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Quote: RigondeauxIf the powers that be actually wanted to prevent illegal immigration, they would make hiring them -ev. People who make that decision are driven almost entirely by money and it would be very easy to disincentivize.
They don't want that. They want a large workforce with no rights, and to dupe people into blaming the immigrants for acting exactly as planned.
Divide and conquer. Works like a charm.
You give me peace, and hope, and I am thankful for your existence.
Spread the word.
Quote: RigondeauxIf the powers that be actually wanted to prevent illegal immigration, they would make hiring them -ev. People who make that decision are driven almost entirely by money and it would be very easy to disincentivize.
Then a song could be written in Spanish.
"There ain't no jobs for us, in the U.S., no more, no more."
There ain't no wall, but there ain't no jobs.
What's the point of going, Amigo?
There ain't no jobs no more.
Donald Trump has gone away
But he took our jobs
And here we stay
Ain't no jobs in the US, no more no more.
The other aspect of it is detention centers and walls cost a lot of money. Fining people and companies who violate labor laws would bring in a lot of money.
If you were, say, a contractor who WANTED to hire legal labor, it would be liberating because you'd no longer have to compete with others who broke the law to lower prices.
How dumb would you have to be to not understand that?
The people making policy aren't dumb. They do understand. They've made very effective policies and propaganda.
Quote: AxelWolfthat dude obviously shouldn't be on the streets.Quote: terapinedWTF
Kid does not take his hat off during the anthem
An adult stranger picks him up and smashes him to the ground head 1st
He said (the boy) was disrespecting the national anthem so he had every right to do that
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7328871/Man-39-arrested-assaulting-teen-13-kept-hat-national-anthem.html
Yet the conservative judge released him without bail, despite having prior assault convictions.
Quote: gamerfreakYet the conservative judge released him without bail, despite having prior assault convictions.
I was pretty shocked by that
I think the guy is a danger to the community
He did not say a single word to the kid. No warning. He just walked up to the child silently, picked him and smashed him down on the ground head 1st. Throwing a child down to the ground head 1st meant he wanted to seriously damage his brain. Pretty sick. Should be in jail.
Quote: onenickelmiracleI don't know if it's is racist or not, but I thought it was funny staying at 2 cheap ass motels ran by Indian people, they had to ask to not sleep in the second bed.. so hilarious you don't know if anyone will actually believe you.. at the one place the people were outside hand washing and sundrying and all the towels and sheets. I had to bring my sleeping bag and sleep on top of the comforter it was so disgusting.
I checked into the same motel a week later. They gave me the same room. I saw within the sheets the same stray short haircut hair that was there the week before. Know that when you are in bed, your balls are sharing the same sheet with 10 other men’s balls.
Quote: terapinedI was pretty shocked by that
I think the guy is a danger to the community
He did not say a single word to the kid. No warning. He just walked up to the child silently, picked him and smashed him down on the ground head 1st. Throwing a child down to the ground head 1st meant he wanted to seriously damage his brain. Pretty sick. Should be in jail.
There is no excuse. The hat was a red herring.
Quote: onenickelmiracleI don't know if it's is racist or not,
Racism is such a joke. The world
is racist, hugely racist. Everyone
I know is a racist to one extent
or another. Oh, they think they
aren't, but they are.
Talk to them and when you get
down to it, they have nothing
against Jews, but don't want
their daughter marrying one.
Or a black, or a Latino.
They love all races but would
never live in a black neighborhood,
or a Latino one, or any minority
neighborhood. They love all
races and don't have racist bone
in their body, yet they would
never send their kid to an all black
school.
Everybody is racist, it's just to what
degree are they racist.
I wasn't there, I don't know what facts were brought before the judge or what kind of lawyer the defendant had. Obviously, judges are going to make mistakes. Obviously, some judges lose their common sense from time to time, perhaps they don't have any in the first place. We see it all the time where we are like... what the f***? We see extreme sentences that are far too harsh and some that are way too lenient.Quote: gamerfreakYet the conservative judge released him without bail, despite having prior assault convictions.
Can you explain what being conservative has to do with this?
Quote: AxelWolfI wasn't there, I don't know what facts were brought before the judge or what kind of lawyer the defendant had. Obviously, judges are going to make mistakes. Obviously, some judges lose their common sense from time to time, perhaps they don't have any in the first place. We see it all the time where we are like... what the f***? We see extreme sentences that are far too harsh and some that are way too lenient.
