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  1. JohnR

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    #8126 JohnR, Jan 23, 2019
    The kids acted badly. No doubt about that.
     
  2. usscouse

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    #8127 usscouse, Jan 23, 2019
  3. superdave

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    #8128 superdave, Jan 23, 2019
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  4. yossarian

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    #8129 yossarian, Jan 23, 2019
    I went to a large southern public university for undergrad and then to an Ivy League law school. One of the things that surprised me a bit (I suppose it shouldn't have done so at all) was how many of my classmates already knew each other --- and not just from their Ivy undergrads but even Exeter, Choate, Sidwell Friends, etc., etc.
     
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  5. superdave

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    #8130 superdave, Jan 23, 2019
     
  6. dapip

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    #8131 dapip, Jan 23, 2019
    KelllyFishes:

    1088211758765039617 is not a valid tweet id


    Yup, no air travel for me during shutdown:

     
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    #8132 Smurfquake, Jan 24, 2019
    It's funny, my wife had a flight this morning out of SFO, and she asked the TSA folks if they were getting paid, and they said, yes, they're privatized and they're getting paid. I was like, wtf, who is privatizing this thing, but sure enough, there are a handful of airports that have private contractors doing security under guidance from TSA, and those contractors are paying their employees.

    The list is here - https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/screening-partnerships - 22 airports.

    Most of the airports are small - I don't know any scheduled flights out of Sonoma County, and somehow there's three airports around Yellowstone on the list - but there are a few medium-to-large cities there. MLS cities on the list include Kansas City and Orlando (but I guess that's not the big airport in Orlando?), and of course SFO is one of the top ten busiest airports in the US, a hub for United and has a lot of flights to Asia.

    Normally I'm leery of privatizing functions like this - it's usually a money grab for some contractor to take their cut and provide the minimal possible service - but when the guys running the government are actively trying to destroy people's confidence in these public functions, it's nice to have a backup plan.
     
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  8. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #8133 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Jan 24, 2019
    OK - give us a diagram of the secret handshake.
     
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  9. dapip

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    #8134 dapip, Jan 24, 2019
    Doncha think contractors know that? As a matter of fact, follow the money, very likely your hero contractor is contributing to a Republican.
     
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  10. diablodelsol

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    #8135 diablodelsol, Jan 24, 2019
    What happens when those companies, who aren’t getting paid by DHS, run out of money and can’t make payroll?
     
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  11. yossarian

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    #8136 yossarian, Jan 24, 2019
    I never knew it. That's why Ted wouldn't let me in his study group.
    :p
     
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  12. dapip

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    #8137 dapip, Jan 24, 2019
    Individual 1 and Puppet Master:



    Well, the other puppet master:





     
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  13. charlie15

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    #8138 charlie15, Jan 24, 2019
    “The president is way stuck on stupid right now. There is no mayor in America in his-her right mind that would ever think about shutting down the government.”

    — Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D), in an interview on MSNBC    .

    I disagree with Landrieu though..... The president is way stuck on stupid all the time......
     
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  14. dapip

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    #8139 dapip, Jan 24, 2019
    And you were probably better off by not shaking Ted's hand...
     
  15. diablodelsol

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    #8140 diablodelsol, Jan 24, 2019
    To expand on this

    One of the things that keeps federal TSA agents showing up for work when they’re not getting paid is that if they quit and find another job....they will likely be foregoing the pension they’ve been accruing since they started with the TSA.

    While I cannot guarantee it, I find it highly unlikely a private “TSA agent” gets the same type of pension. Which means the day they miss a paycheck....they go to work as a mall cop.
     
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  16. superdave

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    #8141 superdave, Jan 24, 2019
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  17. dapip

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    #8142 dapip, Jan 24, 2019
    Yeah, these guys are like cartoon Bond villains...



    Worth a try:

    1088436657337057281 is not a valid tweet id
     
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  18. Kazuma

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    #8143 Kazuma, Jan 24, 2019
    I'm convinced that the 80s and 90s produced a CEO worship that's inherently obvious now when you look at certain media coverage. On a related note, I saw a NY TImes article at breakfast that talked about millennials liking luxury goods but can't afford them. Well, duh. Hard to afford nice things when pay has been stagnant for years.
     
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  19. Timon19

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    #8144 Timon19, Jan 24, 2019
    You realize the airlines ran security before 9/11, right? And that most foreign airport management companies provide their own security or contract security augmented by men with automatic weapons sometimes?

    If only MCO had contractors and not Orlando Sanford...
     
  20. bigredfutbol

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    #8145 bigredfutbol, Jan 24, 2019
    I'm not one to assume that being on the Left absolves one of bigotry.

    A lot of white Leftists blamed "identity politics" ( or excused "economic anxiety") for a lot of Trump's white support. Basically blaming Clinton, the Dems, Black Lives Matter, or whomever for "making" white people default to racism.
     
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  21. bigredfutbol

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    #8146 bigredfutbol, Jan 24, 2019
    They really ARE that dumb.
     
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  22. dapip

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    #8147 dapip, Jan 24, 2019
    The worst part was that money was deemed the only measure of success and elevated the private sector as capable of being efficient and profitable. For the most part we know that neither premise is true, but, both in MSM and in the public's mind, both keep ringing as axioms. Public Sector baaaaad, Poor people lazy.
     
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    #8148 ElJefe, Jan 24, 2019
    Given that New Orleans city government is usually in a state of shambling disorganization, that's saying something.
     
  24. charlie15

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    #8149 charlie15, Jan 24, 2019
    Having said that, Landrieu has been credited for giving some semblance of organization to the NO city hall.
    I will always be grateful to him for the removal of the confederates statues.
     
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    #8150 ElJefe, Jan 24, 2019
    Man, I've heard some shit come out of the mouths of white progressives that could've come out of the mouths of my cracker relatives.
     
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