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jon-nyc

Ha.

jon-nyc

xenon

These guys couldn’t even make it to the inauguration. I like it though - it’s fun. It’s a real policy discussion, just done in WWE style.

jon-nyc

A real critique of the abuses of the H1B system (which I’m generally a supporter of). Nevertheless this deserves attention.

Mik

I haven’t really examined the chart, but I can imagine all the unanticipated outcomes that have occurred. Still, a smart immigration policy would be welcome.

Axtremus

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Dang ... Bannon characterizes Musk with the term "running dog [for the CCP]" ... that's particularly damning when mentioned in the context of cozying up to the CCP. It's at the same level as accusing a Jew of working for the Nazi.

Renauda

@Axtremus

Not exactly, it was an epithet more commonly used by Stalinist prosecutors and judges in show trials against alleged Trotskyists in the 1930s. Likewise the term “enemy of the people” Trump sometimes has used originated similarly during the Great Terror.

Axtremus

With the CCP in context, the term "running dog" can be a literal translation of the term 「走狗」, the usage of which predates Marx by a century, commonly used in Chinese literature to label those working for evil powers to oppress their own people.

Renauda

Possible then that the Bolsheviks appropriated it from the Chinese. Would come as no surprise.

Copper

My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

The talk about talent is nonsense.

jon-nyc

Horace

@Copper said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

The talk about talent is nonsense.

Not sure what is nonsensical about talk about talent, but certainly talent at a discount is what H1Bs are about.

xenon

Trump always keeps things interesting:

jon-nyc

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

Horace

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

Jolly

You want absolute, unchanging honesty?

Buy a dog.

jon-nyc

@Horace said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

I came up with it here during his last term. Even tried to find my exact line but search is broken at the old site. “Equal and opposite” even in quotes was showing me every post with ‘and’ in it.

Horace

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@Horace said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

I came up with it here during his last term. Even tried to find my exact line but search is broken at the old site. “Equal and opposite” even in quotes was showing me every post with ‘and’ in it.

Bravo.

jon-nyc

Interesting question Though you’d have to net this against the jobs they help automate away.

LuFins Dad

You realize that if they cut off the H1B Visas, there would be practically nobody left playing piano in the US. Right?

The New Coffee Room

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