Meta how/what do you know about all these ‘new’ social media thingies? Are you on all of them? I’m still trying to decide if I should check out Instagram – are you on that one too?
Instagram is a MUST, vc. Just follow those people you’re interested in and see all their gorgeous photos. Pete Souza, the White House and Dept of Interior are a place to good start!
I love the Instagrams that I’ve seen here but soon discovered that Instagram doesn’t allow you to copy them. Or if it does, I haven’t figured out how. I tried signing up once, but can’t remember why I didn’t get on (probably forgot my password which happens fairly often).
What did you need to open one? I have this memory that I tried once and it didn’t work for whatever reason. I have no plans to post anything, just want to see some of the goodies. Not too long ago @Interior said something about some other group handling their Instagram account and I was unable to take a peek.
Me too rikyrah! He is a very good and educated man. My hair stylist is a devoted and practicing Catholic and I asked her if she was excited. She wasn’t even or intending to follow his visit. I don’t know why but I hope the WY GOP isn’t the reason. Their Force is strong in our county. 😞
As many of you know, I am Catholic and believe deeply in the Catholic FAITH, though not all the specific teachings of the Church. I love this Pope who has re-energized so many of the faithful.
Which is why it bothers me so much when I hear the GOP talk about how he is playing politics, although one should expect that.
What bothers me further is when the media says the same thing.
No, GOP and media, the Pope is not here to make political statement. That was Bibi. Pope is talking about future survival of our world.
Unfortunately, the media uncritically parrot whatever the GOP say. The Pope hasn’t uttered a word on our soil but they all seem to know what he’s going to say. I hope he doesn’t let them down!
The shocking racial epithet hurled at USC’s student body president
When Rini Sampath decided to run for student body president at the University of Southern California, she said some students told her she would never win. She was a young woman and a minority, and she was running on a ticket with another woman, who was also a minority.
Their advice? Choose a white, male student as your running mate.
Sampath, 21, is no stranger to discrimination. She was born in Theni, a district in Tamil Nadu state in India, and she moved to America when she was 6. Classmates in Arizona asked whether her mom was from Mars, she said. Others told her she couldn’t play with them.
Why? Because she had brown skin.
“I had self-esteem issues because I was an immigrant,” she told The Washington Post. “I was struggling to learn English and I was struggling with what I looked like, in a sea of kids who didn’t look like me.”
Sampath and her female running mate, Jordan Fowler, won the election and now serve as president and vice president, respectively, of USC’s Undergraduate Student Government. Still, Sampath said, she doesn’t believe many USC students see her first as a student leader. Instead, she said, she thinks they see her — and judge her — based on where she is from.
Sampath’s struggle — no doubt the same for many minority students, she said — came into focus Saturday night when she was walking back from a friend’s apartment.
Someone leaned out of a fraternity house window, she said, and shouted: “You Indian piece of s—!” Then he hurled a drink at her.
“Once his fraternity brothers realized it was me, they began to apologize,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “This stung even more.
“I couldn’t quite figure out why their after-the-fact apologies deepened the wound. But one of my friends explained it to me the best this morning: ‘Because now you know, the first thing they see you as is subhuman.’
What a heart wrenching story,Rikyrah. The attitudes and behaviors displayed here are repulsive. I’m very glad Sampath and her running mate won, but that’s obviously just the beginning of the story. What an extraordinary and courageous young woman she is.
I see that HRC stans are already giving her credit for the drug CEO lowering the price of Daraprim. Is there ANYTHING that they won’t rush to give her credit for?
the whole story of this creep has been fishy from the outset. and now seeing how it’s being used?!? get the sense this jerk is just trying to start his own donnie trump-type brand for himself, and part of that means being a useful foil for the power players as needed. hmmmm…
I am absolutely certain that my talk with my parents (overseas) this weekend will be dominated by my staunch Catholic mother asking me about Pope Francis’ visit.
Our parents had 10 kids – per custom, all were baptized in our father’s Anglican Protestant religion .
I am the only one who later decided to take our mother’s Catholic religion.
So my ” current problem “: I have to provide a strong reason as to why I did not travel to see Pope Francis in person during his visit.
thinking …. and ….. thinking for a plausible reason. I don’t want her to “disown” me
😀 😀 I say gather all the info you can about the pope’s visit – what he said/who met (with) him/what he looked like (smiling, etc)/any extra info NerdyW or Chips share – and flood mom with so many little tidbits of info she won’t have the opportunity to grill you about your not being actually on site. Plus, let’s face it GCLinda, if you had gone to one particular venue you likely wouldn’t see as much of his activities as you *will* see from keeping up with TOD.
