our ruling class has convinced 35%-40% of the voting public that gov't can't work so that they could get tax cuts and run the gov't themselves unfettered by voters.
I just don't care. The possibility that someone grew up with poor parents and was too proud to change their name to make you feel better about them has probably never crossed your mind. If it has you've been quick to dismiss it because thinking about real racism might put you on the hook for doing something practical about it instead of something that "feels good".
My comment is still 100% valid. Her name tells you nothing about her as an individual. Only the circumstances of her birth.
and we're just scratching the surface of Trump's Russian ties, whereas we've been over Hilary's emails for nigh on a decade now. Thing is, _everybody_ in Washington was doing this. Collin Powell proved as much.
Hell, that was one of the most badass things to come out of this. Hilary was asked if it was Colin's idea to run the server and she said no, it was her responsibility. A few weeks later Wikileaks dumped emails showing it _was_ Powell suggesting it. I've yet to see HRC get an ounce of credit for shielding Powell and the loyalty and shear brass balls it showed.
Hilary Clinton is pretty obviously the target if a multi-billion dollar character assassination program. You might argue that she deserves it, but if the best that 30 years of non-stop attacks could come up with is an email server and an error of judgement in Benghazi of the sort Bush Jr made repeatably then I say bring her on. I don't think Jesus Christ could survive the onslaught she has.
Put another way: Somebody with a lot of money and power _really_ doesn't want her to be president. Put that in your corn cob and smoke it.
you didn't get benefits but you got a good chunk of the pay. A lot of young guys with no need for health insurance I knew loved it because it was free money. When you're 20 there's not a lot of risk.
When the outsourcing and H-1B abuse started it changed. The employers where no longer splitting the savings from the benefits, they pocketed them all. The H-1Bs worked 60-80 hour work weeks pushing wages down since companies could cut their IT staff by 50-75% thanks to the increased productivity. Wages were depressed in a classic race to the bottom.
But the old guard that remembered the good 'ole days of contracting can't seem to recognize that. Had a nice chap today arguing with me over the hours the Indians work even while we all see the emails coming from the guys at all hours of the day.
they start with a hypothesis, test it, and if they get positive results refine. John Oliver just did a very amusing piece on the whole process and how silly it is when lay people jump into a discussion like this one we're having without reading study's statistics and just reading the headline instead.
as long as La-dash-ya is well behaved and gives you no cause for concern you are legally required to accept her business when you run a public business. The same protections extend to you and everyone else and for reasons to innumerable to list.
you're legally required to validate each candidate on their merits. If you've done what you just suggested then you haven't followed the law. Casual and institutional racism are still racism.
that LaTrina has the same right to a job she's qualified for as Richard? You're basically saying racism's OK as long as it's not too bleeding obvious. Speaking of which, of course nobody f'n had to test LaTrina vs Harley. They never got that far because the most ridiculous test cases blew up first. You would think folks would at least _try_ to hide their racism. Not so much.
In many school districts it's necessity. The last 4 years of my kid's public education all her homework was delivered online (the district couldn't afford books, budget cuts to go with the tax cuts).
Also given the number of alternatives (online games, video games in general and tons and tons of streaming) there should be _downward_ pressure. That's not a sign of a healthy economy. That's a sign of a monopoly without any regulation.
it's their companies. They can run them as they see fit so long as they're not hurting the shareholder which, as I mentioned, is highly debatable.
And don't be fooled. They'd drop Hilary in a second if they thought it was to their advantage. They're pro-Hilary because, like a lot of the 1%, they can't get a read on Trump. If he actually did the things he's implied he's going to it'd cut off most of their cheap H1-B labor. Given that he just took $900k from the owner of an H1-B contractor firm I'm not expecting it, but facebook et al aren't taking any chances.
but it's manageable as long as it doesn't get too big for it's britches. Fix wealth inequality and it won't matter. Worst case then & we'll pay a few billion here and there to some Chinese mega corps. Yeah, it'll suck to pay but it'll be small potatoes. Now, keep ignoring wealth inequality and it'll prompt a nativist backlash that'll make Trump seem tame by comparison...
and nothing else. You can literally do anything else. And you can squeeze as hard as you want on 10% of the population. The US used to do it to black folks, India to the "untouchables", Japan to Islanders and the Chinese/Koreans, etc, etc.
The 1% have long since learned how hard they can squeeze. What few wars break out are when one member of the 1% pisses off another. We moved on Iraq so we could move on Afghanistan too. We did that so we could build an oil pipeline the Afghanistan gov't opposed.