Can you explain what being conservative has to do with this?
Because liberal judges coddle criminals while conservative judges are supposed to protect kids from creeps like this and his ACLU loving pubic defender.
Quote: AxelWolf
Can you explain what being conservative has to do with this?
Everything
The guy that attacked the kid was literally following Trump's orders
Trump hates anthem protesters. Trump has said and tweeted hate towards anthem protesters
His attorney said his client was simply following Trumps orders, his commander in chief.
I didn't realize Trump gave orders for people to toss kids on their heads For disrespecting the national anthem. Link please?Quote: terapinedEverything
The guy that attacked the kid was literally following Trump's orders
Trump hates anthem protesters. Trump has said and tweeted hate towards anthem protesters
Quote: EvenBobRacism is such a joke. The world
is racist, hugely racist. Everyone
I know is a racist to one extent
or another. Oh, they think they
aren't, but they are.
Talk to them and when you get
down to it, they have nothing
against Jews, but don't want
their daughter marrying one.
Or a black, or a Latino.
They love all races but would
never live in a black neighborhood,
or a Latino one, or any minority
neighborhood. They love all
races and don't have racist bone
in their body, yet they would
never send their kid to an all black
school.
Everybody is racist, it's just to what
degree are they racist.
That certainly explains mixed marriages.
Quote: AxelWolfI didn't realize Trump gave orders for people to toss kids on their heads For disrespecting the national anthem. Link please?
According to his attorney, that's exactly what his client believes
No link needed, the lawyers statement is going viral :-)
You really don't believe people in mixed marriages can be racist? Oftentimes those people are even more racist than somebody not in a mixed relationship.Quote: rxwineThat certainly explains mixed marriages.
Quote: AxelWolfCan you explain what being conservative has to do with this?
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that a segment of conservatives give a wink and a nod to violent behavior as long as it supports rampant nationalism or whatever their cause may be.
Montana Republican Rep.Greg Gianforte literally body slammed a liberal reporter prior to the election, and he still won. Trump’s response - "I said: 'Oh, this is terrible, he's going to lose the election.' Then I said: 'Well, wait a minute, I know Montana pretty well, I think it might help him,' and it did. Any guy that can do a body-slam is my guy,"
Conservatives, in general, tend to be more punitive. And Conservative judges pretty much unilaterally run on a “tough on crime” platform. Which is why it’s so surprising that in Montana, a state where a weed plant will get you 20-life, that a man who snaps and critically injuries a child, who has past convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, is released on $0 bail.
There’s nothing about this that calls for leniency. The only explanation is that the judge tacitly approved of, or at least had a soft spot for this guy’s reasoning.
I am not trying to be divisive, just calling it how I see it. The same type of thing happens that happens on the left like with Antififa (or whatever they are called) is just as disgusting.
Quote: AxelWolfYou really don't believe people in mixed marriages can be racist? Oftentimes those people are even more racist than somebody not in a mixed relationship.
They hate their own children and beat them daily.
Quote: EvenBobRacism is such a joke. The world
is racist, hugely racist. Everyone
I know is a racist to one extent
or another. Oh, they think they
aren't, but they are.
Talk to them and when you get
down to it, they have nothing
against Jews, but don't want
their daughter marrying one.
Or a black, or a Latino.
They love all races but would
never live in a black neighborhood,
or a Latino one, or any minority
neighborhood. They love all
races and don't have racist bone
in their body, yet they would
never send their kid to an all black
school.
Everybody is racist, it's just to what
degree are they racist.
Says more about you than anyone else.
(there...much better)
perhaps you have lived a very sheltered life. I'm sure there are plenty of non mixed families where the parents beat and hate their kids daily.Quote: rxwineThey hate their own children and beat them daily.
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Please educate me on exactly what being a racist is.
To me, it's somebody that automatically hates people Just because the color of their skin.
Am I racist because I believe I'm more likely to be a victim of a crime involving a black person than a white person?
Quote: AxelWolfperhaps you have lived a very sheltered life. I'm sure there are plenty of non mixed families where the parents beat and hate their kids daily.
I was being facetious.
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Am I racist because I believe I'm more likely to be a victim of a crime involving a black person than a white person?
I don't know, are you?
