@ wrote:Anne Scheiber worked for the IRS back in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Although she had a law degree and by all accounts was a solid worker, she was never promoted, and it is argued that the fact she was a woman and Jewish in that era was the key reason. Women having the right to vote was still a new thing back then, after all.
Eventually she retired at the age of 51, and received
@KathyG wrote:
If nothing else you could make it part of the liquid for a Mexican-inspired soup.
@shoptastic wrote:
researching what to cook with salsa...I have a huge jar leftover that expires today
That's not a bad idea actually. Would love a soup + easy to do.
@annelehman wrote:
Hello! What is the story on the PUA unemployment payments in the state of VA? TY, Night Owl at 3:25 am
Are you not getting them?
ARP extended PUA through September 2021 (with maximum duration of PUA benefits at 79 weeks and even up to 86 weeks in some high-unemployment states).
@Shop-et-al wrote:
My, how quickly people forget here! In their willingness to wipe a previous president out of sight and out of mind, some people might have lost their minds! When Trump was POTUS, a similarly expensive infrastructure bill had passed the House with an added amount!
a.) Sadly, it's politics. The Democrats agreed on the amount of Trump's infrastructure bill, but disagreed on how
@ wrote:
Americans support Biden’s spending and want him to spend more, polls show
Multiple recent polls show Americans broadly back the big-ticket spending proposals that have President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office.
More Americans say they approve than disapprove of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill Biden signed into law in March. Surveys also find Biden’s $2 trillion infr
@ wrote:President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Tuesday requiring federal contract workers to make at least $15 an hour. . .the executive order could impact hundreds of thousands of people who are working on federal contracts — giving a raise to low-wage workers including food service workers on military bases and maintenance workers in government buildings.
All agencies must im
@sestrahelena wrote:
Yes but this was in the BC years (before covid)
That's interesting. I would have thought appointments would be more common PC (post-COVID) to prevent overcrowding.
I wonder if the surge in plasma selling may also be related to the surge in poverty recently:
@ wrote:Researchers at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the University of Notre Dam
@sestrahelena wrote:
Plus, it takes the entire day even after your initial first visit. They are so freaking slow! I gave twice and try to three more times but the line was so long I just finally gave up.
And the ATTITUDES! Seriously, zero cares given.
No appointments? Is it just walk-ins?
@morocco77 wrote:
I am making better and more consistent money donating plasma ($1,000 for my 1st eight donations)
I heard you can get a better return by donating a few thousand to your local politician instead.
*being cheeky...only a tiny bit, though*
I considered a plasma donation before, but had second thoughts after hearing stories of purported drug addicts and homeless individuals
"Breakdown" (1997) with Kurt Russell & Kathleen Quinlan.
I have a weird thing for these types of movies - a wholesome (often middle-class) person or family that is victimized/preyed upon by some lunatic(s) in a suspenseful/thriller plot.
@ wrote:"There’s been no shortage of credit provided overall by U.S. banks in the last year. It’s just that most of it went to Wall Street rather than Main Street."
@F and L TeleComm wrote:
My score is the highest it's ever been and it has taken me like three months of paying everything down to finally start getting credit line increases. and about 3k paid off.
Lending standards also tend to tighten during recessions - not just b/c one has a lower income, a low credit score, etc. - it's just one of those typical macro-economic environmental factors. Banks a
@sandyf wrote:
Well yes, this has been true Shoptastic. The rich only use a very small percentage of their wealth to purchase items that have inflated in price. The rest is in investments, most of which have done very well this past year. The low inocme on the other hand spend all their "wealth" so it is all hit by inflation. Although there has been very little price inflation during the few yea
I had one deleted and am not sure why. I surmised it could have been due to length or possible indirect political reference, but without knowing why, I won't be able to tailor future posts to better fit forum preferences. Could I get a courtesy explanation sent to me?
I had a feeling it might be deleted and actually saved the post in a word processor beforehand. I can PM you (Moderator) a
@maverick1 wrote:
A Robert Reich/NYT reference...yeah, not impartial data at all...puuu-lease!
The data IS impartial (those figures can be found anywhere) - even if you dislike Reich for whatever reasons.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
I never saw a salty-looking McD;s bun.Their new chicken sandwich bun looked salty to me.
In other news, I learned that Smashburger has entered the chicken sandwich wars:
I feel like these are all pointless. Popeye's version is both incredibly tasty (to perfection, imho) AND very affordable ($3.99). How can ya beat that?
A lot of it speaks to economic desperation and powerlessness too.
Workers in America are relatively poor (compared to 40-50 years ago, before corporations took over Congress and crushed the working and middle-class and unions). Brookings Institute (non-partisan) found that:
(Nov. 2019)
@ wrote:An estimated 53 million people—44 percent of all U.S. workers ages 18–64—are low-wage workers. Th
@Shop-et-al wrote:
I understand. My inner perfectionist who wants this is somewhat mollified by the fact that individual differences confound things, including vaccines and other medical matters. OTOH, perhaps in due time we will know more about the major and minor differences and can prevent more deaths. ?
More new numbers:
@ wrote:U.S. health officials have confirmed fewer than 6,000 cases o
@maverick1: We're getting some new numbers in...:
@ wrote:(CNN)About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN.
Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 -- 7% -- of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization.
This is the
@ wrote:Important to note that 1) these clots are VERY RARE, and 2) we should have enough of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s #CovidVaccine shots to vaccinate EVERY American by the end of May. ...also from Grayson.
@maverick1 wrote:
@shoptastic; Eh, statistically, that's below the noise floor. The J&J vaccine is also of a more traditional virus-based technology than the mRNA types. It's something to be watched, but not surprising in the least. Remember, all of these vaccines to date are only FDA emergency use labeled. None are FDA "approved."
Yeah, a few hospitalizations (out of 7 million J&J vaccin
@ wrote:EDISON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Laura Eugene's husband is in the hospital fighting for his life. She says they got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back on March 6.
Eugene says on April 1, her husband started to feel sick.
UH OH...This will be J&J's first hospitalization case that I know of. I wonder if this gentleman or anyone else may have gotten "tainted" J&J vaccines by ch