#wtf is employment restriction

[rennyji]

remote viewing thru eyes/face of pics/tv shows, is point, more than pleasure

4 my needs (DR visits, prescription drug copayments, supplements, gym memberships, paying2have oldCollege transcripts sent2 new employers, food, living) I need money. I’m in restrictive situation leading 2 limitations. Unemployment might give $500 weekly, & I don’t even get that.

Desensitized guy looking for sources and avenues of horny-ness; hit me up…

Need reliable way 2indicateProblems amidstHackers, as they couldB remote viewing thru certainAvenues/channels-project stargate-1960s-USA military trying 2B everywhere, testing militarizing/sending instructions around 1 individual-using conscious streams 2 spy. Direct/indirect spy

N’Ala (Hindi&Arabic says 1 thing, backwards spells out something) Is causing problems mentally/physically/environmentally.TheTeamOfThem, under 1mapping isMaking every1 think it’s camera behind tv whenManipulating stream others R knowingly/unknowingly experiencing.-the fine print,

Y would there be cameras or y would I be painted as a prude or sedated? Let’s assume something w/brainwaves is occurring. Something will amplify a persons waves 2 get a handle of that person. Do u no wats most basic way 2 decrease waves? Here’s a hint. Y r priests celibate?

These people doing this 2 me have obsession in promoting sexuality under guise of making me sexually unconfident, 2 I guess cripple me out of hate, or to 2 mind read thru brain waves. Whether my genital is big/small, my business, whether I last 5 min/5 hrs, my business.-

-thesePeople?unbelievablyClever, underNiceFaces/sympathetic tones, seem like doing humanity, good, when just creative w/ruining me. I don’t understand reason4hateWhenIve neverSpoken2them. Just absolute hate. You should know: they sing "you're going to die with rhymes and corresponding tunes to me periodically throughout day while telling me my last love interest is f*king & s*king and apparently killed herself by having my allegedly powerful emotions transferred into her. The hate and its source is beyond me. The endless attempts at humiliation. They drug me like a guy drooling over cocaine, talk to me about s*x and insert penis notions to the point where I'm on verge of asking a priest for a giant penis. I limit self2B model ofDiscipline, noing ImOnSpot, inChaotic time-IveNoIntentionOnDying4that

- next thing N’Ala over here, behind my face, in my head, while youth voices talk in background, restrict me from saying: 4 years I’m practically a lobotomized vegetable. I know I’m writing/eating, but my functionality is limited.-

- While in daze, I’m told a girl or now 2 girls, R waiting 4 me, 4 18 years. Now I have moment of lucidity, it seems astounding. Im not sure if it’s part of psychological manipulation2manipulate me. What a deustche I’d be, 4 screwing around amidst notion of some1 that incredible? Neither of these individuals I know or remember how they look like, whether they actually exist, but the idea is told to me repeatedly.-

- then I’m told I’m going to get married…remember …half the time I’m a vegetable. They insert thoughts, remove my convictions, my foundations, my values, my memories, my wisdom. The world's best minds interpret "seeing it my way" literally by planting their already decided upon perception, in someone else's head. "Seeing it my way", when done with words, is by giving someone the choice to agree/disagree while matching an idea with someone else's brains' experience, knowledge, and wisdom. The worlds best minds need to be told this...wow...-

-I recall Cing AshtonKutcherMovie, where girlFriendQuestions whether2marry basedOn# OfWomen slept w/.MovieFrom90s/early 2000s. I? born in late80s&beenVictimized4 @ least 18 yrs. Im presented w/marriageIdea. Now Im told Im dying 4not ReducingMyBrainWaves thruSex?! Wtf. LikeIdCare. These are personal things that would or would not have happened anyway without it being made into some weird formality. Other people's personal aspects are theirs and not for public entertainment. This is what is wrong with American culture. Years ago, I said indicate I have character and the ways I have it. And now a group of retards make it into every detail of nonsense. Inside voice/outside voice. Personal topics/public topics. Family persona/public image. I have to tell the world's best minds these things?!

&nowTeamOf N’Ala s , actingLike God, in myHead, claimNeed2finish 1/2 a*s slop ofFixingUnbrokenBrain,while givingFeelingOfScrotumFondling, never volunteered-nonsenseProtocol. CommonSense/doNoHarm takeNoPrecedence. In Islam,noEyes/Faces inPaintings-b/cOf Americas remoteViewingTech.

Im feeling choppiness inConsciousness/perception/darkenedVision, &these people make me cough2makeCough causePhysicalPain2myBrain. I'm finding blood in my mucus when I blow my nose, and my nose is endlessly crusty with dried blood crust. So apparently something IS happening wirelessly, which is impacting my brain, tied in with the pain I'm feeling. That's not scary. Typical American nonsense. It's like the European perceptions. Always a stupid cowboy. "Lets do ummm...brain surgery...like a group of f*gs while "he's still "in" the phenomena" and scare him and not tell him and let him figure it out..."They then fondleMyBalls whileMaking p*nis focused. Americas FBI, CIA, military- justSitTightIn CRUSADE AGAINST A BROWN MAN. American f*ggots, assemble.

This has nothing to do with being p*ssed, although that's an inherent right after 18 years of this. This is definitely a waste of my time. This is a hate crime and a crime against humanity, while people are focusing on s*x and a guy interacting with a tv. Someone is making fun of you as a group of neanderthals and ur taking the mantle.

And then echoing things like what I do in my spare time...why is it even relevant. I am happy waking up in silence, simply showering/brushing my teeth, eating my favorite breakfast, riding my Peloton, hitting the gym and pushing myself, maybe working if I could get a job after two degrees, hitting a coffee shop, maybe dancing at a European style/Indian style club, doing martial arts, maybe returning to with my head on my potential wife's lap at the end of the day, like a pillow and watching a movie.

[thestuckylibrary]

Fics where its modern cap and winter soldier but they're dating and the team is like wtf you're sleeping with the enemy? Doesnt have to be that specific but yeah :)

Something like these?

The Blind Leading* by SkyisGray (oneshot |43,034 | E) *graphic violence

Steve is specifically told not to fraternize with the independently contracted Winter Soldier.

The Murder Ballads by BetteNoire (restricted, complete | 78,503 | E)

Something wicked is coming for Steve Rogers. Luckily for him, something even more wicked stands in its way: the unrepentant, unbroken Bucky Barnes.

A murder-mystery/action thriller with violence, magic, and several big MCU guest stars.

Part 1 of the The Murder Ballads series

Honeypot by cleo4u2, xantissa (series | 201,514 | E) - heed the tags!

Preconditions:One Sasha Marozow - internationally renowned assassin for hire, known as the Winter Soldier, ex-Hydra operative freelancing for the last five years;One Steve Rogers, Captain America - recently defrosted national hero and Avenger;One assassination contract;One set-up known in the intelligence community as the “honeytrap”.

Expected Result:One Winter Soldier in custody, the name of his employer attained.

Actual result:Definitely not as expected.