If you give black persons a chance to show you who they are, without assuming they are a criminal right off, I'd say you are okay. If you think you're superior because of color, you're a racist. If you want to discriminate against a group of people of color (any color) because there are some bad individuals, that's racist.
Quote: rxwineOkay, because of you, Axelwolf, I'm going to change my response to Evenbob. So, one more time.
Says more about you than anyone else.
Nope. All you have to do is get
to know people and you'll find
they are not as non racist as they
think they are.
Quote: billryan680 illegals arrested in food processing plants in Mississippi. How about arresting the factory supervisors? Arresting the people doing the hiring? How about arresting the Board of Directors?
The INS will move on, the workers will be replaced by others and the sheeple will cheer.
Yowza! Agree 100%. Just arresting some of these hirers will reverberate through the industry.
in Canada the big bank Chase stopped operating a credit card business there 2 years ago
they were still collecting debts owed
now, they decided they won't collect any more debts - all the debts are forgiven - one guy in the story has a $6K debt forgiven
amazing
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/business/chase-credit-card-debt-canada.html
Quote: SOOPOOYowza! Agree 100%. Just arresting some of these hirers will reverberate through the industry.
100 employees get deported. All of them know that if they can get back to the USA they will have either the same or similar jobs awaiting them.
5 managerial types will suddenly be given high falutin job titles and fired, perhaps even prosecuted. Some corporate fines will make headlines.
ICE budgets will be safe.
Tomorrow is another day, Rhett.
One thing I figured out a long time ago though, is that a lot of times people can see faults in other groups much more clearly than their own. Whatever groups those might be. That really confuses things because when they criticize others, much of what they're saying might be true, and then reflexively people will argue that it is NOT true. However, this isn't actually the error the person has made. Their error is not seeing that their own group is equally flawed.
Moreover, focusing on the flaws of others is one of the foundational errors in any type of moral thinking. Everyone from Jesus to Confucious makes a big point of saying, how about you work on yourself instead of pointing the finger all the time Mr. Perfect?
There is a weird inversion of all this in some cases. People we might call SJWs who endlessly find fault with any group they belong to, while other groups can do no wrong.
Quote: Rigondeaux
Moreover, focusing on the flaws of others is one of the foundational errors in any type of moral thinking. Everyone from Jesus to Confucious makes a big point of saying, how about you work on yourself instead of pointing the finger all the time Mr Perfect.
Sorry, I’m going to rail on anyone not for not being perfect, but for declaring their racist behavior just a standard for everyone to have to endure and because supposedly no one can do any better.
I’d much rather be a prick about that, than a racist prick. See, I’m hardly declaring perfection.
it won't be long that all the great hero vets from WW2 will be gone
even if they were just 18 in 1945 that means they would be 93 now
I've visited the WW2 memorial in DC a couple of times
it's very moving
at least the Government gets it right once in a while
what those great soldiers did is unforgettable even though it was well before my time
the best estimate is 416,800 U.S. military casualties from WW2
Quote: lilredrooster
what those great soldiers did is unforgettable even though it was well before my time
Complete failure of discipline at Dunkirk
Way too much materiel sent to Manhattan Project when it was needed for the real war
kasserine Pass slaughter
Loss of Singapore due to laziness
Japs had planned on two years before they could ship oil from Java instead it was 72 hours due USA errors
The entire shipping world knew merchant ships were marching across the Pacific to safety by Dec 8th.
US convoys sunk because we refused to believe our codes could be broken
Ships lost off East Coast due to no blackout.
island hopping in the Pacific instead of using Alaskan glaciers as runways.
First time they are offering these. $500 will get you one meal a day for life. If you use it once a week for ten years, it's less than a dollar a meal. An advantage player could eliminate his total food budget.
I'd try for one, but it's 67 miles round trip from my new home to the closest OG.
With a dozen or more pastas, and twice as many sauces, one could order an awful lot of meals before repeating one.
Quote: billryan$500 Lifetime Pass from Olive Garden.
First time they are offering these. $500 will get you one meal a day for life. If you use it once a week for ten years, it's less than a dollar a meal. An advantage player could eliminate his total food budget.
I'd try for one, but it's 67 miles round trip from my new home to the closest OG.
With a dozen or more pastas, and twice as many sauces, one could order an awful lot of meals before repeating one.
I think they're counting on these people dying from obesity related illnesses before they can get too much advantage out of this offer. Those breadsticks are delicious, but deadly!
