So, some drunk idiot decides to punch me at a bar because he just likes to start fights, but since I'm white, it's not so bad? My nose is just as broken as the gay guy that got punched for being gay.
Exactly. They have pushed against testing/getting rid of bad teachers so hard for so long that the public final shoved back. Did we shove too hard in the other direction? Probably, but it seems like it is the only way to get any accountability. The unions have no one to blame but themselves.
As I like to tell people, the word 'student' does not appear anywhere in the phrase "public teachers' union".
"Caution: If the Battery’s charge level
falls to 0%, it must be plugged in
immediately. Failure to do so can
permanently damage the Battery and this
damage is not covered by the New Vehicle
Limited Warranty."
I'm becoming less and less impressed with Tesla's vehicles as I learn more about them.
...and because you're golfing with the CEO of another company it's business meeting, so it's not a taxable benefit since it is for work.
I really wish the IRS would make it so that you can only deduct things necessary for the business to function. There is no reason that you need to play golf with the CEO, or your latest client. Meet with them in a fucking office meeting room and stop using the business as a tax free credit card!
...lots of contract offers but they are all lowballs...
Given that no one is offering you a higher salary, how can you say that the offers are 'lowballs'? It seems to me that you just don't want to accept the going rate for your particular skill set and experience.
We already have 'wide gates' in the form of letting in hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants every year. It's just that illegal immigrants have been abusing the 'low fence' for decades now.
...although it was mainly because I couldn't write quickly enough to keep up. And my writing was so sloppy, that trying to write faster made them incomprehensible to me later. I just learned to soak in as much as I could and refer to my textbook for help.
One professor actually commented to the rest of the class about "...that guy that is so smart he doesn't even bother to take notes!" I decided not to tell him the real reason why I didn't take notes;-)
Agreed, but I'm trying to figure out where the poster said anything about 'living on credit'. Using your credit card to pay for things does not automatically mean you are living on credit.
That's why they can constantly record you out in public, but the second you try recording them it, it's 'wiretapping' or 'interfering with police business'.
That's why they can carry loaded guns, but the average citizen just can't be trusted to do the same.
They can speed as much as they damn well please, because they are better drivers than you.
...staff spend between 5-20 hours handling emails every week.
Wow, whatever moron is spending nearly half their work week 'handling emails' needs to go to a basic email course on how to apply rules and sort emails.
If people want to talk to me, they can come and visit me, call or send me a text message. Emails cannot replace the spoken word.'"
I don't want to be the one to break it to him that texts are not 'spoken words'.
Also, if he is OK with a text, why is he so against email? Email is an excellent way to transmit a lot of technical information. I hate when I have to call someone and speak a long model/serial number, or some random error message. An email makes sure there is no misunderstanding these types of things. It is also a much better way to keep records of what you need to do and what you have done. You can send to several people quite easily, and phone calls can waste a lot of time with the 'phone tag' that frequently occurs.
What I do hate is the group email that you get stuck on, and everybody keeps hitting 'reply all', but I quickly figure out if I need this information or not, and start deleting them.
If you are going to include the travel to and from the airport and any loading/unloading, you also have to include it in the calculation for the train trip. The train stations aren't going to be located at your front door, either.
cutting the trip from a six-hour drive to a train ride of two hours and 38 minutes.
...and it's still longer than the one hour flight. And at a cost of $98 Billion, you would be better off just using that money to pay for the airfares of everyone flying from SF to LA. And that assumes that it will actually still cost 98b by the time this thing is done.
Your analogy is more apt than you might think, considering how the government is continuing to treat us ALL like 4 years old more and more as time goes on.
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So, some drunk idiot decides to punch me at a bar because he just likes to start fights, but since I'm white, it's not so bad? My nose is just as broken as the gay guy that got punched for being gay.
Exactly. They have pushed against testing/getting rid of bad teachers so hard for so long that the public final shoved back. Did we shove too hard in the other direction? Probably, but it seems like it is the only way to get any accountability. The unions have no one to blame but themselves.
As I like to tell people, the word 'student' does not appear anywhere in the phrase "public teachers' union".
I'd be a bit more concerned about the nuke going off nearby...
...it's easy to believe they have some very conservative safety devices in them.
