"Maybe, maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like the public."
- George Carlin
We can all point out how the political system is corrupt and rigged. Without a doubt the news media is complicit in this travesty.
This evening's music features soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. Enjoy!
Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay
This is bordering on a crisis for the Democrats.
Yesterday I buried the lede in a comment in my diary offering because I knew that diary would be mostly ignored, what with it being Super Tuesday and all.
Maybe today this will actually draw some notice. South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard yesterday vetoed the anti-transgender "bathroom bill" which targeted transgender students.
Proponents of House Bill 1008 say it protects students' privacy. Opponents say it's discrimination.
--Gov. Daugaard
I hear it all the time. We transgender people just have to wait for our time; We're just too new.
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Friday March 2, 1906
From the International Socialist Review: Defense Campaign Organized
An editorial in this month's Review describes the campaign being organized by Socialists and labor organizations to defend the officials of the Western Federation of Miners now held behind the bars of the Idaho state penitentiary:
Conspiracy to Murder.
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Let's be frankly honest. The Sensible Parties have completely abandoned their principles.
Good Morning 99%'ers!
This evening's music features Los Angeles harmonica player and songwriter Harmonica Fats. Enjoy!
Harmonica Fats - I Get So Tired
Transgender fast food worker Georgia Carter was hired by a Richmond, Virginia, KFC and fired about an hour later upon discovery that she was trans.
He was like you have got the job. I am going to start you out at $7.50 an hour. It is yours. We are going start you training on the computer tomorrow. It was like 11 to four (o clock).
--Carter
She went home happy, but received a phone call shortly afterward.
He was like my supervisor, and I have a problem because on your license it says male but you’re … I said I’m transgender.
Oh, we can’t hire you because we don’t know which bathroom you can use.
--Carter
In a statement to Eater, KFC chief people officer John Kurnick relayed news of that manager's termination following an internal Yum! Brands inquiry. KFC's franchisee policy bars discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, Kurnick said.
