By Pedja Go To PostUmm not as much as I thought.
Bargain price for the extra day off tbh
Would mourn again.
Feinstein Suffered More Complications From Illness Than Were Publicly DisclosedShe'll RGB this, won't she?
Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, whose recent bout with shingles included contracting encephalitis, is frailer than ever. But she remains unwilling to entertain discussions about leaving the Senate.
By reilo Go To PostShe'll RGB this, won't she?
Yep. Pure arrogance and nothing but ego, from her and the national Dems, have brought us to this point. If something happens to her, then the R's are gifted yet another big W and they didn't even have to lift a finger.
I highly doubt that they'll just "let" her retire. They can't.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostYep. Pure arrogance and nothing but ego, from her and the national Dems, have brought us to this point. If something happens to her, then the R's are gifted yet another big W and they didn't even have to lift a finger.In this instance, thankfully, her replacement is picked by another Dem. But yea, dumb.
I highly doubt that they'll just "let" her retire. They can't.
Isn't the techinical issue that her replacement won't be allowed on the relevant committees that deal with judicial appointments?
Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida
A new office complex, and relocation of a division from California, would have created more than 2,000 jobs but was scuttled as the company and Gov. Ron DeSantis continue to feud.
On Thursday, Mr. Iger and Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s theme park and consumer products chairman, showed that they were not bluffing, pulling the plug on an office complex that was scheduled for construction in Orlando at a cost of roughly $1 billion. It would have brought more than 2,000 Disney jobs to the region, with $120,000 as the average salary, according to an estimate from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
By s y Go To PostAs long as Disneyland is still in FL, desantis wins.
He noted that $17 billion was still earmarked for construction at Disney World over the next decade — growth that would create an estimated 13,000 jobs. “I hope we’re able to,” he said.😬 is he winning this culture war is he
By Laboured Go To PostIsn't the techinical issue that her replacement won't be allowed on the relevant committees that deal with judicial appointments?
From my current understanding, yes (I could be wrong tho).
Greece Says It Doesn’t Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act.bruh
Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.
Britain taking notes
By Laboured Go To PostLike we need to take notes.
well the notes you need to take are
How to do it for 10+ years with loads of deaths complicit with Europe and frontex without anyone paying attention until now
Have someone else next door to blame that everyone will jump on because they're brown/Muslim and lets the whites white.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostBasedNot so sure this is actually a good thing.
Opening the door to actually giving them F-16s
By Kibner Go To PostNot so sure this is actually a good thing.go on
By turkey bacon Go To Postgo onI am just very wary of giving away military power that can't be quickly withdrawn.
By Kibner Go To PostI am just very wary of giving away military power that can't be quickly withdrawn.That’s fair. I don’t really agree but it’s a better reason than still pearl clutching over fake Russian redlines and actions that are deemed “escalatory”. Remember when that was said about providing helmets?
yeah and its a year later and people still dying by the truckload so its very fair to be like fuck this ngl
honestly, if even a fraction of the effort to manage deliberate, gradual escalation was used to prevent this - it could've been curved in like.... 2016
honestly, if even a fraction of the effort to manage deliberate, gradual escalation was used to prevent this - it could've been curved in like.... 2016
By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostA homeless person can't sleep under it and they get to grift, those will be nationwide.100% the reason they didn't commission a regular covered bus stop with benches
Boy, don't read the cesspool for blue checkmark responses at the top.
Seeing blue checkmarks as the top replies is like seeing a red hat in public post Trump
Seeing blue checkmarks as the top replies is like seeing a red hat in public post Trump
Just another thread for hostile architecture. Surprised there aren't spikes somewhere so homeless people can't even lean on it.
we've got a football game organised with the local refugees holed up in a nearby hotel. They literally can't do anything but exist whilst they're here.
By Laboured Go To PostThat actually sounds pretty spot on from my refugee onboarding in Portland. Had to rely on bus or people with cars to get us to appointments that mattered.
And given we were coming directly from Germany, the bus system being awful in contrast was something to really get adjusted to.
My dad bought a beater as soon as he could. He loved his Ford Sierra in Germany so he went for another Ford in the US only to find out what the true meaning of a beater was and that European Fords were gdlike in comparison.
I will say, it also wasn't fair to Portland that we came from Germany. It could never compete.
Lots of disillusionment and took us a few years to get adjusted.
Having an existing community or sponsors at the minimum is a huge factor too.
