Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
What if?
IF W had not chosen to invade Iraq, would this now be an issue?:
U.N. unites on Syria, violence spills into LebanonJust asking.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Lewis Carroll in the news
Santorum to GOP: Don’t nominate ‘Tweedledum’ like Romney
David Edwards
Monday, March 19, 2012
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that Republicans can’t win if they nominate a “Tweedledum” like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.
[Through the Looking-Glass]
Things I don't understand
Some things I understand; most things I don't. Sometimes I worry that the ratio, (understand/don't), is approaching zero. Most of the time I don't. This nonchalance is one of the things I don't understand.
Among the many things I don't understand: "Small Government" Republicans insisting that the Government ought regulate my sexual behavior.
Among the many things I don't understand: "Small Government" Republicans insisting that the Government ought regulate my sexual behavior.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Uh... okay...
Law firm fires 14 employees for wearing orange shirtsI'm not quite sure what to say.
Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow
19 March 2012
They weren't wearing sagging pants or revealing clothing. But dressing in an orange shirt is apparently enough to get fired at one Florida law firm, where 14 workers were unceremoniously let go last Friday.
In an interview with the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, several of the fired workers say they wore the matching colors so they would be identified as a group when heading out for a happy hour event after work. They say the executive who fired them initially accused them of wearing the matching color as a form of protest against management.
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Ironically, had the employees been wearing orange as a form of protest, it would have been illegal to fire them, ABC News reports.
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And there's really nothing anyone can do about the terminations since Florida is an at-will state, meaning employers can fire an employee who doesn't have a contract "for a good reason, for a bad reason or even for the wrong reason, as long as it's not an unlawful reason," Eric K. Gabrielle, a labor and employment lawyer at Stearns Weaver, told the Sun-Sentinel. Gabrielle said there was no apparent violation of the law in this case.
Wearing Orange is a fire-able offense???
There's a word for it (pointless)
I suspect this is an age thing, but more and more often I find myself walking into a room and then wondering why I'm there... "I know I came in here for a reason...!"
My sister-in-law provided a word for this phenomenon: "destinesia"
[it's in the Urban Dictionary!]
My sister-in-law provided a word for this phenomenon: "destinesia"
[it's in the Urban Dictionary!]
News with a personal touch
Dozens arrested at Occupy's 6-month anniversary rallyI was in LA on Saturday, walking up Main Street towards El Pueblo (LA's "Old Town") with some friends.
Suddenly police cars with sirens blaring passed us, headed for what appeared to be a small group about 1/2 block away. We all thought it was a mugging or some such.
Nope - 'twas an "Occupy" demonstration, with perhaps 60-80 folks in attendance, all of them demonstrating peacefully.
I counted 19 police cars.
Four people were arrested... for no reason that we could discern.
Seemed a bit of an over-reaction to a small, peaceful demonstration.
Here's a pic (police cars visible; "rioters" not):
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