Anyone know the story behind this line?

No background checks were performed (regretting).

Was there an issue with someone(s) on the project, or is it a more general reaction to the xz utils fiasco?

Exactly

What makes you think he puts the cart away?

Into the pockets of the owners/investors

Easy. By definition, if the money is going back into the business it isn’t profit. It’s overhead.

Last I checked in the US, the time wasn’t a factor. You only get to write off 50% though - I think the assumption is that you would have had to feed yourself anyway and the extra 50% is the cost of doing so in a restaurant or for the other party’s meal.

Diversity of tactics FTW!

Also called “at will” employment. The employer can fire you “at will” and you have the “right to work” somewhere else.

What it actually is is a union busting law. You have the “right to work” for an employer without being required to join a union. Generally this means being covered by any collective bargaining agreement but not paying the union dues. Which means the union collapses because it can’t afford to keep itself running. These are the laws that collapsed the American trade union movement.

You seem to be looking for the word fuck.

I assume that’s the plan with RFK’s “wellness camps”. Define gender dysphoria as a qualifying mental illness, and send transgender folks there to replace migrant workers who have been deported.

When you owe the bank a thousand dollars, that’s your problem. When you owe the bank a million dollars, that’s the bank’s problem.

The Sandy Hook families already know they will never recover the entire damages award. Spending real money on any future lawsuit won’t put another dime in their pockets, only add to the portion that never gets paid because he won’t make it in his lifetime. They’ll probably do it anyway for the satisfaction of making him squirm in front of a judge, but owing another billion is irrelevant.

Then add a few years, since you’ll be the one paying to replace wear items like roof, carpets, and appliances.

Except even flappers aren’t universal. Some toilets use flapperless flush valves

They’re laying the groundwork to purge officers that might push back on plans to abandon Ukraine, bar women from combat roles, discharge LGBTQIA+ service members, etc. If they think an officer may not roll over and support whatever the new administration wants, then threaten investigation and court martial unless they agree to step down quietly.

“Tastes of human sir. Would you like a white wine?”

Uh, Socialism please.

“Well we’re all out of Socialism. We only had three bits and we didn’t expect such a rush. So whaddaya want?”

What, so my choice is “or US free enterprise”?

I’m only surprised the cops aren’t pushing their usual line:

Police Spokesman: The suspect in this police involved shooting was no angel. Confidential informants have talked about how often her mother was up at night, imagining what trouble her little baby might be in this time. How many times she cleaned up her messes, only to find her in the same trouble all over again. The absolute filth the suspect covered herself with under that diaper day after day …

Reporter: But didn’t an officer shoot and kill the mother also?

Police Spokesman: I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation

/s

In all seriousness, this isn’t a tragedy, it’s a travesty. It’s a predictable and recurring outcome our society has been engineered to accept because it’s easier and cheaper than changing a system that benefits those already wealthy and in power. I use this gallows humor to cope with it, with the casual brutality and racism that caused it. To live with what none of us should be able to live with. Fuck this shit.

Still too optimistic. The people that clung to the previous status quo didn’t become enlightened. They stayed just as bigoted, but they died off over time.

Reports are down because people have given up on reporting. The FTC doesn’t send you details of if they’re doing anything with your report. Most telemarketing comes from spoofed phone numbers. Reporting the same caller for 2+ YEARS doesn’t stop them from calling. Enforcement actions appear to be exceedingly rare.

If call volume doubles but 2/3 of reporters have given up, the metric goes down. This isn’t a win.

Not unless it’s other peoples’ money. Good thing US election campaigns are self financed /s