Irremarkable

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[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 10 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Yes, we were lucky that Biden was actually advocating for them. That's what the lucky comment was about.

What happens if the next time is under a GOP government? The power to do this shouldn't exist in the first place.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 32 points 6 months ago (12 children)

The issue isn't whether or not they ended up getting it, the issue is that the government will forcibly end strikes that are too dangerous to the economy. Yknow, the entire point of strikes.

Luckily, it worked out this time. What needs to happen is the removal of the government's power to end rail strikes in the first place.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

That's not too insane for a company of their size. It's higher than many, but far from out of the norm.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The worst part is Intel honestly could've have spun this into something of a win if they actually handled it properly. They've got over $25B in cash reserves, they could easily afford to do a recall and a big PR campaign about how good they are at accepting responsibility and fixing mistakes.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 21 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Now that's it's come out that he got bullied into the JD pick by his failsons, I'm thinking they did do some digging. He just got bullied.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 69 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Frankly? Most people.

Most people are really dumb about this type of thing.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 6 points 6 months ago

There's a reason my next car is going to be a early-mid 00s accord/camry/similar

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago

It happens, although they're relatively rare. Since 2000 there have been a total of 46 vetoes, with each president since Bush vetoing 10-12 bills.

For context, FDR had the most vetoes of any president, totaling 635 over his 12 years in office.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not all bills do, but the majority of big ones you hear about do. It's simply a marketing thing

And correct, it'll move to the House, where if it passes it will move to the president's desk. Considering it was unanimous in the Senate, I can't see it having any issues in the House.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some people just fuckin' suck

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The solution is move them literally anywhere else other than the fucking river, what are you on about.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Especially since Harris isn't exactly the most beloved figure in the dem world, if there even is such a thing at the moment.

I'll readily admit I was in the camp of thinking that Biden dropping now would be suicide. I am very happy to have been proven wrong so far.

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