It just as bad. The federal law enacted right after the Chinese lead based paint scare? The language is so overreaching that atv's, toy cars, and a number of other things were banned because of lead-acid batteries.
I thought you might bring up the Federal Enclave argument. Is not the DC government a separate entity, even though the status of the city is a federal enclave?
"nice theory, but i grew up in DC. yes black people can and some do discriminate against whites and other groups. heck, as old as it is, School Daze was and still is relevant vis a vis light/dark black discrimination.
however, this is probably mostly a symptom of the society of ineptitude that is DC government. your hiring manager has to have a clue and be able to vet whether an applicant actually knows the stuff their alleged degree says they should know. that hiring manager's manager is likely a political appointee, and well, you get the idea that politics might be involved."
You misunderstand; I was replying to an overtly racist comment suggesting that the only reason the person had the job in the first place was because she was black and an EEO program. I was pointing out that was impossible, as blacks cannot sue a majority black organization for "equal opportunity". The only people with grounds for that are minorities, which in DC means whites and hispanics. I was arguing that there was NOT racial bias in her hiring, not that there was.
You illustrate my point - because almost EVERYTHING causes cancer at some degree of exposure, then almost EVERYTHING must receive that label, regardless of the circumstances. It makes the warning wholly meaningless, and simply conditions people to ignore it.
The construction industry has the same problem with "Caution" tape. It's meant to give warning that a hazardous activity is taking place within the boundaries, but it's gotten so overused that OSHA doesn't recognize it as adequate access control anymore.
This is the DC city government - you can only commit treason against a nation. I won't disagree that the penalties for corporate misfeasance and malfeasance should be higher, but don't try to apply laws where they patently don't apply.
"make a virtual connection even if no real connection exist..."
So the fact that she worked FOR him isn't a "real" connection? Most of the time, when an employee gets caught doing something that damages the organization, the first person they go to is the supervisor, either to see if he was in on it or to at least ask "How did you let this happen."
You seem to be saying that the normal rules of reporting don't apply, because he is associated with Obama.
"...is just how laughably cheap people can be bought for. Two grand and some gift cards? SERIOUSLY? You'd go to jail for that? "
The problem is that, until recently, people WEREN'T going to jail for that. The embezzlement in the DC tax office went on for years and involved many people, but no one knew about it. Marion Barry just got caught paying hush money to his ex girlfriend with government funds, and the council is trying to decide if that's an ethics violation.
I don't think DC city government is any more corrupt than other major cities, but when you operate in the center of the 24 hour news universe, you'd think they would clue in a bit.
"It might be a little annoying reading a porn magazine which has the text "'the photo was altered in order to modify the appearance of a person." thrown all over it."
I'm reminded of California's cancer "warning label" law. I stayed at a hotel a couple months ago, and there's a sign right at the door - "This building may contained substances known in the State of California to cause cancer." Same at the parking garage.
"...what kind of "EEO" bullshit got "Tawanna" cushy job as a "project manager" at the DC CTO office."
FYI, DC is a majority black city - having a black government employee there is like having a Native American employed by tribal governments. EEO would only serve to get white and hispanic applicants hired in DC.
"The fun thing is that this is mainly a US problem. For example in Russia the most used payment method is WebMoney, where you define exactly what information is public about your account and *by default* everything is private. All the information other party sees is the "purse number" of yours, ie. Z435903486439 or similar."
That's privacy, NOT anonymity. WebMoney still has your data, and they promise not to let it out into the wild. But data breach or court order or "Oh, we changed our minds" exposes your data.
The GP was talking about anonymous transactions, where the intermediary doesn't have that information in the first place. Electronic cash.
Harsh? No. Unoriginal and poorly constructed? Certainly.
As for your last sentence, who are you to grant forgiveness? And to whom should they repent? God? FSM? or is there no one to which one can repent, as there is no Deity?
b) I'm talking about deciding to remove artificial means of support. Abortion is actively severing a connection which, if left alone, will function just fine by itself.
If you pull someone off a ventilator, they will likely die, and that's ok. If they live, cool - but that doesn't mean you get to choke them.
"You do know that most municipal water supplies have hundreds of toxic chemicals intentionally dumped into it? For example, there is a strong link between fouride and bone cancer or flouride and brain damage."
I'd take your concern for our precious bodily fluids more seriously if you hadn't misspelled fluoride. Twice.
I subscribe to the test the Catholic Church uses for end-of-life issues, which isn't based on physiology but capability. They distinguish between ordinary and extraordinary means for extending life. Ordinary is the basics - food, shelter, whatever you'd do for a newborn or such. Extraordinary means is anything beyond that - artificial respiration, experimental treatments, etc.
I believe we are morally obligated to provide ordinary means of caring for someone, but not extraordinary. How it applies to people in a vegetative state is tough - is IV feeding or a stomach tube ordinary or extraordinary? I don't know, and hopefully I'll never need to find out.
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It just as bad. The federal law enacted right after the Chinese lead based paint scare? The language is so overreaching that atv's, toy cars, and a number of other things were banned because of lead-acid batteries.
I thought you might bring up the Federal Enclave argument. Is not the DC government a separate entity, even though the status of the city is a federal enclave?
