The pandemic has thrown into high relief some of the longstanding issues surrounding working conditions in meatpacking facilities. John Oliver explains why greater oversight is needed, and how we can go about getting it.
re: #292 calochortus
Freepers are lamenting the end (again) of our Great Republic as the SCOTUS fails them. Someone suggested a few AGs should go after Biden’s, Harris’, et. al’s. taxes to own the libs. Someone had to point out they’ve all released them already and Biden’s are on his web site. That ended that line of discussion.
“Why would they release their taxes if they have nothing to hide?”
re: #1 Belafon
that’s my biggest fear, with getting Trumps taxes the one most likely outcome is that he lied on them. Creatively, often with the help of those folks in either his charity or business or both. Those people who prepared his taxes can be prosecuted and if you believe that they are likely to want to go to jail on DJT’s behalf, my initial take would be no. The counterpoint is that people have been willingly underbussing themselves on DJT’s behalf for decades for reasons known only to themselves, so we will have to wait and see. I mostly expect that the revelations within the tax documents create fresh threads to be pulled for additional dirty deeds dressed up in casual clothing.
Well I got back from my Dr.’s appt and I LOST 7 LBS! I lost 9 lbs my last visit so this makes 16 lbs I lost all year.
And I don’t exercise & all I eat is comfort food!
Maybe I should write a cookbook THE PIZZA, BREAD, PIE & WAFFLE DIET.
re: #3 The Pie Overlord!
Well I got back from my Dr.’s appt and I LOST 7 LBS! I lost 9 lbs my last visit so this makes 16 lbs I lost all year.
And I don’t exercise & all I eat is comfort food!
Maybe I should write a cookbook THE PIZZA, BREAD, PIE & WAFFLE DIET.
Good for you! I’ve been working on reducing my portion sizes and evening snacking. So far I’m down around 6 lbs. I haven’t lost any more weight recently, but I also haven’t gained any back, which is a win in my book for right now.
Maybe liberalism is a disease, given how much his father helped it spread. pic.twitter.com/HOrktjijGU
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 22, 2021
For the first time in decades, early Muppets Show video is now available via HBO Max, and this fucker thinks content warnings is somehow “cancel culture”? The jokes are inappropriate. There is a lot of misogyny and sexism present. That was a sign of the times… and pointing that out now isn’t cancel culture. It’s how we advance as a society. Righting wrongs.
Can also confirm this attack, the third such rocket attack in the space of a week.
It follows the fatal attack on Erbil Air Base on Monday and an attack on Balad Air Base on Saturday evening. (There are no U.S. or coalition troops at Balad, but there are U.S. contractors.) https://t.co/ZTUVVqm7qQ— Katie Bo Williams (@KatieBoWill) February 22, 2021
Clarence Thomas is concerned about election “fraud” because of his wife’s involvement in “stop the steal”. Would love to see his being forced from the bench if it could be shown that he himself supported this attempt to overturn election results. And his dissent on the Pennsylvania case certainly suggests that he was on board with his wife’s activities.
re: #8 Hecuba’s daughter
I thought it was like damn near impossible to remove a SCOTUS justice?
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I thought it was like damn near impossible to remove a SCOTUS justice?
Death, resignation, or impeachment. That’s it.
re: #7 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
According to initial OIR report, there were no injuries at the U.S. Embassy or Union III, the coalition military base.
No word yet on Iraqi civilians. https://t.co/AvOyFMxbvH— Katie Bo Williams (@KatieBoWill) February 22, 2021
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I thought it was like damn near impossible to remove a SCOTUS justice?
They can be impeached (but the GOP would never vote to convict in this case) or they can be “persuaded” (like Kennedy) that it might be a good time to depart. Although it is a life time appointment, judges have retired for various reasons.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I thought it was like damn near impossible to remove a SCOTUS justice?
Remember the PA Supreme Court justice Orie who was convicted and sentenced to jail. She refused to resign her seat on the court and the PA GOP blocked Wolf from naming a replacement. So the seat was still hers until the next judicial election.
re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter
They can be impeached (but the GOP would never vote to convict in this case) or they can be “persuaded” (like Kennedy) that it might be a good time to depart. Although it is a life time appointment, judges have retired for various reasons.
Two of the first three impeachment cases involved judges, including one on the US Supreme Court.
John Pickering (a district court judge) was removed.
Samuel Chase, a Supreme Court justice, was acquitted.
re: #13 🌹UOJB!
Remember the PA Supreme Court justice Orie who was convicted and sentenced to jail. She refused to resign her seat on the court and the PA GOP blocked Wolf from naming a replacement. So the seat was still hers until the next judicial election.
State judges are a different scenario as the rules of the state govern.
Federal judges are governed by the federal Constitution impeachment provisions.
LOL
A Joyous and Safe Purim Coming to Chabad Centers Worldwide!
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So of course now @senTomCotton goes right from using Black deaths at the hands of white supremacists to his and the right’s personal obsession with “reverse racism.” Cotton is just a slightly less creepy Stephen Miller.
— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) February 22, 2021
re: #17 jaunte
Maybe less creepy, but much more dangerous because he has power
Daft Punk announces retirement in new video. https://t.co/k39X5ZdGWI
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 22, 2021
Degt Punk pic.twitter.com/T1AZGc9Xz8
— Dog Solution (@DogSolutions) February 22, 2021
Asked about the Trump Administration’s child separations, Judge Merrick Garland said the policy was “shameful.”
“I can’t imagine anything worse than tearing parents from their children and we will provide all the cooperation we possibly can,” he added. https://t.co/AguQUMKv7U pic.twitter.com/qyeXa3EXPX— ABC News (@ABC) February 22, 2021
JUST IN: White House: President Biden will order U.S. flags lowered to half-staff for 5 days in memory of 500,000 people in the U.S. who have lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 22, 2021
Welp.
A second incident involving a Boeing plane’s engine catching fire and dropping parts has been reported - this time in the Netherlands https://t.co/qOi7OiU6oc
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 22, 2021
House Democrats request documents from DHS intelligence office about Jan. 6 attack https://t.co/qNkOfG86zR
— Matthew Levitt (@Levitt_Matt) February 22, 2021
re: #22 The Pie Overlord!
Welp.
These were different planes with different engines both of which have been in service forever. I have to imagine these are maintenance issues and not design flaws.
Edit: sorry apparently different planes same engine.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I thought it was like damn near impossible to remove a SCOTUS justice?
One might think so; however, Anthony Kennedy.
re: #22 The Pie Overlord!
Welp.
Yep, I noted that last night. Both engines are Pratt and Whitney PW4000’s, which is part of the reason why Boeing has voluntarily grounded all 777s.
re: #25 sagehen
One might think so; however, Anthony Kennedy.
Didn’t Kennedy resign only because he had a guarantee one of his acolytes would take his seat?
re: #22 The Pie Overlord!
Welp.
Traced to the same engine make: Pratt & Whitney 4000. In the Netherlands incident, someone’s car had a turbine blade punched in the roof.
re: #25 sagehen
One might think so; however, Anthony Kennedy.
Kennedy retired because he had a president who promised to replace him with a like minded judge. Clarence Thomas is not going to retire while Biden is president.
re: #28 Sherlock Hound
Didn’t realize the 747 and 777 were using the same engines.
re: #30 danarchy
Didn’t realize the 747 and 777 were using the same engines.
They’re the same engine family, but different series. They share an overarching design; however, I think only the 777’s engines have the hollow fan blades. It is entirely possible, however, that there is a shared manufacturing defect impacting all series of that engine family.
Needless to say, I think Pratt and Whitney’s executive leadership is reaching into their closet for their brown pants right now.
re: #32 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Needless to say, I think Pratt and Whitney’s executive leadership is reaching into their closet for their brown pants right now.
Apparently the PW4000’s have been around since the 80’s. I wonder when these particular engines entered service.
re: #33 danarchy
Apparently the PW4000’s have been around since the 80’s. I wonder when these particular engines entered service.
Yep. P&W have made several iterations on the design to meet the requirements of newer aircraft, unlike GE (GEnx) and Rolls-Royce (Trent).
re: #6 🌹UOJB!
Crikies - Henson was re-using his skits for different companies the same way Ernest P. Worrell (The late Jim Varney) did.
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— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) February 22, 2021
re: #36 nines09
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Yeah, we got like half an inch overnight. I’m literally not dealing with it. The temperatures this week should melt it off, I just can’t be bothered anymore. I’ve officially reached the “fuck it” part of the season.
TLDR: @maggienyt now has the opportunity to ruin the days of even more competitors. pic.twitter.com/iHhW68Cpud
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) February 22, 2021
re: #38 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I let the last 2 inch snowfall melt. But I’ll have to move this even with temps thinking about going above freezing.
Off to the slopes….
re: #39 Dread Pirate Ron
Maggs is absolute trash.
Thin Mints are trash cookies. https://t.co/1sB6UakZjH
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 22, 2021
It’s crazy how the Senate GOP is all of a sudden extremely concerned about the Attorney General being too politicized and friendly with the President.
— Red (@Redpainter1) February 22, 2021
This is the propagandizing cretin the New York Times calls when they need an op-ed. https://t.co/kTZeGldX1l
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2021
Ben Shapiro is well-known for spewing gutter racism, misogyny and homophobia, so it makes total sense that he’d be opposed to anti-racist messages.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2021
I go off meat every year for six weeks over Lent.
Not at all for religious reasons, but it is a good time of year to try to shake off the residual holiday/winter weight and try to clear some of those hormones and antibiotics that they pump modern meat full of out of my system.
I am not completely strict bout it, but I do not buy it or bring it home until Easter.
An independent investigation finds Aurora Police did not have a basis to stop, frisk, or restrain Elijah McClain. The report also found, “EMS administered a ketamine dosage based on a grossly inaccurate and inflated estimate of Mr. McClain’s size.”https://t.co/boUoZGO63g
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) February 22, 2021
re: #49 Dangerman
time to either own up to it or lose your base
re: #39 Dread Pirate Ron
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Watch Maggie join forces with BreitFART to slander Hunter Biden.
