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jpreston2005

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  • Removed

    Briahna Joy Gray fired from The Hill days after rolling her eyes at sister of Oct. 7 hostage during interview [Jon Levine & Patrick Reilly | Jun 06 24 | NYPost]

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  • I appreciate the Rational National, I watched the whole interview, and was shocked at how much misinformation, propaganda and BS the woman was saying throughout. Briahna, I thought, countered her misinformation, and then right at the end the woman makes this bazaar claim like "I hope you believe women" and it was VERY much eye roll inducing. Like, she lied about so much during that interview, and then disparaged Briahna like the reason she's being dismissed is because Briahna "doesn't believe women." it was pathetic. She should not have been fired.

  • The soft hum

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  • There is something so damned satisfying about inserting a floppy disk, that the younger generation will never know. It's like the sound of the needle dropping onto the initial smooth surface of the vinyl record, but even more satisfying because the computer turns into a field machine for a second with all of it's "KA-CHUNK WHRRRRRR THUNKA THUNKA THUNKA DICT DIT DIT" noises

  • Crowd boos Rob Schneider off the stage when he started telling anti-trans & anti-vaxx jokes

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  • Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery

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  • Actually a pretty sick discovery, nice.

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    Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable

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  • Yeah, because now they have to double as house if you lose your job

  • Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models

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  • Also Monday, Toyota’s Japanese rival Mazda Motor Corp. reported similar irregular certification testing, and halted production of two models, the Roadster and Mazda 2. It said incorrect engine control software was used in the tests.

    Mazda, based in the southwestern city of Hiroshima, also acknowledged violations on crash tests on three discontinued models. None of the violations affect the vehicles’ safety.

    Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. also apologized Monday for improper tests, such as those on noise levels and torque, on a range of models. Honda said affected older models — the Accord, Odyssey and Fit — are no longer in production. The safety of the vehicles is not affected, it said.

    Dang, did they all coordinate beforehand? When all of your countries top automakers all admit to wrongdoing on the same day... well I can't think of punchline to this obvious set-up right now but I'll come back to it

  • Boeing Will Launch Starliner With Helium Leak

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  • Morton Thiokol

    you mean Allan McDonald?

    Interestingly enough:

    The focus of the commission’s investigation shifted to the booster rocket O-rings, and the concerns and efforts of McDonald and his engineers to stop the launch which were ignored by NASA officials. McDonald’s comments to the commission led to him temporarily losing his position with Morton Thiokol, being demoted.

    The presidential commission was alarmed at Morton Thiokol’s decision to punish McDonald and introduced a joint resolution that threatened to prevent Morton Thiokol from receiving further contracts from NASA. Given the commission’s threat, Morton Thiokol promoted McDonald to vice president and tasked him with improving the rocket joints that failed during Challenger’s launch.

    Perhaps the U.S. govt needs to step in again to right the ship at boeing. Well, I'm being coy, of course the U.S. gov't has to step up and do something. Companies should never be some sacred cow that we're afraid of upsetting.

  • Muslim nurse in New York fired after calling Israel's war in Gaza 'genocide'

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  • Not just a Muslim nurse, a Palestinian nurse.

    In a portion of her acceptance speech, she spoke about mothers who had lost babies during the war in Gaza, saying the award was "deeply personal" to her.

    "It pains me to see the women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza," Jabr said in the video of her speech that she posted online.

    The hospital's spokesperson in an email said Jabr had been warned in December, "following a previous incident, not to bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace.

    She commented about the active genocide of her own people, and she was fired for it. Who is the coworker getting mad at someone discussing the genocide of their own people? Some zionist just couldn't take it, had to run off to upper mgmt? And who's the moron in charge who decided to fire their award winning nurse because she's sympathetic to the plight of her own people??

  • TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS

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  • Should've Been Bernie

  • Israel’s borrowing spree reaches Palm Beach as US municipalities pile in

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  • local U.S. municipalities are investing in Isreal war bonds? what?

  • Pope Francis is gearing up for the first millennial saint, a web developer known as 'God's influencer'

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  • The two "miracles"

    Acutis was beatified by Pope Francis in October 2020 after a first miracle was attributed to him, involving a Brazilian boy born with a pancreatic defect who said he was healed after praying to Acutis.

    According to Vatican News, the news portal of the Holy See, the second miracle involved a Costa Rican woman whose daughter had a bicycle accident and was given a low chance of survival by doctors.

    Vatican News said the mother, Liliana, prayed at Acutis' tomb in Assisi, Italy, and claimed that her daughter recovered soon after.

  • Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture'

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  • Those people you have to talk off a cliff, it's because they are cognizant of the fact that they are but 1-2 missed paychecks from being homeless. And if they're not, well, how long did it take them to get this job? Doubt they have the financial ability to weather another period of unemployment. I'm gainfully employed, get regular raises, but I'm still struggling, despite earning (20k) more than the median worker where I live. The next used car I buy, I'm making sure that I'll be able to live in there if worse comes to worse.

    the stress that accompanies poverty is far-reaching, and invades every other aspect of your life. We're all just terrified of dying alone on the street, because right now in the U.S. that's a very real possibility for 60% of us.

  • Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture'

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  • their own fault. Anxiety and not being able to detach

    Thanks, I didn't realize having anxiety was also my fault

  • Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' rather than asking their boss for PTO: 'There's a giant workaround culture'

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  • I have "unlimited PTO" at my office, which sounds nice, but what it effectively means is that you now have to police yourself, to determine whether or not you're taking off "too much." Which ends up meaning that the vast majority of employees take less PTO than they're entitled to (or if they were just given a set amount to take each year), because they're afraid of being seen as a slacker, or someone who is taking advantage of the PTO policy. Since there are no set guidelines, it means it's left up to you to decide how fearful of unemployment you are, and how much you let that influence your vacation days.

    Out of "Unlimited PTO," I take about 7-10 days off a year 🙃

  • This amazing news anchor surprised his colleagues by coming out on air

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  • That takes real courage, hell yeah.

  • Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border

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  • Putin removed his longtime ally Shoigu from his role as defence minister earlier this month. Two other senior defence officials have also been arrested on corruption charges.

    The removal of top military figures seems to also serve as a way to mitigate any push-back when he does order a nuclear strike. I can't imagine having to countermand my boss on my first day on the job.

  • Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says

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  • I started quiet quitting after it came to light that the new hires with zero experience were being paid more than I was, someone who had been there for over a year, and already had 5 years of experience. I no longer give a shit about the company, because they made it clear they don't give a shit about my contribution. If you want people to put in extra effort, you have to give them extra money. Once you cheat an employee, they're not gonna get over it because of a pizza party. fucking pay them.

  • Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans?

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  • Found the russian troll, guys

  • ‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates

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  • The AP obtained records showing inmates at Marion, which houses predominantly mentally ill offenders, were hospitalized for hypothermia at least 13 times in three years during cold-weather months

    Nothing to see here folks, just people who were too stupid to be a cop torturing mentally ill people under the auspice of state care. Don't worry! nothing will happen to them.