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This man should have been put to death for killing so many for profit! (Original Post) juxtaposed Sep 2017 OP
I know what the out come can be when a non-union job tells there workers We don't need no government juxtaposed Sep 2017 #1
Hard time at the least madokie Sep 2017 #2
He killed a lot of humans and knew he would,could juxtaposed Sep 2017 #3
+1 n/t jaysunb Sep 2017 #4
Anyone care to describe the content of the link with the clickbait subject line? jberryhill Sep 2017 #5
its not click bait juxtaposed Sep 2017 #6
Then you fail to understand the definition jberryhill Sep 2017 #7
well i got no other shit to do than to delete this bullshit juxtaposed Sep 2017 #8
Why not post a sentence or two? jberryhill Sep 2017 #9
Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #12
Why not just have a little courtesy? jberryhill Sep 2017 #16
+1 Nevernose Sep 2017 #11
I can see the name don Blankenship in the URL. I know he killed a bunch of miners. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #14
Thank you jberryhill Sep 2017 #15
Here ya go leftstreet Sep 2017 #10
You don't remember Don Blankenship? Callous Murderer WhiteTara Sep 2017 #13
His name is not visible in the OP as viewed on a smartphone. jberryhill Sep 2017 #17
Well, it seems that scum is running for Congress WhiteTara Sep 2017 #18
 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
1. I know what the out come can be when a non-union job tells there workers We don't need no government
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:27 PM
Sep 2017

involved in what we do!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
7. Then you fail to understand the definition
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 09:47 PM
Sep 2017

The subject line poses a riddle which can only be answered by going to another site. For those who come to DU to read DU, it is an annoying habit that some posters have, who are under the apparent belief that contributing consists of "Hey, go to some other site to find out what the fuck I'm talking about!"

Response to jberryhill (Reply #9)

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
16. Why not just have a little courtesy?
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:06 PM
Sep 2017

Even sites like Huffpo are annoying as hell on mobile devices. At best, you get two lines of text squeezed between twitchy advertisements.

If you think something is important enough to have potentially hundreds of people click on it, then it doesn't take a lot of effort to say a few words as to why.
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
15. Thank you
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:03 PM
Sep 2017

No, the full URL is not visible in mobile view, and the cost of going to other sites on mobile is endless annoyance with ads.

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
10. Here ya go
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 09:52 PM
Sep 2017

Mining Union Blasts ‘Appalling’ New TV Ads By Criminal Coal Baron
Don Blankenship is attempting to “shift the blame for a decade of death, destruction and despair,” said union president Cecil Roberts.
By Chris D’Angelo


WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest mining union is slamming a series of new TV advertisements by former Massey Energy executive Don Blankenship as his latest “appalling” attempt to skirt responsibility for the deaths of 29 West Virginia coal miners in 2010.

United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts said in a statement Monday that he was “disgusted” by the ads, which he called a “desperate, low-life attempt to once again shift the blame for a decade of death, destruction and despair at Massey Energy while Blankenship was CEO.”

The ads, released last week under the label “For the Sake of Coal Miners,” point the finger at the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration for the explosion at Upper Big Branch mine and urge Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to “tell the truth” about the incident.

Blankenship was convicted of misdemeanor conspiracy for safety violations that led to the Upper Big Branch disaster and served a year in prison. Upon his release in May, he erupted with a series of aggrieved posts on Twitter, lashing out at Manchin and former Labor Department official Joe Main, who headed up the MSHA during the tragedy.

With their political tone, the advertisements seem to further signal Blankenship’s intent to run against Manchin in the 2018 U.S. Senate race.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
13. You don't remember Don Blankenship? Callous Murderer
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 09:54 PM
Sep 2017

His mines were a death trap and he made millions. You know the old story.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
17. His name is not visible in the OP as viewed on a smartphone.
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:07 PM
Sep 2017

Yes I remember him. No, the OP provided no clue who was the person in question.

WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
18. Well, it seems that scum is running for Congress
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:10 PM
Sep 2017

running against Manchin. That one should be an interesting race.

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