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    Maybe the workhouses can be run by robots.



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    Originally Posted by Val
    Originally Posted by madeinuk
    also from a natural loathing of all things totalitarian and tyrannous.

    Tyrannous rex?

    LOL


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    Originally Posted by Dude
    The historical facts support the notion that being a kulak wasn't anything like being a modern American white male, so there was no need for you to show off your bigotry.

    While I will admit to being guilty of using rhetorical hyperbole to jolt complacent liberals into awareness of the FACT that white American males are aggressively discriminated against, I am not sure how that makes me a bigot.

    Perhaps, you could enlighten me...

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    Originally Posted by madeinuk
    While I will admit to being guilty of using rhetorical hyperbole to jolt complacent liberals into awareness of the FACT that white American males are aggressively discriminated against, I am not sure how that makes me a bigot.

    Perhaps, you could enlighten me...

    You decided that something I said was representative of "most Americans." Then you decided that I have "a little [tiny] bit of historical knowledge," despite knowing nothing about me.

    And now you've decided that people who disagree with you must be "complacent liberals."

    So yeah, that's pretty much the portrait of a bigot.

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    Dude - you are taking all of this way too personally. If I have genuinely offended you I apologise. Life is way too short for this...


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    (and it's also probably a great way to get a thread locked...)


    ^ Just noting that.



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    Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
    (and it's also probably a great way to get a thread locked...)


    ^ Just noting that.

    http://vimeo.com/9414851

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    Awww... Jon always knows just the right thing to say.

    :sniff-sniff:

    He should really be writing for Hallmark.





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    Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
    Awww... Jon always knows just the right thing to say.

    :sniff-sniff:

    He should really be writing for Hallmark.

    now THOSE would be some cards.


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    Originally Posted by Val
    Has anyone seen Thomas Friedman's facile analysis about employment in today's Times? It's risible. But the comments are bodacious.
    Friedman has a follow-up column that makes sense to me. People are irritated by Friedman for good reasons (he is a pompous name-dropper) but also for bad ones (he accepts that we live in a market economy).

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/the-internship-not-the-movie.html
    The Internship: Not the Movie
    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
    New York Times
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    Since so many internships are unpaid these days, added Sedlet, there is a real danger that only “rich kids” can afford them, which will only widen our income gaps. The key, if you get one, he added, is to remember “that companies don’t want generalists to help them think big; they want people who can help them execute” and “add value.”

    But what, they were often asked, does “add value” mean? It means, they said, show that you have some creative flair — particularly in design, innovation, entrepreneurship, sales or marketing, skills that can’t be easily replaced by a piece of software, a machine or a cheaper worker in India.

    HireArt heard from many people, as did I, who have been out of work for six months or more and can’t get an employer to even look at their résumé. That is no coincidence. No employer will say this out loud for legal reasons, but if you’ve been out of work for six months or more, they won’t even look at you because they assume nobody else wanted to hire you. This is a tragedy that may need a public policy fix. In the meantime, what to do?

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