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[CID1990]

That's true

ALL of my friends avoid political conversations with me

I'm very hard on sacred cows


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[Chizzang]

As an "at will" employee you need to know better than that...
If Google agrees with him and his report they would be setting themselves up for a law suit of spectacular size

They had to fire him

Yep

I've been an at will employee for my whole working life

In my fantasy dreams I am self employed, making wooden boats and freely expressing my heathen views

Important Note to At Will Employees:
The corporation you work for is interested in your opinion
as soon as they're done giving it to you

The end...

[CAA Flagship]

Here are a couple of folks worth killing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pu ... b5b96e9c70

What draws Americans to anarchy?

By day, they are graphic designers, legal assistants, nonprofit workers and students. But outside their 9-to-5 jobs, they call themselves anarchists — bucking the system, shunning the government and sometimes even rioting and smashing windows to make a point.

[UNI88]

Yeah, we all favor intersectional directional school graduates to make America great again.

Whoa there,
That's Smug Prick Encroachment Ivy
I'm supposed to be the only smug prick around here

Sorry Chizzy, whoa is a country/rural term reserved for graduates of state schools and smug prick Ivy League elites aren't allowed to use it. And in IT's defense, I believe smug-prickishness is a requirement for graduation from all Ivy League schools with Harvard and Yale competing to see who can matriculate smug pricks of the greatest level.

Back on the topic of Google/Alphabet, here is a pretty good commentary on the subject - That Google memo about women in tech wasn't wrong

James Damore should probably have used fewer words with high negative emotional indices, when more neutral ones were available. But he was basically making the same point that I am: that women seem to have less interest in working with inanimate objects, and that ignoring this is going to lead to a lot of useless or even counterproductive diversity initiatives.
...
Well, Damore's analysis leans very heavily on the biological explanations, and as persuasive as I find them, I also know that the story is more complicated than that. Sexism is a process, not a level. I think it's probably true that my firm was mostly male because mostly men were interested in doing that kind of work at that level. But as my story also suggests, when a field is mostly guys, it's going to feel less than perfectly comfortable for women unless some pretty heroic efforts are made to counteract all that free-floating testosterone. That may retard both women's career prospects and their interest in joining that field in the first place.

The story is more complicated than that sums a lot of things up nicely. Too many people on both the right and the left are looking to wrap things up in a nice simple package when life is complicated and issues are not so easy to define or resolve.

[Chizzang]

Here are a couple of folks worth killing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pu ... b5b96e9c70

What draws Americans to anarchy?

By day, they are graphic designers, legal assistants, nonprofit workers and students. But outside their 9-to-5 jobs, they call themselves anarchists — bucking the system, shunning the government and sometimes even rioting and smashing windows to make a point.

No...
Who will make my coffee then? (gad dammit)

[BDKJMU]

Juden, brausen nehmen!
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/swi ... ar-AAq9cJv

[Skjellyfetti]

NC gerrymandering district so it includes state Senator's new House. Working as intended.

[Chizzang]

NC gerrymandering district so it includes state Senator's new House. Working as intended.

Wait for it
Hilary comment in 3...2..1...

[CID1990]

NC gerrymandering district so it includes state Senator's new House. Working as intended.

Wait for it
Hilary comment in 3...2..1...

In NC you don't have to "but Hillary"

in NC when liberals moan about gerrymandering you just have to "but NC-12"

The funniest part is that they now try to claim that NC-12 disenfranchises blacks


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[dbackjon]

Beyond all that, are you really "insured" if you are paying a high premium and have a high deductible?

That's what Mrs. Ivy and I now have: high-priced catastrophic care, as a practical matter.

Thanks, Obama.

Medicare?

[Skjellyfetti]

In NC you don't have to "but Hillary"

in NC when liberals moan about gerrymandering you just have to "but NC-12"

The funniest part is that they now try to claim that NC-12 disenfranchises blacks

2012:

Democrats won 51% of the House vote. Republicans won 49%
Equitable distribution would be 7 Democratic seats and 6 Republican seats.
Republicans won 9 seats and Democrats won 4.

North Carolina is heavily gerrymandered for Republicans.

[Ivytalk]

That's what Mrs. Ivy and I now have: high-priced catastrophic care, as a practical matter.

Thanks, Obama.

Medicare?

It only took you a month to find that post.

Not Medicare-eligible for two more years.

[CID1990]

In NC you don't have to "but Hillary"

in NC when liberals moan about gerrymandering you just have to "but NC-12"

The funniest part is that they now try to claim that NC-12 disenfranchises blacks

2012:

Democrats won 51% of the House vote. Republicans won 49%
Equitable distribution would be 7 Democratic seats and 6 Republican seats.
Republicans won 9 seats and Democrats won 4.

