I was looking through our archives for mentions of the Frankfurt School, and Antonio Gramsci for my “Disney’s REALLY gone Woke” post, and this popped up from 2016. While not directly in line, it does approach in a similar fashion because it REQUIRES Government to carry out the action.
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We Hire Presidents to Defend Constitutional Values
I thought the term Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) was just a tongue-in-cheek way of referring to those who didn’t support President Trump. You know, it’s not really a clinical diagnosis, just a joke. Looking at the so-called news and the recent flurry of letters in the Sun, I’m not so sure anymore.
DISQUS Doodlings – Toilet Tyrannies, Socialist Shower Heads, and what else did I forget?
Sometimes I get a little pat on the back from one of the “managerial Elite” over at Treehugger. I’m generally the guy that is orthogonal to most of the folks there. Like Bruce Currie is here but with one big exception – I don’t disparage the information that is brought up and I don’t call them names.
DISQUS Doodlings – “Water is a Human Right?”
Just so many topics covered here in the TreeHugger post “Good News for the Rich: Their Fancy Showers Can Waste More Water“. Just another reminder that the “world’s largest site for sustainability issues” is rapidly dropping the “sustainability” mask and replacing it with the Eco-Socialist (heavy emphasis on the Socialist bit) mask.
Bernie’s Student Debt Forgiveness: it’s Not a “Freedom From” But a $1.6 Trillion Obligation for Others to pay
Sanders called the plan “truly a revolutionary proposal.” Really? How is it “revolutionary” for a politician to force others to pay for stuff, especially debt they didn’t incur? After all, Obama beat him to the punch when he floated the idea of paying for underwater mortgages (where people kept refinancing and spending the money on … Read more
Prager U: New York Students want Free College For All
Embarrassing questions with ridiculous answers – until almost the very last student being question: That last student? Yeah, college math – not so much. Even below “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez standard” – that MUST take a lot of college courses to reach that level. (H/T: The Blaze)
BlogQuestion of the Day: Free? Free? Free?
“All these Democratic candidates want free college for everyone. Which one worked for free as a professor?” Actually, have any of them ever worked professionally for free? I’m not talking about the lawyers in the bunch doing the occasional pro-bono work, or the others doing something free on an occasional basis. The question is, how … Read more
Obamacare claims more victims: Juicy Couture. Clueless employees, though
Capitalism is easy to understand; here are Skip’s Rules:
- Rule Number 1: The company owns the job. Not you. While good employers care about their employees, the Company comes first, long term.
- Rule Number 2: Companies exist to make a profit. You have their job until you no longer help them make a profit.
- Rule Number 3: This really should not exist but does because Socialists / Progressives / Fascists are trying to turn Companies into mere extensions of Government
- Rule Number 4: Given that Rule #3 now exists, Companies will react to it in ways that will ensure Rule #2 is fulfilled.
Corollary for Statists everywhere: TANSTAAFL (There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) – and those that support them. This post uses them all. Here, Rule #3 is coming into the forefront of C-level execs, more and more, because several Obamacare cliffs are rushing at them. And now, some clueless retail employees at Juicy Couture are rather upset that their hours are being cut, and as the post says, they are demanding “just hours.” And if they are “hip” shop, you can believe that oldy /moldies like me would probably not be out there on the retail floor – these would be the young hipsters (and as it turns out, stupid and clueless for not being able to string moves together and see where it ends) who voted for Obama:
You see, according to the campaign, the hip and trendy Juicy is doing what other companies are doing in an effort to cope with the burdensome regulations and costs of the “Affordable Health Care Act” (aka ObamaCare)–the company is downsizing its full-time payroll to (mostly) part-time workers.
@laborunionrpt Fired 4 asking 4 enuf hrs 2 live? @juicycouture workers r fighting 4 full time jobs. bit.ly/ZmyBaJ #JustHours #Labor
— Retail ActionProject (@RetailAction) March 27, 2013