Apparently not:
http://media.theunderstatement.com/021_roadster_manual_p5-2.pdf
"Caution: If the Battery’s charge level falls to 0%, it must be plugged in immediately. Failure to do so can permanently damage the Battery and this damage is not covered by the New Vehicle Limited Warranty."
I'm becoming less and less impressed with Tesla's vehicles as I learn more about them.
...and because you're golfing with the CEO of another company it's business meeting, so it's not a taxable benefit since it is for work.
I really wish the IRS would make it so that you can only deduct things necessary for the business to function. There is no reason that you need to play golf with the CEO, or your latest client. Meet with them in a fucking office meeting room and stop using the business as a tax free credit card!
Isn't that sort of like saying that darkness is just like light, since darkness is a lack of light?
...lots of contract offers but they are all lowballs...
Given that no one is offering you a higher salary, how can you say that the offers are 'lowballs'? It seems to me that you just don't want to accept the going rate for your particular skill set and experience.
We already have 'wide gates' in the form of letting in hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants every year. It's just that illegal immigrants have been abusing the 'low fence' for decades now.
...GOP's stance towards illegal immigrant latinos today
I went ahead and fixed that for you.
...although it was mainly because I couldn't write quickly enough to keep up. And my writing was so sloppy, that trying to write faster made them incomprehensible to me later. I just learned to soak in as much as I could and refer to my textbook for help.
One professor actually commented to the rest of the class about "...that guy that is so smart he doesn't even bother to take notes!" I decided not to tell him the real reason why I didn't take notes ;-)
Day 1: Air sucks big time. Day 2: Can hardly see across the street. Is this bad? Day 3: ... bad...
Day 4: Did I mention the air sucks big time?
Living on credit is stupid.
Agreed, but I'm trying to figure out where the poster said anything about 'living on credit'. Using your credit card to pay for things does not automatically mean you are living on credit.
Some states let anyone that damn well pleases walk around with a loaded gun.
Yet all states let cops carry loaded guns.
So, if I take those same training classes, I can speed as much as I want? Sweet!
...they can close the Straight of Hormuz...
So they are going to claim that they own the water all the way up to the shore of Oman? Unlikely.
Because cops are automatically better than us.
That's why they can constantly record you out in public, but the second you try recording them it, it's 'wiretapping' or 'interfering with police business'.
That's why they can carry loaded guns, but the average citizen just can't be trusted to do the same.
They can speed as much as they damn well please, because they are better drivers than you.
This is literally the stupidest thing I have ever read on the internet. And I read /. a lot.
...journalists who enjoy a scosh more legal protection than most civilians under the law and the bloggers who don't.
Why do 'journalists' get more legal protection from ANYTHING? If a journalists writes something libelous, why is that OK?
Well, that's probably because the number of people that take aspirin dwarfs the number of people that drink willow tea...
...staff spend between 5-20 hours handling emails every week.
Wow, whatever moron is spending nearly half their work week 'handling emails' needs to go to a basic email course on how to apply rules and sort emails.
If people want to talk to me, they can come and visit me, call or send me a text message. Emails cannot replace the spoken word.'"
I don't want to be the one to break it to him that texts are not 'spoken words'.
Also, if he is OK with a text, why is he so against email? Email is an excellent way to transmit a lot of technical information. I hate when I have to call someone and speak a long model/serial number, or some random error message. An email makes sure there is no misunderstanding these types of things. It is also a much better way to keep records of what you need to do and what you have done. You can send to several people quite easily, and phone calls can waste a lot of time with the 'phone tag' that frequently occurs.
What I do hate is the group email that you get stuck on, and everybody keeps hitting 'reply all', but I quickly figure out if I need this information or not, and start deleting them.
If you are going to include the travel to and from the airport and any loading/unloading, you also have to include it in the calculation for the train trip. The train stations aren't going to be located at your front door, either.
cutting the trip from a six-hour drive to a train ride of two hours and 38 minutes.
...and it's still longer than the one hour flight. And at a cost of $98 Billion, you would be better off just using that money to pay for the airfares of everyone flying from SF to LA. And that assumes that it will actually still cost 98b by the time this thing is done.
Those who love government meddling unnecessarily in our lives, all for the sake of keeping us 'safe'.
Your analogy is more apt than you might think, considering how the government is continuing to treat us ALL like 4 years old more and more as time goes on.