I'm sure glad I'm not a satirist.dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:44 pm Not ‘The Onion’, tech:
https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/sta ... 45248?s=20
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This *is* the Onion. Or rather, Babylon Bee. I’m on the lib/left side of climate change, but I love this:
Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than Continue To Be Lectured By Climate Change Activists
https://babylonbee.com/news/poll-finds- ... -activists
Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than Continue To Be Lectured By Climate Change Activists
https://babylonbee.com/news/poll-finds- ... -activists
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Big if true!dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:42 am This *is* the Onion. Or rather, Babylon Bee. I’m on the lib/left side of climate change, but I love this:
Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than Continue To Be Lectured By Climate Change Activists
https://babylonbee.com/news/poll-finds- ... -activists
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Andrew Sullivan -
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019 ... rmula.html
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019 ... rmula.html
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Not the Onion, but as Steven Pinker says, it sure sounds like it.
https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/120 ... 25472?s=20
https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/120 ... 25472?s=20
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LOL!dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:11 am Not the Onion, but as Steven Pinker says, it sure sounds like it.
https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/120 ... 25472?s=20
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They tried to perpetrate their faggotry on cadets and midshipmen during the Army-Navy game recently. A quick investigation revealed that, of course, they were playing the circle game and not flashing gang signs while in uniform on a national televised football game attended by the commander in chief. The circle game is un-profesh so they'll probably be walking the area for a while.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:46 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4AbJrsZwU
Some family & USA Today got some kid fired for playing the circle game:
By saying he was flashing a white power hand sign. That the ADL decided was a hate symbol. Months after the picture was taken. The ADL's website actually uses the diagram from 4chan to explain how it means white power. Also the kid wasn't even doing the hand gesture.
I saw that headline and had to chuckle a bit. I figured Tim was going to get after it. Poor guy could probably sue for wrongful termination and defamation or whatever.
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One would think when non-white people do it, it’s pretty obvious that it’s still the circle game, 4chan’s pranks notwithstanding.
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Mall Santa 'replaced' for wearing a MAGA hat on his Facebook page.
When will people learn that the system wants to own you. You and Santa have NO RIGHT to act without approval.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham- ... a-maga-hat
When will people learn that the system wants to own you. You and Santa have NO RIGHT to act without approval.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham- ... a-maga-hat
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Somebody found a good lawyer?
Muslim woman awarded $120,000 after police removed hijab for mugshot in 'humiliating' experience
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Muslim woman awarded $120,000 after police removed hijab for mugshot in 'humiliating' experience
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A talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back on her wide-ranging veggie buffets because it was unfair that students at other schools didn't have access to the unusually tasty offerings.
The municipality has ordered Eriksson to bring it down a notch since other schools do not receive the same calibre of food - and that is "unfair".
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Oh, good Lord.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:52 pmA talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back on her wide-ranging veggie buffets because it was unfair that students at other schools didn't have access to the unusually tasty offerings.
The municipality has ordered Eriksson to bring it down a notch since other schools do not receive the same calibre of food - and that is "unfair".
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I couldn’t get it to load, but I found other sources by googling
It’s from 2012.municipality has ordered Eriksson to bring it down a notch
I like the Churchill quote mentioned, Socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
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https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBerg ... n_djvu.txtKriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:52 pmA talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back on her wide-ranging veggie buffets because it was unfair that students at other schools didn't have access to the unusually tasty offerings.
The municipality has ordered Eriksson to bring it down a notch since other schools do not receive the same calibre of food - and that is "unfair".
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This report from the indoctrination facilities is on point with a new one: anti-ableism,
Anti-ableism activists assert that our society and institutions are structured in ways that privilege those without disabilities. They argue that our professional and public lives are easier to navigate if one is able-bodied and of sound mind. And that is undeniable: life is easier for able-bodied people. The anti-ableist reasoning says that the advantages of the able-bodied are unfair. Perhaps that is true: in some cosmic sense, it is unfair that one might be born with epilepsy or with a club foot. But it is here that the anti-ableist goes a step further. Many people would argue that life is harder for people with disabilities, and that is perhaps unfair, but they would also recognize that life is unfair and that there are limitations to the ways that society can ameliorate the difficulties faced by the disabled. In contrast, the anti-ableist argues that the parts of society that are still easier for the able-bodied person must be re-structured. They aren’t talking about installing ramps for wheelchairs to provide access to public buildings.
