What It Means To Be American
... it certainly explains why I am not Republican.
A couple of choice extracts:
Nearly six in 10 Republicans (57 percent) think that “a culture grounded in Christian religious beliefs†is important to our American identity.
and
Forty-six percent of Republicans say that “a culture established by the country’s early European immigrants†is an important part of what makes us Americans.
America Continues To Lead ...
... that's sarcasm folks ....
I have to say it took Battersea many many false starts before it got to here, but - it did get there. So maybe Philadelphia could adopt some of the ideas.
Oh that's right - America leads the world in thinking - and doesn't need to look outside of its borders for ideas.
That's how they always win the 'world' series and put themselves up on the pedestal of the global powerhouse.
What am I talking about? This.
Meanwhile - on a related topic - check out what you can do with an old cement factory.
Does The End Of The London Taxi Portend The End Of Everything?
First they licensed Uber, and I did not speak out - Because I was working.
Then the Trade Unionists and Taxi orgs called a mass demo, and I did not go -Because it was busy and I had to work.
Then, after realising our largest org was doing nothing, two drivers stood up shouting and rebellious...but they were expelled - I did and said nothing, just carried on working.
Then they asked for members to go to a branch meeting to vote against Judas and his WAGs - but I didn't go as I was working
When they finally took my Badge and Bill and handed it to an Uber driver - there was no one left to fight for me.
I just hope the apathy is not an indication of the broader topics of what is going on politically across the world. Whatever your political belief system ... the world gets the leadership it deserves. Just look at America. Trump won. Sure. Hilary lost. Sure. Hilary ran a bad campaign. Let's go with it. Trump stole the election. Whatever.
Here is what happened.
The voting population of America did not turn out in sufficient numbers to state clearly what they wanted.
As my twitter bio reads:
Power for the few will be assumed through the inaction of the many.
Uber [ No Longer ] Alles
To lose 1 senior VP in a week is never good. To lose two is very careless.
Add to the growing woes captured on this thread just this week.
But there's more ... check out this:
How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide
Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive the authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement or, in some instances, had been outright banned.
The list of all the other crap - JUST - from this week can be found here.
We Dumbed Down The Entrance Qualifications For The Presidency - Now Some Wag Is Trying To Do The Same For Professors.
I can hear you asking yourself ‘The Forbco Management School’, where the hell is that?
Turns out it is Sizzler’s management training program … I know - right !
Oh - and that image is no longer there …. the bio was changed after he was challenged. And it might have gone unnoticed - except that ugly head popped over the parapets when he tried to push through a law to prevent democrats becoming professors until there was a balance of republican professors when measured against democrats.
Personally, hadn’t really thought about how many democratic professors there were, but maybe Republicans need to get clever enough to become professors - or are we going to dumb down the entry level for professors as well as Presidents?
Is Uber Trying To Get More Crazy and Confused Than The Trump Administration?
Interesting to see that when I wrote ...
as I tried to summarise everything that is going on at Uber that is wrong ... someone else had the same idea.
A great summary - though not a fan of the color scheme!
Uber - Liars or Just A U-Turn?
Remember when Uber said ... not us ...
As Gruber writes:
The message to other women at Uber is clear: stay silent or we will come after you.
You know how it goes - exercise - check … hot - check … thirst quenched - check - nicely done #beverage #consumed
Early Lunch with some very good people.
The Truth About Uber Continues To Surface ...
I wrote and published this post about the trials and tribulations (ok - not trials - YET) of Uber yesterday. It was a rapid summary of the fronts that they are fighting that came through my feeds just last week.
(It is worth a click through just to get a quick summary of the breadth of problems hitting the company.)
These posts came out yesterday - Monday 27th February.
Seriously? We are meant to believe that. Oh, that’s right - they demonstrate over and over again that they do not believe in background checks. (And anyway it was known who he was BTW - this is a very small valley).
And, in light of that, this becomes even more believable.
Another Tale of Rampant Sexual Harassment at Uber - Medium, another ex-staffer writing about the toxic Uber culture. This quote stood out to me from one manager to a subordinate, a woman and the writer of the article.
There is no place for ethics in this business sweetheart. We are not a charity.
Uber dismissed warnings about its illegal self-driving test for months, emails show - The Verge. (I wrote at the time, there was more to this and I still don’t understand why they weren’t prosecuted at the time. But I guess that is a different story.)
Oh … and the so often repeated story of how some Uber drivers are either totally ignorant of where places are, definitely lacking in ‘smarts’ and possibly just corrupt.
I Spy With My Little Eye - Something Beginning with 'T'
According to her attack-dog attorney, Charles Harder, the Mail’s allegations harmed her “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity†to cash in on the Trump presidency by selling Melania-branded “apparel, accessories, shoes, jewellery, cosmetics, hair care, skin care, and fragranceâ€.
As they Eye says ....
No need for the Mail to trash her reputation: her lawyer seems quite capable of doing it all by himself.
[For my American readers - for Private Eye - think 'Spy Magazine' - except edgier, unafraid, wittier and first published in 1961 - a full 27 years before Spy Magazine got going and hasn't stopped since - which Spy did in 1998.]
Let The Punishment Fit The Crime
Virginia man gets 11 years in prison for trying to join Islamic State
... not actually joining, and had he joined, not actually done anything ...
Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.
Meanwhile - a quick Google search reveals that 11 years is what you get for
- A hit and run driver killing a little girl
- A meth dealer in Eugene
- Fraud
- Pimping
- Drug Trafficking
#JustSayin
TRUTH
Thankyou Hugh
Then again - there is this …
Thinking Allowed
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