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#21

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 01:42:38 PM

Why would you travel to the US?

Some people have family members who live there

#22

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Brain - Today at 12:56:04 PM

Why would you travel to the US?

#23

Off the Record / Re: Trump's Venezuela Vendetta

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 12:53:10 PM

You can't reclaim democracy with polls.

Squirt guns aren't much help, either.

That's why we throw soup at paintings.

#24

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 12:47:23 PM

Might as well travel to China then

Citizens of most Schengen area countries can enter China visa free for stays of 30 days or less. The information required for their ESTA equivalent is significantly less onerous than the new US requirements. The visa application for China - at least for Europeans and Canadians, in my experience - similarly requires less information than what's outlined for the ESTA in the post upthread.

#25

Off the Record / Re: Trump's Venezuela Vendetta

Last post by Josquius - Today at 12:23:29 PM

A former US ambassador has put forth the idea trump is planning to attack Venezuela to line up with the epstein files being released..... Which does make sense

In the days before internet media that might work, only so much space on the front page after all, but that method is a lot less effective now.

I'm not so sure. If your feed is full of one thing then you'd have to be specifically interested in the other and actively seek it out.

But the people interested can find what they need. And the Epstein files are juicy enough to have a following. Then theres YouTube, and podcasts and even old school forums (like languish ) so even people without interest get exposure. There are infinitely more sources of information now. That has many, many, many downfalls but there are still some benefits.

Yeah, but the people actively interested in anyrhing political are already a minority. One that already thinks Trump is the devil.
It's the average American they care about. The politics they get is what shows up on their feed, they aren't hunting for it.

#26

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 12:22:03 PM

The new head of MI6 says the frontline with Russia is everywhere

It has been everywhere for years.
Or did those Russian dissidents in the UK just happento trip and fall on some Polonium?

And we finally have somebody in authority saying it out loud. Why is that a problem for you?

I'm glad they finally are. My problem is that it took so long.  And that it looks like there's a real threat of backsliding into complacency, if the West doesn't just lose completely when Reform and AfD win big and take over.

#27

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Syt - Today at 12:20:27 PM

Fallout S2 has started on Prime. Some of the opening lines from Mr House feel a bit weird on Mr Bezos's streaming service.

But basically it just picks up where it left off last season. Some fan service to kick things off after the credits, but otherwise it continues its story lines and its mixture of high stakes drama, personal trauma, gory violence and dark humor.

I think I may have to play some F:NV tonight.

#28

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:19:17 PM

Here is PM Harper making the point the parties who are concerned about floor crossing is the parties people are not crossing to

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSVnfczEXnJ/?igsh=MW50dXFqbTFoNXJ5aA==

#29

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:12:34 PM

At the risk of regretting furthering the discussion, I have a legal question. Does the below not count as accommodation?

9 At some point in 2021, possibly when she had yet to be diagnosed with
ADHD or indeed even referred for assessment, the Claimant disclosed to
Ms Straker that she sometimes struggled to prioritise work. It was agreed
that they would meet weekly on a Monday morning to run through the
Claimant's task list, with a view to identifying any workload or deadline
issues that she needed to act upon or required support with. Regardless
of whether this was before or following the Claimant's diagnosis with
ADHD, it evidences to us that Ms Straker was a supportive manager who
wanted the Claimant to succeed.

Law is obviously not my strong suit, but I am curious and would welcome clarification.

If this is the extent of it, there would have been no case. The damning part came later on after the diagnosis was confirmed.  The employer took more than a year to make any effort to accommodate the disability.

The legal bit here is the onus is on the employer to accommodate.The onus cannot be put on the employee to tell the employer what to do after the disclosure of a disability is made.  This is a textbook example of the onus being put on the employee, which is why I think this was an easy call.

#30

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by HVC - Today at 11:57:38 AM

At the risk of regretting furthering the discussion, I have a legal question. Does the below not count as accommodation?

9 At some point in 2021, possibly when she had yet to be diagnosed with
ADHD or indeed even referred for assessment, the Claimant disclosed to
Ms Straker that she sometimes struggled to prioritise work. It was agreed
that they would meet weekly on a Monday morning to run through the
Claimant's task list, with a view to identifying any workload or deadline
issues that she needed to act upon or required support with. Regardless
of whether this was before or following the Claimant's diagnosis with
ADHD, it evidences to us that Ms Straker was a supportive manager who
wanted the Claimant to succeed.

Law is obviously not my strong suit, but I am curious and would welcome clarification.