Hawk: that they didn't have insurance is true, that they didn't see it as a priority is an assumption that may be utterly false. When there isn't enough money to provide all the 'should haves', there are a lot of things ahead of insurance on the list, like paying the mortgage/rent, food...
"False narrative" is exactly right. There are too many cops who DO target those who aren't white - not just blacks, but Mexicans, Native Americans, etc. The facts prove it. "Killing them indiscriminately" is your characterization - what people are angry about is the lack of consequences for...
Barkly: nobody [here] says "white cops are racist", implying that they all are. But some are, [and given their authority and guns, that's something that should not be tolerated], but you don't seem to want to admit it.
Nor do you [or Pilgrim] provide anything to validate the "white guilt"...
I can understand not having it in one's wallet, but anyone who doesn't have it in their heart is a sorry specimen of humanity.
This close to Christmas just makes it even worse for the survivors.
Whether I am the most liberal participant is debatable [depending on who's participating, lol], but uninformed? No, sir, that I am not.
Nor do I "loathe" myself, [I will cop to the occasional few moments of ambivalence, but it's usually caused by something I ate.] I see no reason to feel...
Texas calls everybody a weenie, all the time - it's one of the things they do best.
But let a little 'disaster' afflict their state, [even when it's self inflicted] and they don't waste a second hitting up the feds for aid, lol. :rolleyes:
Pilgrim wrote: "Since America isn't the utopia the author wants it to be, he engages in the usual liberal self loathing America hating white guilt."
Any claim to credibility or actual critical thought, [slight as it may have been in some quarters] vanished completely with that one sentence.
Your humour isn't funny - are you a Republican?
Didn't much care for that, did you?
Make half the population feel unwelcome here, and watch how much faster EO can go down the drain. :(
One of my late December chores is to update all my 'contact' info, [phone numbers, addresses, emails], and I want to update the Load 1 list too, but I don't know if the info [on the sticky] is correct.
Does it need updated too? :confused:
The cost of living goes up regardless - it always has, and always will. Not raising the lowest wages just causes more need for taxpayer funded help [to people - corporations get funds anyhow].
Maybe the wage slaves have kids they need to raise, unlike us. I know I'd rather they focus on...
Deville: that's the big question. Personally, I would continue to flag it, just as a CYA measure, because if you do it, you need to log it.
The new rule just omits the DVIR form - a major time & labor savings for the carriers, but less so for individual drivers.
But you did reference the minimum wage, implying it is the reason for the price increase. As if prices don't increase otherwise, but we know that's not true.
If we don't care for being at the bottom, we could always start our own company, eh?
Don't reply - just ask yourself, seriously: when people believe that those at the bottom of the income ladder are to blame for higher prices, and unions are inherently evil, cui bono? [Who benefits?] And why would they lie about it?
What you mean is "the majority of other big box stores pay as little as they do", because WalMart is the largest employer. They set the standards that others follow.
There are those who bash them because it's "the cool thing to do", but I am more likely to stop doing something that 'everyone'...
Grasshopper: what you were carrying is a hot property, in the drug [legal] world. An antibiotic that may work against drug resistant bacteria is one of the Holy Grails of pharma research. The overuse of antibiotics has caused bacteria to develop defenses against nearly every antibiotic in...
Re: Happy Birthday JuJubeans
I think you are a "big dill" when it's your birthday! [And thanks for not killing your other half - we sometimes like having him around. ;)]