February 27, 20241 yr Been channelling my inner @vikas83 lately and thinking about about how there are definitely way too many fat people in this country.
February 27, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Been channelling my inner @vikas83 lately and thinking about about how there are definitely way too many fat people in this country. they oughta put ozempic in our water supply!
February 27, 20241 yr 17 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Been channelling my inner @vikas83 lately and thinking about about how there are definitely way too many fat people in this country. Bill Burr has a great solution for that
February 27, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: Bill Burr has a great solution for that One of my favorite bits. Takes out the fat, lazy, stupid and unambitious....
February 27, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said: Bill Burr has a great solution for that Beautiful rant. I've never understood the appeal of cruises. He put it into words much better than I could, lol.
February 27, 20241 yr 19 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Beautiful rant. I've never understood the appeal of cruises. He put it into words much better than I could, lol. I think that's why I love that bit so much. Spending days on end on a floating hotel with no way out seems like hell on Earth to me.
March 1, 20241 yr Black face is running Canada into the ground Facing questions about how scientists who were intentionally sharing information with China were cleared to work at a Winnipeg lab studying deadly diseases, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deflected criticism to his chief political rival and accused the Conservative leader of weaponizing national security. During a Thursday news conference in Thunder Bay, Ont., Trudeau was asked how scientists working on high-security viruses at the Winnipeg-based National Microbiology Lab were able to collaborate with the People's Republic of China. After a years-long fight for access, the federal government dumped hundreds of pages of documents about the dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng. The two were marched out of the facility in July 2019 and were stripped of their security clearances. Their dismissals were announced in January 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/winnipeg-lab-firing-documents-released-china-1.7129815
March 5, 20241 yr NCAA is about to make a boatload off woman's March Madness Caitlin Clark’s record-setting game for Iowa against Ohio State on Sunday attracted more than 4 million television viewers at its peak and was the most-watched women’s regular-season basketball game since 1999, Fox Sports announced Tuesday. Clark scored 35 points and passed Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division I overall career scoring leader during the Hawkeyes’ 93-83 win. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/caitlin-clarks-record-setting-game-draws-viewers-womens-regular-season-rcna141889
March 13, 20241 yr https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/13/house-approves-tiktok-bill-ban/72948004007/ House approves bill on TikTok that would force sale or effectively ban company
March 13, 20241 yr https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/13/bernie-sanders-shorter-workweek-senate/72959569007/ Quote WASHINGTON − There's a revived effort on Capitol Hill to make a shorter workweek the new norm. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Wednesday he will introduce a bill to establish a standard 32-hour workweek that would result in no loss in pay. Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, will introduce the legislation Thursday during a hearing on the need for a shorter workweek. "Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea,” Sanders said in a statement. "Today, American workers are over 400 percent more productive than they were in the 1940s. And yet, millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages than they were decades ago. That has got to change."
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March 15, 20241 yr Going to Minneapolis? Ugh, sorry to hear that. Want to call an uber or lyft? Well I got more bad news for you.... Quote Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. The city council on Thursday voted 10-3 in favor of the override, allowing rideshare drivers to be paid the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour. Lyft said in a statement the bill was "deeply flawed” and that the ordinance makes its "operations unsustainable.” "We support a minimum earning standard for drivers, but it should be done in an honest way that keeps the service affordable for riders,” said a Lyft spokesperson. Uber said in a statement obtained by CNN that it’s "disappointed the council chose to ignore the data and kick Uber out of the Twin Cities, putting 10,000 people out of work and leaving many stranded.” Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, said he supports a minimum wage for rideshare drivers but opposed the ordinance because it didn’t factor in a Minnesota state study that analyzed how much drivers should be paid. "Everyone wants to see Uber and Lyft drivers get paid more. But getting a raise doesn’t do a whole lot of good if you lose your job,” Frey said, according to CNN affiliate WCCO-TV. "There will be a massive impact felt by our region.” The ordinance mandates rideshare drivers make at least $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute within Minneapolis. However, the analysis Frey referred to showed lower numbers — $0.89 per mile and $0.49 per minute — to make minimum wage. "We shouldn’t be afraid of data, we should be embracing it. We shouldn’t be ignoring studies that come out, we should be utilizing them and creating the best possible policy,” Frey told WCCO-TV. The mayor is imploring local politicians to come up with a solution before May 1. The rideshare services say that user prices would double if they stayed in the city. Minneapolis is debating the minimum wage as gig workers across the country are advocating for fair wages and job benefits. Cities and states have attempted to pass legislation in recent years amid the growth of the "gig economy,” or freelance work through apps like Uber and Grubhub, but have generally been met with fierce opposition. Last year, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, also vetoed a bill that would have set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers, saying it would make Minnesota "one of the most expensive states in the country for rideshare.” Lyft previously told CNN that the bill would be detrimental to drivers, who would ultimately earn less, "because prices could double and only the most wealthy could still afford a ride.” In 2020, California passed Proposition 22, which was backed by more than $200 million from the most influential gig economy companies. The controversial ballot measure allows Uber and Lyft to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. While it was a major win for Uber and Lyft, it did include a minimum earnings guarantee (excluding the time a driver spends waiting for a gig). Last June, New York City announced a new minimum pay rate for food app delivery workers amid the rise in the use of services like Uber Eats and DoorDash since the pandemic. Uber and other food delivery apps sued the city in July, maintaining that the law would hurt delivery workers more than help them.