I don't think a lot of folks coming from generally well off countries adapt well to the size/dispersal of the US or how inherently exploitative *everything* is.
I don't think a lot of folks coming from generally well off countries adapt well to the size/dispersal of the US or how inherently exploitative *everything* is.
We had Catholic Charities to sponsor us and show us some of the ropes, especially translation and paperwork. Really nice folks that worked for the local chapter.
But we almost had no community. The part of Portland they put us in was a completely different suburb ten miles away and only did we later find a community but in the poorer part of town. Hard to embed yourself that way.
It also didn't help that day of our flight we found out we weren't going to our original destination -- Seattle. Federal government switched it up on us and the communication never occurred.
So we showed up to a city we never heard of instead of the one we picked because we had friends there waiting for us. Didn't even know how to make a phone call from the local phone booth.
But we almost had no community. The part of Portland they put us in was a completely different suburb ten miles away and only did we later find a community but in the poorer part of town. Hard to embed yourself that way.
It also didn't help that day of our flight we found out we weren't going to our original destination -- Seattle. Federal government switched it up on us and the communication never occurred.
So we showed up to a city we never heard of instead of the one we picked because we had friends there waiting for us. Didn't even know how to make a phone call from the local phone booth.
My father in law volunteers with Ukrainian refugees driving them around and he’s said some are going back because it’s too unaffordable here. 2-3 families with kids all living in the same shitty basement apartment.
By reilo Go To PostThat actually sounds pretty spot on from my refugee onboarding in Portland.Completely opposite experience for us when we came to Canada. Got stipends for the first six months, free apartment, free daycare for me when parents looking for work or working, etc. Actually unreal how bad the support is now vs the mid-90s.
Oh, and yes, the local and federal government do FUCK ALL to help you onboard. There's no field guide, almost little to no resources, and you better hope your sponsor actually cares to any degree. The onus is on you to figure EVERYTHING out -- from complicated onboarding paperwork, finding a job, English classes (if even offered for free), etc. The entire system is reliant on individualism or non-profits stepping in.
The visuals of showing up to Ellis Island and getting on your merry way have not changed at all.
The visuals of showing up to Ellis Island and getting on your merry way have not changed at all.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostCompletely opposite experience for us when we came to Canada. Got stipends for the first six months, free apartment, free daycare for me when parents looking for work or working, etc. Actually unreal how bad the support is now vs the mid-90s.LOL we paid all that shit back including our flight tickets. We got food stamps, medicaid for a little while, and that's about it. Our sponsor (an NGO) paid for it all up front -- maybe they get some tax breaks out of it.
Maybe there was some child dependent stipend but that's regardless of refugee / immigration status.
It really depends on what's available, trending, and who's in line ngl.
They could've easily been the lucky few who got red carpet roll outs in Sacramento, SLC, Wahiawa, Charleston, Vermont, etc.
Its also why I can never truly shit in churches because more times than not their the stopgap for a myriad of issues and simultaneously have more state/local lobbying impact than many businesses.
They could've easily been the lucky few who got red carpet roll outs in Sacramento, SLC, Wahiawa, Charleston, Vermont, etc.
Its also why I can never truly shit in churches because more times than not their the stopgap for a myriad of issues and simultaneously have more state/local lobbying impact than many businesses.
However, the 1996 federal welfare and immigration laws introduced an unprecedented era of restrictionism.[1] Prior to the enactment of these laws, lawful permanent residents of the U.S. generally were eligible for assistance in a manner similar to U.S. citizens. Once the laws were implemented, most lawfully residing immigrants were barred from receiving assistance under the major federal benefits programs for five years or longer.
Even where eligibility for immigrants was preserved by the 1996 laws or restored by subsequent legislation, many immigrant families hesitate to enroll in critical health care, job-training, nutrition, and cash assistance programs due to fear and confusion caused by the laws’ complexity and other intimidating factors. As a result, the participation of immigrants in public benefits programs decreased sharply after passage of the 1996 laws, causing severe hardship for many low-income immigrant families who lacked the support available to other low-income families.[2]
Congress restricted eligibility even for many qualified immigrants by distinguishing between those who entered the U.S. before or “on or after” the date the law was enacted, August 22, 1996. The law barred most immigrants who entered the U.S. on or after that date from “federal means-tested public benefits” during the five years after they secure qualified immigrant status[25] This waiting period is often referred to as the five-year bar.Keikaku
Good guy Bill Clinton. Great and beloved Democrat.