1.? Should pregnant women be called impregnated persons?
The way this question is presented, the answer is obvious. So, I am assuming we are speaking of some type of formal or legal?change to something formal or legal. Like, sure. Or not. I seem to remember reading something about this in reference?to the term "mother" but I cannot remember the details and I feel I have spent plenty of time already on the bandstanding, banner-waving distractions of the whole gender thing. Hamas supporters are rioting ("demonstrating") with legal protections even though Hamas is officially a criminal organization. A significant portion of LA burned to the ground. Greenland is melting. Water is being found offworld. Global powers are rattling sabers. While I do not care what people do behind closed doors, I prefer not to spend my declining stash of precious minutes on such. Call a mother a mother or an impregnated person or whatever you want and if you get punched in the mouth for offending someone, don't go whining to your lawyer over it!
2.? Should people be allowed to work from home without supervision?
No. The term "supervision", however, can refer to monitoring without an actual in-person presence. I work from how?on occasion doing software-related tasks and my home moves around the country. I am judged by productivity and quality rather than by hitting a time clock at intervals. I also seem to remember plenty of wasted work time around me when I used to do on-site hours.
Should people be allowed to work onsite without productivity measurements?
3. Will the release of the Epstein records accomplish anything?
So far, no? Not that I have seen. Still, maybe some names will come to light and then the media will make?some sales and then life will move on. Powerful people have been indulging themselves for centuries and millennia. They will continue to do so. The fact that any of it is considered secretive is a testament?to the fact that the mob is still considered worth concealing things from, but when you got the bucks, you can pursue your hobbies.
4.? Should federal government employees be required to list what they have accomplished in the last week - if they are on sick leave or vacation they can report a week after they have come back.
When I worked for a state government for a couple decades, I had to use my online calendar to schedule client sessions so the state could measure my in-person contact hours. Research, travel and other supporting activities were watched. I had quarterly and annual reviews to document the quality of my work and areas where improvement might be pursued. Except for the spontaneous flavor of the request, I am unsure why this email is being touted as unfair or hard to satisfy. I would respond:
Dear Elon,
1) 23 in-person client sessions
2) 4 hours of case history research
3) 3 client teaching groups led
4) 1 online self improvement class attended
5) 2 case consultations with peers
Thanks for asking!
Darrell
Given what I have read, they are basically looking to see if there is a warm body behind the email address and maybe if that body can think of anything he did that was not proximal to the coffee machine.
5.? Will the settlement between Ukraine?and Russia accomplish anything useful? It's all about the media and the money, so eventually there will be a resolution. Not sure if it will happen this time, but the U.S. stance seems to be that either party has to put serious offers on the table if it wants to be considered in the trading. This seems to be stirring some sluggish awakening all around the globe, so negotiations are the growing current fad. I suspect this tentatively?supports?a cautious affirmative answer to the question: it has a chance to lead to more and more meaningful steps toward ending the war with (for now) stable borders.
Of course, Gaza is teetering, but that is a bit more volatile because Hama is technically a criminal cartel in U.S. and Israeli definition and therefore not really a valid entity for negotiations anyway.
David Smith
David Smith