I have to say when I saw that car pull up for the Pontiff, I started laughing. Not at him but just because it was the exact opposite of what you would expect. And it really captures his personality. He’s amazing.
belated gm from my world – fabulous set of pictures – they both smile – ALL the time – think Pope Francis may have learned that trick from PBO – stops the negatives instantly when someone is always smiling.
BTW, the only response that Hill’s gang get when they arrive in my TL with their inane comments is the response trolls of any variety get -> immediate BLOCK, zero comment.
AMK, it really is a toss up at this point as to which one says the stupidest and most detestable things–Trump or Carson. And there are significant numbers of GOP voters who take these lunatics seriously.
I’m so surprise at Ben Carson, because he seem to have forgotten that it wasn’t to long ago that people were saying the same thing about him that he is saying about Muslims. These black conservatives seem to have forgotten their history.
Although I was unsuccessful getting tickets to the arrival ceremony at the WH tomorrow I did score tickets to the West Lawn (thank you Senator Barbara Mikulski – I turned down tickets from Sen. Cardin) of the Capitol where the Pope will come out and meet those of us there after his speech to Congress on Thursday. As a lifelong Catholic I am thrilled to be able to share airspace with this Pope in particular.
News Release
Halliburton pays nearly $18.3 million in overtime owed to more than
1,000 employees nationwide after US Labor Department investigation
Global oil and gas service provider failed to pay overtime
HOUSTON — In one of the largest recoveries of overtime wages in recent years for the U.S. Department of Labor, oil and gas service provider, Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Halliburton as part of an ongoing, multi-year compliance initiative in the oil and gas industry in the Southwest and Northeast.
Investigators found Halliburton incorrectly categorized employees in 28 job positions as exempt from overtime. The company did not pay overtime to these salaried employees — working as field service representatives, pipe recovery specialists, drilling tech advisors, perforating specialists and reliability tech specialists — when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company also failed to keep accurate records of hours worked by these employees.
“The Department of Labor takes very seriously its responsibility to ensure workers receive the wages they have earned. This settlement will put millions of dollars where they belong — in the pockets of hardworking people and their families,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “Employers who don’t pay their employees the wages they have earned don’t just hurt their workers, they undercut employers who play by the rules. That’s why we work every day to help level the playing field.”
The Wage and Hour Division’s ongoing education and enforcement initiative addresses changes in the fast-growing oil and gas industry. The agency seeks to ensure industry employers comply with labor laws. The oil and gas industry also depends on many related businesses — trucking, lodging, water and stone haulers, staffing companies and others — to supports its operation. Working with industry leaders, employers and trade associations, the division offers training and education to promote compliance and awareness of FLSA requirements. By doing so, it is encouraging industry leaders to serve as models for industry-wide compliance. At the same time, the division is informing workers and community groups about the initiative, their rights as workers, the division’s services and its availability to review and investigate worker complaints regarding violations.
“Our combined enforcement and education effort protects workers’ wages and helps employers comply with federal law,” said Betty Campbell, the division’s acting southwest regional administrator. “Ignorance is never an excuse for violating the law. The Wage and Hour Division offers a great deal of compliance assistance and stands ready to help workers and employers alike. We welcome and appreciate the cooperation of employers, like Halliburton, as we continue our investigations and educate employers about how wage violations hurt their industry and our nation’s economy.”
Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. The company has more than 70,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in more than 80 countries worldwide.
Simply paying an employee a salary does not necessarily mean the employee is not eligible for overtime. The FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for individuals employed in bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales positions, as well as certain computer employees. To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week. Job titles do not determine exempt status. In order for an exemption to apply, an employee’s specific job duties and salary must meet all the requirements of the department’s regulations.
The FLSA requires that covered, non-exempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. Employers must maintain accurate time and payroll records.
For more information about federal wage laws, or to file a complaint, call the Wage and Hour Division’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information also is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.
WHD News Release: [09/22/2015]
Contact Name: Tania Mejia or Juan J. Rodríguez
Phone Number: (202) 693-4686 or (972) 850-4709
Email: Mejia.Tania@dol.gov or Rodriguez.Juan@dol.gov
Release Number: 15-1647-DAL
The Obama Diary 
bien venido, Papa Francisco!
