Joe Biden 2021

[Biff Tannen 45478]

2 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

How does that work?  Fortunately, I’ve never had to draw and can only think of 1 guy that might have.  I’d guess if an offer is made but not accepted, that’s as far as it goes.  I have heard you have to show proof of trying to find work but don’t know any details.  Honestly curious about the process. 

Well, if you feign interest in the unemployment officer’s daughter, you can extend the timeline. 

[Eskimohorn 5610]

Biden says nothing: He's enabling these leeches and paying them to stay home and not even look for work!
Biden says they have to look for work to be eligible for the federal enhanced UI benefit: "There's no way to enforce this" 

And GRHorn wants to be my latex salesman?!?

[tantric superman 4667]

8 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

How does that work?  Fortunately, I’ve never had to draw and can only think of 1 guy that might have.  I’d guess if an offer is made but not accepted, that’s as far as it goes.  I have heard you have to show proof of trying to find work but don’t know any details.  Honestly curious about the process. 

Just pulled this up doing a quick google search.

https://www.twc.texas.gov/files/jobseekers/work-search-log-twc.pdf

I'm not too involved in the process but if we terminate someone and they sue, there will often be a history before the unemployment board where the company claims a termination renders an employee ineligible for benefits and the employee claims otherwise.  The parties will submit info and then there is an appeal process.  (Phone hearings, etc.)

I don't know how you incentivize employers to report on the offers they give.  Maybe provide some reductions in unemployment taxes if they could show they offered a job to an unemployed person.  You'd have to incentivize companies to report on offers or else they wouldn't.  Not sure if mom and pop business could be so incentivized.     

[fattyflattie 4636]

Just now, tantric superman said:

I don't know how you incentivize employers to report on the offers they give.  Maybe provide some reductions in unemployment taxes if they could show they offered a job to an unemployed person.  You'd have to incentivize companies to report on offers or else they wouldn't.  Not sure if mom and pop business could be so incentivized.

That’s what I was curious about. Pretty sure that didn’t already exist, but wasn’t certain. 

[tantric superman 4667]

Just now, fattyflattie said:

That’s what I was curious about. Pretty sure that didn’t already exist, but wasn’t certain. 

I'm an employment attorney, but kind of a terrible one.  I've never heard of any sort of requirement to provide offer info to any agency.  It only comes up my world if we are trying to defend against discrimination claims and we wanted to show that we made offers to folks of a swarthier persuasion.

[DDD Dad 14167]

Mom came into town need to go still. 

[GRHorn 105]

12 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

How about that part where you said “Now we have a President who rarely speaks in public and people hardly pay attention to what he says.”

Trolling or lying?

Fair point. 
 

 

[GRHorn 105]

 

[hobbes2702 12771]

4 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

Fair point. 
 

 

That doesn’t answer the question. 

[Biff Tannen 45478]

7 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/13/president-trump-has-made-more-than-20000-false-or-misleading-claims/

[Bullneck 18976]

18 hours ago, GRHorn said:

Not sure there’s any way to enforce what he’s saying but ok

 

 

 

"Get a job that pays a living wage."
  

[Bullneck 18976]

17 hours ago, Js1 said:

I think it’s cute GRUhorn has been tasked with leaving the DT forum to post nonsense in CR about Biden being in the basement and senile and Kamala’s shadow presidency. 

Better to be Kamala's shadow presidency than Putin's.

[GRHorn 105]

31 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

That doesn’t answer the question. 

I didn’t realize he had spoken that much recently. 
 

36 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/13/president-trump-has-made-more-than-20000-false-or-misleading-claims/

got it 

 

[hobbes2702 12771]

10 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

I didn’t realize he had spoken that much recently. 
 

got it 

 

Bullshit. He’s been speaking that regularly his entire presidency. You can go look at every single one of his public remarks. Be more informed or fuck off. Otherwise all you’re doing is trolling. He spoke publicly on 22 separate days in April. He’s spoken publicly 7 times this month already. 

[Js1 85056]

2 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Bullshit. He’s been speaking that regularly his entire presidency. You can go look at every single one of his public remarks. Be more informed or fuck off. Otherwise all you’re doing is trolling. He spoke publicly on 22 separate days in April. He’s spoken publicly 7 times this month already. 

And Psaki speaks to the press every day.  Let's not forget the Trump press office at one point went 417 days without a briefing.  