You misunderstand; I was replying to an overtly racist comment suggesting that the only reason the person had the job in the first place was because she was black and an EEO program. I was pointing out that was impossible, as blacks cannot sue a majority black organization for "equal opportunity". The only people with grounds for that are minorities, which in DC means whites and hispanics. I was arguing that there was NOT racial bias in her hiring, not that there was.
You illustrate my point - because almost EVERYTHING causes cancer at some degree of exposure, then almost EVERYTHING must receive that label, regardless of the circumstances. It makes the warning wholly meaningless, and simply conditions people to ignore it.
The construction industry has the same problem with "Caution" tape. It's meant to give warning that a hazardous activity is taking place within the boundaries, but it's gotten so overused that OSHA doesn't recognize it as adequate access control anymore.
This is the DC city government - you can only commit treason against a nation. I won't disagree that the penalties for corporate misfeasance and malfeasance should be higher, but don't try to apply laws where they patently don't apply.
"make a virtual connection even if no real connection exist..."
So the fact that she worked FOR him isn't a "real" connection? Most of the time, when an employee gets caught doing something that damages the organization, the first person they go to is the supervisor, either to see if he was in on it or to at least ask "How did you let this happen."
You seem to be saying that the normal rules of reporting don't apply, because he is associated with Obama.
"...is just how laughably cheap people can be bought for. Two grand and some gift cards? SERIOUSLY? You'd go to jail for that? "
The problem is that, until recently, people WEREN'T going to jail for that. The embezzlement in the DC tax office went on for years and involved many people, but no one knew about it. Marion Barry just got caught paying hush money to his ex girlfriend with government funds, and the council is trying to decide if that's an ethics violation.
I don't think DC city government is any more corrupt than other major cities, but when you operate in the center of the 24 hour news universe, you'd think they would clue in a bit.
Reread my post - I said "would" apply. The prospective form, not the descriptive.
"It might be a little annoying reading a porn magazine which has the text "'the photo was altered in order to modify the appearance of a person." thrown all over it."
I'm reminded of California's cancer "warning label" law. I stayed at a hotel a couple months ago, and there's a sign right at the door - "This building may contained substances known in the State of California to cause cancer." Same at the parking garage.
Label everything, meaning nothing.
"...what kind of "EEO" bullshit got "Tawanna" cushy job as a "project manager" at the DC CTO office."
FYI, DC is a majority black city - having a black government employee there is like having a Native American employed by tribal governments. EEO would only serve to get white and hispanic applicants hired in DC.
"The fun thing is that this is mainly a US problem. For example in Russia the most used payment method is WebMoney, where you define exactly what information is public about your account and *by default* everything is private. All the information other party sees is the "purse number" of yours, ie. Z435903486439 or similar."
That's privacy, NOT anonymity. WebMoney still has your data, and they promise not to let it out into the wild. But data breach or court order or "Oh, we changed our minds" exposes your data.
The GP was talking about anonymous transactions, where the intermediary doesn't have that information in the first place. Electronic cash.
There's a huge difference.
What I find most amusing are the folks who excoriate marketing while talking on their iPhone complaining about Linux's lack of market share.
"i'm sorry, but it's pronounced 'nucular'."
Wow, I didn't know YouTube has clips of Jimmy Carter's old speeches.
I was under the impression that one can compile the kernel leaving out anything you don't want. Is that not the case?
No, it may not be the default install, but the difference between Linux and Windows is that I have the choice to leave stuff out of Linux.
Harsh? No. Unoriginal and poorly constructed? Certainly.
As for your last sentence, who are you to grant forgiveness? And to whom should they repent? God? FSM? or is there no one to which one can repent, as there is no Deity?
a) I wasn't going to get into abortion, but...
b) I'm talking about deciding to remove artificial means of support. Abortion is actively severing a connection which, if left alone, will function just fine by itself.
If you pull someone off a ventilator, they will likely die, and that's ok. If they live, cool - but that doesn't mean you get to choke them.
"the posted article is PIC based. some people like PICs."
I like PICS too - especially of TWATCHes.
"You do know that most municipal water supplies have hundreds of toxic chemicals intentionally dumped into it? For example, there is a strong link between fouride and bone cancer or flouride and brain damage."
I'd take your concern for our precious bodily fluids more seriously if you hadn't misspelled fluoride. Twice.
I subscribe to the test the Catholic Church uses for end-of-life issues, which isn't based on physiology but capability. They distinguish between ordinary and extraordinary means for extending life. Ordinary is the basics - food, shelter, whatever you'd do for a newborn or such. Extraordinary means is anything beyond that - artificial respiration, experimental treatments, etc.
I believe we are morally obligated to provide ordinary means of caring for someone, but not extraordinary. How it applies to people in a vegetative state is tough - is IV feeding or a stomach tube ordinary or extraordinary? I don't know, and hopefully I'll never need to find out.
"I really don't understand why someone would want to be kept alive for years because their parents just won't give up."
People in vegetative sates don't "want" anything, at least not in terms familiar to us.
Big deal - we know that SOB's really dead. This one's still alive! Well, if you can call it living.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd
Champagne, etc. Italy tried to do the same thing with Parmesan.
Although, those are foodstuffs. Copywriting the names of dishes...
Perfect - I can receive important data when I eat at the Y.
Yeah, but they don't know that.
You are aware that the base training level in baseball is called tee ball. Why? Because the ball is put on a tee.