Yes, residents in the city I lived in were able to successfully able to protest a uranium plant a fwe years ago:

As a Cubs fan I am accustomed to waiting. Usually until next year.

It’s the only time all season the Cubs will be anywhere near number 1.

I’m not especially familiar, but I think protesters in Hong Kong were able to get some concessions.

There are hotel service workers' unions, notably Unite Here. Here is a resource for looking for unionized hotels. I am willing to bet that more workers would unionize if given the chance, which is increasingly difficult, even in states that have not passed "right to work" laws. Unions and right to work laws have A LOT…

Right-to-Work means right to fire. I'm a loud and proud union member and steward, and I do not take it for granted.

Fucking Right-to-Work.

"So... you never looked in the box?"

Or just sufficient quantities of regular, non poisoned mcdonalds food. Eventually they'll all be confined to hoverounds and then we'll have them because Iraq is frankly crap as far as disability access goes. Their most hated nemeses will be curbs, followed closely by US imperialism.

Sorry to be off topic, but Happy Pi Day Ubertrout!

so basically if we were to send drones over to drop tonnes of poison-injected mcdonald's foods this world threat will take care of itself? *calls up the pentagon*

Why would you bet anything?! On the one hand, she has nothing to lose since she'll definitely come out positive, but if you're only coming out with $8k, clearly you aren't doing that well, and you probably won't win in the next episode, so you want to maximize the amount of money you get from the whole ordeal.…

I'm so happy for Zephany's parents but I wonder how Zephany feels. The Guardian article didn't quote her and I can't imagine how hard it would be to find out the people you thought were your family were actually your abductors.

Dinsdale?

"Penn State students should not be praised for raising money for charity."

.....

Wait, seriously? Have you met a college student? I'll give you a hint: raising $13 million for charity in the largest student-run philanthropy is not normal and is deserving of attention and admiration, no matter what school it is.

"ESPN's…

Two things on the matter:

Penn State's students continue to embarass themselves, Deadspin posts articles to that effect often. All universities have student bodies that raise huge amounts of money for charities, found charities, solve the world's problems, etc. That's not an achievement, that's what the youth of the world is expected to do…

Keith got all self-righteous and overreacted to something? NO WAY!

Eh, this is really just a rhythmic slap on the wrist.

"Kidding Around"