Don't wait for the revolution. It's not coming. Do something about wealth inequality now before it drags you down.
and these people vote how they feel, not how they think. Twitter/Facebook could tip a close election. Both sides in this election feel it'll be a disaster if the other side wins. This isn't like Bush/Gore where we all though it was 6 of 1, half a dozen... That's why we care.
if Twitter and Facebook were extensions of the United States Government. Last I checked they were privately corporations. I suppose the argument could be made that it's bad for their shareholders to take sides, but the opposite could be made too. There's plenty of arguments to be had that a Trump presidency would be a disaster of trade wars and depressions if he implemented the policies he keeps saying he will. I'm not going to debate that topic right now, but I'm saying it's out there.
I'm after less corporate and big money influence. Our senate, electoral college and constitution aren't there to slow change, they're there to keep the poor from voting themselves money from the wealthy landowner class.
I'd also completely disagree with your assertion that gov't sucks. Gov't, like most things, is exactly what you put into it. Below a certain level of material wealth everything sucks. Above that point (which we've been at for years) it's up to you and me.
since none of the emails would be admissible. They were almost certainly obtained under a warrant to search for emails related to the sexting case. It's highly unlikely that he was using her email account to send sexy text messages to 15 year olds. That means the FBI most likely used the warrant for searching Anthony's email account to search his wife's email account (since it's already been established they didn't have a warrant to search for more Clinton emails). It's either that or his wife knew about the sexting the whole time (since he would have been using her account) which is damn unlikely.
Coverage vs payout are very different things. I've used car insurance twice and tried to use home once. The two car companies cost me several grand for two cases where I was rear ended and for the home owners it was made clear to me I wouldn't get close to my deductible.
I know one guy who made out OK within insurance, but for the stupidest reason imaginable. He's a dummy and bought one of those $3000 rent-to-own laptops (e.g. a $600 laptop that they mark up to $3k because if they can't legally charge that much interest). It got stolen and the insurance company called the rent to own place to get the 'value' of the laptop, which of course was $3k. He used the money to buy a decent laptop for real.
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our ruling class has convinced 35%-40% of the voting public that gov't can't work so that they could get tax cuts and run the gov't themselves unfettered by voters.
very few people can do it, but we have literally _billions_ of Indians to choose from and we can cycle them out with impunity.
I just don't care. The possibility that someone grew up with poor parents and was too proud to change their name to make you feel better about them has probably never crossed your mind. If it has you've been quick to dismiss it because thinking about real racism might put you on the hook for doing something practical about it instead of something that "feels good".
My comment is still 100% valid. Her name tells you nothing about her as an individual. Only the circumstances of her birth.
right? Both he and his father were slum lords for Christ sakes. Seriously. One of the Guthrie's (Woody I think) had a song about Frank Trump.
and we're just scratching the surface of Trump's Russian ties, whereas we've been over Hilary's emails for nigh on a decade now. Thing is, _everybody_ in Washington was doing this. Collin Powell proved as much.
Hell, that was one of the most badass things to come out of this. Hilary was asked if it was Colin's idea to run the server and she said no, it was her responsibility. A few weeks later Wikileaks dumped emails showing it _was_ Powell suggesting it. I've yet to see HRC get an ounce of credit for shielding Powell and the loyalty and shear brass balls it showed.
Hilary Clinton is pretty obviously the target if a multi-billion dollar character assassination program. You might argue that she deserves it, but if the best that 30 years of non-stop attacks could come up with is an email server and an error of judgement in Benghazi of the sort Bush Jr made repeatably then I say bring her on. I don't think Jesus Christ could survive the onslaught she has.
Put another way: Somebody with a lot of money and power _really_ doesn't want her to be president. Put that in your corn cob and smoke it.
you didn't get benefits but you got a good chunk of the pay. A lot of young guys with no need for health insurance I knew loved it because it was free money. When you're 20 there's not a lot of risk.
When the outsourcing and H-1B abuse started it changed. The employers where no longer splitting the savings from the benefits, they pocketed them all. The H-1Bs worked 60-80 hour work weeks pushing wages down since companies could cut their IT staff by 50-75% thanks to the increased productivity. Wages were depressed in a classic race to the bottom.
But the old guard that remembered the good 'ole days of contracting can't seem to recognize that. Had a nice chap today arguing with me over the hours the Indians work even while we all see the emails coming from the guys at all hours of the day.
they start with a hypothesis, test it, and if they get positive results refine. John Oliver just did a very amusing piece on the whole process and how silly it is when lay people jump into a discussion like this one we're having without reading study's statistics and just reading the headline instead.
