I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!

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  • cardplayer
    cardplayer Member Posts: 2,051
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  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    There are some who will never give this guy up. Obviously, they who won't are all filled with some "issues" they may never recover from and are doomed to keep losing no matter what.

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    Yes, McCarthy needs that vote from Santos. I hope McCarthy gets dumped soon. My concern would be who would be next up for us to deal with, but someone who hasn't promised it all could help somewhat. We so need to get extras into the Senate and House and et rid of the super extremist and the ones who are so willing to give up our way of life for us —- so very totally against our will.

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778
    edited May 2023

    I hope CNN is on he way out too — along with the one they are trying to emulate now. The Loon was the darling of Fox but has thrown them under the bus for CNN.

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778
    edited May 2023

    Great job on those memes, cardplayer.

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211

    So my former employer is at it again. This time, he let his employee health insurance lapse. It was discovered when one of the MTs went to the doctor for a massive sinus infection. By then, it had been two weeks since anyone at any of his studios was covered. Another MT has Hashimoto's disease, a thyroid condition. It can be managed, but she needs regular assessments from an endocrinologist to ensure that her medication is at the right level. If it isn't managed, it can cause all sorts of other chronic conditions. Not something you want to be cavalier about.

    In the past when he forgot to pay the insurance bill, he had been able to get it fixed in a day or two - just write the damn check, and we're golden. But we got really worried when it was still several weeks later, and the insurance hadn't been restored. Yesterday, he announced that the insurance wasn't going to be reinstated, and he would be going to insurance stipends instead. Of course, no word yet about how much the stipend would be, if it would be pre- or post-taxable, or any details. We suspect that he's lost so many employees, he no longer had the membership numbers to qualify for whatever plan he had set up before.

    And with insurance gone, this puts our two remaining unionized therapists under a substantial burden to stay at the studio. (We have four unionized MTs. Two, including me, were terminated unlawfully, but we don't have a hearing date until mid-September. Two MTs are still in situ at the studio, but the environment is getting increasingly hostile trying to drive them to quit.) We are legitimately afraid that for the sake of their health, they won't be able to continue there. And if they do leave, where does that leave the union?

    We've reached out to our Union organization for help, but there's only so much they can do until we get our contract. It sucks to be so vulnerable to such obvious union-busting tactics.

  • cardplayer
    cardplayer Member Posts: 2,051
    edited May 2023

    miriandra - that’s awful. Any legal action that could help the MTs? News coverage of immoral union busting tactics?

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    You may have tangible wealth untold;
    Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
    Richer than I you can never be--
    I had a mother who read to me.

    Strickland Gillilan

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    miriandra - how deflating. I do hope the MT's hold out but it does sound like steps being taken to defeat union participation. Putting people in medical danger is a really harsh way to get your way. I would say for the shame, but your employer unfortunately has no shame. Just greed.

  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,319

    Is there an ombudsman who could intervene in this ongoing union breaking attempt? What he is doing is borderline criminal. Sorry to hear this is still dragging out, Miriandra.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,704

    That is despicable, Miranda. What an evil person

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  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    🤬

  • illinoislady
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  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,319

    Love the memes especially the one about trump's mother. If ever there was someone that should have been aborted…need I say more? In nature versus nurture, she failed abysmally to produce such a waste of humanity.

  • cardplayer
    cardplayer Member Posts: 2,051
  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    We may never win any great awards or be named best dressed, most beautiful, most popular, or most revered. But each of us has an arm with which to hold another person. Each of us can pull another shoulder under ours. Each of us can invite someone in need to nestle next to our heart. We can give a pat on the back, a simple compliment, a kiss on the cheek, a thumbs-up sign. We can smile at a stranger, say hello when it’s least expected, send a card of congratulations, take flowers to a sick neighbor, make a casserole for a new mother.   -Barbara Johnson

  • illinoislady
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  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    It was likely better for the Loon that he didn't go. Seems like it is going to be a long remembrance into the past where all are for the zillionth time reminded that the election that was fair and square for Pres. Biden was actually the Loon's win and stolen from him.

    I think even the very faithful get tired of the same old round of information. They just want him to know they would still follow him to the ends of the earth — but they do often walk out before he is done talking. These people — so un-critical — just can't take the drip, drip, drip to the forehead. Amazing to me that so many of these people think the Loon has or will save them while he displays only gross self-preservation. They love their fat orange God and they don't even recognize who he is.

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    Definitely a much quicker way to get some problems under control.

  • illinoislady
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  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,778

    I think Florida should focus on getting rid of DeSantis and DeSantis should focus on hiding out somewhere and staying out of politics for good.

  • illinoislady
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