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2022-01-14 at 5:29 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2022-01-14 at 4:59 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2022-01-14 at 4:55 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2022-01-14 at 4:27 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!The Ascent
This Employer Will Terminate Unvaccinated Workers by Jan. 31. Will More Follow Suit?
Maurie Backman
Many people thought by the time 2022 rolled around, we'd be in a better place with regard to the COVID-19 outbreak. But unfortunately, the presence of the highly transmissible omicron variant has managed to dash those hopes. In fact, we're starting off 2022 with record-high case numbers and healthcare systems across the country that are increasingly getting overwhelmed.
The current outbreak is also putting a strain on some employers. Higher infection rates mean more workers needing to go out on medical leave or quarantine due to exposures. The result? Lost productivity.
It's an issue one employer is trying to combat by imposing a strict COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Citigroup recently announced its employees must provide proof of vaccination by Jan. 14. Those who don't will be put on unpaid leave and be terminated by Jan. 31.
A bold move, and one more companies might make
So far, Citigroup seems to have the most aggressive vaccine policy among Wall Street firms. While many companies are imposing vaccine mandates, so far, no other major players have firmly announced a termination date for non-compliant workers.
But Citigroup is moving forward with its plans for one big reason -- it wants to make sure employees who return to the office in the near term can do so safely. While more than 90% of its employees are compliant with its vaccine mandate, that number is climbing as the mid-January deadline nears -- presumably, so more workers can stave off unemployment.
Of course, this begs the question -- will more companies follow in Citigroup's lead? Given how things stand with regard to the COVID-19 outbreak, that's a distinct possibility. Having unvaccinated workers on staff could make for a less safe office environment, and that's a risk employers may not want to take.
Is it legal to fire employees on the basis of not being vaccinated?
Generally, companies are required to offer exemptions to their vaccine rules due to medical or religious constraints. But can those who don't qualify for an exemption be terminated for cause? Absolutely.
If not getting vaccinated constitutes a clear violation of a given company's policy, then that's grounds for termination. Plus, in that case, someone who's fired for not adhering to a vaccine mandate would generally not be eligible for unemployment benefits, since those benefits are usually only available to workers who haven't been fired for cause.
So where does that leave you if you're unvaccinated and don't qualify for an exemption? Unfortunately, you may not have many options if your company decides to impose a mandate.
That said, in that situation, one thing you can do is ask for the option to work remotely. Your employer might agree to that solution on a temporary or long-term basis. Just keep in mind that if you'd normally be required to commute to work but your employer agrees to let you go remote, it may also look to cut your pay. Make sure you have some money in savings to cope with a hit to your income.
Of course, you can always try to seek out a remote-only job that doesn't have a vaccine requirement since workers don't come to an office to begin with. But be aware that if your current job requires a vaccine and you don't get one or qualify for an exemption, you could easily end up on the chopping block, as may be the case for a host of Citigroup employees. -
2022-01-13 at 7:42 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMovie ticket stub.
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2022-01-13 at 6:51 PM UTC in Was Bob Lazar right?
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Keep wishing for aliens to come down dressed as santa with anti gravity Christmas presents and alien baskets full of alien loaves and fishes…hey whatever makes your life that little more exciting right?
I want one of those hot alien broads with the three hooters!
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2022-01-13 at 6:50 PM UTC in Was Bob Lazar right?Talk about low standards.
But then, what else would you expect from a Rump fan? -
2022-01-13 at 6:40 PM UTC in Using honey as a sugar replacementApparently, honey is some "bloody" good stuff!
How, When, and Why Honey Is Used for Wound Care
How is honey used on wounds?
People have used honey for thousands of years for wound healing. While we now have other very effective wound-healing options, honey may still be good for healing certain wounds.
Honey has antibacterial properties and a unique pH balance that promotes oxygen and healing compounds to a wound.
Before you reach into your cabinet, know that wound-care professionals use medical-grade honey for healing chronic wounds and other injuries.
Read on for more information on the right and wrong times to use honey for wound healing.
Is honey effective for healing?
Honey is a sugary, syrupy substance that has been shown to have bioactive components that can help heal wounds.
According to a literature review published in the journal Wounds, honey offers the following benefits in healing wounds:
Acidic pH promotes healing. Honey has an acidic pH of between 3.2 and 4.5. When applied to wounds, the acidic pH encourages the blood to release oxygen, which is important to wound healing. An acidic pH also reduces the presence of substances called proteases that impair the wound healing process.
Sugar has an osmotic effect. The sugar naturally present in honey has the effect of drawing water out of damaged tissues (known as an osmotic effect). This reduces swelling and encourages the flow of lymph to heal the wound. Sugar also draws water out of bacterial cells, which can help keep them from multiplying.
Antibacterial effect. Honey has been shown to have an antibacterial effect on bacteria commonly present in wounds, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). Part of this resistance may be through its osmotic effects.
boils
burns
nonhealing wounds and ulcers
pilonidal sinus
venous and diabetic foot ulcers
How do you apply honey for wounds?
