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Forum: Current events 08-16-2015, 06:53 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,655
Posted By mac mini
When a lawyer reaches partner or Dr graduates...

When a lawyer reaches partner or Dr graduates from residency or professor becomes tenured the pressure is lessened. It doesn't sound like that happens at Amazon. You get terminated for illness,...
Forum: Current events 08-16-2015, 06:26 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,655
Posted By mac mini
"It's a workplace designed for weasels." Ike...

"It's a workplace designed for weasels." Ike Bana

It's a workplace designed to turn the worker into a weasel. A worker accepts a bonus upon being hired, and perhaps a moving bonus, and then...
Forum: Current events 08-16-2015, 04:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,655
Posted By mac mini
Bezoz owns the Washington Post too. We're doomed.

Bezoz owns the Washington Post too. We're doomed.
Forum: Current events 08-16-2015, 03:14 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,655
Posted By mac mini
Who shops on Amazon?

I admit to doing a lot of shopping on the internet with proportionally more on Amazon. My wife's majority of reading is on Kindle. Today I read this article. From now on I'm gonna make the effort...
Forum: Politics 10-07-2013, 05:24 PM
Replies: 161
Views: 7,162
Posted By mac mini
Mr Mezz, what is your point? People who support...

Mr Mezz, what is your point? People who support universal health care hate America, is that it?

The "American Way of Life" what is that in your own words?

What is the Adminstration's...
Forum: Current events 01-03-2013, 06:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,163
Posted By mac mini
Al Jazeera Cable will be a nice balance for Fox...

Al Jazeera Cable will be a nice balance for Fox News, well maybe a bit more impartial.
Forum: Current events 01-01-2013, 07:43 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,244
Posted By mac mini
I just don't have much faith in Adam Smith's...

I just don't have much faith in Adam Smith's invisible hand. Remember NAFTA? Keeping farmland as farmland is a good thing. Although there is no way I would want to live near a pig farm, especially...
Forum: Current events 01-01-2013, 05:27 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,244
Posted By mac mini
Cheap and readily available food is a good thing....

Cheap and readily available food is a good thing. The argument is if you remove subsidy you loose farmland and prices go up. High food prices are disproportionally unfair to the poor.
Forum: Current events 12-21-2012, 04:06 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,754
Posted By mac mini
My forecast for armed teachers in the classroom. ...

My forecast for armed teachers in the classroom. No one will want to do it so it will fall to the one teacher who is thought of as a little different by both staff and students. He will take his...
Forum: Off-topic 12-14-2012, 06:08 PM
Replies: 9,829
Views: 567,307
Posted By mac mini
So Much Trouble in the World - Bob Marley

So Much Trouble in the World - Bob Marley
Forum: Religion & Politics 12-05-2012, 06:29 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,879
Posted By mac mini
"Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the...

"Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time wish that it will be universal law" Emanuel Kant, existentialist and Godless man.

You don't need religion to teach morals. Morals,...
Forum: Off-topic 12-05-2012, 06:06 PM
Replies: 9,829
Views: 567,307
Posted By mac mini
Back in "The day" around 1978 the jukebox at the...

Back in "The day" around 1978 the jukebox at the local watering hole (Shorty's) would play all the current hits. In that year my song was Steely Dan's "FM" with the refrain "the girls don't seem to...
Forum: Politics 12-03-2012, 06:50 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,428
Posted By mac mini
Have to agree but the democrats aren't as...

Have to agree but the democrats aren't as organized as the republicans and they can be spineless.

I don't belong to organized political party. I'm a democrat.
Will Rogers 1935
Forum: Politics 12-03-2012, 06:34 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,178
Posted By mac mini
I see my district, #17, is now 30 miles north of...

I see my district, #17, is now 30 miles north of my house, and my congressman, Tim Holden, is extinct at the end of the year because of the gerrymandering. Do you think he would like to hear my...
Forum: Off-topic 12-03-2012, 10:55 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,444
Posted By mac mini
If the party is at your house the music will be...

If the party is at your house the music will be good. However, please include the Byrds "Untitled" They do some live versions of their earlier hits that are good and the 15 minutes or so of "Eight...
Forum: Economy 12-02-2012, 04:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,027
Posted By mac mini
I'm in "Fiscal Cliff" summer school trying to...

I'm in "Fiscal Cliff" summer school trying to pull my grade up. Your article will have to wait. However, I work for a German company with some German workers. I'll put the question to them, "Is...
Forum: Politics 12-01-2012, 12:06 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,428
Posted By mac mini
Take the Fiscal Cliff quiz. My score was 41%. ...

Take the Fiscal Cliff quiz. My score was 41%. The bar has been set.

[http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fiscal-cliff-20121114-quiz,0,4665802.story
Forum: Politics 12-01-2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,428
Posted By mac mini
You win! :)

You win! :)
Forum: Politics 12-01-2012, 08:18 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,428
Posted By mac mini
WAPO suggests "Austerity Crisis" One commenter...

WAPO suggests "Austerity Crisis"
One commenter suggests "poison pill", I'd like to go with that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/13/the-fiscal-cliff-the-austerity-crisis/
Forum: Off-topic 11-29-2012, 03:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,139
Posted By mac mini
I prefer classic weird. ...

I prefer classic weird.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Wienermobile-NAIAS-2005.jpg/800px-Wienermobile-NAIAS-2005.jpg
Forum: Politics 11-28-2012, 07:27 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,915
Posted By mac mini
"The reports of my death are greatly...

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". Mark Twain

I wonder if the country would be in a better place if he had beaten Clinton.
Forum: Politics 11-28-2012, 11:02 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,090
Posted By mac mini
My favorite comment from WAPO: "Since Senator...

My favorite comment from WAPO:
"Since Senator Mitch McConnell's goal will be to deny President Obama a third term, it makes sense to reform fillibuster rules so a super majority is not needed to...
Forum: Politics and the Environment 11-27-2012, 04:54 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 8,785
Posted By mac mini
With gene splicing, human genome project, cure...

With gene splicing, human genome project, cure for aging, biological warfare, global warming, and fundamentalist Christians it is hard to predict where this world is going.
Forum: Politics 11-27-2012, 04:34 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,986
Posted By mac mini
Obama is taking the Fiscal Cliff discussion to...

Obama is taking the Fiscal Cliff discussion to the people. He should be in front of the TV cameras 24 /7 Bill Clinton style shining a light on Grover Norquist's chokehold on revenues. If they don't...
Forum: Religion & Politics 11-22-2012, 06:23 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,262
Posted By mac mini
White eurocentric culture very much had a...

White eurocentric culture very much had a cultural reverence for nature at 3000 or 4000 BC, e.g. cave paintings. The institution of law and the advancement of agriculture killed it.
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