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Said supreme court case mentions that you are incorrect, giving 15 U. S. C. Â1226(a)(2) as an example of a valid law that overrides mandatory arbitration via the saving clause. Other laws may also exist, but need not be listed here.

For reference, that supreme court case relates to the mandatory arbitration clause in combination with the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Â 157), and mentions that the NLRA didn't have a clause that prohibits mandatory arbitration.

Since that case, the Supreme court ruled against forced arbitrarion: https://www.pe.com/2019/01/15/... - specifically that the question on whether or not the forced arbitration applied was a role for the courts and not private arbitrators.

Now if the fucking morons could stop equating a loan guarantee with money out of the pocket we'd be able to have a reasonable discussion.

Your right, A loan guarantee only costs us if it "Crashes and Burns", the apparent the computer or hardware glitch that misaligned the mirrors counts as a Crash and the fire counts as a Burn so the Magic Eight Ball says "Outlook not good".

For a "Renewable" energy project that uses so much Natural gas that they are now require to sign-up for Cap-and-Trade under California law to offset their CO2 emissions!

The Ivanpah plant in the Mojave Desert uses natural gas as a supplementary fuel. Data from the California Energy Commission show that the plant burned enough natural gas in 2014 – its first year of operation – to emit more than 46,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

That’s nearly twice the pollution threshold for power plants or factories in California to be required to participate in the state’s cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon emissions. SOLAR POWER: Desert plant has pollution problem

Doesn't that really defeat the whole purpose? Well it does unless the purpose is to put a fuckton of money into some contractor's pockets.

In this case, it was the low revenue (low three-digit range after five years of handing out fines) that forced the decision. With red light cameras, the private contractor is the real winner. Everyone else, from local citizen to local government only loses.

http://www.pe.com/local-news/san-bernardino-county/san-bernardino-county-headlines-index/20101205-loma-linda-red-light-cameras-switched-off.ece

In the last days of this congressional session, our elected reps faced two urgent spending requests. One was for ongoing combat in Afghanistan. The other was to keep several thousand public school teachers from being laid off in the fall. One of those got funded.

But, sure, dick around with the grading scale and pretend it'll fix things.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40137.html

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_teach28.44ac093.html

Sorry if there any errors, or omissions, I am trying to be accurate. A lot has happend in a little over a week.

The following takes place between July 29th and August 7th:

August 07, 2008:
Judge rejects student visa injunction sought by H-1B opponents
Tech workers don't have standing to fight Bush administration visa move
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111963

August 07, 2008:
Jobless claims surge to highest level in 6 years
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/news/economy/jobless_benefits.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes

August 06, 2008:
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports big drop in tech jobs
Almost 50,000 IT positions lost in last 12 months
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/news/economy/jobless_benefits.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes

Aug 06,2008:
Yet another visa, this one allows 5000 Koreans to work in the USA each year
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200808/200808060014.html

August 06, 2008:
Apple sued over treatment of it's tech workers
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/06/apple-gets-sued-indentured

August 05, 2008:
Bogus diploma ring busted
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-diploma-mill-04-aug04,0,2164133.story

August 03, 2008:
July marks seventh consecutive month of job loses
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/46146.html

August 02, 2008:
Sun to cut between 1000 to 2500 jobs
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/08/01/sun-us-tech-market-wont-shine-soon/

August 01, 2008:
Gartner's grim IT hiring outlook
http://blogs.zdnet.com/careers/?p=140

August 01, 2008:
Feds charges man for H1-B fraud
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_visa01.47edb3e.html#

Jul 31, 2008:
More than 3.7 million Americans had full-time jobs chopped to part time
the largest figure since the government began tracking such data more than half a century ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/business/economy/31jobs.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

July 31, 2008:
Layoffs set for 22,000 California state workers
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10046324

July 30, 2008:
WTO Doha talks collapse
India's backdoor attempt to allow more H-1Bs into the USA failed, for now
http://www.economicpopulist.org/?q=content/why-you-should-be-thrilled-wto-doha-talks-collapsed

July 30, 2008:
NY gov slashes spending; state said in "recession"
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3032764920080730?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

July 30, 2008:
China trade has cost 2.3 million U.S. jobs
http://www.reuters.com/article/politic

Here's one article, I'm sure you can find more. The basic problem is the same as with Cape Wind, they dont want to spoil wilderness areas with solar cells, windmills, or power lines.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_renewable03.3cc481c.html

I think there are some. A cursory search turns up the following.

• For some evangelicals, Mideast war stirs hope
• Troubled times give some believers hope
• Does Bush Think War with Iran Is Preordained?

If I had my copy of The God Delusion handy, I could cite the same sources as Dawkins.

Ashcroft has used the Patriot Act to detain 5000 people, used secret detentions so that many of these people are just missing to their families. (link requires subscription)

I have a family and while I would love to protest the treatment of our civil liberties by this administration, in this environment where police feel they have carte blanche to arrest or detain someone for several days without judicial review, I can't take a chance that I might be locked up. It's wrong. Everything about it is wrong, and the attitudes trumpeted by the right reflect quite chillingly those of the Nazis, down to their exagerrated proclamations of victory and silencing of dissent through intimidation.

Belo can't be prosecuted for deep-linking to itself.

page view whore alert!

We put together a Digital Extra package on this yesterday that offers a few more details and has links to some cool Hubble related sites.

Protester is subject to arrest
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Thursday, May 17, 2001
BY ERIN D. RANDOLPH
http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/stories/051 701/hhens.shtml

A man convicted in April of oppressing Scientologists because of their religion has fled to Canada to apply for political refugee status, the man said Wednesday.

Keith Henson, 58, of Palo Alto, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday morning in court but didn't show up. A judge immediately issued a warrant for his arrest.

Henson's conviction on a charge of interfering with a religion stemmed from his picketing at the Church of Scientology's Golden Era Productions in Gilman Hot Springs.

Henson said in a phone interview Wednesday night from Canada that he went there to protest a Scientology event. He then decided he would stay after talking to an immigration lawyer.

Henson said his human rights have been violated because of a recommended sentence that could put him in jail for 200 days and subject him to five years' probation for a misdemeanor crime. He said the sentence would be too harsh.

Probation officer Garry Davis recommended that sentence to the court.

Henson had said he did not want probation because he believed it would give Scientologists a chance to keep an eye on him through the government.

Despite his conviction, Henson doesn't believe he was a threat to the Scientologists. He said Wednesday that he just wants them investigated for one death in the compound and one near it last year.

Court records include handwritten and typewritten letters from some of the Scientologists who work at Golden Era expressing their fear that Henson might harm them. They requested sentencing terms similar to Davis' recommendation.

Friends of Henson don't believe that he deserves the treatment he has received, because they say he would never hurt anyone.

"He is a kind and gentle man," Ida Camburn said. "He is a decent human being."

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert Wallerstein issued a no-bail arrest warrant for Henson. The judge postponed the sentencing until Henson is arrested and can explain where he has been and why he didn't come to court.

Deputy District Attorney Robert Schwarz said Henson took pictures of him and posted the names of district attorney support staff on the Internet. Schwarz said in court Wednesday that he believes the moves were an attempt to intimidate him from prosecuting the case.

"He needs to come back here and face up to his charges," said Muriel Dufresne, public relations director for Golden Era. "He can't flee from justice."

Erin D. Randolph can be reached by e-mail at erandolph@pe.com or by phone at (909) 487-5229