A Hatemance For The Ages by BetteNoire (WeAreWolves) (series, ongoing, restricted | 28,750 | E)

This is what happens when you find your soulmate… and instead of birds singing and roses blooming, you discover they’re an insufferable jerk. But an insufferable jerk that you low-key really want to bang, if nothing else because MAYBE THEN THEY WOULD SHUT UP.

Features the worst, most annoying iterations of Cap!Steve and Modern!Bucky. There is nothing these two wouldn’t do for each other… out of spite.

[A series of occasional short fics that I write when I just want snark and hate sex]

a blade with no handle by ftmsteverogers (oneshot |13,351 | E)

“I’m Captain Rogers,” Steve said, once the Winter Soldier had joined them and took off his motorcycle helmet, shaking his mane of hair free. “You must be the Winter Soldier.”

“That’s what they call me,” the Winter Soldier replied. His mask took up three quarters of his face and his eyes were hidden behind a pair of goggles, but Steve could still hear the hostility in his voice.

Steve pasted on a smile and stuck out a hand for him to shake. “Welcome to the Avengers.”

Sensory Overload by claritylore (oneshot |25,217 | M)

We don’t recognise others as one whole, we know them in pieces; their eyes, their movements, the way they breathe, the way they smell… Through these unconsciously gathered fragments do we create the whole in our minds. Piece, by piece, by piece, we learn another and we slowly come to recognise them, know them, feel for them, need them…

Not too long after being unfrozen after 70 years under ice, Steve Rogers goes to work for Nick Fury at SHIELD HQ in Washington DC. The missions start to roll in and Nick Fury assigns him a new backup when he finds himself in need of a skilled forward scout and sniper; a strange man with a metal arm and a mask, known only as The Soldier.

#anonymous #mod blue

[financiallymint]

6 Alternatives to Getting a Job

We live in a world where a job isn’t necessary to make money.

The minute I understood this, my life was forever changed.

Jobs are great: they give you experience, opportunities, contact with people and a good learning foundation. This is especially helpful for recent college graduates; jobs get us started in the real world, we start taking on responsibilities and our life suddenly seems to have a bit more structure and purpose to it.

So yes, jobs are great when they’re fulfilling and enjoyable.

The problems start when the job becomes a drag: the thought of work depresses you, your mood darkens, you sigh and complain. Even as college students we’ve experienced this: working part-time at a fast food restaurant/bar/supermarket isn’t the most exciting thing in the world.

So I am a big supporter of checking out other options before getting a traditional job (or never getting one). The options really do depend on each person, so why not try one out? Not only will this earn you a different set of skills useful for a future job, but you’ll also get to experience something unconventional and new. Pretty cool for a college student/grad.

Here are some possible alternatives to a job (from least to most risky):

1. Self-employment/freelancing

Instead of jumping straight into the workforce, why not try offering your services directly to clients? It could have something to do with your degree or not, it’s up to you. Self-employment and freelancing range from online tutoring, to building websites and to Ubering around. The most important is to know how to hustle and have some discipline: the money comes in only when you’re working.

Self-employment doesn’t work for everyone but it does have some pretty sweet benefits. You get to set your own hours, you can choose who to work with (maybe not always, but still) and if it’s online you get to work from anywhere!

Check out Upwork and Fiverr to see what kind of services freelancers are offering. Is there anything you think you could do?

2. Build an online business

It’s amazing: starting a business has never been easier. How? With the beautiful internet. 50 years ago you needed funding, permissions and experience. Now all you need is a wifi connection, a tiny bit of money, some hustle – and you’re done. The hardest part is the hustle: willingness to learn and not giving up. As with any business, online businesses require discipline, consistency and a goal. It’s just a little easier to get started when it’s online.

Don’t have an online business idea? No worries, here are two great ones for you:

A blog

An online shop

Blogging really is an online business: you provide content for your readers (some kind of research) and you can earn money through affiliate sales, ads, sponsorships, etc. What you’re reading right now is from a blog/website. I treat Financially Mint like a business: I produce content, I answer comments and try to make it a good experience for the reader.

Online shops are another cool business idea. I tried creating one (check Money Experiment 2) and really see this is a good business venture. You basically act as the middleman connecting the product with the client. It’s called drop-shipping and can be very lucrative if done well.

Other options include Youtuber, podcaster and other forms of content production. They all require some kind of initial effort without guaranteed return (like all businesses). Not for everyone, but another cool alternative to the 9-5.

3. Travel volunteering

Don’t want a job but want to travel? You still have options. Volunteering in general is another way to live without a job.

You could either DIY it: pay for the plane ticket and see where life gets you. People have done crazy things: travel the world on a bike, camp for weeks, volunteer in exchange for accommodation and food, you name it. It’s proper ‘Into the Wild’ kind of stuff. Maybe a bit extreme, but hey I’m just laying out options.

A safer and more viable option is doing travel volunteering through agencies such as STA Travel or Projects Abroad. You basically volunteer abroad and get housing and food in exchange. It’s all monitored and it’s mostly programs for gap year students. Pretty fun.

4. Creating

If you feel you’re particularly good at creating something, why not sell it? This could be writing a book, producing music, creating art, etc. Create something, market it and sell. Once again, you’ll have to put up an initial effort with no guaranteed return, but if you get it working it could be pretty fun. Eventually you could even turn it into a proper business (but hey, only if you want to).

People who have done this are Veronica Roth (author of Divergent series) and Bret Easton (author of American Psycho). And there are tons of students who sell their art on DevianArt or promote music on Soundcloud. Turn that hobby into a money-making machine.

5. Military

It’s not actually that risky (unless you’re actually sent off to war), it’s just not an option people really think of. But it’s worth mentioning.

Maybe a year or two in the army could help you figure out what kind of job you want or what you want to do next. You may find that you want to go back to uni and study something else, or that you really like the military and want to stay. Those years in the middle will help you gain discipline and even motivation to work on what you want to do.

You’ll be earning about the same than if you were at an entry level job, plus you’ll get some good benefits by not having to pay utility bills, healthcare, etc.

Find out more info on the Army and think of your options.

6. Investing/Property investing

Related: WTF is investing?

There’s a reason why this one is at the bottom of the list: risky af. You’ll need experience and some money to get started and succeed- but it’s still an option. If you have enough for a house deposit and calculate a good cashflow, that could be enough to get started on the property market. From there you learn and you experiment: how about trying the stock market? Or dare I say cryptocurrencies?

Related: WTF is property investing?

Once again, not for everyone, but for those who like to live on the edge and don’t mind the possibility of going broke at 23, it could be an option.

What’s pretty cool about all these options listed above is that you don’t have to restrict yourself to only doing one. How about becoming a self-employed proofreader and doing some blogging on the side? Or starting a drop-shipping business and experimenting with investing? Or even getting a traditional job and just treating these as ‘side-hustles’. It’s amazing the amount of flexibility we can achieve nowadays.

The main reason I included the more unusual alternatives on the list is to show you that you really don’t have to go down the traditional path and get a normal desk job if you don’t want to. No one is forcing you to (if your parents are, tell them to give me a call). Maybe you’d be down to try out the military, or travel the world out of a backpack, or even lose all your money on the stock market. The possibilities are endless, and the world is at your feet. It’s your life and you’re young – you get to choose what to do with it.