North Carolina is heavily gerrymandered for Republicans.

nice head fake

NC-12

Let's see if it gets redrawn and then you can cry about equality of outcomes all you like


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[Ibanez]

2012:

Democrats won 51% of the House vote. Republicans won 49%
Equitable distribution would be 7 Democratic seats and 6 Republican seats.
Republicans won 9 seats and Democrats won 4.

North Carolina is heavily gerrymandered for Republicans.

nice head fake

NC-12

Let's see if it gets redrawn and then you can cry about equality of outcomes all you like


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NC-12 was redrawn. It looks like this now

[Gil Dobie]

Looks like a couple killed her and took her baby, and dumped the body in the river.

Authorities in Fargo, North Dakota, have found the body of a missing woman who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared, three days after finding a newborn they believe to be hers.

Womb Raiders Link

[Pwns]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... works.html

Got a chuckle out of this story. Twitter feminists are offended at a new Lord of the Flies movie featuring all women. Because they say that couldn't happen with all women because of something called "toxic masculinity".

I'm guessing these feminists have never been in a work environment with mostly women. Most cutthroat, ruthless, and petty environment I've ever been in. There's a reason women are more likely to prefer male bosses than men are.

[89Hen]

NC-12 was redrawn. It looks like this now

NC's cameltoe?

[Baldy]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... works.html

Got a chuckle out of this story. Twitter feminists are offended at a new Lord of the Flies movie featuring all women. Because they say that couldn't happen with all women because of something called "toxic masculinity".

I'm guessing these feminists have never been in a work environment with mostly women. Most cutthroat, ruthless, and petty environment I've ever been in. There's a reason women are more likely to prefer male bosses than men are.

This. This. This. A thousand times this.

[Chizzang]

Looks like a couple killed her and took her baby, and dumped the body in the river.

Authorities in Fargo, North Dakota, have found the body of a missing woman who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared, three days after finding a newborn they believe to be hers.

Womb Raiders Link

What in the ever loving hell on Earth is this....!!!
They've confirmed the child is hers and now they're trying to determine the circumstances of the birth

[Gil Dobie]

Looks like a couple killed her and took her baby, and dumped the body in the river.

Authorities in Fargo, North Dakota, have found the body of a missing woman who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared, three days after finding a newborn they believe to be hers.

Womb Raiders Link

What in the ever loving hell on Earth is this....!!!
They've confirmed the child is hers and now they're trying to determine the circumstances of the birth

Probably will help determine the charge for the couple that was arrested.

Link

The suspects told police that the child belonged to LaFontaine-Greywind, but custody cannot be awarded until DNA results are received. Police have not released any information on whether the baby was born naturally, induced early, or taken from the mother violently.

[Jjoey52]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... works.html

Got a chuckle out of this story. Twitter feminists are offended at a new Lord of the Flies movie featuring all women. Because they say that couldn't happen with all women because of something called "toxic masculinity".

I'm guessing these feminists have never been in a work environment with mostly women. Most cutthroat, ruthless, and petty environment I've ever been in. There's a reason women are more likely to prefer male bosses than men are.

This. This. This. A thousand times this.

Having retired from a government management position I can confidently say most workplace problems result from women being mean and vindictive to other women. I had 2 that would not speak to each other for 15 years because one made a remark about the other one's fingernail polish.


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[Chizzang]

This. This. This. A thousand times this.

Having retired from a government management position I can confidently say most workplace problems result from women being mean and vindictive to other women. I had 2 that would not speak to each other for 15 years because one made a remark about the other one's fingernail polish.

Well that settles it...
Thank you for your deep empirical evidence Joey

[Ibanez]

Having retired from a government management position I can confidently say most workplace problems result from women being mean and vindictive to other women. I had 2 that would not speak to each other for 15 years because one made a remark about the other one's fingernail polish.

Well that settles it...
Thank you for your deep empirical evidence Joey

I think it's founded. My wife has worked in the fashion industry since 2005. Daily she tells me women are terrible to work with.

[Baldy]

Having retired from a government management position I can confidently say most workplace problems result from women being mean and vindictive to other women. I had 2 that would not speak to each other for 15 years because one made a remark about the other one's fingernail polish.

Well that settles it...
Thank you for your deep empirical evidence Joey

There are 12 employees in my section who work for me...ALL 12 are women.

The Director of the section next to mine is a woman. My boss is a woman. Both have told me, even a couple of my employees have told me that our section is in dire need of a testosterone injection (male employees) to help level out all the fucking drama.

JFC, some days I feel like I'm on Real Housewives or something.

[Ivytalk]

Well that settles it...
Thank you for your deep empirical evidence Joey

There are 12 employees in my section who work for me...ALL 12 are women.

The Director of the section next to mine is a woman. My boss is a woman. Both have told me, even a couple of my employees have told me that our section is in dire need of a testosterone injection (male employees) to help level out all the **** drama.

JFC, some days I feel like I'm on Real Housewives or something.

Pix or STFU!