Comment Re:Transparency (Score 2) 139
The real problem was, if you didn't vote for Obama, you'd be voting for the sockpuppets the GOP put up against him.
Are there only two parties?
The real problem was, if you didn't vote for Obama, you'd be voting for the sockpuppets the GOP put up against him.
Are there only two parties?
In my experience, most permanent job employers don't like to negotiate on vacation time.
It takes more negotiation skill. I recently negotiated a 4-day work week. I took a 20% pay cut for it (totally worth it). Essentially, instead of framing it as an adversarial negotiation, I considered it a problem for us to solve together. "I want to work here, you want me to work here, but this is what I need. How can we solve this problem?" Most of the time was spent helping them overcome concerns. At one point, I said, "yeah, that's a managerial problem, but I'm confident the managers here are capable of overcoming it."
The US (at least the politicians) don't seem to mind this carnage.
John Kerry is rather upset about it. He seems to think that if only Israel gives Palestinians the right to return, then the Palestinians will want to live in peace.
I apologize to everyone here for having voted for them a second time.
Wait, why exactly did you vote the second time? It's not like we didn't know he was running a secretive administration before the election (indeed, he made a vote in favor of secrecy while he was still in the senate, before getting elected the first time).
I can sort of understand saying that he was better than the alternatives and that's why you voted for him, but that's not something you would apologize for, really....
I mean, it's a win-win as far as I'm concerned, but the local eco-hippies might not see it that way.
Local hippies protest solar, and really anything
For a long time it hasn't been about how to "kill more people" but rather how to kill "the right people" more efficiently.
We put a huge amount of effort and money into weapon systems that will minimize collateral damage.
As much as it is popular to vilify the US- none of our opponents seem to care as much who they blow up.
Great, they save $100/employee/year. If the employees spend an entire 2-3 hours of their time / year dealing with the piece of shit that is Libre Office, it's already a stupid business decision.
Unless they're writing very, very basic papers in the word processor, it's a stupid business decision.
But the very article you posted says that there's testing because they're hoping to get classified as a sport, which no international sports league currently does. Chess promoters want to get into a sports competition such as the Olympics or Pan-Am games, and figure drug testing is a great first step.
Chess is not a sport, the idea is ludicrous.
Russia: "Welcome back, Tovarish!
I don't think they really use 'Tovarish' anymore......
then asked for the city police (not the airport police)
Who exactly would have asked?
This restaurant was advertising breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast in the renaissance. - Steven Wright, comedian
