All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again...raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:04 pmThat was the other McCarthy, everything old is new again…Frater I*I wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:57 pm He should call it by it's original name...the House Un-American Activities Committee....
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There is a video stream from the House on live.house.gov. I think it is usually running when they are in sessions, and there are procedures. It is currently off as no business is happening. I assume it would go off if they have to go into executive sessions.
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They're too stupid to see.jemcanada2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:31 pm Are they really sure that they want to open this can of worms?
It's like watching an 80's slasher movie and they're going to see what's in the barn...
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The best part is that MAGAts actually think that the kabuki theatre in the House will happen. Having no civics education, they don't realize the Senate and White House play a part in this. The ANGER when they discover they've been shafted and these are just "messaging" bills is going to be (as Bob would say) hi-larious. So let them load up the wagon with shiny objects. And then let them down when nothing happens. It's so darn hard being an insurrectionist MAGAt.
Of course, when these "messaging" bills go nowhere, the Gateway House of Boys puts EVERYTHING IN CAPS, and #BrunsonVAdams fails its 4th Reconsideration, I expect all Fogbowzers to jump in and with great concern support the MAGAts when they say, "There's no point in voting".
PS: I love Joe and the Bear and need to send that along to some friends.
Of course, when these "messaging" bills go nowhere, the Gateway House of Boys puts EVERYTHING IN CAPS, and #BrunsonVAdams fails its 4th Reconsideration, I expect all Fogbowzers to jump in and with great concern support the MAGAts when they say, "There's no point in voting".
PS: I love Joe and the Bear and need to send that along to some friends.
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Don't encourage him, you know how he gets.orlylicious wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:40 am PS: I love Joe and the Bear and need to send that along to some friends.
Don't mind me, I just fell out of a coconut tree.
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A Reuters reporter tweeted that Rs are allowing smoking on the House floor, but I haven't seen anything corroborating it yet.
https://twitter.com/ReutersZengerle/sta ... 3150696450
https://twitter.com/ReutersZengerle/sta ... 3150696450
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Given what the Rs have done so far, I suspect meth is more their speed.
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House Rs are apparently trying to abolish the IRS and eliminate federal income tax. This is going to be a very production Congress, I see.
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Abolish the IRS and shutdown the government? What could go wrong?raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:54 pm House Rs are apparently trying to abolish the IRS and eliminate federal income tax. This is going to be a very production Congress, I see.
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C-SPAN letter asking for increased camera access:
House Rs explainer for why the word "labor" is antiquated and we should be using "workforce."
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Cause it sounds so enlightend along with Space Forceraison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:59 pm C-SPAN letter asking for increased camera access:House Rs explainer for why the word "labor" is antiquated and we should be using "workforce."► Show Spoiler► Show Spoiler
Or did they really want to have Forced Labour
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“Labor carries a negative connotation” is the most elitist thing I’ve seen in some time.
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So long ago I had a client from LA, whose rich S.O. was willing to pay big bucks to promote that novel she was gonna write any second (that's where I came in). She was a local-channel news person, or had been, or whatever. Anyway, one of the suggestions I had while working with her on the book was to introduce one or two minor characters who were not dizzyingly glamorous and rich and who all talked in the same way about the same things. She didn't get what I meant, so I said, "Y,know like the guy in the convenience store where your protag buys a newspaper, or a mentor aunt who taught school back home in rural Iowa or the cleaning lady who has surprising knowledge." She said, "Oh, you mean the slackers."pipistrelle wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:57 pm “Labor carries a negative connotation” is the most elitist thing I’ve seen in some time.
I was not unhappy when she disappeared after about six weeks on the project. I hope her rich S.O. threw her out on her ass.
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Where do they think that their salaries come from?raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:54 pm House Rs are apparently trying to abolish the IRS and eliminate federal income tax. This is going to be a very production Congress, I see.
I know, they have no intention of really abolishing the IRS or the Income Tax. This is all just theater for the rubes back home. They can submit this bill, maybe even pass it in the House, go nowhere in the Senate, and then whine that the evil Democrats defeated the will of the people.
The same thing will happen with all the impeachments they plan. They've already submitted articles of Impeachment against the Secretary of Homeland Security. They had better impeach Biden and Harris soon. I have a feeling that, after four or five impeachments, even most republicans will tire of the charade.
BTW, what ever happened to McCarthy's promise to read the Constitution, in full, on the first day of the new Congress?
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The problem is that the MAGAts will not blame the Republicans for wasting time on ridiculous bills that have no hope of passing. The R's in Congress don't even really want to abolish the IRS. They would never have introduced it, if they thought it had any chance to pass. The rubes back home will blame the Democrats for subverting the WILL OF THE PEOPLE.orlylicious wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:40 am The best part is that MAGAts actually think that the kabuki theatre in the House will happen. Having no civics education, they don't realize the Senate and White House play a part in this. The ANGER when they discover they've been shafted and these are just "messaging" bills is going to be (as Bob would say) hi-larious. So let them load up the wagon with shiny objects. And then let them down when nothing happens. It's so darn hard being an insurrectionist MAGAt.
That's what we're going to see for the next two years: the Republicans introducing bill after bill, each one crazier than the last, that have no hope of passing, just for the campaign talking points that the Democrats are against the common people.
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You can rewrite some of that statement substituing a few words from the past that are more honestly what the right means, and it still tracks. For instance:pipistrelle wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:57 pm “Labor carries a negative connotation” is the most elitist thing I’ve seen in some time.
See? Makes perfect sense that way and the meaning changes not a whit.Though the left likes to treat employers masters like predators, we know that most job creators slaveholders have their employees's slaves best interest in mind...
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Couldn't find enough people on his side who could read without pictures.
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I seem to remember another time when the pubs were going to read the constitution but were unable to bring themselves to read parts of it.
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The get stuck around the 13th Amendment all the way through the one about income tax.
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Will the GOP try to change Labor Day to Workforce Day?
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Labour is so womanly a word with it's birthing synonym
but the Force part of workforce is so manly sounding
and of course being forced to work (for bad pay/conditions) is the goal..
but the Force part of workforce is so manly sounding
and of course being forced to work (for bad pay/conditions) is the goal..
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That's actually close to the mark. The language is such that Labor implies collectivism and bottom-up choices. Workforce implies imposition from above as a default condition. You *choose* to be part of a labor pool. You do not *choose* to be part of a workforce (except by the negative choice of not participating).
My former organization before joining the Foreign Service was referred to as a 'workforce development organization'. I spent quite a bit of time considering that.
My former organization before joining the Foreign Service was referred to as a 'workforce development organization'. I spent quite a bit of time considering that.
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As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
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