Trump calling into Fox News to take softball questions from Dan Bingdingo and whatever vapid blonde is on Fox and Friends and rant about the outrage du jour is notbeing accessible and transparent. 

[Beau Vine 53965]

12 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Well, if you feign interest in the unemployment officer’s daughter, you can extend the timeline. 

You like gum?  Because I have a friend in the gum business!  I got a gum guy!  I make one phone call, I have boxes of gum delivered right to your door!

[Bullneck 18976]

44 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

You like gum?  Because I have a friend in the gum business!  I got a gum guy!  I make one phone call, I have boxes of gum delivered right to your door!

Are you the guy that booked us into that Ramada Inn in Minneapolis?

[mchookem 16096]

5 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

 Be more informed or fuck off. 

this is poetic

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

 

[Bateshorn 9882]

Think of the economy rn like working out:  we’ve all been on pelotons in our basement, or sunny work out nook if you are a rich bastard.  we are sick of peloton.  we want to go back to the gym.  except the gyms all went out of business because covid.  the few that are open/survived, have waiting lists and are charging premiums. but if you are patient and slog through a few more months of #Boocrew on the bike, then weights will start coming in from China, unused retail space will be converted to gyms, and the prices will stabilize and you can dancerize and pump as much iron as you like. But it’s going to take a while to happen. 

GRHorn and his ilk in the meantime are going to get jacked up on preworkout and yell about how dementia Joe is blocking his gainz.

 

[Aqua Buddha 14489]

Judging by my social media, the new tactic seems to be the old tactic with Obama where they just blame Biden for everything.  (It's always amazed me how coordinated their messaging is, even down to the individual level.)

They've figured out that screaming about cartoons and gays isn't working so let's blame Biden for the gas shortage that isn't a shortage.

Thanks a lot, Biden.

[Homercles 10205]

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Where we are in America right now is that the 25% of Americans who identify(?) as Republicans will howl about a condiment shortage and then dismiss any concern about human effects upon the pollinators such as bees that enable crops to be grown. My spouse was recently part of a global meeting related not to bees, but some of the effects scientists are seeing upon plants in terms of viability, drought, stress, etc. It's not magic, and the disconnect between humans thinking 'oh, no big deal, we'll just grow them somewhere else," and how slowly (if at all) that adaptation can happen is alarming.

I really hate the window dressing politics because we are creating some massive misery for the future generations.

[David Dennison 18608]

Damn you Joe Biden for making things slightly inconvenient for middle class white people!

[mdmost 42775]

People in this country only care about something if it inconveniences them. We think things magically appear before our eyes with no worry about where it comes from or what's involved to make it appear. It's Biden's fault that Chick-fil-a only gives me 1 ketchup instead of the standard 4 I require, even though I only really use two and the other two get thrown away eventually.  Supply chain problems? Pft, that's Joe Biden's and China's fault. 

Edited May 13, 2021 by mdmost

[Aqua Buddha 14489]

They’re howling about the price of gas right now but it was $2.80 in 2019.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

24 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Judging by my social media, the new tactic seems to be the old tactic with Obama where they just blame Biden for everything.  (It's always amazed me how coordinated their messaging is, even down to the individual level.)

They've figured out that screaming about cartoons and gays isn't working so let's blame Biden for the gas shortage that isn't a shortage.

Thanks a lot, Biden.

Yep, it's the talking point today on FB.  A high school friend posted this:

Our President seems to enjoy comparisons with former President Jimmy Carter. But the way things are going now- the border crisis, gas shortages, the spending of our tax dollars out the wazoo, and the race towards socialism in our country, I think he has more in common with Hugo Chavez.

I asked how Biden was responsible for the run on gas, and whether or not the expansion of the budget deficit and national debt all 4 years of the Trump administration was equally bothersome.  No answer yet (although some dumb friend of his jumped right in to further the gas shortage angle).

 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6531]

32 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Judging by my social media, the new tactic seems to be the old tactic with Obama where they just blame Biden for everything.  (It's always amazed me how coordinated their messaging is, even down to the individual level.)

They've figured out that screaming about cartoons and gays isn't working so let's blame Biden for the gas shortage that isn't a shortage.

Thanks a lot, Biden.

This has always been their way.  If an asteroid was heading towards Earth I guarantee you the Republicans, Fox News, etc... would be screaming that it was all Biden’s fault (or plug in any Dem that is in office). The sad part is not that this is their tactic but that there are 70 plus million people that believe them no matter what they say.  I don’t know how you fix stupid.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

6 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

They’re howling about the price of gas right now but it was $2.80 in 2019.