#britain #british #uk #british student #english student #scotland #england #student #student finance #college finance #study #university #money #financial independence #budget #financial education #make money #save money #studyspo #college #work #student job #job #makemoney #sidehustle #army #investing #volunteering #onlinebusiness #travel

[rosalind-of-arden]

Sword and Pen Reread, chapter 4

Back to Jess POV again. Bunch of fun worldbuilding and Wolfe stuff here.

Ephemera: Russia wants the Archives (who doesn’t?) and the increased power and prestige that would come with controlling the Library. They’re not committing to anything yet, though. The ambassador doesn’t want to withdraw ships, but they also don’t want to side with the ex-Archivist. They want to test the new Library’s strength and decide where to go from there. Very pragmatic.

Smugglers are running the temple of Anubis.

Offerings to temples can be delivered to the temple itself or directly to their bank. Regular clergy does not accept donations (or maybe not large donations? No idea what the value of 1,000 geneih is), there’s a treasurer for that.

Henna inscriptions on Anit’s arms as a traditional sign of mourning.

Jess thinks Anit looks older now. Could be all presentation: she’s dressed differently than usual. Question then becomes whether Jess’s original guess that she’s 14 is anywhere near accurate. Is she 14 and presenting herself as older here? Or is she older, and was presenting as younger before?

“We can bring the bastard before the Conclave and let them decide his fate.” Last chapter made it sound like the Conclave was the entire staff of the Library. That’s quite the large jury there. Justice by popular vote.

Swearing an oath to both Anubis and the Christian God at the same time is a thing. Glain finds it amusing in light of the fact that Jess isn’t very religious, but no one finds the multi-faith oath in and of itself remarkable.

Jess thinks Wolfe wants the Archivist captured alive. Glain’s says her sworn duty is to kill the Archive. What are the Library’s actual orders here?

Bribing or otherwise recruiting a Medica from the Library seems to be what all good anti-Library factions do. The Burners had one in Philly, now Anit has one. The Library has a monopoly on good medical training, but they can’t keep other factions from recruiting people they’ve trained.

Non-binary doctor! Anit uses “he” when referring to Burnham. Wolfe uses “they” later. What’s the correct pronoun? Anit, as Burnham’s employer, ought to know that, meaning Wolfe went with “they” because he doesn’t know and used the neutral option as a default. Or Burhnam doesn’t always use the same pronoun and is currently using “they”?

Anit’s house is equipped for surgery and blood transfusions.

The Prince is a highly restricted book. The Library only allows a small number of people to read it. Smugglers seem to love it. It has a whole chapter about the Library’s weaknesses.

Still totally headcanoning that Niccolo Santi is named after Niccolo Machiavelli. Other Machiavelli books might not be as restricted. Or maybe one of his parents was high enough up in the Library to get access to The Prince? Must ponder this.

The Prince was written in vernacular Italian. Is Jess reading a translation or does this mean Jess knows Italian? Have fun with that, writers of Jess/Santi sin.

Jess thinks Anit sent for Wolfe. But Wolfe doesn’t know Glain is injured until Jess tells him. WTF did Anit tell Wolfe? Just “your kids need you get over here?” Or did Wolfe track Jess and Glain? They’re carrying enough Library-issue equipment to have a tracking script somewhere.

Wolfe is very agitated here. He’s blunt, sharp, and irritable, using some rather crude language. That’s not just a reaction to Glain’s injury; he arrives uncomfortable enough to actually admit that he’s uncomfortable. Sure, he says he’s uncomfortable because he’s in a smuggler’s house, but is that all? Jess’s condition is obviously a contributing factor. Lack of sleep and extremely recent imprisonment, too. And we don’t know what Wolfe’s been doing since leaving the Archivist’s office, aside from somehow tracking the former Archivist.

Watch Wolfe’s tone and sentence structure shifting as he gets more upset, then reins his emotions in. “What sort of charlatan do they employ here as a Medica” - elevated vocabulary, longer sentence. “Bullshit. You breathed poison. And that has consequences. Stop pretending that it doesn’t.” - swearing, short, clipped sentences, fragments. “I didn’t need your nefarious contacts to discover where the Archivist might be hiding, but we will need them to confront him.” - back to long sentences and elevated vocabulary.

Santi is apparently respectful enough of the dead to leave the Necropolis alone, at least until he’s run out of other places to search. Wolfe suggests that he’s doing Santi a favor by searching the Necropolis.

The High Garda has the power to do door-to-door searches for the ex-Archivist.

Jess reminds Wolfe that he’s “fresh out of prison, your third in the last few years” (that’s a very conservative estimate, counting only Rome, Philly, and Alexandria - the Iron Tower and Castle Raby were effectively prisons, too). Wolfe can’t even answer that right away, and when he does, it’s just one word. He’s locking those memories up tight and working very hard not to think about his trauma right now.

“Santi would kill me if he knew I’d let you go off on your own” “No, he’s quite used to me doing as I please, thank you.” They’re continuing the conversation from Jess’s room in Smoke and Iron here. Jess is still under the impression that Santi has some control over what Wolfe does. Jess also sees himself as responsible for Wolfe. Wolfe continues to assert his own autonomy.

This line makes it very clear that the situation we saw in Paper and Fire - Santi attempting to limit Wolfe’s movement and contact with the kids - was unusual for them. Jess’s perception of Santi as the authority in that relationship is based on how they behaved during a crisis, while struggling with trauma. (And even then, Santi really wasn’t that much in control - where did my Wolfe vs Santi count end? Something like 2:1 in Wolfe’s favor?) Wolfe is insisting that things are back to normal now, and by all indications, Santi has gotten that message loud and clear (we see no effort to stop Wolfe from pursuing the ex-Archivist).

Also, I am totally reading this as canon justification for slutty Wolfe and you can’t stop me.

Dad Wolfe! Asserting both Glain’s and Jess’s value. This is such a good father-son moment for Jess and Wolfe. Wolfe explicitly says how much he cares about both Jess and Glain, empathizes with Jess’s trauma, and slips in a bit of a “fuck you Callum” for good measure.

“I don’t coddle mediocrity” is Wolfe for “OMG I LOVE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH.”

“using whatever magic elixers the Medica gave you” I mean, tone isn’t specified, but can we read this as anything but snark? Wolfe doesn’t have much respect for Medicas, does he?

Red Ibrahim hired mostly men. Anit is bringing in more women. Add this to the all-male crew of the ship and the shortage of women working for the Brightwells, and we see quite a bit of evidence for sexism as a smuggler thing. It’s a bit uncomfortable that it’s mostly called out in reference to Anit’s gang, though. Jess doesn’t even seem to notice that his father’s henchmen are all men (or at least, the named ones seem to be). Plays into certain stereotypes that no one notices the English smugglers being sexist but everyone notices when the Egyptian ones are.

Katja! Still shipping her with Anit. Open relationship, obviously.

Jess considers grabbing a crossbow. Jess knows how to shoot a crossbow?

