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It's depressing when you can't tell the difference between a tv show from 2021 and the Jungle from 1906.
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Should have high-lighted a case where a severed limb got into the ground beef, really.
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Feb 22, 2021 21:53
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Rappaport posted:Should have high-lighted a case where a severed limb got into the ground beef, really. Even in this, that's probably a rarity. Focusing on the day to day grinding down and just the lack of safety measures on the job is something everyone can see and understand. If you focus on the time a limb got into the ground beef that's all people will remember.
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Feb 23, 2021 00:45
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The part about companies being allowed to opt out of worker comp is loving disgusting.
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Feb 23, 2021 01:09
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The whole segment was  in a nutshell
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Feb 23, 2021 01:42
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:We got Texas Power Grid as the opener, I think that's the best we could have hoped for this soon! You already know this first-hand but if you or anyone else would love to be pissed off for the next 63 minutes, check out the latest episode of Citations Needed! Episode 131: The "Essential Worker" Racket - How 'COVID Hero' Discourse Is Used To Discipline Labor quote:"Elon Musk sent a thank-you note to Tesla's workers returning to work," Business Insider squeals. Walmart teams up with UPS to air an ad "thanking essential workers." "Jeff Bezos Just Posted an Open Letter to Amazon Employees About the Coronavirus. Every Smart Business Leader Needs to Read It," insists an article in Inc.
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Feb 23, 2021 06:49
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seaborgium posted:Even in this, that's probably a rarity. Focusing on the day to day grinding down and just the lack of safety measures on the job is something everyone can see and understand. If you focus on the time a limb got into the ground beef that's all people will remember. I apologize, it was a lame joke. The book The Jungle which was referenced in the post above mine caused an uproar not because it detailed the horrible working conditions in the meat industry in general, but because it contained bits where human meat was mixed in with animal meat, to be sold on to consumers.
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Feb 23, 2021 13:49
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What's funny about The Jungle is that while it shed light on the horrors of the meat packing industry and mobilized people to fight for government regulation, which is all it's commonly remembered for, that wasn't really even close to the author's intent. It was like if people revered Romeo & Juliet only because of its portrayal of the average everyday struggles of 16th century Italian aristocracy. Our, if they read Fahrenheit 451 and somehow thought it was about censorship.
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Feb 23, 2021 14:27
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I think I remember hearing that a lot of the details about meat packing in The Jungle were just made up rather than being actual reporting on conditions, but when all those things were written, everybody realized there was no guarantee that any of that stuff wasn't happening, so it caused a panic. Still, these are actual horrible conditions that desperately need to be addressed. I wonder if Oliver will bother reporting on what's happening with Griddy as a result of the Texas blackouts. It's not a very big issue, but it could be an opportunity to talk about Gritty as well.
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Feb 26, 2021 00:22
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Yeah the texas opener didn't even get into the electricity as commodity bullshit (Griddy!!) and exactly how the lack of regulation led to this as well as the natural gas producers and speculators profiting wildly off of this. The recent ERCOT meeting deck release is a very good source of info too. The whole 'fox news crows about green new deal' is from how Texas went in to sunday night with like 25 or 30GW of generational capacity down, 14GW or so of which was wind. On monday however it was 50GW down, 18GW or so from wind. Also the latest 'Well Theres Your Problem' podcast was on it as well, though I don't know if the report I'm referencing came out in time for their production schedule...
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Feb 26, 2021 08:13
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So I'm certainly learning new and terrifying things about USA today. Like, Chrissy's Court was a thing? And apparently Jessica Chastain was not in the Jurassic World movies?
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Mar 1, 2021 18:44
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The main segment seems like a lot of news that was already widely known, cops love building up a fantasy of getting involved in ultra violence that they then go out and create by brutally attacking innocent people with their big toys with minimal impediments and receive no consequences. Defund the police, get social workers and nonviolent response teams for 9/11 calls, make police accountable, all that. Cop Rock seems kinda fun.
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Mar 1, 2021 20:16
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SlothfulCobra posted:Cop Rock seems kinda fun. It wasn't. I wanted to like it, but it was not good. Oddly enough, when he was setting up the segment, I realized he was probably going to do a Cop Rock reference, and then he did. It was an ambitious project that sounded good on paper, but having a TV musical with original songs every week just can't work unless you have multiple teams of writers constantly writing and scoring. Add to that making it also a Law & Ordet show? It's failure was predetermined.
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Mar 1, 2021 21:08
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I also saw the Cop Rock reference was coming right before it happened. And for the record, this is the best Cop Rock clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLm5Sn1cMyQ
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Mar 2, 2021 00:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9G-rXdTZmc
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Mar 2, 2021 03:41
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Oh I get why it failed. The inherent silliness of musicals doesn't mix well with the implicit seriousness of a police procedural, and cranking out songs is hard. I think the most successful show at cranking out a high density of original songs throughout the show's run is Phineas and Ferb. Used to be that variety shows relied on borrowing the rights to songs to keep going. I looked up a few other songs, and while there's a lot of trash, there's some neat ones in there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEiBT1kqQOo
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Mar 2, 2021 03:51
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It failed by being too early. If they did Cop Rock now it'd be an internet sensation.
