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Interesting question in the title. Let's read at least the first paragraph before we jump to conclusions.
hahahahaha come on!
"Some say that it was the dangerous working conditions the owners provided, while others point to nobody stopping the owners from providing dangerous working conditions or people wanting shirts. Who can say?"
"Since they couldn't convict everyone who had ever purchased an inexpensive garment, should the government have tried to convict anyone?"
i can't believe that as 2018 comes to an end someone managed to get me insane with anger about the triangle shirtwaist factory fire
The factory owners getting acquitted by successfully arguing that the survivors were coached in their testimony when 147 people literally died is what we call "proof of concept" for capitalism.
*notices that i am currently wearing a shirt* my god what have i done
*am no longer wearing a shirt, and getting redder*
of course the flaw in this theory is that the smithsonian author blames "insufficient regulation" as a potential cause of the fire
really looking forward to hearing about how building railroads was a "welcome change of pace" for field slaves
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Holy cow. Sullivan got a federal simple possession charge tossed because he was rich and famous and his citizenship application was pending. Now he wants a wall.
The judge published an opinion just to call out the U.S. Attorney for cronyism and appears to have named Sullivan's attorney just to imply that it was money that led to lenience.
The Court was not pleased at the preferential treatment and had no choice but didn't comply quietly.
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This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1917. Police shut down New Orleans' red light district, Storyville. Let's talk about how sex workers are workers and the moralistic shame these workers have had to put up with forever.
First and foremost, prostitutes and other people in the sex industry are workers no different than the rest of us. They usually have a very crappy job, yes. But it is a job. It is an economic choice. Often, it is an economic choice made by an economy that gives women few options.
The moralistic condemnation of these workers is another way we divide the working class in ways that hurt all workers. It is unacceptable, in 1917 and in 2018. We need to make these jobs safer and provide people with more economic options.
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Okay, I got a tad bit of a late start to the rally, but what's with the couple directly behind Trump? Is it me or does the guy in the plaid shirt seem incredibly unenthusiastic?
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This Day in Labor History: August 20, 1866. The National Labor Union demands Congress implement an 8-hour day. Let's talk about this critical early labor movement, the first real attempt for a mass-based workers movement in America.
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They say these people have not been publicly named before in the case.
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Here's an article on BrexitCentral by so-called tariff expert Dan Lewis from 2016 complaining about EU tariffs. There are a number of problems, but I'm not sure if this has been pointed out before.

Dan's got the whole thing backwards as we'll see.

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The first thing he picks on is a 17.6% tariff on coconut water, enacted from 1 July 2016. Unfortunately Dan demonstrates here that he has little understanding of the subject he is proclaimed as being an expert in.

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"unless subject to other measures".

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