US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2091

On July 10 2015 05:44 Shiragaku wrote:

And here I am having to fight for 4 days unpaid vacation even though I put it in 6 months in advance.

On July 10 2015 05:54 Danglars wrote:
Gotta hand it to the public sector, upping vacation time to European standards. I only wonder how long it'll be until tomorrow's demagogue makes a mandatory 4-6 weeks vacation for full-time workers (with or without corresponding legislation).

On July 10 2015 06:01 farvacola wrote:
Today's demagogue among many wants already overworked Americans like our friend Shiragaku to work longer hours.

Just keep your eye on the ball though, ignore all that, remember to complain about tomorrow's America that will as a matter of course look like Europe rather than today's America that sometimes looks unfair and hopeless. Then, invocate the hollow and played out threat of a supposed degradation of our nation's legal fictions when faced with clear evidence that they are already failing our citizens and for totally different reasons. Poof, there you have it.

On July 10 2015 05:54 Danglars wrote:
Gotta hand it to the public sector, upping vacation time to European standards. I only wonder how long it'll be until tomorrow's demagogue makes a mandatory 4-6 weeks vacation for full-time workers (with or without corresponding legislation).

On July 10 2015 06:15 Shiragaku wrote:

There are people out there who want to do more than working long miserable hours for really shitty pay just to make someone else rich.

WASHINGTON -- A bill to fund the Department of the Interior stalled Thursday after Republicans tried to add an amendment that would protect the Confederate flag in national cemeteries.

The measure had immediately sparked Democratic ire Wednesday night when it was added unexpectedly by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.). A swarm of lawmakers took to the House floor in the morning to condemn the move.

"Where did you stand when you had a chance to stand for righteousness?" asked Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), warning that in the future people will look back and assess where lawmakers stood. "I stand against this symbol. I stand for the American flag. I stand for justice."

"This amendment is a symbol of hate and anyone who supports it being in a place of honor is an insult to anyone who has experienced racism in their lives or believes in the American founding principles," said Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.). "It's time to relegate this symbol of hate to the dustbin of history. Take it down."

The outcry prompted House Speaker John Boehner to declare that the debate on the underlying spending bill would be put into "abeyance," although he did not say for how long.

Asked why the amendment was added to the bill -- after the House had voted on other provisions to remove the Confederate emblem in parks -- Boehner also was not clear.

"Our members rightly tried to address their concerns in a way yesterday that was consistent with how the Obama administration has handled this issue. I frankly support the goal of trying to work with all the parties to address their concerns," he told reporters, before making it clear that he himself opposes flying that symbol of hatred at federal cemeteries.

On July 10 2015 05:54 Danglars wrote:
Gotta hand it to the public sector, upping vacation time to European standards. I only wonder how long it'll be until tomorrow's demagogue makes a mandatory 4-6 weeks vacation for full-time workers (with or without corresponding legislation).

Donald Trump has set himself apart from the crowded Republican presidential field by refusing to back off from his derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants – and a new poll shows that strategy could be working with voters.

Trump leads the GOP pack in this week’s Economist/YouGov poll, with 15 percent of registered Republican voters calling the billionaire-reality TV star their first-choice candidate for 2016. Another 12 percent said Trump was their second choice for the Republican nomination.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) polled 4 points behind Trump with 11 percent each. Wis. Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tied in third place, each with 9 percent.

But despite Trump’s apparent lift among Republican voters, only 7 percent of respondents said they believe it’s likely Trump will be the party’s eventual nominee, while 29 percent said they expected Bush to take the nomination.

On July 10 2015 06:56 Velr wrote:


Your post is bullshit but, just to give you a "normal" response.

After a certain paygrade/standing in a firm, most EU countries don't force a certain amount of hours/week or vacations/year on employes and while europe is probably not top notch when it comes to "dumb IT stuff for the masses that make news like apple, facebook and twitter), its still top notch in many other industry sectors (pharma, cars, robotics...)

On July 10 2015 06:01 farvacola wrote:
Today's demagogue among many wants already overworked Americans like our friend Shiragaku to work longer hours.

Just keep your eye on the ball though, ignore all that, remember to complain about tomorrow's America that will as a matter of course look like Europe rather than today's America that sometimes looks unfair and hopeless. Then, invocate the hollow and played out threat of a supposed degradation of our nation's legal fictions when faced with clear evidence that they are already failing our citizens and for totally different reasons. Poof, there you have it.

On July 10 2015 07:27 farvacola wrote:
In order for an executive order to develop any teeth, it needs a substantial amount of time to trickle down the system. In other words, once the order is issued, the relevant executive agencies must take notice and then look to their statutory authority in justifying their newly issued prerogative. If the executive and the legislature were working together as they have in the past, the legislature would take notice of the order and possibly get to work on new legislation that strengthens the presidential decree and gives it added statutory authority. This hasn't really happened at all during the Obama Administration, though.

On July 10 2015 05:17 Simberto wrote:
I kinda hope that Trump wins the republican primary, that would mean that noone would have to worry about "electability" when considering Bernie Sanders, who appears to be the single reasonable presidential candidate the US has had in a long while. His policy apparently consists of fixing a lot of the things that are obviously broken in the US, but which a lot of americans seem to like due to some weird sort of Stockholm syndrome, or don't dare speak against because that would make them unamerican communists.