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Sep. 16th, 2015 09:37 pmA rank 20 national syndicated columnist spewed forth a bunch of vile defamatory comments about Bernie Sanders - even saying that the reason he "isn't popular among latino and black voters" is that he associates himself with a certain african american who has been quoted as saying Obama is a, "rockefeller blackface."
I felt like I was in the twilight zone when I was reading it. Could such a popular columnist be so stupid? Apparently so.
She even threw in that Sanders "had a son out of wedlock" at the end of the article, as a way of harming his reputation. I guess it makes sense being that there's nothing else to attack about him - he's all about helping the common people, whom she obviously doesn't give a shit about.
The fuck happened to journalistic integrity? This was the FIRST column my local newspaper ran even MENTIONING Bernie Sanders. Defamatory claims like that, whether "true" or not, should not be aired in a public forum that is supposed to be unbiased - regardless of whether or not it's a fucking editorial.
I was so pissed, I made sure I said a few choice words on her Twitter. She even favorited one of them - hard to believe. It's almost as if she doesn't realize I'm basically saying she shouldn't have her job (maybe I'm getting that good at veiling my critical comments in positive language?)
Froma Harrop is the name, and apparently, she has a long history of saying a lot of insensitive, politically incorrect bullshit - as well as pissing a lot of people off. Surprisingly, her column is still run nationwide. She was born in New York City, went to a prestigious university, and even worked for the financial industry. It shouldn't surprise anyone that she'd align herself with the oligarchs, then - maybe Trump or a republican super PAC even paid her to write the article?
In other news, I've been looking into taking part of my savings and investing into a wide variety of dividend stocks. I could definitely end up losing in the long run but the money isn't doing any good sitting and I don't really have a personal attachment to it. I don't have a use for it, either - it's not enough to buy a house or retire on (and without huge stock market gains, it never would be.) So taking maybe half of it and investing seems something fair to do. Most of the companies I'm looking at have been around for a long time and I suspect will continue to be around - so even if the shares don't gain much value, or even lose a bit, I'm confident that the dividend payouts will have at least made up for that over years. Quarterly dividends would be a nice supplementary income, and when I do find work, I can further diversify my portfolio as well as continue to save.
I was looking at state jobs, but I'm sorta hesitant - they all require specific placement tests to be taken for the specific job opening - if you don't pass the test or receive the job, you'll have to take the test again at a later date - and they only offer the tests in Pittsburgh (3 hr drive) and Harrisburg (5 hours?) and Philadelpha (6 hours?) - occasionally VERY SPECIFIC job tests are offered in Erie, but that's still 1.5 hours away, easily. What this means is that I would have to, say, pick ONE job opening to apply for, go take the placement test for THAT SPECIFIC JOB at least 3 hours away, one way, and then wait and see my results. Even if I pass, I may not get the job as someone else may have taken the test and scored higher. Which means I get to do the process all over again. It's a pretty grossly inefficient setup considering almost all of these tests are multiple choice, electronic and could be proctored at any government building or university with ease - but they want me to burn hundreds of miles of gasoline to take them...possibly more than once? I don't get it.
So that may be out of the question. The sad part is, there were seasonal semi-skilled laborer jobs for the Department of Conservation open in Warren (and once you have the position, you get it back every year) but they still expect me to drive to harrisburg or pittsburgh to take the test. It's literally the most stupid thing I've ever heard of.
I felt like I was in the twilight zone when I was reading it. Could such a popular columnist be so stupid? Apparently so.
She even threw in that Sanders "had a son out of wedlock" at the end of the article, as a way of harming his reputation. I guess it makes sense being that there's nothing else to attack about him - he's all about helping the common people, whom she obviously doesn't give a shit about.
The fuck happened to journalistic integrity? This was the FIRST column my local newspaper ran even MENTIONING Bernie Sanders. Defamatory claims like that, whether "true" or not, should not be aired in a public forum that is supposed to be unbiased - regardless of whether or not it's a fucking editorial.
I was so pissed, I made sure I said a few choice words on her Twitter. She even favorited one of them - hard to believe. It's almost as if she doesn't realize I'm basically saying she shouldn't have her job (maybe I'm getting that good at veiling my critical comments in positive language?)
Froma Harrop is the name, and apparently, she has a long history of saying a lot of insensitive, politically incorrect bullshit - as well as pissing a lot of people off. Surprisingly, her column is still run nationwide. She was born in New York City, went to a prestigious university, and even worked for the financial industry. It shouldn't surprise anyone that she'd align herself with the oligarchs, then - maybe Trump or a republican super PAC even paid her to write the article?
In other news, I've been looking into taking part of my savings and investing into a wide variety of dividend stocks. I could definitely end up losing in the long run but the money isn't doing any good sitting and I don't really have a personal attachment to it. I don't have a use for it, either - it's not enough to buy a house or retire on (and without huge stock market gains, it never would be.) So taking maybe half of it and investing seems something fair to do. Most of the companies I'm looking at have been around for a long time and I suspect will continue to be around - so even if the shares don't gain much value, or even lose a bit, I'm confident that the dividend payouts will have at least made up for that over years. Quarterly dividends would be a nice supplementary income, and when I do find work, I can further diversify my portfolio as well as continue to save.
I was looking at state jobs, but I'm sorta hesitant - they all require specific placement tests to be taken for the specific job opening - if you don't pass the test or receive the job, you'll have to take the test again at a later date - and they only offer the tests in Pittsburgh (3 hr drive) and Harrisburg (5 hours?) and Philadelpha (6 hours?) - occasionally VERY SPECIFIC job tests are offered in Erie, but that's still 1.5 hours away, easily. What this means is that I would have to, say, pick ONE job opening to apply for, go take the placement test for THAT SPECIFIC JOB at least 3 hours away, one way, and then wait and see my results. Even if I pass, I may not get the job as someone else may have taken the test and scored higher. Which means I get to do the process all over again. It's a pretty grossly inefficient setup considering almost all of these tests are multiple choice, electronic and could be proctored at any government building or university with ease - but they want me to burn hundreds of miles of gasoline to take them...possibly more than once? I don't get it.
So that may be out of the question. The sad part is, there were seasonal semi-skilled laborer jobs for the Department of Conservation open in Warren (and once you have the position, you get it back every year) but they still expect me to drive to harrisburg or pittsburgh to take the test. It's literally the most stupid thing I've ever heard of.
