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Well, I understand there's an opening at the Trader Joe's in Montclair, NJ. I guess if the modern Russian version of "terminated" doesn't involve bullets or gulags, he could work there.
Conan the Grammarian
at September 5, 2018 10:09 AM
"We found the person, and after a commotion he was terminated,” said Minenko.
I think that means he'll be taking a long walk on a short space dock. Oxygen supply, tether? you're a Russian! You don't need any of that!
I R A Darth Aggie
at September 5, 2018 10:56 AM
Meanwhile, in Tennessee. This should absolutely wow the voters. Also, guess the party.
A country music singer on record as calling NRA supporters whores and pimps will headline a Karl Dean for Governor event in Nashville Thursday.
The singer in question, Will Hoge, said he has disdain for pro-Second Amendment politicians.
No one at Dean’s campaign returned The Tennessee Star’s repeated requests for comment on the matter Tuesday. The Star wanted to know if Dean’s views align with Hoge’s.
That being said, NFL players are not going to win the hearts of middle America by actions that can be portrayed as being anti-flag, anti-police, anti-military, and/or anti-country. ~ from the link by I R A Darth Aggie at September 5, 2018 12:53 PM
The main problem with the whole kneeling protest from the beginning has been that the players are acting as if football is the default Sunday afternoon activity for Americans.
They forgot the lesson Bert Bell and Pete Rozelle tried to instill in their years as commissioner, that the NFL must compete with everything else Americans could do with their Sunday afternoons. It's not just one team competing on the field against another team, it's the entire league vying for an audience against picnics, Little League games, family game night, movies, museums, zoos, etc.
If the players lose the audience, it will go elsewhere. And then their protest will be the tree falling in the forest with no on around to hear it. And the paychecks will go back down to what someone with no skills beyond brute labor can command.
Conan the Grammarian
at September 5, 2018 1:58 PM
@Conan,
Seems like the endgame of the NFL is to wean themselves off the flyover states and eventually rely only on California, New York, Oregon, and Hawaii as their main sources of revenue.
Sixclaws
at September 5, 2018 2:32 PM
It's a tale as old as time. Teen wears less clothing, the school's authorities are having none of it.
On the bright side, this tame, it's not like the epidemic of yoga pants ban that swept 2014.
Sixclaws
at September 5, 2018 2:44 PM
Sometimes we forget to hit "publish."
___________________________________
Guess who didn't? That is, guess who wrote this? (No, I haven't figured it out.)
More than 3,000 comments.
"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations."
To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.
But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic...
...Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people. At best, he has invoked these ideals in scripted settings. At worst, he has attacked them outright.
In addition to his mass-marketing of the notion that the press is the “enemy of the people,” President Trump’s impulses are generally anti-trade and anti-democratic.
Don’t get me wrong. There are bright spots that the near-ceaseless negative coverage of the administration fails to capture: effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military and more.
But these successes have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective...
_______________________________________
Enjoy.
lenona
at September 5, 2018 5:13 PM
"Enjoy."
Enjoy what, the trolling BS of that once-great newspaper?
I wonder - if the NYT had discovered a secret conservative cabal in the White House working against Obama, would they have named names and demanded they be brought up on charges or no?
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers
at September 5, 2018 5:54 PM
T-shirt girl may have had a case if she hadn't assaulted people.
Ben
at September 5, 2018 5:58 PM
Reading the t-shirt story. I notice that the mother and daughter don't share the same name, and no mention of the father. Let me guess. Divorced and no father involved in her life?
"She's such a good kid," her mother said, as she reveals her plans to sue the school, after her daughter kicked a LEO in the shin?
No, she's not a good kid, and it's not hard to see where she gets it from.
Tinker v. DesMoines affirms that kids do have the right to protest, even at school. Contrary to what Rad thinks, who would sooner eat broken glass than admit he's a moron who shoots his mouth off without having the slightest idea what he's talking about. Even though the Tinker decision avers that kids have the right to free speech, and implicit in the fact that they were heard by the Supreme Court, they also have the right to petition the court for a redress of grievances, Rad jumps up and down and screams "Children have no rights! They don't! They don't! They don't!"
Patrick
at September 5, 2018 8:05 PM
Just because something's legal doesn't automatically make it civilized. Speaking in class without raising a hand first is legal. It's still not polite, and so teachers have every right to ban it. There are ways to get the teacher to LET you speak as often as you like - typically, by having truly HELPFUL things to say, not just correct math answers - or selfish demands for attention. (A good teacher doesn't call only on the smartest students - or even only on those with their hands up.)
As Fran Lebowitz wrote: "If people don't want to hear from you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?"
And Miss Manners said, in 1983, that her "Christmas wish list" included: "A ban on reading material on clothes and, in fact, on clothes making personal statements of any kind. Miss Manners is for freedom of speech for all people, but believes that it is time that clothes shut up. Well, that's enough. Miss Manners doesn't want to appear greedy. And she wears a Size 6."
lenona
at September 6, 2018 8:31 AM
On the Kentucky student
So she was illegally detained by government officials, illegally arrested, assaulted, had her personal property stolen by law enforcement officials, and was then transported to a juvenile detention facility, all without a single notification to her parents?
