Calling it a RIF doesn't make it legal. There are laws for that too.
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including "equity" a word which refers to, among other things, property disputes, bankruptcy court, and all sorts of legal remedies. This can't possibly go wrong.
Yeah, Australia got rid of it's 1c and 2c (I know!) coins back in 1992 with the identical rules for rounding up/down. No rounding applies to digital transactions.
So the US can survive without pennies.
Maybe in the long run, but in the near future I'm not looking forward to the "Unsatisfied pinch" crisis that's sure to follow the absence of pennies.
The good people of Scunthorpe council have a story about over-zealous text filters. I wonder if the megabrains behind this deletion know it. I also wonder if they have backups of the files they’re deleting, just in case.
When your goal is destruction, you don't care about any backups. Matter of fact, you'll want those gone as well.
I came up with a joke that's too good/bad to not share and apologies, but this seems like the best place
The courts decide equity cases. That's a banned word. How long before Trump hears about that and tries to shut them down too?
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Zach, you need to re-read the Rules of Engagement. You have to add your own commentary on why you think these links are important, not just act like a human link aggregation service. Step up your game.
Devin Nunes as chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board?
The jokes. Oh, my, the jokes. Right now, late night show writers across the nation are down on their knees giving thanks to whatever deity they believe in because their job just got sooooooooo easy. I mean, just look at the social medial colossus that Nunes has created out of Truth Social!
The jokes. Oh, my, the jokes. Right now, late night show writers across the nation are down on their knees giving thanks to whatever deity they believe in because their job just got sooooooooo easy. I mean, just look at the social medial colossus that Nunes has created out of Truth Social!
Doesn't happen in Canada unless someone is an extreme outlier. The rounding as applied after the entire transaction is calculated, and the guidelines are very specific as to what happens.
Functional countries don't have a problem implementing it. I almost never notice since I do 99% of transactions on my debit card. Those are always calculated to the penny anyway.
Rounding only affects cash exchanges, change or payments.
Don't have a cow, man!
| appointee | apparent qualifications | Legal Issues |
| Devin Gerald Nunes, Chair | Knows about cows (MS in Agriculture), former Chair of House Committee on Intelligence | Involved in Trump/Ukraine scandal with Giuliani and Parnas. Likes to file defamation lawsuits. Likes to defame Democrats. |
| Scott Glabe | Former DHS guy. Wrote questionable things about security clearance process. | Insider in Truth Social |
| Amaryllis Fox Kennedy | Worked for CIA | |
| Brad Robert Wenstrup | Formerly served on Counterrrorism and Counterintelligence committee. | |
| Wayne Berman | Republican PR guy (none) | |
| Reince Priebus | Republican political operative (none) | tied to everything the GOP did wrong for years. |
| Robert O’Brien | former JAG lawyer, National Security advisor in 1st Trump admin. Not a complete shitpole during the pandemic and end of Trump admin. | |
| Joshua Lobel | Private equity guy (none) | |
| Sander R. Gerber | Worked for DNI in former Trump admin | |
| Katie Miller | Stephen Millers wife (none) | Stephen Miller's wife. |
| Jeremy Katz | Private equity guy (none) | |
| Thomas Ollis Hicks, Jr. | Private equity guy (none) |
Heaven knows why the Intelligence Advisory Board needs a bunch of political hacks and private equity guys. I guess to fund the bribery or something?
You have to assume Katie Miller's role is to ensure they don't pass up any opportunities to be racist.
Well it's not as if that board does anything useful or has any importance. Why not fill it with partisan hacks with zero experience. Makes just as much sense as putting a weekend TV host in charge of the entire US military. No-one needs experience to do that either.
Is Jon Stewart doing jokes again, or is he still busy tone policing and finger wagging people who are legitimately concerned that we're sliding toward fascism?
How are the jokes doing anyway?
Last time I stressed myself the hell out consuming #resistance content. Podcasts, etc. However I noticed around election time that doing so didn’t actually make my vote any more powerful, so this time I’ve checked out of all that.
I still read a bit and it isn’t like there’s any chance I’ll not vote Democrat going forward so, practically it doesn’t make any difference (unless stress ulcers get the right to vote… which wouldn’t be that surprising given the Republicans’ liberal understanding of personhood). But, I don’t really like the tone that comedians (even the ones I basically agree with) are setting with the whole thing, it is a serious problem, not a joke. I hope the ratings go in the toilet.
That's how all normal countries do it, since there's always a bit of inflation over time.
