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2016 Postmortem

Viva

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14. Was this done by Arbitration?

Reply to EmeraldCityGrl (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 09:12 AM

Mar 2012

Last edited Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:28 AM - Edit history (1)

More and more when entering into agreements with companies we are agreeing to arbitration, which is basically unregulated courts paid for by one side.

Oddly the supreme court sees no problem with this

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Something major is wrong, isn't it? [View all] wiggle-room Mar 2012 OP

Yes excuse not to write Mar 2012 #1

Paranoid? Have the munchies? LOL davidpdx Mar 2012 #9

I feel it to. As a woman I am way past concerned Mojorabbit Mar 2012 #2

I don't feel helpless at all. I think this issue is making women feel empowered and engaging them IndyJones Mar 2012 #30

Nope.. The stocks are soaring, unemployment is dropping, and President Obama doesn't have a real NewEngland4Obama Mar 2012 #3

Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #4

Stock prices are manipulated, unemployment numbers are not real just1voice Mar 2012 #19

Great news and great stories! Glad to hear that things are looking up for you Number23 Mar 2012 #22

Good for you. Things have improved for me too......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #25

yea demtenjeep Mar 2012 #5

Spirit - another oldie but goodie! lunasun Mar 2012 #6

Something major is wrong....with the repubs......the sense of doom is theirs virtualobserver Mar 2012 #7

Yes, our country is in serious, serious trouble. woo me with science Mar 2012 #8

Thank you, woo me freefall Mar 2012 #32

21 December 2012? spin Mar 2012 #10

I know of two families EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #11

Was this done by Arbitration? Viva Mar 2012 #14

No. This is what is so frightening. The one I'm the most familiar EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #20

Seems most of the doom comes from the sudden assault on women's rights. Kablooie Mar 2012 #12

Stop watching the GOP debacle onlyadream Mar 2012 #13

You're Seeing The Lid Removed... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #15

Exactly.. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #16

Sounds right to me. ( no pun intended) Kablooie Mar 2012 #24

Care to elaborate? Generic Brad Mar 2012 #17

The OP has a low post count mackattack Mar 2012 #26

You're not alone, go watch people put $4 gas in their cars just1voice Mar 2012 #18

For What It's Worth Brother Buzz Mar 2012 #21

I've had that feeling for almost two years. BlueIris Mar 2012 #23

yea, Rush, Murdoch, Fox & the right wing is not getting their free pass, like they did graham4anything Mar 2012 #27

Well, if I was a right-winger, I'd certainly think there was something MineralMan Mar 2012 #28

New tension? Sense of doom? brooklynite Mar 2012 #29

I thought so too but I found out it was just gas. Kablooie Mar 2012 #31

We work with a guy who is a rabid right winger - hedgehog Mar 2012 #33

I know that feeling. Arkana Mar 2012 #34