Kosh's Shadow 11/18/2024 8:27:36 PM

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Note in the Frontier about how New England town meetings, real democracy in action, can foil eeeevil land developers.

In the Frontier because it gives too much about where I live.

No, it isn't Green Acres; I don't think there are any more active fahms heah. But we shuah ain't hicks.

vxbush 11/19/2024 5:26:02 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

I look forward to reading it. However, I have to post this because it's just too delicious...I mean, oh, no, those poor workers......of course, if they don't understand what being $20 million in the hole is, perhaps they really don't deserve to be employed. 

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), the party that claims to champion workers’ rights, has left its own staff out in the cold. Permanent staffers were given a single day’s notice before being unceremoniously terminated—without severance.

The DNC Staff Union took to X  to air their grievances, stating, “One day’s notice, no severance—the DNC fights for workers, just not their own.”

The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife. This is the same party that campaigns on workers’ rights, union support, and economic justice. Yet when it comes to their own, the rules apparently do not apply.

According to the union’s statement, this isn’t your run-of-the-mill post-election staff reduction. These were permanent staffers who had assurances that their roles were secure post-election.

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these staffers were out on the street with no severance in hand, despite the DNC enjoying a period of record-breaking fundraising.

vxbush 11/19/2024 5:47:42 AM

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Another story of layoffs.....

Associated MESS: The AP Announces Layoffs and Buyouts As Legacy Media's Death Spiral Accelerates

vxbush 11/19/2024 5:54:45 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Maybe these people might suddenly realize that going after Green Nude Eels result in a bad economy and lost jobs. Sigh. Why should I expect rationality from these folks? 

Occasional Reader 11/19/2024 8:25:28 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

I cannot express the boundless depths and dizzying heights of my Schadenfreude at this moment. 

vxbush 11/19/2024 8:26:13 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: I cannot express the boundless depths and dizzying heights of my Schadenfreude at this moment. 

I might have a smidgen of an idea how you feel. 

Occasional Reader 11/19/2024 8:37:04 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:

I'm worried that my Schadenboner might last longer than three hours. 

vxbush 11/19/2024 10:37:37 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: I'm worried that my Schadenboner might last longer than three hours. 

Is that just because Trump won, or are you especially happy with his administration picks? 

Occasional Reader 11/19/2024 11:22:17 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 8:

I'm referring specifically to the story about the DNC staff getting stiffed.   (Pun fully intended.)

vxbush 11/19/2024 11:55:34 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said: I'm referring specifically to the story about the DNC staff getting stiffed.   (Pun fully intended.)

Ah. 'Nuff said. 

So, is there anything going on in the world that we should be talking about? I'm so buried in work I'm doing a piss-poor job of posting news because I'm not keeping my ear to the ground. 

Occasional Reader 11/19/2024 1:00:54 PM

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In #10 vxbush said: So, is there anything going on in the world that we should be talking about?

Ukraine fires US-supplied long-range missiles [ATACMs] into Russia

I'd say this counts.