You're pretty defensive about someone quoting a simple fact from an article that most of the newly appointed judges are more white, male, and conservative:
But as a group, the new judges are indeed whiter, more male and more conservative than recent presidents’ nominees
Not racist or sexist, just a fact -- from an article analyzing the new court nominations. You're the one who seems a bit "upset". Why so touchy?
Workers aren't always correct. Unions often become corrupt and bloated. Undocumented workers hurt citizens.
Points taken.
What, specifically, has Kavanaugh done that is bad? Being anti-union isn't inherently bad. I say that as someone who is supportive of people's right to collectively bargain.
“Based on his record, we can expect that Judge Kavanaugh will continue to protect the interests of already powerful corporate CEOs instead of working families,” the Communications Workers of America said in a statement.
That article (and several others, below) also talk about a case where Kavanaugh sided with SeaWorld and against OSHA when a trainer was killed (and, apparently, eaten) by an orca -- basically asserting that "he knew the risks".
OSHA used what’s known as the general duty clause to cite SeaWorld for safety violations after the whale Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010. SeaWorld challenged the citations, but the appeals panel sided with OSHA, ruling that SeaWorld knew its protections for trainers like Brancheau were insufficient and that it could have prevented her death had it taken the proper steps.
Kavanaugh disagreed. He compared working at SeaWorld to playing a sport like ice hockey that comes with inherent dangers, and, unlike his colleagues on the panel, argued that OSHA doesn’t have the legal standing to regulate it.
“When should we as a society paternalistically decide that the participants in these sports and entertainment activities must be protected from themselves – that the risk of significant physical injury is simply too great even for eager and willing participants?” he asked.
Jordan Barab, a former OSHA official during the Obama years, wrote Tuesday on his blog Confined Space that the SeaWorld case shows Kavanaugh to be “a threat to workers and to OSHA.”
“Kavanaugh’s idea of making America great again apparently hearkens back to a time before the Workers Compensation laws and the Occupational Safety and Health Act were passed,” Barab wrote. “Back then employers who maimed or killed workers often escaped legal responsibility by arguing that the employee had ‘assumed’ the risk when he or she took the job and the employer therefore had no responsibility to make the job safer.”
Maybe it's just me, but that's appalling. Can't wait for that precedent to be exploited, *especially* if Kavanaugh is confirmed to SCOTUS. Just get someone to sign something that says, "There is a risk of..." and goodbye legal liability.
Ford customer: The car shifted into Reverse by itself, backed over and killed my grandfather.
Ford lawyer: (Pointing to sales agreement) He knew the risks.
Ford Sales Agreement
There is a risk that the vehicle transmission may unexpectedly shift from Park to Reverse, causing the vehicle to back over and kill your grandfather.
Judge: Hmm... Let me check Kavanaugh in OSHA v. SeaWorld... Okay. Case dismissed.
I'm not disagreeing with the your narrative, just that it is relevant in this case
From TFA:
Her back is permanently injured from the incident. “They refused to give me the paperwork for workmen’s comp. They cut my short term disability after five weeks. I was supposed to get it for 26 weeks.
...
An MRI he received in April 2016 from a private doctor noted he tore the meniscus in his left knee, but Amazon would not pay his medical fees or accept his workers compensation filing. His next court date in his legal efforts to obtain workers compensation and medical reimbursement from Amazon is in September 2018.
These things often end up in court. The conservative judges being appointed (up and down the judicial ladder) seem to favor corporations over workers. Nothing exists in isolation.
Amazon had this problem well before an R was in office. You're just tying to warp the situation to fit your narrative
Agreed that this issue w/Amazon has persisted for a long while. I'm just saying that it probably won't get any better, and may get worse, under the current administration. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. In addition, it is true that many people who voted for Trump are the same people that will be hurt by his, and his Administration's) policies (including tariffs). It's also true that this administration is appointing many judges who will probably not be sympathetic to injured/wronged people like in TFA about working at Amazon - again, many of whom voted for Trump.
I see your point, but I'm not "warping" anything. I believe the narrative is valid.
The Republicans are decided more anti-worker. Trump has been appointing, and the Senate confirming, noticeably white, male, conservative judges at a record pace (with some analysis) If Kavanaugh gets appointed to the SCOTUS, then things may (will probably) be even less beneficial for workers, as noted by the articles I mentioned here.
Agreed. But a Union wouldn't help. Unions start off as good idea, but over time they become corrupted and no longer serve the good of the workers they supposedly represent.. Ex - UAW, and various public-sector unions.
Ya, but the United States is also a "union" -- of local/state and federal governments -- and... oh wait. Just saw the part about, "no longer serve the good of the workers they supposedly represent". Never mind.
I have an Amazon fulfillment center near me and after looking at some of the requirements for their professional job listings and hearing stories from people in my network I decided that I would stay well clear of them. They seem to be on the low end of the work/life balance quality spectrum as well as paying peanuts.
Many many many people do not have that luxury. They get any job they can.
I know and I still have sympathy for these people even though I have the luxury of choice.