“If Red Anit says you’re to be indulged, then I indulge.” I can think of some very kinky readings of that line.

#the great library #sword and pen reread

[womenofcolor15]

Amazon Halts Shipments Of Nonessential Products, Workers Sound The Alarm On Unsanitary Work Conditions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Amazon made a huge announcement! They’re suspending shipments of all nonessential products in response to the Coronavrius pandemic. Also, Amazon workers are sounding the alarm on the unsanitary work conditions they’re being forced to work in. More inside…

All those random items sitting in your Amazon cart will be sitting there for a while now.

Yesterday, Amazon told sellers and vendors the company will be suspending shipments of all nonessential products to its warehouses in response to the increase in orders amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

The muti-billion dolar corporation will now only accept shipments of "household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products" to its warehouse until April 5th to deal with the high demand of those products amid the coronavirus crisis. Folks have flocked to the website to stock up since local grocery stores are running out of items due to the influx of sales.

Right now, Amazon is prioritizing categories according to the following: baby products; health and household (including personal-care appliances); beauty and personal care; grocery; industrial and scientific; pet supplies.

So what does that mean for sellers?

Business Insider reports:

That means sellers who use Amazon's storage and delivery network for a fixed fee, through a program called Fulfillment by Amazon, will no longer be able to ship nonessential products to Amazon. The same restrictions apply to vendors who wholesale their products to Amazon, who then resells them at a markup.

It doesn't affect last-mile shipments of those products to consumer.

Amazon said vendors will see "reduced purchase orders" as it "temporarily paused" orders for all nonessential products until April 5th. Delivery windows for existing orders have been extended which will give vendors more time to deliver those products to Amazon.

People who run marketplaces for nonessentials are feeling it. Their sales have dropped dramatically.

"We understand this is a change to your business, and we did not take this decision lightly," Amazon wrote in an email to sellers and vendors. "We appreciate your understanding as we prioritize the above products for our customers."

Amazon also said it planned to hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers to help manage the increase in sales. But, should folks even take the job?

Warehouse workers in New York and Chicago told The Washington Post that Amazon isn’t taking enough precautions as orders pile up, forcing them to work in unsanitary conditions. Workers claim their co-workers were only sent home if they had coughs.

Twitter is sounding off about it: 

  Amazon doesn't have to provide paid sick leave. They are hiring 100k workers so they can burn through them as they get sick (as a result of unsanitary policies in their warehouses), and just hire more. Labor is disposable to them. This is hideously transparent.

— z (@vanishes_x) March 17, 2020

    Amazon wants to hire more workers to fill it's unsanitary warehouses? WTF https://t.co/fXVQCQbKqX

— Kinkajou51, I am sick of this shit! (@Kinkajou5123) March 18, 2020

    Please please choose indie. Amazon is forcing their workers to work in unsanitary conditions en masse while the owners of our beloved community centers send us home. Shop consciously!  https://t.co/rJNj9tHukw

— cristina maria  (@moonandpeach) March 18, 2020

    Workers at several Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV factories are complaining about unsanitary work conditions as well. So, they did something about it. After learning that a worker at the FCA Kokomo Transmission Plant in the United States was diagnosed with COVID-19, some workers walked out, however operations have resumed...at least, for now.

The Detroit Press reports:

Paint shop operations resumed at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Warren Truck Assembly Plant early Monday afternoon after 17 employees stopped working that morning. There were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the plant that produces the previous-generation Ram pickups, the company said.

But Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has directed gyms, theaters, dine-in restaurants and schools to close to curb exposure, and many employers, including Detroit's three automakers, are letting employees work from home if they can. President Donald Trump issued new guidelines at the White House telling Americans to congregate in groups of 10 or less.

"You have 1,500 to 2,000 people touching the same product," Kristin Dziczek, vice president of industry, labor and economics at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor said of workers on the assembly lines. "They're in close proximity. They wear gloves, protective gloves, but the level of contagiousness of this virus is high. It will spread differently in the manufacturing industry than in an office. I will not be surprised to see production interruptions."

  One Chrysler worker took to Facebook to share more details:

The state of Michigan has closed schools and universities, along with banning gatherings of more than 50 people. However, the order exempts factories and offices.

UPDATE:

The Detroit Three automakers (Ford, General Motors, FCA) have agreed to UAW demands to shut down all North American plants in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Detroit Free Press. During the shutdown, union members will get paid similar to the compensation plan for when they are on leave.

  Prayers up for our warehouse workers!

Photos: Mike Mareen/Shutterstock.com

A SERIOUS MATTER: YBF CELEBS PREPARING FOR CORONAVIRUS!

[Read More ...] source http://theybf.com/2020/03/18/amazon-halts-shipments-of-non-essential-products-workers-sound-the-alarm-on-unsanitary-wo

[therisingphoenixden]

Wow! An Update!

Yeah, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Last...year? Damn! Anyway, 2018, and the latter half of 2017 has been, well, not quite a dumpster fire. But almost a dumpster fire.

In the latter half of 2017 I...

-Quit my job at Rite Aid and signed on to the same wine distribution company my then-boyfriend works for.

-Boyfriend proposed to me. Yay!

-Quit said job at wine distribution company because wtf was I thinking? A recovering alcoholic working with alcohol? Plus I pulled all the soft tissue in my lower back and my partner was a jackhole and ignored the fact that I was on restricted duty.

-Rang out the new year as an engaged woman!

So far in 2018...

-Found employment working with a copier sales company.

-Was let go not even a month into working there.

-Spent a month and a half wallowing in depression due to unemployment before finding work at Target.

-Worked for four months at a Target in their clothing department, further deepening my hatred of working with the public.

-Celebrated my grandfather’s 90th birthday and three years of sobriety!

-Dealing with ongoing drama about my grandfather’s health and what to do about him (him wanting to stay in his house vs. aunts and uncles wanting to move him into assisted living).

-Found a nice office job as a receptionist for a manufacturing machine sales firm. Job also includes being the personal assistant to the VP of sales in our branch (which manages all of North America).

-Celebrated three years with my fiancee.

-Now finding out that my dad and brother-in-law may lose their jobs at GM. Dad’s a bit up in the air, but brother-in-law is for-sure going to lose his. Also had to deal with my fiancee worrying about the same thing.

-I turn 32 next week.

So, not entirely a dumpster fire, but not that great either. I may have missed a few things here and there, but overall, I’m rating it a meh. Definitely going to keep this going though. Blogging is good for the soul, or so they say.

#holy shit I live #shut up RisenPhoenix

[specialchan]

This religion is rigged against the child via /r/islam

This religion is rigged against the child

I am a 19 year old guy keep in mind.

I have a mentally deranged father who constantly abuses my family verbally and physically and thinks he can do no wrong. He is violent and his own 5 year old child is afraid of him. He will always find a reason to argue with me and tbh ive had enough of this shit. Im stuck against a wall because no matter what in islam, if you argue with your parents you are cursed even if you are the oppressed one.

