Be patient. The destruction of America by the Democrat party is a marathon, not a sprint.

In my work, over the last 30 years there has been a big increase in the mindset among many people who develop standards and legislation that putting warnings on things prevents pointless accidents. The products are much the same as they were 30 years ago, but nowadays they're covered in freaking labels. You stick something up in an oil rig or chemical plant, and it's covered in shit within a few weeks so you can't see the tiny little writing on the label anyway, but hardly anybody writing the rules has left their nice comfy office in 25 years, so they have no freaking idea what it's like. What we really need is for people to stop being morons. Adding warning labels is a lot easier. Obviously, nobody reads them.

No change. Liberals continue as before with the NDP holding the balance of power. I am pleased with the result being that the NDP and, possibly the Bloc Quebecois, will hold Trudeau to account. I imagine though the Conservatives will again implode and either sack or force their current leader to resign. Too bad because he was probably the most competent one the party has had in recent memory. Hopefully the Liberals and NDP will make it work and we don't have to have another election for another four years.

@xenon said in Vox on the Great Mismatch between employers and job seekers: It basically say people don’t want jobs with low pay and benefits anymore. What it doesn’t address is why people wanted those jobs in 2019 but not 2021. Is this all due to a collective COVID-induced catharsis on meaning? Unemployment benefits aren’t mentioned. Climate change. That's it. Climate change.

@george-k said in "Derailed": On Amazon Prime to rent. Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours. Married corporate guy (Clive Owen) meets beautiful woman on commuter train (Jennifer Anniston). Torrid affair gets interrupted by guy who bursts into their hotel room and demands cash or he'll spill the beans to corporate guy's wife. Good twist at the end. Saw it. Good synopsis and would recommend also!

@catseye3 said in More on Biden/Afghanistan: Thinkers/writers like this are so dangerous to the uninformed mind. He seemed so plausible! Of course but Russian foreign policy countering and offseting US influence in the Middle East is not implausible but very real.

@bachophile said in How to measure like a Brit: aviation Is flying safe with all these different units? Yes! Pilots flying international routes deal with this assortment of units daily. We can juggle them in our sleep. Pilots are superhuman.

All the shit my state is known for is crap I can't relate to. Yessiree, Old Bay, sailboats and blue crabs are quite the thing on the other side of the Eastern Continental Divide. Try sweet corn, buckwheat cakes and pickup trucks. Motherfuckers.

I read that many of them left Haiti for South and Central America in 2010 after that earthquake, but economic conditions have worsened in those places. Also heard the cartels were bussing them to the Texas border.

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@george-k said in The "Justice for J6" rally in DC: Seems like only yesterday that we were being told that this would be the second assault on our democracy. Wait...it was yesterday, LOL. Yes, it's so comforting when idiocy is specifically not lionized. There's hope yet.