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[Truean]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor?page=1

I think I want to throw up from ever ordering something online.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/labor-ready-jobs-temp-workers-investigation

[Reelya]

Man, and I thought working temp. when I was in college, in a place that made fish fingers was bad ... seems like heaven compared to those online warehouses.

[Frumple]

Made me feel stressed just reading the bloody things. Point about the price differential between local and not is kinda' hard hitting, though. Even with non-free shipping, a lot of things cost less ordered than bought (semi-)local, especially if you factor in the transportation cost of driving, say, a hour or two round-trip. S'more of an issue for rural folk like m'self, but...

S'a bit of a catch twenty-two when you can neither afford to (because it's probably damning you or those close to it) nor afford not to (because you either save every damn penny or you don't eat) support those kind of conditions.

More than anything, makes me worry about eventually ending up in the situation something like that's the only option... me, I literally couldn't work in those kind of conditions. Just don't have the back for it anymore, after early schooling fucked me up (thanks backpacks!).

[JoshuaFH]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor?page=1

I think I want to throw up from ever ordering something online.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/labor-ready-jobs-temp-workers-investigation

These break my heart. Really, alot of the links you might find in the Progressive thread break my heart, seeing the sadder state of the world we live in is dismaying. I wish there were something I could do.

[scriver]

We can do what gave us a half decent society to begin with. Violence, strikes, anger and shouting until this kind of bullshit is legislated away.

[Glowcat]

George Zimmerman is interviewed by Sean Hannity.

"I feel like it was all God's plan," he told conservative talk show host Sean Hannity in Zimmerman's first interview since the shooting.

Of course it was God's plan for him to kill a teenager. Of course.

[ggamer]

Please don't let this reflect negatively on christianity. A crazy man saying crazy things has no affect on my religion, so let's not go there.

/continues lurking/

[Nadaka]

Please don't let this reflect negatively on christianity. A crazy man saying crazy things has no affect on my religion, so let's not go there.

/continues lurking/

Then why bring it up?

[Truean]

George Zimmerman is interviewed by Sean Hannity.

"I feel like it was all God's plan," he told conservative talk show host Sean Hannity in Zimmerman's first interview since the shooting.

Of course it was God's plan for him to kill a teenager. Of course.

... It's my experience that several nutzo killers do things in the name of God. Not that this means they all do but eh. I fail to see what God has to do with this.
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[Descan]

Please don't let this reflect negatively on christianity. A crazy man saying crazy things has no affect on my religion, so let's not go there.

/continues lurking/

Then why bring it up?

He didn't bring it up. >_> Someone else did.

[Glowcat]

He didn't bring it up. >_> Someone else did.

I don't recall drawing a correlation between Zimmerman's Christianity and his killing Trayvon Martin.

EDIT: I'm not sure why Zimmerman is being called crazy either. Am I the only one who remembers this case of self-defense gone wrong? It wasn't too far back when it sparked national outrage and conservative kneejerk responses. I was sarcastically mocking his blithe usage of "God's Plan", probably an opportunistic ploy for even more support amongst Hannity's conservative audience.

[Leafsnail]

It could also be an attempt to strengthen an insanity plea or something.

[Jervill]

After Michelle Bachmann (R-MN-6) was called out for claiming "Muslim Brotherhood" agents having infiltrated the government by members of her own damn party, she decided to double down on it and claim Keith Ellison (D-MN-5), one of congress's two muslims, is part of the evil conspiracy.

Bachmann alleges Ellison has ties to Muslim Brotherhood.

I would really, really like to see her lose the next election, but the people in that district are just as crazy as she is.  The district's location is the Twin Cities northern and western suburbs plus the city of Saint Cloud.

Map of Minnesota's 6th congressional district.
The problem is Wright, Sherburne, Benton, and Carver counties.  Those counties give Republicans large margins, and the only cities Democrats can win of any significant size are St. Cloud and Blaine, and not by a lot.  Overall, Obama received 43% of the vote here, McCain got 55%.

And for the curious, Minnesota's 5th district, one of the most Dem friendly white majority districts in the country:
Map of MN-5.

The district is Minneapolis plus the city's first ring suburbs.  Obama got 73% in this district under these lines.

[kaijyuu]

After Michelle Bachmann (R-MN-6) was called out for claiming "Muslim Brotherhood" agents having infiltrated the government by members of her own damn party, she decided to double down on it and claim Keith Ellison (D-MN-5), one of congress's two muslims, is part of the evil conspiracy.

Bachmann alleges Ellison has ties to Muslim Brotherhood.

Modern day McCarthyism, eh? Fun stuff. By which I mean disgusting stuff.

[Moghjubar]

Meanwhile, in Paulville....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/the-pauls-new-crusade-internet-freedom

Wha....?