Wtf kinda shit is this, honestly im not a bad guy, my relationship with my mother is incredible and even with this pitiful excuse of a father i have been very kind too.

you do not understand, I had a perfectly good job that i did to buy a car, Because i figuired the issue was money. So after a year of constantly being told I couldn't buy a car because I dont have a license, I got my license and I was still told no. So i wait another year and get the money myself through hard work and now i am still told no. Keep in mind (I am) paying for the car FULLY. I have no options in this life, Keep in mind this Car situation is old, it happened 5 months ago and I am still with no car and no job because he forced me to quit or get kicked out because of Covid.

I still bared patience, Ok fine im a 19 year old dude who has no car even tho all his peers are on thier 2nd or 4th car. for the sake of god I will let that slide. even though who in there right mind isn't allowed to own a car even when I AM PAYING FOR IT, I AM, THROUGH MY OWN MONEY. but i still get told no.

That was an old situation, come now to today. I am a 19 year old stuck at home, found a perfect job that I cant get to because I dont have a car and also because this "Father" said " No you cant work there" . I had to give it up even after the employers calling me with interest. Now he calls me a failure which is fine by me, I understand all my peers may be far better off than me and I am happy for them, But I swear if I didnt get told no at every corner of my life by This man, I would not be as wretched as I am today.

My life has been restricted and I am trying to string this small portion of event's into a messy post on reddit that only I will fully understand.

This religion doesnt take my situation into account, I am the bad guy.

The child is cursed and the father is happily entered into Paradise with angels and all, Allah akbar what a brilliant religion, May the hoor al ayns be pleasent for you.

I honestly do not give a damn if i go to hell, I swear I do not pray to god for anything except that he deserves it. If i go to hell then so be it, Im happy with gods decision but I cant stand being labeled the bad guy by this religion any more for standing up to an abusive father.

Believe me if you think its not bad then I promise you it is, There is only so much you can fit into a Post and I dont have the strength to add anymore worse things into this.

I needed to vent this out, There is only so much a guy can hold in.

My mother has always told me to not trust him, She always told me that a Father is not supposed to act like this, But i still for the sake of god have been nice to him. if my mother says he is evil and my siblings do then I know im not hallucinating.

If it wasnt for my mother I would have been homelsess long ago. I am not a bum or a loser, I have a career and a life I am pursuing, just in case you thought I am a couch potato leeching off his parents.

I have tried multiple times to further advance in my life but have been shut down, I honestly do not understand. Okay Im not allowed a car, Fine. Okay im not allowed a Job, Fine. How the fuk else am I going to advance in my life if These are the things i am not allowed. Still I am called the Loser.

My mother tells me to bare patience, But I don't understand for what reason should I bare patience. There is nothing for me in terms of this religion. I will always be the bad guy who disrespected his father in gods eyes.

Good day

Submitted August 11, 2020 at 11:52AM by SkinToneChixkenBone via reddit https://ift.tt/3itOgT5

[shirlleycoyle]

WTF Are Antibody Tests, and Can They Prove Coronavirus Immunity?

There was a time when waking up with a scratchy throat or a dry cough didn’t elicit such a sense of dread, but Covid-19 has made us all hyper-aware of its symptoms. Many people have been left wondering if they are asymptomatic carriers of the disease, or if a slight cold they may have recently experienced was actually something more menacing.

These fears are not unfounded: More than a million patients around the world have confirmed cases of coronavirus, but the real number of infections is far higher—though nobody yet knows by how much.

That’s why medical professionals are rushing to develop tests for antibodies that might reveal if a patient ever contracted Covid-19, regardless of whether they experienced symptoms. These tests may even be able to determine individual immunities to the virus, which has led to speculation that some people could reenter the workforce or resume normal activities if they have the right antibodies.

While this proposed solution may provide a sense of hope, it is far from a certain outcome at this point in time. There’s no clear consensus about the immunological response to Covid-19, and murky ethical problems undergird the idea of lifting restrictions on some populations, while isolating others, especially based on unsettled science.

Here’s what you need to know about these tests, their development, and their potential to influence the global Covid-19 response.

What are Covid-19 antibody tests?

Antibody tests, also known as serological tests, differ from the diagnostic swab tests that have been in high demand since the pandemic gained momentum.

Swab tests, or PCR tests, are designed to directly detect the virus by searching for its RNA, which is a genetic signature of its presence. These tests require collection of mucus samples from patients, typically sourced from deep within the nasal cavity, which are then sent to a laboratory to be examined. If the results come back positive, the patient is considered an active carrier of Covid-19 who could potentially infect other people.

Antibody tests, in contrast, don’t look for the virus itself, but rather our immunological response to it. When our bodies are invaded by antigens such as the coronavirus, our immune systems react by creating a type of blood protein called an antibody. Antibodies flow through the blood, attacking the alien antigens by binding to them, which can neutralize the spread of infection. Many known antibodies can be detected with a quick blood test.

“The idea is that you have volunteers who have recovered from infection, and you look to see what antibodies they’re expressing and test that against samples of the virus, basically, to see what are the circulating antibodies that recognize your virus,” said Ruth Collins, professor of molecular medicine at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in a call.

It can take several weeks for the immune system to develop antibodies to fight a virus, which means positive serological tests may not indicate an active infection. Instead, the presence of coronavirus antibodies demonstrates if a patient ever had Covid-19, whether or not they experienced symptoms.

While it is common for an exposed person to develop immunity to other known viruses, it is important to emphasize that nobody knows yet whether the presence of Covid-19 antibodies indicates that a patient has either temporary or permanent immunity to the infection.

“We don’t know yet exactly how people’s immune systems respond to the infection, so we’d have to find something that would mark everybody’s response to the virus—the universal human response to the virus—and to make sure that it was specific to this virus,” Collins said.

“These things are doable,” she added, “they just take a long time to work out.”

How effective are antibody tests for the coronavirus?

Short answer: We have no idea.

Countless teams of scientists around the world are developing serological tests to detect antibodies related to Covid-19, including researchers at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Last Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first test for antibodies test for Covid-19, though it is intended as a diagnostic test for active infections.

Last week, a team of scientists at Stanford University conducted finger-prick blood tests on 3,200 volunteers to help refine their antibody test. Likewise, in Italy, an entire town of 3,000 people that already received swab tests is now in the process of providing blood samples to follow-up on the diagnostic data with antibody studies.

Regardless, there have also been setbacks with the roughly 100 test kits for these antibodies that are already in development. None of these tests are close to reaching the high bar required for public distribution.

"There’s so much we really don’t know"

“You’d have to have a very high specificity and sensitivity, so you would be able to pick up even small amounts of those antibodies or the evidence of infection in people's blood,” Collins said. “Without that, you could well have people that have been infected without knowing about it,” she continued, or “people who might think they were still naive, immunologically, when in fact they weren’t.”

In other words, antibody tests not only need to be good enough to yield reliable positive results, they also need to clearly show who does not have Covid-19 antibodies. Finding the right balance requires making sure that antibodies linked to viruses that aren’t Covid-19 do not produce false positives, and ensuring that the antibodies that are specifically linked to this particular coronavirus cannot evade detection.

It’s hard to predict how long this process will take, given that so many teams are actively working on it, but it’s probably optimist to expect they will take weeks or even months to be widely available to the public.

