Notices by John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 (johnlogic@sfba.social), page 3

MAGA 2024: Make America Geriatric Again

#PresidentialDebate full transcript:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542

Trump is not well.

"‘THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS’: Kamala Harris Breaks Trump Over His Rallies
Wow, Trump transitioned from his rallies to eating pets in an unhinged rant."

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/09/kamala-harris-breaks-trump-his-rallies

#PresidentialDebate

Harris: "The late great John McCain, I will never forget that night. Walked onto the Senate floor and said no, you don't. No, you don't. No, you don't get rid of the Affordable Care Act. You have no plan. And what the Affordable Care Act has done is eliminate the ability of insurance companies to deny people with pre-existing conditions."

Before I was born and before my newlywed parents even knew to expect me, my father started a new job. Because it was long before the Affordable Care Act, their employer-sponsored health care refused to pay for my birth because I was considered a "pre-existing condition".

Fortunately for me, as my life's greatest health challenge culminated in 2017, the Affordable Care Act allowed me to get care that has allowed me to regain my strength, instead of likely dying before the age of 50 from a heart condition exacerbated by (if not gained from) years of overwork.

#AffordableCareAct

The news about the unpopulated return of the Boeing Starliner test flight has now got the theme song of Gilligan's Island going in my head.

Apparently now it's a space shanty.

"A three hour tour.
A three hour tour..."

#BoeingStarliner #GilligansIsland #A3HourTour

@pbump

Indeed, JD Vance is full of bunk.
(Whoever would have thunk?)

"States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation, New Data for 2022 Confirm"

For Release: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

https://vpc.org/press/states-with-weak-gun-laws-and-higher-gun-ownership-have-highest-gun-death-rates-in-the-nation-new-data-for-2022-confirm/

@feld @PeterBronez @patterfloof

The case about reversion is interesting and certainly reasonable; I see it as balancing the power of eminent domain and squatters' rights, albeit in favor of the previous owner.

The 2011 Colorado Law Review article looks interesting and will take me some time to read. Thank you for sharing it.

However, eminent domain laws work, are regularly upheld, and are being used right now to build California's high-speed railway system.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-30/state-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-bullet-train-project

@feld @PeterBronez @patterfloof

The US already has the rail rights-of-way it needs. It also has "eminent domain" laws that allow the government to buy for "fair market value" any land it wants for any purpose that would benefit many, such as shopping malls and sports arenas.

Since the introduction of the automobile and airlines, the US has lacked the will to keep effective passenger rail services, from the Los Angeles streetcars to the transcontinental lines.

@PeterBronez @patterfloof

Trains are the most energy efficient transportation mode over land. (Boats can be more efficient where there's water.)

But the US subsides its auto and airline industries.

If we made them pay their own way, the economy of rail travel would make it attractive again.

@bmacDonald94

I love that someone created an Invidious instance named YewTube.

@freemo @flexghost

#Project2025 might not be Trump's per se, but the overlap between its authors and those in his past and potential future administrations is significant.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/08/15/what-we-know-about-trumps-link-to-project-2025-as-author-claims-ex-president-blessed-it-in-secret-recording/

@flexghost

Trump's "Project 2025" is just the centennial version of Mein Kampf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf

Nothing highlights how much Donald Trump is in the NRA's back pocket more than the #DNC right now.

@kingrat thanks; I was just curious if you'd noticed any changes.

In my own job search, I finally found a prospective employer that ignores the pay transparency law badly enough to justify reporting it to the State of California. Apparently my options are to send email that they won't see for 3-5 days and/or submit a complaint and schedule an "intake interview", and the next available time slots are nearly 3 months out.

It sure looks like "Justice delayed is justice denied."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_delayed_is_justice_denied

@kingrat

Have you seen improvement in compliance with California's pay transparency law, #SB1162 (employers of 15+ disclosing pay ranges in job listings & 100+ reporting pay rates to the state)?

Though most big companies seem pretty good, I still see some non-compliance. (The state appears to take complaints at https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/complaintprocess/ .)

"Is your boss complying with California’s new pay transparency law? Here’s how to find out"

by Grace Gedye March 13, 2023

"A new California law that requires many businesses to add pay ranges to job descriptions has raised a lot of questions among both employers and employees.

The law has had an immediate impact: In early December, 41% of daily active job listings on Glassdoor in California had pay ranges provided by the employer, according to analysis from the company’s lead economist. By the end of December, it was up to 54%. By Jan. 8, when the law had been in effect for just over a week, it had climbed to 61%.

..."

https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/03/california-pay-transparency-law-2/

"Trump may have voted illegally when he cast early primary ballot in Palm Beach"

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org
Aug 15, 2024 4:47 AM

"Convicted felon Donald J. Trump apparently did not have the necessary grant of clemency to vote in Florida’s Republican primary, public records indicate – but he voted anyway.

..."

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/08/trump-may-have-voted-illegally/

Assuming an average rate of inflation at 4%, that $418-million would be worth about $2.2-billion, which is about Trump's current net worth, as finally reported.

Not only Trump "didn't earn it" (DEI), it takes quite the businessman to barely keep pace with inflation...

My grade school had a bully named "J.D.". He was bigger than the rest of us. Apparently he had been held back a few times, maybe even three times in kindergarten. In short, he was mean and dumb.

Then in high school he acted up in an English class, and out in the hallway the teacher invited him to take a swing at him. "J.D." took a swing at the teacher, and apparently that crossed a line that allowed the teacher to swing back in self defense. We soon learned that the teacher had been a boxer. He only landed one punch on the student, but the student was done.

I know that Trump's "J.D." isn't the same guy. But damn the similarities.

Biden stepping aside so that Harris could run was a good move. Trump could have done it too if he hadn't tried to have Pence killed.

@leomcy

Could you please also share the purpose of your search?

I hope that it's for improving the health of those who have it and not for removing them from the gene pool.

I'm looking for work.

I'm a dual citizen, authorized and willing to work in or near Sunnyvale CA (Silicon Valley) or remotely for a company in any part of the EU or US where reasonable human rights exist (equality for genders & LGBT+, abortion access, freedom of/from religion, etc.).

I develop intelligent technology and business systems, including their hardware (usually at circuit board level), software (applications and embedded firmware), and documentation, generally as a consultant, contractor, principal, or director (Google L8 equiv). My project budget have ranged from zero (startups) to $1-billion (Google-size). My degrees include BSCS, BBA, and 5 AAs.

My site: https://www.syncopate.us

#jobSearch #FediHire #GetFediHired