AAA price reports show we're approaching a 7-year high, but it's not exactly unprecedented, even during the (gasp) Trump administration.

 

[Js1 85056]

Wouldn’t rising gas prices also indicate a return to work/normal life?

Guess we gotta go back into lockdown bc MUH GAS PRICES

[bad_teammate 13125]

As someone who materially benefits from this plz everyone buy gas and put it into every bucket and pitcher you have

[jimmyjazz 45513]

Another talking point, completely unfounded but hey, the truth doesn't matter:  the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline was executed by "our enemies" in order to "test Biden".

When reminded that as late as last week Republicans were howling about cybersecurity funding in Biden's infrastructure plan, I hear . . . crickets.

[Disco Strangler 1865]

5 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

HEB has shelves full of this shit.  Can HEB once again step in during our nation's most dire time of need and be the hero that we deserve?

[Bateshorn 9882]

Remember exactly 1 month ago when the border was a crisis.  Then the inevitable seasonal migration started to slow down (plus Biden is arresting and deporting people like it's a personal passion project) and suddenly errbody in the conservative community is "Never heard of her!?"  This is going to be the same thing. 

 

Also, to @bad_teammate point:  Except for consumers, there's nothing $100 a barrel oil won't fix in the industry.  That's true of literally every commodity.  Copper, Wood, Iron?  People even now are rushing to enter those markets and take advantage of price/arbitrage opportunities to make money.  In 18 months you're probably going to see the National Mining Association wining about how domestic copper producers need a bail out to ensure we have long term secure access due to a glut of copper collapsing the market.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Bateshorn

[Bateshorn 9882]

4 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

 

DP.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Bateshorn

[Eskimohorn 5610]

People in this country only care about something if it inconveniences them. We think things magically appear before our eyes with no worry about where it comes from or what's involved to make it appear. It's Biden's fault that Chick-fil-a only gives me 1 ketchup instead of the standard 4 I require, even though I only really use two and the other two get thrown away eventually.  Supply chain problems? Pft, that's Joe Biden's and China's fault. 

In Texas we just experienced a 3rd world event when it got really really cold for a week. The Legislature was in session. Did they focus on reforming markets or energy sources? Not even close. Probably the opposite. The people in power cannot stay in power by being accountable for addressing complex issues.

The public has never been smart enough to deal with this stuff. From time to time they demand action. But mostly in our representative democracy the leaders felt obligated to tackle issues. We’re regressing to 19th century politics and scope of responsibility for solving societal problems.

[Js1 85056]

So to recap the so-called scandals of the Biden Administration after almost 4 months:

• Refugee cap, which was reversed
• Mean tweets by Neera Tanden
• Hunter Biden "trash gun" from 3 years ago
• Biden's dog bit someone
• Jen Psaki was sassy about the Space Force
• Biden cancelled Dr. Seuss
• Kamala Harris' book
• Meat is outlawed
• Gas prices
• Biden wore a mask after being vaccinated
• Unemployment benefits
• Biden lied about being a bipartisan president because the GOP won't work with him or meet him anywhere in the middle on any legislation so far
• Biden underpromised for vaccines, then overdelivered, which is a scandal somehow
• Biden mentioned white supremacy in his address to Congress

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Another talking point, completely unfounded but hey, the truth doesn't matter:  the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline was executed by "our enemies" in order to "test Biden".

When reminded that as late as last week Republicans were howling about cybersecurity funding in Biden's infrastructure plan, I hear . . . crickets.

A private company (owned by the Koch conglomerate, correct?) fails to secure its systems and the executive branch is to blame for that. Oh dear. I saw on RW social the rumor that the ransom was paid...and somehow they're blaming *checks notes* Biden for that. Oh dear. Maybe private companies that don't update their systems should spend their money updating their security instead of *checks notes* buying Supreme Court judges. Wait, I forgot. Supreme Court justices are probably cheaper than $5 million in ransom.

