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Shooting Blanks posted:I believe insurance was paid and my dad was effectively told "tough poo poo." USPS doesn't like paying out insurance if it can help it. You'd have to have some kind of receipt for the value of the contents and appeal the ever loving poo poo out of it if they try to gently caress you over. I would say to have things like that sent registered mail since it's supposed to be secure mail and everything is handled by hand (no machine sorting) and signed off on, fully insured, and is meant for extremely valuable items or documents. If it disappears, there's a paper trail of where it was and who it was handed off to last, and must be signed for upon delivery. It could also be possible that the package was chewed up in a sorting machine and the handlers at the plant couldn't figure out where the contents were supposed to go. Either way, it sucks. Star Man fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Oct 24, 2022 |
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Shooting Blanks posted:I believe insurance was paid and my dad was effectively told "tough poo poo." That's what happened when they broke my (insured, well-packed) monitor 6 or so years ago. Never bothered with USPS insurance again.
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Shooting Blanks posted:I believe insurance was paid and my dad was effectively told "tough poo poo." You stick something up there long enough you'll get diamonds 
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Star Man posted:we were all entitled to have union representation no matter what Know your rights! https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/weingarten-rights Additionally, the NLRB has signaled that they're ready to move to extend Weingseted rights to non unionized employees when the right case presents itself, hopefully that happens soon.
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hmmmm https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1584541422317076480 would they indict him two weeks before the midterm?
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The preliminary results and other studies basically confirmed this already, but the "official" numbers are out and 2020/2021 were historically disastrous years for children's learning. Interestingly, the plunge happened at similar levels across all demographics, zip codes, and income groups. The math scores are a historic low and the average test scores for math are now less than 50% in 4th grade and about 51% for 8th grade. https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1584529303962013696 quote:American student test scores plunged by historic levels during the coronavirus pandemic, prompting soul-searching among education figures to chart a future path for the country’s schools.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:hmmmm No. It won't be anything political because of the DOJ's political non-interference policy.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:hmmmm I mean thats the only thing that makes sense. Closing the camps maybe? But then that would be like Homeland Security not DoJ i guess. Thats the only other thing that's "of national security" that could be big enough to swing elections I can think of. Unless they finally decided to start that war some people always seem to want Biden to start, but again that would be Pentagon, not DoJ.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The preliminary results and other studies basically confirmed this already, but the "official" numbers are out and 2020/2021 were historically disastrous years for children's learning. I would be curious how this stacks up globally, was there a global decrease? My assumption is yes but I don't know. Most parents already barely care about parenting their kids, not surprising they wouldn't enforce anything around remote learning.
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kdrudy posted:I would be curious how this stacks up globally, was there a global decrease? My assumption is yes but I don't know. The international PISA test was supposed to happen in 2021, but was delayed to 2022 because of Covid. Not sure when those results are supposed to be out. I think other individual countries have information out, but they aren't the same test, so it isn't a 1:1 comparison.
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kdrudy posted:I would be curious how this stacks up globally, was there a global decrease? My assumption is yes but I don't know. My BIL and MIL are both teachers and a bunch of their kids just wouldn't do the work, assignments wouldn't get done at all and then at the end of the semester parents and admin would freak out and blame the teachers. Remote learning before college, when you've learned to study for yourself, is a disaster for most kids.
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Yeah according to our principal, last year kids were either getting A's or F's very few B's and C's. I had to get my kid tutoring to make up for the gap.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:hmmmm Probably blocking the Twitter deal since Biden has been using “national security issues” language around that. But that wouldn’t be the DoJ so nevermind.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:hmmmm I am actually going to have a laughing fit if somehow, some way, they’re going to make this about Hunter Biden.
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Ringo Star Get posted:I am actually going to have a laughing fit if somehow, some way, they’re going to make this about Hunter Biden. It'll be something completely unrelated like China managed to hack social security db or something.
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Oracle posted:It'll be something completely unrelated like China managed to hack social security db or something. Maybe they developed a vaccine for Havana Syndrome
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We're going beyond legalizing weed. Getting high is now mandatory.
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Havana was the first field test of the Weed Ray
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Oracle posted:It'll be something completely unrelated like China managed to hack social security db or something. Actually it might be TikTok now that you mention that.
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projecthalaxy posted:I mean thats the only thing that makes sense. Closing the camps maybe? But then that would be like Homeland Security not DoJ i guess. Thats the only other thing that's "of national security" that could be big enough to swing elections I can think of. Unless they finally decided to start that war some people always seem to want Biden to start, but again that would be Pentagon, not DoJ. That's not the only thing that makes sense. Anything could be national security that he could be scheduling a press conference about.
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Fart Amplifier posted:That's not the only thing that makes sense. Anything could be national security that he could be scheduling a press conference about. Taking bets on "one or more senators is actually a killer robot in a human suit" vs. "Joe Biden misplaced the nuclear football if anyone finds it please call 202-647-6575"
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edited because initial tweet was a bit clickbaity Thomas doing Graham as much of a favor as he can for the moment from the bench, re: testifying in Fulton Co. https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1584581011622350853?s=20&t=Myf3WxuStgHlGHSzda0_Gw
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BonoMan posted:Actually it might be TikTok now that you mention that.
