runiq

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I'm not an American, but I'm assuming you're referring to this, right? It seems the administration kept fighting to get railroad workers sick days after that, so that half a year later, the railroad workers got their sick days:

This is a big deal, said Railroad Department Director Al Russo, because the paid-sick-days issue, which nearly caused a nationwide shutdown of freight rail just before Christmas, had consistently been rejected by the carriers. It was not part of last December’s congressionally implemented update of the national collective bargaining agreement between the freight lines and the IBEW and 11 other railroad-related unions.

“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.

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My guy Sammy probably thinks 'checks and balances' are concerning his bank account.

Man, that ruling is scathing. Judge has had it with these two-bit lawyers.

In response to both OAG's request for a preliminary injunction and to defendants' motions to dismiss, this Court rejected every one of the aforementioned arguments. In rejecting such arguments for the second time, this Court cautioned that "sophisticated counsel should have known better." (The court even went so far as to caution that the "arguments were borderline frivolous even the first time defendants made them." […]) […] However, the Court declined to impose sanctions, believing it had "made its point."

Apparently, the point was not received.

One would not know from reading defendants' papers that this Court has already twice ruled against these arguments, called them frivolous, and twice been affirmed by the first department.

This just goes on and on. The judge devotes like eight pages to taking apart defendants' counsel. The next section is, amusingly, titled "Arguments Defendants Raise for the First Time."

Read it last night. What I think is notable (besides the awesome-in-the-original-sense sum of money) is that Judge Engoron has retracted his previous order to lump-dissolve the Trump businesses. Because the Trump entities are going to be under supervision by not one, but two independent monitors, Engoron has decided to decide those on a case-by-case basis. Given how widespread the fraud in the Trump ecosystem appears to be, I expect this judgment to be the gift that keeps on giving.

In any case, massive props to Engoron for a) taking this important step into the societal dark, and b) keeping a cool head in the face of the defense's shenanigans.

I remembered the number (dimly, first tried with 1390, couldn't find anything after a few minutes) and googled ukraine war "total combat losses of the enemy" "+1380". The quotes are important because they tell Google to only show results that actually contain those terms, those exact terms.

So just good old Google-Fu.

Edit: By the way, I've been meaning to thank you for the clockwork regularity of your posts on here and keep forgetting it. So, thanks! 🙏

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Complete with a Fundraiser link. True to form.

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Preach!

Moar helmets

Coulda stayed home.

I urge all y'all to read the full text. Girl takes no prisoners.

Your questioning of the inclusion of overt and predicate acts by the defendants in the indictment’s racketeering count shows a total ignorance of Georgia’s racketeering statute and the basics of criminal conspiracy law.

Allow me the Opportunity to provide a brief tutorial on criminal conspiracy law, Chairman Jordan. As I explained to the public when announcing the indictment, the overt and predicate acts are included because the grand jury found probable cause that those acts were committed to advance the objectives of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the result of Georgia’s 2020 Presidential Election.

For a more thorough understanding of Georgia’s RICO statute, its application and similar laws in other states, I encourage you to read “RICO State-by-State.” As a non-member of the bar, you can purchase a copy for two hundred forty-nine dollars [$249].

To other readers: OP's comment shows what's new in this update.

I'm glad to see us (Germany) double the amount of mine clearers, but I wish we could send more 155mm rounds. Gonna donate again.

Oh god. That's just heartbreaking. :'(

You're acting like it's a bad thing to call this out. Is it?

I swear, like half of them are this close to screaming for a literal crusade against the Saracens.

So say we all

Those experts on Youtube can lick me where the sun don't shine

Good to see the guy on here. Despite the clickbaity thumbnail and title—blame that on the Youtube algorithm—, he's doing some nice reporting, and has been posting since the beginning of the war, almost every day, without fail.

Hear hear.

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Coulda stayed home.

You're not wrong…

Man, this is just maddening. The comment OP highlighted is terrible, but the reply to another just drips condescension.

I used to respect the NYT. But between the Trump coverage and their viewpoint on the war in Ukraine, they can go kiss me where the sun don't shine. (What I'm trying to say is, both are ass.)

…I'll be in my bunk.

I can think about a few cellmates, too, so he won't get too lonely.

No sympathy. Coulda stayed home.

Agh, dammit, I read wrong. I'll edit my post. Sorry, my Ukrainian is almost nonexistent.

In any case, that's a bummer. :(

Thank you for making the article ~20% cooler

Exactly my reaction :)

And that, kids, is how I met your mother.

Mind sharing the link? I'd like something to laugh at on a Monday morning.

Thank you, internet thesaurus. English is not my native language.

That's not four dozen, that's two dozen. Almost gave me a heart attack there.

I was wrong, it really was four dozen, with two dozen shot down. :(

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Reading across instances misses a lot of posts and comments.

Why, though? I thought the whole point of this federation thing was to distribute the content between instances. I would expect that to be all content, not just some.

In any case, thanks for the info! :)

Yeah no. Sorry, OP, gonna downvote that buttface.