Our 0.01 Shekel coin went out of circulation in 1991, the 0.05 coin in 2008. The smallest denomination coin is 0.10 Shekel, worth about 3 cents, and they've been talking about taking it out of circulation now. Virtually everything you pay cash for is in 0.5 multiples anyway.
Back when I was living in Boston in the 1990s, it was already almost universal to see stores where lots of people still used cash for small items (convenience store etc.) have a bowl of pennies near the cash register labeled "Need a penny? Take one. Want to get rid of one? Put it here" so the cashiers wouldn't need to deal with pennies.
What costs the US far more is the fact that there are no $1, $2 and $5 coins.
You mean the Susan B. Anthony dollar coins?
They were only minted for 2 years in 1979-81, and then briefly again in 1999. In the several years I lived in the US in the 1990s, I never once saw one in the wild. Are there any vending machines today that accept them?
Sacagawea dollars and Presidential dollar coins. I think I got those as change from a stamp vending machine. definitely not common, but I've seen them in the wild.
I recently got them as change from a vending machine at the ER vet. Held on to them until I passed them along to Girl Scouts in exchange for some factory produced cookies.
Didn't know about the Sacagawea dollars (I did about the various commemorative coins). Today of course any R president would have blocked a coin honoring a Native American.
Impressive that vending machines accept them, since they apparently were never in wide circulation.
I can answer that, having worked on fare equipment for major train/bus networks. The SBA is still accepted, coin acceptors (the hardware in a vending machine that accepts and stores coins) always had their profile and there's no good reason to just delete it.
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Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, and US Presidents series dollar coins are all the same size and weight.
Used to be given as change at all post offices too...
Makes me wonder if we'll see any EO's in regards to the mint and Trumps face....
Trumps coin
Jesus I just read his inscription for his coin " “THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN.”"
Last two presidents coins?
Obama 1st term "“OUR DESTINY IS NOT WRITTEN FOR US. IT IS WRITTEN BY US.”"
Obama 2nd term " “THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WORD IN OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE WORD ‘WE.’ WE THE PEOPLE. WE SHALL OVERCOME. YES WE CAN.” "
Bush 1st term “WE WILL NOT TIRE, WE WILL NOT FALTER, AND WE WILL NOT FAIL”
Bush 2nd term "“FREEDOM CAN BE RESISTED AND FREEDOM CAN BE DELAYED – BUT FREEDOM CANNOT BE DENIED.”"
Clinton 2nd term "“FOR NO MATTER WHAT OUR DIFFERENCES WE MUST ALL BE REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH”"
Jesus I just read his inscription for his coin " “THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN.”"
Last two presidents coins?
Obama 1st term "“OUR DESTINY IS NOT WRITTEN FOR US. IT IS WRITTEN BY US.”"
Obama 2nd term " “THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WORD IN OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE WORD ‘WE.’ WE THE PEOPLE. WE SHALL OVERCOME. YES WE CAN.” "
Bush 1st term “WE WILL NOT TIRE, WE WILL NOT FALTER, AND WE WILL NOT FAIL”
Bush 2nd term "“FREEDOM CAN BE RESISTED AND FREEDOM CAN BE DELAYED – BUT FREEDOM CANNOT BE DENIED.”"
Clinton 2nd term "“FOR NO MATTER WHAT OUR DIFFERENCES WE MUST ALL BE REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH”"
more absurdity here:
https://www.cpr.org/2025/02/20/denver-federal-center-ev-chargers-to-be-shut-down/
They're shutting down EV charging stations at the Denver Federal Center. Because reasons that's why.
It can't be for "efficiency" or cost savings. They're not going to make any of their investment back by not operating those chargers. Maybe they'll end up selling used charging stations at below cost?
https://www.cpr.org/2025/02/20/denver-federal-center-ev-chargers-to-be-shut-down/
They're shutting down EV charging stations at the Denver Federal Center. Because reasons that's why.
It can't be for "efficiency" or cost savings. They're not going to make any of their investment back by not operating those chargers. Maybe they'll end up selling used charging stations at below cost?
OPM has released their guidance on implementing this EO. First phase is supposed to be submitted to OPM by 3/13, second phase mostly seems to be "how great everything is now that you've cut all these employees" plan, due by 4/14.
It's outlines pretty much what is in the EO, using employee exempt status as a driver for RIFs, workforce with "direct services to citizens" should be excluded along with LEO, uniformed military and immigration.
There is a heavy emphasis on using statutory requirements to RIF employees, with this outlining what looks like a narrow definition of statues.
Guidance Document here