Update for Everyone V: Born Under A Bad Sign

[Antonio the Sixth]

The use of statistical tools isn't the problem. I love playing around with R as much as any other nerd. The problem is the conceptual framework through which hypotheses (and, a fortiori, theories) in political science are formulated. Increasingly, this framework is becoming a mere transposition of the one on which economics is based: the voter, the legislator, or any other political actor, has become nothing more than a rational utility-maximizing homo oeconomicus.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

It was actually Foucaulf who suggested to me I might want to pursue sociology later in life as opposed to, say, a doctorate in political science. The "comparative politics" I tend to pay attention to actually happens to be sociology, and criminology as well happens to fall into the discipline.

I think you mixed up people here. It was DFB then Ebsy who first made that comment, and I think I only thought it was funny or something.

Ah. You are nevertheless still a boundless source of inspiration.

[NOVA Green]

My Wife got a job offer yesterday starting at $13/Hr + OT options (Mandatory or Voluntary)....   

As a line worker on grave shift for a major retailer in a giant warehouse that supplies product for a 4 Million Pop State.

Although it's not a Union Job, it pays well above Oregon minimum wage, with a fast track to a $2-3/Hr Wage increase after six months.... 

It still has a Seniority based system, but most likely she will be able to move to a regular Day or Swing shift once some of the young folk that can't hack the Grave shift decide to drop out....

Does she have the option to unionize later on?

Sh*t I wish---- Not a Union plant, so not a question of transitioning into a Union Job.

It would require 50% +1 to sign union cards, unlikely to happen at this particular joint, since they have a pretty good reputation in terms of quality of Management/Safety/Employee Relations in a County with a 6% unemployment rate (Virtually unprecedentedly low over the past 20 years).
 
This is a City where, just earlier tonight when I was grabbing a six-pack and cigs, the guy in front of me at the mini-mart had a USW (United Steel Workers) T-shirt grabbing his own sixer after he got off-shift (Used to work at Wah-Chang and now at ATI in the smaller city of 50k where I'm at these days).

Pattern bargaining is long done dead and gone laid down to rest close by the cold casket of Ronald Reagan....

Still, despite the various closures and layoffs in Union manufacturing jobs in the immediate area over recent years, it's a pretty decent gig, compared to the wages of local retail jobs in the area.

[NOVA Green]

My boss told me there is a good chance he might be closing his doors of his business and told all of us today to probably start looking for another job soon. He said the last two months he's been in the negative when it comes to profits.

Sorry to hear that....

At least he was straight-up when it came to the P&Ls and gave y'all a heads up.

[Cassius]

That feeling when your in the last third of a half-marathon and you feel like you wanna take a walk, but then Duel of the Fates roars into action on your playlist and you find a renewed sense of energy flowing through you.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Accidentally stabbed myself trying to poke a hole in a water bottle. Wound was small enough, so I wiped off the blood and put a band-aid on it.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

First motorbike drive this year Of course I had to first put it together, which was annoying, but I feel great

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

First motorbike drive this year Of course I had to first put it together, which was annoying, but I feel great

was it an IKEA?

[Kingpoleon]

First motorbike drive this year Of course I had to first put it together, which was annoying, but I feel great

was it an IKEA?(I Kill, Eventually, All)

No, he's still alive.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

First motorbike drive this year Of course I had to first put it together, which was annoying, but I feel great

was it an IKEA?

Lol. Had to put this together after repairing.

[Kingpoleon]

First motorbike drive this year Of course I had to first put it together, which was annoying, but I feel great

was it an IKEA?

Lol. Had to put this together after repairing.

And, in a surprising turn of events, he sidesteps the question!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

My boss told me there is a good chance he might be closing his doors of his business and told all of us today to probably start looking for another job soon. He said the last two months he's been in the negative when it comes to profits.

TBH the place sounds like a dump from what you've related to us. You'll be back to work with a Trump job soon. If you give him a second term we'll both even receive forty acres and a mule.

[Dr. Arch]

My boss told me there is a good chance he might be closing his doors of his business and told all of us today to probably start looking for another job soon. He said the last two months he's been in the negative when it comes to profits.

