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An Inconvenient Truth About The New Slavery
unbillievable replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I agree with the analogy for the problem, what the debate boils down to, is the solution. The Liberal solution is to hamstring the faster runners with boulders. The Conservative solution is to move the finish line closer to the start. If "equality" is your only goal, then the choice is obvious.... Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free. -
Al Sharpton On Texas. They Had It Coming?
unbillievable replied to Dante's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
How is the southwest getting record rain fall while California is in a drought? I thought the Rocky Mountains fed into the Colorado river? -
$15 Minimum Wage Battle Moves To Other Industries
unbillievable replied to Tiberius's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Do you tip at a buffet? -
An Inconvenient Truth About The New Slavery
unbillievable replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Here's a thought: Are Black people stuck in the ghetto? or is it a ghetto because of black people? There are a lot of programs designed to get minorities out of a bad neighborhood. But when they finally move to a good neighborhood, it eventually becomes another bad neighborhood. -
Is teaching good manners culturally biased?
unbillievable replied to OCinBuffalo's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
You guys are confusing "manners" with "etiquette." The lessons involving using a knife, fork, with a napkin on the lap is etiquette, and it is obviously culturally biased. (Since many cultures don't have forks,) Of course, the argument can be made that the children should learn about American culture. Manners have to do more with polite behavior. How to treat the servers. Don't double-dip. Don't talk and chew at the same time, etc. -
Global warming err Climate change HOAX
unbillievable replied to Very wide right's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
We've had unusually high amounts of rain here in the Southwest. However, California is still declaring a drought emergency. Global warming is targeting liberals. -
Graduation Speeches By Obama Admin People.
unbillievable replied to OCinBuffalo's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I attended a medical school graduation where it started and ended with prayer including a key-note speaker about how the graduates are going out to do God's work, (with reading of scripture); which was surprising since I didn't know it was a religious school. (my graduation sure didn't include either). No mention of Obamacare, or any other liberal policies like global warming. I would suspect that it has more to do with the University's philosophy than some Obama edict. -
They're spending all your time networking and promoting. Not making Art. You're basically back to doing a crappy job anyway. Of course I liked doing the creative stuff, but hated the business side of deadlines, promotion, presentations, and networking. (and guess which one took up more of my time?) Turning what you love into a job can be a curse. You end up hating what you used to love.
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I've done both. What I've found is that the opposite can also be quite fulfilling. I prefer the regular paychecks to art and destitution. Making money frees you up to do a lot more things. You have options. Time maybe short, but the quality sure has improved since I made the switch. You can either spend all of your time in the basement exploring yourself, or find yourself sitting at the Louvre admiring the masterpieces. I preferred the latter. If you choose to make furniture, you better be sure that's really what you want to do forever, because leaving that job closed all other options. Most people either burn out or lose interest doing "projects". Then they're screwed, and become a burden on the rest of us. (and for the record, having to ask your parents for rent money at +30yrs old sucks worse than going to that crappy job.)
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Wealth Inequality Hurting Economy (duh)
unbillievable replied to Tiberius's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The key to getting appreciated for your job is to take time off. After a while, your boss starts assuming that your job is too easy because you're doing it so well. So you need to remind them just how hard you work. Especially when they have to bring in three people to cover you. The boss notices. It's quite satisfying to see coworkers sigh in relief when they see that you're back. I've gotten hugs. "This job is very difficult to do, I just make it look easy." -
Football with Built-In PSI Gauge in Development
unbillievable replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It's simpler than that. Just add pressure sensors to pads. Or include the chips in player as well. (elbow or knee hit's 0.00 elevation, then he's down. )Forward Progess is easy to track. The only exception is if the player voluntarily goes backwards, which is only ruled when it's blatantly obvious anyway. At that point the computer can track when he started going forward again. Baseball has the same problem. There is technology to get rid of the umpires, but people just want the drama of bad calls. Just look at judges in Tennis being able to over-rule a laser. -
Aaron Hernandez new tattoo
unbillievable replied to stevestojan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It's actually a really smart business decision. The Bloods just signed him to a long-term contract. -
I tried having discussions with millienials (college students) and what I found is that they don't know much beyond the headlines. You try to talk details and they get confused. The really passionate ones immediately start with personal insults: "Racist, homophobe, Elitist...." rather than trying to refute the facts. One even told me that my "fact" was "proven wrong" because she couldn't find it in a google search. I actually had to find the article myself and show it to her; which she then rebutted by saying that "not everything you find on the internet is true," which I found ironic since her entire ideology is based around comments she reads off social media. (She readily admitted that she rarely bothers to even click on the links to read the full article- just headlines)
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New gun control thread!
unbillievable replied to Jim in Anchorage's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
They should pass a law making illegal guns against the law to own. -
Conservatives don't have to do any of the things Dorkington has listed. All they have to do is to wait for those young people to mature, get a career, and start a family. The majority of his list will actually keep people enslaved to the liberal agenda even longer. You don't attract more conservatives by becoming liberal, that just means they recruited you to their side.
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Jon Stewart on Tom Brady...EPIC
unbillievable replied to Alphadawg7's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I remember reading an article about how the typical liberal is stuck in a bubble. ...the average liberal is raised by left-leaning parents, attend a left-leaning public school system, watch left-leaning hollywood movies and tv shows, go to left-leaning universities, and end up working in left-leaning coffee shops after graduation. Jon Stewart is the most conservative opinion they hear. Don't blame them for getting angry once the bubble is burst. Many prefer to stay in it. -
$15 Minimum Wage Battle Moves To Other Industries
unbillievable replied to Tiberius's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
That could be where this is headed. But then, they'll just be paying someone else (who makes a lot more than minimum wage) to be a janitor for a day/hour. I think It might be fun to use a floor buffer while getting paid overtime. -
$15 Minimum Wage Battle Moves To Other Industries
unbillievable replied to Tiberius's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
On a similar topic... ...they voted to raise the local minimum wage in November. (unrelated)The company decided to reduce janitorial services to once a week from every day; bought bigger trashcans. The bin in the only copy/mail room is about the same size as a xerox machine. By the end of the week, it weighed around 300lbs. (I would guess) It's week two and the can is over-flowing because they didn't (couldn't) empty it last Friday. Probably need a forklift to move it now. (it doesn't even wobble if you give it a flying kick) Today, someone dragged a second (empty) trash can into the room. I'm actually curious to see how this develops.