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May LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of May?

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05-22-2018 , 10:19 PM

#1076

aoFrantic

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Uh, they basically became gamergate dudes then morphed into the_donald.

05-22-2018 , 10:24 PM

#1077

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

What's the "better way to make batteries?" Their batteries have been made by Panasonic. They are jointly building a huge factory though, so it is a bigger way to make batteries. SolarCity's "innovation" was losing money, **** loads of money.

His better rocket design is something NASA already thought of but rejected for safety reasons and his cars are looking pretty dodgy. I mean, even if we assume he's a Tony Stark genius or whatever I see no reason to believe he doesn't have standard silicon valley Libertarian attitudes toward his workers.

05-22-2018 , 10:27 PM

#1078

Huehuecoyotl

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Quote:

The notion that Republicans didn’t actually care about infosec practices, and that reporters*knew*they didn’t care, isn’t just bitter gloss on bygone reporting decisions. It is a fact reporters themselves have let on in their collective response to serial Trump-era infosec lapses. It is so taken for granted in the halls of power that Republicans don’t actually care about this issue, and never did, that nobody even bothers to ask them to square their hair-on-fire behavior in 2016 with their insouciance today. Two years ago, House Speaker Paul Ryan repeatedly and publicly requested that Clinton be stripped of her security clearance because of her email practices. On Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Trump phone-breach story broke, he held a routine Capitol briefing for reporters and fielded zero questions about it.

Quote:

There’s a broad (and correct) media consensus that Republicans feign outrage about alleged infractions, then proceed to do much worse when in power—that right-wing politics is built on a foundation of feigned outrage and bad faith. But there’s also a broad (and incorrect) consensus that this should not factor in to how journalists interpret and report on the parties.
If the standard journalists set for themselves is that anything Republicans claim to be outraged about must be treated as a live controversy, then journalists disclaim a major potential point of failure, and become conduits for propaganda.

https://crooked.com/article/trump-ph...dia-bad-faith/

05-22-2018 , 10:32 PM

#1079

2/325Falcon

Conehead

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,907

Just a guess, but Musk probably hires a bunch of other people who directly manage the workforce. Lol at that “managers and workers should be equal” line.

05-22-2018 , 10:34 PM

#1080

Huehuecoyotl

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Remind some of the "a union just gets between us when we're trying to resolve something as a family" line at my corporate orientation

05-22-2018 , 10:40 PM

#1081

uDevil

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This afternoon I was walking down the sidewalk in a neighborhood where robot cars roam. One of them was coming toward me and I came to a stop to cross the street after it passed. Except it didn't pass. Instead it came to a quick stop in the middle of the road, right at the point I intended to cross. Maybe it thought I was going to jump out in front of it or something. I had to wait until it or the human behind the wheel decided it was ok to go on before I could cross. Maybe next time I see one I'll give it a head fake to see what happens.

05-22-2018 , 10:42 PM

#1082

Huehuecoyotl

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Lol

05-22-2018 , 10:59 PM

#1083

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,703

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

Just a guess, but Musk probably hires a bunch of other people who directly manage the workforce. Lol at that “managers and workers should be equal” line.

So, are you like generally conservative, except kinda on the lib side of labor issues? And you're labor at a huge company?

Not trying to be a jerk, or not more than a little bit anyway. I'm glad to see you posting here again.

05-22-2018 , 11:02 PM

#1084

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Picture I took when I was stuck in a roadblock in Nicaragua. Before looking - how many can name Kerry's VP candidate in '04?

Spoiler:

Edwards would have beaten Bush if he had been the nominee. This was a sign that whoever the mainstream Democratic Party favors (Kerry, Hillary, Hillary) should usually not be the nominee.

05-22-2018 , 11:10 PM

#1085

2/325Falcon

Conehead

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,907

I have never been particularly conservative. It’s just that this forum is so far left.

05-23-2018 , 12:35 AM

#1086

Jiggymike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

I have never been particularly conservative. It’s just that this forum is so far left.

Lol ok keep telling yourself that

05-23-2018 , 01:20 AM

#1087

2/325Falcon

Conehead

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,907

You just made me vote Trump 2020.

05-23-2018 , 01:48 AM

#1088

aoFrantic

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My major problem with Musk is that if you're a billionaire but spend a substantial amount of time being mad online publicly, uhhhh...don't?
I kind of understand the minecraft dude doing such because he was always like that at least.

05-23-2018 , 04:03 AM

#1089

cuserounder

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Left wing political correctness is out of control!

