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And the shippers are making billions. Labor has a role in those profits, no? You’re making an argument for strong unions without realizing you’re making an argument for strong unions.

Don’t need to read it. You’ll see that I was an active participant in that thread. I give you credit for acknowledging the differences between the UAW and ILA labor disputes.

Went to Costco yesterday to pick up some staples and the place was chock full of Christmas stuff and all the clothing was sweatshirts and the like. Meanwhile it was 90+ outside.

UAW made their demands and stuck to the talking points. Fain demonstrated how to keep on message and get public opinion on the side of the union. That’s why you saw Biden on the picket line with labor. It polled well and led to very strong support from labor.

All of this. I’m staunchly pro-union. My wife works in management for a large privately owned manufacturing company that is highly unionized. On the whole, labor relations are good because each side respects each other and understands that there is give and take on both sides. It helps that the company is very closely held (one family owns the entire company) so they’re not beholden to external shareholders. It also doesn’t hurt that the company extends a fair chunk of the union benefits, i.e. healthcare, pension, vacation, to management which makes management happy. This is all a long way of saying that there’s a way for unions and management to work together and not have an adversarial relationship, but that requires good faith on both sides. In this case, it appears that neither was negotiating in good faith although I will give credit to USMX for making a significant move off their position last night. On the other side, you have a union president acting like a mob boss and giving a masterclass in how to get public opinion against you. His constituents have a very strong case for increases in wages and retirement, but he’s lost the message when he threatens Americans who are already skittish about the price of everything. If I was represented by the ILA, I would be pissed.

I’m sure the folks in Central Texas would appreciate some weather engineering to keep the lakes full. While we’re at it, some citizens in AZ and NV could benefit from some weather engineering as well.

Yeah, abuse of labor happens in white collar jobs, too. Doesn’t make it right. If you want to get compensated for your overtime, go get a job at the port or a factory or any other number of jobs that are non-exempt. I’ve gotta admit, there have been times in my career that I’ve been sitting in my office well after the sun went down thinking that I should’ve chosen a different career path.

Yes, you hit a nerve. You didn’t say Texas is shitty. You said Texans are shitty. That’s a big difference. To paint Texans with such a broad brush is obviously going to hit a nerve. You know that I agree that Texas is fucked up big time from a political standpoint, but that doesn’t mean all Texans are shitty. Instead, you’re coming off as the stereotype of a New Yorker who thinks their shit doesn’t stink which is kind of funny since your elected mayor was just indicted for fraud. And, yes, I will continue to pin Trump on you as long as you contend that Texans are shitty.

Let Trump get involved. Perfect. DJT needs to move over to this exchange.

I bet there’s an FFA kid that would have appreciated that guitar.

No, that’s not how this works. The county I live in has repudiated Trump, Cruz, Abbott, Patrick, Paxton, et al repeatedly, but as Texans we’re all shitty. You don’t get off the hook for Trump just because you’ve repudiated him. New Yorkers are all shitty. I’m just playing by the rules as you’ve laid them out to us and then doubled down on. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you make a hot take before that was off base, but that was a big one. I’ll go hug my shitty wife and my shitty dog and try to be less shitty tomorrow, but unfortunately it will all be for naught given my place of residence.

Fuck those cops. While, yes, it is stealing, sometimes humanitarian needs outweigh the loss of some bottled water that people desperately need in a disaster situation. Use some critical thinking skills, report it to the proper authorities so that the owner can be compensated from disaster funds and get that water into the hands of the people that need it. It’s not like people were looting a shipment of gold bullion headed to Ft. Knox.

Which can be easily accomplished these days with facial recognition technology. I can walk right into Minute Maid Park without ever showing a ticket because I’m opted in to their facial recognition tech.

Cruz wasn’t getting primaried. Your vote was more valuable in the D primary voting for Gutierrez over Allred.

We do have a national ID. It’s a passport. What you’re asking for a national DL.

Can’t we can keep the bickering to one thread instead of infecting two?

Several million? Average NFL stadium is 125k people on a week with no teams on a bye?

His campaign can send out dozens of texts every week asking for money, but they can’t shoot out a link to where he can be found at a campaign event? I haven’t heard about a single campaign event in the Houston area.

I’ll also add to my previous post that McCraw is a stooge. 100% that his letter was written by someone in the AG’s office.

I’ve been bugging people in my circle to check and make sure their registration is up to date. It only takes a few seconds and can head off an issue at your polling location when you go to vote, early of course.

I mean, besides the inherent cruelty of persecuting a group of people, it pisses me off that we’re wasting taxpayer dollars on this type of crap that could be used in ways that actually help people.

Those guys DGAF because they’re white and upper class. They’re not going to get pulled over and get popped for a low level weed offense. They can still pull the lever for the GQP and keeping weed illegal because there’s no negative repercussions for them (except, you know, the whole fascism thing).

That’s going to be a sparsely attended Game Day set.

As someone with a very flexible schedule, I love weekday games. Cheap tickets for me.

His campaign appearances? If so, they might want to broaden their reach since a lot of people have bailed out on Twitter since it’s hellscape these days.