Luddites Unite! Only social media I have is LinkedIn for career contacts. All that other hogwash is pish posh (I'm trying to sound like a cranky old man).golden sloth said:
I'm just really happy I never joined twitter and used my Facebook sparingly.
Moreover, the external arguments are what they are. She got pilloried online and by the existing employees for being insufficiently "woke." The arguments were not about her inexperience. If they were it would be a very different conversation.Unit2Sucks said:I don't want to make it seem like I disagree with you or am quibbling. Everything you said is technically correct. But context matters and I think there is some context here that would be helpful.okaydo said:BearForce2 said:JeffBear07 said:
The strange thing about this whole situation is that it really didn't even need to happen. The reporter, Alexi McCammond, was already willing to be transferred to another DC beat to avoid the imminent conflict of interest. Why Ducklo felt he needed to go in on the reporter (despite her being a bit of a hack imo) seems completely self-immolating. President Biden may already be regretting being so forceful a couple weeks ago in declaring that anyone who shows overt disrespect to anyone else will be fired immediately, because I don't see how he doesn't fire Ducklo without neutering his own self-imposed moral authority.
If Cal football hired a head football coach who
--never worked in football before
--who had no managerial experience
--had no coaching experience
--and who had racist tweets in the past
would you be upset?
Teen Vogue has been a business failure. It went out of print publication in 2017 and they've been trying to give it a go as an online property. They reportedly generate less than $10M per year in revenue, so I doubt they have much full-time staff.
With that context, I wouldn't assume that this was a mistake by Conde Nast. It's a small, failing business that Conde Nast is trying to turnaround. They may have reasonably believed that they needed someone different from the existing staff because what they were doing wasn't working. They've been trying to make it less fashion oriented and more political and edgy. For all we know they hired that reporter so that they could have this whole dustup to generate some buzz. They have probably received more brand awareness from this "mistake" than they've had organically since the brand was founded in 2003.
first they came for your hamburgers, and I did not speak out— because nobody is coming for your hamburgers, you stupid fucking whiny paranoid attention-seeking performative-nonsense grievance-babies
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 25, 2021
Republicans are saying Biden's proposed capital gains tax increase will apply to all stock market gains. Rubbish. It exempts 401(k) plans and other types of individual retirement accounts. And it will only apply to millionaires — the richest 0.32 percent of Americans.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 27, 2021
The White House Declares Everything A ‘Crisis’ Except The One At The Borderhttps://t.co/dNBTVcdKKg
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) April 27, 2021
President Biden promised a US response to DarkSide yesterday and right now something very bad appears to be happening to DarkSide, which hacked the Colonial Pipeline.
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) May 14, 2021
bearister said:
Biden will call Saudi king ahead of damning Khashoggi report - Axios
https://www.axios.com/biden-saudi-king-khashoggi-report-29272e86-a315-4d54-b37d-3a4183d178c4.html
Remember when liberals raged at Trump for coddling #JamalKhashoggi's murderers?
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) July 8, 2021
Now that it's Biden doing it, not so much. https://t.co/AExoqyv9yp
Biden should have made Avenatti his VP candidate. He'd be free today, just like Hunter. https://t.co/ePdOOmNWeY
— Chris Krok (@chriskrokshow) July 9, 2021
Thanks for posting - pretty balanced takes overall. Nice to see typical historical political criticism which was more or less impossible for the past 4 years. Whether Biden succeeds or not in advancing his policy priorities, I'm at least confident that he will be on the fairway and aiming for the green. The last guy almost never kept his ball on the golf course and rarely even seemed to know what the game was.bearister said:
How have Joe Biden's first six months been? Our panelists weigh in
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/14/joe-biden-first-six-months-panelists-verdict?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
BearForce2 said:
Have you ever listened to NPR when they have panelists on to discuss an issue and you realize everyone they selected is from the left?
