And they have lobbyists too.
Not enough of them, sigh.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jan 24, 2017 7:10:44 pm PST #6101 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - Jan 24, 2017 7:54:05 pm PST #6102 of 30002
Jesus. How is it already sky-falling time only a few days in? Wtf?
Gudanov - Jan 24, 2017 8:08:33 pm PST #6103 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
And we have Trump claiming massive voter fraud and threatening to 'send in the feds' in Chicago and attacking the press. These are not good signs.
flea - Jan 25, 2017 1:15:46 am PST #6104 of 30002
information libertarian
From the meeting at mr. flea's workplace, it sounds like existing grants and contract can continue (since a contract is a legal agreement, they'd sort of have to, right?) Also new hires who are far enough along in the process to have a start date set are probably ok. But the disorganization in the transition team means there's an awful lot of wait and see. I'll just note that what mr. flea does is actually related to infrastructure planning - exactly a supposed priority! It's also really basic stuff like, "dumping raw sewage in the river is bad! Let's design sewer systems to not do that!" But apparently anything 'environmental' is bad now.
Calli - Jan 25, 2017 1:51:15 am PST #6105 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad mr. flea will be ok for now. And I hope the rest of the Buffistas with gov-related work will not have the rug pulled out from under them.
I worked for eight years on a contract job with the NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences). I definitely worry for my former coworkers.
A slight bright spark in the darkness, the Alt US Park Service twitter gives me joy. [link]
Jesse - Jan 25, 2017 2:35:07 am PST #6106 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's all so fucking petty: government jobs are jobs. Government contractor jobs are jobs.
That makes me crazy! "I'm going to cut the government to focus on jobs!!" Um.
Zenkitty - Jan 25, 2017 3:34:38 am PST #6107 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm hiding from the world by focusing on work. The world in general is making me mad and scared.
-t - Jan 25, 2017 5:57:20 am PST #6108 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have not actually gotten out of bed yet, but I have already fielded a question from work and sold some stock. Still living in the future.
I don't know if I am hiding or if I really don't have the spoons to do anything beyond what immediately needs doing in my vicinity (which is mostly my job and feeding myself), but that's all I'm managing.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2017 6:08:09 am PST #6109 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
With every passing day (hell, yesterday it was basically every damn hour), I get angrier and angrier at every. single. person. who voted for Trump. I want to go up to each one personally and yell "YOU DID THIS!!!" in their stupid faces.
I actually can't believe how full of rage I am.
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2017 6:40:56 am PST #6110 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I was kinda hoping during my week off I'd have the house to myself for a few hours, but it looks like I won't have the house to myself for a few minutes. Not that I don't like having my family around but it's been years.