I really don't understand this breathless coverage of the royal funeral.
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She's been the defacto monarch longer than any of us have been alive -- cut 'em a little slack. It's not like this happens that often.
They're glorified Kardashians with titles. My uncle didn't die face down in the muck fighting the Redcoats at Antietam for this!
I wish the Kardashians were a once in 70 years 10-day thing.
Right? The Royals don't seem to desperately seek the spotlight at all costs. If anything, the opposite, and coverage is externally generated.
There is social "Kardashian" factor involved, yes. But there are also political, cultural, and historical elements here. It's fascinating stuff. I ignore all the "who hates who in the castle" coverage, because yuck, but I can appreciate the pomp and circumstance of history and culture at play.
The coverage is backwards. It focuses on the drama part of their lives but ignores they still wield real power and try to be as quiet about it as possible.
Not to mention their bonkers wealth generated by Crown properties that operate as corporations, which is not subject to UK inheritance taxes.
About time Friedman got off the schneid and posted something.
I'm sure you've all heard about the potential impending railroad strike this Friday. I've volunteered for "rail relief" duty, which is basically shuttling engineers to/from locomotives. No telling yet what part of the US I'd get sent (well, it'll be where our rail network is) or for how long, but I'm really hoping both sides work something out by Friday, for everyone's sake.
And, of course these are my opinions alone and don't represent any opinions of my employer.
One part of my new department has a 50/50 stake in a company that produces a component used in high quantities by pretty much every North American company that lays track. Wear and tear (specifically by freight cars) means more pieces sold, so you can imagine we're keeping an eye on this.
Okay, nice -- I was assigned to St. Louis. I kinda expected that, not being located at the HQ and all.
Does this mean I should start hoarding TP again?!?!?!!?
Can't hurt; might help
the potential impending railroad strike
Truman would have just drafted them all into the military.
In 1948, [A. Philip Randolph] persuaded a reluctant president Harry S. Truman to issue an executive order ending segregation in the military services. The first peacetime draft in the nation's history had been instituted in response to the Cold War. Mr. Randolph threatened to start a campaign of civil disobedience in which blacks would refuse to register for the draft unless segregation in the military was abolished.
A bear being cool.
BEAR CARE: A carer at a bear sanctuary in New York gave a couple of the furry residents a good brushing, collecting the hair to be spun into yarn for Christmas toys. https://t.co/9sFV8xgjTtpic.twitter.com/eYdZCOmMh4
She's been the defacto monarch longer than any of us have been alive -- cut 'em a little slack. It's not like this happens that often.
They're glorified Kardashians with titles. My uncle didn't die face down in the muck fighting the Redcoats at Antietam for this!
I wish the Kardashians were a once in 70 years 10-day thing.
Right? The Royals don't seem to desperately seek the spotlight at all costs. If anything, the opposite, and coverage is externally generated.
There is social "Kardashian" factor involved, yes. But there are also political, cultural, and historical elements here. It's fascinating stuff. I ignore all the "who hates who in the castle" coverage, because yuck, but I can appreciate the pomp and circumstance of history and culture at play.
The coverage is backwards. It focuses on the drama part of their lives but ignores they still wield real power and try to be as quiet about it as possible.
Not to mention their bonkers wealth generated by Crown properties that operate as corporations, which is not subject to UK inheritance taxes.
About time Friedman got off the schneid and posted something.
I'm sure you've all heard about the potential impending railroad strike this Friday. I've volunteered for "rail relief" duty, which is basically shuttling engineers to/from locomotives. No telling yet what part of the US I'd get sent (well, it'll be where our rail network is) or for how long, but I'm really hoping both sides work something out by Friday, for everyone's sake.
And, of course these are my opinions alone and don't represent any opinions of my employer.
One part of my new department has a 50/50 stake in a company that produces a component used in high quantities by pretty much every North American company that lays track. Wear and tear (specifically by freight cars) means more pieces sold, so you can imagine we're keeping an eye on this.
Okay, nice -- I was assigned to St. Louis. I kinda expected that, not being located at the HQ and all.
Does this mean I should start hoarding TP again?!?!?!!?
Can't hurt; might help
the potential impending railroad strike
Truman would have just drafted them all into the military.
Can't strike if you lock them out first.
Not if A. Philip Randolph had anything to say about it:
A bear being cool.
Very cool!