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

So to recap the so-called scandals of the Biden Administration after almost 4 months:

• Refugee cap, which was reversed
• Mean tweets by Neera Tanden
• Hunter Biden "trash gun" from 3 years ago
• Biden's dog bit someone
• Jen Psaki was sassy about the Space Force
• Biden cancelled Dr. Seuss
• Kamala Harris' book
• Meat is outlawed
• Gas prices
• Biden wore a mask after being vaccinated
• Unemployment benefits
• Biden lied about being a bipartisan president because the GOP won't work with him or meet him anywhere in the middle on any legislation so far
• Biden underpromised for vaccines, then overdelivered, which is a scandal somehow
• Biden mentioned white supremacy in his address to Congress

 

Good list, but don't forget the Disney theme park ride changes that were somehow Biden's fault.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Mrs Whiggins

[UpperWestside 6104]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

So to recap the so-called scandals of the Biden Administration after almost 4 months:

• Refugee cap, which was reversed
• Mean tweets by Neera Tanden
• Hunter Biden "trash gun" from 3 years ago
• Biden's dog bit someone
• Jen Psaki was sassy about the Space Force
• Biden cancelled Dr. Seuss
• Kamala Harris' book
• Meat is outlawed
• Gas prices
• Biden wore a mask after being vaccinated
• Unemployment benefits
• Biden lied about being a bipartisan president because the GOP won't work with him or meet him anywhere in the middle on any legislation so far
• Biden underpromised for vaccines, then overdelivered, which is a scandal somehow
• Biden mentioned white supremacy in his address to Congress

 

The esteemed brisket king of Texas, John Cornyn, calling him to the carpet for not using the twitter machine as much as his predecessor. What is Biden hiding by not tweeting more often? 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

1 minute ago, UpperWestside said:

The esteemed brisket king of Texas, John Cornyn, calling him to the carpet for not using the twitter machine as much as his predecessor. What is Biden hiding by not tweeting more often? 

His colon.

Trump spent an enormous amount of time in the bathroom on his phone.

Biden eats right and gets a lot done.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

 

[Bateshorn 9882]

The New York Times is the wooooooorst about this both sides navel gazing

[Js1 85056]

MAGA Haberman desperate to stay relevant 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

This relates to more than President Biden, many in the media (excluding the far right propaganda media) are floundering. The path is there for them, but they've gotten stuck in a rut and spoiled in a way. Jay Rosen and Greg Sargent have pointed out that the media needs to stop both sidesing everything because it omits that the radicalization of the GOP has created one side that is anti-democratic and threatens the stability of our nation.

 

[Bateshorn 9882]

26 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

This relates to more than President Biden, many in the media (excluding the far right propaganda media) are floundering. The path is there for them, but they've gotten stuck in a rut and spoiled in a way. Jay Rosen and Greg Sargent have pointed out that the media needs to stop both sidesing everything because it omits that the radicalization of the GOP has created one side that is anti-democratic and threatens the stability of our nation.

 

Trump is correct in that he has been a gold mine for media companies.  And they are flailing about without him writing headlines for them every morning from the can.  It's easier to write about his stupid hot take than do the actual work of writing the story itself.

Haberman was just the most extreme example of it.  The fact that the Times published her when it was obvious Trump or Javanka was the source of the "rumors" is borderline malpractice.

Edited May 14, 2021 by Bateshorn

[Biff Tannen 45478]

On 5/13/2021 at 9:27 AM, Bateshorn said:

Remember exactly 1 month ago when the border was a crisis.  Then the inevitable seasonal migration started to slow down (plus Biden is arresting and deporting people like it's a personal passion project) and suddenly errbody in the conservative community is "Never heard of her!?" 

[Bama Chick 28596]

This relates to more than President Biden, many in the media (excluding the far right propaganda media) are floundering. The path is there for them, but they've gotten stuck in a rut and spoiled in a way. Jay Rosen and Greg Sargent have pointed out that the media needs to stop both sidesing everything because it omits that the radicalization of the GOP has created one side that is anti-democratic and threatens the stability of our nation.
 

I only took one journalism class but even I know if one side says the sky is blue and the other side says the sky is green, it’s not a journalist’s job to report both those statements as fact.

Their job is to look out the fucking window and confirm which one is fact.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33825]

4 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

I only took one journalism class but even I know if one side says the sky is blue and the other side says the sky is green, it’s not a journalist’s job to report both those statements as fact.

Their job is to look out the fucking window and confirm which one is fact.

What if the reporter is color blind?

[jimmyjazz 45513]

2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

What if the reporter is color blind?

[Js1 85056]

31 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

I only took one journalism class but even I know if one side says the sky is blue and the other side says the sky is green, it’s not a journalist’s job to report both those statements as fact.

Their job is to look out the fucking window and confirm which one is fact.

But they need to report both so they can have 17 panels to discuss which statement is more true, solicit op-eds from both sides and get clicks.