This timeline might be further delayed by new revelations about Covid-19. For instance, it’s possible that some carriers may never develop symptoms, but could still remain infectious to others for months.

“There’s not even a consensus that everybody will completely clear the virus from their system,” Collins noted. “Some people may be asymptomatic shedders for a while. There’s so much we really don’t know.”

Could antibody tests eventually enable some people to go back to work?

The phrase “immunity passport” has been floated by the government of the United Kingdom, and others, as a potential way to allow people with immunity to Covid-19 to return to regular work and travel routines.

Assuming that widespread serological testing is achievable, the idea is that people with antibodies linked to Covid-19 would be cleared of social distancing measures because they are theoretically immune to the virus and cannot actively spread it. This would bring back some normalcy for some of the population, and it would also enable scientists to better estimate the total number of Covid-19 cases, as opposed to confirmed cases involving patients who were sick enough to receive a swab test.

On the flip side, antibody tests for this purpose raise concerns about privacy rights and employment inequities, given that authorities would be using medical information to judge whether patients can return to work and normal life.

In the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Act (GINA) prevent employers from discriminating on the basis of disability or genetic information. But discrimination for health reasons “remains legal in many contexts in the United States,” according to Jessica Roberts, director of the Health Law and Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center.

"We can go some way towards knowing who has been infected, but the idea of it being used as employment criteria is somewhat dystopian”

“Both laws would likely permit employers to screen employees for antibodies,” Roberts said in an email. She noted that GINA only applies to genetic test results and family medical history, which are not likely to apply to antibody tests, which do not look for individual genetic information.

“Moreover, the ADA actually allows employers to discriminate if employing a person with a disability could threaten the safety of the workplace,” Roberts added. “Assuming that ADA protection applies to people with Covid-19 (which a court would have to ask whether having Covid-19 constitutes a legally recognized disability), the employer could still prohibit an employee from coming to work if the employer could show that the employee would pose a significant risk.”

The notion of planning a staggered reopening of society, in which restrictions are lifted on people judged immune to Covid-19, is inherently risky on both an epidemiological and ethical level.

While it may be soothing to daydream about receiving an immunity passport that allows you to return to your "normal" life, it is probably better to invest your energy in adapting to the restrictions, following health guidelines until more information is available, and working towards a better "normal" in whatever way you can.

“It sounds good because it gives us what we want, which is definitive answers,” Collins said.

“But we don’t know enough to be able to provide those definitive answers. We can go some way towards knowing who has been infected, but the idea of it being used as employment criteria is somewhat dystopian.”

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[christophergill8]

10 RMD tax FAQ

April 1 could be costly for older retirement account owners. No fooling.

That's the deadline for taking a required minimum distribution, or RMD, if you turned 70½ last year and did not take the specified amount from your tax-deferred retirement funds by Dec. 31.

RMDs are, as the name says, required amounts that you must withdraw from a retirement plan that's been earning money over the years without you having to pay tax on it. The tax law has been letting these accounts ride for years, decades in many cases.

But when you get halfway through your 70th year, the Internal Revenue Service says enough. Uncle Sam is tired of waiting for his tax cut on these accounts and you must now start taking out some of the savings and paying the tax.

If you don't, you could be hit with a substantial tax penalty.

If you're among those facing an RMD for the first time, either this rapidly approaching April 1, or by the end of this year, here are 10 questions and answers that could help you fulfill this tax task.

1. What types of retirement plans require minimum distributions? The RMD rules apply to all employer sponsored retirement plans, including profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and 457(b) plans.

The RMD rules also apply to traditional IRAs and IRA-based plans such as SEPs, SARSEPs, and SIMPLE IRAs, as well as to Roth 401(k) accounts. However, the RMD rules do not apply to Roth IRAs while the owner is alive.

2. When must I receive my required minimum distribution from my IRA? You must take your first required minimum distribution for the year in which you turn age 70½. However, the first payment can be delayed until April 1 of the year following the year in which you turn 70½. For all subsequent years, including the year in which you were paid the first RMD by April 1, you must take the RMD by Dec. 31.

If you did turn 70½ last year, but aren't taking your RMD until this year (by the April 1 due date), remember that you'll need to take another RMD by Dec. 31 to cover this year's RMD. If you've yet to his your RMD age, you'll want to run some numbers before then to determine the potential tax cost of delaying that first required withdrawal into the next year and then having to take two RMDs in one year.

Since most of us don't celebrate half-year birthdays (but, just saying, maybe it's something to consider), keep in mind the June 30-July 1 calendar page turn. Basically, if you were born in the second half of the year (July 1 or later), you get a full year before you have to worry about an RMD.

Take, for example, Jane. She was born June 15, 1948. That means she turned 70½ in December 2018 and must take an RMD for the 2018 tax year, either by last Dec. 31 or by this April 1. Her husband Joe, however, was born July 15, 1948, meaning that Joe didn't turn 70½ until January 2019, giving him all this year or until April 1, 2020, to make his first RMD. These half-year date determinants apply even if you're born at 11:59 p.m. on June 30 or and at 12:00 a.m. on July 1.

Also, even if you've been taking money from a tax-deferred retirement account (or accounts) before you hit your RMD half-birthday, once you do turn 70½ you must begin calculating and receiving at least the annual mandated amount.

3. May I take more than one withdrawal in a year to meet my RMD Yes, you can spread out your required withdrawals as you see fit to meet your tax and personal finance goals as long as you withdraw the total RMD minimum by Dec. 31 or April 1 if it is for your first RMD.

4. How do I calculate my RMD amount? If you have multiple tax-deferred retirement savings plans, you must calculate the RMD for each. Generally, this is done by taking each account's value on the prior Dec. 31 (your plan's annual statement should show this) and dividing that amount by a life expectancy factor that IRS publishes in tables in Publication 590-B, Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs).

Choose the life expectancy table to use based on your situation. They are:

Joint and Last Survivor Table - use this if the sole beneficiary of the account is your spouse and your spouse is more than 10 years younger than you 

Uniform Lifetime Table - use this if your spouse is not your sole beneficiary or your spouse is not more than 10 years younger. This is the most-commonly used table. That's why I recreated it in this blog post.

Single Life Expectancy Table - use this if you are a beneficiary of an account (an inherited IRA)

The IRS provides worksheets to help you with your calculations.

Your tax adviser also can help you figure what you owe. RMDs are another good reason to hire a tax professional who works with you year-round.

Tax software also should catch your RMD obligation based on the info you provide — yep, that's what that 1099-R was for — when you use it to do your taxes yourself.

5. Does it matter which accounts are tapped to pay the annual RMD? While you must figure each retirement plan's RMD separately, you don't have to take the mandated money out of each. You can withdraw the total amount from one or more of the IRAs.

Similarly, a 403(b) contract owner must calculate the RMD separately for each 403(b) contract that he or she owns, but can take the total amount from one or more of the 403(b) contracts.

However, RMDs required from other types of retirement plans, such as 401(k) and 457(b) plans have to be taken separately from each of those plan accounts. This could be another reason why you might want to look at rolling an 401(k) from a former employer into an IRA.

