It’s been a bit of a mixed bag here at Casa McGee this week. Work is crazy with clients being needy. Weekend is busy with cookie baking and bad holiday movies. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Is anything getting done these last two weeks of 2021?
Biden officially acknowledges Build Back Better will miss deadline but says he’s ‘determined’ to see bill on Senate floor ‘as early as possible’
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/politics/biden-build-back-better-miss-deadline-senate/index.html
[Grumpy Cat] Good.
Judge overturns deal giving Purdue Pharma’s Sackler family civil immunity from opioid claims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/16/purdue-pharma-sackler-ruling/
Stock up!
FDA eliminates key restriction on abortion pill as Supreme Court weighs case that challenges Roe v. Wade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/16/abortion-pill-fda/
That was fast. What’s a milkshake duck but for allegations of sexual assault?
Peloton Deletes Chris Noth Spoof Ad Following Sexual Assault Allegations Against Actor
https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/peloton-deletes-chris-noth-ad-sexual-assault-allegations-1235135264/
Sprots!
Urban Meyer fired by Jacksonville Jaguars 13 games into disastrous stint
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/16/urban-meyer-fired-jacksonville-jaguars-head-coach
No thank you.
The first true millipede: new species with more than 1,000 legs discovered in Western Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/the-first-true-millipede-new-species-with-more-than-1000-legs-discovered-in-western-australia
On the other hand…
Have a great day!
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For the Lord of the Rings fans out there –
Worth it for the cameos! Thanks @Lymond.
In news from our friends at Jalopnik:
https://jalopnik.com/new-york-mta-manager-caught-using-a-bizarre-blowup-doll-1848227940
The MTA manager (ex-NYPD, which is a nice touch) had his plastic companion with him to sneak into HOV lanes, although he claims otherwise. The sad part is that the blowup doll is actually providing a service, whereas an MTA manager…
I’m sort of surprised anti-vax conspiracies don’t include HOV lane enforcement chips. One thing that’s for sure is you can’t stick a needle into a blow up doll.
Maryland State Police used to park cars in the median of the highway with a dummy in the driver’s seat.
TIL that Michelle Yeoh will be in the prequel to The Witcher!!!
So this is something you probably don’t think of …
https://www.dailyposter.com/insuring-and-ensuring-the-apocalypse/
and how about some rage humor to launch you into the weekend…
got another rona case at work…management notified the people he worked with directly at 2pm today…which is great..cept the dude went home sick monday morning and test results dont take 4 days here
beginning to see a pattern here im really not liking much
management telling the guys who needed to get tested to keep quiet about it isnt exactly helping their case…also backfired as they immediately told everyone they met on their way out
Your managers are cut from the same idiot/coward cloth as mine.
im thinking they learn it in management school…..
they must learn a special kind of math there…
coz i cant figure the math for let 3 guys whove been in close contact with a confirmed case work and mingle for most of the week and only tell them right before the weekend so if they or anyone else that hears and has been in close ish contact decides they need to take leave to get tested they lose staff for just an hour or two right before the weekend
is better than tell everyone right away…maybe lose a bunch of people for the day…but not risk the whole fucking shop having rona next week?
then again…. only a 3 day week next week…and half the staff is off anyways…. wouldnt surprise me if they factored that in too……. fuck it….if they catch rona we wont see them again till january 3rd anyways…they should be fine again by then…
Chris Noth “I did not assault these women.”
These women, hmm. That sounds familiar. Like something another well known, lying sexual predator once said.
– More like Sackler of shit, amirite?
– C’mon Australia, knock it off with The Country Full of Things That Want to Kill You.