I have a little less sympathy for those in this situation who also voted "R" in recent elections. Sure, they got suckered, but that's also on them. They can reap what they sowed.
This is the free market at work. Exactly as intended by the corporations in charge.
This is the free market at work. It's ripe for unionization.
Good luck with that... Sentiment from several sources (Google: Kavanaugh anti-union), quoting from the first:
Judge Kavanaugh routinely rules against workers and their families and regularly sides with employers against employees seeking justice in the workplace, including CWA members.
In addition, if the guaranteed work isn't really productive, then UBI makes more sense as people would then have the time they would otherwise be spending at their pointless jobs to possibly do other, perhaps productive, things that may also benefit themselves and/or society - either for additional pay or gratis.
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Do you think most Prime customers will click that option, or even know that it exists?
Well... I do and now several/. readers, including you, do. Admittedly, I don't know if combining items and orders is the default, but wouldn't be surprised if it was, or determined automatically on an order-by-order basis. All my shipments from Amazon seem to be packaged efficiently - and I've sometimes (once last week) even gotten some earlier than expected combined into another shipment (obviously, the order window between the two orders was pretty small for that to happen).
When possible, items from multiple orders will be combined into the same package. This helps to reduce the number of packages sent to you, so you receive fewer packages and have less packaging material to dispose of when you receive your orders.
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Items from each order are located at the same Amazon Fulfillment Center.
The orders are shipping at around the same time.
The items will be delivered by your promised delivery date.
Square tabs offer the most internal space for text and icons and efficiently utilize the surrounding space. Why does this need to be toyed with? Aren't there more important things to worry about and/or develop?
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And many don't. (but they did, back in the 1980s when static-linking was all the rage)
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But as a group, the new judges are indeed whiter, more male and more conservative than recent presidents’ nominees
Not racist or sexist, just a fact -- from an article analyzing the new court nominations. You're the one who seems a bit "upset". Why so touchy?
Workers aren't always correct. Unions often become corrupt and bloated. Undocumented workers hurt citizens.
Points taken.
What, specifically, has Kavanaugh done that is bad? Being anti-union isn't inherently bad. I say that as someone who is supportive of people's right to collectively bargain.
Well... The article Brett Kavanaugh Ruled Against Workers When No One Else Did cites several cases where Kavanaugh sides with corporations over the interests of workers, also noting:
“Based on his record, we can expect that Judge Kavanaugh will continue to protect the interests of already powerful corporate CEOs instead of working families,” the Communications Workers of America said in a statement.
That article (and several others, below) also talk about a case where Kavanaugh sided with SeaWorld and against OSHA when a trainer was killed (and, apparently, eaten) by an orca -- basically asserting that "he knew the risks".
OSHA used what’s known as the general duty clause to cite SeaWorld for safety violations after the whale Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010. SeaWorld challenged the citations, but the appeals panel sided with OSHA, ruling that SeaWorld knew its protections for trainers like Brancheau were insufficient and that it could have prevented her death had it taken the proper steps.
Kavanaugh disagreed. He compared working at SeaWorld to playing a sport like ice hockey that comes with inherent dangers, and, unlike his colleagues on the panel, argued that OSHA doesn’t have the legal standing to regulate it.
“When should we as a society paternalistically decide that the participants in these sports and entertainment activities must be protected from themselves – that the risk of significant physical injury is simply too great even for eager and willing participants?” he asked.
Jordan Barab, a former OSHA official during the Obama years, wrote Tuesday on his blog Confined Space that the SeaWorld case shows Kavanaugh to be “a threat to workers and to OSHA.”
“Kavanaugh’s idea of making America great again apparently hearkens back to a time before the Workers Compensation laws and the Occupational Safety and Health Act were passed,” Barab wrote. “Back then employers who maimed or killed workers often escaped legal responsibility by arguing that the employee had ‘assumed’ the risk when he or she took the job and the employer therefore had no responsibility to make the job safer.”
Maybe it's just me, but that's appalling. Can't wait for that precedent to be exploited, *especially* if Kavanaugh is confirmed to SCOTUS. Just get someone to sign something that says, "There is a risk of ..." and goodbye legal liability.
Ford customer: The car shifted into Reverse by itself, backed over and killed my grandfather.
Ford lawyer: (Pointing to sales agreement) He knew the risks.
Ford Sales Agreement
There is a risk that the vehicle transmission may unexpectedly shift from Park to Reverse, causing the vehicle to back over and kill your grandfather.
Judge: Hmm... Let me check Kavanaugh in OSHA v. SeaWorld... Okay. Case dismissed.
... white, male conservative judges ...
That was in the Washington Post article. Take it up with them.
So what? Would you rather he not fill the vacancies of Obama (and prior) judges? Would you rather our courts not have the staffing needed to function?
By and large, Republican Senators delayed Obama's court nominations. Take it up with them.
I'm not disagreeing with the your narrative, just that it is relevant in this case
From TFA:
Her back is permanently injured from the incident. “They refused to give me the paperwork for workmen’s comp. They cut my short term disability after five weeks. I was supposed to get it for 26 weeks.