6. Does tax law limit the amount I can withdraw from any or all of my retirement accounts? No. The IRS obviously wants to take its bite out of your tax-deferred accounts, hence the minimum withdrawal rule. But if you want or need to take out more than your year's RMD, that's your choice.

You can't, however, credit one year's excess withdrawal amount toward a future RMD.

7. How is your RMD taxed? Distributions from a tax-deferred retirement account are taxed as ordinary income. This means the tax rates and brackets you use when you figure tax on regular income, such as wages, apply. This is an unwelcome surprise to many folks who think that since their retirement money was in an investment account, the distributions are taxed at the usually lower capital gains tax rates. Sorry.

One bit of good news is that if you ever made nondeductible contributions to your traditional IRA, not all of the distribution from that account is taxable. The bad news here, though, is that you should have kept good records of these nondeductible contributions. Remember the Form 8606 you filed every time you made nondeductible contributions to your traditional IRA? Dig those out. It's the official tax record that will keep you paying federal income tax twice on the same money, i.e., the IRA contributions that you didn't deduct.

8. Are there restrictions on what I can do with my RMD The only rule is that you cannot put this retirement money into another tax-deferred retirement account. That is, you can't take the money from affected plan and, if you don't need it, put it into another existing retirement account.

If you don't need all your RMD to cover your living expenses, put the excess into another investment account. That way, the money will continue to earn and this time it will be taxed at potentially lower capital gains rates when you do take out the earnings more than a year later.

9. Are there ways to avoid tax on an RMD? As noted in question/answer #6, part of your RMD could be tax-free if you made nondeductible IRA contributions.

There's also an RMD exception if you're still working when your turn 70½. In this case, RMDs from your tax-deferred workplace retirement plan can be delayed until you actually retire. (P.S., Please call me with details on a job that's so great you're still working into your 70s!) Note, however, that the RMD is postponed only for that employer's retirement plan. You still must take your RMD from any other tax-deferred retirement accounts.

Then there's the qualified charitable distribution (QCD) option. You still must take out your RMD, but when that's coming out of a traditional IRA, you can have up to $100,000 of the distribution delivered directly to an IRS-qualified charity.

This is a good move if you don't need the retirement plan money to live on. By sending it directly to your preferred charity, you still meet your RMD for the year but the money doesn't count as taxable income.

Even better, you don't have to worry if you've made both deductible and nondeductible contributions to your traditional IRAs. A special rule treats amounts distributed to charities as coming first from taxable funds, instead of proportionately from taxable and nontaxable funds, as would be the case with regular distributions.

And if you're married and file a joint return, your spouse can also make his or her own direct IRA donation of up to 100 grand.

10. What's the penalty for not taking an RMD? It's steep. WTF steep. A whopping 50 percent of what you should have taken out for the year. To put that in alarming dollars, let's say you were a diligent saver and ended up with $1 million in your traditional IRA when you turned 70½. Your first RMD is $36,496 (see question/answer #3). If you don't withdraw that amount, your tax penalty is $18,248. Plus, you still must pay income tax on the full amount that was supposed to be withdrawn under the RMD rule.

And there's no statute of limitations on missed RMDs, meaning when the IRS catches your oversight, you'll owe the big bucks plus interest.

The IRS could waive the penalty if you can show that your RMD shortfall was due to reasonable error and that you're taking reasonable steps to make things right. To get RMD penalty relief, file Form 5329 and attach a letter of explanation. You can find more in the form's instructions.

Good luck.

Your best move, however, is to know when you'll face RMDs and make tax and financial moves to comply with the withdrawals.

You also might find these items of interest:

Retirement plan rollover chart

Retirement plan inflation adjustments for 2019

When early retirement plan withdrawals are penalty free

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from Tax News By Christopher https://www.dontmesswithtaxes.com/2019/03/required-minimum-distribution-retirement-plan-tax-faq.html

[deva-ex-machina]

Calming Ambuigity

I resigned.  Ooh yes, I just did!

And guess what? Unlike the usual scenario of moving into another company, I ain’t got a company. I haven’t even applied for any other job.  I just wanted to take a break, and I won’t have a definite and fixed source of income for the next N months, where N is a number--an indefinite number as of the moment.

Now maybe you’re like, “Wtf, you’re stupid, how are you gonna survive? Why are you being such an irresponsible millennial?” LOL fuck off, I have the luxury to just resign and chill for a few months, to discover what really makes me happy and at the same time earns me money.  I’m debt-free, I have enough savings, I’ve invested half of what I’ve earned so far in stocks, I am skilled, I’m highly employable, of good conduct and great character (or so have been reviewed by my peers), and the senior management opened that I can just come back whenever I want.  They even offered that I take an indefinite leave instead, which I’m now considering, but WTF I’m HELLAS UNDERPAID THERE.  

I’ve been breaking down and have been wishing for my own demise for the last months, I’ve been dead.  What’s the use of surviving if you’re not really living?  

Time. Place. Circumstance. You gotta act and adapt according to time, place, and circumstance.  Always.  And what’s the time now? It’s the time where limitless opportunities are waiting for me and I can even create more for myself.  With this technology at hand, now’s never the time to feel trapped and stuck in life but guess what, a lot of us still do.  Not the time to stick in one place your whole life.  Circumstance? Heck, I’ve already discussed above, I’m fucking free.

Oh, yes.  I’m fucking free.  And it’s time to act like it.

And no, I don’t mean taking drugs and engaging promiscuous activity and all that.  Not that sort of freedom, dear.  I have already set my limitations.

Freedom in the sense that I don’t have to lock myself up onto a certain field and dedicate my whole fucking life towards that.  I can and explore many other areas of life.  I shouldn’t have to feel restricted to only one field.  It’s time for me to follow things I’m attracted to, even if they’re unrelated to each other.  No need to stick to an office job and follow the defined path of job security, promotion, family life, and death.  I’d understand if we’re in a war that format would have been heaven as there aren’t many opportunities available.  But that’s not the case.  I have the luxury to explore so why the fuck limit myself to a certain path so defined by those who experienced grave war times?

But right now, the way I see it, we’re only at war mostly with ourselves.  I was convincing myself that the reason I wasn’t happy is that I wasn’t responsible enough, wasn’t good enough, wasn’t hardworking enough, that’s why I’m not finding work enjoyable.  But I’ve already given it almost 3 years.  And I still don’t feel fulfilled.  I was heading to a direction in a path that I felt dead and tired and dreaded taking. I stuck to it since I failed to see my other options--I failed to see my worth--and I didn’t have an alternative path either.

But that ends now.

I decided to resign.  Even when I don’t have a solid plan yet.  Having no particular direction may lead to a better state of being than forcing yourself onto having a concrete path.  

It did for me.

