Posts by Swarthy 2412 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Jun 2009
$47 million got them exactly what they wanted. A system that was so over-zealous that it discouraged people from filling for benefits; and if they did, it would wait a year, and then tell them that they owed about 3x what they could pay, and it was due last Tuesday. A few suicides a few bankruptcies, and word gets around. The UI fund went from $3.1 mil to $155 mil in 5 years. Well worth $47 mil to gain $152 million - a 3x RoI.
The lameness is that these two were the best the parties could be arsed to would offer us. One owned (speculatively) by the Russians, who's major criteria for a Cabinet post is how much they donated to his campaign, and the other (speculatively) owned by Wall St, who's policies would have been determined by donations and "favors".
And now the US Citizenry is so busy yelling at each other over which Lizard was better (calling the other side "baby killers" and "deplorable") and no one is yelling at the jackals who set us up like this.
It's a bit like the kid who want's to stay up, so they ask Mom - she says no. They then ask Dad, adding "mommy said Yes"; Dad says "If Mommy say yes....". Kid now tells Mom that Dad said "Yes". Mom Yells at Dad for undermining her, Dad yells at Mom for yelling at him, neither noticing that while they've been arguing for 45 minutes, the kid has watched half a horror movie.
Stand-ups do tend to go quicker; mainly because people are lazy, and want to go back to sitting down. So the usual quibbling over verbiage and violent agreements (two+ people arguing for the same point using different words) happens less often. Also that "last question" that sparks a half-hour discussion/debate doesn't get asked.
Well, given that bees have rather good color vision (except for the color red) and this has been extensively documented, I think it is safe to say that the boffins controlled for color vision in this experiment.
Also given that bees can direct other bees to a specific flower at a surprising distance, I would say that "closeness" is not a parameter that bees disregard.
A wee bit of correction:
Right to work does not mean that you can be fired for any reason, it means you can be fired for no reason. If a reason is given, it must be a good one, else you can sue for wrongful termination.
It also means that you can quit for no reason. Also that you cannot be forced to join a union, nor fired for joining one.
Having just popped over there to see their site, I must admit, I found that video kinda' creepy.
Also, a complete lack of explanation of what they are developing. VR? AR? Next Gen Shrooms?
What we found was when you give the brain and the body what they want, suddenly the shackles are off, the rectangular boxes are tossed, and something magical happens…experiences like none you’ve ever seen.Reading the About Us pages (above), and watching the videos one could be excused for thinking that they were developing some sort of pharmaceuticaly-enhanced IT.
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