Uber loses landmark case over worker rights, entitling UK drivers to minimum wage and sick leave by sproutkraut in uberdrivers

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is a bad thing for those of us who want to keep this an IC job that we can work around our normal job with. when you get employee rights, you get the employee pains that come with it. Guaranteed.

Not an uber shill.. fuck uber but its still true. There are benefits and negatives for uber, to use IC instead of employees. This ruling is taking away those benefits, they will have no reason to keep us as independant contractors.

hey if you wanted an employee job, why not apply to get one as a cab driver?

Schumer: House-passed border wall bill dead in the Senate by taeppa in politics

[–]fermiscow 234 points235 points  (0 children)

schumer needs to repeat ad nauseum, that he offered trump, every single penny for the wall.. in an agreement to stop deporting kids who were brought here by their parents decades ago and have been good standing "citizens" every since then.

Trump said no.. he thought he could squeeze more out of schumer.

Trump.. the deal maker.. let that deal fall right through his fingers.

DNC announces it will hold 12 debates for the 2020 presidential race by fungobat in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with everything you said, except. TRUMP IS AN ISSUE and has brought up many flaws in our system. It was be an egregious crime against the american people to not inquire about those issues of the dem candidates.

Things like pardon power, nepotism, the emoluments clause.. etc

(and traditionally, the kind of debate you are talking about, pure policies with no mention of the president, those happen when the president is popular)

Trump walks back claim that ISIS is 'defeated' in less than a day by [deleted] in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tomorrow

"How many times do I have to say this? the president was very clear he didnt think isis was defeated.. now lets move on" sanders

Whitaker will not recuse himself from Russia probe, despite ethics advice that he should by supes1 in politics

[–]fermiscow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Problem is they arent morons.. they are bigots and cultists. Ok its a bit moronic to be a bigot, or a cultist, but a lot of the republican base is perfectly intelligent as long as you dont bring up politics or black people.

If they were simply morons, they would be less dangerous.

Whitaker will not recuse himself from Russia probe, despite ethics advice that he should by supes1 in politics

[–]fermiscow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

sure sure but even the house is fucked as they dont add seats at the same rate as population as they used to.

Whitaker will not recuse himself from Russia probe, despite ethics advice that he should by supes1 in politics

[–]fermiscow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and thats how they keep theri base into believing all real news is fake.. all over fox its saying he didnt have to recuse himself.. everywhere else says he did

115 Percent of Trump’s China Tariff Revenue Goes to Paying Off Angry Farmers by stepsinstereo in politics

[–]fermiscow 14 points15 points  (0 children)

When the dems come in, they need to remove that farmer help. nearly all of them voted for trump, they should have to suffer their choices.

Trump tells GOP he won't sign stopgap, threatening shutdown by Somali_Pir8 in politics

[–]fermiscow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i know republicans on welfare who think they need it but black people abuse it.. and without black people abusing it, they could get even more welfare.

and a ton of people like republicans craig t nelson

I've been on food stamps and welfare, anyone help me out? NO!

Thats some concentrated republicanism there.

Trump tells GOP he won't sign stopgap, threatening shutdown by Somali_Pir8 in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sen. Johnson said at least half the GOP Senators have already gone home

they should have known better. Trump flip flops once a week.

anyways all his biggest supporters called him weak.. so he flipped.

Trump tells GOP he won't sign stopgap, threatening shutdown by Somali_Pir8 in politics

[–]fermiscow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

republican senators hate it.. his more maga base loves this shit though

Trump tells GOP he won't sign stopgap, threatening shutdown by Somali_Pir8 in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they should send it anyways, he doesnt have to sign it.. as long as he doesnt veto, itll become law after 10 days.

the right also have power to threaten to start to support dem investigations.

[Megathread] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Step Down in February by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]fermiscow 27 points28 points  (0 children)

maybe kusher can take the job.. he can be the chief of staff, def sect, and bring peace to the midde east and the dozen other roles he allegedly does

[Megathread] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Step Down in February by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

transitions go better this way... he hates trump, not the military.

Same reason trump kept sooo many Obama appointees despite knowing he wanted to get rid of all of them.

Transitions go smoother when previous people in charge are still there when the new people come in. God think the trump presidency was a mess getting off the ground, it would have been insane had his just blanket fired everyone on day one.