Beautiful, moving, heartwarming photographs. Thanks Nerdy for posting!
Welcome to the US, Pope Francis! 🙂
🙂
This is a Beautiful Post, NW. Thank you very much.
Congrats LL and HP for your Twin Au ⭐ ⭐
🙂
In keeping you up on #piggate news:
As tempting as it is to speak about Cameron and his pig fetish, I’m going to sit this one out.
TY, Don. This is more disgusting than anything, I think.
And I.
Porkophile alert!
I’ll say it again: Ew!
When is the Pope scheduled to address Congress?
Thursday
Thank you!
The White House joined Periscope and their first one is the Pope’s landing!
Meta how/what do you know about all these ‘new’ social media thingies? Are you on all of them? I’m still trying to decide if I should check out Instagram – are you on that one too?
I love technology and just keep my eyes open!
Instagram is a MUST, vc. Just follow those people you’re interested in and see all their gorgeous photos. Pete Souza, the White House and Dept of Interior are a place to good start!
I love the Instagrams that I’ve seen here but soon discovered that Instagram doesn’t allow you to copy them. Or if it does, I haven’t figured out how. I tried signing up once, but can’t remember why I didn’t get on (probably forgot my password which happens fairly often).
Yes, Instagram protects the photos so you can’t copy them. But I’ve seen others do it or maybe they just show up other places. Maybe Chips knows.
Oh, VC, Denea had me open an Instagram account a few weeks ago, haven’t posted anything yet tho, as I find it all a little overwhelming!
What did you need to open one? I have this memory that I tried once and it didn’t work for whatever reason. I have no plans to post anything, just want to see some of the goodies. Not too long ago @Interior said something about some other group handling their Instagram account and I was unable to take a peek.
You just need your email and a password. If you’ve forgotten your password, just have them send you a link to set up a new one.
Thanks, M. I’m back again.
Gorgeous compilation of photos, NW!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
Also ….
And …
#LetsRollJoe
bbl …………….
🙂
Carol Rosenberg reports that the Gitmo count went down by 1 today.
Saudi Arabia picked up a detainee and took him home.
114 now. 52 ready for release.
See you again after the Yom Kippur holiday ends at sundown tomorrow.
Have a good time with family and friends, Vicki.
Welcome to America, Pope Francis 🙂
Pf, they really are despicable. The state of PA will never recover until we vote the GOP out of the majority.
yes we must
Just say’n ….
yet another lame distraction from Ms Triangulation ……………………
9-22-15
WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest
I’m not Catholic, but I’m jazzed for the Pope’s visit.
Me too rikyrah! He is a very good and educated man. My hair stylist is a devoted and practicing Catholic and I asked her if she was excited. She wasn’t even or intending to follow his visit. I don’t know why but I hope the WY GOP isn’t the reason. Their Force is strong in our county. 😞
As many of you know, I am Catholic and believe deeply in the Catholic FAITH, though not all the specific teachings of the Church. I love this Pope who has re-energized so many of the faithful.
Which is why it bothers me so much when I hear the GOP talk about how he is playing politics, although one should expect that.
What bothers me further is when the media says the same thing.
Love you john miller, you told the truth.
GREAT tweet, japa.
Unfortunately, the media uncritically parrot whatever the GOP say. The Pope hasn’t uttered a word on our soil but they all seem to know what he’s going to say. I hope he doesn’t let them down!
yup, even bbc is parroting how it’s gonna be a fisticuffs between him and the thugs.
I am suspicious and very skeptical for he didn’t state by how much and this wicked arse has done this type of price gauging before.
This world is fill with alot of mean, ugly, hateful, nasty people. World meet Martin Shkreli.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm
Viva il Papa Francesco! Viva il Presidente Obama!
The shocking racial epithet hurled at USC’s student body president
When Rini Sampath decided to run for student body president at the University of Southern California, she said some students told her she would never win. She was a young woman and a minority, and she was running on a ticket with another woman, who was also a minority.
Their advice? Choose a white, male student as your running mate.
Sampath, 21, is no stranger to discrimination. She was born in Theni, a district in Tamil Nadu state in India, and she moved to America when she was 6. Classmates in Arizona asked whether her mom was from Mars, she said. Others told her she couldn’t play with them.
Why? Because she had brown skin.
“I had self-esteem issues because I was an immigrant,” she told The Washington Post. “I was struggling to learn English and I was struggling with what I looked like, in a sea of kids who didn’t look like me.”
