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CommieGIR posted:"Respect the flag!" *violates the flag code* You want to talk about crimes let's talk about a rhinestone and leopard print jean jacket
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Mar 4, 2021 18:16
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facialimpediment posted:A follow-up here and an example of how stupid the system is - there's no automatic withholding on unemployment payments! California has a box you check if you want federal taxes withheld. Hopefully the other states do too.
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Mar 6, 2021 02:26
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Taxing unemployment benefits really is the right thing to do. If the choice is between providing unemployment benefits post-tax or using the same amount of money to add to the pre-tax benefits, the latter option means more money going to lower income families. I know nothing about UI taxes and their consequences if you know of any good sources.
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Mar 6, 2021 03:23
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facialimpediment posted:*Maybe* you get a halfassed bill. I don't think you get the Bidenbux, maybe you get a 50-50 split on judges where you get one liberal for every conservative, and the cabinet probably would be going like it is now. McConnell didn't confirm judges last time and relations haven't exactly improved since. Probably nothing gets done and they spend 4 years investigating Hunter, Joe, whoever else with GOP control.
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Mar 6, 2021 21:06
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Mustang posted:And that seething mass of conservative rage did turn out to vote in force and lost the presidency and the senate despite their record setting turnout. Not by an insurmountable margin that can't be overcome at some point in the next 4 years. Democrats need to create and push messaging touting their bill and GOP resistance, as well as socialist policies to build support.
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Mar 7, 2021 19:02
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boop the snoot posted:I solemnly approach a fully stocked all you can eat buffet. I go up to the resident billionaire who is on his fifth full plate and tell him I am starving. I haven’t eaten in weeks. The problem is this argument goes in a circle here between whats possible, what's necessary, accepting the status quo because change is impossible, pushing for extreme change because its necessary, helping starving people now or delaying their pain for greater future gains, deal with the world as it is or as it should be, etc. Democrats have a good start and need to build on it.
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Mar 7, 2021 20:18
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boop the snoot posted:The point is don’t say thank you or be happy for a chicken wing when the person giving it to you is sitting at an all you can eat buffet. It wasn't given willingly and a good portion of the country thought they wanted something else. Gains are being made by executive order and a 50+1 senate majority and can easily be foiled with the shift of a small number of votes. Democrats have to make people feel like it was a good thing that represents greater possibilities.
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Mar 7, 2021 20:31
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maffew buildings posted:Is whip an honorary title like grand marshal of your local town parade? Maybe they could work on getting their loving people in line. The other side doesn't seem to have that issue This is a key issue for the Dems in that their party has greater breadth than the GOP, especially after 4 years of Trumpism snuffing out any opposition. They need to build up their propaganda outlets and create and relentlessly push a unified message.
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Mar 7, 2021 23:09
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Defenestrategy posted:lol if you wanna do construction in Georgia or any other right to work state. At both water plant jobs I was working at the general construction dudes where making something like 12 an hour and some really piss poor insurance, the only dudes making any sort of living was the super, the welder, and the carpenter. I say it might be better than flipping burgers depending on how you value the various wounds and damage you take from accidents and other stupid poo poo. Federal government can dictate terms such as union labor, prevailing wage, etc as part of a bill.
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Mar 8, 2021 00:52
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RFC2324 posted:I've always felt like the queen is an example of a positive royal, the kind who believes that their prestige and power comes with actual responsibility and duty that has to be fulfilled. She just did a piss poor job of teaching that to her children I was going to say I doubt the younger family members are all that racist and realized her children are like 70+
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Mar 8, 2021 23:28
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Christ I'm an actual subject of them and I care about it way less than this thread seems to I'm a fan of enforcing UK regime change
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Mar 9, 2021 03:30
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PeterCat posted:That's why you shouldn't have big dogs in town. Dachshunds are the dog with the most bite reports and they are generally ~20lbs. Mine are 9lbs and my short haired will go for blood if you try to brush his teeth or cut his nails.
