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Friday, Edition 105
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| Zoso |
| Ding, ding COR wh00r3s...it be Friday again. Another week nearly over, and all I got to show for it is getting older. Supposed to get a couple of rounds of potentially severe weather this weekend (if you don't like the weather in the Southeastern US, just wait 10 minutes). No real plans other than yard work and house chores. Going to try to catch up on some movies: The Girl on the Train; The Girl With All The Gifts; and maybe Bloodfather. |
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| ziptnf |
Big time half marathon tomorrow morning, been training hard for this for 5 months. New mix to accompany it  |
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| Zoso |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Big time half marathon tomorrow morning, been training hard for this for 5 months. New mix to accompany it |
Wishing you nothing but success, sir. I got up to doing a couple of 5k jogs twice a week a few summers ago, but that was my limit. I have nothing but respect for you marathon folks. :D |
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| Silky Johnson |
G'luck zip! I mean, I realize it's about personal goals or w/e, but yeah good luck all the same. :)
Re: The Girl on the Train. I assume it's pretty bad because I watched it on a plane without sound, and there was not an ounce of subtlety to any of the visual storytelling. The plot was beyond predictable. Def did not need dialogue to make sense of things; in fact I imagine dialogue is probably used to obfuscate in that movie. So yeah. :o |
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| Zoso |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Re: The Girl on the Train. I assume it's pretty bad because I watched it on a plane without sound, and there was not an ounce of subtlety to any of the visual storytelling. The plot was beyond predictable. Def did not need dialogue to make sense of things; in fact I imagine dialogue is probably used to obfuscate in that movie. So yeah. :o |
OMG, why must you ruin my movie-time weekend, you ******ing ****?! :whip:
:p |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I'm just saying. :o |
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| planetaryplayer |
| got to do chores and yard work myself. BBQ later in the day for the girl. i don't feel like doing anything today though. so far i woke up and ate chocolate almonds. this weekend is loaded with i don't want to do. if i wasn't fat and bald i'd binge eat until my hair fell out |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
G'luck zip! I mean, I realize it's about personal goals or w/e, but yeah good luck all the same. :)
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Thanks guys! I've actually lost like 10 lbs or so in the last month just because I seriously tightened the screws on my diet. Went super clean and stopped eating all junk. I don't know how much I've actually lost because I'm terrified of scales. They always tell me stuff that I don't want to see :(
Anyway I'm looking forward to this being over so I can eat some junk and be lazy for a couple of weeks before going back to my normal routine :p |
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| Lira |
There's a general strike going on in Brazil, but I've come to work only to find out my faculty pretty much had the same idea (thankfully, as I really didn't want to be the resident contrarian again). Hitting the gym later tonight and will take my wife to a cafe after that.
Life is good. |
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| planetaryplayer |
| i shaved my beard for a moustache |
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| Zoso |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
There's a general strike going on in Brazil, but I've come to work only to find out my faculty pretty much had the same idea (thankfully, as I really didn't want to be the resident contrarian again). Hitting the gym later tonight and will take my wife to a cafe after that.
Life is good. |
How are labor unions viewed in Brazil, say, vis-a-vis the US? Not attempting to start any "religion and politics" type discussion here, just genuinely curious. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
How are labor unions viewed in Brazil, say, vis-a-vis the US? Not attempting to start any "religion and politics" type discussion here, just genuinely curious. |
Nah, it's fine, I'm not really partisan in any way :)
You have to keep in mind labour unions are much stronger in Brazil than in the US - think of us as an American nation with European politics. We've got no prime ministers, as in the US, but loads of political parties and coalitions, as in Europe. The US has never really been a socialist stronghold, and that's where labour unions seem to thrive (reason I'm lumping it all together for brevity's sake). Brazil, however, a lot like Europe, is much more ambiguous about socialism and workers rights.
Whereas there isn't a big socialist party in the US (which is why Bernie such a poor fit in the Democratic Party), the Workers' Party is Brazil's 2nd largest party - and, if you include splinter groups, they easily outnumber the nominally biggest party, a centrist big-tent relic of our past.
Trade Union density here hovers around 26%, as in the UK, and one of the reasons behind this general strike is that workers will no longer have to pay an obligatory union tax, so there's a lot of money involved and benefits to affiliates. As a matter of fact, the party that ruled the country up until last year is closely linked to Brazil's largest trade union the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (the Unified Workers' Central), something I've never seen in the US. So views regarding trade unions here depend on your political leanings. While they're popular among leftists, let's just say right-wing Brazilians aren't fond of them, to put it mildly.
So, in short, they're powerful. Whether or not they're seen as an effective force for good depends on whom you ask (as a centrist, I think they're a necessary evil). |
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