tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post5028243175374508735..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Surprise: Misbehavior Gets PunishedAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-71927991475200700122019-06-10T05:52:59.101-04:002019-06-10T05:52:59.101-04:00California's Democrats keep getting crazier. ...California's Democrats keep getting crazier. I suspect there will be another Republican governor in California's near future.<br /><br />https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-democrats-full-health-benefits-illegal-immigrants-trump<br /><br />In a stance to distance itself from President Trump’s administration, California is set to become the first state in the country to pay for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to have full health benefits.<br />Under an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state legislature, low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally would be eligible for California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal. The deal emerged as part of a broader $213 billion budget.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-13720135750429937852019-06-09T08:14:04.856-04:002019-06-09T08:14:04.856-04:00Critch,
That Mexico thing looks strange to me. T...Critch,<br /><br />That Mexico thing looks strange to me. The White House submitted a bill to Congress to lower tariffs, then Trump immediately announced he was going to raise tariffs to crushing heights unless Mexico cracked down on illegal immigration.<br /><br />Then a few days later Trump tweeted out that a deal had been reached and the crushing tariffs were off the table and that additionally Mexico had promised to buy hundreds of millions in American products. <br /><br />Neither Mexico nor the White House (?!) knows about the stuff Trump is boasting about so I predict that in the near future there will be another imbroglio. <br /><br />https://www.mediaite.com/trump/mexico-reportedly-didnt-agree-to-new-farm-deal-despite-trump-tweeting-about-one/<br /><br />The U.S.-Mexico Joint Declaration released Friday mentions nothing about agriculture sales as part of the agreement.<br />Bloomberg News reported that three officials also said that increasing Mexico’s purchases from the U.S. wasn’t discussed during the talks in Washington that led up to Friday’s agreement. The White House declined to comment, according to Bloomberg.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-69881797661679940622019-06-08T20:18:46.089-04:002019-06-08T20:18:46.089-04:00The Dims are going crazy. Trump won with Mexico an...The Dims are going crazy. Trump won with Mexico and to top it off, he won't let some of the embassies fly the homosexual flag..and the economy is still doing well...and he keeps winning....Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-71576263458363504752019-06-06T07:34:10.167-04:002019-06-06T07:34:10.167-04:00As I said from the get-go only a small group of pe...As I said from the get-go only a small group of people (most of them high up the corporate ladder) were getting special treatment/leeway and that group dominates the ranks of people brought down by metoo. <br /><br />As one might expect (and as I predicted a few years ago) the broad policy change brought on by metoo is in boardrooms rather than courts. Corporations which used to accept misconduct from favorites as part of the cost of doing business now (for the moment) hold those guys to the same rules they hold everybody else to. The formal legal system was never soft on rapists or what have you so it was not in need of reform.<br /><br />http://commentaramapolitics.blogspot.com/2017/11/nothing-will-change.html<br /><br />I think you are using the wrong point of comparison. The movement is more akin to Black Lives Matter (whose fuel was cops walking away unscathed from squirrelly shootings) than the Pussyheads (whose fuel was Trump being in office). <br /><br />As with BLM successfully dealing with the problem doesn't mean eradicating it or giving in to the fringe's demands it means making a reasonable effort. Zero tolerance of misconduct is impossible but less tolerance is certainly possible. In terms of sexual harassment there is a positive correlation between how high up someone is on the corporate ladder and how much wiggle room they get so tightening will only really impact the minority who enjoyed latitude in the past.<br /><br />END QUOTE<br /><br />http://commentaramapolitics.blogspot.com/2017/12/i-will-not-be-silent-as-often.html<br /><br />Sex abuse doesn't get less wrong because time has passed, though there is of course a statute of limitations for prosecution.<br /><br />Like I said several weeks ago this raising of the bar is tripping up a lot of people that in a wide range of industries. Policies on the books have always been tough but a lot of exceptions were made for favorites. Old previously ignored evidence is now being used and (rather than new never before heard allegations) is driving a lot of these quick falls. <br />Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-33129483168836706962019-06-05T16:00:20.509-04:002019-06-05T16:00:20.509-04:00I remember the big family Yellowstone trip from wh...I remember the big family Yellowstone trip from when I was a kid. Yellowstone is great for camping, but not so much the sights. We did Grand Tetons first, and I thought that was Yellowstone. Shoulda done it the other way 'round. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-440725287182141822019-06-05T13:49:07.398-04:002019-06-05T13:49:07.398-04:00tryanmax, White guys are the safest bet (unless th...tryanmax, White guys are the safest bet (unless they seem "shoot the play up" angry) because (1) they don't think to demand privilege, (2) they aren't generally protected by discrimination or harassment laws, and (3) they can be fired without fear of a discrimination lawsuit (until they get into the 50's).AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-34755133236193221432019-06-05T13:42:16.347-04:002019-06-05T13:42:16.347-04:00As an aside, I mentioned this in the other comment...As an aside, I mentioned this in the other comments.<br /><br />We just got back from Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. Yellowstone was a little disappointing, but Grand Tetons was AMAZING! If you every get the chance, go to Jenny Lake. It's like a fantasy lake. It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-50130151438134587782019-06-05T13:29:29.753-04:002019-06-05T13:29:29.753-04:00In a crazy way, I think the phenomenon of doxxing ...In a crazy way, I think the phenomenon of doxxing people for bad opinions online is an (inadvertent) attempt to level the playing field. Lefties assume badthink only comes from racist rednecks, so outing them publicly to their companies should make whites just as toxic to hire as anybody else. Right?<br /><br />Wrong. For starters, the latest public outing of a Trump supporter turned out to be an African-American. <i>And</i> there's some doubt that they even got the right guy. Furthermore, it's far easier for a company to dump a guy who draws negative press than it is to grapple with the lawsuits and investigations associated with a harassment claim. So white guys are still the safest bet when it comes to hiring. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-79508342206158585632019-06-05T12:44:10.182-04:002019-06-05T12:44:10.182-04:00And don't get me wrong. We're only talkin...And don't get me wrong. We're only talking about a small percentage of troublemakers. The problem is that their actions spill over and affect the rest.<br /><br />In this case, I think it means young women and liberal women will struggle.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-1285151764990616292019-06-05T12:43:16.770-04:002019-06-05T12:43:16.770-04:00LL, I think that's the obvious conclusion. An...LL, I think that's the obvious conclusion. And that's what these crazy movements don't get. When your movement paints an entire group -- women, blacks, a religious group, sports fans, etc. -- as a bunch of people who will be dangerous, either legally or physically etc., the natural response for people is to stop associating with those people.<br /><br />#metoo painted women as ticking time bombs who were going to scream 20 years later that they felt a male manager acted creepy in some meeting no one even remembers and they want his head. That's a huge risk no one would want to face. So the answer is to avoid that risk.<br /><br />Similar context, I can tell you that this huge law firm I used to work for (bunch of liberals) were SUPER careful about hiring blacks. They were worried about getting sued and how easy it would be to fire them. So hiring blacks always meant lots of vetting, compared to whites.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-42260751632168463242019-06-05T12:32:34.400-04:002019-06-05T12:32:34.400-04:00In light of #me too, why would any man meet one-on...In light of #me too, why would any man meet one-on-one with a female employee? And if you could get away with it, why would you want a female employee?LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com