The NFL seems intent on screwing this decision up badly. If they do anything that eliminates the protest and/or punishes it severely, they will lose a significant chunk of fans. If they do anything that supports it too much, they also lose a significant chunk of fans. Allowing the protests is the moral thing to do, not that they care.

However, splitting the difference seems pretty simple here. Before the anthem, they should have a PA announcement that the NFL has worked with players to set up an $89 million social justice platform, and that donations can be made by texting such and such to such and such. Then in support of social justice, they should allow a moment for players, coaches and/or fans to express their solidarity however they choose to do so. Following that, they can ask everyone to stand for the anthem. Anyone who doesn't gets a small (by NFL standards) fine, which will go to the social justice platform or a charity of the players choice or whatever.

So essentially, anyone who still kneels during the anthem donates like $5K per game or $1K per game or something (maybe it depends on their salary) to a charity.

It seems to me that's the right way to balance the morals with the business side of the NFL, while avoiding splitting their fan (customer) base in half.

My guess is that they'll make it a 15-yard penalty or a big fine and **** will get even more amplified this year.

05-23-2018 , 05:14 AM

#1090

tomdemaine

Just tries harder

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,065

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ist-rant-video

Turns out the racist NY lawyer who shouted racist abuse at people of another race because they spoke a different language than he did is quote "Not a racist" end quote.

Quote:

Inevitably, he assured people that his outburst was “not the person I am”, and the video “did not convey the real me”, bolding up the word “not” for extra contrition points. Presumably the string of other occasions that Schlossberg has been accused of racially abusing strangers, including being filmed calling a man on the street “an ugly ****ing foreigner” also aren’t the real him.

Quote:

Schlossberg did not say whether his week-late apology was motivated by people leaving negative Yelp reviews for his law firm and numerous complaints made against him by elected officials to the New York court system.

We need the old unchained crew to help determine if he is a R word in his secret inner heart or not.

05-23-2018 , 07:17 AM

#1091

simplicitus

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https://twitter.com/DustinGiebel/sta...18630204903424

05-23-2018 , 07:39 AM

#1092

Huehuecoyotl

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Lol

05-23-2018 , 07:49 AM

#1093

Trolly McTrollson

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I'm also glad to see falcon back.

05-23-2018 , 08:26 AM

#1094

bobman0330

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

His better rocket design is something NASA already thought of but rejected for safety reasons and his cars are looking pretty dodgy. I mean, even if we assume he's a Tony Stark genius or whatever I see no reason to believe he doesn't have standard silicon valley Libertarian attitudes toward his workers.

What is the bold referring to? Subcooling propellant or something?

More generally, though, it seems obviously right that Musk can be a visionary genius who is pursuing projects that will do great things for humanity, but is also a powerful person whose conduct should be held to the same standards as everyone else. To figure out whether he's violating labor laws, you don't really need to decide whether he's a juice-swilling techbro or Tony Stark, you just need to figure out whether his companies do things that violate labor laws.

05-23-2018 , 08:41 AM

#1095

DudeImBetter

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Been seeing this scalding hot take pop up on social media. White teen males going on rampage killings in schools is just one more consequence of participation trophies. Thanks libruls!

05-23-2018 , 08:48 AM

#1096

simplicitus

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05-23-2018 , 08:48 AM

#1097

DudeImBetter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Remind some of the "a union just gets between us when we're trying to resolve something as a family" line at my corporate orientation

That would...not be comforting, since dad just dictated and we complied. That was "family resolution" growing up in my home.

05-23-2018 , 08:49 AM

#1098

ChrisV

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lol. A+ headline.

05-23-2018 , 08:50 AM

#1099

lycosid

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Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,806

The billionaire is not your friend.

Quote:

“Preventable injuries happen often. In addition to long working hours, machinery is often not ergonomically compatible with our bodies,” Moran wrote. “There is too much twisting and turning and extra physical movement to do jobs that could be simplified if workers’ input were welcomed… A few months ago, six out of eight people in my work team were out on medical leave at the same time due to various work-related injuries.”

Quote:

In response to employee grievances, Musk promised “fun” factory perks “like free frozen yogurt stands scattered around the factory and my personal favorite: a Tesla electric pod car roller coaster (with an optional loop the loop route, of course!)” he wrote to employees in February. “We are going to hold a really amazing party once Model 3 reaches volume production later this year.”

https://amp.thedailybeast.com/worker...mpression=true