“Accessibility,” as defined by campus activists, is a consideration of the relative ease or difficulty of completing tasks and achieving goals. Thus, if one’s Attention Deficit Disorder ensures that a student misses critical information during lecture that will later appear on an exam, the professor must find alternate means of delivering that information. Otherwise, the course would be deemed “inaccessible,” which in the highly ideological prism of campus politics is tantamount to saying that the course is a form of oppression that accords “privilege” to the students without disabilities.
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Accessibility, in the traditional sense, is a virtue to which a democratic, pluralistic society should aspire. But taken to an extreme—an explicit attempt to re-design institutional procedures and culture at large in such a way that a person with any limiting condition faces no additional challenge—accessibility represents an aggressive pursuit of a perfect equality of outcome. In this ideal world, not only can everyone succeed, everyone will succeed: any failure to meet a goal can conceivably be due to some unfair disadvantage (diagnosed or otherwise). The world imagined by anti-ableists is one in which everyone achieves excellence in all competitive pursuits. And of course, if everyone is excellent, then no one is.
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Further, we were warned that if any assignments or course requirements could not be adapted to make them achievable and accessible for people with a(ny) disability, then the instructor should not have that requirement or give that assignment. As an example of how far-reaching these new guidelines would be if fully implemented, I am aware of an art instructor who tests students on their abilities to discern certain shades and tints of color. Obviously, this task can’t really be adapted for a person who is colorblind. Thus, such an assignment would now be evidence that the course is an inaccessible one—even if no one in the course is colorblind.
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Obviously this also means that no course can require vision or hearing, or any type of mobility. I.e., if a deaf and blind person who is completely paralyzed can't complete the assignments as easily as anyone else, then the course is inaccessible.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:14 amThis report from the indoctrination facilities is on point with a new one: anti-ableism,
Anti-ableism activists assert that our society and institutions are structured in ways that privilege those without disabilities. They argue that our professional and public lives are easier to navigate if one is able-bodied and of sound mind. And that is undeniable: life is easier for able-bodied people. The anti-ableist reasoning says that the advantages of the able-bodied are unfair. Perhaps that is true: in some cosmic sense, it is unfair that one might be born with epilepsy or with a club foot. But it is here that the anti-ableist goes a step further. Many people would argue that life is harder for people with disabilities, and that is perhaps unfair, but they would also recognize that life is unfair and that there are limitations to the ways that society can ameliorate the difficulties faced by the disabled. In contrast, the anti-ableist argues that the parts of society that are still easier for the able-bodied person must be re-structured. They aren’t talking about installing ramps for wheelchairs to provide access to public buildings.
“Accessibility,” as defined by campus activists, is a consideration of the relative ease or difficulty of completing tasks and achieving goals. Thus, if one’s Attention Deficit Disorder ensures that a student misses critical information during lecture that will later appear on an exam, the professor must find alternate means of delivering that information. Otherwise, the course would be deemed “inaccessible,” which in the highly ideological prism of campus politics is tantamount to saying that the course is a form of oppression that accords “privilege” to the students without disabilities.
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Accessibility, in the traditional sense, is a virtue to which a democratic, pluralistic society should aspire. But taken to an extreme—an explicit attempt to re-design institutional procedures and culture at large in such a way that a person with any limiting condition faces no additional challenge—accessibility represents an aggressive pursuit of a perfect equality of outcome. In this ideal world, not only can everyone succeed, everyone will succeed: any failure to meet a goal can conceivably be due to some unfair disadvantage (diagnosed or otherwise). The world imagined by anti-ableists is one in which everyone achieves excellence in all competitive pursuits. And of course, if everyone is excellent, then no one is.
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Further, we were warned that if any assignments or course requirements could not be adapted to make them achievable and accessible for people with a(ny) disability, then the instructor should not have that requirement or give that assignment. As an example of how far-reaching these new guidelines would be if fully implemented, I am aware of an art instructor who tests students on their abilities to discern certain shades and tints of color. Obviously, this task can’t really be adapted for a person who is colorblind. Thus, such an assignment would now be evidence that the course is an inaccessible one—even if no one in the course is colorblind.
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Seems that New York isn't the only state passing nonsensical laws:
https://reason.com/2019/12/31/californi ... postmates/
https://reason.com/2019/12/31/californi ... postmates/
Why should California care about whether you choose to be a full time employee or a part time independent contractor? A lot of people prefer the latter, and here's the thing: if they don't want to work that way THEY DON'T HAVE TO. It's pretty clear that this law was aimed at selectively wiping out the flagships of the emerging gig economy such as Uber. For reasons that entirely escape me, except that they obviously have taken business away from city cabs.What's the difference between an independent Tupperware salesperson and a prolific freelance writer? OK, probably many things. But in California, we can add one more difference to the list: the former is legally allowed to exist, while the latter is not.
