It’s not the kind of job you can do half-assed, you are either committed to the mission or you’re not. I get you, that doesn’t give you much leeway, and now I feel worse for you, cause they are taking advantage of that attitude instead of rewarding you for it.

If a full scale strike isn’t an option, what about other methods? Slow-downs or prioritising certain kinds of work or cases? If the definition of ‘essential’ is being manipulated, how essential is the work you are being asked to do, and is there something else you can focus on instead?

Yeah, but if we put a whole bunch of the interchangeable Fox News blondes in a cage and watch them devour each other, we could take bets and make a fortune! (short odds on Coulter, tho, I guarantee that jaw unhinges like a snake...)

Yeah, I’m struggling to see the scandal. Even if they shouldn’t have filed for reimbursement, someone else surely approved it and paid it. The Diligents should be pointing at the failure of robust governance and audit arrangements in the mayors office, and I’ll bet you that’s all written, managed and conducted by…

This is how I learnt it in high school and uni. No google needed. I’ll grant you that was over ten years ago, maybe the story around what actually happened has changed since then, and I’m not a scientist or an academic so maybe my perspective is less than nuanced. But taking someone’s research results without their…

Never forget, Watson and Crick couldn’t figure out how DNA worked from first principles (ie math and reasoning) so they cheated - they found out that Rosalind Franklin had managed to essentially take a picture of it, stole her research and used it without permission and without credit, and then took that massive hint…

I really thought it was going to be a synonym for masturbation. 

Eh,I could see a miniseries maybe, but FW isn’t really a story that would adapt well to the screen. Forever Peace, on the other hand... black protagonist, robots, extreme inequality between haves and have nots (nanoforges!), ridiculous war against various poor brown people, and religious fundamentalists trying to end…

I’m holding out for a more customisable virtual assistant. When I call ‘Igor!’ and it answers ‘Yeth, mathter?’ my life will be complete. 

I meant ‘shamed’ by his fellow stale pale males. He clearly feels no actual remorse. 

So, two things. One, can anyone go after Roberts for not referring the complaints? Two, what would it take, other than death, to get Brad off the bench? Can he be shamed or pressured into stepping down? If the other judges freeze him out, would he take his ball and go home? Can his legal opinions be shown to be…

I wonder, how are wages treated in the US under tax law? In Aus, wages and super are tax deductions (if you pay them on time), so cheating your workers will only hurt your bottom line in the long run. Tips are considered to be between the customer and the server and nothing to do with the employer. (The ATO will…

The answer is power, to do whatever you want with no repercussions, recourse or regrets. Money is the tool, sex is the expression. 

On one hand, Jews killed Jesus, and continue to reject Jesus as their Saviour. On the other, the end of diaspora and the return of all Jews to their homeland (Israel) is a prerequisite for the Second Coming and the Apocalypse. 

At least when this happened in Australia, they kinda had a point (you know, with the whole girt by a sea full of hungry sharks and nasty currents where even experienced sailors on decent ships get killed, let alone an overloaded leaky wooden fishing boat that should never get out of sight of the shore), and as horrible…

I think Ayers is entirely the reason Pence doesn’t associate with women, including Mother.  

Nah, it’ll be his most attended function ever, because everyone will show up just to make sure he’s actually dead.

And have been saying it for seventyfive plus years. I read pulp fiction mags online - every time I read an editorial about the coming energy crisis (or food crisis, or population explosion, or whatever) I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. 

😉 You have read it and have a considered opinion (not just a knee jerk hot take based on the movie). I was prepared to point out that the first chapter continually makes the point that the humans could destroy the skinnies six times over from orbit, but instead use the Marines to apply pinpoint mayhem with minimum…

Now I’m intrigued. What exactly do you see as the overall message of Starship Troopers? (The book, not the movie.)