As they should. Police have shown their hand time and time again. Peaceful marchers and protesters get beaten, sprayed, and generally abused without consequence. Armed protesters, even those who go full on violent, are left alone and watched from a distance.
In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.
You mean the old clown who straight up quoted his favorite fiction book and referred to Christianity multiple times in his opinion is a Christian fundamentalist?! Who could have imagined this!!
Naw, basically saying that the employment landscape has changed significantly since 2020 and the management class reports being overwhelmed and lacking tools/knowledge/experience to properly manage and engage employees in the new landscape, while the employees report more passive disengagement and want a company to actually invest in them as a person and treat them as a human instead of treating them like naked capital investment.
Edit: I forgot, there was that one brazenly monocle’d paragraph advocating for harder boot licking for workers, but it is cnbc so what do you expect
The rollout of a landmark company ownership registry officially launched by the United States Treasury Department on Jan. 1 and aimed at fighting dirty money flows in the U.S. has been met with political attacks and the spread of misinformation, amid ongoing tensions around the transparency tool....
How is this burdensome on businesses? Wouldn’t it be as simple as filing the same forms they filed with the secretary of state to register the businesses in the first place? (at least for the small businesses they’re all feigning concern for)
Any state has the right to set some conditions for another state. But in this case, the state that sets the conditions must be either stronger or at least equal in military-economic power. In all other cases, you can only politely ask for something. Therefore, setting some conditions for Russia on the part of Salome is either...
The new documents include court petitions, e-mail exchanges, photographs and some victim statements, which — always taken with great caution — include explosive accusations with unverified indirect testimonies about some of the people who moved within Epstein’s circle, including the ubiquitous Prince Andrew of England,...
You throw enough shit at the wall, some of it’s about to stick. The rumors of this were around long before QAnon nuts came on the scene, same as the #metoo accusations
Three years after supporters of Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the future of the criminal cases against the rioters may hinge on the presidential election.
Let’s try it this way. Based on your comment, I understand your argument structure to be like this (correct me if I’m wrong):
Election is coming up > democrats are running in the election > as part of the election strategy democrats are pushing a “talking point” about trump campaign dangling pardons and legal defense funding for his insurrection conspirators > trump had the chance to pardon them already but chose not to, so therefore he’s lying to them > democratic party promises they broke re: abortion and environment when they had power are the same type of lie and therefore relevant to the discussion about trump campaign dangling pardons and legal defense funding for his insurrection conspirators in the current campaign.
Surely you can see how you’ve had to construct an entirely different argument structure around the actual subject of discussion (trump campaign dangling pardons and legal defense funding for his insurrection conspirators) to try and build relevance? But even then it doesnt actually work logically.
Your original response was essentially “but what about Obummer?!” That’s whataboutism. It’s a logical fallacy.
From the outside, a friendship between Todd and Armstrong may have seemed unlikely. They occupy two worlds that are emblematic of San Francisco but rarely collide. Todd, 64, is a slightly built African American man who had been living on the streets, shelters, and in and out of prison for years. Armstrong, 62, is a white partner...
Wonderfully written look into the program. The buddy pairing system along with the guaranteed payments was brilliant. Often there is a desire by the public and politicians to just throw money at the problem, but the root of addiction and the cycle of suffering in many cases (though obv not all) is often tied deeply to lack of human connection and support.
The one thing that stood out and absolutely disgusted me was the bit about IRS garnishing Todd’s meager $500 payments for back taxes. Are you telling me that we have the resources to garnish the payments of a homeless 64 year old man but not chase down billionaire fraud and tax dodging? What a fucking disgrace
“I don’t believe in welfare,” Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said of declining a federal program that would feed food-insecure children in the summer of 2024.
Wonderfully written article. It’s been invigorating to see people becoming more aware of the role intersectionality plays in both our oppression and our means of resisting it.
How would the new congress sit before certification? Logically they would not be the new congress before certification. We should just get rid of the archaic bullshit and make certification automatic. It’s 2023 ffs.
Before senators-elect and congresspeople-elect can begin exercising their legislative responsibilities, each must present his or her certificate of election and then take the prescribed oath of office in an open session of the Senate/House. The certificate of election, issued by the governor from the incoming member’s state, confirms that the person was duly elected. Affixed with the state’s official seal, it is delivered to the secretary of the Senate/House for official recording.
"Removing a candidate from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is not something my office takes lightly," California's Democratic secretary of state previously said.