If you have a wound or burn that won’t heal, it’s important to check with a doctor before using honey on the wound. Ask the doctor if honey is a possibility for treatment.
For severe wounds, it’s best a doctor or wound-care nurse shows you how to apply the honey the first time. This is because the amount of honey and the way the dressing is applied can impact how effective the wound-healing will be.
Tips for applying honey on wounds
If you’re applying honey on wounds at home, here are some general tips for application.
Always start with clean hands and applicators, such as sterile gauze and cotton tips.
Apply the honey to a dressing first, then apply the dressing to the skin. This helps to cut down on the messiness of honey when applied directly to the skin. You can also purchase honey-impregnated dressings, such as MediHoney brand dressings, which have been on the market for several years. An exception is, if you have a deep wound bed, such as an abscess. The honey should fill the wound bed before a dressing is applied.
Place a clean, dry dressing over the honey. This can be sterile gauze pads or an adhesive bandage. An occlusive dressing is best over honey because it keeps the honey from seeping out.
Replace the dressing when drainage from the wound saturates the dressing. As honey starts to heal the wound, the dressing changes will likely be less frequent.
Wash your hands after dressing the wound.
If you have any questions about applying honey to your wound, follow up with a physician.
Types of honey used on wounds
Ideally, a person should use medical-grade honey, which is sterilized and therefore less likely to cause immune system reactions.
In addition to Manuka honey, other forms sold for healing include Gelam, Tualang, and MediHoney, which is a brandname for a product where the honey has been sterilized by gamma irradiation.
What are the possible complications of honey for wounds?
It’s always possible that honey or its container can become contaminated, or, a person could have an allergic reaction. Sometimes, this is to the bee pollen that’s naturally present in honey.
Allergic reactions
Signs you could be having an allergic reaction to the honey include:
dizziness
extreme swelling
nausea
stinging or burning after topical application
trouble breathing
vomiting
If you experience these symptoms, clean your skin of the honey and seek medical attention. Do not apply the honey again until you talk to a doctor.
Risks with raw honey
Some researchers have raised concerns regarding the use of raw honey, which is made from honeycombs and unenhancemented, for wound treatment. They theorize that there’s greater risks for infection using this honey type.
While this is more of an idea than something that is proven, it’s important to be aware of the risks, according to the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.
Ineffective
It’s also possible honey may not work to heal your wound. Frequent applications are required to see a benefit. This could take a week or more. If you aren’t seeing any improvement, talk to a doctor or nurse.
The takeaway
Medical grade honey on wounds has been shown to help people with chronic and non-healing wounds. Medical honey has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and even anti-odor properties that can help people with chronic wounds.
You should always check with their doctor before using this honey type to ensure it’s safe to apply to the wound. -
2022-01-13 at 6:32 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sWe can probably find a disagreement over acceptable forms of ID, just to keep the status quo.
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2022-01-13 at 6:26 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sI don't have a problem with that.
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2022-01-13 at 6:18 PM UTC in FwbPost nekkid pictures.
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2022-01-13 at 6:15 PM UTC in Using honey as a sugar replacementJiggly Booty's dream date:
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2022-01-13 at 6:04 PM UTC in Was Bob Lazar right?You actually believe the crap that comes out of Rump's mouth?
Wanna buy some swampland in Florida? -
2022-01-13 at 6:01 PM UTC in Was Bob Lazar right?
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2022-01-13 at 5:07 PM UTC in Lancer rough idle problemDo you need to be alone, Weasel?
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2022-01-13 at 4:54 PM UTC in Lancer rough idle problem
Originally posted by BeeReBuddy Fault code: P1235 Mass Airflow Sensor
Going to try just cleaning it off along with the throttle body.
Might have more codes but I'm out of time today.
Originally posted by BeeReBuddy Took the Lancer to a mechanic today.
I'm working too many hours to have any free time to fuck with it.
Hopefully it doesn't cost more than a couple hundred bucks to fix.
I got rid of my "Mass Airflow Sensor" trouble code for about $30. $22 or so for a new sensor and $8 for a can of carb cleaner to clean the throttle body. Fixed the code and got me through inspection to get new plates. Lasted for several months before I got a new "check engine" light that I haven't checked but I assume is the same issue. Need to go back to Auto Zone to use their scanner again but probably not until spring insofar as as the car seems to be fine except for the light being on.
I suspect my problem may be oak pollen. My neighbor has three 80 foot oaks near my property line and probably only 40 feet or so from where I park the car. In the spring my car turns yellow from all the pollen and in the fall you can't walk in the front yard without crunching acorns. -
2022-01-13 at 4:35 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's"And if you lose, lie!" is your mantra.
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2022-01-13 at 4:29 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sAnd you whackadoodles are about to destroy democracy.
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.
What is your problem with that?
How would you respond if the Democrats tried rigging elections? Hell, you've all gone nutso with only false implications that it might have happened.
Fucking Fascists. -
2022-01-13 at 3:42 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2022-01-13 at 3:40 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sIf this doesn't scare the shit out of you, you're already lost.