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Mar 2, 2021 04:09
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I think Cop Rock probably failed mostly because it was really, really silly and bad
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Mar 2, 2021 05:03
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Grand Fromage posted:It failed by being too early. If they did Cop Rock now it'd be an internet sensation. Quibi shoulda shot their shot...
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Mar 2, 2021 05:34
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Most unrealistic part of this isn't the singing but the fact that the cops are arresting a bunch of rich white people for buying drugs.
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Mar 2, 2021 17:17
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Man, Rick Scott and his efforts to decrease welfare. Might as well dig up this gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0TIyuGemAQ
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Mar 9, 2021 01:24
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I didn't realize this show was back so I'm trying to get caught up. The episode about meatpacking plants was outstanding. The part about Pilgrim's Pride founder Lonnie Pilgrim makes me desperately want to believe Hell is real so he can go there.
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Mar 10, 2021 01:25
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https://youtu.be/br0NW9ufUUw Remember those clocks
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Mar 14, 2021 15:16
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Everyone's real whiny in the spring, but it's real loving great in the fall when all of a sudden you start repaying your sleep debt.
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Mar 14, 2021 17:47
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I wish congress would just abolish people complaining about daylight saving time, already. i’ve been hearing them thinking of abolishing daylight saving time altogether since the 90s, the same poo poo every year. It’s the only hobby some people have, bitching about having to pay attention to their clocks twice a year.
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Mar 14, 2021 22:35
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pwn posted:I wish congress would just abolish people complaining about daylight saving time, already. The current talk I hear is keeping it on full time, which I'm not entirely sure how that's different than removing it Other than being stupid vs the rest of the world, which I suppose is the American way
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Mar 14, 2021 22:50
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Daylight saving loving owns and I refuse to hear a bad word about it 
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Mar 14, 2021 23:00
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Almost every clock I have or see automatically adjusts based on an internet connection, so I don't know or care about daylight savings anymore. It can stay if it wants, but I wouldn't even notice if someone didn't say something to me at this point.
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Mar 14, 2021 23:06
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Azhais posted:The current talk I hear is keeping it on full time, which I'm not entirely sure how that's different than removing it Removing it means it’s perpetually dark an hour earlier. Keeping it means it’s perpetually dark an hour later. Pretty sure most people prefer an extra hour of daylight at 6pm rather than at 5am.
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Mar 15, 2021 01:01
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I'm not a fan when it's still light out at 9pm in the summer.
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Mar 15, 2021 01:15
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Removing it means it’s perpetually dark an hour earlier. Exactly. Not changing the clocks today would mean that, come around the Solstice in June, in many parts of the country, sunrise would be starting to crack in the 3am hour. And leaving them set where they are now year-round would mean darkness in the 3 pm hour come December. Neither of those things sound enjoyable to me. 3 o’clock is a threshold for sunrise/sunset, arbitrary though it may seem.
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Mar 15, 2021 01:26
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Keyser_Soze posted:I'm not a fan when it's still light out at 9pm in the summer. Counterpoint: the 8:30pm beach sunset is magical and the best time for an ocean swim
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Mar 15, 2021 02:36
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pwn posted:I wish congress would just abolish people complaining about daylight saving time, already. In California we voted for Sacramento to address it a couple years ago, wonder whatever happened to that.
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Mar 15, 2021 02:51
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Oh gently caress it's a Tucker Carlson episode this week, get your popcorn the Swanson heir is gonna throw one hell of a poo poo show, can't wait 
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Mar 15, 2021 08:55
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Keyser_Soze posted:I'm not a fan when it's still light out at 9pm in the summer. Yeah it's too much. Just get dark already so nobody can accuse me of day drinking!
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Mar 15, 2021 11:31
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That was quite the segment. John doesn't say anything about Tucker that folk here wouldn't already know, but seeing him signal boost the laundering of white supremacy through a major media talking head to his wider audience is still something.
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Mar 15, 2021 12:21
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SlothfulCobra posted:Man, Rick Scott and his efforts to decrease welfare. Might as well dig up this gem. It's so American that the greatest welfare fraudster in history is a Republican who got super rich off and it keeps getting elected into office.
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Mar 15, 2021 13:59
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I'm surprised they didn't bring up Tucker's head writer being fired after reporters found his account on a white nationalist site. https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...4af1_story.html
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Mar 16, 2021 02:12
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Skippy McPants posted:That was quite the segment. John doesn't say anything about Tucker that folk here wouldn't already know, but seeing him signal boost the laundering of white supremacy through a major media talking head to his wider audience is still something. The trademarked slogan for Carlson's show is "Standing up for what's Right". They are not even pretending to be subtle about it. The dogwhistle is a bullhorn.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I'm surprised they didn't bring up Tucker's head writer being fired after reporters found his account on a white nationalist site. Yeah I was thinking this every time a clip came up.
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