I’m not disagreeing with that. I’m disagreeing with your assertion that courts should care about what the people think. If anything, when the law is ambiguous the courts look at the legislative session notes, speeches, drafts…etc to try and figure out what the original intent was (or throw it back to legislature to rework). I never said it’s some kind of rigid holy truth.
I know the struggle. We were in a similar situation ourselves with our CU and decided to pull the plug. While I love the co-op model, the rates across the board were shit (talking .05% on checking and .45% on savings), and what’s more, the rates they gave us when we were shopping for mortgage loans and car loans were even worse (variable mortgage rate at 7% in 2021, when everyone else was offering 2.5% fixed).
At the end of the day I realized that it wasn’t worth leaving money on the table just to have the warm fuzzies of being with a meh, at best, banking institution. In 2023 all I really want are competitive rates, my funds insured, and easy, secure access to my funds and mobile banking. If you can’t do that, there are dozens of other institutions that can.
What does everyone think about this attempt at a new franchise from Disney? I remember seeing it in the theater and I really enjoyed it! I had hoped we would see more in the ‘John Carter’ universe, but that was not to be. Poor marketing is often blamed, as is critics suggesting it was “derivative”.
Is anyone using Gnucash? I’ve been on a kick of streamlining my finances and want to simplify from my current spreadsheet for tracking expenses. I have seen Gnucash mentioned around and am considering it. Is it easy to use and import transactions from credit cards?...
This fucking ghoul gets off with an apology letter and probation, meanwhile a mom in Alabama was forced to give birth in a prison shower and sentenced to 15 years for having an addiction that she tried to seek help with and was denied resources for (convicted of endangering the fetus). The legal system is a fucking joke
Oh I get the mechanics of it (attorney myself) but it still exposes a two-tier justice system where those with power and influence get overall better deals for much worse crimes than the poor and those deemed “useless” for future prosecutions. The system doesn’t care about justice but rather prosecutorial efficiency and conviction rates.
Rather than actually supporting auto workers in their strike against billionaire CEOs at the Big Three, GOP officials are instead using the labor action to rail against electric vehicles and stoke conflict with China....
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LEESBURG, Va. — After two days of testimony, the man who shot a 21-year-old YouTuber inside Dulles Town Center on video in April has been found not guilty on two charges of malicious wounding....
Yes, and in this case the jury decided that a reasonable person in like circumstances could have felt threatened to the point where they feared imminent bodily harm, thus justifying the self defense
Donald Trump said Comcast, the owner of NBC and MSNBC, “should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason’” and promised to do so should he be re-elected president next year....
“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”
I think it’s not so much that people can’t look up the roles, but that most people grinding away in a wage-slave role don’t have context for what is actually done at the higher level. They are too insulated from the day to day of those roles which make it easier to write them off wholesale as useless. That being said, CEO compensation across the board is not in line with any actual productivity or effectiveness metrics, let’s be real, and certainly should not be anywhere near as high in comparison to the average employee. But that’s a separate and more nuanced conversation that can’t be solved with a simple “fire all CEOs hurdur” comments that you’ll see online.
Comcast and other ISPs objected to a requirement that ISPs “list all recurring monthly fees” including “all charges that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government.” They complained that the rule will force them “to display the pass-through of fees imposed by federal, state, or...
I’m a long time PocketSmith user currently switching to Quicken. PocketSmith is a decent product but has some glaring issues that don’t seem to be on their radar and I feel like my finances have honestly become too complex for PocketSmith’s simplistic philosophy....
This is what I’ve been using and it’s great. Has an open api as well if you want to build and run your own simulations using your actual data without having to integrate with all of your investment/banking apis as well
I’m talking about types of accounts, automatic transfers, etc. Feel free to mention specifics, but I’m more interested in higher level information like does your paycheck go to savings or checking, do you use automatic transfers, do you use a traditional bank account or something different, etc....
Thanks for starting the discussion! Here’s my setup:
Wife and I have paychecks deposited into regular credit union checking account.
From there a small portion goes into a separate high-yield savings account with CapitalOne (currently getting 5%). This is primarily our “just in case” liquidity account that we can pull from on a dime for any unforseen emergencies.
Another portion then goes into a Fidelity brokerage account for non-advantaged personal investments (non-401k/roth since we max those out separately and those are fed directly from the paycheck)
Recently I’ve also stated diverting another portion into Tbills, though I need a better system for this.
