Another "as good a place as any to post this". LOL https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-17/india-s-tcs-misclassified-managers-to-skirt-h-1b-rules-former-staffers-say Kini and two other former TCS employees who filed similar lawsuits say the company repeatedly made improper use of special manager-level visas to hire front-line workers who had no management responsibilities. All three cases, which were filed under the federal False Claims Act, were dismissed before the allegations of visa fraud were examined in court; Kini’s is on appeal. The manager visas, known as L-1As, are easier for employers to obtain and have fewer guardrails; for example, they lack even the minimal pay requirements that Congress has imposed for H-1B holders. and The H-1B program was designed to allow US employers to tap foreign nationals for jobs requiring highly skilled and difficult-to-find candidates. The visas, which impose rules related to educational requirements and pay, have proven popular for decades with employers; demand for them far outstrips the annual limit of about 85,000. In July, a Bloomberg News investigation revealed how outsourcing firms have overwhelmed the annual lottery that decides which applicants can get new H-1Bs.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/eric-adams-judge-orders-prosecutors-00204658 The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered the mayor and federal prosecutors to appear in court on Wednesday to discuss the Trump administration’s effort to drop the case, a move that has sparked a crisis within the Justice Department and chaos within the Adams administration. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho wrote in an order Tuesday that Adams, his lawyers and prosecutors should be prepared to discuss prosecutors’ rationale for seeking to dismiss the case, the reasons for Adams’ agreement to do so and the procedure for resolving the motion.

Going through another forum thread/video I have not had a chance to view before. This one is also quite interesting.

Maybe this should be added to this thread. https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/36635/5-reduction?_=1739900107198

You are welcome. Still getting some feedback and I will let you know. It may be useful to you in the future.

Sure would be interesting to get more transparency of how these people make all that money. But we already know about the military industrial complex and people like Lloyd Austin getting multi million dollar salaries in the private sector, working for weapons manufacturers. I guess many of the disgusting parts are already well known, and accepted with a shrug.

Hoo-ah!

Lizzo as a centerfold. Wow.

These are the societies we Americans are supposed to be ashamed by, as they pass judgment on our politics. Uh huh.

@Renauda said in Latest Trump cause, Andrew Tate: Seems to me the US has bigger concerns out there than these two small time criminals and the restrictions the Romanian judicial system has placed on their travel plans. Exactly!!

Indeed.

He has a side gig as a side kick in buddy movies. I guess his height might come in handy there. He’ll make even Tom Cruise look tall.

Rematch final on Thursday evening.

Mystery solved by SSA in 2023. [image: 1739814822288-img_2936-resized.png]

Could you blow up the yards?

@Doctor-Phibes said in Co-Evolution of Sheep and Human across 11,000 years: @NobodySock said in Co-Evolution of Sheep and Human across 11,000 years: One of the enticements of living in Sardinia are the 4 million sheep that live there on an island of only 1.5 million people. I think only someone like D'oh could understand where I'm coming from. D'oh! I'm afraid that Mr. D'Oh is currently residing inside a secure facility at an undisclosed location, and so could not possibly comment. [image: 1739807858062-sheep.jpg]