On Monday, Senator Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test confirming what everyone already knew: The “vast majority” of her genetic makeup is European, but she may have a Native American ancestor in her distant past. That makes her, as Barack Obama once said in a different context, a “typical white person.”
Source: Elizabeth Warren, typical white person – The Boston Globe
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And, a typical politician. What an embarrassment!
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– Be living with myself and my two pets, a cat and a dog;- Dog barks at everything and cat never give a **** about anything or anyone;- Be asleep;- Hear my dog barking;- He shuts up after 30 seconds;- I try to fall asleep again;- After two minutes my dog start barking again like crazy;- I go down to tell him to shut up;- When I get down there is a freaking burglar on the bookshelf;- Ski mask and all;- On the floor lies a gun;- Beneath bookshelf is my dog barking and jumping up after him;- On the couch sits my cat looking like he found my tuna stash;- I call the police;- They arrest the guy;- I give my dog a sausage for being a good guard dog;- A couple of days later a guy calls from the station;- During the interrogation the burglar admitted that he broke into my house, kicked my cat and lured my dog into a closet;- My dog jumped him two minutes later;- The burglar didn’t know my dog can open doors;- He can’t;- My cat being “**** everyone else” – king of the house can though;- Taught himself so he can come and go as he pleases;- My cat must have become pissed and released my dog so he could attack the burglar;- MFW my cat is a ****;- MFW I added animal cruelty to the charges.
Source: 25+ Of The Most Unbelievably Smart Things Animals Have Done That Surprised People | Bored Panda
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I thought this was hysterical!
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Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue?Based on what we’ve learned so far, your Facebook account has not been impacted by this security incident. If we find more Facebook accounts were impacted, we will reset their access tokens and notify those accounts.
Source: An important update about Facebook’s recent security incident | Facebook Help Center
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Seems worth it to check.
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“We can’t allow rules to apply to one business but not another when they essentially provide the same service,” said Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen.
Source: 3 New NJ Tax Hikes Start Now | Patch
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Why not? And, why all these taxes (i.e., thefts)? Cut expense and cut taxes!
Argh!
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Unlike here in the states or in Europe, the Icelanders told the bankers to piss off. Instead of bailing them out, they were sent into bankruptcy. The results were a fast and sharp decline, followed by a rapid, post-crisis economic recovery — faster and stronger than any other country in the world.
Source: BBRG: Iceland Found Another Way to Clean Up a Financial Crisis – The Big Picture
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The bailout of banks creates what the economists call a “moral hazard” because they don’t learn from their mistakes.
That’s our big mistake.
Argh!
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After participating in a special promotion that would eliminate early termination fees on a lease, a Hyundai customer gets an unexpected bill.
Source: Man terminates car lease under special promotion. Then a collection agency came knocking. | NJ.com
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Absolutely unacceptable!
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Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.
Source: How to Protect Your Phone Against a SIM Swap Attack | WIRED
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Something else to try and prevent?
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S-1265/A-3634 (Turner, Cruz-Perez, Singer/Jasey, Pinkin) – Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for associate degree.
Source: Murphy Signs 13 Bills Into Law, Makes Big School Security Push | Patch
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Why is the State Gooferment involved in this?
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Unemployment compensation in labor disputesA bill sponsored by Senate Labor Committee Vice Chair Joseph F. Vitale and Sen. Vin Gopal to permit individuals who are unemployed because of a labor dispute to collect unemployment compensation under certain circumstances is now law after being signed by the governor.The new law, S-1046, will allow unemployment compensation during a labor dispute if it was caused by the failure of an employer to comply with an agreement or existing labor laws. It specifies that if a dispute is caused by any other reason, unemployment compensation would not be available for the first 30 days of unemployment.The bill outlines that a waiting period would not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker and that any hired replacement workers would be presumed to be permanent unless the employer certifies in writing that the unemployed individual would be able to return to their position when the labor dispute ends.”It’s been long recognized that workers’ rights are human rights and that it is just and fair to uphold workers as they struggle to better their working conditions, compensation and benefits,” said Vitale, D-Middlesex. “This bill provides the framework needed to protect New Jersey’s workers from financial hardship while they exercise their right to fight for safe and fair working conditions.”
Source: Gov. Murphy Signs 19 Bills Into Law, Mandates School Recess In NJ | Patch
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“Workers’ Rights”? What about employers’ rights? And we will all pay in higher prices. Argh!
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