Which they? The UAW and UMWA? Because on that, I agree. Both unions need to get their shit together. Both are not serving their membership at all well, and their members are rebelling in awful but understandable ways.

Thanks. That’s what I figured, but given that both of mine are deep, deep left, I know I don’t get a complete perspective.

Which unions? Because there is a huge range of behavior between unions at the moment. If a pol has a difficult relationship with the police unions or correction officers’ union or the ICE union, that’s a mark of distinction and pride — those unions aren’t on our side anyway. The UAW and UMWA is not much better — it’s…

One of the things military top brass do know how to deal with is how to deal with a legacy staff, get rid of the ones who are useless and bring in those one needs, all while not actively firing the legacy or pissing off those above. It may take him a few weeks, but if he wants his own staff, he will be able to get…

Eh, debatable. She donated it to the federal government at her death with the intention it become the Winter White House. (She also donated Marie Antoinette’s earrings.) The Feds hung onto it for a while, but it’s a beast to maintain. They sold it off in 1985 to Mango Mussolini.

Yeah, because the three pasty dudes (on that set) should have *so.much.say* over what happens in a restroom they wouldn’t go into for free beer and pizza, for fear some other pasty dude might see them in there and turn them into the Gay Secret Police and Gossip Line. Fragile fucking snowflake whiny ass tittie babies.

Also Malcolm Nance (who is not generally on my favorite people list), whose takedown was a thing of subtle beauty.

And temperature changes! It’s bloody cold at 35K feet, and jet engines are hot.

Starred for support, not as endorsement. I’m so sorry.

I have two sets of Avantree Audition Bluetooth headphones. (One pair of straight Auditions, one pair of Audition Pro.) I like them both, both have a 24+ hour battery life. The Pros have a padded headband and the volume button on the headphones is linked to the device’s volume. (So turning up with device is the same as…

I’d say other way round. Christie did have lap-band, and while he’s losing weight slowly (I assume a combination of too much stress, not enough workout time, crap food due to hectic schedule, and failure to address the emotional side of eating) he is losing, and has to take care with what he eats. High protein, low…

Also Lord Dampnut.

If I was in Florida, I’d be avoiding this one. It stinks. That’s an emotional judgement, not a rational one; I don’t have anything I can specifically point at, but our successful protests have been a) our idea, b) our events and c) on our terms. This is none of those. So I’d be personally Gift of Fearing this one and…

Beware of Ivanka Trump stuff, though.

Beware of Ivanka Trump stuff, though.

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You can take it as many times as you want, too. No controls.

Gonna just celebrate this one for a minute:

For those with questions about the practical aspects of how a one day strike works, please read the Wikipedia article on the Icelandic Women’s Strike (Day off) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Icelandic_women’s_strike

Bad ergonomics — the paper tears prematurely if under-rolled.

One source. There were multiples. And it wasn’t Putin directly. But in essence, yes.