Oh gee
BREAKING: Supreme Court without comment denies Trump request to keep tax records from Manhattan district attorney
— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) February 22, 2021
re: #52 Dangerman
Oh gee
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— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 22, 2021
Look at this asshole go.
During the Obama-Biden administration we saw the Department of Justice politicized and weaponized. I hope we won’t see that repeated if Merrick Garland is confirmed. pic.twitter.com/mOVi9VROS5
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) February 22, 2021
There’s zero repercussions for REPUBLICANS who lie their asses off. None.
Blatant lies. Outrageous lies. Big lies. Small lies. No repercussions. None.
Tom Cotton: “Can to make a commitment on resources?”
Garland: “I don’t make commitments unless I know the facts first.”
Cotton: “When we confirmed Bill Barr, he was able to make a commitment on resources. Why can’t you do that now?”
Garland: “Because I’m not a liar”— The Four-Eyed Raven (@iamJxWoods) February 22, 2021
re: #58 jaunte
OUCH. Shots fired.
re: #59 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Yes! More of this. Call them out.
re: #62 jaunte
Yes! More of this. Call them out.
Merrick Garland, having been fucked over by many of these same men once five years ago, is having none of their shenanigans this time around.
re: #55 jaunte
Look at this asshole go.
Rafael will dutifully hold Garland to the very standard he failed to hold Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr to.
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re: #48 Dangerman
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There was no visual body-camera footage of McClain’s alleged reach for the gun, which the officers explained by stating that all of their cameras had fallen off.
3 cops
One skinny kid
yeah right
An old biker joke
Cops stop a 30 member gang for speeding
“Honest officer, all our throttles jammed”
re: #48 Dangerman
I hope the cops and EMS technicians are arrested and face severe consequences for this cold blooded murder.
re: #39 Dread Pirate Ron
So she used to work for Murdoch’s rag - that explains a lot…..
re: #68 Patricia Kayden
I hope the cops and EMS technicians are arrested and face severe consequences for this cold blooded murder.
They won’t. The trend is still continuing that police can literally do no wrong. Judges hand out qualified immunity and juries refuse to indict.
re: #67 Dangerman
They killed that kid because they wanted to kill a black kid. It’s so fucking obvious.
Just sickening.
Dad of the year Ted Cruz, during the Barr confirmation hearings:
“Thank you. Ms. Cary, you have worked with Mr. Barr some 2 decades. One of the things you testified about was Mr. Barr’s busy schedule, long travel hours, and yet in the midst of it all, juggling to find time to be a husband and a dad to his three daughters. As the father of daughters myself, I know how difficult that can be with public life. Can you share with the Committee some of what—just what you saw firsthand about how he managed to carry out his responsibilities and still be there for his daughters?”
congress.gov
Slime has the habit of using his daughters as a prop.
re: #60 plansbandc
CUTENESS TIME!
This gal is in one of my chiweenie FB groups. She adopted the tiniest chiween pup. OMG.
Anyway, she also has a cranky tortoiseshell male cat. Male cat has absolutely adopted tiny chiween. The two together? Well, they made my Monday.
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OMG! indeed!
That’s either a VERY tiny puppy, or does she have one of those Giant Military Cats…..??
re: #74 jaunte
Dad of the year Ted Cruz, during the Barr confirmation hearings:
Slime has the habit of using his daughters as a prop.
Because he knows time is running out before even they will no longer want anything to do with him…
Oh boy. All aboard the FAIL TRAIN, here comes the Legaltainment (tm)…
Oh my —
There’s been a letter to the court filed in Latinos for Trump v Reality Itself (the In re Gondor case). And it’s…
…well, it’s everything you might expect from something filed in this case.
Buckle up - this is a short but wild ride.https://t.co/rYFqPVRnSq— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 22, 2021
re: #60 plansbandc
A male Tortie? That’s pretty rare….
re: #69 Patricia Kayden
Wow!! Go Garland!!
This is how disinformation becomes “fact”
Garland did not say that, I’ve been watching. Garland has been very judicious about his choice of words.
re: #78 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
In this case, it’s the FAIL TREN.
re: #75 Jay C
SOOOOOOOOOOO tiny. Oh my GAWWWWDDD.
re: #80 danarchy
This is how disinformation becomes “fact”
Garland did not say that, I’ve been watching. Garland has been very judicious about his choice of words.
Duly noted. I should’ve expected as much.
re: #79 Eric The Fruit Bat
Super rare. Almost always female.
re: #79 Eric The Fruit Bat
She just corrected her post. Old lady cat. I thought the male thing might have been wrong. Boss cat and cranky still checks out.
But she has fallen for the tiny chiween and I’m there for it. According to the owner, they are currently hanging out by the backdoor watching the world go by.
So measured in his appearances on PBS but so wonderfully sarcastic on twitter:
Presume that the highly principled Senator Hawley will recuse himself tomorrow when U.S. Capitol police chief and sergeants-at-arms are questioned during hearing about the January 6 insurrection. Right?
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 22, 2021
And, true tpo form, The Cruz’s family dog Snowflake has her own Twitter Account
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