TBH the place sounds like a dump from what you've related to us. You'll be back to work with a Trump job soon. If you give him a second term we'll both even receive forty acres and a mule.

lol

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

1. Paid for formal tickets today for myself and one other. Time to identify who that one other will be and ask her. Also gotta find someone to split a hotel room with. The latter of the tasks gives me the jitters for whatever reasons. Part of me is saying to just Uber to the site and then Uber back; I really don't want to do that.
2. The snow here has been glorious.
3. As I begin to pour over my thesis, I'm noticing errors that I'm sure at least one committee member will pick up on. I wish I had caught these before, but I was in a rush and had read through it once before submitting it. My bad, but whatever. I'm rereading it in order to write my presentation. I disdain powerpoints and hope I can get away with speaking and a chalkboard when necessary. My mom is apparently getting the day off work to come down, and I'm trying to get some of my brothers to show up so I don't look like a complete piece of garbage. It's two Fridays from now. I may also have to buy slacks or something (for both this and formal). I pledged myself to a nicotine and tobacco free-year, so I hope this crap doesn't make me crack.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Heh, being a mod is one giant temptation. Every time you see a stupid post, you just want to click a "delete" button, but alas...

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I have come to the conclusion that all teenage boys suffer involuntary muscle spasms.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Heh, being a mod is one giant temptation. Every time you see a stupid post, you just want to click a "delete" button, but alas...

I was on AH.com the other day and somehow realized I'd been given moderator powers. I could delete posts and lock threads. I didn't touch a thing and when I refreshed the page a few minutes later it was gone before I could notify Fuhrer Ian.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Heh, being a mod is one giant temptation. Every time you see a stupid post, you just want to click a "delete" button, but alas...

Which is precisely why I stepped down from moderating USGD.  Even tho I believe I always used the power responsibly, it took too much of my time.  Now I can even ignore most of the threads there instead of feeling like I ought to read them all.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

The folks seem to prefer to pretend that I didn't say anything at all simply because it's easier.

Update: My mom seems to be working on it. My dad either doesn't know or doesn't care, and I'm hoping it's the former.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

My boss told me there is a good chance he might be closing his doors of his business and told all of us today to probably start looking for another job soon. He said the last two months he's been in the negative when it comes to profits.

TBH the place sounds like a dump from what you've related to us. You'll be back to work with a Trump job soon. If you give him a second term we'll both even receive forty acres and a mule.

lol

If I am making more than $10 an hour I'd put up with it all, I swear sometimes it feels like my boss has Bipolar disorder or something one day he'll be the nicest person ever, the next he is FLIPPING out for no reason, not to mention the customers have to have EVERYTHING 100% perfect or they flip out, and the bikers (it's bike week here) and Spring Breakers make it ten times worse, especially when you get super and busy and get a reservation of 200 people (our restaurant can seat 400 people) so I am hosting, serving at the same time...so much fun.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I try to avoid commenting on these things but... damn, Peebs your family seems to have serious issues with communication.

[NOVA Green]

Have a job interview tomorrow at a major regional warehousing facility that supplies materials throughout the Pacific Northwest.

According to previous and current employees that have worked at the facility, including family members, there's a 90% chance that I will be hired on the spot, and report for work within two weeks.

Additionally, they want to bring me on as a direct-hire, skipping the 90 day probationary period, that not only means an additional $2+/Hr but also immediate benefits coverage, which is somewhat unusual according to my inside connections in the Plant.

Currently being homeless, living in hotels and crashing periodically with local relatives, this is a HUGE deal, especially since my Wife was hired and will start work in two weeks at the same facility.

The local cost of housing has increased 50% within the past 3-4 years, and needless to say, wages have not risen anywhere approaching that level....

So, getting this job can shift the income vs rent industry formulas, in a potentially positive direction, to allow us to achieve housing in an increasingly aggressive and tight housing market, while at the same time homeless is actually increasing dramatically within the larger cities of Oregon, despite the economic recovery.

Also, just two nights ago in an inexpensive but brand name hotel where I was residing, had two separate car windows smashed in, and the thieves stole what little my neighbors had left, within the modern day equivalent of tent cities.

Needless to say, this is not an expense that we can afford at this time.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I try to avoid commenting on these things but... damn, Peebs your family seems to have serious issues with communication.

I don't have the scrote to bring it up nearly as often as I want to, so most times I just leave it. Considered spraying them with a water bottle every time they referred to me as "(birthname omitted)" or "he", but I'm conserving my energy for other matters.

[LLR]

My mom vaguely threatened to kick me out of the house if I were a Republican - I mean, thankfully I'm not but it still makes me sort of uncomfortable.

[Figueira]

@Peebs: Sorry your parents are being terrible.

My mom vaguely threatened to kick me out of the house if I were a Republican - I mean, thankfully I'm not but it still makes me sort of uncomfortable.

I'm pretty sure my parents have said similar things; I'm guessing it's a joke?