"On call" means she's always on the clock and therefore has a billing claim against her employers. At least, that's how it theoretically works in England (RCN V London NHS,

Most likely, she is an "exempt" employee. In this context, "exempt" means that a lot of employee protections don't apply. Specifically, exempt employees normally don't have specific hours of work, so the employer can claim that they are paying her for 24/7 work.

back when middle class meant being a butcher, policeman or other lower skilled worker or tradesman.

Middle class never meant that. It's only modern usage that has extended the usage of the term towards working-class families.

Petrol engines worked for decades without any active electronics. My car (built in '57) has either zero or perhaps one semiconductor devices (quench diode in the fuel pump). It has plenty of electro-mechanical devices, but I doubt that these would be affected by a flare. It has a starter, but can be hand-cranked to start.

If you could sue the credit reference agencies for libel, much of this problem would go away.

Your losses due to false information on your credit report are a loss that you should be able to sue over.

Much of Santa Clara County is in the City of San Jose. What do you want to bet that San Jose has at least one?

I don't see it on my phone, running 4.1.2. Perhaps the carrier stripped out this option before shipping the firmware update that the phone is running.

If we were willing to pay double or triple the market rate, we could probably entice happily employed candidates to come work for us,

I don't think you understand the concept of "market rate". If you have to pay more to get qualified candidates, then that higher rate is the market rate.

I write from experience. I had 2 spells on H1-B visas, both times, I was directly employed (not through a contracting firm). The first time, I went back to my home country at the end of my expat assignment. The second time, I stayed long enough to get a green card -- I had already changed jobs after starting the H1-B.

The H1-B program should be changed such that only the company that is the end recipient of the work product of the H1-B worker can apply for a visa.

Those companies that provide on-site engineers to other companies should not qualify for H1-B visa sponsorship. In this way many abuses would be stopped.

Tell people it's for the Common Good.

I think you mean the "greater good"

I think your confusing Texas with California. Texas has the second largest state economy in the country and unlike the largest state economy, it isn't bankrupt.

I think you are confusing your Tea Party talking points for facts. California isn't bankrupt. In fact the state budget outlook is very good.

but the fucking deluxe fix was $11, that is it.They could have built that into the car price with virtually no impact. TFA picked one terrible example...

At the time that the Pinto was bing built, car manufacturers went to great lengths to shave fractions of a penny off the cost of a car. $11 was a huge cost addition at that time.

Still using an SII Hercules. Gets 20mbps download speeds on HSDPA+ -- I really don't need more.

That's how it works in the UK. It's been like that for a long time.

Google Fi is about combining multiple cellular networks, while Scratch Wireless only uses a single cellular network. Both let you seamlessly roam between cellular and wifi.

Which you get when using a T-Mobile phone abroad, where it can use multiple cell networks and can switch mid call between Wifi and various cellular networks, or at least the old UMA phones could do some time around 2003. Perhaps they could not go from one WiFi network to another mid-call, but will Google's phone really do this?