. It was called Vine and we all mourn its loss.
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oxsnard posted:lol I stand corrected then. I have a bad memory of a project I worked on in Staten island post Sandy I looked up their building. They have an oil boiler which is why they have heat and hot water and why the landlord gives no fucks at all about getting this done quick. Looks like Ms. Peartree or a gyro place filed a project for new kitchen equipment with new loads back in November and that inspection probably surfaced the fuckery perpetrated by either her or the adjacent food joint's plumber. Also, gang-gang post-Sandy bullshit work project buddy.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah i am not surprised . some dumb rear end in a top hat behind a missile battery probably panicked. so does that make up for the one we did orrrr....
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Petr posted:so does that make up for the one we did orrrr.... no? i wasnt defending that US fuckup/ atrocity. i was just saying it wouldnt surprise me if it was accidentally shot down.
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Petr posted:so does that make up for the one we did orrrr.... I'm going to be outrageously pedantic and note that the United States did in fact come to a legal settlement with the Islamic Republic of Iran to provide monetary compensation to the victims of Iran Air Flight 655, as well as directly to the Iranian government the answer is still no but I'm making this post anyway
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Shrecknet posted:https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1215028171835367424 This article actually has to be a comedy piece right? This is hilarious. "The rich have too much power and too many loopholes to control this country with money. I protest voted libertarian. We need real change, Clinton just offered more of the same. Please select Joe Biden."
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HootTheOwl posted:The Dem response to Iran, in general, has been full of cowardice. It's some serious 2004 vibes Define 'cowardice'. Because the world is VERY different from what it was like 16 years ago.
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https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1214215367528189953 how do non-republicans justify spending so much money to entice the 'job creators' to come to their city/state/etc. when they wind up paying more to keep them there than they wound up benefiting from?
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Mr Interweb posted:how do non-republicans justify spending so much money to entice the 'job creators' to come to their city/state/etc. when they wind up paying more to keep them there than they wound up benefiting from? Because they are willing servants of the corporations, and they do it because they know the corporations will reward them when they rotate out of their Congressional jobs. This applies to Democrats too. Our political system is rotten to the loving core.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Mike Lee and Rand Paul are going to vote for it, so that's at least 49 votes. Otteration posted:Fix it then.
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Mr Interweb posted:https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1214215367528189953 Well, he got to be the richest man on earth by being the single hardest-working person that's ever existed. What, do you think he got there by stealing everyone else's money by using the wealth he had to influence policy or something? Come on, grow up.
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Mr Interweb posted:https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1214215367528189953 i'm not a new yorker and not fully informed on all their policy issues, but i have to wonder what the estimated cost of fixing the deficiencies in their aging subway system is, and how far $800 million goes towards meeting it
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Mr Interweb posted:https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1214215367528189953 And apparently AOC was a monster for fighting against it. Eat the Rich.
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The private sector is much more efficient than the public sector. (at grifting public funds)
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Secret Service agents are like, sworn Federal law enforcement officers, aren't they wouldn't they have a legal duty to act if someone is dealing drugs in the White House
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https://mobile.twitter.com/juliaboccagno/status/1215036082229784576
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Lol There are no serious people left in the WH and it's crazy that the Senate let it get this baf
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And yet she voted to fund this madness. e: I don't mean that as a cheap jab; it's a real loving problem. The Dems who voted to fund Trump's DOD are part of the problem, and they need to stop funding his poo poo. Majorian fucked around with this message at 09:53 on Jan 9, 2020 |
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Mr Interweb posted:https://twitter.com/curaffairs/status/1214215367528189953 Because it sounds good to non-informed voters. Joe Bob brought/created x amount of jobs. It doesn’t matter that those jobs are low paying and/or government subsidized. It isn’t something that can be solved by getting money out of politics because it is elected officials giving away your money to get re-elected. There needs to be strict laws created against it but since no one elected is going to vote against themselves it is never going to happen. Really it is the same sort of grift that sports teams use to get new arenas and whatnot. No politician wants to be responsible for the local team leaving town since to the low information voter that may drive them to go out and vote. Granted that grift might be ending since we have seen several high profile politicians tell teams no in the last several years with little repercussions.
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