The Guardian
Trump loyalists form alliance in bid to take over election process in key states
Ed Pilkington
Extreme Republicans loyal to Donald Trump and his “big lie” that the 2020 election was rigged have formed a nationwide alliance aiming to take control of the presidential election process in key battleground states that could determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.
At least eight Republicans who are currently running to serve as chief election officials in crucial swing states have come together to form the coalition.
The group shares conspiracy theories about unfounded election fraud and exchanges ideas on how radically to reconstruct election systems in ways that could overturn the legitimate results of the next presidential race.
All of them backed Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election and cling on to power against the will of American voters. Several of the alliance have been personally endorsed by Trump and have a credible shot at winning the post of secretary of state – the most powerful election officer in each state.
The existence of the “coalition of America First secretary of state candidates” was disclosed by one of the members themselves, Jim Marchant who is running for secretary of state in Nevada. A former business owner and Nevada state assembly member, Marchant has ties with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement.
Marchant ran for a US House seat in 2020 and lost. He challenged the result unsuccessfully in the courts, claiming he was a “victim of election fraud”, in a mirror-image of Trump’s many failed legal challenges to his defeat.
In an interview with the Guardian, Marchant said that there were currently eight members of the coalition bidding for chief election official posts, with more likely to join soon. He said participants included Jody Hice in Georgia, Mark Finchem in Arizona and Kristina Karamo in Michigan – all three of whom have been endorsed by Trump.
Marchant also named Rachel Hamm in California and David Winney in Colorado, and said that further members were likely to be recruited imminently in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Several in-person “summits” of the candidates had already been held, with the next planned in Wisconsin on 29 January and Nevada on 26 February.
All the candidates named by Marchant have been prominent exponents of false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Finchem attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on January 6 hours before the US Capitol was stormed.
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Hice is running for secretary of state in Georgia against the Republican incumbent, Brad Raffensperger, who famously rebuffed Trump’s demands in the 2020 count to “find 11,780 votes” that would tip the state to him. Marchant, Karamo and Finchem all spoke at a QAnon conference in Las Vegas in October.
The disclosure that extremist Republicans dedicated to election subversion have formed a network was first revealed by Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist in the White House who is spearheading a “precinct-by-precinct” movement to inject far-right activists into local elected office. Marchant disclosed the alliance on Bannon’s War Room podcast.
The revelation can only heighten jitters about the fragile state of American democracy. An NPR analysis of 2022 secretary of state races across the country found that at least 15 candidates have adopted Trump’s big lie.
Jena Griswold, Colorado’s secretary of state and chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, told the Guardian that democracy would be on the ballot in this November’s midterm elections.
“Extreme members of the GOP are taking a sledgehammer to our democratic system. The big lie coalition of candidates running for secretary of state has pushed election conspiracies, authored dangerous voter suppression legislation, or attended the January 6 insurrection,” Griswold said.
The nature of the threat posed by the new coalition is illustrated by Marchant. In the course of the 2020 election, he declared that had he been secretary of state at that time he would have refused to certify Joe Biden’s victory in Nevada by 33,596 votes, even though the count was unanimously approved by the Nevada supreme court.
Marchant was also an eager advocate of sending an alternate slate of Trump electors to Congress in blatant contravention of the official vote count. Asked by the Guardian whether he would be prepared to do the same again in 2024, by sending an alternate slate of electors from Nevada to Congress contrary to the actual election results, he said: “That is very possible, yes.”
Marchant told the Guardian that were he to win election in November and become the top election official in his state, he would act swiftly to introduce voter suppression measures. That would include introducing voter ID – “a no-brainer”, he said.
He would also eradicate mail-in ballots which have been extensively blamed by conspiracy theorists, without evidence, as a source of mass fraud in 2020, and open up election counts to “aggressive poll watching”. And he would scrap electronic voting machines – also targeted by big lie advocates – and replace them with paper counts.
When asked for evidence that voting machines had been manipulated to benefit Biden over Trump, Marchant pointed to Mesa county, Colorado. He said that “a very brave clerk suspected a lot of stuff going on by people who could get to the machines” and found that “clear crimes” had been committed.
In fact, the clerk, Tina Peters, was recently stripped of her election duties after she was found to have sneaked an unauthorized individual into a secure room where voting machines were stored in order to copy their hard drives. The stolen information was then presented at a conspiracy theory event organized by the MyPillow executive Mike Lindell, a major proponent of the big lie.
The Guardian asked Marchant who was manipulating the voting machines. He replied: “I don’t know actually. I think it’s a global thing. The people in power want to maintain their power.”
The near-universal dismissal of all court challenges to the 2020 election results, including his own case, was explained by Marchant as the work of corrupt judges. “A lot of judges were bought off too – they are part of this cabal,” he said.
What would he say to the criticism that his actions and those of his fellow coalition members, like those of Trump himself, were the behavior of sore losers?
“I disagree,” Marchant said. “We have a lot of evidence. It is out there. Shoot, you can find it.”