I tried to get a $100 pass a few years ago but they sold out in a heartbeat.
I'm not crazy about their breadsticks. I much prefer Red Lobsters biscuits.
Quote: billryan$500 Lifetime Pass from Olive Garden.
First time they are offering these. $500 will get you one meal a day for life. If you use it once a week for ten years, it's less than a dollar a meal. An advantage player could eliminate his total food budget.
I'd try for one, but it's 67 miles round trip from my new home to the closest OG.
With a dozen or more pastas, and twice as many sauces, one could order an awful lot of meals before repeating one.
Quote: https://www.olivegarden.com/specials/never-ending-pasta-passIn order to be eligible to purchase the Lifetime Pasta Pass, you must purchase the $100, 9 week Pasta Pass. During checkout, make sure you check the Lifetime Pasta Pass opt in box for the opportunity to purchase the Lifetime Pasta Pass. Of the Pasta Passholders who opted-in, the first 50 who completed their purchase will be eligible to upgrade their Pasta Pass to a Lifetime Pasta Pass. If you are one of the 50 Passholders, blah blah
Also have to dine in, no takeout so they are banking on drinks and dessert. Also have a tip. Would have jumped on it for takeout
you gave me a good laugh today, thanks for that.Quote: ams288I think they're counting on these people dying from obesity related illnesses before they can get too much advantage out of this offer.
If its an error, grab it.
If its legit, grab it.
Its probably best to book thru individual airlines, but most people do check out the "screen scraper" sites just to check what show up on them. I used to use Kayak to monitor changes in ticket prices.
Quote: GWAEI am flying out to Seattle for a sales call. Been looking at flights and it is around 400 round trip. This morning I did a thing through Google fights and there is a round trip for 196. If I go to United and do the same exact flights it is 419. Has anyone run into that before? Is this normal, should I always be going through google?
I'm in the business
That kind of price difference is not normal
but
I have seen these types of situations
Consolidators buy up seats at a huge discount and resell them undercutting the airline prices
Read the fine print. Its probably a use or lose it ticket. Cant be changed, cant be cancelled.
Quote: terapined
Consolidators buy up seats at a huge discount and resell them undercutting the airline prices
Read the fine print. Its probably a use or lose it ticket. Cant be changed, cant be cancelled.
its enough of a bargain even if things change. For a sales call its likely he will use it and not want to change it in any way. Turning it into a purely tourist trip would still make the discount worth it.
enjoy the casinos there. Everet to the north and Snoqualamie to the East. Poker room and restaurant half way to Everet may still be in business also.
Quote: FleaStiffits enough of a bargain even if things change. For a sales call its likely he will use it and not want to change it in any way. Turning it into a purely tourist trip would still make the discount worth it.
enjoy the casinos there. Everet to the north and Snoqualamie to the East. Poker room and restaurant half way to Everet may still be in business also.
And Tacoma (EQC) to the south.
Also the dozens of cardrooms (max 10 tables, no machines and no devices) scattered around the outside of Seattle city limits. The card rooms in Shoreline on Aurora Ave just north of Seattle hold a special place in my heart. Backed off from many of them, but still welcome to play at Goldie's. Sniff.
Quote: terapinedI'm in the business
That kind of price difference is not normal
but
I have seen these types of situations
Consolidators buy up seats at a huge discount and resell them undercutting the airline prices
Read the fine print. Its probably a use or lose it ticket. Cant be changed, cant be cancelled.
I assume that is the case. I even thought it was just giving me a price for a 1 way ticket. I double checked the itinerary and it is round trip. Has a damn layover though.
Quote: terapinedI'm in the business
That kind of price difference is not normal
but
I have seen these types of situations
Consolidators buy up seats at a huge discount and resell them undercutting the airline prices
Read the fine print. Its probably a use or lose it ticket. Cant be changed, cant be cancelled.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but with tickets that are not from the carrier you are at risk of being the first person to be bumped, with those who are not a member of their FF club going next.
Quote: HullabalooAnd correct me if I'm wrong, but with tickets that are not from the carrier you are at risk of being the first person to be bumped, with those who are not a member of their FF club going next.
probably
If there are issues such as a miss-connect due to a delay, airline may not help you and tell you that you need to go through the consolidator to resolve any issues.
That type of ticket may not allow a reserved seat ahead of time
May have to be assigned on day of departure which probably means a middle seat
