Pretty big deal if you get fired for not blowing the manager, or for discussing your manager's inappropriate behavior with his manager, or for liking an OSHA post on FB. And no, the courts don't help, provided you can afford a lawyer. It's just a bad policy, period. 

This was exactly my thought. Didn’t we just see an article about excess inventory? 

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The problem, as a former HR guy who had to take union classes, is that unions were largely founded to prevent people from just being unilaterally fired with no justification. That’s lingered constitutionally ever since. And to be fair, just look at “Right-To-Fire” states, and you’ll see they’ve got plenty of…

At a time when manufacturers are dealing with excess inventory, isn’t a strike just like a voluntary furlough?

Personally, I find that the Evangelicals pardoning on the sins that Kavanaugh had expressed in his youth to be enough. The Evangelical branch needs more former sinners like Kavanaugh to do their good, worldly works of spreading the Gospel, caging children, letting refugees die, deporting innocents to their deaths,…

Uh, America, bro.

The overreaction killed many more Americans than the terrorist attack did and continues to kill Americans. This is an undeniable fact.

Stupid president, trying to keep the economy from crashing! 

WE should have nationalized them all in 2008-9.  We had cause and we had a model that worked (AIG).  All those bassturds would have been busted without the ability to back up to the Fed Window everynight to borrow as much as they want, then turn around and “loan” it on credit cards for 29.99%

It was an act of ideologically-driven organized crime. Team W wanted to bask in the glory of a wartime presidency and had no qualms about putting Al Qaeda on the equivalent level of an enemy state actor to do so, and indeed belittled John Kerry for suggesting they be treated like the criminal organization they are.

“GWB nor his gov we’re spewing that garbage.”

Uh, we give Israel billions and billions in subsidizes to outright money, so to claim Israel is “buying” these is hysterical. Though yes, they do help us with some tech development, still, the hemorrhage money to them, a gravy train that needs to end. And I’m saying this as a Jewish person, one that isn’t so…

I have a good enough understanding of current events to know that Netanyahu is a lunatic despot who can’t be trusted.

It seems to me that this might not have occurred to you, but my point gets stronger the higher his approval rating rises. So, sure, if you want to say he’s in the 40th “percentile,” good on you. I’ll rephrase, assuming you’re right:

That’s one way of looking at it. The other is that India is not exactly a reliable ally. We tend to not be good at picking reliable allies to give/sell weapons to. Remember, we armed Iraq, and then spent decades fighting against the weapons we armed them with. Same with Iran, which we sold the F4 and F14 to, among…

Hold on, wait. I’m confused. Is he a liberal, President bashing twit? Or a liberal President bashing twit? As in, he bashes liberal Presidents? Or he’s a liberal President who bashes . . . okay, I’m all messed up now. Shit.

It’s time Nauru became the international nuclear super power heavy weight we all know it deserves to be. “Ahem, can’t help but notice sea levels are still rising, guys. Sure would be a shame if we had to ... you know... annex some high ground.”

Shit, if they buy 2 Nimitz Class carriers (and some planes) they could be at 95% employment just operating the ships!

TBH we should give Tuvalu a supercarrier because those 10k peeps will need a place to live when their islands are underwater later this century.