An MRI he received in April 2016 from a private doctor noted he tore the meniscus in his left knee, but Amazon would not pay his medical fees or accept his workers compensation filing. His next court date in his legal efforts to obtain workers compensation and medical reimbursement from Amazon is in September 2018.
These things often end up in court. The conservative judges being appointed (up and down the judicial ladder) seem to favor corporations over workers. Nothing exists in isolation.
Amazon had this problem well before an R was in office. You're just tying to warp the situation to fit your narrative
Agreed that this issue w/Amazon has persisted for a long while. I'm just saying that it probably won't get any better, and may get worse, under the current administration. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. In addition, it is true that many people who voted for Trump are the same people that will be hurt by his, and his Administration's) policies (including tariffs). It's also true that this administration is appointing many judges who will probably not be sympathetic to injured/wronged people like in TFA about working at Amazon - again, many of whom voted for Trump.
I see your point, but I'm not "warping" anything. I believe the narrative is valid.
D or R has nothing to do with this.
The Republicans are decided more anti-worker. Trump has been appointing, and the Senate confirming, noticeably white, male, conservative judges at a record pace (with some analysis) If Kavanaugh gets appointed to the SCOTUS, then things may (will probably) be even less beneficial for workers, as noted by the articles I mentioned here.
So, ya, the "D" and "R" matter - overall.
Agreed. But a Union wouldn't help. Unions start off as good idea, but over time they become corrupted and no longer serve the good of the workers they supposedly represent.. Ex - UAW, and various public-sector unions.
Ya, but the United States is also a "union" -- of local/state and federal governments -- and ... oh wait. Just saw the part about, "no longer serve the good of the workers they supposedly represent". Never mind.
I have an Amazon fulfillment center near me and after looking at some of the requirements for their professional job listings and hearing stories from people in my network I decided that I would stay well clear of them. They seem to be on the low end of the work/life balance quality spectrum as well as paying peanuts.
Many many many people do not have that luxury. They get any job they can.
I know and I still have sympathy for these people even though I have the luxury of choice.
I have a little less sympathy for those in this situation who also voted "R" in recent elections. Sure, they got suckered, but that's also on them. They can reap what they sowed.
This is the free market at work. Exactly as intended by the corporations in charge.
This is the free market at work. It's ripe for unionization.
Good luck with that ... Sentiment from several sources (Google: Kavanaugh anti-union), quoting from the first:
Judge Kavanaugh routinely rules against workers and their families and regularly sides with employers against employees seeking justice in the workplace, including CWA members.
He proceeded to gift the pieces to family members and a growing network of associates -- which included "mobsters, ... strip club owners, ..."
Baa daa bop bah bada bing - they're lovin' it.
In addition, if the guaranteed work isn't really productive, then UBI makes more sense as people would then have the time they would otherwise be spending at their pointless jobs to possibly do other, perhaps productive, things that may also benefit themselves and/or society - either for additional pay or gratis.
Why don't they just make stasis pods mandatory on flights already.
Of use synaptic dampeners. From Rick and Morty, The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy:
Personally, I'd rather see it be called the Sagan with values from 0 Billions to 10 Billions.
Groupon had a e-coupon to reduce the award to IBM, but using it would violate another IBM patent.
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Do you think most Prime customers will click that option, or even know that it exists?
Well... I do and now several /. readers, including you, do. Admittedly, I don't know if combining items and orders is the default, but wouldn't be surprised if it was, or determined automatically on an order-by-order basis. All my shipments from Amazon seem to be packaged efficiently - and I've sometimes (once last week) even gotten some earlier than expected combined into another shipment (obviously, the order window between the two orders was pretty small for that to happen).
Also, from About Combined Shipments
When possible, items from multiple orders will be combined into the same package. This helps to reduce the number of packages sent to you, so you receive fewer packages and have less packaging material to dispose of when you receive your orders.
Items from multiple orders may be combined into the same package if the orders meet the following criteria:
Square tabs offer the most internal space for text and icons and efficiently utilize the surrounding space. Why does this need to be toyed with? Aren't there more important things to worry about and/or develop?
I'm not sure what this guy is whinging about. From About Shipping Preferences: (emphasis mine)
Every time you place an order via the Shopping Cart that contains more than one delivery date, you can choose for your order to be shipped in the fewest possible packages or for your order to be shipped as soon as each item it becomes available.
You can change your shipping preferences in Your Account at any time after placing your order as long as the order hasn’t entered the shipping process yet.
Prime Customers
FREE Delivery in fewest possible packages
This is a free shipping option for Prime members purchasing Prime eligible items that are in stock. Your Prime orders will be consolidated into the fewest number of packages possible and may take longer to ship depending on product availability.
I want my items faster. Ship each item as soon as it becomes available
This is also a free shipping option for Prime members purchasing Prime eligible items that are in stock. Your Prime items ship as they become available. You should choose this option if you want to receive each item as fast as possible.
There are similar options for non-Prime customers.
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Please explain to me again how Capitalism organizes the economy for the most efficient use of resources.
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