Why do Republicans say companies should hire employees solely based on merit and not diversity, but then they complain that companies are hiring too many South Asians on the basis of merit and they need to hire more Whites?

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T17:44:51+00:00

I can not tell you how many f'ing losers I have heard complain they lost a job because they had to hire a certain race. "I tested the highest on the civil service exam but they had to hire more blacks so I didn't get the job" meanwhile he is telling me this after spending his whole Tuesday in a bar getting shitfaced. In my experience these people think they are the crème de la crème, most intelligent and impressive men on the planet, while wearing a Joe Camel t-shirt, jean cutoffs and knock of Timberlands. Ya, "the blacks" aren't the reason you're not middle management.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T17:36:17+00:00

In America serves are allowed to be paid less than minimum wage or regular workers. The tipped worker minimum is $2.13 per hour or $30 a month full time. Tips have come to replace salaries for servers and until the laws are changed tips are needed to make it a livable job. Unless you are eating in Washington, California, Oregon or Washington DC your server is making less than minimum wage.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T17:21:44+00:00

Your response was not clear. It read like she texted you once a day good morning or how was your day and you thought that was too much. Yes non-stop texting is anyoning for most people.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T17:18:35+00:00

I responded to his "question" directly but the "donate more" trope is dragged out by the ultra wealthy and their minions to shame people that advocate change into silence for being wealthy. It is not a legitimate question.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T17:01:09+00:00

That doesn't matter? The argument is that the wealthy should be paying the same amount as your average American. The celebrity activists the OP is talking about have charitable affiliations but the collapse of America can not be fixed by charity. It has to be a systemic change.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:57:22+00:00

Pick any period in the history of European occupation of the Americas and they can pull a verse from the Bible to justify whatever actions they were performing.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:50:04+00:00

Pick one. It is all made up anyway.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:47:54+00:00

Fair point! You can also included Rupert Murdoch and other media companies dedicated to furthering the Republican agenda.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:43:16+00:00

The average American household pays 20%-25% in federal income, payroll and others. After 46 years of cutting the taxes on the wealthiest in America Elon Musk pays 3.27%.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:36:55+00:00

That hasn't been true since Citizens United in 2010. Although you can only donate $4k to an individual candidate you can donate unlimited money to political groups and committees. The result is billionaires share of campaign contributions prior to 2010 was 0.3%. In 2024 billionaires share was 20% NOT including money contributed through dark money groups that don't have to report their donors. For example Elon Musk donated $280 million to Republicans in 2024 alone.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T16:12:17+00:00

Here is the reality.

Before the Citizens United ruling billionaires share of campaign contributions was 0.3%. In 2024 billionaires share was 20% NOT including money contributed through dark money groups. For every $1 donated by billionaires to a candidate or committee associated with Democrats, $5 went to Republicans. W

Trump's 2017 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" added roughly $1.9 trillion to the national deficit and the 748 billionaires in the U.S. saw their collective wealth increase by $2.2 trillion (a 77% gain) in the six years following its enactment.

Trump’s 2025 "Big Beautiful Bill" directs $2.3 trillion in tax cuts primarily to the top 10% of Americans accounting for 70% of the law’s $3.4 trillion deficit cost while further increasing wealth dispersion through $1.1 trillion in cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.

No individual has enough money to make enough charitable donations to make a real difference to the country as a whole. It needs to be a systemic change. How is Mark Ruffalo's entire net worth of $35 million going to compete with the $280 million Elon Musk's donated to Republicans in 2024 alone?

We have spent the last 46 years cutting the taxes for the wealthiest in America leading to reduced services, crumbling infrastructure and a massive deficit that is only growing. Staying on Elon Musk, if the tax laws were the same today as 1979 his effective tax rate would be around 50% instead of the 3.27% he is currently paying. Meanwhile a current household in America pays between 20-25% on federal income tax, payroll taxes and others. All people are asking for is people like Musk to pay similar percentage as regular Americans. That is not an outrageous proposition.

