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If you must know, it was just me prejudging what the problem was before getting onsite.
If you must know, it was just me prejudging what the problem was before getting onsite.
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Well good for You. It happens even you think you're best and then all of sudden the destiny bites back 😂.
Btw I seem to recall to be a member in Toshiba techs specific forum and it was Canadian hosted, there used to be some very knowledgeable Canadian members I just forgot forum name. I may be wrong though.A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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Reporting On The Death Threats Causing a Mass Exodus Of Election Officials
Reporting On The Death Threats Causing a Mass Exodus Of Election Officials - YouTube
... an interesting discussion about the violent or intimidating threats that skilled election workers are receiving causing many to opt not to renew their employment contracts for the next election.
Many of the people who made death threats left their actual names and phone numbers. When contacted they did not deny their threats and did not regret at all the threats that they made. This shows the level of impunity that these people felt against any consequences. When asked a lot of these people were very clear about where they had gotten this messaging from citing OAN as a frequent example. The right wing media apparatus was a big part of identifying who these election workers were and how to contact them.
When the threatening callers were asked if they would like to state their position on camera they all declined because they felt the attention on themselves and their family would be intimidating and threatening. The very same thing they were so quick to do to election workers.Last edited by SalesServiceGuy; 12-27-2021, 10:25 PM.Comment
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Biden signs $768B defense policy bill that supersized his original Pentagon request
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Come on Phil. I said they originated in Japan, yes, but I made no statement as to the nationality of the person in San Francisco who invented the fortune cookie we are all familiar with.
When you are in a hole, stop digging. Or in your case, lying.Comment
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If you want to understand the cause of inflation in the USA and around the world in one chart.
This is a chart about the increase in costs to ship a container.
Notice how the steep upward cost curve in 2020 begins with the steep rise in COVID infection rates.
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Yes, sir. This is what happens when liberals shut down the economy. Don't act like we didn't warn you.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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Three key numbers that explain America's labor shortage
Twenty-one months into the pandemic, America is no longer struggling with an astronomically high unemployment rate. Instead, it's big problem remains a shortage of workers.
That makes it hard for businesses to keep up with rampant demand. Economists worry how long it will take for people on the sidelines to come back into the workforce.
For much of the pandemic, economists agreed that child care challenges and worries about the virus were keeping people from returning to the labor market.
But recently, it has become clear that there is another dynamic at work here: early retirement.
Retirement is changing the workforce
The percentage of Americans who are in the job market, either as workers or as active job seekers, is measured by the labor force participation rate. And that rate is nowhere near it's pre-pandemic level. As of November, the measure stood at 61.8%, having recovered about half of what was lost at height of the pandemic compared with the Feburary 2020 rate of 63.3%.
That difference might not sound like a lot, but it accounts for millions of people. The participation rate for men has also recovered more than that for women, likely because more women dropped out of the workforce last year for child care reasons.
The lack of recovery in participation of older workers leads to the conclusion that early retirement -- whether forced or voluntary -- is a big part of the participation rate puzzle.
Forced into early retirement
While early retirement may sound like a dream to some, it's not necessarily a happy story for everyone.
To be sure, some older workers, classified as 55 years of age and above, found themselves benefiting from the strong stock market of the past years, or rising home prices, so early retirement could be a conscious decision.
But others found themselves forced out of the workforce. Furloughed or laid off, these workers left their previous jobs and found themselves not only in a higher risk group for Covid but also unemployed.
And getting back to work at an older age can prove tricky.
Linda Plaza from California found herself terminated from her job as a cloud consultant in October 2020 when her employer reorganized.
"I was planning to retire at 65," .
Now 64, she says it's near impossible to find another job like her old one: "And if they were going to hire anyone, they will hire someone younger with more education."
And other jobs around her are in retail or food services, which bears infection risk.
For Linda, having to retire early turned her personal finances upside down, not least because her husband already retired and she has to pay for her health insurance out of pocket now. The couple has also fallen behind on their mortgage.
"I want people to know that things are not okay," .
The advent of the highly-infectious Omicron variant is putting health concerns for workers front and center again. It could make it even harder for older workers to come back into the workforce even if they need to.
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Authorizing about 5% more military spending than last year, the fiscal 2022 NDAA is a compromise after intense negotiations between House and Senate Democrats and Republicans after being stalled by disputes over China and Russia policy.
It includes a 2.7% pay increase for the troops, and more aircraft and Navy ship purchases, in addition to strategies for dealing with geopolitical threats, especially Russia and China.
The NDAA includes $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides support to Ukraine’s armed forces, $4 billion for the European Defense Initiative and $150 million for Baltic security cooperation.
On China, the bill includes $7.1 billion for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and a statement of congressional support for the defense of Taiwan, as well as a ban on the Department of Defense procuring products produced with forced labor from China’s Xinjiang region.
It creates a 16-member commission to study the war in Afghanistan. Biden ended the conflict — by far the country’s longest war — in August.Comment
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6 Million New Jobs unemployment at 4.2 %
New Business up 30%
Jobs Jobs Jobs
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