The only thing that remains in checking is the amount needed to cover our monthly cc payments (everything goes through cc bc I’m a cashback/point slut, and it makes no sense not to take advantage of the additional protections imo) which get paid off monthly
Currently I do all the separate account transfers manually after the paychecks are deposited. Main reason is bc I grew up quite poor so I got very good at tracking every dollar manually and never broke the habit. And it serves as a mini-audit every two weeks which is a nice bonus.
Out of curiosity, how did you set up your Treasury bill efund account through Fidelity? I’ve been looking to consolidate and better track my tbill purchases but haven’t settled on a good solution yet
Or I’m someone who directly experienced the ethnic cleansing and genocide committed against my people by the the Serbs. I have zero sympathy or tolerance for keyboard warriors and actual fascist apologists when it comes to the subject. Educate yourself first and actually think critically sometime about shit you say (as you claim you do), rather than just repeating the tired, and frankly lazy, “west bad/NATO bad” mantra.
In the case of the Yugoslavian wars and Serbian aggression against Bosnia, yes, NATO was good and Serbia was bad. Serbia instigated the first genocide on European soil since the Holocaust (caveat: depending on how you classify Armenia geographically) and refused to stop and back off until they were bombed. It wasnt until the bombs started falling on THEIR people and country that they finally stopped. Also, continuing to refer to Serbia as “Yugoslavia” makes me think that either you’ve no idea about what you’re talking when it comes to the Balkans, or are a Serb apologist.
Makes perfect sense for China to move in and assert itself a bit more strongly on the global political stage. Will be interesting to see how the relationship plays into any official responses to future expansion and war efforts by Israel.
Alicia Navarro, now 18, walked into a police department in a tiny Montana town 40 miles from the Canadian border and identified herself as the teen who was reported missing in September 2019, Glendale police said Wednesday....
Mens rea and cognitive ability to consent/form intent is a very interesting subject, especially when it comes to minors. Society supersedes its judgement for the judgement of the minor where the minor is deemed not to have the sufficient mental capacity to consent to an action with full understanding of the consequences and context (sometimes only acquired through age or experience). It’s usually also only exercised as a means of protecting the minors (e.g., ability to consent to sexual acts with adults when underage). Criminal acts are slightly different though as it’s generally more about the individuals (minor or otherwise) capacity to form intent to actively harm/deprive/defraud/whatever in the context of what would be normal and reasonable for someone of like experience, knowledge, and circumstance. And even then, minors have a separate legal track in acknowledgement of their inability to fully grasp context and impact (see previous point about consent above) for all but most egregious and grievous acts.
DNC strategy explained ( media.mas.to )
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/592/635/813/326/435/original/b343660b060bc581.mp4
Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. ( slrpnk.net )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8927917...
Deploying ears for modelling! ( lemmy.world )
Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern ( www.npr.org )
In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.
Pixel 6a astrophotography mode goes hard indoors too: ( sopuli.xyz )
The majority of Americans are not engaged at work, 70% of managers have no training to lead a hybrid team and it could be killing employee engagement ( www.cnbc.com )
New US company ownership database faces continued political attacks weeks after launch ( www.icij.org )
The rollout of a landmark company ownership registry officially launched by the United States Treasury Department on Jan. 1 and aimed at fighting dirty money flows in the U.S. has been met with political attacks and the spread of misinformation, amid ongoing tensions around the transparency tool....
Does the President of Georgia set “conditions” for Russia!?
Any state has the right to set some conditions for another state. But in this case, the state that sets the conditions must be either stronger or at least equal in military-economic power. In all other cases, you can only politely ask for something. Therefore, setting some conditions for Russia on the part of Salome is either...
New batch of unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents claim that former presidents Clinton and Trump and tycoon Richard Branson were part of the pedophile’s circle of clients ( english.elpais.com )
The new documents include court petitions, e-mail exchanges, photographs and some victim statements, which — always taken with great caution — include explosive accusations with unverified indirect testimonies about some of the people who moved within Epstein’s circle, including the ubiquitous Prince Andrew of England,...
The Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with money and pardon promises ( www.npr.org )
Three years after supporters of Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the future of the criminal cases against the rioters may hinge on the presidential election.
