Random Politics & Religion #38: The 38th One

Also what is “brownface” is that almost like “blackface” but totally not racist?

Why do you pretend to be a hispanic?

Even for FFXIAH, this argument is incredibly dumb. Let's find something else to discuss before we kill off our last remaining brain cells.

Vic must be on vacation from hating Trump.

I can imagine hating someone 24/7 is exhausting.

Libs making up another fake scandal in order to cover up bidens massive corruption and collusion.

U.S.—As times change, so does the hiring process. While it used to be common for job applicants to present a resume of qualifications or to list achievements and pertinent experience on job applications, that information is no longer relevant to most job markets. These days, what companies want to know first and foremost about new hires is simply this: what is the worst thing you have ever done or said?

Updated job applications will have an area where you can list your worst tweets, Facebook comments, or previous podcast appearances. Many have a list of racial slurs with boxes to check if you ever used any, at any time, in any context, and in any situation. Also popular is the "jokes you have told" section where you list every joke you have told, starting with the crudest or most culturally insensitive.

"When it comes to hiring, what really matters isn't all the work a person has put into their career. It usually comes down to one tweet or YouTube comment from a decade ago. We want people with squeaky-clean pasts, on and offline," said Zeller Industries CEO Marcus Zeller.

While the new hiring practice might cause applicants who are truth-tellers, risk-takers, and blatantly honest to be overlooked, CEOs and hiring reps all agree that it's not worth it to hire someone with an impressive body of work and a lifetime of achievement if they said something society disapproves of years ago in a tweet.

"Until some sort of mechanism is put in place to redeem people of past sins, this is the solution," said Marcy Schaeffer, CEO of QuickHire. "We aren't looking for excellent employees. We are looking for pure, sinless, guilt-free emp

Cubs win the World Series yet ?

we talking baseball or your democratic candidates?

Elizabeth Warren narrowly leads the @DMRegister/@CNN Iowa Poll for the first time.

Warren: 22%
Biden: 20%
Sanders: 11%
Buttigieg: 9%
Harris: 6%
Booker: 3%
Klobuchar: 3%
Gabbard: 2%
O’Rourke: 2%
Steyer: 2%
Yang: 2%]

Mostly the thread is Vic and Nausi arguing but I guess that is sorta random...actually it's predictable.

... We should update the thread title. To start us off, I propose "Predictable Politics and Almost No Religion".

... cubs fans do have this religious thing about their team.

Des Moines Register Iowa poll:

Just in case you give a flying ferschnagle

Biden is sinking because far to many democrats have started looking at his baggage, none of which includes Ukraine.

Also Obama's coattails are starting to wear out.

In the meantime several republicans are admitting to be troublen by Trump's Ukraine telephone calls.