[oathswornuscitizenveteranpatriot]

Reactionary Ignorance

Loss of life, is always sorrowful. To those who lost family or friends especially. When it's due to violence, it's tragic, often pointless and terrifying. It angers everyone. EVEN AMERICANS WHO OWN FIREARMS! Do we need tougher gun laws. NO! We need more Justice. We need Laws that are clear and concise. We need penalties that are known, clear and SEVERE. WE, all Sovereign Citizens of the United States, need to read and understand the The US Constitution and Bill of Rights. We need to protect those Rights, ALL of our Rights from illegal laws that attempt to deny, limit or camoflauge those Rights, through legalese, falsehood, subterfuge and excessive content. Americans HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS...PERIOD. Our God given Rights as defined in our Bill of Rights, CANNOT be denied, restricted, or CIRCUMVENTED BY LAW. The SAME as FREEDOM OF SPEECH, Or The RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE. We don't need more illegal laws that attempt to take away our Rights. We need punishments that serve Justice and deterents to crime. DEATH PENALTY: HELL YES YOU COMMIT MURDER...YOU GET KILLED- and we don't feed and house you're ass for 20 years. Five years for appeals if questionable. IF witnessed or on video, 6 months. You want to make a difference? You want to stop shootings in schools, malls and events? Direct those marches, vigils, assemblies,speeches and media outrage at the cause, which isn't Americans Right to Bear Arms anymore than your Right to choose not to. If EVERYONE WERE ARMED, HOW MANY WOULD HAVE DIED? When senseless loss of life occurs, it pisses people off, everyone. Because we know it's senseless, needn't have happened and think it should/could have been prevented. Anti-gun protests,laws (illegal)and publicity showing any signs of succeeding? Not that I've seen. We're seeing more shootings. So maybe the problem lies elsewhere. The United States has more attorneys than the combined total of ALL other countries. We have overcrowded prisons, criminals released early to make space available, often operated by contracted commercial enterprises, people incarcerated for non-violent crimes serving longer sentences than many violent offenders. HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? We don't need more laws. We need to know, exert and protect ALL Rights as US Sovereign Citizens of a free nation. Those born in this great nation, Pledged allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the Repulic, for which it stands, with LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW it's illegal thanks to the lutherans, lawyers and foreign refugees and immigrants. It was no problem for 200 years when people were immigrating here to be Americans. A nation unlike any other. NOW they're allowed in mass to enter as refugees from foreign countries, provided transportation, employment, health care and financial support. Then, don't like the word God, our holidays, or language or any number of things that differ between cultures. Americans have to change our traditions and principles, for people who was brought here, by Lutheran Organizations, because of war and strife in their countries? Fuck that! Send their asses back! They never should have been brought here to start with. We have US VETERANS, with families, disabilities, homeless, unemployed, in need of financial help, health care, housing, financial support and respect, shown to them for their sacrifice/service in protecting this country "AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FORIEGN AND DOMESTIC! Wtf AMERICA? Are we becoming that stupid? We mass immigrate thousands from around the world and provide them, with the "American dream", yet we fail to do the same for the United States of America's Miltary Veterans. THAT MY FELLOW AMERICAN'S IS DISHONORABLE, DISRESPECTFUL , UNFAIR ** INCREDIBLY WRONG** UN-AMERICAN and SHAMEFUL. "SHAME ON YOU AMERICA" You don't need gun control. You need to get your collective heads pulled out if your asses...when you hear a loud 'POP' ...then clean the shit out if your eyes and ears, listen to the land crying, get your shit together, READ,UNDERSTAND, KNOW, EXERT, AND PROTECT, THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, OUR GOVERNMENT AND NATION. We don't need violence, increased control, decreased privacy, stronger tactics, martial law, revolution, riots or aggression to decrease the violence. We need to have legal laws that don't attempt to prevent or interfere with Rights we're entitled to. Those laws need to be clearly written, without excessive length, contradictions, exceptions and legalise camoflauge. "We have the Right to defend ourselves in a court of law" Yet even though we are smarter, better educated and have access to more information than ever before, very few Americans are able to exercise that Right. Even our enormous supply of lawyers, require numerous hours of research done, by themselves, legal aids, junior lawyers, and interns to prepare defenses. We have laws against what we say, how we say it, yet have the Right to Freedom of Speech. We have the Right To Assemble. If it doesn't offend anyone, or risk causing unrest resulting in property damage or injury. That's ok though! RIGHT??

[somecrazybitch]

01:25am

My signal disappeared and since it's 1am and I'm sleep deprived I'm going to sleep. No sorry that would make sense. I made a list of stuff that'd be/is cool -Progressive taxation -Progressive regulation -Maximum wage (nice and high dw all you "BUT INSENTIVES" people) - Central government with restricted power (national protection from the external, e.g military and migration, as a check and balance for local government, etc) -Donation maximums for elections at much lower levels - Local goverment with frequent town halls, highly publicized elections, community involvement across ages. -restricted military; primal goal = national defence (british troops are currently in 80 countries accourding to the BBC; time to dial it tf back.) -massive legal rewrite including eradicating all laws that don't protect a second party yet restrict the free will of adults (including but not limited to; drug abolishment laws, assisted suicides, sexist definitions of public nudity) -compassionate rehabilitation and behavioral reform is now the only objective of the judiciary system. Punishment is personal and not the job of the state to impliment. [For people. Corporations should not be legally counted as people and should therefore be liable to punishment] -You do not loose rights when you come out of prison. -sex & race based protects over gender and ethnicity based protects -carbon tax -financial penalization for the use of non-renewable energy (for businesses and also progressive penalisation) -purchases and distribution of animal products heavily restricted -all subsidies removed from animal argriculture and divided between funding sustainable projects and vegan alternatives. -animal products and heavily proceeded food/nutritionally subpar "foodlike" products treated more like alcohol; no advertising to children, health warnings, no serving in schools -alcohol and gambling treated more like cigarettes; no adverts or product placement allowed. - free universal healthcare (including dental because wtf NHS) focoused on preventative care. -Doctor patient discretion given validity above bureaucratic messaures. -medical students offered education grants if they agree to work in the public sector for a certain amount of years. + level 3 qualifications to lead towards medical training free  even over 18 or if you have previous level 3 qualifications. -sexual health clinics offer drop in services once are week, abortions and are in every large town -someone does something about CAMHS. I don't know who or what but please sombody. -compulsory training (paid for by employers if part of an insitution or by the person if a freelancer) on mental health to all people working with minors -compulsory self defence classes from primary school till the end of high school (extra female only classes available upon request) -Compulsory sex education,  + "general education" (taxes, how to do laundry, the basics of nutrition, basic law, basic politics, how retirement works etc) [[[[- You know what, complete curriculum reform (I mean thatcher came up with the thing ofc it needs to be shaken from the bottom down) ·history = taught chronologically and either on a global scale or continental scale. ·Maths = basics, then practical applications, then extra/"fun" maths ·English. You're actually pretty great. ·Arts = larger budgets larger ranges, I want dance classes and art history to be as common in high schools as music classes. ·Science [ask someone else I got Bs by sheer will power in science]]]]] Core concepts:  the planet is dying; emergancy state, all life has value, love, liberty, forgiveness, fraternity, & education. [In order of importance]

#babbling nonsense #Jesus #I was pretty out of it when I wrote this #Like barely awake #ignore it #long post #rant #commentary