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If any of them spawn an extended discussion, please spawn it off into its own thread. Replies to non-picture replies should take the form of a link pointing to a post on a different discussion thread.

And I shouldn't have to say it, but the images still need to abide by the rules.

That happened at Blockbuster Video. Twice a month we would spend 3-4 hours after closing on Friday to scan everything we had from rentals to candy. When I asked my manager why we did it so often she said it was so corporate could have an accurate accounting of what needed to be sent back to the regional warehouse. Expired food, discontinued movies, used copies of former new releases that didn't sell, anything they felt needed to be gotten rid of. All of it went to the warehouse where they would account for it all and destroy it there. Whether or not those guys and gals got to poke around for a dvd or two I can't say, but I can tell you now that every single vhs, dvd, or piece of candy I walked out of there with was paid for, never just given. The closest we came to free was when they decided to ultimately get rid of all VHS and so they went on sale for a quarter. It was all sh*t, except for one really bad copy of Hard Target and one surprisingly good copy of Son of Godzilla. Once something went on the report, though, even the manager couldn't buy it.

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farley3k wrote:

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Meh--the pro 2A activists will just say, "actually we want more guns in schools too."

oilypenguin wrote:

Government regulations keep us from donating unused product to those in need or allowing unused product to fall into the wrong hands.

Free of oversight, corporations would care for all of us. The hardest working and brightest would rise to the top and benevolently care for those under them.

Jay, no offense, but I thought you were smarter than that. =)

There, I used a smiley face to indicate that I'm on your side and I'm happy to explain it to you.

Spoiler:

Sorry, Jay. I hope you got the bit. So government regulation IS actually a problem in this situation. However, those regulations WERE CRAFTED BY LOBBYISTS SO THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD/GOODS ARE TOSSED OUT INSTEAD OF DONATED BECAUSE THE POOR ARE INFERIOR AND CONSUMERS WITHOUT CAPITAL ARE WORTHLESS TO CAPITALISM.

f*cking magical thinking. The worse things get the less patience I have for it.

What specific government regulations keep say a grocery store from donating foodstuffs they pull from the shelves?

Garrcia wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Government regulations keep us from donating unused product to those in need or allowing unused product to fall into the wrong hands.

Free of oversight, corporations would care for all of us. The hardest working and brightest would rise to the top and benevolently care for those under them.

Jay, no offense, but I thought you were smarter than that. =)

There, I used a smiley face to indicate that I'm on your side and I'm happy to explain it to you.

Spoiler:

Sorry, Jay. I hope you got the bit. So government regulation IS actually a problem in this situation. However, those regulations WERE CRAFTED BY LOBBYISTS SO THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD/GOODS ARE TOSSED OUT INSTEAD OF DONATED BECAUSE THE POOR ARE INFERIOR AND CONSUMERS WITHOUT CAPITAL ARE WORTHLESS TO CAPITALISM.

f*cking magical thinking. The worse things get the less patience I have for it.

What specific government regulations keep say a grocery store from donating foodstuffs they pull from the shelves?

U.S. FOOD WASTE POLICY FINDER

a tool to review food waste regulation on a state by state basis.

thrawn82 wrote:
Garrcia wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Government regulations keep us from donating unused product to those in need or allowing unused product to fall into the wrong hands.

Free of oversight, corporations would care for all of us. The hardest working and brightest would rise to the top and benevolently care for those under them.

Jay, no offense, but I thought you were smarter than that. =)

There, I used a smiley face to indicate that I'm on your side and I'm happy to explain it to you.

Spoiler:

Sorry, Jay. I hope you got the bit. So government regulation IS actually a problem in this situation. However, those regulations WERE CRAFTED BY LOBBYISTS SO THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD/GOODS ARE TOSSED OUT INSTEAD OF DONATED BECAUSE THE POOR ARE INFERIOR AND CONSUMERS WITHOUT CAPITAL ARE WORTHLESS TO CAPITALISM.

f*cking magical thinking. The worse things get the less patience I have for it.

What specific government regulations keep say a grocery store from donating foodstuffs they pull from the shelves?

U.S. FOOD WASTE POLICY FINDER

a tool to review food waste regulation on a state by state basis.

So the apparently Orwellian restrictions in Iowa are that past best by date eggs cannot be donated and a donor/charity cannot be found liable if they unknowingly donate food that causes food poisoning.

I guess score one for big egg.

Thank you for the link however, the information is useful.

Garrcia wrote:
thrawn82 wrote:
Garrcia wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:

Government regulations keep us from donating unused product to those in need or allowing unused product to fall into the wrong hands.

Free of oversight, corporations would care for all of us. The hardest working and brightest would rise to the top and benevolently care for those under them.

Jay, no offense, but I thought you were smarter than that. =)

There, I used a smiley face to indicate that I'm on your side and I'm happy to explain it to you.

Spoiler:

Sorry, Jay. I hope you got the bit. So government regulation IS actually a problem in this situation. However, those regulations WERE CRAFTED BY LOBBYISTS SO THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD/GOODS ARE TOSSED OUT INSTEAD OF DONATED BECAUSE THE POOR ARE INFERIOR AND CONSUMERS WITHOUT CAPITAL ARE WORTHLESS TO CAPITALISM.

f*cking magical thinking. The worse things get the less patience I have for it.

