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2piradians

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  • Mitch McConnell 'continues his recovery' amid 8-day hospitalization

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  • Depends whether one has PTO in the first place, and has hoarded enough over time to cover it.

    There's also short term disability, but even if you pay extra for that I don't think that's long enough to be short-term.. And even if 8 days qualifies, most don't pay the full wage for time taken. Funny isn't it?

    Plus very few companies have sick leave as distinct from PTO, basically sick or not, your ass wasn't at work.

  • Tucker Carlson says he'll no longer support the Republican Party

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  • I heard on a podcast Carlson wants to make a run for POTUS. Do you think Yang would put him up?

  • Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz over Israel's attacks on Lebanon, deepening the Middle East crisis

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  • Strong Man look weak. Look scared. Strong Man pay big money for end fight. Fight not over. Strong Man not know what do, want go home, forget fight. Strong Man tribe not forget.

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    You walk into a restaurant and see this. What’s your first thought?

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  • I find the sign condescending, shaming, and presumptuous (40%). If I owned the place that's not how I'd want it represented when people come in.

    Restaurants are already expensive before factoring in tips. If the place gets a reputation that our staff are accustomed to 40% gratuity the business may struggle.

    The US restaurant system is broken. Pressuring the customers you rely on, who face the same economic hardships as you, is not going to fix it.

  • The Trump Meet the Press interview that spun out of control after he was probed about his ‘rigged elections’ conspiracies

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  • I never thought I'd see the day when a politician spewing obvious lies in an interview, engaging in ad hominem attacks against the interviewer, and storming off like a toddler would achieve anything but alienation.

    But this will go mostly unnoticed by his supporters. Cue Carr threatening NBC's broadcast license in 3, 2, 1...

  • Most uncomfortable chairs in the world

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  • It always makes me think of black folks telling funny stories, like:

    "Everybody was minding their business, ain't nobody said shit. This fool walks in with a whole ass baked potato in his mouth like it's normal..."

    So I enjoy the memes from that angle, even if they're not coming from the original intent.

    That said, even that angle doesn't make this one work.

  • People born in the 1900s, what was life like back then?

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  • I was mid-late teens when the internet started to become widespread. I didn't like the idea, had a bad feeling about it. Then I relaxed a bit and the more I used it, became comfortable with it.

    Social media is what I was initially worried about, though I wouldn't have been able to know it back then. I"d want the pre-internet world back if I had one wish.

    People were generally more respectful and forgiving to one another. There was a sense of we're in this together that has steadily eroded. We had our problems mind you, but I was sure my generation and I would make things better. By and large the only people saying everything's fucked were the "end is nigh" crazies in the streets.

    Maybe my perspective was just more idealistic back then (excluding the internet), and the world was just as grim as it seems today.

    But having college graduates reject AI--that gives me a little hope.

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  • And the party chooses the reps, or how is that done?

  • ‘True Maga warrior’ Ken Paxton takes on old-guard Texan in key test of Trump’s GOP grip

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  • I live near Paxton, and he's the pick of the scum litter. I'd like to think him winning the nom today would mean an easier path for Talarico, but I'm not convinced of that. After all, magans like to double down on awful people to sate their baseless grievance urges.

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  • When you say proportional representation--is that to say the number of representatives per state is decided by the population level? If so that sounds great.

    But without districts and candidates therein, how would you determine who is voting for what?

  • Takeaways from the DNC autopsy

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  • I've seen many statements over the years calling the DNC leadership incompetent and bought.

    Honestly until now I haven't been interested enough to look into them.

    But even I can see the blatant, out of touch jackassery amid the facts around this autopsy report. If this were any other major organization I think it would be gutted and started anew.

  • House Democratic leaders condemn Texas candidate for antisemitic comments

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  • Galindo, a therapist

    That's kind of a giveaway that she's another Crockett, a literal straw-woman propped up by fascist donors who hope to torch her for an easy R win.

    Sure, any therapist could also want to persecute Jews, but to reconcile that desire with being a mental health advocate takes a special brew of crazy.

    The donor ploys are obvious. It makes them look dumb and desperate. Saying that, fellow voters often find the capacity to get duped. So we'll see, I guess?

    Edit: Well shit, I missed that she already won the primary. So the dupe took hold and this is the aftermath.

    Also OP: You're not even trying to hide that you're a fascist tool? What a fulfilling life you must have.

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    Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long

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  • It is, and poor old Thomas is working on his fourth decade. What an American, to have given up so much of his life to serve the public. At least he's enjoyed gratuities from equally selfless patriots along the way.

  • What are some solid European products of any sort?

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  • Rather than Eaton you may have been thinking of Schneider Electric /Square D, which is French. I prefer their stuff over Eaton.

  • Republican Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy loses primary after Trump intervenes to oust him

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  • I was going to flip the situation to demonstrate Republican hypocrisy. If Biden had pulled the shit Trump did over the 2020 election and his supporters had responded the way maga did...

    But that can't make sense. Biden wouldn't have done that, nor would supporters in any significant numbers.

    The mass lunacy is all on one side. J6 is the most glaring example of this con man and his army of degenerates in action, and Republicans/followers are completely OK with knowing the truth of this.

    After Trump dies of malignant narcissism and has been gone awhile maga will find itself in a hopeless state of irrelevance. But even then they won't admit to themselves that it was their own doing.

  • Do Americans really only shit once a week?

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  • Maybe she was saying we're near-constantly full of shit. And that's a big collective touché, honestly

  • light switches

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  • Some of us know but keep the damn things off anyway

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    Rep. Johnny Olszewski proposes bill for 18-year Supreme Court term limits

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  • The founders didn't account for the level of government vulnerability to bad actors when they made SC seats lifetime appointments.

    Or disproportional representation, the Patriot Act, Citizens United, etc...so many huge holes left for those who would exploit them.

    So much has changed that makes term limits in SCOTUS an important check on assholes. But those who have helped usher in the fuckery items listed above will do all they can to avoid losing ground. They'll trample all over we the people as long as they can continue to sucker the rubes into actually voting for this shit show.

  • Chief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’

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  • Is it true?

    Could I really have lost touch with the tenets of this office?

    No. it's the citizens who are wrong.