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Mar 9, 2021 22:41
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:cop dogs are good dogs don't @ me All dogs are good dogs
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Mar 10, 2021 00:52
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shame on an IGA posted:why the gently caress is a guy who makes $10,000,000/yr playing basketball even streaming in the first place Streaming can pull those numbers in as well, Ninja was making $15 mil+ or something when Fortnight was big. Lando Norris streams as do many others. Its a different revenue stream, insurance if something happens at the day job and builds a following for retirement. Having a large following also gives you commercial clout and athletes make most of their money through endorsements.
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Mar 10, 2021 03:03
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Leavemywife posted:Thanks for that answer. Here comes another dumbass question; why don't they use the actual vote counts to, y'know, decide the vote of the people? Why gently caress around with that poo poo, making it harder than it needs to be? EC was built with the 3/5 comlromise in mind. Theres a reason we don't impart our system when we spread the word of freedom in oppressed countries.
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Mar 11, 2021 06:10
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PeterCat posted:Tara Reade was sacrificed on the altar of lesser evilism. Has to last till 22 or Kamala only gets to run once, duh
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Mar 13, 2021 00:48
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Just got my Trump stimulus and a notice from Kaiser to schedule my 1st shot which will happen on April 2nd. Sounds like shots should be generally available in the next couple weeks.
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Mar 13, 2021 22:04
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:To at least credit the article, it does say at the bottom that it hasn't been reviewed yet. Its just boilerplate language. They want to expand access to research papers and publishing, get quite a bit of questionable science because of it and can't dedicate the resources to say anything about most of them.
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Mar 16, 2021 00:50
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Icon Of Sin posted:NC is moving to phase 4 (out of 5) of COVID vaccines starting tomorrow. Phase 4a is people age 16-64 (65+ were earlier) with pre-existing conditions, and 4b (currently scheduled for Apr 7th) is all other workers. Phase 5 doesn’t have a date that I’ve seen, but if we keep up this rate NC may actually beat the federal goal of opening vaccines to everyone in May. Kaiser opened up shots starting April here but the county has been offering to most people so I switched to Thursday. My dad works at the medical university assisting with it and said the rapid pace of opening up vaccination is due more to people deciding not to get it. He was talking about 30-50% rates in population segments.
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Mar 17, 2021 03:06
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maffew buildings posted:I'm going to make a hot take - evoking the imagery of what went down back when for groups that are now integrated is not a good look and tone loving deaf when minorities are being murdered by racists and cops on the daily here. Especially since, I can only speak to Italian Americans based on my family experience, that group is racist as all loving get out. We should be able to acknowledge bad actions in the past without seeing them as a distraction from present issues. Edit: If he was making a "Group had bad or worse things than other group and managed to overcome" statement, trying to play one off against the other I would agree but he's not. lightpole fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Mar 18, 2021 |
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Mar 18, 2021 17:29
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stealie72 posted:The US isn't exactly a success story on vaccinations. I haven't seen full numbers on this and am not an expert in any way, but some of my work is adjacent to public health and part of the "success" in moving into the next phases is that there's so many people that are not willing to be vaccinated. So we're working on "everyone that wants a vaccination will have one by may" being about 1/2 of everyone eligible to get it. My dad was saying 30-50% take up rates on the vaccine in eligible segments. I'm hoping it's closer to 50%. Just got #1 today and the mass part of it felt weird walking through the lines at the local fairgrounds.