What specific government regulations keep say a grocery store from donating foodstuffs they pull from the shelves?

U.S. FOOD WASTE POLICY FINDER

a tool to review food waste regulation on a state by state basis.

So the apparently Orwellian restrictions in Iowa are that past best by date eggs cannot be donated and a donor/charity cannot be found liable if they unknowingly donate food that causes food poisoning.

I guess score one for big egg.

Thank you for the link however, the information is useful.

Wow that is some serious bullsh*t. The best by dates are by design set 2 to 4 WEEKS ahead of when an egg should expire.

I'm not sure if this was posted 2 years ago, but it's still relevant today:

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This attitude is beyond f*cked up. Imagine being so entitled that you feel the people who literally do all the work in a company shouldn't be properly compensated ahead of some opportunistic (and probably already wealthy) investor.

Rallick wrote:

This attitude is beyond f*cked up. Imagine being so entitled that you feel the people who literally do all the work in a company shouldn't be properly compensated ahead of some opportunistic (and probably already wealthy) investor.

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It's almost like the problem is Bernie and not his ideology. Huh. Weird.

Also, there's a lot to unpack there with "being a Latina woman" being some kind of disguise or ruse to get people to accept a white dude's ideas. That's dismissive of her, her experiences, and her own ideas.

FWIW while I am not in camp Bernie, I find AOC less compelling as someone pushing his ideology.

I do appreciate how she can roll with twitter punches and give back even better. It shows to me that she can be quick on her feet while still being graceful.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

Also, there's a lot to unpack there with "being a Latina woman" being some kind of disguise or ruse to get people to accept a white dude's ideas. That's dismissive of her, her experiences, and her own ideas.

I guess it’s missing the context, but this was initially being used to critique the “Twitter liberals” contingent who are currently attacking Bernie’s platform for being too “out there” and unrealistic while having spent the last month championing AOC’s platform, which is basically the same as Sanders and in a lot of cases even further left. I love AOC myself, as I’m sure my previous posts about her attest, but there are a lot of people who are clearly only attaching to her because she’s a young, aggressive, charismatic POC, while dismissing the blustery old Jewish guy as “yet another white dude.”

ruhk wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Also, there's a lot to unpack there with "being a Latina woman" being some kind of disguise or ruse to get people to accept a white dude's ideas. That's dismissive of her, her experiences, and her own ideas.

I guess it’s missing the context, but this was initially being used to critique the “Twitter liberals” contingent who are currently attacking Bernie’s platform for being too “out there” and unrealistic while having spent the last month championing AOC’s platform, which is basically the same as Sanders and in a lot of cases even further left.

Ah, that is some important context. Thanks! Divorced from that, I think it's implying a lot of uncomfortable things.

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I was unaware that AOC fans hated Bernie. Seems more like a straw man argument to play victim.

Political ideas are are not, and shouldn’t be, treated as intellectual property. It’s supposed to be a plus that an idea from someone that might not have a chance to get elected can be spread to those that can. It’s kind of how political movements work.

Great policy does not make a great leader. The ability to motivate and inspire are required to implement policy. The fact that several candidates are leaning into progressive policies is a good thing. It provides actual choices.

Jayhawker wrote:

I was unaware that AOC fans hated Bernie. Seems more like a straw man argument to play victim.

I wouldn’t say all are, or even most. I’m an AOC fan, I’m also a Sanders fan. But there is a very specific contingent of liberals who still haven’t gotten over Clinton’s upset and blame Sanders for everything, but try to make it a policy issue rather than a personal one. I’m surprised I’m the only one here who has seen this? It’s all over both social media and media media.

Trying to get a feel for how X group feels in general about Y group by way of social media seems like its asking for foreign influence. What's Russian for zeitgeist?

EDIT: ehhh I’m not comfortable with the implications so I’m just going to drop it.

What's Russian for zeitgeist?

Zeitgeistky?

дух времени - dukh vremeni.

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farley3k wrote:

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Meh.. that's yet another "both sides" attempt to paint the issues we face.. which is a problematic view of the reality of where we are right now. Right now the Conservatism movement IS the problem... full stop.

TheGameguru wrote:
farley3k wrote:

big MCafee image

Meh.. that's yet another "both sides" attempt to paint the issues we face.. which is a problematic view of the reality of where we are right now. Right now the Conservatism movement IS the problem... full stop.

it's another version of "It's not liberalism or conservatism that's the problem! That actual problem is {feature or phenomenon far more represented by conservatism than liberalism}"

And it isn't like GWJers had a huge discussion in the past about willful ignorance. Long before Trump was an official candidate.

I do wonder, though, if Democratic congresspeople would be willing to vote to impeach a Democratic President for crimes? But if Trump were a Democrat, would we see more backbone from the left in standing up for the country? Personally I think they all put party before anything else.

Is that why Democrats apply much more pressure to have people from their party resign when there are scandals than Republicans? Compare some of the recent things like Al Franken and how the Democratic Party responded vs when the same stuff or worse has come out about Republicans and how their party responded.

I also see much more concessions when a Democratic politician. Even if they can't make up for what they did, they double their efforts to do good works. The republican counterpart has two outcomes: so what? or I asked Jesus for forgiveness so I am above reproach/repercussions.