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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    typical corporate hypocrisy:

    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Champion of Mail-In Elections, Now Balking at Mail-In Unionization Election Within His Own Company

    https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/01/23/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-champion-of-mail-in-elections-now-balking-at-mail-in-unionization-election-within-his-own-company/

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    IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    agree with the WTF

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    Diver43Diver43 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    typical corporate hypocrisy:

    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Champion of Mail-In Elections, Now Balking at Mail-In Unionization Election Within His Own Company

    https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/01/23/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-champion-of-mail-in-elections-now-balking-at-mail-in-unionization-election-within-his-own-company/

    Typical eletest. H e supported mail in ballots because Trump was against them.
    Everyone knows they can be easy to tamper with and unions know all the tricks. Amazing how he made a 180 turn when the results impact him

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    Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Come and see the hypocrisy inherent in the system...

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Trykflyr_1 said:
    Come and see the hypocrisy inherent in the system...

    The terrible thing is the flocking masses choose to ignore hypocrisy.
    We have a failing system, yet no one wants to do anything about it.
    It won't be until the US is like the Ukraine, that some politician will magically see a problem.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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    d_bladesd_blades Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2021

    Ukraine, you mean that country Mr. Bill promised to ensure security for, in return for giving up there nukes back Russia?

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @d_blades said:
    Ukraine, you mean that country Mr. Bill promised to ensure security for, in return for giving up there nukes back Russia?

    Unfortunately.
    I was talking with someone who just finished citizenship here, from the Ukraine.
    He said that he views the US slowly headed down the same rabbit hole as the Ukraine.
    While going through citizenship, he thought that it couldn't happen to the US, but sees the same symptoms developing.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2021

    the more humanoid machines become the creepier they become.
    Soon they will be as creepy as people.

    oh, yeah, the link:
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-robot-idUSKBN29U03X

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    YaksterYakster Posts: 25,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Uncanny valley

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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    the more humanoid machines become the creepier they become.
    Soon they will be as creepy as people.

    oh, yeah, the link:
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-robot-idUSKBN29U03X

    And I was wondering how soon this would pop up.
    The more we go to automation and AI, the more concern should grow.
    Yeah yeah, you can program a prime directive, but if it can be programmed, it can be hacked and changed. And there are enough nutjobs out there that would turn it into a weapon.

    “The world of COVID-19 is going to need more and more automation to keep people safe,” founder and chief executive David Hanson said, standing surrounded by robot heads in his lab.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    the more humanoid machines become the creepier they become.
    Soon they will be as creepy as people.

    oh, yeah, the link:
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-robot-idUSKBN29U03X

    Wasn't she part of the cast of Pluto Nash?

    Remember?

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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Millions Meant for Public Health Threats Were Diverted Elsewhere, Watchdog Says
    The money went to unrelated government activities like the removal of office furniture, news subscriptions and legal expenses.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/barda-public-health-watchdog.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20210127&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=headline&regi_id=105721522&segment_id=50436&user_id=8819bc1e4b52dc0d18b841fe0867571c

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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^^ An excellent article, mouse. ^^

    “It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)


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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles that prosecutors alleged often harmed or endangered elderly and infirm patients while fleecing taxpayers.

    “These aren’t just technical financial crimes. These were major, major crimes,” said Louis Saccoccio, chief executive officer of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, an advocacy group.

    The list of some 200 Trump pardons or commutations, most issued as he vacated the White House this week, included at least seven doctors or health care entrepreneurs who ran discredited health care enterprises, from nursing homes to pain clinics.

    https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/trumps-pardons-included-health-care-execs-behind-massive-frauds/

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    VisionVision Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe the Vice principle was testing the waters... 😉

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    Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2021

    Why should the priests get to have all the fun?

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    “It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)


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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ben Shapiro, AOC, Trump Jr., Ted Cruz, Tlaib all in agreement on the same topic!

    https://notthebee.com/article/google-just-deleted-100000-negative-robinhood-reviews

    The Establishment Rampant
    Only the rich can be allowed to win
    Who woulda seen that coming!
    Then look what Google did.
    I also read that all sorts of retail investor fora are shut down.

    Reminds me of Rainman, when the brothers get kicked out of Caesar's Palace cause Raymond counts cards. The goons who run the joint make it clear that it's time for them to GTFO. Couldn't find that scene, but I did find several YT casino scenes:

    https://youtu.be/6KM6mkEQVNY

    Great movie.

    “It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)


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    First_WarriorFirst_Warrior Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Facts are irrelevant as far as I can tell ^.

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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope. Not making it up.

    “It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)


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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @webmost said:

    Nope. Not making it up.

    Doesn't surprise me in the least.

    Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.

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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Said this before and will continue to say it.
    The country has gone totally insane.
    Sane people are now the minority.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am amazed at how naive people really are. I was told that science is fact and cannot be argued, so when scientists make statements that are true, they are facts.
    These nutcase were serious.
    Science is a biased interpretation of the facts and depending in who is funding the research, that is likely the way the research will be biased towards.

    These are the same people that think electric cars are a clean energy.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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