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June 16, 2018

Lawrence said last nite the jail Manafort is in has tons of cockroaches !!

I laughed out loud...how fitting, eh? Slept better last nite, me, not Paulie Walllnuts...

June 15, 2018

They don't have black hair dye in the slammer !!

Poor Paulie Wallnuts...or $6,000 suits...there was an old guy outside the courthouse with a big sign..DEFEND DEMOCRACY...

June 12, 2018

I don't have to verify, I have one of the greatest memorys....

of all time...Fuckhead direct quote....Q&A period.

June 12, 2018

He is blabbing about which reporter has better hair...

question and answer period...fool fool fool...somehow he is president...

June 12, 2018

Tubby has no teleprompter!!

reading from a piece of paper and ad libbing...what could go wrong....teeth sound loose again...

June 12, 2018

So what kind of ice cream they got in Singapore?

How nuts is this all? 2 Loons meet for 45 mins...movie on Lifetime Channel...hope Lawrence has a regular show on tonite.

June 11, 2018

Ari doing long segment with experts on how violent Kim is...

what if he kills or maims #45....so sad.

June 11, 2018

Fall of 2015.. 5 good DEMs were at a townhall...I was the only one not laughing....

My representative, my now alder, myself and a solid Dem couple....discussing state issues, this being Wisconsin...then talk turned to 2016 Elections and Trump. One lady laughed and said "he is the best thing to happen to us"...my brilliant rep, and make no mistake this lady is brilliant, said "we will win in a landslide"...The gentleman said nothing...I said, "But, what if he WINS?" I was not laughing....this was 2015, he was not even a nominee...

This goes thru my head every darn day...

June 11, 2018

Our vile Gov Scott Walker and new Fox CONNNNN update...

Business News
June 10, 2018 / 4:36 PM / Updated 7 hours ago
Foxconn says investigating labor conditions at China factory used for Amazon


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), after a U.S. watchdog group criticized what it described as harsh working conditions at the factory.

A 94-page report by New York-based China Labor Watch that followed a nine-month investigation cited excessive hours, low wages, inadequate training and an overreliance on “dispatch” or temporary workers in violation of Chinese law at the Hengyang Foxconn plant in Hunan province, which makes Echo Dot smart speakers and Kindle e-readers.

“We are carrying out a full investigation of the areas raised by that report, and if found to be true, immediate actions will be taken to bring the operations into compliance with our Code of Conduct,” Foxconn Technology Group said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

Taiwan-based Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (2317.TW), is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and employs more than a million people.

Foxconn, which also makes Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhones, came under fire in 2010 for a spate of suicides at plants in China. Foxconn pledged to improve working conditions.

China Labor Watch said its investigation found that about 40 percent of workers at the plant were dispatch workers, far exceeding the 10 percent limit under Chinese law. Dispatch workers were paid at the same rate for regular and overtime hours, rather than time and a half as required, said China Labor Watch Program Officer Elaine Lu.

“They were underpaid,” Lu said. “That’s illegal.”
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Dispatch workers earned 14.5 yuan ($2.26) per hour, the report said. Workers also put in more than 100 overtime hours per month during peak season, far more than the 36 hours allowed by law, and some worked for 14 consecutive days.

Amazon said it audited the factory in March and found overtime and use of dispatch workers were “issues of concern.”

“We immediately requested a corrective action plan from Foxconn,” Amazon said in a statement. It said it is monitoring Foxconn’s response and “compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct. We are committed to ensuring that these issues are resolved.”

June 11, 2018

Isn't today Net Neutrality Day...media would rather yak about his fucking tweets...

NN affects every one of us....who cares, right?

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