"Tinker v. DesMoines affirms that kids do have the right to protest, even at school. Contrary to what Rad thinks, who would sooner eat broken glass than admit he's a moron who shoots his mouth off without having the slightest idea what he's talking about."
You still cannot demonstrate anything but what I have stated: minors have rights as administered by their guardians. Your absolute position is ridiculous far beyond the simple observation that rights in general are agreed upon by the society and do not derive from a real, supreme authority.
No school can allow unfettered obscenity, or it ceases to be a school. Is that obscenity more important? In such cases, a school fails. Tinker v. DesMoines would be a fitting epitaph for a public school in which it was observed primarily.
My position is actually demonstrated daily in thousands of schools nationwide, as limits are placed on student expression so as to avoid anarchy. Gently or severely, the brakes are applied because a loss of order can mean injury.
If you must have a guardian exercise your rights, what are you? Incompetent, that's what - and that's all. It's OK, kid, you'll grow out of it.
A short list of what minors may not do is illustrative: enter into contracts, possess pornography, bear arms under any conditions when alone... this very blog has noted that a person of the age of consent may not possess the video of the acts they have committed legally until more years have passed. Logical? No. Still applies.
This is in excess of the encroachments which show us all that no, we may NOT refuse to be strip searched as a condition of wanting to ride on a plane; we may not refuse to buy insurance as directed by the Federal government. Our property may be seized for failure to pay taxes a mere fraction of the value of said property.
I remain alert for the long list of "rights" a ten-year-old may exercise. Compare them to yourself, for instance.
I'm fascinated by your position, apparently that minors have unlimited rights, considering your primary comment about TSA strip-searching was that it was found to be legal.
Minors don't have the right to turn down being groped by an adult because they want to fly on a plane. That ought to be more offensive to you than I am.
There are lots of people who think dozens more things should be a "right". Among them are food, shelter and a basic income. This principle has extended the definition of "minor" to require adults to carry formerly-dependent children on health insurance until age 26.
I suggest that we differ, not on what we consider decency in the treatment of minors, but on the definition of "rights". I'm sure you don't want your 7yo shouting obscenities or deciding for themselves to have sex with the neighbor kid. Not even adults have rights without paying for them with the commensurate exercise of responsibility, and they are not free.
"We found the person, and after a commotion he was terminated,” said Minenko.
I wonder what that means in Russia
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/russian-space-chief-vows-to-find-full-name-of-technician-who-caused-iss-leak/
Crid originally posted the link in the shopping thread
lujlp at September 5, 2018 9:58 AM
Well, I understand there's an opening at the Trader Joe's in Montclair, NJ. I guess if the modern Russian version of "terminated" doesn't involve bullets or gulags, he could work there.
Conan the Grammarian at September 5, 2018 10:09 AM
"We found the person, and after a commotion he was terminated,” said Minenko.
I think that means he'll be taking a long walk on a short space dock. Oxygen supply, tether? you're a Russian! You don't need any of that!
I R A Darth Aggie at September 5, 2018 10:56 AM
Meanwhile, in Tennessee. This should absolutely wow the voters. Also, guess the party.
http://tennesseestar.com/2018/09/05/will-hoge-scheduled-to-headline-karl-dean-event-says-nra-members-worst-thing-about-america/
I R A Darth Aggie at September 5, 2018 12:19 PM
Yeah, but you're just some white dude, so they'll take a pass on the advice.
https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/some-unsolicited-advice-for-colin-kaepernick-and-the-nfl-players/
I R A Darth Aggie at September 5, 2018 12:53 PM
The main problem with the whole kneeling protest from the beginning has been that the players are acting as if football is the default Sunday afternoon activity for Americans.
They forgot the lesson Bert Bell and Pete Rozelle tried to instill in their years as commissioner, that the NFL must compete with everything else Americans could do with their Sunday afternoons. It's not just one team competing on the field against another team, it's the entire league vying for an audience against picnics, Little League games, family game night, movies, museums, zoos, etc.
If the players lose the audience, it will go elsewhere. And then their protest will be the tree falling in the forest with no on around to hear it. And the paychecks will go back down to what someone with no skills beyond brute labor can command.
Conan the Grammarian at September 5, 2018 1:58 PM
@Conan,
Seems like the endgame of the NFL is to wean themselves off the flyover states and eventually rely only on California, New York, Oregon, and Hawaii as their main sources of revenue.
Sixclaws at September 5, 2018 2:32 PM
It's a tale as old as time. Teen wears less clothing, the school's authorities are having none of it.
http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/09/02/kentucky-student-jailed-for-fight-over-dress-code-protest-t-shirt.html
On the bright side, this tame, it's not like the epidemic of yoga pants ban that swept 2014.
Sixclaws at September 5, 2018 2:44 PM
Sometimes we forget to hit "publish."
___________________________________
Guess who didn't? That is, guess who wrote this? (No, I haven't figured it out.)
More than 3,000 comments.
"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Excerpts:
___________________________________
To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.