Sampath and her female running mate, Jordan Fowler, won the election and now serve as president and vice president, respectively, of USC’s Undergraduate Student Government. Still, Sampath said, she doesn’t believe many USC students see her first as a student leader. Instead, she said, she thinks they see her — and judge her — based on where she is from.
Sampath’s struggle — no doubt the same for many minority students, she said — came into focus Saturday night when she was walking back from a friend’s apartment.
Someone leaned out of a fraternity house window, she said, and shouted: “You Indian piece of s—!” Then he hurled a drink at her.
“Once his fraternity brothers realized it was me, they began to apologize,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “This stung even more.
“I couldn’t quite figure out why their after-the-fact apologies deepened the wound. But one of my friends explained it to me the best this morning: ‘Because now you know, the first thing they see you as is subhuman.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/09/21/the-shockingly-racist-campus-salute-for-uscs-student-body-president/?postshare=1411442959305187
What a heart wrenching story,Rikyrah. The attitudes and behaviors displayed here are repulsive. I’m very glad Sampath and her running mate won, but that’s obviously just the beginning of the story. What an extraordinary and courageous young woman she is.
Peace!!
Carson also believes that the big bang is a fairy tale and the theory of evolution is encouraged by the devil…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ben-carson-big-bang-a-fairy-tale-theory-of-evolution-encoura#.rvpbnn5EN
WHOA
He also thinks he can win the Republican nomination.
I see that HRC stans are already giving her credit for the drug CEO lowering the price of Daraprim. Is there ANYTHING that they won’t rush to give her credit for?
What? That’s hideous! It’s more likely something like this:
the whole story of this creep has been fishy from the outset. and now seeing how it’s being used?!? get the sense this jerk is just trying to start his own donnie trump-type brand for himself, and part of that means being a useful foil for the power players as needed. hmmmm…
PBO ate at her place last month…
May she rest in peace.
I am absolutely certain that my talk with my parents (overseas) this weekend will be dominated by my staunch Catholic mother asking me about Pope Francis’ visit.
Our parents had 10 kids – per custom, all were baptized in our father’s Anglican Protestant religion .
I am the only one who later decided to take our mother’s Catholic religion.
So my ” current problem “: I have to provide a strong reason as to why I did not travel to see Pope Francis in person during his visit.
thinking …. and ….. thinking for a plausible reason. I don’t want her to “disown” me
😀 😀 I say gather all the info you can about the pope’s visit – what he said/who met (with) him/what he looked like (smiling, etc)/any extra info NerdyW or Chips share – and flood mom with so many little tidbits of info she won’t have the opportunity to grill you about your not being actually on site. Plus, let’s face it GCLinda, if you had gone to one particular venue you likely wouldn’t see as much of his activities as you *will* see from keeping up with TOD.
I can photoshop you hugging the
popecommie…..🙂
hope & pope.
why the teeny tiny fiat?
He’s saving energy, dude!!
but look at all the energy he has to spend to get into that teeny tiny fiat.
I have to say when I saw that car pull up for the Pontiff, I started laughing. Not at him but just because it was the exact opposite of what you would expect. And it really captures his personality. He’s amazing.
he ditched the
batmobilepopemobile?I think it’s now some sort of Jeep. We’ll see!
Bet it is made in Italy.
belated gm from my world – fabulous set of pictures – they both smile – ALL the time – think Pope Francis may have learned that trick from PBO – stops the negatives instantly when someone is always smiling.
BTW, the only response that Hill’s gang get when they arrive in my TL with their inane comments is the response trolls of any variety get -> immediate BLOCK, zero comment.
bb much later, hopefully …………
what a cool program!
Truly!
This will be interesting
#BLM. LGBT. keystone. someone in
a rushpanic.thanks NW. May Pope Francis be pope for a long time.
🙂
LOL.
AMK, it really is a toss up at this point as to which one says the stupidest and most detestable things–Trump or Carson. And there are significant numbers of GOP voters who take these lunatics seriously.
I thought 2012 was the peak batshit crazy. And I was so wrong.
Proving that fourth grade kids have more damned sense than GOP presidential candidates.
Bingo!!!
Is there a PC scheduled for the pope? Will emmessem ask him stupid questions?
No, nothing scheduled with the jackals. They’ll probably still yell questions at him because they’re jerks.
Here’s his full itinerary:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/campaign/pope-visit#section-346971
jackals are smart. these idjits ain’t.