Boebert faults Ryan Reynolds, Barbra Streisand for her district switch ( thehill.com )
One was a tech VC, the other was unhoused. They forged an unlikely friendship in a deeply unequal city. ( www.theguardian.com )
From the outside, a friendship between Todd and Armstrong may have seemed unlikely. They occupy two worlds that are emblematic of San Francisco but rarely collide. Todd, 64, is a slightly built African American man who had been living on the streets, shelters, and in and out of prison for years. Armstrong, 62, is a white partner...
Nebraska Gov. Stands By Rejection Of Federal Funds To Feed Hungry Kids This Summer ( www.huffpost.com )
“I don’t believe in welfare,” Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said of declining a federal program that would feed food-insecure children in the summer of 2024.
When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too ( truthout.org )
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1476769...
‘The free ride is over’: Nikki Haley is getting her first real test of 2024 ( www.politico.com )
Officials from Haley’s rival campaigns had privately complained about what they called a lack of scrutiny on Haley’s policy positions.
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California Leaves Trump On Primary Ballot Despite Requests To Disqualify Him ( www.huffpost.com )
"Removing a candidate from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is not something my office takes lightly," California's Democratic secretary of state previously said.
Executives Should Be Facing The Music, Not Laying Off Workers ( aftermath.site )
Embracer's executives should be held accountable for their failures
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Should I leave my credit union over account interest rates?
TL;DR: Credit union account rates low, I moved, and even though the app and co-op network are great, not sure if I should leave....
In love with the new tiny human. ( i.imgur.com )
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John Carter (2012) ( lemmy.ml )
What does everyone think about this attempt at a new franchise from Disney? I remember seeing it in the theater and I really enjoyed it! I had hoped we would see more in the ‘John Carter’ universe, but that was not to be. Poor marketing is often blamed, as is critics suggesting it was “derivative”.
Opinions on Gnucash
Is anyone using Gnucash? I’ve been on a kick of streamlining my finances and want to simplify from my current spreadsheet for tracking expenses. I have seen Gnucash mentioned around and am considering it. Is it easy to use and import transactions from credit cards?...
Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/politics/t/552682...
We're already understaffed... ( lemmy.world )
Republicans Are Using Anti-China Rhetoric to Undercut Striking UAW Workers’ Demands ( inthesetimes.com )
Rather than actually supporting auto workers in their strike against billionaire CEOs at the Big Three, GOP officials are instead using the labor action to rail against electric vehicles and stoke conflict with China....
Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury ( www.wusa9.com )
LEESBURG, Va. — After two days of testimony, the man who shot a 21-year-old YouTuber inside Dulles Town Center on video in April has been found not guilty on two charges of malicious wounding....
‘Full fascist’ Trump condemned after ‘treason’ rant against NBC and MSNBC ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump said Comcast, the owner of NBC and MSNBC, “should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason’” and promised to do so should he be re-elected president next year....
CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978 ( www.epi.org )
“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard ( arstechnica.com )
Comcast and other ISPs objected to a requirement that ISPs “list all recurring monthly fees” including “all charges that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government.” They complained that the rule will force them “to display the pass-through of fees imposed by federal, state, or...
Personal Accounting Software
I’m a long time PocketSmith user currently switching to Quicken. PocketSmith is a decent product but has some glaring issues that don’t seem to be on their radar and I feel like my finances have honestly become too complex for PocketSmith’s simplistic philosophy....
Welcome to the ‘nepo’ housing market: 40% of homebuyers under 30 get family money to cover their down payment ( archive.ph )
Definitely a trend I see around me (Europe, 30 years old)....
What does your cash flow process look like?
I’m talking about types of accounts, automatic transfers, etc. Feel free to mention specifics, but I’m more interested in higher level information like does your paycheck go to savings or checking, do you use automatic transfers, do you use a traditional bank account or something different, etc....
Bernie Sanders urges left to back Biden to stop ‘very dangerous’ Trump ( www.theguardian.com )
Leftwing senator advises ‘unification of progressive people in general’ because threat from Republican ex-president is too great...
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Meet Ron DeSantis ( infosec.pub )
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'Disappointed' with Biden, PA looks to forge ties with China: Official ( new.thecradle.co )
Arizona girl Alicia Navarro, missing since 2019, walks into tiny Montana police station and asks cops to take her off missing children list ( nypost.com )
Alicia Navarro, now 18, walked into a police department in a tiny Montana town 40 miles from the Canadian border and identified herself as the teen who was reported missing in September 2019, Glendale police said Wednesday....