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skylined! posted:edited because initial tweet was a bit clickbaity He should be forced to recuse because his wife is hip-deep in this poo poo. We really need the senate to codify some ethics rules for the supreme court if the Dems hold it
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Tibalt posted:There's been some accusations that TikTok's parent company used the app to track specific American individuals, but I don't know how serious/credible it is. Still lol that TikTok only exists because Facebook bought and killed Vine.
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Oracle posted:He should be forced to recuse because his wife is hip-deep in this poo poo. We really need the senate to codify some ethics rules for the supreme court if the Dems hold it The Senate can't set rules on SCOTUS any more than the SCOTUS can set rules on the Senate.
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Fart Amplifier posted:The Senate can't set rules on SCOTUS any more than the SCOTUS can set rules on the Senate. The Senate can write new interpretations of the good behavior clause into law. It's better than doing nothing. At worst, it invites the court to issue a ruling that says more clearly than ever that they have usurped too much power
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Possibly what the presser is about. https://twitter.com/kevincollier/status/1584585023423795213?s=20&t=Myf3WxuStgHlGHSzda0_Gw
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haveblue posted:The Senate can write new interpretations of the good behavior clause into law. It's better than doing nothing. At worst, it invites the court to issue a ruling that says more clearly than ever that they have usurped too much power At worst it's inviting a constitutional crisis. The House and Senate can already impeach a SCOTUS justice.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:hmmmm skylined! posted:Possibly what the presser is about. Here's a link to the press release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlUBjJMzLKI Why is every press release anyone makes always so late getting started? E: It's finally started. Velocity Raptor fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Oct 24, 2022 |
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skylined! posted:edited because initial tweet was a bit clickbaity yeah "hold your horses while I talk to the other eight" is very common
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Looks like the press conference is about several cases against China. - Two Chinese intelligence officials tried to infiltrate organizations to get inside info on the prosecution efforts against Huawei. - Several Chinese government officials tried to bribe U.S. government officials. - Money laundering by the same group of Chinese intelligence agents. - Obstruction of justice against the same group of intelligence agents. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23178959/govuscourtsnyed48750610_1.pdf
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Looks like the press conference is about several cases against China. Nailed it. Apparently, the two gov't officials that were bribed for the information were double agents working for the FBI.
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Tayter Swift posted:Knew ye? They just banned @ye! Twitters big upshot was it's moderation was fairly consistent and not motivated by the same 'one weirdo who slipped onto the mod team' energy to go out of it's way silencing viewpoints like reddit subs attract because of the insane authlibertarin crap it's built around or facebooks rage.exe content algorithm . It's really telling of just how far the fear and outrage factory pushed the envelope on the right that this poo poo is happening. They seem to have lost most of the expertise that let them plant the most horrible poo poo in broad daylight and instead have to get rich weirdos to buy the ball so they can take it home.
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That NYT expose on NYC Yeshivas seems to have brought down scrutiny from all angles. NY state is investigating the education standards and possible abuse and the federal government is coming down on them for fraud. They received lots of government aid (primarily food stamps and free school lunches for kids) that they legitimately qualified for, but they also decided to defraud the funds by diverting some of the school lunch money to pay for expenses for the school's administration (including at least one staff party) and paid some of their staff half in cash to make it look like they were poorer than they actually were to get additional government assistance. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1584592300977553439 quote:Hasidic School to Pay $8 Million After Admitting to Federal Fraud
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Well, that'll help with the wave of antisemitism sweeping the nation. Ugh.
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OAquinas posted:Well, that'll help with the wave of antisemitism sweeping the nation. Ugh. Antisemetism, and in fact all bigotries, flourish regardless and oftentimes in spite of material realities. Deciding that bad behavior drives these things is just buying into the totalizing concept of racial hierarchies. Saying this is liked saying Kaepernick invited RBG’s comments about him, and it endorses a white supermacist worldview that minorities are being judged for what they do, and not the reality of how our racial caste system works. Bill Cosby and Barack Obama telling young black men to pull up their pants are in fact agents of white supremacy when they say those things.
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selec posted:Antisemetism, and in fact all bigotries, flourish regardless and oftentimes in spite of material realities. ding ding ding ding ding ding
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Never said it was a primary driver, but this whole situation just serves to reinforce negative stereotypes. They don't need them reinforced, but you can bet they'll latch onto it. Not saying they shouldn't be prosecuted and held accountable either. Just lovely timing. ...then again, it's never a good time for avoiding Jewish persecution. People suck.
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OAquinas posted:Never said it was a primary driver, but this whole situation just serves to reinforce negative stereotypes. They don't need them reinforced, but you can bet they'll latch onto it. No, I’m saying racism and racists beliefs are completely orthagonal to the material realities. Nobody’s opinion about Jewish people moves an iota from this story, because it’s not a story about Jewish culture or life, it’s a story about insular, controlling groups. Nobody ever worries the nearly identical stories you could write (and sometimes are written) about denim skirt cults or Mormon offshoots would damage the image of those groups, because we all know who the in-group is, and those people, however odd, are in it. Racists don’t actually look at the stats first and become racist, they look at the stats later to try and make astrology fit the measurements.
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