I’m so surprise at Ben Carson, because he seem to have forgotten that it wasn’t to long ago that people were saying the same thing about him that he is saying about Muslims. These black conservatives seem to have forgotten their history.
Warning you guys that Donald ‘racists’ Trump will be on 60 Minutes Sunday.
GE TOD
Although I was unsuccessful getting tickets to the arrival ceremony at the WH tomorrow I did score tickets to the West Lawn (thank you Senator Barbara Mikulski – I turned down tickets from Sen. Cardin) of the Capitol where the Pope will come out and meet those of us there after his speech to Congress on Thursday. As a lifelong Catholic I am thrilled to be able to share airspace with this Pope in particular.
Donna, I hope you come back and give us a blow by blow account of everything you see. I’m so glad Sen. Mikulski came through for you.
You can count on it JG.
double kudos for turning down the backstabber’s invite.
😉
😀
Awesome! We need a full report. Wear something that’ll let us see you in photos! 😀
Good on you for rejecting tix from Cardin the Traitor.
apt toon for the day
via beebs
Taking questions from journalists, the Pope answered in Spanish and Italian for almost half an hour – apologizing that English was not his forte.
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LOL. FU rethugs. The trolling begins.
Is this the interview he did on the plane on his way to DC?
yup, trolling the rethugs from the commie cuba.
Do like that – waiting for the scream “if you’re in America, talk American” from the usual fools
heh, he got the milk, didn’t he?
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/22/a-tweet-or-two-322/
News Release
Halliburton pays nearly $18.3 million in overtime owed to more than
1,000 employees nationwide after US Labor Department investigation
Global oil and gas service provider failed to pay overtime
HOUSTON — In one of the largest recoveries of overtime wages in recent years for the U.S. Department of Labor, oil and gas service provider, Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Halliburton as part of an ongoing, multi-year compliance initiative in the oil and gas industry in the Southwest and Northeast.
Investigators found Halliburton incorrectly categorized employees in 28 job positions as exempt from overtime. The company did not pay overtime to these salaried employees — working as field service representatives, pipe recovery specialists, drilling tech advisors, perforating specialists and reliability tech specialists — when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company also failed to keep accurate records of hours worked by these employees.
“The Department of Labor takes very seriously its responsibility to ensure workers receive the wages they have earned. This settlement will put millions of dollars where they belong — in the pockets of hardworking people and their families,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “Employers who don’t pay their employees the wages they have earned don’t just hurt their workers, they undercut employers who play by the rules. That’s why we work every day to help level the playing field.”
The Wage and Hour Division’s ongoing education and enforcement initiative addresses changes in the fast-growing oil and gas industry. The agency seeks to ensure industry employers comply with labor laws. The oil and gas industry also depends on many related businesses — trucking, lodging, water and stone haulers, staffing companies and others — to supports its operation. Working with industry leaders, employers and trade associations, the division offers training and education to promote compliance and awareness of FLSA requirements. By doing so, it is encouraging industry leaders to serve as models for industry-wide compliance. At the same time, the division is informing workers and community groups about the initiative, their rights as workers, the division’s services and its availability to review and investigate worker complaints regarding violations.
“Our combined enforcement and education effort protects workers’ wages and helps employers comply with federal law,” said Betty Campbell, the division’s acting southwest regional administrator. “Ignorance is never an excuse for violating the law. The Wage and Hour Division offers a great deal of compliance assistance and stands ready to help workers and employers alike. We welcome and appreciate the cooperation of employers, like Halliburton, as we continue our investigations and educate employers about how wage violations hurt their industry and our nation’s economy.”
Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. The company has more than 70,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in more than 80 countries worldwide.
Simply paying an employee a salary does not necessarily mean the employee is not eligible for overtime. The FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for individuals employed in bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales positions, as well as certain computer employees. To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week. Job titles do not determine exempt status. In order for an exemption to apply, an employee’s specific job duties and salary must meet all the requirements of the department’s regulations.
The FLSA requires that covered, non-exempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. Employers must maintain accurate time and payroll records.
For more information about federal wage laws, or to file a complaint, call the Wage and Hour Division’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information also is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.
WHD News Release: [09/22/2015]
Contact Name: Tania Mejia or Juan J. Rodríguez
Phone Number: (202) 693-4686 or (972) 850-4709
Email: Mejia.Tania@dol.gov or Rodriguez.Juan@dol.gov
Release Number: 15-1647-DAL
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/whd/WHD20151647.htm