"There is no rhyme or reason to these nonsensical exemptions, and some are so ill-defined or entirely undefined that it is impossible to discern what they include or exclude. For example, some types of workers are excluded (e.g., a delivery truck driver delivering milk) while others performing substantively identical work are not excluded (e.g., a delivery truck driver delivering juice)."
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I don't suppose the California state legislature are aware of the pass-through deduction, which is a major win for independent contractors?
They must be the only group of Americans out there who think it's a treat to work full time as an employee. Gee, that explains the million or so people in the FIRE movement who want nothing more than to quit those full time jobs.
In one of his books, Harry Browne talked about how he "fired" all his employees and made them all independent contractors. The reason is that it was a better deal for both the employees and for him: less overhead, less taxes, more opportunities for deductions etc. And that's without the 20% pass through bonus.
They must be the only group of Americans out there who think it's a treat to work full time as an employee. Gee, that explains the million or so people in the FIRE movement who want nothing more than to quit those full time jobs.
In one of his books, Harry Browne talked about how he "fired" all his employees and made them all independent contractors. The reason is that it was a better deal for both the employees and for him: less overhead, less taxes, more opportunities for deductions etc. And that's without the 20% pass through bonus.
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That was my situation for a time. All of us workers were essentially working as contractors for a temp agency that contracted for large companies. We probably should have been categorized as employees, since we weren't setting our own hours or work conditions or anything like that, but overall it was ok, outside of having to deal with stupidly expensive health insurance. I got to put more money into my IRA and deduct business expenses. I thought of myself as a dependent contractor, as opposed to an independent contractor.sophie wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:56 pm In one of his books, Harry Browne talked about how he "fired" all his employees and made them all independent contractors. The reason is that it was a better deal for both the employees and for him: less overhead, less taxes, more opportunities for deductions etc. And that's without the 20% pass through bonus.
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> For reasons that entirely escape me
State wants more in taxes, and/or this is what the public wants. Its being cheered on Reddit, as sticking it to the greedy Uber executives. Democracy sucks.
State wants more in taxes, and/or this is what the public wants. Its being cheered on Reddit, as sticking it to the greedy Uber executives. Democracy sucks.
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This and everything else he did was fantastic.dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:13 pm Ricky Gervais eating the Left:
https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1 ... 89632?s=20
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Antifa group is joining the pro-gun rally along with the usual subversives.
Now let me guess,
How much violence is there when the state Government has the Rally in a "Cage" and you mix many different points of view together.
I will Hope and Pray for the best outcome.
I will Hold Gov.Ralph Northam and his staff responsible for any injuries inside the fence, as this looks like it was put together to cause a Riot.
It will make for a Propaganda field day.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wash ... ch-over-us
Now let me guess,
How much violence is there when the state Government has the Rally in a "Cage" and you mix many different points of view together.
I will Hope and Pray for the best outcome.
I will Hold Gov.Ralph Northam and his staff responsible for any injuries inside the fence, as this looks like it was put together to cause a Riot.
It will make for a Propaganda field day.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wash ... ch-over-us
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Nice! Of course Biden's lap dogs (or Vinny's lap cats ) won't care.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/18/how-five- ... nnections/
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Au contraire!Mountaineer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:03 pm Nice! Of course Biden's lap dogs (or Vinny's lap cats ) won't care.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/18/how-five- ... nnections/
Me and my three cats are solidly AGAINST Biden!
If it came down to him against Trump, if they could vote, they'd be joining me in voting third party!
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Project Veritas Part 1
PV Part 2
PV: Another Bernie Field Organizer
PV: TWO MORE Bernie 2020 Field Organizers in South Carolina
Tim Pool
Tim Pool on newest Project Veritas release
PV Part 2
PV: Another Bernie Field Organizer
PV: TWO MORE Bernie 2020 Field Organizers in South Carolina
Tim Pool
Tim Pool on newest Project Veritas release
Whoops!“We Don’t Want to Scare People Off, So You Kinda Have to Feel it Out Before You Get into the Crazy Stuff…More, More Extreme Organizations and Stuff Like Antifa, You Know You Were Talking About Yellow Vests and All That; But, You Know We’re Kinda Keeping That, Keeping That on the Back-Burner for Right Now.”
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