March 18, 20241 yr Philadelphia man incarcerated as a teen is freed after more than a dozen years in prison https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3750425/16-year-old-protective-cat-named-Baby-mauls-pitbulls-hospitalizes-dog-walker.html Quote "For me personally, I’m glad to see this wrong righted,” Rice told CNN. "Can’t call it a mistake. Because the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s judicial system had at least five separate times to correct this specific situation, and chose not to act in the interest of justice. Either the Court did not review the case as the public trust endowed the court the ability to do so, or the Pennsylvania Courts did review the case and chose to allow a clear injustice to stand for as long as no one else knew what was going on. For that, the Pennsylvania Court system is blameworthy and not worthy of any confidence. Nonetheless, my comment to any DA, state, prosecutor, commonwealth who has an innocent person behind bars, let them free!” Rice’s release was more than a dozen years in the making. We told you about his case on CNN and in a cover story in The Atlantic in October 2022, which noted the many ways Rice did not have effective counsel when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sentenced him to prison for 30 to 60 years for the 2011 shooting. I was first alerted to the Rice case by my father, Dr. Theodore S. Tapper, who was Rice’s pediatrician in 2011 and who testified that he did not believe the then-17-year-old Rice was physically capable of carrying out the 2011 shooting, given that he was recovering from a separate shooting at the time and could barely walk, much less run, as the shooters were described as having done. 12 years of his life lost, and 5 chances for the system to step in, and 5 failures.
March 19, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Imp81318 said: @Toastrel your link directs to a story about a cat mauling 7 pit bulls. It was a good story. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/cj-rice-freed/index.html Here's teh real link
March 21, 20241 yr Also one of my fraternity brothers Quote Meet the man who blew up Veterans Stadium 20 years ago by Josh Tolentino Published Mar. 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET Around this time of the year, Nick Peetros still can feel the hairs on his arms raise slightly. Goosebumps tend to hit him like a Zack Wheeler fastball zipping from the mound to home plate. Twenty years ago — March 21, 2004 — Peetros was tasked with controlling the detonator button that imploded Veterans Stadium. "I look back now and I didn’t realize it at the time, how lucky I really was,” Peetros told The Inquirer. Around the time of the Vet’s demolition, Peetros — who grew up in Broomall and graduated from Drexel — worked for L.F. Driscoll Co., which also was tasked with the construction of Citizens Bank Park. "It was a pretty amazing time,” said Peetros, who works as a senior estimator at Clemens Construction Co. in Philadelphia. "It was just incredibly busy. You didn’t really have a lot of time to think about it. When I look back, I am just extremely fortunate to have been at the right place at the right time. I get mixed feelings. A lot of people were supportive, but there were people that were upset about the Vet being demolished. They were big fans of it.” For the uninitiated, the Vet, which opened in 1971 and housed the Eagles through the 2002 season and the Phillies through 2003, was located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue. A multipurpose stadium, it could hold more than 65,000 fans for football and north of 56,000 for baseball. It’s also where the Phillies clinched their first World Series title in 1980 with a victory in Game 6 over the Kansas City Royals. The gritty stadium, feared for its fans as much as its concrete-like playing surface, was one of a kind. The 700 Level became legendary for its rowdy crowds, with enough fights that the Vet eventually had its own courtroom and judge in the bowels of the stadium. Last year, The Inquirer revealed another chapter through its reporting that has complicated the Vet’s legacy. Through investigative research, it was discovered the Vet used an artificial turf created with dangerous chemicals, and six former Phillies died from the same brain cancer, glioblastoma. Whenever Peetros, 51, reflects on his moment in Philadelphia sports history, he recalls two of the favorite days of his construction career: the Vet’s implosion and Citizens Bank Park’s opening day. "It’s pretty cool and I’m known as the guy who pushed the button amongst my friends and family,” Peetros said. "They all say, ‘I can’t believe I know the guy that blew up the Vet!’ … And I say, ‘Yeah, I can’t believe it was me.’ ” At this point, your memory might be telling you something different. That’s because on the day of the Vet’s implosion, then-Mayor John Street and former Phillies outfielder and World Series champion Greg Luzinski were publicly shown as the button-pushers of the dummy detonator — although "the Bull” was the only one to actually push it. But behind the scenes, it was Peetros who effectively sent the Vet tumbling into rubble. The implosion lasted 62 seconds and was witnessed by thousands of fans and representatives from the Eagles and Phillies. As the dust settled, a new beginning for Philadelphia pro sports was rising. A few weeks later, Citizens Bank Park opened on April 12, 2004, with the Phillies hosting the Cincinnati Reds (the Reds won, 4-1). Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles’ new home, hosted its first regular-season game on Sept. 8, 2003. "It’s definitely something I’m very proud of,” Peetros said. "My kids [Alex, 23; Emily, 21; Nico, 10] think it’s very cool. [Demolition] is something I’ve wanted to do in my career since I was a teenager. I spent all that time leading up to the Vet’s implosion. But I also take pride in my hometown Phillies playing in a ballpark that I was blessed to work on. It’s something I’ll never forget.”
March 22, 20241 yr Chess Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk refuses to play in Saudi Arabia and says: "In a few days, I will lose two world titles, back to back." Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia. I refuse to play by special rules, to wear abaya, to be accompanied by a man so I can leave the hotel, so I don't feel like a second class person. "I will follow my principles and not compete in the World Fast Chess and Blitz Championship where in just 5 days I could have won more money than dozens of other tournaments combined." This is all very nasty but the sad part is no one seems to care. Bitter feelings but can't go back. " —Anna Muzychuk _______________ Isn't it funny how the US seems to be moving towards a less free society, with more government ordered religious laws, and a lack of rights for women, and others? No, it isn't funny. These religious twits who want to turn back the clock, can suck it.
March 23, 20241 yr I'm just now learning that the P in P-Funk stands for Parliament. No I'm not joking.
March 24, 20241 yr On 3/23/2024 at 12:15 AM, we_gotta_believe said: I'm just now learning that the P in P-Funk stands for Parliament. No I'm not joking. Only reason I know that is from the movie PCU
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