Uber doesn't allow tips. Mind you, the drivers are all absolutely still private contractors thank you very much.
as long as La-dash-ya is well behaved and gives you no cause for concern you are legally required to accept her business when you run a public business. The same protections extend to you and everyone else and for reasons to innumerable to list.
you're legally required to validate each candidate on their merits. If you've done what you just suggested then you haven't followed the law. Casual and institutional racism are still racism.
that LaTrina has the same right to a job she's qualified for as Richard? You're basically saying racism's OK as long as it's not too bleeding obvious. Speaking of which, of course nobody f'n had to test LaTrina vs Harley. They never got that far because the most ridiculous test cases blew up first. You would think folks would at least _try_ to hide their racism. Not so much.
In many school districts it's necessity. The last 4 years of my kid's public education all her homework was delivered online (the district couldn't afford books, budget cuts to go with the tax cuts).
Also given the number of alternatives (online games, video games in general and tons and tons of streaming) there should be _downward_ pressure. That's not a sign of a healthy economy. That's a sign of a monopoly without any regulation.
that's you're best bet. Just keep writing software. The best way to learn is by doing.
it's their companies. They can run them as they see fit so long as they're not hurting the shareholder which, as I mentioned, is highly debatable.
And don't be fooled. They'd drop Hilary in a second if they thought it was to their advantage. They're pro-Hilary because, like a lot of the 1%, they can't get a read on Trump. If he actually did the things he's implied he's going to it'd cut off most of their cheap H1-B labor. Given that he just took $900k from the owner of an H1-B contractor firm I'm not expecting it, but facebook et al aren't taking any chances.
but it's manageable as long as it doesn't get too big for it's britches. Fix wealth inequality and it won't matter. Worst case then & we'll pay a few billion here and there to some Chinese mega corps. Yeah, it'll suck to pay but it'll be small potatoes. Now, keep ignoring wealth inequality and it'll prompt a nativist backlash that'll make Trump seem tame by comparison...
and nothing else. You can literally do anything else. And you can squeeze as hard as you want on 10% of the population. The US used to do it to black folks, India to the "untouchables", Japan to Islanders and the Chinese/Koreans, etc, etc.
The 1% have long since learned how hard they can squeeze. What few wars break out are when one member of the 1% pisses off another. We moved on Iraq so we could move on Afghanistan too. We did that so we could build an oil pipeline the Afghanistan gov't opposed.
Don't wait for the revolution. It's not coming. Do something about wealth inequality now before it drags you down.
and these people vote how they feel, not how they think. Twitter/Facebook could tip a close election. Both sides in this election feel it'll be a disaster if the other side wins. This isn't like Bush/Gore where we all though it was 6 of 1, half a dozen... That's why we care.
if Twitter and Facebook were extensions of the United States Government. Last I checked they were privately corporations. I suppose the argument could be made that it's bad for their shareholders to take sides, but the opposite could be made too. There's plenty of arguments to be had that a Trump presidency would be a disaster of trade wars and depressions if he implemented the policies he keeps saying he will. I'm not going to debate that topic right now, but I'm saying it's out there.
I'm after less corporate and big money influence. Our senate, electoral college and constitution aren't there to slow change, they're there to keep the poor from voting themselves money from the wealthy landowner class.
I'd also completely disagree with your assertion that gov't sucks. Gov't, like most things, is exactly what you put into it. Below a certain level of material wealth everything sucks. Above that point (which we've been at for years) it's up to you and me.
since none of the emails would be admissible. They were almost certainly obtained under a warrant to search for emails related to the sexting case. It's highly unlikely that he was using her email account to send sexy text messages to 15 year olds. That means the FBI most likely used the warrant for searching Anthony's email account to search his wife's email account (since it's already been established they didn't have a warrant to search for more Clinton emails). It's either that or his wife knew about the sexting the whole time (since he would have been using her account) which is damn unlikely.
Clinton's got a lot more money than Trump. She ought to be able to match him here. Conscious Decision maybe? I just don't know why.
of you nord's parliaments. Canada's too. It's not a prefect solution but it is a _hell_ of a lot better than what I got here in the states.
Coverage vs payout are very different things. I've used car insurance twice and tried to use home once. The two car companies cost me several grand for two cases where I was rear ended and for the home owners it was made clear to me I wouldn't get close to my deductible.
I know one guy who made out OK within insurance, but for the stupidest reason imaginable. He's a dummy and bought one of those $3000 rent-to-own laptops (e.g. a $600 laptop that they mark up to $3k because if they can't legally charge that much interest). It got stolen and the insurance company called the rent to own place to get the 'value' of the laptop, which of course was $3k. He used the money to buy a decent laptop for real.