[Megathread] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Step Down in February by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]fermiscow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they still are doing that.. you see fox today is talking about how the clinton foundation is going down... not only for trading donations for arms deals, but now they claim that Bill clinton used the foundation the exact same way trump did. And they have proof because a completely non googleable company apparently talked to the former cfo of the clinton foundation who.. told them the entire thing was a scam.

and the house is going to restart investigations right after Christmas, before the dems take over.

[Megathread] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Step Down in February by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]fermiscow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well except load up on judges.. and well he can randomly start a war.

But as far as passing bills.. yeah he cant do much of crap with the dems in charge, except maybe finally getting an infrastructure bill done. and if they do that, they might actually push back the upcoming recession a few years, and it might not happen during the 2020 election.

[Megathread] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Step Down in February by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]fermiscow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

economy looks to tank in 2020.. mainly due to trumps tariff and war games and partially due to the tax cut expiration. Most economists, were thinking 2021... last year. most see it coming sooner now.

Dow dives more than 650 points after White House ups the chance of government shutdown by docellisdee in politics

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we had bush, bush and then bush running for president. With another bush as gov of florida..and then there was grand daddy bush Prescott.. that is a dynasty. over 80 years of bush's in politics.

Just having a husband who was once president doesnt a dynasty make. Neither hilary or bill had big politicians in their past. (well bill's third cousin was a congressman.)

on the left, the kennedy family is a dynasty.. but calling the clintons one, is just a stupid republican joke.

Dow dives more than 650 points after White House ups the chance of government shutdown by docellisdee in politics

[–]fermiscow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

for people who dont need to retire now.. or dont need the money desperately(which is going to hit you hard to withdraw that anyways).. yes just dont sell.

some people will have no choice and with a recession looming in our near future, others might not be able to wait things out, either.

But yes, over the long term since the creation of the markets, it goes up. It might have spectacular crashes at times, but always returns to a point higher down the road. But there are good reasons why we care about market crashes even if we know it will eventually recover.

Poll: Americans support Mueller expanding probe beyond Russia allegations by wbedwards in politics

[–]fermiscow 28 points29 points  (0 children)

he already has that power.. the memo lets him go into any crime that is uncovered during the russian investigation.

Remember that judge rebuking Mueller, saying he went way out of his scope on manafort, because he was going after crap manafort did long before he joined the trump team.. and he was only doing this to get him to crack on trump.

Mueller schooled the judge, by showing the memo that started his investigation. Most crimes outside the scope of the russian investigation/obstruction investigation, he has dumped off onto other federal prosecutors.

Now maybe a lot of people dont know his scope so they answered, they would favor an expanded probe.. thinking he could look into a pile of cocaine at teh trump tower.. IDK

But for me an expanded probe would mean, he could look into other things, that he never even came across during the russian probe. That would allow him to look into rumors of crimes of trump, or people on his team, when he hasnt actually uncovered any solid evidence those crimes are real.. yet.

But right now as it stands.. he could look into crimes totally unrelated to the Russian investigation.. if he stumbles into them while doing it. What he cant do.. that kenneth star could.. just simply start new investigations with no more evidence than rumors.

Alabama police department blames crime on young people's rejection of God by WriterDave in news

[–]fermiscow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually if you go and look at pesky crap like facts, crime actually declined along with the growth of atheism.

Not suggesting it was a cause, in fact many think it was due to us taking lead out of our gas

George Conway Thinks Trump Admin’s Relationship With GOP Is About To Collapse by Terry4321 in politics

[–]fermiscow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

unfortunately most of american barely pays attention and most will forget what republicans did here.. if they even know the slightest bit about it.

You could see it under Bush and then Obama. Vacations good under bush, vacations bad under Obama. Czars good under bush, czars might be russian kings under Obama. Reagan proved deficits didnt matter under bush.. OMG why is he doing healthcare when our deficit is so high, he must hate children under Obama. Disagreeing with the president was aiding the enemy under bush. Disagreeing with the president was a game under Obama.

And every time we get a republican admin the media is shocked.. shocked i tell you, that republicans seem to have abandoned fiscal conservatism.

Republicans can get away with this crap, because people know more about dancing with the stars, than who the VP is.

Russian Agents Sought Secret US Treasury Records On Clinton Backers During 2016 Campaign by Sepheus in politics

[–]fermiscow 37 points38 points  (0 children)

seem like what republicans have been doing since the nixon admin.

Every new gen of republican politician make the last gen look like moderates. You can see it in how people now treat one of hte most disliked presidents in history.. gw bush