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Mar 18, 2021 20:54
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Defenestrategy posted:Probably better than my experience yesterday. Got an appointment at the pharmacy down the street because I sat up the night before refreshing the online appointment thing. Got one for about 5:30, thing said to arrive 15 minutes early, and to print and fill out a questionnaire thing. Arrived 30 minutes early, sat in line for an hour because the same line was handling both vaccine check ins and regular pharmacy things, handed them the online questionnaire thing I printed out that morning, got told the thing had a few missing questions and I would have to fill out the same packet with two questions added. Posted up against a wall and did it quickly, handed it back, got told there was four people in front of me, and it really shouldn't be more than fifteen minutes. Thirty minutes go by and a dude who looked like he had either a spine or leg issue gets up to the desk and tells the pharmacy his pain meds weren't working and he'd needed better ones. The pharmacists said they weren't allowed to prescribe meds, and he'd have to get his doctor to call it in. This developed into cursing and screaming and security dragging the dude out. It is now 7:00 and I start to feel the need to take a piss, I ask the pharmacy if there was a bathroom I could use, apparently its employee's only, and if I left the pharmacy and got called I may lose my spot for the day, and besides it shouldn't be too much longer. 8:00 rolls around and my bladder feels like its going to burst when they call me up, I get my shot, they tell me to hang around for ten minutes and I said I'd be right back and go piss in the parking lot. Ouch that sucks! Glad you got it though. Mine was the same process, just much more organized. County sent out an email using eventbrite, grabbed the ticket, showed up to fairgrounds and parked. Grabbed the questionnaire and filled it out in the 5 minute line, checked in, got the shot, said hi to my dads wife since she is volunteering as a post shot people watcher, left after sitting for 15 minutes. They trained up a lot of the local medical university and voluntold students they were helping and then also offered early vaccines to people who volunteered to assist in the process, which is how my dads wife got hers. All my notices are saying vaccines are going to be offered to everyone starting April, at least in the North Bay Area. Did they schedule the 2nd shot for you as well? The ticket set dates for both 1st and 2nd shot so I already know I have to go back 4/15 at 0900. lightpole fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Mar 18, 2021 |
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Mar 18, 2021 21:51
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Blind Rasputin posted:I often wonder just what exactly the gently caress Tucker Carlson has on them that Fox News simply will not ever dethrone the guy. He’s made so many egregious fuckups and continues to spout the worst most painfully obvious crisis provoking drivel and he’s still on the air. Nearly every single other one of their prime time show heads has been taken down for lesser evils. I guess he hasn’t sexually harassed/assaulted any employees there (like all the other ones) so that must be the the straw that breaks the camel’s back for them. I just don’t get it. Either the number of eyes has to drop or they have to become so toxic most advertisers won't touch them. Tucker manages to stay on the good side of advertisers is the biggest difference.
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Grip it and rip it posted:What do any of y'all recommend for news? Most of the papers I check daily (CNN, NYT,) are pretty lovely. I also occasionally read al-jazeera english or the BBC if there are international events in trying to follow. A weekly. The amount of time you spend focused on small things that just make you angry is limited and the important things are filtered out. The Economist is good aside from its America's military needs to be active as a force for good stance and I am questioning the continued reliance on the HBS economic model as its outdated.
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Mar 19, 2021 16:17
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Dog thread isn't always updated daily but make sure to check it for mental health reasons, especially if you find yourself focusing on the 24 hour news cycle.
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Mar 19, 2021 16:57
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Evil SpongeBob posted:I'm guessing a few positive urinalyses there. My agency relaxed standards on prescription use of other's drugs and hard drugs because it was impossible to find people who didn't take their roommates adderall or military guys sharing tylenol 3 during remote deployments. A poly is basically meaningless as an origination of truth, and failing a drug test in a federal job means you aren't smart enough to stay there. lightpole fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Mar 20, 2021 |
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Mar 20, 2021 07:17
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Mr. Nice! posted:The Suez Canal has been blocked for hours by the container ship Ever Given: Waterways aren't really built for the big stuff now. I got stuck in Rotterdam when one lost steering and ran up onto the bank, blocking the canal. Luckily it was done at low tide and they managed to get some North Sea tugs in place and had a very high tide to pull it off with. I don't remember any large tugs in Egypt so they might have to wait for some to come through.
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Mar 23, 2021 21:25
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hobbesmaster posted:Does the Suez not use pilots? They do. That most likely happened due to critical failure over someone just putting it into the bank.