Unit2Sucks said:Thanks for posting - pretty balanced takes overall. Nice to see typical historical political criticism which was more or less impossible for the past 4 years. Whether Biden succeeds or not in advancing his policy priorities, I'm at least confident that he will be on the fairway and aiming for the green. The last guy almost never kept his ball on the golf course and rarely even seemed to know what the game was.bearister said:
How have Joe Biden's first six months been? Our panelists weigh in
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/14/joe-biden-first-six-months-panelists-verdict?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Joe Stalin. pic.twitter.com/28XwnIVY3k
— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) July 15, 2021
Quote:
The Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan provides the largest Child Tax Credit ever and historic relief to the most working families ever and as of July 15th, most families are automatically receiving monthly payments of $250 or $300 per child without having to take any action. The Child Tax Credit will help all families succeed.
The American Rescue Plan increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children under the age of six, and raised the age limit from 16 to 17. All working families will get the full credit if they make up to $150,000 for a couple or $112,500 for a family with a single parent (also called Head of Household).
Climate change is trying to incinerate you & your kids, and Biden's top domestic policy adviser stands to profit off the Biden White House's move to boost a Trump-backed tar sands oil pipeline.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) July 16, 2021
And the @DailyPoster is the only media outlet to report it. https://t.co/5gaBECyuQQ
Quote:
Federal ethics regulators have ordered Joe Biden's top domestic policy adviser Susan Rice to divest her multimillion-dollar holdings in a fossil fuel giant weeks after the Biden administration boosted the company's controversial pipeline, according to government documents obtained by The Daily Poste
A flip flop of global proportions.
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) September 22, 2021
Mitch McConnell 2019
vs.
Mitch McConnell 2021
Make sure everybody sees it. pic.twitter.com/By77NjlVZJ
Hunter Biden got paid $50k/month to sit on board of a Ukrainian energy company in an industry he knew nothing about while his dad was in charge of US policy in Ukraine.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
Now he's going to get up to $500k per painting while his dad is President.
Because of merit and talent. https://t.co/2juhdYljUM
Remember when Jen Psaki and Natasha Betrand spread this outright lie all over the internet?
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 22, 2021
Anyway https://t.co/PtjuBKL15G
They are more into namby pamby Scandinavian socialism than the totalitarian/fascism that turns the radicalized right's cranks.bearister said:
Good. Dems are becoming ballers. Maybe we will just decide to seize power and not let go of it.
At least 4,931 civilians were killed in US airstrikes in Donald Trump's first year in office. By comparison this year we have one errant strike in Afghanistan that sadly killed 10 civilians.
— What Biden Has Done (@What46HasDone) November 21, 2021
If you're "anti-war", and not fervently pro-Biden, you're not anti-war. https://t.co/FEAW20RLhc
“.. Yes, stimulus is fleeting.. but .. the lower-income class is now working more hours, making more per hour and growing take-home pay in the double digits, with a savings account 2x larger than pre-COVID. .. with more .. job opportunities than they’ve had in 30 years.” - B of A pic.twitter.com/SbnP8qVkyB
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) April 18, 2022
Unit2Sucks said:
Sounds like the stimulus may have created a durable wage and lifestyle improvement for labor in this country.
Why would you use CPI instead of PCE, which I believe you've argued is a better measure? PCE is 6.6%, still high but significantly lower than CPI.DiabloWags said:Unit2Sucks said:
Sounds like the stimulus may have created a durable wage and lifestyle improvement for labor in this country.
Sadly, surging inflation and a CPI now at 8.5% have crushed all of these wage gains.
Food, fuel, and rents have decimated the hourly worker.
Very possible over the next weeks we will get a trial run on what happens if/when they China boats don’t show up. Get prepared for a supply shock the likes you have never seen. pic.twitter.com/QCU7HvCzMO
— Dan Collins (@DanCollins2011) April 18, 2022
Unit2Sucks said:Why would you use CPI instead of PCE, which I believe you've argued is a better measure? PCE is 6.6%, still high but significantly lower than CPI.DiabloWags said:Unit2Sucks said:
Sounds like the stimulus may have created a durable wage and lifestyle improvement for labor in this country.
Sadly, surging inflation and a CPI now at 8.5% have crushed all of these wage gains.
Food, fuel, and rents have decimated the hourly worker.