But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic...
...Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people. At best, he has invoked these ideals in scripted settings. At worst, he has attacked them outright.
In addition to his mass-marketing of the notion that the press is the “enemy of the people,” President Trump’s impulses are generally anti-trade and anti-democratic.
Don’t get me wrong. There are bright spots that the near-ceaseless negative coverage of the administration fails to capture: effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military and more.
But these successes have come despite — not because of — the president’s leadership style, which is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective...
_______________________________________
Enjoy.
lenona at September 5, 2018 5:13 PM
"Enjoy."
Enjoy what, the trolling BS of that once-great newspaper?
I wonder - if the NYT had discovered a secret conservative cabal in the White House working against Obama, would they have named names and demanded they be brought up on charges or no?
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at September 5, 2018 5:54 PM
T-shirt girl may have had a case if she hadn't assaulted people.
Ben at September 5, 2018 5:58 PM
Reading the t-shirt story. I notice that the mother and daughter don't share the same name, and no mention of the father. Let me guess. Divorced and no father involved in her life?
"She's such a good kid," her mother said, as she reveals her plans to sue the school, after her daughter kicked a LEO in the shin?
No, she's not a good kid, and it's not hard to see where she gets it from.
Tinker v. DesMoines affirms that kids do have the right to protest, even at school. Contrary to what Rad thinks, who would sooner eat broken glass than admit he's a moron who shoots his mouth off without having the slightest idea what he's talking about. Even though the Tinker decision avers that kids have the right to free speech, and implicit in the fact that they were heard by the Supreme Court, they also have the right to petition the court for a redress of grievances, Rad jumps up and down and screams "Children have no rights! They don't! They don't! They don't!"
Patrick at September 5, 2018 8:05 PM
Just because something's legal doesn't automatically make it civilized. Speaking in class without raising a hand first is legal. It's still not polite, and so teachers have every right to ban it. There are ways to get the teacher to LET you speak as often as you like - typically, by having truly HELPFUL things to say, not just correct math answers - or selfish demands for attention. (A good teacher doesn't call only on the smartest students - or even only on those with their hands up.)
As Fran Lebowitz wrote: "If people don't want to hear from you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?"
And Miss Manners said, in 1983, that her "Christmas wish list" included: "A ban on reading material on clothes and, in fact, on clothes making personal statements of any kind. Miss Manners is for freedom of speech for all people, but believes that it is time that clothes shut up. Well, that's enough. Miss Manners doesn't want to appear greedy. And she wears a Size 6."
lenona at September 6, 2018 8:31 AM
On the Kentucky student
So she was illegally detained by government officials, illegally arrested, assaulted, had her personal property stolen by law enforcement officials, and was then transported to a juvenile detention facility, all without a single notification to her parents?
lujlp at September 6, 2018 9:26 AM
"Tinker v. DesMoines affirms that kids do have the right to protest, even at school. Contrary to what Rad thinks, who would sooner eat broken glass than admit he's a moron who shoots his mouth off without having the slightest idea what he's talking about."
You still cannot demonstrate anything but what I have stated: minors have rights as administered by their guardians. Your absolute position is ridiculous far beyond the simple observation that rights in general are agreed upon by the society and do not derive from a real, supreme authority.
No school can allow unfettered obscenity, or it ceases to be a school. Is that obscenity more important? In such cases, a school fails. Tinker v. DesMoines would be a fitting epitaph for a public school in which it was observed primarily.
My position is actually demonstrated daily in thousands of schools nationwide, as limits are placed on student expression so as to avoid anarchy. Gently or severely, the brakes are applied because a loss of order can mean injury.
If you must have a guardian exercise your rights, what are you? Incompetent, that's what - and that's all. It's OK, kid, you'll grow out of it.
A short list of what minors may not do is illustrative: enter into contracts, possess pornography, bear arms under any conditions when alone... this very blog has noted that a person of the age of consent may not possess the video of the acts they have committed legally until more years have passed. Logical? No. Still applies.
This is in excess of the encroachments which show us all that no, we may NOT refuse to be strip searched as a condition of wanting to ride on a plane; we may not refuse to buy insurance as directed by the Federal government. Our property may be seized for failure to pay taxes a mere fraction of the value of said property.
I remain alert for the long list of "rights" a ten-year-old may exercise. Compare them to yourself, for instance.
I'm fascinated by your position, apparently that minors have unlimited rights, considering your primary comment about TSA strip-searching was that it was found to be legal.
Minors don't have the right to turn down being groped by an adult because they want to fly on a plane. That ought to be more offensive to you than I am.
There are lots of people who think dozens more things should be a "right". Among them are food, shelter and a basic income. This principle has extended the definition of "minor" to require adults to carry formerly-dependent children on health insurance until age 26.
I suggest that we differ, not on what we consider decency in the treatment of minors, but on the definition of "rights". I'm sure you don't want your 7yo shouting obscenities or deciding for themselves to have sex with the neighbor kid. Not even adults have rights without paying for them with the commensurate exercise of responsibility, and they are not free.
Radwaste at September 8, 2018 7:18 AM
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