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Mar 23, 2021 21:26
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Seems like a good opportunity for pirates. Well outside pirate territory. The tribesmen on the east Bank might try and target but Egypt doesn't like people loving with the canal since it makes a lot of dollars. Bedouin or whatever
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Mr. Nice! posted:There's definitely a mechanical issue. That thing has been stuck for hours with lots of tug assistance. Rotterdam was talking about closing to ships over like 600' for a month till the next full moon high tide and for tugs to come. A ship that size just drifting onto the bank and then getting wedged is a nightmare and probably requires 100k+ hp tugs on each side to pull it off. And tugs can't sail through to get to the other side so moving parts into position and hoping for a good tide...
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Only 20k TEUs and in a multi way for 13th largest vessel. Its barely a ULCS.
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https://gcaptain.com/containership-cscl-jupiter-hard-aground-scheldt/ Jupiter was 3 years ago in Antwerp apparently, its all a blur. She was only 2/3 the TEU of the Ever Given and grounded on a mud bank. Also the Scheldt has big tides which helped, probably won't be a thing in the Suez.
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Mar 23, 2021 22:59
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Time for the Suez Canal to read How to Avoid Huge Ships, I guess. Thats the one way convoy section just south of the lake. I think she was leading the convoy. Looks like she's headed north so she is going to be full. lightpole fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Mar 24, 2021 |
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Mar 24, 2021 00:42
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:short answer is that there is going to be no short, easy or cheap solution This one. I have no idea what options are on the table for this, I'm usually stuck maneuvering for the transit and don't get to see much so I have no idea what they are facing. I believe the alternate route adds about a month to the Asia-Europe passage and I thought the fees were like $100k/transit or something. Theres a huge amount of money sitting there and theres a limit to how fast that backlog will clear since there's no two way traffic in that section. Add in JIT manufacturing and Europe could run into difficulties pretty quick. Speed is the only thing that matters and they will dump money on this. More specifically Evergreen will dump money on this. One of the girls in the class below mine works with their senior management and said they are currently making GBS threads themselves.
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Wasabi the J posted:So is the ship more likely to be searched now? Just honestly curious. Heh. No reason... If you're talking about moving random poo poo in a container, security on those is pretty bad and the ability to properly track and check them is almost non-existent. If you're talking about just moving random poo poo hidden in a hold or stashed in some random webbing, probably going to want to be able to carry it by yourself but it's easily possible. CBP comes on every now and then and searches the house but they don't really do much outside of that. You just walk off after they clear you and noone bothers you. Whoever was on the helm as well as the top four at minimum would have pissed in a cup before the tugs got there probably. They will use the drug test most likely and probably not bother searching but it's Egypt so if they run out of Marlborough Reds and don't put money in the right hands they will just hold the ship.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Ya but it isn't blocking the whole canal now I think Canal is like 150M wide or something at that point. As long as its there the canal is blocked. Edit: maybe 200 or 250? Still, there's no room there. lightpole fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Mar 24, 2021 |
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Mar 24, 2021 19:56
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Is the canal locked off or is there a current flow? How the gently caress have you not been through? I thought it was just about inevitable. Canal transit from Med to Red Sea generally goes: Stop by container terminal on west bank at Port Said. Pick up pilots for southbound convoy, head out early morning. Northern part from Port Said down to lake had two way travel I think, the waterway is natural and wider. Hit the lake and anchor for a period to wait for northbound convoy to pass. South of the lake is the man made passage. It was pretty narrow but they expanded it in the last decade. Take departure at Port Suez, no terminal there, grab security team for pirate zone passage. Transit Red Sea, pirate zone starts around Bab al Mandab and extends out into the Indian Ocean. Northbound is just opposite but you would anchor at Port Suez and skip lake anchorage. I think its usually like 17 hours. 10ish for the north and 5ish for the south? Last time I went through was like 2014 so my memory is a bit hazy. Going to accept a good layer of dust on everything even if there's no real wind. Wind can pick up pretty easily and you get dust storms out into the Indian Ocean. Discharge sludge at the anchorage in Port Suez if you have time. I miss actually visiting Port Said, they built the terminal about a decade ago and its on the far bank now so visiting is next to impossible.
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Med is awesome if you just stay there. I've only done Panama once, its not really common for US flags to cross anymore.
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