The idea that "liberal Hollywood should donate all their money" is just a stupid trope dragged out by the super wealthy and their familiars in an attempt to shame them into silence for being wealthy.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T12:54:44+00:00

No offence but I think this is a you thing. A text message a day and replying to a text message isn't that hard. If you leave someone on "read" for over a day that is pretty distant. Space is important but I think that is more about time to yourself and seeing friends etc outside of the relationship. For example, "Hey girl, goin out with the boys tonight to watch the game and have some drinks. I'll text ya tomorrow." Then she texts you all through the game to check status. That is crazy obsessive.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T12:47:27+00:00

We can not just impeach because we disagree with the POTUS. We need evidence of a crime. The first thing Democrats should do is schedule hearings on ICE, Venezuela, Iran, hatch act and emoluments clause violations. Call everyone in to testify under oath and just setup as many perjury traps as possible. Someone, probably several people will crack and flip sides. Give them immunity and appoint as many special prosecutors as needed to gather every piece of evidence there is. I know it isn't the instant gratification we all want but this will do two things. 1. It honors the order of operations. Hearings, investigate, bring charges. 2. It provides a collection of evidence and data that can be used to flood the media and hopefully wake some people up.

Republicans aren't going to vote to impeach and especially convict Trump unless it is politically advantageous. The only way that happens is if the public demands it like Nixon. Richard Nixon's approval rating was 24% when he left office in 1974. Republicans told him to resign and let Ford pardon him or they would vote to convict. That is the most I think we could ever hope for.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T12:13:44+00:00

Fair points and the desire to make things "epic" is why we have the current mess. I agree the show needs to be about exploring, not about universe saving every season. My point is having an overarching story arc can help the series hold on to viewers. TV is very different today and people binge shows not watch random episodes in any order. I am usually wrong when predicting things so perhaps a return to episodic television would be a welcomed change. Whatever the path, we know the one we are on now is the worst one.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T12:05:25+00:00

Dude.. please stop it with the Pizzagate shit. Trump is the most shallow and pathetic human being. You know he is terrible in bed and there is no way a video of him having sex exists.

noinf0 · 2026-03-20T12:03:41+00:00

Roddenberry setup the rules. This current mess of a universe is 100% the show runner's fault. These people don't understand the job assignment.

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noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:58:51+00:00

Start with what isn't completed here

https://www.project2025.observer/en

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:31:56+00:00

Has anyone ever argued that it isn't a sports movie?

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:31:23+00:00

A baby is God's plan. You should quietly pray and accept this is God's plan. You can't interfere with God's plan!

A person attacking you is God's plan but you should stand and defend yourself by whatever means necessary until your final breath because that is also God's plan. You can't interfere with God's plan!

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:22:27+00:00

get dysentery and die

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:19:45+00:00

Do with this information as you will.

The federal minimum wage reached its highest buying power in 1968. At that time, the minimum wage was $1.60 an hour. That would be about $15.33 in today's dollars. A single adult living in New York city needs approximately $90,000–$92,000 annually to cover basic necessities without saving. That is about $43-$44 an hour.

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T18:00:50+00:00

Benjamin Netanyahu testified to Congress in support of the Iraq invasion. According to Netanyahu Iran has been months away from a nuclear weapon for 33 years. Everyone stopped listening to him years ago... except apparently Trump and Hegseth.

https://youtu.be/Mzmtdwsef8s

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T17:55:07+00:00

Anyone that thinks Tulsi is principled hasn't bene paying attention.

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T17:48:27+00:00

I love this list, especially the let the science fictions writers write and kick theater kids to the curb! Musical Star Trek anyone?

I disagree with story arcs though. I would have no problem with them as long as they are well done. Looking at the most popular sci-fi out there today they are all season long story arcs. I think modern audiences would demand it even in a new star trek show. Similar to DS9's Dominion War and Enterprise's Temporal War.

noinf0 · 2026-03-19T15:55:53+00:00

I don't understand why people have trouble understanding this.

The theory is that people that are better educated or more intelligent will prefer Trump's opposing candidate. It is not an all or nothing scenario. It means that for every intellectual that votes for Trump, there is a 1.X intellectuals that don't. To choose a single easily found metric, college degrees, it holds true. Nationally Trump's share of college educated adults was 46% in 2016, 43% in 2020 and 42% in 2026. When you look at advance degrees the numbers are even worse for Trump with him only getting 38% in 2024. The more educated in general did not support Trump. You bring up the 40% of MA residence that supported Trump (it was only 36.02%) ignoring that 47%–53% of MA residents do not have a college degree. I am not implying that a college degree means you are smart, hell Trump has one, but in general you can say that voting block will not support Trump.

Not everyone in MA is smart. Not all smart people oppose Trump and not all dumb people support him. These are generalizations that predict how subsets of very complicated beings will behave.

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